—The trial of 111 anti-Jewish rioters is soon to begin in Hungary.
—Extensive silver discoveries are reported in the Sierra Esmeralda, Bolivia.
—A number of the Pittsburg iron mills have closed down, owing to a depression in trade.
—One thousand cigar-box makers in New York are on a strike against working over time.
—In a railroad accident near Bradford, Tenn., three persons were killed and a number injured.
—Twenty thousand volunteers will be raised at Hankow, China, in the event of a war with France.
—"The forty thieves," robbed a passenger train on the Mexican National Railroad, last week, and secured $8,000.
—The wharves of the American Steamship Company at Philadelphia were burned last Saturday night; loss, $100,000.
—The Christian at Work says, "Chinamen are marrying young Irish girls in California." We have heard of one instance.
—The treatment of leprosy is becoming a hard problem in India. In Bombay Presidency 9,483 cases are under treatment.
—Germany will send a special envoy to Peking to exert his influence in behalf of a pacific solution of the Tonquin question.
—The New York trunk line railroads have discontinued the sale of through tickets to points west of Chicago and St Louis.
—A furious wind-storm on Chesapeake Bay, last week, did considerable damage to shipping, and the loss of several lives is reported.
—Sofia Woskrepensy, a female Nihilist, was hanged at St. Petersburg on the 15th inst., and a female accomplice committed suicide.
—The City Attorney of Salt Lake City, a Mormon, says he will resist the surrender of his office to an appointee of the Governor.
—A heavy gale visited the northern part of Maine on the 15th inst., and it is said damaged the forests to the amount of $1,000,000.
—A fire in the railroad house at New York, on the 15th inst., destroyed property to the value of $500,000,—mostly cotton, lumber, and cars.
—R. F. Palmer's family at Akron, O., were all taken violently ill, it is supposed from trichinosis, from eating head-cheese. Two will probably die.
—A row between two parties of Chinese gamblers in Sacramento, last week, resulted in the death of two participants and the wounding of several others.
—Silk culture is becoming an important industry all along the Gulf of Mexico coast, from New Orleans to Mobile; it is thus a near neighbor to the cotton-fields.
—Gen. Grant has presented the Viceroy of China and the Mikado of Japan, each, with a new machine gun having a Government record of 505 shots a minute.
—Judge Ferris, the Second Auditor of the Treasury, says nine out of ten of the applicants for arrears and bounties are fraudulent and concocted by fraudulent pension agents.
—More than fifty cattle have died recently in Scott Valley, Siskiyou County, of black leg. Bleeding the healthy ones to the extent of a gallon or less prevented their being attacked.
—The uneasiness in Europe over the strained relations of France and China continues, and the result of the visit of the German Crown Prince to Spain is eagerly watched by diplomats.
—General Wallace, United States Minister to Turkey, supported by the British Ambassador, has energetically pressed the Porte for punishment of the men who recently attacked two American missionaries in Asia Minor.
—An extensive gale in the latitude of the great lakes occurred on Sunday and Monday of last week. It extended from Michigan to New England, resulting in the destruction of much property and the loss of several lives.
—The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe road is establishing hospitals for employes at four points, and has given $2,500 to the widow of engineer Hilton, killed in the train-robbery at Coolidge.
—In Truckee a gang of fifteen tramps attacked the jail, where three of their comrades were incarcerated, broke the locks and doors and set at liberty the prisoners. Truckee is infested by the ruffians.
—In Russia last year it is declared that, from cold snow-storms and disease, 5,500 camels, 32,000 horses, 14,000 cattle, and 130,000 sheep perished; and that 70,000 cattle were killed by the wolves.
—A syndicate of banks, represented by the Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company, has offered to provide the capital necessary for the construction of another Suez canal, if the Government will undertake to build it.
—The London doctors are threatening to commence a campaign against canned goods, as several cases of sickness have recently been reported as having been caused by the eating of food which has been put in cans.
—The officers of the Union Pacific Railroad admit that the gross earnings for September and October were $20,000,000 less than for the same period of last year. So much for the opposition of the Denver and Southern Pacific roads.
—A fire at Shenandoah, Pa., on the 12th inst., destroyed buildings covering five acres of ground. Loss, about $500,000, with small insurance. It is said that 500 families are homeless, and contributions are being raised for their assistance.
—Five hundred of 1,000 men hired by the Canadian Pacific road at $2 a day to work on the road north of Lake Superior, have arrived in Montreal absolutely destitute, and have entered 300 actions against the company for wages and damages.
—A Chinese Sunday-school teacher in New York, aged 25, who has been over five years in the country, was recently denied naturalization papers by the U. S. Commissioner. It was decided that he could not under the law become a naturalized citizen.
—The stock of window-glass in the Pittsburg warehouses has become very low, owing to the continued two months' strike of operatives. Manufacturers are importing French glass to fill orders, rather than to submit to the demands of the strikers.
—Secretary Folger has written to the Collector at San Francisco that, if there is any reason to suspect fraud or imposition in landing Chinese, he must make a rigid investigation and refuse permission to passengers to land until satisfactory evidence is produced.
—Swarms of locusts have appeared in the Amu Darya region of Central Asia. Heretofore the Russians have destroyed millions of these insects, and they have now requested the Bokharan Ameer to assist them in the work, as it is believed that the locusts come from Bokhara.
—Judge Lynch's idea of reform is still progressing. Two notoriously bad characters were taken from the jail at Camanche, Texas, last week, and hanged in a grave-yard. And a mob mostly women, at Greensburg, Pa., attempted to hang a murderer with a clothes-line, but the officers succeeded in rescuing him.
—A fire in a clothing factory at Charleston, S. C., on the 12th inst., resulted in the death of four persons. Two women were burned in the building. Eight others jumped from a third-story window; two of them were killed, and all the rest, except a boy who was caught before reaching the ground, were seriously injured.
—The Salt Lake Tribune says: There is a report in circulation to the effect that all good saints have been ordered by the priesthood to refrain from entering into business anywhere on Second South Street, the object being to crowd the Mormon merchants to one part of the town and let the Gentiles have a street to themselves.
—The railroad bridge over the Missouri River at Blair, Neb., which cost $1,000,000, was tested on the 27th ult., with six locomotives, the maximum deflection being two inches. The permanent iron structure is 1,270 feet long, and fifty feet above high water, with trestle-work approaches of nearly two miles at either end.
—Dr. Jackson, an English surgeon living in India, was stung to death by hornets recently when hunting tigers. He received over 200 stings and died from the erysipelas that followed. His companion in the hunt was saved from a like fate by the forethought of his servant, who dragged him into a jungle soon after the hornets attacked him.
—The Central Pacific Railroad Company has paid the $300,000 compromise bonds over to San Joaquin County, and that amount less $75,000 paid to the lawyers, is now in the county treasury. The Stockton Independent says it will pay off all outstanding debts of the county, and leave $65,000, or nearly enough to build a new Court House.
—"Black Bart," the hero of twenty-three single-handed stage robberies in California, has at last been arrested. The aggregate rewards that have from time to time been offered for him amount to over $18,000. His real name is said to be Charles E. Bolton, and he was known in San Francisco as a "mining man." His career in California dates back to 1877. He was a soldier in the War of Rebellion, and is over fifty years old.
Question Unanswered.
By Editor
WE shall have to chide the Herald of Truth for its remissness. In the SIGNS of Oct. 25 we inquired if the article of Dr. Anderson on the Sabbath, in which he taught that the ten commandments are abolished, is according to the present faith of the Baptist church. Two numbers of the Herald have been issued since that time, and the question remains unanswered. But "better late than never;" we still look for an answer. Of this we are assured, that if Dr. Anderson reflects the present faith of the denomination, then they have changed materially. For proof we can refer to the quotation from the works of Andrew Fuller, on the fourth page (520) of this paper. In preparing its answer we recommend to the Herald the reading of the extract from the "Address to the Baptists," by the Seventh-day Baptists, found on the second page of this paper. Its telling arguments cannot be gainsaid.
Various Matters.
By Editor
THE post-office address of Eld. C. L. Boyd is East Portland, Oregon.
WE have the promise of a report of progress from "our College" in Healdsburg. It may be looked for next week.
READ thoughtfully the report of the Bible-reading Institute in Battle Creek, Mich. We believe that this subject opens a new era in our work.
GOVERNOR STONEMAN has supplemented the proclamation of President Arthur, and appointed Thursday, Nov. 29, a day of thanksgiving, and a public holiday.
THE folding machine of which we spoke last week, has arrived in apparent good order. When we get this in operation we shall be able to put our paper in the mail in shorter time.
THERE will be Thanksgiving Service at the Seventh-day Adventist church in Oakland, Nov. 29, at 11 o'clock. All are invited. Let us not "appear empty," but remember the poor.
THIS is an unusually favorable season in California. The rains have fitted the ground for farming work, and the weather is all that could be desired. This State should have a genuine thanksgiving.
WE hope that all will read carefully the article in last week's SIGNS entitled "Our Lord's Last Passover." It was prepared with much careful study, and we think it will bear criticism. It is continued in this number and will be concluded next week.
NEXT week we shall commence a series of articles on "Nehemiah," written by Mrs. E. G. White. We are glad to know that her writings are ever welcome to our readers. One fact—a rare fact—we would notice. The reader may follow her a year, yes, through her life, and never find a paragraph or a single sentence which does not afford good instruction or breathe a reverent, truly Christian spirit.
TO F. E. H.—We cannot imagine wherein 1 Cor. 3:5 needs any explanation. The apparent paradox of verse 18 is easily explained. The wisdom of this world is opposed to the wisdom which is from above. If the truth of God, or the cross of Christ, is examined in the light of worldly wisdom they will not commend themselves to the understanding. But if the wisdom of the world is laid aside, and we approach the cross without pre-judgment, as knowing nothing, but having everything to learn, then we may become truly wise.
NEXT Sabbath, Nov. 24, and Sunday, 25, the Sabbath and Sunday-schools of California take collections in behalf of the Association to provide a Home and School for Feeble Minded Children. Parents whose hearts delight in their own bright little ones would do well to bring a thank offering for the goodness of Providence to them. Let the children also bring an offering to Him who gave them their reason. Each school should report the sum it raises, and it is requested that the name of each person who gives not less than half a dollar be reported to the Secretary of the Association.
Holiday Books.
By Editor
"GET the best" is an injunction which should always be remembered when purchasing books. Next week we shall offer a more extended list of books, suitable for all classes for the holidays. About that time people do and will buy books. We offer none but good, first-class books. The list of Bibles given this week is rare and extensive.
Oakland and San Francisco.
By Editor
AT our prayer-meeting in Oakland on Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, we were impressed to make some remarks in regard to our own health, in view of the fact that we have been preserved from the power of disease for so many years. Occasionally we are prostrated with over-work, as at the time of our late camp-meeting, but it was not by disease. We have been remarkably free from disease for years past, in fact, ever since we commenced the observance of the Sabbath, over thirty years ago; and we are still. The meeting referred to took the form of a praise service, and the testimonies given were most cheering. We ought to praise more. It does us good.
Last Sabbath we spent with the church in San Francisco. It is seldom that we are able to leave our own church, our labors in the Office confine us so closely. We had not visited "the city" in a long time. It was a pleasure to us all. We had freedom in speaking, and all seemed to enjoy the opportunity. We were interested to see a class of adults in the Sabbath-school, all foreigners, gathered in by missionary work. It is a good mission field. Every city should have such work put forth. We need it in Oakland.
$25,000 Wanted.
WE, the undersigned, hereby give the sums set to our names, to raise the sum of $25,000 to be placed under the control of trustees chosen at the annual session of the California Conference. Said sum to be loaned to some of our Institutions at 5 per cent., the proceeds of which shall be used to assist those who are seeking an education at the Healdsburg College, to fill positions in the cause of God. Said individuals must be recommended by the Conference Committee and the College Faculty.
William Butcher........................................$5,000
Joseph Leininger.................................... 5,000
John Morrison.........................................1,000
F. H. Adams..............................................500
Mrs. Mary Scott........................................500
A Friend to the Cause................................800
"Who'll be the next?"
International Tract and Missionary Society.
By Stephen N. Haskell
THE International Tract and Missionary Society was organized Aug. 13, 1874. It has furnished health and religious publications to co-operative missions and individuals in every State and Territory in the United States, and to every civilized nation on the globe. During 1883 it placed in free public libraries in this country over 6,000 volumes of standard religious books at a cost of over $3,000, two-thirds of which was donated by other funds and the publishers. It has also placed valuable books in many libraries in England, and supplied reading-rooms with health and religious periodicals.
It has a free reading-room, No. 371, Third Avenue, New York City, where it will keep constantly on hand Health and Temperance publications to furnish co-operating missions and branch offices on the Atlantic Coast and in Europe. William J. Boynton, 200 East 27th Street, manager and city missionary.
It has also a free reading-room, 316 Fremont Street, San Francisco, Cal., from which place all ships are visited which enter that harbor. Andrew Brorsen and H. C. Palmer, city missionaries.
Free reading-room at H street, between Sixth and Seventh, East Portland, Oregon. Boston, Mass., J. R. Israel, residence Rowley, Mass. New Bedford, Mass., Mrs. Anna H. Bradford, residence Acushnet, Mass. The ship work at Liverpool, England, is under the charge of Geo. R. Drew, 40 Price Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Eng. Eld. A. A. John, 161 Wilingham Street, Great Grimsby, Eng. At the above-mentioned places the public are cordially invited.
The society is sustained by the liberalities of friends of missions. Donations by draft or otherwise will be thankfully received and gratefully acknowledged by any of the above-mentioned agents, or Miss M. L. Huntly, Secretary South Lancaster, Mass., U. S. A.
S. N. HASKELL, President.
EARLY WRITINGS OF MRS. WHITE.
By Editor
Comprising "Experience and Views" and "Spiritual Gifts Volume One," bound in one volume. This makes a neat and attractive book of nearly 200 pages, and should be read by old and young. The matter and the style in which it is presented are so interesting that no one who has read one chapter will forego the pleasure and profit of reading the remainder. Price, 75 cents.
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GOOD HEALTH is emphatically a Family Journal, being cheap, plain, and practical, qualities which have won for it the largest circulation of any Health Journal in America. It is devoted to all reforms, but is ultra in none. It is unpartisan and unsectarian. Its only creed is nature's laws. It treats of Health, Temperance, General Literature, Science, and many other interesting and practical subjects.
Every number contains valuable articles about how to preserve health, and how to treat diseases with simple remedies!
Its presence in a family will save many times its cost every year. Each number contains 32 pages of solid reading matter. Send for specimen copy. Price, $1.00 a year.
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