of the Supervising Medical Examiner, who has
full authority to refuse an application, or to re-
duce the amount as he shall deem right.

Beneficiary members are required to pay into
the Relief Fund an amount, graded according to
age, as follows:

TABLE OF RATES.

AT THE AGES OF ON $500. ON $1,000. ON $2,000. ON $3,000.

18 and 25, incl.,	$0.35	$0.70	$1.40	$2.10
26 and 30, incl.,	.40	.80	1.60	2.40
31 and 35, incl.	.45	.90	1.80	2.70
36 and 40, incl.	.50	1.00	2.00	3.00
41 and 45, incl.	.60	1.20	2.40	3.60
46 and 50, incl.	.75	1.50	3.00	4.50
51 and 54, incl.	1.00	2.00	4.00	6.00

And this amount, paid by the applicant on
applying for a Relief Fund Certificate, remains
his or her Assessment for life (or until 75 years of
age), and is paid, without notice or demand, on
the first day of each calendar month, except when
the Assessment is remitted, which is done when
the amount in the Relief Fund is sufficient to
pay all claims that are, or may be, presented
during the succeeding month.

Up to July 1, 1894, this Order has issued
90,000 Relief Fund Certificates to members.
It has received and disbursed for its objects
$8,500,000.00. It is now paying benefits at the
rate of about $3,000 every day in the year.

SECURITY OF FUNDS.

All officers of the Order who have charge of
any of its funds are required to give sufficient
bond for the faithful discharge of their duties.
These bonds may be increased from time to time,
and are always in a sum not less than double the
amount the officer will probably at any time have
in his hands. In addition to these safeguards,
such an arrangement has been made with the
banks where the Relief Fund is deposited that it
can only be drawn on the regular Relief Fund warrants,
thus putting it out of the power of the officers to
use it for any purpose except to pay death and
disability benefits.
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YELLOW FEVER.

This Order does not extend into the yellow
fever districts, as Councils are not allowed to be
organized in the States of Mississippi, Arkansas,
Alabama, Louisiana and Florida, and portions of
Tennessee and Georgia, in which that disease has
prevailed.

SUMMARY.

The Order of Chosen Friends combines the fol-
lowing substantial benefits and advantages:
1. Death benefits of from $500 to $3,000.
2. Disability benefits of from $250 to $1,500.
3. Old age benefits of from $500 to $3,000.
4. Sick benefits of $5 or more a week.
5. It admits males and females to member-
ship with equal privileges.
6. It secures more benefits for less money
than any other Order.
7. It is the great family Order of the country.
The family is the greatest institution in the
world, and an Order that incorporates that insti-
tution into itself is destined to become the strong-
est in the world.

CONCLUSION.

This Order offers the surest way to prevent the
household loaf from being buried with the house-
hold head. It helps to rid the community of
pauperism and of the crimes incident to poverty.
It brings relief to the sorrows of bereavement,
and brightens the pathway of the distressed. It
provides a property not exposed to the demands
of creditors, but protected by law for one's
beneficiary. It brings ready money just at that
moment when it is most timely and welcome.

To all who want more, or have no life or health
protection, the ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS presents
the same better than can be obtained elsewhere.

If there is not a Council in your vicinity, help to
organize one. If there is a Council, join it.

For particulars address any Officer.
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of the Supervising Medical Examiner, who has full authority to refuse an application, or to reduce the amount as he shall deem right.

Beneficiary members are required to pay into the Relief Fund an amount, graded according to age, as follows:

TABLE OF RATES.

AT THE AGES OF ON $500. ON $1,000. ON $2,000. ON $3,000.

18 and 25, incl.,	$0.35	$0.70	$1.40	$2.10
26 and 30, incl.,	.40	.80	1.60	2.40
31 and 35, incl.	.45	.90	1.80	2.70
36 and 40, incl.	.50	1.00	2.00	3.00
41 and 45, incl.	.60	1.20	2.40	3.60
46 and 50, incl.	.75	1.50	3.00	4.50
51 and 54, incl.	1.00	2.00	4.00	6.00

And this amount, paid by the applicant on applying for a Relief Fund Certificate, remains his or her Assessment for life (or until 75 years of age), and is paid, without notice or demand, on the first day of each calendar month, except when the Assessment is remitted, which is done when the amount in the Relief Fund is sufficient to pay all claims that are, or may be, presented during the succeeding month.

Up to July 1, 1894, this Order has issued 90,000 Relief Fund Certificates to members. It has received and disbursed for its objects $8,500,000.00. It is now paying benefits at the rate of about $3,000 every day in the year.

SECURITY OF FUNDS.

All officers of the Order who have charge of any of its funds are required to give sufficient bond for the faithful discharge of their duties. These bonds may be increased from time to time, and are always in a sum not less than double the amount the officer will probably at any time have in his hands. In addition to these safeguards, such an arrangement has been made with the banks where the Relief Fund is deposited that it can only be drawn on the regular Relief Fund warrants, thus putting it out of the power of the officers to use it for any purpose except to pay death and disability benefits. 6

YELLOW FEVER.

This Order does not extend into the yellow fever districts, as Councils are not allowed to be organized in the States of Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida, and portions of Tennessee and Georgia, in which that disease has prevailed.

SUMMARY.

The Order of Chosen Friends combines the following substantial benefits and advantages: 1. Death benefits of from $500 to $3,000. 2. Disability benefits of from $250 to $1,500. 3. Old age benefits of from $500 to $3,000. 4. Sick benefits of $5 or more a week. 5. It admits males and females to membership with equal privileges. 6. It secures more benefits for less money than any other Order. 7. It is the great family Order of the country. The family is the greatest institution in the world, and an Order that incorporates that institution into itself is destined to become the strongest in the world.

CONCLUSION.

This Order offers the surest way to prevent the household loaf from being buried with the household head. It helps to rid the community of pauperism and of the crimes incident to poverty. It brings relief to the sorrows of bereavement, and brightens the pathway of the distressed. It provides a property not exposed to the demands of creditors, but protected by law for one's beneficiary. It brings ready money just at that moment when it is most timely and welcome.

To all who want more, or have no life or health protection, the ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS presents the same better than can be obtained elsewhere.

If there is not a Council in your vicinity, help to organize one. If there is a Council, join it.

For particulars address any Officer. 7