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16 fc. KM IV , t VJ " " 4. ' The Commone. VOLUME It, NUMBER 1 ' Et 4v r 11 ' ' 1 5 ' . r?3jj i'jJj.j CMJ-TTJT't" ' I o 'r; t n ' w &: ' ',''4'MnnVEjRB i wame m Kn:i..;.tfiti .tmtrJtxintKtriannr nrr M4fc;iw;vi.&.i -r",-.. ...,.... . -.r - . rwnrr j-i-T-rT m-k mnn ttaato pv-Tas,!fcsftjaKaRiafef?jfai I BaSOSKEaa ? ncvsow J .-;..'. j UIJlflSJ'JMlH lUlU'JL'XJttB UlVJJii.1 'XV ajuuu iiivio ;;y .tra;gat.sgfcg flETyi raftr.rafrg..vj ClIKISTIANITY is the greatest fact in history. The early Christians endured martyrdom rather tnan lorsauo i rincipie. xu picture Hhown herewith, from IMdpath's History, depicts 87,000 people assembled in the Coliseum at Rome to witness the Christians ftivon to tho lions. Tn such a scene may ho read the inevitable doom of the Empire that ruled tlio world. Tho blood of the Martyrs is tho seed from which Christian civilization sprang. If you would know tho history of mankind every huerHleo for principle, every strugglo for liberty, every conflict and every achievement, from the dawn of civilization down lo inn present unio uicn cmurace uns spieuiuu opportunity u imiuu m jum uwuu m huhu-hiuivu i.uuwwuV Ridpath s History of the World THE PUBLISHER'S FAILURE p'acod in our hands tho entire unsold edition of this monumental work. BRAND NEW, down to date, beautifully bound in Half-Morocco, which we must sell immediately, We are offering tho remaining sets At LESS Than -Even DAMAGED SETS Were Ever Sold mLmm. inmmmmmmnmvimmnn! Wo will name our i mail now before you for nice only In direct letters to those sending the coupon below. Tear off the coupon, write name and address plainly and jrget it. Dr. Ridpath la dead, his work is done but his widow derives her income from his History, and to print our price of more quickly selling these few sets would cause great injury to future sales. We do not sell through stores or mail now beiore you forget it. Dr. Ridpath is dead, his work is done but his widow derives her income from his His broadcast for the sake of more quickly selling these few sets would cause great injury to future sales. We do i salesmen, but ship direct from factory lo customer subject to your examination. The entire transaction is by mail. John Clark Ridpath Is rocoffnl.od na America's groat- oat historian. ITo wns a strong advocate- of tho rights and llbor Hoh of tho common people. In 18!)C ho was tho Democratic Nominee for congress In his home district, and received tho warm support of tho Lender of the Party. IIo was a i?rent in tin and a wreut lilNlorlun. Dr. Itld path Is dead hut his work lives. IIo devoted his ontlro llfo to writing this History. 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SEND COUrON TODAY .. .m gi k fei SElk rjIDPATH takes you back to the dawn of history, long before the at pyramids of Egypt were built; down through the romantic troubled times of Chaldea's grandeur and Assyria's magnificence; 'of Babylonia's wealth and luxury; of Grecian and Roman' splendor; of Mohammedan culture and refinement; of French elegance and British powerp of American patriotism and religious freedom, to the dawn of yesterday He covers every race, every nation, every time, and holds you spellbound by his wonderful eloquence. Nothing more interesting absorbing and inspiring was ever written by man. '"wesuns, rfelDPATH throws the mantla of nfirsniinHfv mr,..i i i ... t tory. Alexander is there; patriot, warrior, statesman dininmnf" crowning the glory of Grecian history. Xerxes, from Ms mounTain Platform sees Themistocles with three hundred and Sty Grek shins smash his Persian fleet of over a thousand sail, and heln tc TmouTd thl language in which this paragraph is written. Rome perches Nero upon the greatest throne on earth, and so sets up a- poor madman's naZ Nnnnian(1 f08? centuries the synonym of iavage crueuT Napoleon fights Waterloo again under your very eyes and pVpU JS the iron, fact that at last the end of his glided drUm hll fTQ Washington is there, "four-square to the wfnds' grave thouSt proof against the wiles of British stratecv and 4 a n5fltV,? ?g ttu1, false friends; clear-seeing over the heads S? hi? fDi?i d d.artS 0f and on into anotner Centry, the StwtoUrlfl 200,000 Americans Own and Love Ridpath xiirj Cu.u.iiWiMni mm siiJitfc, V