p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 37. (9/19/1911)

Drowned in Buttermilk

It was a strange accident that drowned a milkman in Gilmore, Nebraska, September 5, in 1,000 gallons of buttermilk. He was driving a tank containing that amount of buttermilk, when his wagon overturned in a depression in the road, he falling under the tank.

Zapatistas Killed in Mexico

Sixty Zapatistas in Mexico were killed September 1 in two encounters with federal troops. We are not told whether there was any federal loss or not. Their leader, Zapata, barely escaped death.

Matters in Europe

By Editor

Matters in Europe.—While it is said that there will be no war between France and Germany, yet everything indicates that the tension is very high. September 5 the great naval fleet of 99 fighting ships was reviewed by the German kaiser, every one of them in shape to go to sea; and at Toulon, France, the day before, the most powerful fleet that France ever assembled was reviewed by President Fallières and Premier Caillaux—fifty-two ships in all, six of which were great battle-ships of the big gun type.

LATER.—A despatch from Paris dated September 5 states that the dispute between France and Germany has been settled, and that the main points and details in agreement between the two governments will be made public soon. The labor papers claim a victory for themselves, saying that the governments of Germany, France, and Belgium fear that there will be general strikes in case of a declaration of war.

Riots in France

It is not in England alone that riots have occurred, but France is also under the riot spell. Not a few towns have been turbulent of late, needing soldiers to suppress the uprisings. One of the causes of riots is the high prices of provisions. In the French riots women have been very prominent. The simple fact is, that the governments of earth are not in the best state of equilibrium. Underneath the placid surface often there is seething revolution.

Fairness in a Good Cause

By Editor

A good cause ought not to be dependent on unworthy measures. Unholy, unfair methods must reflect against a cause, and ought to. These thoughts are suggested by a report in a San Francisco paper that the suffragettes in Berkeley are tearing down the signs of the anti-suffragettes, and threatening boycott to the shops which display their signs. He (or she) who is right can afford to be fair.

Food and Cookery: Their Relation to Health

By Editor

There has come to us a new and interesting little pamphlet entitled "Food and Cookery: Their Relation to Health. A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils for Use in Cooking Classes and Demonstrations;" a revised edition by H. S. Anderson, instructor in cooking in the training school for nurses, Loma Linda, California. Published by the College Press of Loma Linda. The author of this work was for several years employed as cook in many of the leading hotels and clubs of some of the largest cities of the Middle West and the Pacific Coast. He has also been connected with the Loma Linda Sanitarium in the preparing of hygienic health foods, and is therefore well prepared to speak on the various subjects discussed in this pamphlet. It is not designed to be a mere cook-book, but a guide to teachers. The pamphlet discusses foods, their uses, preparations, etc., various kinds of bread, unfermented and unfermenting, different kinds of soups, grains, nut foods, entrées, legumes and their preparation, gravies and sauces, vegetables, salads and dressings, desserts, pies, puddings, cakes, toasts, breakfast dishes, invalid dietary, fruit ices, ice-cream, canning, preserving, combinations, menu making, and suggestive menus. We are sure that the housewife will find help in this, as well as the one who is teaching or giving demonstrations in cooking. The price is 25 cents.

The Last of His Tribe

The Last of His Tribe.—An Indian has been captured near Oroville, California, while attempting to steal some meat, who is said to be the very last of the Deer Creek tribe. He speaks no language which can be understood or connected with that of any other Indian tribe. The ethnologists of the university of the State have him now in charge, and are endeavoring to learn all they can concerning his tribe and language. He is thought to be about fifty years old; had never come in connection with civilization in any way. The university men feel that he is as much of an aborigine as tho he had been living 100 or 150 years ago. He is without trace or taint of civilization.

Southern Pacific Shopmen Dispute

The difficulties between the Southern Pacific Railway and the shopmen connected with it are still pending. It is thought by both parties that some satisfactory arrangement will be arrived at. The various unions among the shopmen demand recognition of a joint committee in all labor matters, while the railway feels that in the duty which they owe to the public this concession can not be granted. And there the matter stands.

Contained in This Issue

By Editor

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3555 — The Jewish Month; 3556 — The Book of Esdras; 3557 — Right to Judge; 3558 — God's Word to His Children; 3559 — Cherubim and Seraphim, Sex Among Angels; 3560 — The Sabbath in the Early Church	2

| Our Bible Band | 2 |

| General | |

| "Never Man Spake Like This Man" | 3 | | Do the Dead Live Again? | 4 | | The True Bible Sabbath | 5 | | Studies in the Revelation — The Word of God, the King of Kings | 6, 7 | | Taste and See | 8 |

| Our Work and Workers | 14 |

| Poetry | | | An Evening Prayer | 5 | | A Prayer Song | 12 | | The Plowing of the Lord | 14 |

Meat Prices and Vegetarianism

It is said that the prices of meat will go higher this fall than ever before within fifteen years. What will bring the beef trust to time quicker than anything else is to adopt vegetarianism. Those who give it a thoro trial will stay with it.

Missionary Murdered in Guiana

By Editor

A despatch from Georgetown, British Guiana, dated September 5, states that "the Rev. E. O. Davis, superintendent of the Guiana Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, has been murdered while proselyting among the natives." The initials seemingly are wrong; it is O. E. Davis, instead of E. O. No particulars are given. In May Brother Davis wrote that he had received a call to visit some Indians about a two months' journey up the Demerara River, where no white man had ever been. This was the last heard from him. The Examiner reports that the message was sent by "the Rev. E. C. Roger, of California." This also is a mistake: the name should be E. C. Boger. This is sad news indeed. We shall be anxious to hear the details of the crime. Our sympathy is with Sister Davis, his wife.

A little part of a mass-meeting of the strikers on Tower Hill. Note the seeming endlessness of the throng down the street, around the corner of the building. This shows but one half of a section of the crowd as photographed by the Photo Crome Company. (From the London "Graphic.")