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The above cut is of a solid gold emblem designed and used entirely by our late lamented President John T. Wilson. The bar and pendant are of solid gold, the pendant faced with beautiful white, hard enamel; on the bar the name of owner is engraved, making. the emblem a very neat and attractive one. We have purchased a quantity of them and can now supply them delivered at any postoffice in Canada or the United States by registered mail for $3.25 each, 'the Canadian purchaser to pay customs charges, which is not included. Address all or pers to SAMUEL J. PEGG, Vanol Bldg., St. Louis, Mo.

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"Rule 99" an "Age Limit"

ARE YOU PROTECTING YOURSELF against the train that runs regardless of schedule known as "AGE LIMIT" and "DISABILITY"?

YOU KNOW it is following you and liable to loom up any moment.

HAVE YOU GOT A FLAG OUT? Are you fulfilling your duty to yourself and family as per RULE 99? If not, then get busy and join the million and a half Railroad men by investing your surplus earnings in California homes City and suburban properties-virgin landsOrange groves and other highly profitable income producing property that is piling up profits for owners which read like an Arabian Knights dream

GET YOUR FLAG OUT, by addressing RAILWAY REALTY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY, 315 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Calif., organized under California laws, and whose board of directors are the General Chairmen of their respective organizations, and the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank and depository reference.

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Miners, Quarrymen, Farmers, and Outside Workers

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25 Vols.

Best Reading for Hours at Home

One of the most interesting of our present-day writers has said that the symbol of the Nineteenth Century is a steam engine running upon a railway. Study carefully the little picture above, and think of the marvelous changes that only a few years have brought. The whole story of Rapid Transit, from the days of the mail-coach down to the latest experiments with electric power, is told in the most fascinating manner,

25 Vols

with a wealth of quaint and curious illustrations in that splendid work "The Library of Valuable Knowledge," which is truly a royal road through the fairyland of modern science. "The Story Rapid Transit" is only one of 25 volumes, each 75% x 54 inches, and each containing 200 more pages, with not a line of dry reading in the whole LIBRARY. You can appreciate the value of these books at a glance.

Use your hours of leisure to store your mind with the information that is here put before you - sifted, sorte! arranged by eminent scientists and scholars. These authors make you feel as if they were your intimate friend telling you in a pleasing conversational manner what they know about their subjects.

OUR OFFER TO RAILROAD MEN:

To show how willing we are to trust railroad men- and how confident that they will find these books of such interest, that, once perfectly them, they will never part with them we offer to send any subscriber to this periodical a complete set (25 vols.) of "The Library of Valuable Knowledge," all charges paid, for a five-day examination. Look over the books carefully the volume on Rapid Transit and the others. Satisfy yourselves that notning just like this has ever been done before. Then when you have decided to accept the volumes, send us $1.00 down and retain the books. The balance of the purchase price may be paid at the rate of $2.00 per month. We are very glad to be able to offer to railroad men these terms of easy payment. which we are sure will prove a big inducement in connection with the pur chase of the LIBRARY. Our Special Introductory Price is only $23.50, and this, combined with our system of partial payments, will place these books easily within your reach. We cannot guarantee to maintain this low price. and urge you to send in the coupon with your request at once. If the books do not satisfy you, they may be returned at our expense.

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25

PROFITABLE
FACT-STORIES

25

With an introduction by William T. Harris, LLATM late C. S. Commissioner of Education.

By

authors as: Grant Allen, Joseph Jacobs, Herbert Conn, Edward Clodd, J. Mark Baldwin, Ge Chambers, etc., etc.

1. The Story of the Stars

2. The Story of the Solar System
3. The Story of the Eclipses
4. The Story of the Earth

5. The Story of the Earth's Atmosphere
6. The Story of Germ Life
7. The Story of the Plants
8. The Story of Life in the Seas
9. The Story of Animal Life
10. The Story of the Living Machine
11. The Story of a Piece of Coal
12. The Story of a Grain of Wheat
13. The Story of the Cotton Plant
14. The Story of Primitive Man
15. The Story of Extinctivili ations of the We
16. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the East
17. The Story of the Alphabet
18. The Story of Geographical Di covery
19. The Story of the Art of Building
20. The Story of Music
21. The Story of Books
22. The Story of Photograph
23. The Story of Electricity
24. The Story of Rapid Transit
25. The Story of the Mind

and Ma. Today

In order to encourage prompt response, we offer to each one of the first ten who order "The Library of Val Pictures of America," Tear off this Coupon, and YuValuable Knowledge, in six buckram volumes, with a total of nearly 1800 pages, and describing almost every place of scenic or historical importance in the United States. Write now and secure one of these splendid premiums.

The University Society

44-60 E. 23d Street

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