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Antiquity of Bella

Before the time Of bells various In
stTuments were used to summon con-
gregations to worship. In Egypt they
ars said to have followed Jewish Gus
tom in using a trumpet. In some Or
iental churches a kind Of rattle gave
the signal. In monasteries MONKS
took It in turn to go round the cells
calling the inmates to their devotions
by knocking with a hammer. which
was called the awakening tnstca-
ment." Bells Of one kind or another
are, however, Of very great antiquity.
having been used in religious cere-
monies by many of the ancient nations
as a means OF honoring their gods and
summoning them to the feasts. For
example. the feast OF Osiris and Isis
was always announced by bells. Pliny
says that bells were in use long before
his time, being called Tin tin nabula." "
The use OF small bells (nolae) in Eng
land. says William Of Malmesbury,
may be traced back as far as the fifth
century. and II is clear from Bede that
even those of the larger kind (cam-
panae). such as sounded in the air and
called a numerous congregation to d.
vine service, were employed in Eng
land as early as the year $50, being
that in which the Abbot Hilds died.
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Ju.tIce for the Wives.

you can stand by now for a whole
lot Of gags in the newspapers about
the bum cigars. the unsmokable pipes.
and the delirium tremens neckties
bought by wives as Christmas presents
for their husbands" said department
clerk whose speciality is puncturing
current fallacies to his own satisfac-
ton. Its about time this particu-
lar brand Of Christmas humor were
shelved. I've made a careful canvass
on the subject, and have ascertain
ed. after questioning all the men
know. that the Christmas cigars pur-
chased by women for their husbands
are generally about five times as good
as the husbands are used to; that
ne Christmas present pipes assay
three times as high as the ordinary
pipes bought by the husbands. I've
got one myself that my wife bought
for me Christmas present three years
ago, and it's as sweet as a nut. at
the present moment; and. finally, that
the neckties given as Christmas pres
ents to husbands by their wives are
In nine cases out OF ten, the acme OF
taste and judgment in selection. New
ertheless, / suppose this especial brand
Of 5eke will go on OUTLYING its truth.
as so many others do"
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The Broken Heart.
Can Old Favorite.)

Can Old FavoriteO
Now lock my chamber door. father.
And say you left me sleeping;
But never tell my step-mother
OF all this bitter weeping.
No earthly sleep can ease my smart.
Or even awhile reprieve a.:
For there's a pang at my young heart
That never more can leave Il!
on. let me lie. and weep my MI
Ger wounds that heal can never.
And oh, kind heaven! were II thy VIII,
To close my eyes for ever.
For how can maids affections dear
Recall her love mistaken?
Or how can heart OF maiden bear
To know that heart forsaken!
Oh. why should vows so fondly made
Be broken ere the morrow
To one who loved as never maid
Loved in this world of sorrow!
The look OF scorn / cannot brave.
Nor PHYS eye more dreary;
A quiet sleep within the grave
Is all for which 1 weary!
Farewell, dear Yarrow's mountains
green
And banks OF broom so yellow!
Too happy has this bosom been
Within your arbors mellow.
That happiness is fed for ay.
And all Is dark depending
Save In the opening gates of day.
And the dear home beyond them!
-Hogg.
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him q "eowaro." and now he had gone
perhaps forever.
As for Dick. on that never-to-be-for-
gotten day at GuasIaas, when those
brave men put 70 fight an enemy four
times their own IN number, his last
thought was Of Dorothy a he went
through the hot high grass with mouth
tightly shut and eyes to the front. He
got q slight wound early in the en-
counter but that only served to awak-
en- him to the terrible reality OF the
situation. He dimIy wondered what
she would say II she saw him now,
blood-stained and dust-covered as he
was. Then he forgot even Dorothy.
for the bullets fell thick and fast, and
the dead and dying were all about him.
Just before the end Of the battle q
pointed bit Of steel came silently and
swiftly on Its deadly mission, and the
next moment Dick Courtney was ly-
Ing stunned and bleeding in the long
grass.
His wound is mortal" was the sur
geon's verdict. but he did not die for
ali that. He was too young and strong,
and after weeks Of pain and suffering
he was back in New York again, still
weak and Ill, but with every certainty
OF recovery before him. The first
evening that he spent in the city
found him o. the way to Dorothy's
house. As he waited for her to come
to him he caught sight Of himself in
the mirror and smiled at the thin,
haggard vision that presented itself.
He wondered IL he had retrieved his
character in her eyes, and then there
was the rustic OF a woman's dress on
the stairs, and Dorothy, repentant, low
ing, was in his arms, with a cry OF
Forgive me, Dick!"
Later on Dick ventured to ask: by
the way, Dorothy, did Alstein get
killed or wounded or anything?
haven't heard"
"He-he didn't go after all: he was
called to Europe on important bust
ness" and she added: i've found out
one thing, Dick; the bravest men
aren't always the ones who talk the
most, and a man can be a hero even
II his great-grandfather didn't fight in
the revolution. Boston Post
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White House Clocks.

"The clocks in the white house." re-
marked an official clock-winder to q
Washington Star reporter. ARE by no
means the most undressing things
about the house, though but little has
ever appeared about them in the news
papers. Strange as it may appear, but
one of the old clocks is Of American
manufacture, though all that have been
purchased Of late years are. The one
clock referred to was made in New
York and was purchased when James
Monroe was president It is one of
the permanent fixtures IN the green
room and has been there ever since II
was purchased. AS timepiece It COM
pares favorably with any Of the for
eign-made clocks, though ii was made
at a time when America was not as
famous for its timepieces as II Is now.
The most interesting clock there, Of
course, from its history Is the clock In
the blue parlor, which was once the
property OF Napoleon Bonaparts, who
presented II to General Lafayette, and
the latter presented II to General
Washington. The frame Of It Il made
Of alabaster and French gilt bronze.
Il has to be wound but once q month.
It keeps time today as accurately as
when first made.
what Is known as the Lincoln
clock, purchased when President LIN
coin was in the white house, Is an OBJ
Jet Of interest In the red room. and
is Of ebony and gold. It strikes the
quarters, halves and hours. In Mrs.
McKinley's room Is clock which has
been running without the slightest IN
Permission for nearly thirty years. The
clock at the foot Of the stairs leading
up TO the presidents once II the one
that tAs public generally sees n 70
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The new British battleship Implaca-
BILE is to cost over 5000. 900 and will
be the greatest warship ever built.
Such an item would make Frenehmen
feel uncomfortable were 1t not that the
new rapid-fire field gun with which
their army is now being supplied dis
charges twenty shells a minute, each
shell containing $50 bullets. It is
claimed that at Chalons it demonstrat-
ed that a single gun can destroy a
regiment in one minute.
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DICK COURTNEY.

Dick Courtnsy bore the reputation
Of being the LATEST man in his set
At almost any hour Of the day ne
might be found at She Manhattan club
occupying the easiest chair In the
room. his feet In another, cigar IN
his mouth. and q PARKWAY look In his
eyes. Yet he was extremely popular.
for his money, good looks and charm
Of manner gave him the key TO So
eiety's gate. and no swell function was
deemed complete without the presence
Of Dick Courtney. But no one ever
expected him to do anything" and
no one ever undertook the task until
he met Dorothy Vernon.
Dorothy was a very energetic young
person, but when she began the ed
ucation of Dick Courtney" as she ex-
pressed II, she had a larger contract
on her hands than she imagined. At
the end Of a year about all she bad
accomplished was to gain possession
Of Dicks heart. at the cost Of losing
her own. though she would have de-
MED that last statement most en-
phatically; for she inwardly rebelled
against the idea of loving such q
lazy man." Dorothy had theories"
and with ali the audacity Of q nine
teenth century girl she did not hesi-
tate to express her views Of any OF
the subjects Of the day. When war
was declared her enthusiasm all turn
ed In that direction, and she be-
moaned the fact that she was a girl
and could not go to the front.
1t was one evening In the early
spring, at the Van Delands' reception.
"Oh, II is terrible to be q woman,
and have to Just sit by and wait II
was a man / wouldn't wait long; It
is every mans duty to go; don't you
think sol"
Certainly. Miss Vernon" answered
Gerald Alstein, with alacrity; ''and It
is to be hoped the call of duty will find
none OF our loyal Americans wanting"
added he, with a meaning look at Dick
Courtney. who had come up just then.
Courtney and Alstein were not the
best Of friends; perhaps because they
saw in each other a possible rival for
the hand OF Dorothy.
Dicks father and mother were Eng
lish, and he had all an Englishman's
proyerbial GOODNESS; so he only said
In reply to Alstein's little shot
"What's that? War again? Really.
Miss Dorothy, what a little enthusiast
you are!"
And rightly So" said Alstein.
Would there were more women like
her, and more men imbued with her
spirit. I wish I could stay and help
You champion our cause. Miss Vernon,
but I see the next dance is beginning
and must CO."
As Alstein took his leave, Dick set
tied comfortably In the seat by Dor
othy's side, and drawled in his slow
English way:
rs Alstein going to war. Dorothy"
Yes, he is going, Of course; he isn't
going to shirk his duty. He's the
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A novel invention has been exhibit
ed before q large number OF persons by
]. N. Alves, a Russian civil engineer.
in st. Petersburg. With this inven-
ton he proposes to revolutionize wheel
Iocomotioo. BY attaching 1t to the
wheels Of any vehicle friction Is re-
duced to its lowest possible limit. To
the Amusement OF the spectator an or
binary horse easily drew wagon
loaded with two and a half tons of
goods. The mechanism Of this device
was kept q secret. the wheels being
covered with a wooden framework
This precantion on the part Of the In
ventor, It was explained. was because
he had Just applied for q patent and
did not wish his invention made pub
lie untii it had been protected By ths
patent
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The aim Of the ofice Of Road Inquiry
is to cooperate with people of,the sew
eral states in making the best possible
use Of material within their reach In
road making. says the secretary Of
agriculture. Large areas in many of
the states have no gravel, rock, or
other hard material with which to
make roads. have had experiments
made during the present year with
steel as extensively as our means would
permit An experiment Of this kind
Is being conducted at Cleveland, Ohio.
A section Of 500 feet Of steel track has
been laid on a street in the suburbs
where the traffic Is heavy, and its value
As already generally acknowledged. A
sample steel road $40 feet long has
been laid upon the grounds Of the ex-
position at Omaha. It Ii proposed TO
make traction tests upon this track
TO show how much less power Is re-
quired TO move load over such q road.
The steel road Is not excessively costly
by comparison with other roads and
VIII last much longer with less repair.
and Is probably the most economic
road for localities where material q
not obtainable for matchmaking.
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It viii be unfortunate If the sequel
Of our war with Spain ends In our
fighting and defeating those whom
Spanish tyranny drove into insurrec-
ton, and yet present conditions are
such that, II this alternative is pre-
scented, we must courageously face it,
even though we may regret that some
other means OF adjusting difficulties
has not been presented.
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most enthusiastic man I've seen for a
long while, and he thinks Just as l
do. We. ought not to wait, but 60 at
once, and avenge the terrible wrongs
that have been committed by the
Spaniards."
Dick smiled. but did not answer. His
seeming indifference nettled her.
Perhaps you do not understand Mr..
Alstein's feelings In the matter. You
can not feel just as we do, whose
fathers and grandfathers have fought
and died for this country. You're Eng
lish, and"
What else, Dorothy?"
You're lazy; you know you are"
what else, Dorothy" Dick was
outwardly as composed as ever. but a
slight compression Of the lips and a
deep drawn breath showed that Dor
othy was hurting him. Dorothy knew
1t, too, but, voman-like, she liked to
dare-even the man she loved-"and q
cowardi" finished Dorothy in a sud-
den moment Of evaporation and an
ger.
u wouldn't say that II / were you.
Dorothy; It isn't exactly fair, you
know. ! wouldn't take 1t from a man.
but from q woman-the woman /
love, tool think I'd better 60 now;
see Mr.. Astein Just outside; I'll
send him to you"
.'DickI" but it was too late: he had
left her.
A few days later Dorothy's most IN
innate friend. Ethel Burnam. came
rushing in with some startling news.
'ioh. Dorothyi Did Jon know Dick
Courtney had gone to War-had Joined
the Rough Ridersf Think Of the
swell Dick, who never did q days
work in his LIE, doing thatf" ana
Ethel laughed at the imaginary pie
ture she had drawn. then added. dole
fully: Most likely he'll DO killed"
Poor Dorothy. After Ethel had gone
she threw herself on the couch IN an
agony Of remorse. Those last words
OF hers to him seemed burning them
selves upon her brain She had called
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HUNTING FOR HEIREsSES.

La Comtesse Loveau de Chavanne,
a beautiful American woman with a
French title, has Just written a book.
which is soon to be published, expos
Ing the methods by which impover-
ished nobility in Europe schemes to
marry wealthy heiresses. The book is,
after a fashion, the story of her own
experience.
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rather modern in eons:.Ecnca & tas
regulator pattern, and Is very ssnASls'
The clock in Private Secretary POI.
ter's room Il admired for It's cathedral
gong rather than anything else. cu'
II u good clock and has 50 provS1
itself for the ten or fifteen years y
has been there"
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THE police Of this city," says the
Philadelphia American, must wake
up" It seems cruel, bug in large vii
lage like Philadelphia somebody ought
to be awake.
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Mr., Yerkes says no other city has
such street car facilities as Chicago.
The people Of Chicago feel bad enough
pbout it without having it continually
thrown in their faces.
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A Chicago waiter was arrested and
locked up for stealing two apples. We
shudder TO think of what his fate
would be had he stolen three apples.
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IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND cURIoGS-THiNos
AND EVENTS.

white House Cloeks-sOms Of Thea
Are Famous and Have Hissories-
Napoison's Strange Plan OF Conquest
-AntIquify OF Bella
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When sheep are paTtured in the
parks Of Chicago the city at least will
have no difficulty in supplying its shep-
herds with crooks.
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If Mr.. Choate takes the ambassador
ship there1l be no Pike county ballad
ghost to haunt his waking hours
abroad.
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When Admiral Dewey becomes pres
icent the star-eyed goddess win un-
doubtedly be made postmistress at
Louisville.
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Sometimes a woman's idea Of friend
ship Is getting thick with another
woman to fall out with her.
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II there was any embalmed beef in
the army it should have been sent &c
the dead-letter ONCE.
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II we were told We would have a
wish granted II We were to make It,
what would that one favored longing
be?
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1t seems like carrying a joke little
too far when some one sends hold
your-wheat" circular to Col Jone ph
Letter.
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The liar who can repeat story ten
times without any alteration deserves
more credit than he gets.
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The better half of the family knows
quite as much about how the other half
lives as she would like to know.
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A tobacco trust is about to invade
Cuba, buy up all the plantations on
which the best tobacco Is grown and
thus control the product. The methods
Of trusts are not 50 rude as those Of
the Spanish, but IN the end they win
amount practically to the same as
Tar a. the Cuban planter b concerned.
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ct can't understand Professor What
ans great popularity as Lecturer :
That's easy: the women enjoy his hit,
fhA Women."
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Health Tor Ten Cents.

Cascarets make bowels and kidneys n.
o~fnrnIfv. destroy microbes, cure headachs
hiiiiousnsss and constipation Az drugViSt.
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"There r. nothing more uncertain tia,
n horse racer exclaimed the man with :
tendency 70 talk loud And the unels,
ehoIY friend responded: you nevs.
Worked IN q weather bureau, did your
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know that my LIE was saved by PisOh
Cure for Consumpeton.-JohnA A. Miller
An sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
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sSwIfe what a lot OF grammatical erro-,
vou make!' what OF II? Aren't they a.
good as those your mother used 10
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Rtehards' Magic Catarrh Expellant O.
Omaha. Neb. Write for particulars.
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Entered at POstonc. a. .scond-cI.s matte.
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When new Americans arrive in
Paris" said the countess to a Chicago
Times-Herald reporter the other day,
their names, places Of adsiress on this
side, and their Partisan addresses are
at once published in the American
Register. a newspaper which has q
very large local circulation for reasons
which you can readily see. These
names and particulars are easily OBJ
tanned at the banking houses, where
newcomers generally report them
selves at once, and are invaluable to
the class Of people who make a special
ty Of being attentive, for considera-
ton, to wealthy and socially ambitious
strangers.
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so legitimate is this business con-
sidered to be that when / left France
for America certain persons coolly
limited to me that might enjoy a good
income would l but keep them in
formed automatically concerning the
eligible heiresses over here. their for
tunes, personal characteristics and
whereabouts. They themselves un-
dertook to manage the European end
Of the business. and guaranteed that
financial success would be positively
assured to such high class matri-
monial agency. 1t is needless to say
that declined the offer. have seen
too much misery come from such mar
riages to endeavor in any way to in
erease them"
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Interpreters and guides flock to the
recent arrivals, proffer their services.
and, IL engaged. learn everything pos
sible concerning their employers cir
cumstances, home standing and So
ciety aspirations. Where there is a
daughter ambitious to own a title, a
wide field of operations is entered
upon. There are crowds of impover-
ished scions of noble families who are
only too willing to barter position for
wealth, and one Of these being selected
as eligible, he is Obliged to sign reg
plar contract, specifying exactly how
much Of his prospective wife's fortune
be will pay to the aristocratic match
maker in the event of his marriage to
her dear young American friend
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Sometimes, where there is a dowry
the amount is paid down, and again it
is paid so much By the month. so that
there are many American girls who,
quite unconsciously, have literally
paid for their husbands ON the in
stallment plan
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-18

brothers charge so much to carry it.
where it is needed. Some dav men
will grow too wise to let such things
happen any more.
Now will send you the story of:
PICTURE NO. VI.
This is another fire in a city, and
there are people still in the building
who can only escape by one window;
the stair ways are burnt A ladder is
put up, but some one must hold it
steady for the people to climb down,
and the melted lead from the roof is
dropping, dropping, steadily, 50 that
no one can stand on the ground I'M
derneath without being burned by
this dropping lead.
A fireman springs forward and
stretches out his arm to hold the lad
der. The melted lead falls on it, maxi
ing a terrible burn; he never tlinChes-
does not draw back his arm The
people climb one by one out of the
window and come slowly, oh, SO slow
ly down the ladder. The melted lead
drops, but the ladder is held firmly in
it's place.
AT laSt all are SAFE ana the Ladder is
taken down, the noble fireman is re-
leased; but with 4 hole burned through
his arm where the lead has fallen.
What hero Of many battle-helds has
d scar Of which he may feel SO proud?
Suppose that fireman should have lit
tie sons and daughters who should
ask him some day about that scar on
his arm. how do you think thcvwould
feel toward their father when they
knew.
SISTER HELEN.
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List of Communities and Colonies.

We will'keep standing list of all liberal
Communities and Cooperative colonies, and of
persons who propose to start such, so that
persons who wish to join can correspond with
them and choose which they like best.
Brotherhood. Olalla, Wash.
Mrs. O. shay, Maydower, Ga.
Harmony. Newaukum, Wash.
Thos. Farrar, Lethbridge, Canada.
q. $. Haslall, Devers, Liberty county, Tex.
Bennett Cooperative Co, Lone Lane, Mo.
Willis NJ. Myers, for the Cooperative Union,
Ocala, Fla.
The Rusl1in Cooperative Association, Rus
kin. Tenn.
Equality Cooperative Colony, Belfast, Skagit
county, Wash.
The Christian Commonwealth, Common
wealth. Muscogee county. Ca.
The Foirhope Industrial Association, Fair
hope Ala. A single tax colony.
w. G. Payntor, Tantallion. n. w. T., Can,
Sec'y Harmonial Industrial Assn.
Colorado Cooperative colony, Pinon, Col.
Publishos the Altrurian.
@. l.. Charlton. Ruskin, b. c., Can, Sec'y
Canadian Cooperative Society.
The Altruist Community, Office 2Sl9 Olive
street. St. Louis Mo, Land in country.
The Nilssur Cooperative Association, f. b.
Mayo. secretary, 905 Fremont avenue N,
Minneapolis MINI.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-03-18
Resources Of Equality.

We are overwhelmed with letters from
friends in all parts OF the world, asking about
our holdings, about our facilities for produc-
ton, so that in self defense we feel compelled
to publish Il statement of the facts.
The colony owns free from circumference
COS acres of land 10 horses, 3 mules, II COWS,
l. calves, 10 hogs ID pigs, wagons and quite
number of ordinary farm implements, ETC.
We own a 45-horse power saw MILL with
shingle mill and planer. We also have
35-horse power donkey engine.
We carry on farming, on a small scale, hav-
ing 20 acres under cultivation, and about 20
or 80 acres more nearly ready for the pillow:
gardening, blacksmithing, shoemaking. car
pentering, etc.
Our industries are divided into depart
ments, with superintendents ut the head of
each, and we are gradually and slowly evolv
ing working system.
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Better Than Bellamy.

Yes, that does seem ''impossible,' but
that's what they are saying about 1.-THE Co
opoltan.' Read it for yourself. We have n
special arrangement with the publishers and
can furnish copies of this splendid prophecy
of the coming cooperative commonwealth
for very low figure. Single copies Is cents;
two copies % cents; 10 copies 81. If You
haven't pead the ''The Co-opolitan' you are
not abreast of the progress of this co-opera
tive age. Send orders TO National Secretary
b G G, Equality, Wash.