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PAWTUXET.

AT the Church Of the TRANSPORTATION yes
terday Rev. MIR. Schleman of Persia spoke on
the missionary work done in tEat country
There was a large congregation gathered.
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"DO NOT FAIL"
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Telephone 26s3.
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NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.

Time tables giving full information
es TO local and through train scrrie,
may DO obtained Mt Pr<Yidence sta-
tion and stations below.
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REQUIRES NO BOILING,
e. Made as Quickly as Ordinary Coffee

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grains containing a tie cioineats required hy th.
human sysfrm. Not % De- confronted with fI.
numerous Chcsog- VI oasscs- bfan coiro-tioHs
Iow on tie market.
Prepared ~ VI. s.AyEH. cf Boston
A vegetarian for many years.
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Such In hripfsis a dpscrintion. free from
teshnicalities. ~ tbs methods uf receiving
and senuir A. alarms nv the new system.
To describe all the devices wOulu require
volume. Nor does the new stvie of hat.
tcry-tne storage-necd particular dos
criution. EXCEPT 20 snv that ~ "a vastly
so superior to the old grlyitv battrey,
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ligion. There have been notifications
and variations; that is to say the
leaves and the branches have been diff
ferent, but the trunk has always been
the same. Probably the first religion
that was organized was the worship
of the sun. The sun was the Sky
Father, the All-Seeing, and, SO far as
the savages understood, the probable
author of all that was good. On the
other hand, darkness was evil, and we
now find that in our own religion,
called Christianity, there is nothing
original. Ali the doctrines are old; all
the symbols are ancient; all the cere-
monies are moldy with antiquity. The
cross was used thousands of years be-
fore Christ was born. Baptism is thou
sands of years older than the Baptists.
So the tree of life grew in India and
China and in Central America thou
sands of years before the Garden of
Eden was planted. So the doctrine of
the fall of man and the atonement are
far older than Adam and Eve. So the
eucharist came from the Pagans.
They used to make little cakes of
wheat and say, This is the flesh Of the
goddess Ceres" Then they drank wine
and said, This is the blood of our god
Bacchus." Bacchus was a sun-god.
In other words, there is nothing orig
inal in Christianity. Salvation by be-
lief is thousands and thousands of
years older than the Christian re-
ligion.
How much of the message peace on
earth, good will to men" was intended
for women, or was the entire message
for men only? I suppose that the
word "men' includes women; that is
to- say, the human race. OF course
have no idea that the heavenly choir
sang any song. / have no idea that
there was any heavenly choir. Neither
do 1 believe that there was any shep-
herds or that any miraculous babe was
born in Bethlehem. The whole thing
is simply a legend-a myth. Some of
it is good, some of it beautiful; some of
it absurd and cruel.
There are many things in the Tes-
lament that 1 like. Blessed are the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-19
HOW HE PAID HIS BILL.

A young fellow arrived in the
D andsburg mining district with about
] $50 in his pockets. About a half hour
natter arriving a telephone message
came to the Constable to arrest and
hold him on the grounds of having
Ejumped his board bill at Randsburg.
The Constable took him in charge and
: drought him over to the telephone Of
3fice and called up the Constable at
5Randsburg to tell him what he had
5done, and also to find out what he
sshould do with him, He was informed
4 that the prisoner owed a board bill
Sthere, and that, including costs, etc,
I it would just take $50 Is to square him
sself, or go back to Randsburg and face
shis music.
i The prisoner protested. saying that
he did not owe more than Si4 at the
most, and said he would have to go
pack In the meantime the Constable
took his man across the street to a
saloon, where they had a few drinks
(paid for by the prisoner), and then to
la back room, where a poker game was
in progress.
The prisoner, soliloquizing that he
had just as we'll go back broke" as,
sshort a few dollars, asked permission
to set in, which was readily granted
him, the Constable also setting in"
In just three hands after he set in
the prisoner won a cool $780, handed
the Constable $50 % and asked to be
released, which was Immediately done,
the Constable teIephoning his asso-
ciate in Randsburg not to come, as
the money had been paid up.
A short while after the operator at
Randsburg called UP and said the orig
1nal complaint had only been made for
$14, and upon finding that the man
owed two or three other small bills the
Constable in Randsburg included them
in the complaint, which made it run
up to $50, thus killing several birds
with one stone"
The young fellow left town that
might on frst-class ticket, instead of
the bean pass
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SHE GOT TIE DOG.

Into the house wandered the other
day a little black pup which had
strayed from somewhere in the big
world outside, to temporary shelter a
lump of coal could not have been more
ebony. nor could four short legs have
supported a more roly-poly body. 1t
was raining, and my friend, who is not
oVer-fond of the canine race in gen
eral, cleaned the little creatures mud
dy paws and coat, fed him, and took
him to her hearth, if not to her heart
Later a neighbours child came in and
made friends with the dog. The little
maiden was 10th to part with her new
found playmate when the afternoon
was over, saying that she wished Santa
Claus would bring her dog exactly
like that one. 1t was evident that her
faith IN the Christmas dispenser of JOY
was no so strong but that she would be
glad to secure the coveted pup in ao-
vance. A dog in the hand was worth
two in the stocking, any December
day.
The next morning, before breakfast
time, she appeared with shining eyes
and eager smile at my friends door.
IT know d little girl what lost q dog"
she said, triumphantly. Whether a
scheme for gaining the desired treas
ure had induced a subterfuge, or
whether really dogless little girl
had promised him to her, should she
find him, my friend to this moment
can merely guess.
ut was a black and white one that
the little girl lost" went on the small
visitor.
This one is all black replied my
| friend, whcreupon the child looked dis
| concerted.
''The one that was lost had a little
bit OF white under the chin, fink,
she answered.
Dogsie's chin, duly examined, faiIe E
to reveal a single snowy hair AgasH
the child was nonplussed. but only for
a few seconds.
1T used to be white" she insisted.
stoutly, the baby face Frightening. "I
dess it must have rubbed off"
She got the dog.
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HOW WOULD AMEND THE GOLDEN RUL E

being they called Cod; many who de-
MED themselves and inflicted fortunes
upon themselves, thinking that in that
way they could secure eternal happi-
ness in another world, but the gen.
eral effect Of the creed has been bad
Since the words Peace on earth,
good will TO men" are supposed to have
been uttered Christendom has been
filed with war, and people called
Christians-or rather nations called
Christians-are the most warlike of the
world. Christians now have armies
amounting to several millions Of men.
They have hundreds of iron-clad mon
sters filed with missiles of death float
ing from port to port, ready to destroy
and kill. Every Christian nation is
guarded by Notifications to prevent
other Christians from cutting their
threats. The Calling and Maxim guns,
the needle rifles, the Krupp cannon,
the dynamite shells have all been in
vented by the people who said Peace
on earth, good will to men,"
The world is not governed by a re-
mark. A paragraph or two does not
fix the condition or determine the des-
tiny Of a nation. Man is governed and
nations are governed by environment,
by countless wants. Everywhere there
is competition; that is to say, war
This war is universal Every kind of
plant fights for soil and sunshine.
Every animal is fighting for food to
supply its wants, to crafty its pas
sions. Man is no exception, and
through all the dead centuries men
have been shedding the blood Of each
other. They will continue to do so
until the human brain has developed
to that degree that right makes might
instead of might making right. When
the reason becomes superior to the pas
sions we will be civilized. Then there
viii be peace on earth. Then there will
be good viii to men, but not before
Man does not need preaching; he
needs teaching. He does not require
faith, but he is in great need of facts.
SO think that good sayings, fine para
graphs, have done but little toward
civiliZing the human race.
Has peace on earth, good will to
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sTaND BY TO SAVE THE PIG

It was on sailing ship bound
round the Horn" The fare of the
common sailors was, as usual. none
too good, but the skipper, however.
was fond of a good meal and two
fat pigs penned in on the deck gave
promise of one day enriching his table
with fresh pork-a luxury on a. sailing
lship outward bound for a long VOYAGE
1t happened that one of the porkers
managed to escape from his pen and
ambled about the deck with the easv
air OF proprietorship, which became the
pet and pride of the captain. Not he
ing accustomed to the peculiar actions
or ship he wandered little too near
the edge and a lurch threw him overA
board.
| In great distress the cabin-boy. VIZ
was an excitable little fellow, ran n
to inform the captain of the mishap.
but being hurried and confused he in
formed that worthy that there was "a
man overheard"
Man overheard" quoth the captain.
We'll. we can't do anything for him
in this sea but pray"
1T isn't man, sir: it's mig t"
ehimed in a Jack Tar who stood near
by.
The pig! Good heavens! Lower
away the boats!"
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BY Robert G. IngersolI.

men" any parallel in ancient history?
YES. 1t is said that at the birth of
Buddha there was celestial music and
there was a heavenly choir and this
choir sang substantially the same
words. They proclaimed peace, they
proclaimed salvation to the human
race and universal delivery from ignor-
ance and evil. Substantially the same
happened-or is said to have hap
pened-at the birth of many of the
sun-gOds. Buddha was a sun-god, so
was Brisl ma and Apollo and Hercules,
Samson, Mithra, Hermes and many
others.
The curious thing about the sun
gods is that they all have the same
biography. Each sun-god had a god
for father and a virgin for a mother.
Each was born in a humble place, in
roadside inn, under a tree or in a
cave, and tyrants sought to kill each
of these babies. Every one tasted for
forty days; every one met with a vio-
lent death and every one rose from the
dead. Another fact-every one was
born on Christmas, at the winter SOL
stice.
Samson was sun-god. His
strength was in his hair; that is to
say, IN his beams. Delilah was the
shadow, the darkness, and when
Samson was shorn of his beams he
became weak. Afterward he rose above
his enemies, as the days heightened.
The Hebrews changed this myth into
the biography of a giant
AS a matter of fact the life of
Christ is an old biography with new
name. Christ was not a man, but a
myth; not life, but q legend. 1t is the
old story Of the war between darkness
and light, between the power Of good
and the power Of evil. The proclama-
tons made at the birth of the sun
gods that man was to be redeemed, to
be delivered from evil-that there was
to be peace-seem to have had but
little effect upon the history of the
human race.
Why was Christ to be heralded with
this message? Because the message
was copied from an older biography.
You see there never was but one re-
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merciful, for they shall obtain mercy"
That is beautiful. Forgive others and
God will forgive you. That is good
sense. So what is called the golden
rule is good. 1 think it might have
been a little better, but still it is good
DO unto others as you would that
others should do unto you I do not
know that we can carry that out. For
instance, if / were in prison l would
like to have somebody help me to es-
cape. Ought 1 to help others to es-
cape? Maybe the golden rule would be
better if it was do unto others as
you honestly believe others should do
unto you" OF course this rule has been
known for many, many centuries.
Christ, not contented with that went
even further. He taught US to love
our enemies and to return good for evil.
There is no philosophy in that.
One of the disciples of Confucius
asked him what he thought of the
doctrine that we should return bene-
fits for injuries. Confucius replied,
If you return benefits for injuries
what do you propose to return for
benef1ts?" My doctrine is this: For
benefits return benefits; for injuries
return Justice" Now that seems to me
W bS SOOU, SOuIlu, SANE, COiIlIIou SSlISt.
All these fine sayings are intended
for women-that is to say, for all
human beings, for all who have the in
telligence to perceive, to understand.
While 1 do not believe that these dis
connected sayings have controlled the
course of human events, still L believe
that a good thought has never quite
been lost Every philosophic utterance
hears fruit. Every good, kind, gener-
Gus sentiment has it's influence. Still,
it. is better to do a good thing than
simply to say one, and a noble life is
more convincing than any possible
form of speech.
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JOHN SLATER, I
Medium. |


people in general all over the world. AL
most from the beginning of 1898 bet
ter condition of things will prevail and
1 am positive that December of '9S will
be the closing month of as eminently
satisfactory a year as we could wish
for. Financially there will be a great
er degree of soundness, as we'll as more
confidence upon the part of investors,
than in many years past.
In the spring there may be some dis
quietude among wage earners, and dis
content that may lead to strikes, but
such disturbances will be but tempo
rary.
believe that many deaths will occur
in the Klondike region, and that great
distress will prevail there. None should
venture to endure Alaska's hardships
who are not physically and financially
equipped for the undertaking. New dis
coveries will be made, and there will
be tremendous influx of people from
all parts of the world. l wish, how
ever. to warn all save the strongest
against the risks such a journey as
that to the Klondike entails.
California will have every opportuni-
ty for advancement during '9S, espe-
cially in her mining and agricultural
interests. / believe that there is more
gold in this State than has ever been
taken out of it, and the coming year
will see a large amount of capital from
the East and elsewhere brought here
to develop our mines. There is a splen-
did future for California as mining
center.
Material advancement will not be the
only kind made by the people of the
world during '9S. 1 predict an awak-
ening of spiritual ideas, healthy ten
dency to the PRONUNCIATION of higher
thought toward all that which elevates
and refines the nature ,of human be-
ings, bringing them more in touch with
the good, the true, the beautiful.
Regarding the present agitation as
to war between China and Germany, it
will result in nothing but excited talk.
I apprehend no wars in '9S, although
rumors of wars may arrest public at
tention. The year to come will prove
one of peace and comparative plenty.
Altogether, 1 am enthusiastic in my
hopefulness for the United States and
America throughout the coming twelve
months.
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After drawing the direction of the
rays as seen by me while in the clair
voyant state, find that one line point
ed south forty-seven degrees twenty
eight minutes west; another south
thirty-two degrees nineteen minutes
east, and the third south thirty-seven
degrees nine minutes east. In this di-
rection from Dawson City, where / be-
lieve was during the vision, I there
fore apprehend future discoveries of
great Importance viii be made Some
dispute will arise in connection with
those discoveries. This will occur in
the immediate future, probably during
1898.
am unable to decide on the meaning
OF that portion of the vision which
deals with the value of gold, but am
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6O-O-O-O-O-O@o
LEO, 9
The London 9
Astrologer. .

active and favorable time for business,
but not without trouble from a foreign
nation and talk of war. Crime will
largely increase, and murder and
lynchings will be frequent and terrible.
During the following three months
there will be quarreling, strikes, riots
and earthquakes. War is also threat
ened, and disasters will be frequent
and appalling. Galleries will be I'M
safe, and the President will be in dan
ger of violence from fanatical persons
From June Il to September % BUSH
ness will flourish, and the money mar
ket will be steady. and buoyant. There
will be bountiful harvest and propi-
uous weather for gathering it, Small
cattle Will die in abundance, and some
epidemic sickness of a fatal nature
threatens. Accidents and deaths seem
to be the prominent features during the
last quarter of the year. The death
rate in the United States will be high,
and many strange and sudden deaths
will occur. Railways will be unsafe
and trains will be in danger of being
stopped and looted. There viii also be
disasters on the sea.
Queen Victoria will either be Ill dur
ing the coming year or she will lose a
beloved member of her family. In for
eign and political affairs much will oc-
cur to worry and perplex her Her
death, when it takes place, viii be sud-
den and probably unexpected. Illness
or bereavement is also threatened TO
the Prince OF Wales and there is some
danger that the Princess will also suf-
fer from illness. In other respects also
the year viii be unfortunate for him.
Quite different picture is drawn for
the Duke Of York. Fortune will be
kind to him during the coming year."
says the star reader. He has a kind
disposition, but he lacks the generous
impulses which his father possesses.
He will make a good King and will
reign many years"
The Emperor of Germany will have
a moderate amount of good fortune,
the only ominous sign being a danger
of strained relations between his coun-
try and Great Britain. The Emperor
should not be too overbearing. Were
he King Of England instead of Emperor