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FRUITvALE REAL ESTATE.

ss5e-coTTAGE of rooms closets and pan
try: 7-foot basement; lot sfX10S; all fenced
sl0Oo-Cost owner $500; for sale; in East
Oakland; bay-window cottage of rooms and
bath; 7-fcot basement; corner lot: 5ox10o; S1oo
cash: balance on your own terms.
sll00-A bargain: $3.50 cash and $15 per month
house of rooms and bath: barn. fruit trees;
lot lOox105; all fenced; only blocks from
Fruitvale station.
s1150-2-story house of rooms and bath: lot
33x120: street work and cement sidewalk all
done; located In the best part of East Oakland;
5000 cash and s17 per month.
and basement; barn: pigeon house; city water;
easy terms IL desired.
Sfs00-2-story house of rooms and bath; nne
nlantel: barn: choice fruit trees In bearing
lot 56x15o: located in the best part Of Fruit
vale; 800 cash: balance $50 per month.
u acres for sale at great sacrifice. with
house of rooms and bath; large barn; fine
artesian we'll, windmill and tank; acres In
choice fruit: only / mile from Fruityale sta
ton and I block from electric cars; owner Is
Obliged to sell: see this at once.
H A. PLEITNER. Fruitvale station, Cal.
NEW 4-room cottage home; big lot; cheap:
easy terms: y. Pratt, Frtiitvale Station. THE
MCCARTHY co. 646 Market St, s. f.
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BERKELEY REAL ESTATE.

DON'T draw your money out of banks and
deposit ii in tin ems in your yard; own a
piece Of the earth. We can sell YOU a slice.
40x135 on s0-foot street. and work all done,
for $3.50: only $50 down and $40 month o.
G. MAY & CO, '2l23 Center ct.
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c. H. UMBSEN & CO.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Il MONTGOMERY ST.
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A VERY CHEAP LOT.
$lS00-Near Market and Valencia SITS; good
lot for four flats.
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MARRIED

HANSEN this city, February
25 1S99 by the Rev. J. Fuendeling, Wrage
Hansen and Martha Dellwig.
REES-CHEVALIER-In this city February
25 1899, by the Rev. DIR. Charles Edward
Locke, John Rees and Annie ChevaIier
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SOUTHSIDE INVESTMENTS.
. Sltue-Rents SIS per month; 2 tenements and
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-sUTTER-ST. STORE PROPERTY.
So0.- Jantial modern building in store
ana fat OF rooms and bath, etc; rents S42 so;
-sSle2l-; Will exchange.
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VERY CHEAP HOME
S25O0-Mission warm belt; modern 2-story resi-
oence OF Z rooms and BATH 25x114.
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C1rY KEAL EsTATE.
MADISON & BURKE, Real Estate Agents
Established 1855. 626 Market st.

Must be sold-Two fine flats on Hayes ST..
near buchanan; lot 2I:6x120 to rear street; rents
very low, $55; only $725o; make offer.
s45oO-Bush ST., near Devisadero; rooms and
bath; lot 2Sx1S7:6.
s525o-Gough ST, near Fulton; il rooms and
bath; laundry and large cellar; lot SlNS2;6.
$500 only for a nice 2-story house in perfect
order; Hampshire ST., near Eighteenth; lot 2ox
100
s325o-Central ave. near Hayes ayes st; - good od
building with an old-established restaurant ana
bakery business; lot 25x100.
s5ooO-Three flats; Twenty-frst ST., near Va
lencia; rents $59 per month; lot 2SxsU.
$1,000 Farrell St, near Devisadero; houses;
rents S42 per month; lot 4oxSo
s29oO-Twenty- ST.. near Sanchez; rooms
and bath; 24:5x114.
sseOO-cottage and lot; Twenty first St, near
Castro; rooms and stable; 2oxl4-
s4OOo-webster st, near McAllister; rooms
and bath and rear house; lot 25xsi;o.
Hyde St. near Union; cars pass; lot 26x6o;
only $500.
s22oo-Building and lot; west line Mission st..
near Cortland ave-; 26x6o
ss0o-Ripley St, near Harrison; 25x75; 7-room
house.
UNIMPRoVED PROPERTY.
$50, ooo-Pacifc ave. southwest corner oetavia
ST.; 50x127:S
Corner on Haight and octavia sts.; ! block
off Market; S7:6x100; offered low; one-half pur-
chase can remain at per cent ..
Corner; only $3.50; California and Locust
SITS; 37:6x107:7
5o.vara; Buchanan st, corner Chestnut; $4,000;
137 :6x127:6.
s52O0-oak St, opposite the Park, near Clay
ton; 50xi37:6. oo
Church ST., near Sixteenth; 5ox125; only $4,000
per lot
$200o-California, near Broderick; 24:9xS2:S.
$350A-Bryant near Twenty-fifth: 52Xl00.
$2750-Clay St, near Spruce; 27:6xl27;S.
s200o-Twenty first ST., near Sanchez: 5oxll4'
$l600-FIlbert, corner Buchanan; 20Xy0.
S1750-Union St. near Webster; 25x1QO.
sloO0-Seventh ave-, near St; 25x120
Ss00-Twenty- first ST., between Diamond ana
Eureka: 25x97:6.
SSo0-Jersey St, near Noe; 25x1A
$S0o-Twentieth St, corner Douglasi Sexllo
California St, near Second ave-; 25x1e0; $500.
ss04-Tremont ave, Frederick ST.; 26x75.
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ANOTHER GOOD INVESTMENT-MOsS ST
III. fats; 25X75.
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Must be sold-Two fine flats Hayes ST.,
near Buchanan; lot 27:6x120 to rear street; rents
very low, s55; only $3.50; make offer.
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MISSION FLATS-yERY CHEAP
. SSl5l-Shotwel st; rents SO per month;
fats and cottage and lot; this is a splendid Of
itring,
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$3.50 AND upwards poor mans chance to Sc
cure a home: located bet Grove St and San
Pablo ave; within 10 to Is minutes walk TO
local trains; convenient to school house and
postoffce: healthiest location in Oakland; !;
terms to suit. Address at once r: MONT
GoMERY, 47o Thirteenth St, Oakland.
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MISSION FLATS-A BARGAIN
S275G-Substantial house in . fiats OF ) and
sooms and bath each and lot.
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ALAMEDA ADVERTISEMENTS.
ALAMEDA REAL ESTATE.

s165o-NICE cottage. 5 rooms; large lot; i'm
provemeuts; also. to let, cottage. rooms. 81,
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MISSION LOT-BARGAIN
Slooo-Building lot near Castro and Guerrero
st. car lines.
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HAIGHT-sT. RESIDENCE.
q sc1Io-Nery cheap, fine modern residence of
J. rooms ana bath, etc etc; 25xlI2:6
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A VERY CHEAP HOME
S3-1O-Grand marine view: 2-story modern
rouse of Z rooms and bath; 25xl25; Western
Addition.
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A COZY COTTAGE
S2Ioo-Western Addition cottage of rooms
and bath, etc, and lot; easy terms.
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OAKLAND FURNISHED HOUSES

FURNISHED cottage, with piano. in suburbs !;
short walk to cars and local; large yard: Sl2
Address F. SPRINGSTEEN. Oakland P. Q.
OAKLAND FURNITURE FOR SALE.
FJJRNITURE-Good and cheap. II. SCHELL
HAAS old store. 4eS Eleventh ST. See him.
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OFF. Won RHEIN & co,

IMPROVED.
-. S0Xl60 10 rear st--AIisson, near Fourth; rents
. :5x10l-AIarket St. adjoining oriel Hotel:
frontage on SITS: sold 10 close an estate;
Montgomery ave, through to Washington st, /;
brick improvements; rents $3.50.
.SSG120 10 rear st.-EIlis st, near Jones; IL
<ooTn house; rent S65.
= 6xs7:t-Calfornia st, near Larlin: flats;
:reurs sec so; always rented.
i!:6Xl37 :6-Broderick St, north of Golden Gate
eE<e., residence, stable grounds, etc.
- l3I 6x1376Corner of Leavenworth and Green
gich sts., 10 rooms and bath; rents 500; $4,000.
5sHl3' :o-Pine St, near Taylor 81, geo,
':lN57 Corner Dupont and Hinckley; store
..syi lodging house; rents $50; $40, 000.
;: 5ox75-NClementina St, near Fifth houses;
rsnts ST; $500.
.a7l6xl2o, with improvements on Linden ave;
HAYES st, near Laguna; $780,
:25XS0-Fourth St, near Harrison: store and
:; 2Sx57 :6-L5Wis place west of Taylor st;
bay-Window flats: rents 500; $4,000
25Xeo--CommereisI st., near Front brick
9, slxli7Is modern fats rents snO; sunny and
2sN75-Covner Eighteenth and ColIingwood
xts.; store and flats; S7Go0
26XS5-Ntneteenth. near Valencia; 2-story
house OF rooms and bath; $1,000.
= :3x6s :9-Green st, near Powell; new mod
o. '2l.N75 :6-Valejo St, near Powell; $4,000.
a5Xl22:6-ShstwelI st, near Twenty-fourth;
&5x114 :s-Twenty- y-second st, near Guerrero; 2
story house; $1,000.
% x76:8-corner Boardnan place and Fargo
place; store and fiat: rents So; $2go0,
: 2i;si4 i4xso-Twenty-sixth st, near Harrison;
cottage; S2100.
&c UNIMPROVED.
r'SON71 Jose corner Polk and Lombard
25xll5-Scott near Washington.
re-. I37 .6X13T:6-Francisco, near Van Ness ave;
viii" subdivide in lots to suit.
). 25Xs5-13th. near Stevenson; lots.
q 25%1 %100-Xalencia, bet 18th and 18th; 4 lots.
2?N55-I3th, bet. Valencia and Jessie.
:25E1l0-Noe. near Ford; S15o0.
360&ISS-Corner 3 st. and 25th ave; in one or
mora lots.
:SxIl4-2Sth near Dolores; $1,000.
.. 25X9e-24th ST. near Douglass $3.50.
= Silver Terrace Homestead lots cbeap.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

Birth, marriage and death notices sent by
mail will not be inserted. They must be handed
in at either of the publication offices and be
indorsed with the and residence of per-
sons authorized to have the same published.
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SOUTH OF MARKET INVESTMENT
:. a groom brick house. with bath and large
lot, 81 :sxI5; room improve price reduced
to 5000.
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ANOTHER WESTERN ADDITION. INVEST
MENT
s-l.Q-Golden Gate ave; substantial houses
r5oms. bath. laundry basement, etc each :;
:. fNS':o rents SIS, which can be considerably
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=. THREE ELEGANT FLATS
S9OOU-Three elegant, new. modern flats of 6
rooms and bath each q ;Gxl00 Western Addi-
tion: rents $50.
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s45OO-Bush ST., near Devisadero; rooms ant
bath; lot 23x1S7:6
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FOR sALE-Pacifc Heights residences just be-
ing completed, corner Jackson and Buchanan
Finest homes ever offered on the market Fin
iehed in mahogany and oak. Contain IL
rooms attic billiard room, wine room, heater,
etc, Z nantels. dressing room adjoining eacn
narticlllars. MADISON & BURKE. 62s Mar
ket St
1,EAyENWoRTTI. 2sss-New corner, rooms.
bath marine view: lot 27:sx110; st---t work
all done; $500 In installments
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.. CHEAP MISSION COTTAGE.
On Twenty second st, in the Mission 4 rooms
"End bath; lot 25x114; price only $500
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WESTERN ADDITION CORNER
New 2-story building prominent corner;
can be bought at great bargain; will bring
splendid income on investment
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IN PRESIDE HEIGHTS.
On the north side of Clay ST. a splendid
sunny. iuC.' 30xl27:8; we can sell this lot very
cheap; ne mean this. It must be sold.
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Call and obtain one OF our Real Estate Rec
Qrds, which contains a list of properties for
taie in all parts Of the city.
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SEND FOR LIST

SEND FOR LIST
or our cheap lots in the Panhandle aud Alamo
square districts; also Preside and Pacific
Heights.
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nN NINETFENTH So
\ PRESTDfO HEIGHTS

A good 5-room cottage Nineteenth ST
near Guerrero, with stable rear OF lot;
price $500.
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s525o-Gough St, near Fulton; II rooms ar
bath; laundry and large cellar; lot 31XS2;6.
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CITY REA& ESTATE

CITY REAa ESTATE
G. H U8IBSEN & CO.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Il MONTGOMERY ST.
MISSION LoT-BARGAIN.
AoOO-Building lot near Castro and Guerrero
st. car lines.
A VERY CHEAP LOT.
$lSOo-Near Market and Valencia xts; good
iot Tor four flats.
soUTHsIDE INVESTMENTS.
*le0e-Rents SIS per month; tenements and
s.,oo CozY. COTTAGE
ana bath, etc, and lot; easy terms.
-: A VERY CHEAP HOME
E-9CO-Mission warm belt; modern 2-story resi-
dence OF rooms and bath; 25xlA
MISSION FLATs-A BARGAIN.
$27Se-sgbsta2tiaI house. in 2 nats OF and 4
soms and bath each and lot.
A VERY CHEAP HOME
aS3540-Grand marine view; 2-story modern
rouse OF rooms and bath; 25xl25; Western
MISSION FLATs-vERY CHEAP.
Ss.9.--Sh-otWen - ST; rents SS2 per month 2
itftng, '''~ = = i''''''''0 -
ANOTHER GOOD NvEsTMENT-Moss ST.
..S4gol-Rents $492 per annumi substantial house
, ii: ? fats; 25X75.
-SUTTER-ST. STORE PROPERTY.
- S5ol-- substantial modern building, in store
ana iat oI 9 rooms and bath. etc; rents $42 so;
-sSls-l-; viii exchange
~. HAIGHT-sT. RESIDENCE.
Se91N-Nery cheap, fine modern residence of
j. rooms ana bath, etc, etc; 25x1I2:6.
another WESTERN ADDITION INVEST
MENT.
s'l5l-Golden Gate ave: 2 substantial houses
.9ohs, bath: laundry, basement, etc, each; /;
,l-fNS':bi rents S4S, which can be considerably
THREE VERY CHEAP FLATS.
g.I|9s5 ny or3 81, 5 modern hats Of s, and 4
Ways rented no reasonable offer refused.
AN ELEGANT RESIDENCE.
@Igo-Pacihc Heights; elite location: modern
-Tesi.fenee On Washington St; 26x1z7:S2 feet.
A BARGAIN IN THREE FLATS.
$s99-ih hree eesant modern fats OF 5, and
~ Clay st, inside OF Larkin.
: a FINE INVESTMENT
S&0Oe-Makc offer: near Haight and Web
ster sts. ; improvements and lot 37:6x129 to rear
st.: houses and fats, renting for S74 so
per month.
THREE ELEGANT FLATS.
q SSOJU-I hree elegant, new, modern flats of 6
!; roems and bath each 27Gxl00; Western Addi-
d: tion: rents $50.
Tan and obtain one OF our Real Estate Rec
pras, Whlch contains a list of properties for
= .saie In all parts Of the city.
=. q. II. UMBSEN & CO,
s.se il Montgomery st.
;; >28 .CIIOICE MISSION BUILDING LOTS.
Noe, Henry ana Fourteenth SITS; 1 block
" from Market-st. cable road; Noe St accepted
= by the city the other streets severed and
= ataca damLzed lots 25X1l5 and 25x105; corners
2l;6Sluj; sevel on grade and all ready for
. building; offered at very low prices; several
= have already been sold.
:. G. II. CMBSEN & CO,
. IA Montgomery st.
. OFF. Won RHBIN & co.
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G. H. UMBSEN & CO.,
il Montgomery st.

% CHOICE MISSION BUILDING LOTS.
Noe, Henry ana Fourteenth SITS; 1 block
from Market-st. cable road: Noe st. accepted
:. by the city. the other streets severed and
@zItaca damIzed; lots 25Xll5 and 25x105; corners
2t.6Sle5; sevel. on grade and all ready for
building; offered at very low prices; several
nave already been sold.
:. G. H. DMBSEN &. co,
IA Montgomery st.
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MADISON & BURKE. s2s Market st.

s57bo-TWO elegant fats, just completed. and
6 G BEMTS Real Estate and General Land
Agent S24 Montgomery st.
Make offer-Northeast corner Twenty-sev.
enth and Douglass sts.; must be soio' so&Ilf
s2soo-North line Carl ST.. stanyan; 5ox
Residence and lot-North line Pacific ave-,
near webster; lot 20xl27:SN feet.
In Berkeley--Corner lot; Ssx15o, with modern
house of rooms
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THREE vrRY .-nrA

THREE VERY CHEAP FLATS.
- E7a1o-Post st, modern flats Of g. and 4
= ms and bath each; a very good location; al
ways rented; no reasonable offer refused.
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MUST BE SOLD.
MUST BE SOLD.
MIST BE SOLD.

ScOIe and 5 r0ons on seventh 81, a good IN
.estf1lent property; Will be sold very cheap
cI
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S3250-Central ave, near Hayes St; goo
building with an oId-established restaurant al
bakery business; lot 25x100.
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s2600 only for a nice 2-story house in perfe
order; Hampshire ST., near Eighteenth; lot 2
100.
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4 FINE INVESTME

4 FINE IN EST MENI.
Sa0Oe-Makc offer; near Haight and Web
ster sts. improvements and lot. 81 :6x120 10 rear
st.; houses and hats. renting for s74 so
per month.
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OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.
OFFICE-oOS BROADWAY.
OAKLAND REAL ESTATE.

HOTEL of 40 rooms; large grounds; in excellent
location; in Oakland; must sell.
Also a large choice list of city and country
homes for sale on very easy terms; send for
list of homes. E. E. BUNCE, sOS Broad
way, Oakland.
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;: $250-Lots on Twenty-ninth ct, near Diamond
ana Glen Park: s. monthly instalnlents; lots
25xtl4 each. JACOB HEYMAN g. SON,
''':' - II Montgomery st.
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- A BARGAIN IN THREE FLATS
SS259-Ihree elegant modern flats OF 5, ; and
:rctIus and bath each; rents SI0S0 per annum
Clay st, inside OF Larkin
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.... AN ELEGANT RESIDENCE
@I9Q-Pacitc Heights; elite location: modern
-rssiGenee On Washington St; 26X1z7:S2 feet
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s5000-Three flats; Twenty-firs ST., near
lencia; rents $50 per month; lot 2SxsO.
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MISSION COTTAGES ------
Four, 5. 6 and S-room houses on the sunny
side Of Twentieth ST., between Castro ana
Noe; s220O to sS200; small cash payment; pal-
ance monthly; over 40 houses SOLD IN same
block by F. NELSON, builder.
LOOK at this; must be sold; part cash. or Will
trade for improved city property lot SOxgls'
2-story house 9 rooms; bath; all modern I'M
provefnents: 2-story barn tank, tankhouse
and windmill: fine sewer system: street t,rS work
grounds; beautifully laid out garden; palms;
fruit: orange and lemon trees; blocks TO
station Berkeley. Box 1907. Call office
CHICKEN, bee and fruit ranch of acres; one
ems. 200 ducks 400 pigeons and S5 sta stands & Of
bees; large brooder- house, capacity SUOO cnlck-
ems: incubators, bone cutter MILL hay cutter,
oider-press, horse. wagon buggy; farm i'm
price $i75o for stock improvements, etc; rent
s25 j. H. READ Dimond, Upper truitvale'
Alameda County.
FfRTB-ST corner; stores and lodging house;
nrics sIe 900; want offer. ASHTON & GARD
INER, al MONTGOMERY st. st.--..-------
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$40 MONTHLY will buy you a new 5-roor
:. cottage near Holly Park; near Mission eloc
tic cars
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McAFEE BROS, McAFEE BROS,
=. los Montgomer-' St. San Francisco Cal.
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A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
s350o-ss00 cash. sS5 monthly modern 2-storJ
bay-window residence of ! rooms porcelain
tive garden; over 80 varieties OF roses. etc.
extra large lot, e7ikxl00. on sunny side Of
street which is so feet wide street work al
done; located above the railroad in Eas
Berkeley and only 4 minutes walk from
on communication ticket; splendid climate
new attractive home way below cost. Ad
dress box 101. Call Office.
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yet the excessive giving so much in vogue at the present will soon by its own weight ex- tinguish to some extent this pleasure. If all would have the courage of their convictions on this subject and refuse to degenerate the ancient custom, so fraught with sacred meaning, into one of exchange and barter, this danger would soon be overcome.
 Even within the confines of the family circle the true significance of the custom is too often lost sight of, and the opportunity the occasion offers is embraced to make some necessary article of clothing, furniture or the like do duty for the Christmas gift. This is a wrong interpretation of the festival. From the head of the family down to the tiny tod dler the Christmas gift should be some thing, no matter how insignificant in itself, that can be treasured and preserved as a memento of the joyous occasion.
 Make the season one of joy supreme. Let the Christmas spirit permeate everything, from the vine-wreathed windows, the yule log on the hearth, the tree laden with love offerings, down to the specially prepared dishes.
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rest. Rush, her husbandl With cry she burst out, her faxen braids hanging, her eyes shining. She cried in her mother tongue:
 Thou hast come!"
 He soothed her with a mist in his own eyes.
 Did you think I would not come! had to go to Lawrenceburg, to the bank. There was money for me that I thought others had taken from me. See, have made my faith ful little one Christmas. The snow kept back the wagon, but got here before Christ mas day. See, the clock is at l2. We will light these candles and call Otto. He can sleep tomorrow"
 He lit the candles, still holding his arm about her. As they went to the bedroom he laughed again.
 '1 will buy your cousins farm for you to- morrow if you say so. 1 have, after long disappointments, come to my own. And I have you, truest heart, that welded for love a tramp. Art happy? 'Tis Christmas day" Chicago Daily News.
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A BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM.
Christmas Giving It's True Significance
 Often Lost Sight Of.

There is no more beautiful custom than the time-honored one of Christmas giving, when it is observed in the true spirit; that is, when the gifts are those of love, not of imagined obligation.
 Present giving at Christmas is of heathen origin. During the yuletide season our heathen ancestors were wont to make concil- iatory offerings to their deities, whose per sonal movements and direct interferences on earth were supposed to be traceable at that period. Later, when the church Christian ized the custom, the giving of reciprocal gifts so beautifully symboical of Gods great love gift of Saviour to lost world-was substituted for the heather observance.
 Although to all unselfsh souls the de light in giving far exceeds that of receiving,
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sat here while she knitted and he made al-

sat here while she knitted and he made al- der whistles.
 She sat long, but Otto called out from his little bed and she went to lie by him, then fell asleep. How long she slept she knew not.
 There wss noise in the outer room. She rose softly and with beating heart stole to the door.
 The treel The treei In among the pop corn and the apples and the gingerbread dogs were strands of ghttering gold and sil- yer, pink candy hearts, oranges, stars, ar rows, aye, a dozen gleaming devices. From the top bough hung, as flying, wax angel. About the rough stand were things Rosy had never seen, save in dreams. A rocking chair, a beautiful cloak, all fur and red lined. A grand hat with feathers, silk dress, dull blue and crimson, changing in the light
 Was she dreaming? But figure crossed the floor softly, figure that set all doubts at
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ings and mittens knitted by Rosy's nimble fingers, and boy doll of wood, skillfully carved by Rush. It was dressed by the little wife in quaint trousers, blouse and cap. There were whistles of alder and pigs blad- der that gave delightful squeak. There were cows horns covered with tissue paper and destined to hold the candy Rush was to buy at the village.
 Alas! alas" sobbed Rosy, "there is not any candy for Otto now, but have made these sugared balls from cake dough, and he will not know"
 Shame crept into Karl's heart that he had not made Otto Christmas gift. He spoke roughly to hide it.
 "You are childish, Rosy. Never before had Otto such Christmas as now"
 ''For my man made it; my man made il" sobbed Rosy, land not his blood kin. No, no, Karl, know his heart. He will come home"
 Karl went homeward through the storm. Rosy sat by the stove with her apron over her head. It was bitter. So often had they
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When Rush came back he looked so changed Rosy cried. 4
 'I know not what news comes, Rosy" said he, Out there are letters for me at the village. will return"
 The night came and the morning, still no step of Rush on the threshold. Her cousin Karl came to hear of the letter.
 "You will see him no more," he said. "Our neighbor Haller watched him jump on the cars. He was tramp, and you have no husband. He has left you"
 But Rosy wept with Otto in her arms and would not listen.
 The next day was Christmas eve. Rosy and Rush were to make tree for Otto. It was small evergreen on the hillside. ."I will cut it and have it ready" thought
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osy; "and he will come. He is not un-

Rosy; land he will come. He is not un- kind"
 Yet she wept while she chopped the tree with Rush's bright ax. She killed the chicken set apart for the dinner, she baked pies and made strange figures of animals and people out of gingerbread. Snow began to fall, and still Rush came not.
 "You shall return with me-" demanded her cousin Karl, when he came over the hill after dark. "We are not cold-hearted. My mother sent me for you and for Otto. I Twill carry him safely wrapped up"
 "You are good," said little Rosy, with tears, "but when he comes the cabin will be dark and cold. No, no, Karl, will wait; anyhow until the new year."
 She set up the little tree and dressed it. There were bright berries strung, there were rows of white popcorn, there were long vines with red leaves carefully dried. There were the reddest applies, the gingerbread dogs and cats, boys and girls. There were red stock