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OUR YOUNG WOMEN.

By Howard Crosby

A PRIMAL defect in our social life is the notion that girls have nothing to do. Boys are brought up to some employment, but girls to none, except where pecuniary want compels them. The family that is "well-off" has busy boys and idle girls. The young man, after eating his breakfast, starts out to his daily occupation, and returns at the close of the day. The young woman, after eating her breakfast (usually at a late hour), saunters about in quest of amusements. Novels, gossip, shopping (for unnecessary trifles), dressing in three or four different costumes, formal visiting, drawing (if able), and lounging, are the elements of the young woman's day. In the evening, by way of recreation (!), she goes to the theater or a ball.

This unequal discipline of the sexes is the basis of innumerable evils. It makes the girl careless and selfish; it turns her mind to personal adornment and other frivolous matters as the great concerns of life; it takes away the sense of responsibility, and produces feebleness and disease in her physical constitution. It also prevents her from asserting her true dignity in the eyes of man, for the life of utility is alone dignified. Women, thus brought up in indolence, are looked upon by men very much as were the women of the old, dark times of the world, as mere playthings, expensive toys, not as counselors and friends. Marriage in such circumstances belongs to a low, sensual plane, and the girl is prepared neither in mind nor body for the serious responsibilities and lofty duties which marriage implies. Her training, moreover, or lack of training, has made it necessary for a long purse to apply for her. Economy, helpfulness, co-operation—these are not coming to the new household from this vain source. Dresses, drives, entertainments—these will form the staple demands on the young husband. Accordingly, in city life, where this class of young women is chiefly found, a young man is (greatly to his hurt often) kept from marrying by reason of its costliness, whereas society should be so ordered that marriage would help the larder and not beggar it. We want simplicity of life, frugality, modesty, industry, and system. If we could introduce these virtues in our higher society

we should diminish the despair, envy, jealousy, dissipation, and suicides of the single, and the bickerings, wretchedness, and divorces of the married.

Let our girls have as regular daily duties as our boys. Let idleness be forbidden them. Let recreation be indeed recreation, at proper times and in proper quantities. Let us open more numerous avenues of female industry, and let every woman be clothed with the dignity of a useful life. Can such a reformation be brought about? My dear madam, begin it yourself. Rule your household on this principle. Have the courage to defy fashion where it opposes. Be a bold leader in this reform, and you will soon see a host of followers glad to escape from the old folly.—Howard Crosby, in Church Union.

The Home Circle.

By Susan Coolidge

A SINGLE STITCH.

ONE stitch-dropped as the weaver-drove His nimble shuttle to and fro, In and out, beneath, above, Till the pattern seems to bud and grow, As if the fairies had helping been. And the one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch out, And a weak place grew in the fabric stout; And the perfect pattern was marred for aye, By the one small stitch that was dropped that day.

One small life in God's great plan, How futile it seems as the ages roll, Do what it may, or strive how it can, To alter the sweep of the infinite whole! A single stitch in an endless web, A drop in the ocean's flow and ebb! But the pattern is rent where the stitch is lost, Or marred where the tangled threads have crossed; And each life that fails of the true intent Marks the perfect plan that its Master meant. —Susan Coolidge.

AN ORTHODOX DEED.

THE Albany Law Journal quotes from the Legal Intelligencer the description of a deed in the records of Northumberland County in Pennsylvania, drawn by a quaint old lawyer of the last century. The deed conveys lot No. 51 in the town of Lewisburg, and contains the following recital of title:—

“WHEREAS, The Creator of the earth, by parole and livery of seizin, did enfeoff the parents of mankind, to wit, Adam and Eve, of all that certain tract of land, called and known in the planetary system by the name of the earth . . . to have and to hold to them, the said Adam and Eve, and the heirs of their bodies, lawfully to be begotten, in fee-tail general forever, as by said feoffment recorded by Moses, in the first chapter of the first book of his records, more fully and at large appears.”

The deed recites that Adam and Eve died seized of the premises in fee-tail general, leaving issue, sons and daughters, who entered into the same premises, and became seized as tenants in common; that in process of time they multiplied their seed on the earth, and became very numerous; that they found it to be inconvenient to remain in common; that they “bethought themselves to make partition of the lands to and among themselves;” that the tract known on the general plan of the earth as America was allotted to certain of the heirs, eventually (now deemed time immemorial) a certain united people called the Six Nations of North America, heirs and descendants of said grantees of America, became seized of a part of the tract now called Pennsylvania.

The deed from this point then proceeds to give an accurate recital of the conveyance by the Six Nations to the Penns, and from them down to the grantor. It omits all reference to the royal grants to William Penn. The scrivener was either a very good lawyer, or intensely anti-British. It is more than likely that he was both.

The lawyer who drew up this deed evidently did not believe that this race of men started with a protoplasm, or a series of protoplasms, and finally worked its way up to humanity. He believed in the record of Moses and the title of man to the earth as given in that record. He makes out a first-class title to “lot No. 51 in the town of Lewisburg,” tracing it back to Adam and Eve, and from them to the great Creator of the earth and Giver of the same to Adam. We think the title to “lot No. 51” a good one, and the deed to be perfectly orthodox. Anybody who wants a better title to land must be hard to please.—Independent

Lead in Tinfoil Food Wrappers

THE British Medical Journal says that chocolates, confectionery, dried fruits, cheeses, and other food products, are very often wrapped in what appears to be, and is described as, tinfoil, but it is really an alloy containing a deal of lead. This dangerous practice is now prohibited in France, and the tinfoil destined for wrapping food-stuffs and confectionery must be composed of “fine tin”—that is, an alloy containing at least 90 per cent. of tin.—Public Opinion.

Insanity in Egypt

By Union Signal

In all Egypt there is but one lunatic asylum. Careful inquiry into the causes of insanity in the Orient shows its antecedents to be the same there as elsewhere, excepting the use of alcohol, which is forbidden in all Mohammedan countries. This prohibition undoubtedly accounts for the comparative rarity of the disease in Egypt. To be sure, there is not the mad rush for wealth which characterizes Western life, but who shall say to what extent this “mad rush” is excited and pushed on by the use of stimulants. The cases in the Egyptian asylums are mainly due to the use of opium and hasheesh. Under consistent prohibition, which would exclude these drugs as rigidly as alcohol, lunacy would be very rare.

LOOK AFTER THE CELLAR.

Mrs. Whitaker says, in the New England Farmer:—

“Recently, I went into a barn in the cellar of which potatoes were stored. No unpleasant odor was noticeable from them, but bending to speak to a child, and thereby getting down to the level of the little one’s head, I found the odor of rotten potatoes so strong as almost to cause nausea. This shows how little children may sicken from foul house cellars where the gases from decaying vegetables are continually creeping up under the cellar door and through the floors, but are not noticed by the adults. When a cellar door is opened in winter, the strong ‘cellary’ smell is often commented on; but that gas may be continuously present in the lower portion of the rooms, and the little ones creeping, running about, or lying asleep, may get nothing better to breathe all winter than air well seasoned with cellar smells.

“It is none too early to plan what to put in the cellar and what to keep out; and don’t forget to have one window hinged so that it may be opened in the middle of warm winter days, and the air freshened under the house. Then keep out of the cellar potatoes on the verge of decay, cabbage, and turnips. This is a man’s part of the work; his wife must be sure that nothing unclean is left about the cellar, no mouldy board, no paper, rags, scattered fruit, or vegetables. She must use a broom on every foot of the cellar’s surface and walls; wash and wipe away all specks of mould, and see that it is aired in fair weather. Then if the cellar is well drained it need not be a source of harm to the family living above it.

“A thin coat of whitewash, once a year, with a little carbolic acid mixed with it, would do much to keep the cellar walls sweet. In some respects the cellar is the most important—as it usually is the most neglected—room in the house.”

Investigation of Artificial Foods

THE chemists of the United States Agricultural Department are about to begin the work of investigating the different artificial foods and infant foods now on the market.

Health and Temperance.

ALCOHOLISM, CRIME, AND INSANITY.

THE time must soon come when the question of the proper method of dealing with the alcohol question will become one for statesmen, rather than, as now, for fanatics and politicians to consider. The facts and statistics recently brought out at the Congress of Alcoholism in Paris illustrate this very well. One of the topics for discussion was the relation of alcoholism to crime. Everyone knows that excessive alcoholic indulgence leads to crime, but the attempt was made to show a direct relation between the two.

The following tables were given. In France the average amount of alcohol consumed per capita was in— 1873-77.........................2.72 liters 1878-82.........................3.53 “ 1883-87.........................3.83 “

The increase of crime was from 172,000 to 195,000. The increase of insanity, from 37,000 to 52,000. In Belgium the figures were: 1851......138 liters beer, 5.87 alcohol, 2.00 wine 1871......159 “ “ 7.66 “ 3.55 “ 1881......170 “ “ 9.75 “ 3.75 “

There was, during this period, almost a doubling in crime, suicide, and insanity.

In Italy a similar increase of alcoholism, crime, and insanity was shown.

In Norway, since 1844, the amount of alcohol consumed has gradually been reduced from ten liters per inhabitant to four liters (in 1876), with a corresponding decrease of crime.

The above figures are certainly very striking, and it is particularly instructive to learn that the decrease of crime and alcoholism in Norway has been due, not to prohibition, but to lessening the number of licenses, increasing the tax on spirits, and the temporary depression in business.

It will not do, however, to trace all the increase of crime and insanity to alcohol. In Bern, for example, where there are only four saloons to one thousand inhabitants, crimes were more numerous than in Zurich, where the ratio is twelve to one thousand. Professor Vauderby, of Liege, asserts that the increase of the tax on spirits in Belgium has had but a slight result; and Dr. Icovesco, of Roumania, asserted that in a district in his country, where a large number of saloons were closed, alcoholism continued to increase.

Such exceptions must be borne in mind, but on the whole it seems to be quite certain that a high tax, or license, and a reduction in the number of saloons and total amount of alcohol consumed, is followed by a diminution in crime.

The statistics of some of our own cities carry out this view.—Medical Record.

SECULAR.

—A patent has been granted for making flour barrels out of cotton ducking.

—Froude, the historian, is collecting material for a "Life of Lord Beaconsfield."

—The President's final proclamation admitting Montana into the Union of States was issued on the 8th instant.

—The great Paris exposition closed on the 6th inst. with a grand fête. The attendance was estimated at 400,000.

—A fire at Petersburg, Va., on the 7th inst., destroyed property valued at $750,000, and a police officer was burned to death.

—The increasing production of raisins in California is materially reducing the importation from Malaga to the United States.

—The vicinity of Chattanooga, Tenn., is said to be "flooded with counterfeiters," six arrests having been made within two weeks.

—On the 2d inst., the President signed the final proclamations admitting the States of North Dakota and South Dakota into the Union.

—Eight Chinamen, accused of having crossed the line from Mexico, in violation of the Exclusion act, were recently arrested in San Diego.

—It is reported that an agent of Krupp, the German heavy gun maker, is in the United States, looking up a site for a branch establishment.

—The Russian Government offers a prize of 2,000 francs for the best essay on "The Part Taken by John Howard in the History of Prison Reform."

—The Pillsbury and Washburn mills, water-power, and grain elevators, at Minneapolis, Minn., have been sold to an English company for $8,000,000.

—City of Mexico advices say that Chinese in great numbers are arriving at Mazatlan, intending to make their way overland to Arizona and California.

—Governor Waterman has selected twenty delegates to represent California in the great silver convention, to be held in St. Louis on the 24th inst.

—A Chinaman has confided to Judge Sawyer, of San Francisco, the fact that after marrying and living with a woman one month he sold her for $1,545.

—The young emperor of Germany seems to be making friends with the neighboring powers by visiting them. His last call has been on the Turkish powers.

—The secretary of the National Prison Association estimates that the census of 1890 will show a prison population of nearly 100,000, an increase of about 30,000 in ten years.

—The volcano of Colima, Mexico, is in a state of active eruption. It is reported that many houses in the vicinity have fallen, and the woods for miles around are on fire.

—The Cotton Oil Trust, after running behind over half a million dollars, has resolved to reorganize as a corporate company. The loss was owing to the delinquency of officials.

—The Democratic victories in Ohio and Iowa are generally attributed to popular aversion in the large cities to a stringent Sunday law in the former State, and to prohibition in the latter.

—The National Maritime Exhibition was opened in Boston on the 4th inst. There are seven acres of models of yachts, steamers, life-boats, and everything pertaining to ships and shipping.

—The High School building in Oakland, Cal., suffered a second disastrous fire on the night of the 6th inst. It had just been rebuilt, and occupied but a few weeks. The fire was no doubt incendiary.

—At Glasgow, on the 2d instant, a great disaster was created by the falling of the walls of a large carpet factory. The latest report is that fifty persons were killed. The loss of property is set at $750,000.

—Severe snow-storms are reported in Southwestern Kansas, New Mexico, and the Texas Panhandle. Cow-boys and their herds have suffered terribly, several deaths being known, and other parties missing.

—The Board of Trustees of Tulare, Cal., raised the saloon license to $100 per quarter. In retaliation for this act, the saloons have all closed up. It is now a question of who can hold out the longer, the Board or the saloon men.

—The Russian ambassador at Berlin recently gave a dinner in honor of the American Minister, at which the Russian spoke of the United States as standing alone among the great powers, wanting nothing and fearing nothing.

—The man-of-war Charleston, recently constructed by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, has been accepted by the government. This is the first war vessel built on the Pacific Coast, and San Francisco especially are jubilant over the success.

—The appeal case of Sheriff Cunningham, of San Joaquin County, Cal., against Deputy Marshal Neagle, the slayer of Judge Terry, will be heard by a full bench of the U. S. Supreme Court as soon as the President fills the vacancy occasioned by the death of Justice Matthews.

—A recent decision in a New York court virtually breaks up the great Sugar Trust; but it is expected that some other scheme will soon be devised to take its place. Spreckels has done a good work in holding a check on the extortions of the Trust, and now something will be necessary to stand off Spreckels' monopoly.

—Dr. Peters and party of German explorers, in the wilds of Africa, have been massacred by the Massais or Somalis. One European and one native of the party escaped. Stanley, who has been making another long voyage in hitherto unknown regions, is reported safe, and is expected to arrive on the coast of Zanzibar about January.

—An aged couple at Jackson Crossroads, Bates County, Mo., named James, were horribly tortured by burglars on the 3d inst. The husband fainted, and the wife, supposing he was dead, told where the money ($400) was kept. The woman succeeded in resuscitating Mr. James, but soon afterward died from the effect of her injuries.

—Sir Samuel Baker, who conquered the equatorial provinces for Egypt, and governed them for a long time, thinks that England is losing her hold in that region, and that the late massacre of Dr. Peters and party is evidence that "the Arab slave-traders will wave their blood-stained banners over our abandoned stations." He thinks Stanley ought to be sent to the Soudan with absolute powers.

—A mysterious murder has come to light at St. Paul. The mangled body of a young Virginian named Charles Kemper was found on the 7th inst., in a tar barrel. Last June he was a sojourner in the city in quest of health, and mysteriously disappeared, since which time nothing has been heard from him. It is said he received $400 from his friends the day previous to his disappearance. The barrel in which the body was found was labeled, "A traitor."

—About fifty new laws went into effect in Missouri November 2. Among them is the law excluding from saloons all gambling devices and forms of amusement. Also a law to prevent the introduction into the State of armed bodies of men by railroad and other corporations to act as police officers, the Anti-trust or Pool law, the Australian system of voting, and the Anti-grain Gambling law, which prohibits dealing in futures unless it be the intention of dealers to actually take the grain bought or sold.

—Another accident occurred in connection with the electric wires in New York City on the 4th inst. A telephone wire had fallen to the ground and lay across a car track. A horse attached to a vehicle stepped on the wire and was thrown to the ground. On taking hold of the horse to help him up, the driver was prostrated; a second effort produced a like effect. The horse was roasted in presence of a large crowd of people, who watched the blue flames emitted from the animal, but dared not touch him. A policeman who came in contact with the wire was thrown senseless to the ground, and a by-stander undertaking to assist him was severely shocked.

News and Notes.

By Editor

RELIGIOUS.

—An item of the last census of France, shows that 3,000,000 Frenchmen asserted that they had no religious opinions.

—There are about 300 Seventh-day Adventists in Russia. One brother has lain in prison over four months on account of his faith.

—A London dispatch says: "The clergymen of the Church of England who hold brewery stock as members of the Clergy Assurance Society, have been directed to sell out."

—Of a Seventh-day Adventist Church of thirty-five members, mostly Spanish, at Relizane, Algeria, Africa, fifteen have recently emigrated to the Argentine Republic, South America.

—President Harrison takes a five or six miles' walk every Sunday afternoon between 4 and 6 o'clock. This is the only day that he is able to get all the time to himself that he wants.

—A Methodist correspondent of the Interior (Presbyterian) says: "A most notable sign of the strong and growing tendency of Methodism, in the United States, toward Congregationalism, is found in the waning power and influence of her bishops."

—The Catholic Mirror says that the Spanish Government has sent to the civil governors of every province of the kingdom a circular on the subject of the movement for inducing the pope to reside in Spain, instructing the authorities to do everything in their power to discourage the project.

—Philip O'Neill has an article in the Catholic Mirror of September 14 on "Honor to the Papacy," in which is given the following bit of history: "Out of a population of 85,000 it was calculated that 50,000 perished during nine months that Rome was sacked and plundered by the Lutheran troops. The year was 1527."

—In the pope's allocution with reference to the erection of the Bruno statue, delivered June 30, he refers to "that absolute freedom of thought which is the fruitful mother of all bad doctrines." Again he says: "Seeing, then, the baseness of such deeds, inasmuch as the government of Christendom has been confided to us, together with the guardianship and defense of religion, we declare that Rome has been outraged."

—Rev. Dr. Horton, of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, goes back on the Westminster Confession of Faith. Of the doctrine that for the glory of God some men and angels are predestined to everlasting life and some to everlasting death, he is reported to have said in a recent sermon: "That may be logically true, but it is theologically false. I don't believe it; the Presbyterian Church as a mass never believed it."

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Obituary.

GILBERT.—Died at Rohnerville, Humboldt County, Cal., Sabbath morning, October 26, Nathan C. Gilbert. Deceased was born in Madison County, N. Y., and at the time of his death was 74 years old. He first heard present truth at a tent-meeting held by Elders Loughborough and Bourdeau at Healdsburg, eighteen or nineteen years ago. He became a member of the Ferndale church at the last county camp-meeting. There being no Seventh-day Adventist preacher in the county, words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14:12, 13, by Mr. McDonald, a Congregationalist. The deceased leaves a wife and two married daughters. The blow falls most heavily upon the wife, to whom he has been united for nearly fifty years.

REED.—Died of typhoid malaria and pneumonia, October 16, 1889, at East Portland, Oregon, Luella, daughter of H. W. and Steina Reed, aged 13 years, 11 months, and 9 days. Luella was baptized and united with the East Portland church, the 28th of May, 1887, and though young she gave evidence of being truly converted to God. She seemed to realize that she could not recover, and called in the members of the family, one by one, and asked them to forgive any hasty or unkind word spoken during her illness. Luella sleeps in Jesus. Her parents are bowed with grief, but realize the sustaining hope of the gospel. Words of comfort by the writer from John 11:25, 26. W. C. WARD.

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