The saloon trouble in Kansas is another example of the growing spirit of disrespect for law, and of collusion between the known breakers of the law and those sworn to enforce it. In November, 1880, Kansas adopted the following amendment to its State constitution: “The manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be forever prohibited in this State, except for medical, mechanical, and scientific purposes.” Later the places in which liquor was sold were declared public nuisances. Further the Kansas law provides that:—
“It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, mayors, marshals, police judges, and police officers of any city or town, having notice or knowledge of any violation of this law, to notify the county attorney.”
The law then requires that this officer shall investigate the case, and prosecute it just as he does other cases. If he fails to do his duty, the law provides that the attorney-general shall appoint an assistant attorney-general for the very purpose of enforcing that particular law. The prohibitory law of Kansas seems to be as complete as it is possible to make a law, covering the thing to be prohibited, and making the necessary provision for its own enforcement; but under that law, under a prohibitory State constitution, saloons have not only continued to exist, but have shown a tendency in the last few years to increase. This is no fault of the law; it does not prove that prohibition of the traffic is a failure. It does prove that the liquor evil is a strong and strenuous foe of the race—a foe that is making every effort to overthrow all opposition and nullify all laws that are against it. Its success in this line does not prove the insufficiency of the law, but is another evidence of the general decadence of respect for all law, which was to mark the period of the last days; not only a spirit of disrespect for law, but a spirit of making merchandise out of the law, holding it over the head of a law breaker to make him pay a bonus for the privilege of breaking it. These are things of every-day occurrence at the present time; but the Lord pointed out more than twenty-five hundred years ago the time in which they were to occur, that we might know when His coming was near. To the child of God it becomes another mile-stone on the road to the kingdom. Here are the prophet’s words:—
“They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire; so they wrap it up. The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge; the day of Thy watchmen and Thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.” Micah 7: 2-4.
The Lord puts the two things in immediate connection—the laxity and bribery in matters of justice, and “the day of Thy watchmen and Thy visitation,” when the “perplexity” of the wicked shall come. That time of “perplexity” is the time described by the Lord Himself in the days immediately preceding His second advent, when there should be “upon9the earth distress of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” Luke 21: 25-27.
So in these tendencies of the times we see the omens of the dawning day. The Saviour tells us in the same discourse (Luke 21: 28), “When these things [the signs He has pointed out] begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Those things which were given, in both the Old and the New Testament, as omens of His advent, have more than begun to come to pass. They are about us on every hand, standing witnesses to the truth of God’s Word and heralds of redemption day. C. M. S.
DISGUSTING
By T.
At a church in one of the suburbs of New York City there is to be a church social, so the New York papers advertise, at which the principal drawing feature will be a contest of girls for a prize for the one having the smallest feet. The notice of the entertainment says that “the judges will be three staid married men, pillars of the church. They will measure the dainty feet submitted for their inspection, and duly record and announce the results.”
Another paragraph of the announcement says, by way of explanation and commendation, that the particular church in question “has held many unique entertainments, including a roller-skating reception, a Trilby social, and a ghost party.” The “Trilby social” is much akin to this small-feet contest; possibly it is a little more disgusting.
Now, in the name of reason, what part can such things play in advancing the cause of Christ? How can sober, sensible, full-grown men and women engage in any such disgusting nonsense, especially to call it after the name of Christ, a name that stands for everything that is pure, and noble, and uplifting, and for nothing else?
If one should peep into the back yard and see half a dozen children measuring their feet in a contest of the kind, it would cause a smile to steal over the countenance, and afford a moment of pleasure at the thought of childhood’s pastimes. But what shall we say of persons who have come to the years of manhood and womanhood and will descend to such childishness, and say that it is for Christ? It is shameful, it is disgusting, and you may add every other adjective of the same general class that you can think of.
When the census-taker is on his rounds, the persons who are engaged in such things as these stand up to be counted as Christians. But is it not true that such things are a disgrace to the name of Christianity? What right has any one to call himself a Christian when he has no higher ideal of the Christian life than to think that he can represent Christ while calling the young ladies of a community together that he may measure their bare feet and decide on their virtues (?) of littleness? And those who will approve of such a thing to the extent of looking at it without a protest, do not sense the elevated and elevating character that is in the Christ-life.
It fills one with sorrow and shame to think that such things stand before the world with so little rebuke, and are thus allowed to pass for the ideals and equipments of Christianity. Such being the case, can it be that we have reached such a high order of Christian civilization as we boast of? And is there not a glitter and glamor about the numbers that belong to our churches that is delusive? In reality are not the real Christians, as they always have been, a comparatively small company? Christ addresses His followers as a “little flock” (Luke 12:32), and it must be evident that He who is the Shepherd of the flock is the best capable of saying how large the flock is.
The Master tells us plainly: “Not every one that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Thy name? and in Thy name have cast out devils? and in Thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” Matt. 7:21-23. It is well that we study the Saviour’s words, so as to know how to represent Him rightly, and not bring disgrace and reproach upon His cause; for in reproaching the name of Christ, we not only bring our own souls into danger, but we are jeopardizing every one that our influence might reach. T.
European Powers Consider Alliance Against America
The idea of a combination of European countries against America is receiving considerable attention at the hands of European diplomats. Admiral Canevaro, who was at one time Italian foreign minister, has taken up the subject in a recent address upon the triple and dual alliances. He gives these alliances credit for the thirty years’ peace of Europe, and states that this fact should lead Europe to “consider the possibility and necessity of uniting against America, Africa, and Asia, as the future of civilization will require them to do.” The London Spectator, in referring to the Italian admiral’s speech, says that this statement is not to be considered as the rash outburst of the “man in the street;” but that it is fully in accord with the utterances of Count Golouchowski (Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister), and “with all the recent trend of affairs.” The first reason for the positions taken by the count and the admiral is the fear that European countries will not be able to hold their own commercially with America unless they combine against her. The second reason is that America is “sadly in the way in Asia;” and the third reason for the proposed combination is that these nations wish to expand in South and Central America, and the United States is again in the way, being unwilling either to take these countries herself, or allow any one else to do so. The Spectator says: “The total result is a bitter dislike of America, mixed with dread. Our object is only to awaken the Americans from an illusion to induce them to increase their fleet, and to persuade them to think steadily about what they are doing. They may rely on it that the continent will lose nothing by want of planning, and when the alliance against America is transmuted into fact, it will be full-grown and full-armed.” Thus has America opened up for herself a path into the great battle of the nations which prophets have foretold, and which keen men of the world are certain is not far in the future.
Wu Ting Fang, minister to the United States, has presented a long memorial to the Chinese empress, urging upon the government the necessity of reform along lines compatible with the character of the Chinese people. The palace of the empress, which was being occupied by the German field marshall, has been destroyed by fire, the field marshall barely escaping with his life. Chinese rebels are reported to be causing trouble in Manchuria, where they have destroyed a portion of the Russian railroad. The Germans and French are gathering large forces at Pao-ting Fu for the purpose of driving back a Chinese army which has invaded the territory under control of the allied troops. The indemnity-demands of the powers have not yet been determined.
For some time a persistent effort has been put forth in Ontario to connect the religious, or voluntary, schools with the public-school system of that province. The object in view is to secure State aid for the religious schools, or reduce the burden of their support. The plan is to have religious instruction given in these schools, and have them subject to State inspection. The Congregational Association and the Educational Association are both opposing the measure on proper grounds, the separation of Church and State.
Speculations in stocks in the great Wall Street Stock Exchange have reached unprecedented figures within the last few days. On April 22, the amount of stock sold reached 2,677,100 shares. The highest previous record for a day was 2,155,225 shares, which was made on April 19. Reports from Washington indicate that this unnatural activity in stocks is viewed with a feeling of alarm in official circles. It is believed that the present condition can not continue, and that a financial crash is possible.
Trade statistics of the United Kingdom for the past year show a continued increase in the matter of imports, which is out of proportion to the amount of exports. The imports for the United Kingdom increased more than $150,000,000 over the imports for the last year, while the exports for the same period increased less than $126,000,000. These figures show that other countries are cutting into the manufacturing trade of England at home as well as abroad.
Negotiations have been completed between the Canadian Government and Washington authorities for the re-marking of the entire boundary line. It has been more than fifty years since the boundary from Lake Superior to the Atlantic Coast was marked, and over forty years since the boundary from the Lakes to the Pacific Coast was fixed.
The British Government has been compelled to borrow, and thus add to its debt, another 60,000,000 pounds ($292,200,000) on account of the great expenses incident to the South African war and expenses in connection with the military operations in China.
On April 17, Mexico signed the Hague peace convention. There are now only three countries that have not signed it, China, Luxembourg, and Turkey.
The Russian students concerned in the recent rioting have drawn up a conciliatory resolution and presented it to the government, asking for the reinstatement of their comrades who are under arrest for disturbances. It is expected that the government will now relax some of its harsher measures in the matter of student discipline.
Administration officials at Washington are now conferring with leading senators with a view to arranging a Nicaragua Canal treaty which will be acceptable both to the Senate and to England. Prominent senators are said to take the position that no treaty is necessary, and that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty should be abrogated.
The great expense which England’s military operations entail has caused a large deficit; and to meet the expenses of the coming year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was forced to construct an enormous budget. This amounts to $913,621,740, and adds immensely to the present public debt.
Probably the largest collection ever taken up in one church during one donation was that taken up on April 7 at the Grace church, New York, which amounted to $107,000. This collection followed an appeal by the pastor for funds to erect certain buildings in the rear of the church edifice.
A gigantic trust of linen-spinning companies is reported from Europe, which includes all the principal linen-spinning companies of the principal European countries. The purpose of this international trust is to reduce the output of linen thread and increase the price.
The great storms which recently occurred throughout the Middle West have resulted in the death of thousands of head of cattle and sheep. It is reported that some of the stockmen will be ruined financially on account of the large losses of stock during the storm.
The Ordnance Board of the War Department has adopted a new magazine pistol for the army. This weapon is capable of discharging 116 shots per minute, as against 40 by the best Colt revolver, which has heretofore been the standard pistol in the army.
The gross amount of gold in the United States Treasury at the present time is $500,552,526. This is the largest amount of gold ever held by this country, and is said to be the largest amount ever held under single control, with one possible exception.
The new export duties imposed by the British Government for the purpose of raising revenue are causing much opposition and some consternation in manufacturing and industrial centers. The duties on coal and sugar seem to be particularly disliked.
The agitation in Portugal against the religious orders continues to grow. The republican papers violently attack the pope because of the letter which he has written on the subject of the persecution of the religious orders in that country.
Serious floods, due to the rise of the Ohio and its tributaries, have occurred during the week in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The amount of damages reported from the different flooded districts is thought to reach nearly $3,000,000.
The campaign for a constitutional convention in Alabama closed on April 22. Reports from that State indicate that a new constitution will be adopted which will practically eliminate the negro vote by educational qualification.
The Board of General Appraisers of the Treasury Department has decided that the duty recently placed on Russian sugar is legal, and must be collected. It seems probable that an appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court.
The Federal authorities have taken up the matter of Chinese slavery in San Francisco, and have already rescued many of the slave girls from the dens in which they had been held by their purchasers.
The arrest of Mrs. Carrie Nation in Kansas City, Mo., recently, has stirred up an anti-saloon crusade in that city, which temperance workers declare will result in the closing of the saloons there on Sunday.
The fruit and cotton crops of Tennessee and Georgia have been seriously damaged by frosts. In some places replanting of the crops will be necessary, while in other places half crops are expected.
The delegation appointed by the Cuban Constitutional Convention to confer with President McKinley and the Secretary of War arrived at Jacksonville, Florida, April 22, on their way to Washington.
According to reports, another anarchist plot has been laid in Patterson, N. J., this time against the lives of the emperor of Germany, the czar of Russia, the king and queen of Italy, and Count Turin.
A fast express train was held up and looted by masked bandits at Bridge Junction, Arkansas, on the night of April 22. The amount of money secured by the robbers is not known.
Aguinaldo has signed a proclamation of peace designed to reach his former companions in arms, and declares that he now intends to work for the pacification of the Philippines.
According to a report from Manila, Archbishop Chapelle has been summoned to Rome, where he will confer with the pope upon the conduct of Catholic affairs in the Philippines.
Jerusalem of Today
The Jerusalem we see to-day is not the one that gladdened the eyes of the holy family journeying from Nazareth to worship in the temple. That city lies buried forty, fifty, sometimes over a hundred feet deep in wastage piled in the overthrow of many sieges. The crimson banner of the Moslem floats above the tower of David, used as barracks, and the Turkish sentinel, pacing his rounds, looks with ineffable scorn on the Christian. The crumbling tower of Antonia, the citadel of the temple, is occupied by the governor of Jerusalem, and if possession counts in the law, it is his right, for he held it before William the Conqueror was crowned with the Saxon's crown in Westminster Abbey.—Mrs. Lew. Wallace, in December Ladies' Home Journal.
THE PROCESS OF PUTTING ON THE “NEW MAN” PHYSICALLY.
By David Paulson
(Continued.)*
Flesh Foods.
We are bidden in the Scripture to eat “that which is good.” Isa. 55:2. We are also commanded not to eat blood. Gen. 9:4.
How to eat flesh food, and at the same time to separate from it the blood and waste matter which cling to and fill the space between its fibers, is not so easy a problem to solve as it might appear at first sight.
There are not many who would have the gastric courage to drink blood from a tumbler, or even eat a piece of bread which had been soaked in the same; and yet every time they eat a piece of flesh food they are practically doing precisely this; for the color and taste of flesh is almost entirely due to the amount of blood which still clings to it. A piece of meat subjected to a stream of water for a few hours becomes white and almost as thready as yarn, and practically as tasteless, and yet it now represents the actual food elements, the waste portions, poisons, and blood having been removed by the running water. The Lord commanded Noah, long before the Jewish dispensation began, not to eat blood. Gen. 9:4. The command was reiterated and incorporated in the very heart of the four necessary things that the Gentile Christians must carry out in their lives. Acts 15:28, 29. They were not to eat blood, and were to let alone strangled things. It is well to bear in mind that the average fish dies from strangulation. How impossible it is for God to make clean blood out of these unclean and waste substances can be learned by studying Job 14:4.
The same truth can be demonstrated practically in the laboratory by injecting a portion of the secretion of the kidneys of a man who is living upon the natural products of the earth into the veins of a rabbit, and noting how much is required to kill it; allow the individual to live largely upon flesh-foods for a few days, and then it is observed that it will now require only about one-fourth as much of the secretion of the kidneys to kill a similar rabbit. In other words, when the man attempts to eliminate not only the waste products made in his own muscles, but also those that exist in a portion of the body of an ox, he is laying a task upon his eliminating organs which in that particular instance they may be fully qualified to meet; but if he is already on the borderline of Bright’s disease, it may be the one thing that will turn the scale and precipitate him into a premature grave.
Exercise.
The sentence that Adam was to toil, that he was to eat bread in the sweat of his face, came from the same source as the promise of his future happiness, and both alike, under the particular circumstances, were intended to be blessings. As long as Adam was in this sinful world, sufficient labor to produce vigorous perspiration would help to eliminate poisonous substances, which would otherwise irritate his nerve-centers, and tend not only to produce an abnormal physical condition, but to make it more difficult for him to experience that spiritual life to which it was his privilege to attain.
“Abundance of idleness” was one of the four things that produced Sodom. Eze. 16:49. But the idea is firmly rooted in the human mind to-day that labor is a sort of necessary evil; and one of the great problems that thousands of young men and women are trying to solve is how to get thru the world without working. Honest, substantial toil is despised, and every contrivance from the Turkish bath down is utilized as a means of securing perspiration without having to work for it. But laboratory experiments have clearly shown that the perspiration produced by the application of heat is far less poisonous than that which is produced by work. So, after all, nature maintains that the best way to sweat is to work.
Again, the Scripture gives the instruction that “if any would not work, neither should he eat” (2 Thess. 3:10), and nature recognizes the justice of this command by depriving of a healthy appetite the man who does not work. “The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.” Eccl. 4:5. It is impossible to keep up good, sound flesh, and at the same time fold the hands; or, in other words, neglect to take physical exercise. Exercise increases the activity of the heart, so that the rate of the flow of the blood is accelerated. It helps to wear out the “old man.” It increases the activity of every eliminating organ to carry off the waste products. It paints a fresh color in the cheeks. It tends to put every function of the body into a more normal condition, and increases man’s capacity to take in a larger degree of the joys that God has in store for him, even upon this sin-cursed earth.
If a man is so feeble that he can not take exercise himself, then those who “are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak” (Rom. 15:1) to the extent that they will give him massage and other forms of passive exercise.
Chicago, Ill. DAVID PAULSON, M. D.
ADVICE TO THE YOUNG FROM AN AGED COUNSELOR.
By Ethan Lanphear
“Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.”
IT is the violation of this command that has brought untold suffering and sorrow to the children of men. Young people often pay but little attention to this warning. They think possibly there will be time to reform after marriage. Many a young woman has found, when it was too late, that this was a deceptive hope. No Christian young woman should allow herself to become engaged to any young man not established in good moral and religious life, however smooth and affable he may be in her presence. He may use deception. The depraved young man who would play the role of lover will often put on an appearance of manliness and manifest a sort of respect for religion. He may attend church occasionally for no other purpose than to meet young ladies of a religious character to form their acquaintance, or possibly to have an opportunity to walk home with them.
Girls should be on their guard against wolves in sheep’s clothing. Parents often fail to caution as they should. They allow their daughters to associate with wealthy men’s sons because of their wealth, and many a girl has thrown herself away for life because of things that glitter and shine. The rich man’s son, brought up in idleness, is the most dangerous man to choose for a husband; for he depends upon father’s wealth for the future. A girl may think that if she marries such a person she will get a good home; but when father is gone and money11spent, poverty comes without a remedy. The husband resorts to idleness and bad habits, and the last state of the woman, with a family of children to care for, is worse than the first.
There is little hope of reform in such a man; and yet how many such cases there are in the world. Never should a girl consent to marry any young man who has not a trade or a business, so that he can support a family; neither should she consent to marry a young man that is in the habit of lounging about saloons and hotels, or one that uses tobacco or liquor in any form, or uses profane language, or frequents theaters, the dance, or gambling and card-tables. All promises to reform will be of no avail. When the honey-moon is over, and the couple settle down to the realities of life, the promises will too often be disregarded.
No Christian should ever marry a known sinner; neither should a Sabbath-keeper ever marry a Sunday-keeper, or one who cares for no day. This is being unequally yoked together, and such cases mean trouble ahead. If there is a family, the children are likely to become infidels, or to care for nothing, and quite often the Christian parent falls out by the way. I have known companions of this kind, when matters were going unpleasantly, to taunt each other about their religion. Better turn aside before the danger comes!
Young women, one and all, be on your guard against a deception that is able to bring you untold sorrow.
ETHAN LANPHEAR.
Plainfield, N. J.
GOING HOME.
By N. S.
GLAD is my heart to-night,
Joy after tears,
Banished the loneliness,
Banished the fears,
I'm going home.
Home to clasp father's hand,
See his dear face,
Find with the household band
Sweet resting-place,
I'm going home.
Friends of youth, kindred dear,
Loved long ago,
Sure a glad welcome there,
Once more to know,
I'm going home.
Tho to be parted soon,
Joy 'tis to meet,
Light for the days to come,
Memories sweet,
I'm going home.
Soon to the Father's house
Christ's word is given,
Soon to the mansions blest
Waiting in heaven,
I'm going home.
Vanish then, shadows drear,
Murmurings, cease;
Welcome the blessed word,
Promise of peace,
I'm going home.
He who so long hath loved,
Waiting to greet,
His love will compass
The path to His feet,
I'm going home.
N. S.
SAVED HIS BROTHER.
EVERY stormy winter season English papers contain accounts of gallant rescues by the lifeboat crews. The lifeboat men put off into furious seas to save the shipwrecked strangers of whom they know nothing except that they are in need. A few years ago German papers told the story of a rescue, as follows:—
“One cold, stormy morning a ship was sighted on a reef about a mile away. The lifeboat was at once manned, and after many difficulties all the crew were rescued except one, and, the boat being overloaded, he was left. When Harro, the leader of the crew (who was absent on the first journey), arrived, and learned of the solitary man on the wreck, he volunteered to go back, in spite of the pleading of his mother, who reminded him of the loss of his father's and brother's lives. ‘For love of me,’ the mother begged, ‘don’t go.’ ‘But the man on the mast,’ exclaimed Harro, ‘are you sure he has no mother to mourn his death?’ Harro's mother said no more, and her son and four men set out again. The wreck was now quite under water, but at last it was reached, and Harro climbed the still standing mast and fetched the half-frozen man down. He was laid in the bottom of the lifeboat. Harro bent over him, and remained so till the boat was so near the shore that his voice could be heard. Then he waved his cap and shouted to the spectators, ‘Tell my mother that we have saved Uwe.’”
SPECTACLES FOR CHILDREN.
It is an old joke that the parents of Boston are looking forward to the time when their children will be born with spectacles. Certain it is that hundreds of children are to-day wearing glasses where one was a generation ago. Is this necessary?
Our school children are growing more and more nearsighted according to all authorities. They are becoming a class of invalids, thousands being taken from school on account of illness.
According to the Medical Standard, out of three hundred young women in the Chicago Normal School only 67 are in good health.
Think of that! The very teachers in whose care the children are to be placed do not know good health in their own individual selves.
The Normal School is the full fruit of which the public school system is the flower.
Instead of sending forth teachers to educate—to develop boys and girls—it sends out a horde of physical weaklings to teach books.
We would be glad to know of the number of pairs of spectacles worn by the 233 who were “enjoying poor health.”
What can we do to remedy this?—The Clinic.
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I was sitting at the table of an Irish merchant in S—— a few years ago. He had eight beautiful children. He had his wines and brandy on the table, and, of course, asked me to drink, and I had to give my reasons for declining. I made this remark: “I would like to see the man who can truthfully say, ‘No relative or friend of mine ever fell thru intemperance.’” This struck the merchant; his knife and fork fell from his grasp, and he remained silent for some seconds.
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AFRAID OF AIR.
I wonder why so many women are afraid of air. The one great foe of a woman's peace of mind is a “draft.” Consumptive patients are kept in the open air all day long. Are we to wait until we are consumptives before we take advantage of it?
Air is so cheap. It is almost a pity that it is; if it were an expensive commodity, the people across the way, whose bedroom windows are closely shut at night, would certainly insist upon their share. We must have air and we must have sunshine in our homes, if they are not to be asylums for invalids.—Herald of Health.
“MY MASTER IS ALWAYS IN.”
“JOHNNY,” said a man, looking at a boy who was taking care of a shop while his master was out, “you must give me extra measure. Your master is not in.”
Johnny looked up in the man’s face very seriously and said, “My master is always in.”
Johnny’s master was the all-seeing God. Let us all, when we are tempted to do wrong, adopt Johnny’s motto, “My master is always in.” It will save us from many a sin and much sorrow.
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WANTED—Salesmen or Ladies—Do you want to make more money? You can do it by working for the largest manufacturing company in our line, in the country. Salary guaranteed; expenses advanced weekly. Write Monarch Co., 608-46 Jackson St., Chicago, Ill.
SANTA FE ROUTE
ONLY LINE WITH ITS OWN TRACKS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO CHICAGO
THE CALIFORNIA LIMITED
The Santa Fe new and sumptuous train, through to Chicago in 75 hours. Leaves every morning at 9 o’clock.
OVERLAND EXPRESS, with through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, to Chicago, every evening at 8 o’clock.
BAKERSFIELD LOCAL leaves every morning at 7.20, and STOCKTON LOCAL every afternoon at 4.20, giving best service through the San Joaquin Valley.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED Tourist Excursions every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday, in Vestibuled Tourist Cars.
The service on these Personally-Conducted Excursions, is all that counts for comfort and convenience. Clean linen and bedding, the proper lavatory and toilet accommodations are provided. The aisles are carpeted and the windows double, to keep out the dust, and wide to allow an unobstructed view of the scenery en route. Full information regarding the Santa Fe Route, with handsome folder and correct map of the section through which it runs, may be had at the Company’s offices.
