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LETTER FROM CANTON, CHINA.

By Mrs. J. N. Anderson

THIS leaves our workers in Canton all well but feeling deeply the loss of our dear Sister Miller in Honan. With the millions of heathen thronging us on every side, the loss is double—to those who knew her personally, an individual loss, and to all the cause in this needy field comes, in her sad death, the loss of an enthusiastic and tireless worker who had but scarcely begun her work. Even in her last illness her mind was constantly occupied with planning for the furtherance of the work to which she had fully dedicated her life.

Brother Wilbur has to-day—May 5—gone to Hong Kong, our seaport, about one hundred miles distant, to meet Brother W. C. Hankins and wife whom we expect on the incoming steamer, the Empress of Japan. We are so thankful for this response to the appeal for help for the work at Amoy; still the work there calls for a much stronger force of workers, and we hope the sound of appeal may not be still till we have at least another pair of strong workers for the Fukien Province.

Our Brother Keh (Chinese) writes me to-day: "I have twenty or thirty sound inquirers out in a country district, [he formerly occupied a pastorate in this vicinity], and have felt it necessary to rent a house there to use for a chapel." Now we have an earnest request from the Mission Board not to enlarge our work beyond last year's appropriation, but what could we say to this brother's request for $6.00 a month for rent. And yet these littles multiply upon us from all sides. Our work here in Canton, this city of two and a half million people, is moving encouragingly.

Yours in the work, MRS. J. N. ANDERSON.

P. S. May 8. Brother and Sister W. C. Hankins have arrived safely after a pleasant voyage. They report a pleasant stop in Kobe, Japan. Are spending a few days with our workers in Canton before going on to their station at Amoy, in the Fukien Province. MRS. J. N. A.

COME, WINDS OF GOD!

By Henry Burton, D. D.

COME, Winds of God, and chase The mists of doubt away! That I may see His face, And know His perfect day— The day when self and sin shall cease, In perfect love and perfect peace.

Come, Winds of God, and blow Upon this heart of mine! The fires are dim and low, Half-quenched the spark divine; Breathe on me till one ardent flame Shall tell the wonders of Thy name.

Come, Winds of God, and shake The lips which falter so! Their selfish silence break, To tell the things we know; Till my glad tongue shall speak and sing The glories of my Saviour King!

Come, Winds of God! the sky Is darkening o'er the deep; The hearts of Israel sigh, The eyes of Israel weep— For fields all barren, labor vain— Come, bring the sound of plenteous rain

My soul, in silence bow! The Winds of God are still; They blow, we know not how, Fresh from the holy hill; We hear them not, but feel them nigh, For God Himself is passing by!

—Henry Burton, D. D.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

FOUR candidates were baptized at Oakland, Ill., May 5, by Brother Chas. Thompson.

INDIANA CONFERENCE is to have four tent companies in the field the present season.

DURING the past quarter, says the Indicator, nine persons have taken their stand for the Sabbath of the Lord in Rochester, N. Y.

IN the Wisconsin Reporter Brethren F. Stebbeds and C. W. Olds mention the baptism of ten church-school children at Cassville, ranging in age from seven to sixteen years.

REPORTING to the Minnesota Worker, Brother A. J. Stone mentions the baptism of seven candidates in the Lake Street church, Minneapolis, on the 3d inst. Three of these were to unite with the Scandinavian church.

IN the Welcome Visitor, Brother D. E. Lindsey reports the baptism of five candidates at Cleveland, Ohio. He also noted his having addressed the Temperance League at Green Spring, and that the saloons had been voted out of town.

THE brethren at Rangoon, Burma, report that they have secured a very desirable place for meetings—a hall formerly occupied by the English Baptists. Brother H. H. Votaw says they secured the place while several other parties were applying for it; and they feel that the Lord overruled in behalf of His cause.

FROM the South African Missionary we learn of the organization of a church of nineteen members (natives) at East London, Cape Colony, under the supervision of Brother G. W. Shone. The same paper mentions the arrival of Brother W. H. Anderson and wife at Cape Town, on their return from America. After stopping a few days there, they started on their long journey northward to the new mission site in Barotseland. Brother Anderson's mother also accompanied him.

IN the assignment of laborers to foreign fields by the General Conference, we note the following recommendations: That Professor L. A. Hoopes, of College View, Neb., go to Australia; Brother J. J. Westrup and wife, of Oregon, to Inland China; D. C. Babcock and wife, transferred from British Guiana to Gold Coast, West Africa; Dr. Law Keem and wife, of California, to China; F. M. Burg, now president of Western Oregon Conference, to Great Britain; Amanda Van Scoy, of Nebraska, to China; A. J. Kennedy, of Ohio, to China; G. W. Casebeer and wife, of Idaho, to South America; J. A. Holbrook, of Montana, to Great Britain; Jacob Hofstra, of West Michigan, to Holland; Dr. Emma Perrine, of Iowa, to Japan. It was also recommended that Brother O. A. Olsen, of the British Union Conference, become president of Australasian Union Conference.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL

LESSON 2.—JULY 9.—HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER.

Lesson Scripture.—Isa. 38:1-8, A. R. V.

(1) "IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. (2) Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, (3) and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (4) Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, (5) Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. (6) And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city. (7) And this shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that He hath spoken: (8) Behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down."

Golden Text.—"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Ps. 46:1.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

(1) What sad affliction came to King Hezekiah? Who came to him in his distress? What message did the prophet bring? Verse 1. Note 1. (2) How was the king affected by this announcement? Verse 2. (3) What was the burden of his petition? How was his great sorrow manifested? Verse 3. (4) Through whom did the Lord answer the king? Verse 4. (5) What message was sent through the prophet? Verse 5. Note 2. (6) What further promises were given to the king? Verse 6. Note 3. (7) How was the king assured that the Lord would surely heal him? Verse 7. (8) What was the sign? Verse 8. Note 4.

NOTES.

1. Hezekiah's generally good reign was largely owing to his close connection with the prophet Isaiah. Last week's lesson brought to view his marvelous deliverance from the Assyrians through his uniting with the prophet to commit the cause of his people and city to the care of the Lord. The history of the Jewish people shows that when they heeded the counsel of the prophets of God success always attended them. Their sad failures, politically and religiously, were due to their rejection of the prophets. See Jer. 44:2-6; Matt. 23:37. And this lesson is for us of to-day. See 2 Tim. 3:16, 17.

2. It was not Hezekiah's goodness, nor because what he asked was the best thing for him, that caused the Lord to grant his request. It was granted because of his importunity (Luke 11:5-8). Three years after his healing, a son was born to him, and this son, Manasseh, gave the people a terribly wicked administration for the greater part of his long reign. And Hezekiah himself became backslidden for a time, the results of which came upon the people a hundred years later. See 2 Chron. 32:24-36; Isaiah 39.

3. When Isaiah's prediction was reversed, he did not, as Jonah did under a like condition, become petulant and discouraged, when the Lord chose to grant the king's petition. He was just as ready and just as faithful in the matter of the second message as he had been in conveying the first one. He recognized that Jehovah is a prayer-hearing and a prayer-answering God, and may do as He will with His own. The liberality of the Lord was emphasized in His giving to Hezekiah a promise of that which he had not asked—immunity from future oppressions by the Assyrians. Altho Hezekiah afterward became backslidden and proud of heart because of his prosperity (2 Chron. 32:25), this promise of the Lord was kept. The trouble that afterward came upon Judah came from Babylon, after that kingdom had conquered Assyria, and after Hezekiah's repentance had procured a postponement of judgment for about a hundred years, notwithstanding the long wicked reign of his son Manasseh, and the sad defalcations of Jehoiakim and others.

4. From the record in 2 Kings 20, we learn that, in addition to the Lord's promise to heal Hezekiah, "Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered." Verse 7. Thus the prophet did not assume that prayer for healing, or even the Lord's promise to heal, should preclude the use of rational remedies.

From the same record we find that Hezekiah had asked for a sign that the Lord would heal him, and that in three days he would be able to go up to the temple. Also that the prophet gave the king the privilege of choosing whether the shadow should "go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps," and Hezekiah said, "Let the shadow return backward ten steps." Then "Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and He brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz."

Bible Women in South India

The Church of England Zenana Missionary Society has Bible women in many South India villages. One is in a village, many miles from the nearest Christian church, so that she can not go to church at all. Another is of low caste, and therefore must live outside the village where she works. By walking six miles she can attend church, however, every Sunday. Such workers, patient, earnest, but lonely and isolated, are the ones who are laying hold upon heathen women in South India, and they need all the sympathy that Christians can give them.

An Afghan Convert to Christ

The son of a Mohammedan Afghan robber chief has left his father's caste, crossed the frontier, and made public profession of faith in Jesus Christ at the mission in the bigoted Mohammedan city of Peshawar. He has done this at the imminent risk of being shot by his angry father, and he is himself still little more than a half-tamed savage, liable to lose control of himself, when anything stirs his wrath. Yet there he is to-day, trying hard to be humble, gentle, and Christ-like. He is therefore within reach of the prayers of Christians.

Christian Progress in Formosa

A MISSIONARY of the Presbyterian Church of England describes ten days' touring among the villages near Chiang Hoa, Formosa, and adds: "It is a great comfort to be able to roam all over a heathen country, and yet seldom be more than a mile from a Christian dwelling." The progress of the Kingdom is emphasized by a moment's thought on this sentence.

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By G. W. Mills; A. L. Lingle

THOSE coming to the San Jose camp-meeting should put a tag with their name on it on the baggage with the railway check, putting the baggage in the care of the San Jose Transfer Co.

Hold your railway check until you reach the camp-ground, and deliver it to our baggage man on the ground.

G. W. MILLS. A. L. LINGLE.

CAMP-GROUND NOTICE.

THOSE coming to the San Jose camp-meeting over the S. P. (broad-gauge) Railway, on arriving at the depot, should take the car going south on First Street just east of the depot. This car goes straight to the camp-ground.

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WHY PRONOUNCE INCORRECTLY?

By Prof. W. E. Watt

[Prof. W. E. Watt, in Primary Education.]

It makes us warm to see teachers, elocutionists, and lecturers, who are supposed to lead public thought and whose business it is to furnish patterns of correctness, going about with incorrect expressions on their lips which the least listening on their part when in really cultivated company might correct. For instance, there is that class of people who persist in saying "like" when they mean "as."

They "look like" they never can learn a simple rule of grammar. "To hear a teacher correct a child for saying, "I eat my dinner," with short e in eat, and say, "You talk like you don't try to improve," increases our temperature. "Eat" pronounced as "et" is bad form. It was once good, but now no one uses it in careful speech. But the use of "like" has positive limits, and they may be learned by a teacher quite as readily as the pronunciation of any verb.

Look at the crowd who continue to speak "with" so as to rhyme it with "pith!" What can be done with them? Of course their way of speaking this little word is better than "wid" or "wit;" but it looks as if the speaker were trying hard not to say

"wit" or "wid" when he strains himself to say it without carrying the subvocal tone into the consonant. It would be pleasanter to the ear to hear Sam Weller's "vith."

What a difference there is in special teachers! Years ago when some of the physical culture special teachers were doing a little alternating, one of them was told once that "alter" as part of a word is not pronounced the same as when a whole word. A word to the wise was sufficient. But the teachers of "alt" still twist the thoughts of the children into thinking they are ILLUstrating things when they are really ILLUstrating them.

What shall we do with the people who say ADdress when they mean adDRESS? The mispronunciation clings to them as if it were put there with CEMent. They are the same individuals who say Idea when they mean iDEa. I suppose they found out some time ago that "area" has its penult accented, and they can't get away from the one when they strain at the other. Perhaps their Ideas are more like Areas—having nothing in them.

And what a spectacle a man makes of himself when he gets the notion that the natural crasis between t or d and the following u in many words should not be! He picks out the words he means to get desperate about, and then you hear him act in speaking as a boy does who trips himself and almost falls, but doesn't quite go flat. He gets the thing right in "nature" and "creature," and possibly in "furniture," but nine out of ten of them throw away the initial sound of u in "furniture" to save their pneumatic equilibrium by going wrong in order to get what they think must be right. Their "furnitoor" sounds like the Dutchman's moosic. But the whole tribe of them go floundering when they are speaking on "edyoucation" and hit the word "grajiuate" somewhat suddenly. If they only knew how miserable they seem to their best friends, and if they could be persuaded to see that some crasis is permissible there, how much pain and mortification could be avoided in this vale of tears!

Did you ever hand one of these persons an "envelope," or an "envelop"? Not one of them has ever learned the French nasal n; but every last one of them has the pachydermatous determination to sound it this time or die a-sounding at it. Envelope is properly spoken as it spells, and anything that envelops may be called an envelop in plain United States; but if you have to be French part of the time you may as well be it right here as anywhere.

EDUCATION IN THE HOME. NO. 7.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

The Fourth Commandment.

"WELL, children," said Brother Hartman after their guests had gone, "how do you enjoy the readings? do you feel like giving them up?"

"Why father," replied Elsie, "I would not give them up for anything; and I think John feels as I do."

"I surely do," said John. "I find that the more I study the Bible the more interesting it grows."

"We like it, don't we, Beth?" chimed in Mattie, "and Josie said she has learned lots to-night."

"I'd like it ever so much better," said little Beth, "if I could read more of the verses. But I s'pose I'm too little!" she sighed.

"Why, you dear child," said grandma, "I'll tell you what you can do; you may learn a few verses and repeat them at the next lesson; that will be ever so nice."

"Why, yes," agreed papa; "Beth shall learn the Fourth Commandment and repeat it at the very beginning of the reading. It's pretty long, but I think my little girl can do it, and I suppose there are many ministers of the Gospel who are unable to quote it correctly."

It was very gratifying to see with what interest Beth studied her "commandment," as she called it; so that she had it perfectly learned in time for the next study.

With the lighting of the lamps on Wednesday evening, we are pleased to see an increase in the little circle which surround the table in the pleasant sitting-room at Brother Hartman's. True to her promise, Miss Josie, Mattie's close friend, has brought her father and mother, while Mr. and Mrs. Jones are in their places, Bibles in hand.

"Our subject to-night," began Brother Hartman, "is the Fourth Commandment of the Decalogue, as you will remember. Beth, my girl, are you prepared to repeat it now?"

"Yes, papa, with grandma's help I have learned it," said little Beth, as she rose and stood by her father's side, while she repeated slowly and distinctly:

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it."

"Well done. Where do we find this command, Beth?"

"In Exodus 20:8, 9, 10, 11."

"Yes, it was placed in the heart of the moral law by the great Jehovah. But it is often said that this law has been abolished. What have you to say to this, John?"

"I have this to say, father: If the Ten Commandments are done away, then it is not possible for men to sin by breaking one of them; hence we may steal or rob, or commit murder."

"How do you prove this, my son?"

Turning to Romans five, John read the last part of the thirteenth verse, "But sin is not imputed when there is no law."

"Good; will Mr. Wilbur please read Rom. 4:15; for in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word is established."

"For where no law is, there is no transgression," read Mr. Wilbur. "I rather think that's plain enough, Mr. Hartman; it seems to me that the moral law is just as necessary to-day as it ever was."

"Perhaps so," observed Mrs. Wilbur. "I suppose the moral law is considered the standard of morality, and yet it seems to me that that Fourth Commandment somehow has been destroyed, or perhaps changed by Christ or His apostles."

"Well, we will see if we can find something that Christ Himself has said on the subject. Josie, will you please turn to the fifth chapter of Matthew, and read, beginning with the seventeenth verse."

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Here, mama, you read the next verse," said Josie, and Mrs. Wilbur read slowly and thoughtfully:

"For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

"Why, mama, that's plain enough for even a little girl to understand. It doesn't sound much as if the Fourth Commandment was done away, does it?"

Mrs. Wilbur did not reply, and Brother Hartman continued:

"What is said of those who teach people to break even the very least of these precepts? Elsie, will you read the next verse?"

"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven."

Josie gave her mother a quick glance, and Mrs. Wilbur said earnestly, "I have read those verses many times, and yet I never thought of their real meaning."

"It is quite natural, my friend," said Sister Hartman, "to do as we are taught to do in childhood; and this is one great reason why we are holding these studies with our children."

"Now," continued Brother Hartman, "I would like Mr. Jones to turn to Psalms 119, and read verse six."

"Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all Thy commandments."

TOO BUSY TO LOVE.

"My mother'd love me a lot, too, if she wasn't too busy," loyally declared a small maiden, who had hungrily watched the home leave-taking of a little companion as they set off for school. "She has so much housework to do." The "much housework" and other work seem to take precedence of love in many households where the members would be shocked if they fully realized the fact. Love their own?—Of course they do, and all the toil is for the sake of these beloved ones, they say, and really believe. And yet the work has become a fetish—not something for the family comfort, but something before which all else must give way, to which everything else must be sacrificed.—Anon.

A SABBATH WALK.

By Miss E. Batterson

MISS E. BATTERSON.

BRIGHT Sabbath day, thy balmy air Invites us to the wood. Man spent the first blest Sabbath there, When God pronounced earth good.

If it were good for him of old His altar there to rear, Then it is good, when leaves unfold, We there our God revere.

Our God hath made all nature fair, Tree, flower, and running brook. The birds that carrol in the air Are part of nature's book.

So let our hearts be filled with love For Him who is our Way; Our praise ascend to God above For this blest Sabbath day.

KEEPING THE FURS.

A resourceful friend of mine, who is a famous housekeeper, uses old linen sheets for wrapping the furs before placing them in box or barrel. Sheets are selected that are too old and thin for other use, and they are kept for this purpose from year to year, as they would not be fit to use on the beds after their summer service in fur storing, especially if oil of cedar is used as a moth preventive. She saturates small balls of cotton batting with the oil of cedar, and pins them to the sheets in which the furs are to be wrapped. It is almost impossible to confine the oil to the batting, however, and the sheets will come from the storeroom badly stained. Many object to the very useful oil of cedar because of its strong odor; but those who have tested it find that the odor soon passes off after the furs are taken from the storeroom. In fact, it does not cling to them after thorough ventilation half as long as the odor of camphor and many other preventives. Sheets of newspaper are often more highly recommended than cotton or linen sheets for wrapping expensive furs before storing them, as there is something about the printer's ink that proves disagreeable to the moths. The sheets must be especially prepared for this purpose, however. In order to wrap the large fur securely, the newspapers must be pasted to form sheets of the right size, and this pasting must be so firm that no cracks through which a moth may find a chance to enter will be left. It is best to provide two or three newspaper sheets for each piece of fur.

Large, tough paper bags will be the best receptacle for small capes and neck pieces. Several of these—wrapped separately in newspaper as an extra precaution—may be placed in one bag if the large, strong bags such as are used by butchers may be secured.

If any of the usual moth preventives are used in connection with the thorough wrappings, it will be unwise to have them come in contact with the fur. Altho few will leave the reddish stain peculiar to the oil of cedar, there is always danger of discoloration, especially with the light furs. It is always safest to wrap the oil saturations in waxed paper, and the balls or powders in tissue-paper, before placing among the furs. These will retain their strength throughout the summer, and need not be removed from their paper wrappings, or replaced by fresh preventives, when the furs are taken from their storage places for periodical shaking and brushing.

—Selected.

RAPID GROWTH.

MINNESOTA is a great state for the production of wheat. It all came from one grain of "Fife Wheat" planted by a son of Scotland. In 1881 he sowed one grain of wheat, and had twenty-two stalks, yielding five hundred and sixty grains. In 1882 he sowed five hundred and sixty grains of wheat and had a harvest of one-fifth of a bushel.

In 1883 he sowed one-fifth of a bushel, and reaped a harvest of seventeen bushels, or 1,020 pounds. In 1884 he sowed seventeen bushels, and reaped a harvest of seventeen acres of the finest wheat. In 1885 he sowed one hundred bushels of wheat, and reaped a harvest of 2,800 bushels, or four carloads of fine wheat! In four years one grain of wheat had increased to 2,800 bushels, filling four cars in shipping to the market.

But the wheat had to be buried and die, before it could be reaped and carried, singing, home to the granary or sent to the market. Our Lord obeyed this law: "Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit."

He was the "grain" from heaven, and He died, and was buried; but out of that death will come the great harvest of souls that "no man can number," sharing His life and glory, when the divine harvest is reaped. We can only live by dying, reign in glory by being buried, save life by losing it, and have all things by giving up all.

"He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve Me, let him follow Me"—even unto the death.—Selected.

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TAKING CARE OF THEM HERSELF.

"YES'M, she's pretty well, mother is," said the old man, pausing with his foot on the wagon-wheel to answer an inquiry concerning his wife; "pretty well, if only 'twan't for worryin' about the children. 'Lizabeth's up to Conway this season, and mother's all the time afraid she'll be took sick away from home. Samuel's got a good place at Tanfield, and he's doin' well, too; but his boardin' place is across the river. Sometimes he goes by ferryboat, and sometimes he goes by skiff, and mother she can't get over the feelin' that he's likely to be drowned. The two younger ones is home yet, but she says she's anxious about the time John'll be wantin' to strike out for himself, and she's always been afraid we'd never raise Car'line.

"No'm, there's nothin' special the matter with any of 'em now, and the truck garden has done fine this year. Mother hain't had a touch of her rheumatism all summer, and she'd be pretty well off, if 'twan't for worryin'."

"Christian?—Bless you, yes, this forty year! She ain't afraid but what the Lord will take care of her and all the rest of the world; but seems like she ain't got faith yet to b'lieve He's to be trusted with the children."—Wellspring.

THE TONGUE.

"God made the tongue, and, since He never made anything in vain, we may be sure He made it for some good purpose. What is its good purpose?" said a teacher one day.

"He made it that we may pray with it," answered one boy.

"To sing with," said another.

"To talk with people," said a third.

"To recite our lessons with," replied another.

"Yes, and I will tell you what He did not make it for. He did not make it to scold with, to lie with, or to swear with. He did not mean that we should say unkind or foolish or impatient words with it. Now, think every time you use your tongues if you are using them in the way which pleases God." —Selected.

A Drunkard’s Warning

A TWO-DOLLAR bill came into the hands of a relative of mine, writes a lady in Boston, "which speaks volumes on the horrors of strong drink or the traffic in it." There was written in red ink on the back of it the following: "Wife, children, and over $40,000, all gone. I am alone responsible. All has gone down my throat. When I was twenty-one I had a fortune. I am not thirty-five years old. I have killed my beautiful wife, who died with a broken heart, have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone, I do not know how I can get my next meal. I shall die a drunken pauper. This is my last money and my history. If this bill comes into the hand of any man who drinks, let him take warning of my life's ruin."—Michigan Christian Advocate.

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A pure vegetable oil.

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TRINITY COTTON OIL CO. DALLAS TEXAS

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