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News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— The recent death of Rev. J. R. Miller, the well-known writer, brought sorrow to many throughout the English-speaking world.

— On Saturday, July 13, the United States Senate, by vote of fifty-five against twenty-eight, unseated William Lorimer, junior senator from Illinois, declaring that his election was unconstitutional.

— Michael Whalen, the only American leper on the island of Culion, in the Philippines, has been elected chief executive of the republic which the Philippine government has organized to manage the affairs of the leper colony. He is the first man to attain this distinction in the first leper republic organized in the world.

— One of Oxford University's most coveted distinctions, the Newdigate prize for an English poem, has been won by an American Rhodes scholar, William C. Greene, of Massachusetts.

— The third duma has just voted $645,000,000 to be expended in over five years on the imperial navy, which will place Russia next to England in order of expenditure, and ahead of the United States, Germany, France, Japan, and Italy.

— Again "the largest locomotive in the world" is to be built by an American locomotive company. This one will weigh 540,000 pounds, will have sixteen driving-wheels, and will push freight-cars up a steep grade in West Virginia, permitting the use of much heavier trains than at present.

— Horrible atrocities marked the recent capture of the city of Litang, in the province of Szechuen, China, by Tibetans. Many women and children were burned alive or otherwise slaughtered. The garrison defended the city for an hour, and then fled, leaving seventy dead lying in the streets.

— Robert Barrett Widemann Browning, son of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, died on July 8, at his home in Asolo, Italy. He was born in Florence in 1849. His mother is buried there, while his father sleeps in Westminster Abbey. He was an artist and poet, and made his summer home in Venice.

— The unruly Colorado River, which a few years ago broke away from its channel and put the Salton Sea on the maps, but was afterward induced to return to its accustomed bed, now threatens a new outbreak in the old direction. A national appropriation will be needed to check the river's vagaries, by strengthening the restraining dikes.

— Serious uprisings have taken place in Portugal, which are believed to be part of the organized attempt on the part of the royalists to overthrow the republic. In northern Portugal the situation is causing the government grave concern. Fighting has taken place, the royalists being well armed. It is believed that the movement is being financed in Spain by the Carlists.

— The executive order which will completely change the design of the United States five-cent piece probably will be issued by President Taft within a few weeks. The figure of a buffalo has been selected for the nickel's face, to displace the goddess of liberty, because, it is explained, the buffalo is peculiarly an American animal. The goddess of liberty is on several other United States coins. The thought of the buffalo suggests the Indian, and for that reason an artistic head of a red man will adorn the reverse side of the new piece of money.

— On July 16 the United States Senate passed the following resolution as a rebuke to presidential influence in controlling votes of the members of that body: "Resolved, That any attempt on the part of a president of the United States to exercise the powers and influence of his great office for the purpose of controlling the vote of any senator upon a question involving a right to a seat in the Senate, or upon any other matter within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Senate, would violate the spirit if not the letter of the Constitution, and invade the rights of the Senate."

— The country was again disgraced by a prize-fight at Las Vegas, N. Mex., July 4, between Jack Johnson, colored, and Jim Flynn, the victory being given to Johnson.

— The ice-cream season being now at its height, caution, according to a United States Public Health Bulletin, should be exercised in seeing that only a pure, fresh article of this kind is purchased. Ice-cream cones and hokey-pokey especially should be severely scrutinized. The bulletin states that insanitary conditions prevail in most of the ice-cream factories; of nearly fifty investigated in Washington, only three were pronounced "clean," the rest varying from "fair" to "filthy."

— It appears that as a nation we are at last learning to be sane in our patriotic celebrations. According to the most reliable statistics available at the time of going to press concerning casualties incidental to the fourth of July, there were 24 deaths and 983 injuries on that day. If we place this beside the record of previous years, the contrast is seen to be remarkable. The figures since 1908 are as follows: 1908, 163 dead, 5,406 injured; 1909, 215 dead, 5,093 injured; 1910, 131 dead, 2,792 injured; 1911, 57 dead, 1,546 injured. These are the official figures compiled by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

— Every effort is being made by the public health officials to stamp out the bubonic plague, which appeared about a month ago in Porto Rico, and later in Cuba. War on bubonic plague means war on rats, and so the resources of the men who have conquered the diseases of the tropics were at once directed in a scientific campaign against rats in Porto Rico, Cuba, and the seaports of the United States. Seventy men and four officers are fighting the plague in Porto Rico, and twenty-five men and five officers are guarding the exits of the island, that the disease may not be carried to the United States. Two officers of the public health service are at Havana, inspecting vessels, ordering fumigation, and examining passengers and freights. All passengers from the plague zone to the United States must be seven days on the way, or be held that long for observation. Every port on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean is protected against infection.

— Nine of the accused Camorrists, who have been on trial at Viterbo, Italy, for nearly a year and a half, were declared guilty of murder, on July 8, while the remainder of the band were found guilty of belonging to a criminal association. The condemned men were sentenced to imprisonment varying from thirty years to three. Wild scenes accompanied the pronouncing of sentence. Few have believed that the Italian jury and court would have the courage to condemn the criminals. It was on March 11, 1911, that the examination of witnesses began. This was preceded by a preliminary investigation of five years. The cause of the trial was the murder of Gennaro Cuocolo, a Camorrist, and of his wife. Their killing was said to have been a Camorrist execution. An entire regiment of infantry was sent to Viterbo to surround the court. During the trial two companies of infantry, 150 carbineers, and 50 detectives have been constantly on duty. The trial has cost the state more than $500,000. In all, over 700 witnesses were heard.

Cumberland Conference

By P. G. Stanley; A. B. Russell

The twelfth annual session of the Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sweetwater, Tenn., Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first business meeting of the conference will be held August 25, at 9 A. M.

The constituents of this conference consist of the members of the churches in this territory. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each additional ten members. Delegates should be elected as soon as possible, and their names sent to the conference secretary.

P. G. STANLEY, President; A. B. RUSSELL, Secretary.

Cumberland Conference Association

THE Cumberland Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (a corporation of Tennessee) will hold its annual meeting at Sweetwater, Tenn., in connection with the camp-meeting, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be held Tuesday, August 27. This meeting is for the election of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

P. G. STANLEY, President; R. L. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Kansas Conference Association

THE Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association (a corporation of Kansas) will hold its annual meeting in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting at Emporia, Kans., at 9 A. M., Aug. 12, 1912. This meeting is called for the election of officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the association.

W. F. KENNEDY, President; E. HARRIS, Secretary.

East Kansas Conference

THE second annual session of the East Kansas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Emporia, Kans., Aug. 8-18, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. The first business meeting of the conference will be held August 9, at 9 A. M.

The constituency of this conference consists of the members of the churches in this territory. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one for each fifteen members or major part thereof.

W. F. KENNEDY, President; B. M. EMERSON, Secretary.

North Michigan Conference

By J. J. Irwin

The tenth annual session of the North Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Traverse City, Mich., Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting of the conference will be held August 27, at 9 A. M. During this session officers will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business will be transacted as may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each ten members or fraction thereof.

J. J. IRWIN, President.

North Michigan Conference Association

THE tenth annual session of the North Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Traverse City, Mich., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be called August 27, at 10 A. M., for the election of officers, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association. All duly accredited delegates to the North Michigan Conference are delegates to this association.

J. J. IRWIN, President; S. E. KELLMAN, Secretary.

Ohio Conference Association

The Ohio Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a corporation of the State of Ohio, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Springfield, Ohio, Aug. 15-25, 1912. The first meeting will be held at 10:30 A. M., Friday, August 16. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may come before the association at that time. All accredited delegates to the Ohio Conference are delegates to this association.

E. K. SLADE, President; J. J. MARIETTA, Secretary.

Ohio Conference

THE first meeting of the fiftieth annual session of the Ohio Conference will be held on the camp-ground at Springfield, Ohio, at 9:30 A. M., Aug. 16, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. Each church is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each twenty members.

E. K. SLADE, President; H. D. HOLTOM, Secretary.

Colorado Conference Association

The first meeting of the next session of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Colorado will convene at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver, Colo., Monday, Aug. 19, 1912, at 9 A. M. This meeting is called for the election of trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the association.

C. R. Kite, President; G. M. Alway, Secretary.

Oklahoma Conference Association

THE annual session of the Oklahoma Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Oklahoma City, in connection with the camp-meeting and conference of the Oklahoma Conference, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held on Thursday, August 29, at 9 A. M., for the transaction of such business as should properly come before the association. Each delegate to the conference is a member of the association.

DAVID VOTH, President; W. L. ADAMS, Secretary.

Southern Illinois Conference Association

The Southern Illinois Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation of the State of Illinois, will hold its tenth annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at Greenup, Ill., July 29 to Aug. 4, 1912. The first meeting will be held at 10 A. M., Tuesday, July 30, 1912. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may come before the association at this time. All accredited delegates to the Southern Illinois Conference are delegates to this association.

E. A. BRISTOL, President; R. B. CRAIG, Secretary.

Maritime Conference Association

The annual session of the Maritime Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists (incorporated) will be held in Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia, in connection with the camp-meeting of the Maritime Conference, Sept. 3-10, 1912. The first meeting will be held Thursday, September 12, at 10 A. M. Officers, constituting a board of trustees, will be elected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All delegates to the conference are delegates to the association.

J. O. MILLER, President;

LULA VAN BUSKIRK, Secretary.

Seventh-Day Adventist Association of Kentucky Conference

By B. W. Brown; H. E. Beck

The regular annual meeting of the Seventh-day Adventist Association of Kentucky Conference will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of the Kentucky Conference, at Elizabethtown, Ky., Aug. 8-18, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9 A. M., Monday, August 12, for the transaction of such business as may come before the members. All accredited delegates to the Kentucky Conference are delegates to this association.

B. W. BROWN, President; H. E. BECK, Secretary.

Camp-Meetings for 1912

ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE Northern New England....Aug. 21 to Sept. 1 New York, Utica ....Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 Maine, Norridgewock......Aug. 29 to Sept. 8 CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE Maritime, Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia..Sept. 3-10 CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE East Kansas, Emporia ....Aug. 8-18 Colorado, Denver ....Aug. 15-25 Nebraska, College View....Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 South Missouri, Clinton....Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 North Missouri, Hamilton, Aug. 29 to Sept. 9 West Kansas, Salina ....Sept. 5-15 West Colorado, Delta .....Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE West Virginia, Fairmont ........July 18-28 Ohio, Springfield ........Aug. 15-25 West Pennsylvania, Washington .........Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Virginia ....................Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 LAKE UNION CONFERENCE Southern Illinois, Greenup, July 29 to Aug. 5 Indiana, Kokomo ...Aug. 5-11 East Michigan, Bay City ...Aug. 12-18 Northern Illinois ...Aug. 19-25 North Michigan, Traverse City ...Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 West Michigan, Kalamazoo ...Sept. 3-11 NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Iowa, Boone ....Aug. 22 to Sept. 2 PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE Southern California ...Aug. 5-18 Arizona, Phoenix ...Oct. 17-27 SOUTHEASTERN UNION Georgia, Barnesville ....July 25 to Aug. 4 South Carolina, Columbia ....Aug. 1-11 North Carolina, Gastonia ....Aug. 15-25 Cumberland Conference, Sweetwater, Tenn. Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 Florida, Ocala ....Oct. 3-14 SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE Louisiana, Baton Rouge ....July 18-28 Mississippi, Jackson .....July 25 to Aug. 4 Alabama, Fairhope ....Aug. 1-11 Kentucky, Elizabethtown ....Aug. 8-18 Tennessee River, Camden ....Aug. 15-25 Mississippi, Brookhaven (colored) .....Aug. 30 to Sept. 8 Alabama (colored) ...Sept. 27 to Oct. 5 SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE North Texas, Cleburne...July 25 to Aug. 4 West Texas, Abilene ....Aug. 1-11 New Mexico, Fort Sumner ....Aug. 15-25 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City ...Aug. 22 to Sept. 1

The executive committee of the West Kansas Conference met at Emporia, Kansas, July 23, and organized. This board consists of the officers, and the following executive committee: A. A. Carscallen, J. H. Wheeler, J. F. Anderson, A. R. Ogden, S. C. Osborne. The business of the conference is in a prosperous condition.

The camp-meeting for the West Kansas Conference will be held at Emporia, Kansas, August 8-18. All the delegates to this conference should take notice that the election of officers and the transaction of conference business will be the first matter of importance. Let there be a full representation.

The executive committee of the West Kansas Conference consists of the following: A. A. Carscallen, president; the territory, which covers the entire state, is divided into districts, with a director for each district.

The executive committee of the West Michigan Conference held a meeting at Battle Creek, Mich., July 24. It was voted to hold the camp-meeting at Kalamazoo, September 3-11. The date of the conference session was set for the same time. During the afternoon of the opening day, the executive committee will meet to attend to the conference business. The work is advancing in the conference, and the spirit of the workers is one of unity and courage. In addition to the regular laborers, a fraction of our ministering brethren from other conferences will be present.

North Michigan Conference

The camp-meeting for the North Michigan Conference will be held at Traverse City, August 26 to September 1, 1912. Arrangements are being made, and full information will be sent to all.

Business Notices

By Editor

This department is conducted especially for the accommodation of the Seventh-day Adventist readers of this paper.

No advertisements of "agents wanted," or "partners wanted," and no "promotion" nor "colonization" enterprises, will be printed in this column. Brief business notices will be published, subject to the discretion of the publishers, and on compliance with the following—

Conditions

Any person unknown to the managers of this paper must send with his advertisement satisfactory written recommendation. The fact that one is a subscriber does not necessarily make him "known" to the managers, nor constitute sufficient recommendation. Such recommendation should come from one of our ministers, or from the elder of a Seventh-day Adventist church. It is not enough to refer to some individual by name. Secure his recommendation in writing, and send it.

We open no accounts for advertizing, and cash must accompany each order.

A charge of two dollars will be made for each insertion of forty words or less. Each additional word, initial, or group of figures in excess of forty, will cost five cents.

No discount for several insertions.

WANTED.—To buy a farm or ranch; must be near a good Seventh-day Adventist church-school or academy. Would prefer East or Central West. Address A. H. Stiles, Loma Linda, Cal.

WANTED.—An all-round, experienced tin-smith; also young man about eighteen years old, of good size, to learn the trade: must be bright and active. A splendid opportunity for "a hustler." Write immediately to I. M. Bigelow, Takoma Park, D. C.

COOKING OIL.—Best quality. Delicate flavor. Purely vegetable. Guaranteed. Extensively used by best cooks. Five gal., $4.15; 10 gal., $7.90; 8 1-gal. cans, $7.36; 6 5-gal. cans, $22.50; 30-gal. bbl., $21.90; 50-gal. bbl., $36. Purity Cooking Oil Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

FOR SALE.—Eight-room house in College View, Nebr., near church and college, also eight-room house, with 19½ acres, within walking distance of Keene Academy, Keene, Tex. Good water. For particulars, address Chas. A. Schulz, Keene, Tex.

FOR SALE.—20 acres of timber land, ¼ mile from Seventh-day Adventist academy. Spring-water piped to fine building site. About one acre cleared. Fifty fruit-trees; few berries. Price, $700. Address A. L. Chitwood, Cottage Grove, Oregon.

FOR SALE.—Ten-acre ranch; good house, barn, and small orchard. Half-mile from Loveland, the garden of Colorado. Good church and conference academy near. For any one desiring to locate in Colorado for health or school, this is a bargain. Address Meade MacGuire, Loveland, Colo.

FOR SALE.—Two hundred acres of good land in the heart of the famous fruit belt of State of Washington. Favorably located, good water, partly improved. Price, $5,000, or $2,500 for one half of farm. Good home and bargain for some Seventh-day Adventist. Address Mark Hancock, Wine Sap, Wash.

COOK WANTED.—We are in immediate need of a good sanitarium cook. We want the best to be had, but if necessary would be willing to arrange with some one with less experience. The sanitarium is in a prosperous condition, and the position is a desirable one for the right party. When you write, state age, experience in sanitarium work, Christian experience, and wages that you would expect. Address Nashville Sanitarium, Station 5, Nashville, Tenn.

East Michigan Conference Association Meeting

THE annual meeting of the East Michigan Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the Bay County fairground at Bay City, Mich., in connection with the annual conference, Aug. 12-18, 1912. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees, and to transact such other business as may properly come before the association. The first meeting will be held Wednesday, August 14, at 10:30 A. M.

All regularly elected delegates to the East Michigan Conference (unincorporated) are members of the East Michigan Conference Association, and, as such, are entitled to vote on all questions coming before the association.

H. H. BURKHOLDER, President; FRANK HINER, Secretary.

Indiana Conference

THE thirty-ninth annual session of the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting in Patterson's Grove, Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 5-11, 1912. The first meeting will be called at 10:30 A. M., Tuesday, August 6. Each church in the conference is entitled to one delegate for the organization, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members. This meeting is for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the conference. A full delegation is desired from all our churches.

O. MONTGOMERY, President; H. H. RANS, Secretary.

The Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists

THE first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground at Kokomo, Ind., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1912, at 10:30 A. M., in connection with the Indiana camp-meeting. At this meeting members of the board of directors will be elected, and such other business transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches to the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.

O. MONTGOMERY, President; W. A. YOUNG, Secretary.

The Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association

NOTICE is hereby given that the first meeting of the regular annual session of the Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association will be called at 11 A. M., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1912, in connection with the camp-meeting in Patterson's Grove, Kokomo, Ind. At this meeting members of the board of directors will be elected to fill the places of those whose terms of office expire, and such other business will be transacted as may come before the association. The legal voters of this association are the regularly appointed delegates from the different churches to the Indiana Conference, the members of the executive committee, and such other persons as are employed by the Indiana Conference.

O. MONTGOMERY, President; F. A. Loop, Secretary.

Nurses Wanted

THE Paradise Valley Sanitarium Training-School for Missionary Nurses desires twenty consecrated young men and women who are willing to devote their lives to the Master's service.

This school affords a most thorough and up-to-date training in all departments. Its location is ideal. Its climate is the very best, warm and sunny in winter, and cool in summer. New commodious home for nurses just completed. Class begins Oct. 1, 1912. Write at once for illustrated booklet. Address Superintendent of Training-School, Paradise Valley Sanitarium, National City, Cal.

Address Wanted

By S. S. Shrock

Johann (John) Koch, formerly in South America, at present in Nekoma, Kans., desires the address of his old friend John Maas.

S. S. Shrock.

Madison Sanitarium, Madison, Wis.

Nurses' Course

Our next class for nurses will begin Sept. 4, 1912. We shall be glad to correspond with young men and women who desire a preparation for medical missionary work. Calendars with outlines of course, requirements for admission, etc., will be sent upon request. Address Superintendent of Nurses, Madison Sanitarium, Madison, Wis.

Graysville Sanitarium Nurses' Course

THE next nurses' class will begin Sept. 1, 1912. We shall be glad to correspond with young men and women who desire a preparation for medical missionary work, especially those who have an interest in the South, as we feel that we must train our own force to work this needy field. Outlines of course, and requirement for admission, will be sent on request. Address M. M. Martinson, Superintendent Graysville Sanitarium, Graysville, Tenn.

Publications Wanted

By Editor

THE following-named persons desire late, clean copies of our publications sent post-paid:—

Any of our periodicals will be appreciated by Mrs. E. A. Mitcheltree, Oxford, Fla., Box 54, for use in missionary work.

Jas. M. Johnston, Hickory, N. C., R. F. D. 5, Box 27, desires a continuous supply of our publications for free distribution.

A reading-rack has been placed in the union depot at Shreveport, La., and a continuous supply of our papers (the Review excepted) is requested for use in that way. They should be sent to Dora F. King, Shreveport, La., R. F. D. 2, Box 38.

Obituaries

SHALES.—Gladine Shales died in her eighty-seventh year, at the home of her granddaughter, in Grand Rapids, Mich. About thirty years ago she embraced present truth, and remained faithful until death. We laid her to rest, believing that she will arise in the first resurrection.

C. A. HANSEN.

MARIS.—Naoma Maris, daughter of W. B. and Hattie Maris, was born Sept. 13, 1904, at Barry, Ill., and met death by scalding, Dec. 26, 1911, at Tahlequah, Okla. Naoma loved the Lord, and we believe that if we are faithful she will be restored to our arms when the Life-giver comes. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Leslie Littell, from Acts 24:14, 15.

W. B. MARIS.

World-Wide Christian Missions Exposition

Beginning October 25 and continuing till November 23, there will be held in Baltimore, Md., an exposition of World-Wide Christian Missions. Its purpose is to show the progress of Christian civilization in every part of the world. Twelve thousand persons have been secured as voluntary helpers for the exposition, and these will impersonate the natives of the various countries, most of them wearing characteristic costumes. Similar expositions have been held in other cities, and the result has been both educational and inspirational in the interest that has been developed in the cause of missions.

The International Review of Missions for April has a paper on "Research in African Languages," by Professor Meinhof, in which he speaks of the excellent contributions to the study of East African languages "by Wolff, Raum, Kotz, Hendle, and others." The third name in the list is that of one of our German East Africa missionaries.

A More Excellent Ministry

By Editor

WE have received from the Pacific Press Publishing Association a copy of a book of 216 pages, entitled "A More Excellent Ministry." Its author is Elder E. E. Andross, president of the Pacific Union Conference. It deals particularly with the sanctuary and its services, and is designed to meet some of the erroneous teaching in regard to this subject which has been given currency during the last few years. It may be obtained by addressing the Pacific Press Publishing Association, Mountain View, Cal. Price, in cloth, seventy-five cents; in paper, twenty-five cents.

Special to Our Magazine Agents

By A. J. S. Bourdeau

Our last two editions of Life and Health were sold out before the first day of the month they were dated, leaving a shortage of over 20,000 copies of the June and over 10,000 of the July issue. The demand for the August number has been so great that on the seventeenth a second edition of 20,000 copies was being printed, making a total of 80,000 copies printed to date. Please note, however, that we can guarantee to fill orders for this beautiful number only until August 5 or 6, after which dates orders for the August number will doubtless have to be filled with the September issue.

So heavy has been the demand for the "President's Letter" and "Vatican Influence" number of the Protestant Magazine that a second edition has been published, making a total of 30,000 copies printed to date. We can not guarantee to fill orders for this number, however, later than September 5, after which date the October number, the first of the monthly issues, will be delivered to subscribers and agents. Bear in mind also that no 25-cent orders will be accepted after October 1, and that all such orders received before that time will entitle the subscribers to only four consecutive issues. Further, until October 1 all new subscribers sending $1 for one year's subscription will receive the first three numbers free of charge, or a total of fifteen numbers for $1.

Beginning with Jan. 1, 1913, the subscription prices of the Liberty magazine will be 35 cents a year, and $2 for ten subscriptions, instead of 25 cents a year, and $1.50 for ten subscriptions, as at present. Until 1913, however, the publishers will accept single subscriptions at 25 cents, and clubs of ten subscriptions ordered at one time, to one or to ten different addresses, at $1.50. Now is the time to send this publication to every leading man and woman in your county.

A. J. S. BOURDEAU, Manager Magazine Department, Review and Herald Publishing Association.

Teachers Wanted

By Editor

THERE is an urgent demand for twelve teachers for church-schools and mission schools in foreign fields. Several of the requests are for married couples, the woman to teach, and the man to do evangelical work. Most of the calls are from near-by fields, as Central America and the West Indies. Let those who are in a position to answer such calls write at once for full particulars, addressing H. R. Salisbury, Educational Secretary General Conference. Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

A. J. Haysmer Visits Eastern Camp-Meetings

Elder A. J. Haysmer, secretary of the Negro Department of the General Conference, is visiting camp-meetings in the East and North. He spent some time in Washington last week.

Autumn Council in Takoma Park

By Editor

The General Conference Committee has appointed its autumn council to open in Takoma Park, September 18. Aside from members in the United States and Canada, it is expected that Elders L. R. Conradi, of Europe, and U. Bender, of the West Indian Union Conference, will be present.

Lopez Escapes Peril at Guayaquil

By Editor

Elder A. N. Allen, superintendent of the Peruvian Mission, writes that Brother C. Lopez, who with his family recently went from Peru to Ecuador to take charge of the colporteur work there, nearly lost his life while disembarking in the port of Guayaquil. The small boat that he took in landing from the steamer capsized, and all the belongings of the family went to the bottom, while Brother Lopez very narrowly escaped. We join our brethren in thanking God for this deliverance from peril.

European Division Quarterly Report

The "Quarterly Report" of the European Division now appears in printed form, with notes of progress in the various fields. The European membership at the close of the first quarter of 1912 was 25,447. This means, the "Report" says, that "nearly six thousand more persons in the European Division alone are keeping the Sabbath now than at this time in 1910."

Reports from Siberia and Persia

By Editor

We note the return to Hamburg of Elders L. R. Conradi and G. Dail, following meetings in Siberia and Trans-Caucasia. From the latter field, they ran down into Persia, spending a few days in counsel with our first missionaries to that land, Brethren F. Oster and H. Dirksen. Elder Conradi reports these brethren making good progress in their language work.

Midsummer Offering for Missionaries

By Editor

The Mission Board is hoping assuredly that the Midsummer Offering, Sabbath, July 27, will bring in the supplies for sending a goodly number of missionaries to the fields next autumn. We hope isolated members, and those not present at the church service when the offering is made up, will send in gifts also to the church or conference treasurer, or to the treasurer of the General Conference, W. T. Knox, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.

Pacific Union College Graduates Nine

An interesting account is given in the St. Helena Star of the close of the year's work at Pacific Union College, located near St. Helena, Cal. Elder E. E. Andross, president of the Pacific Union Conference, delivered the baccalaureate sermon. Prof. H. R. Salisbury, secretary of the General Conference Educational Department, was present, and delivered the graduating address. The president of the school, Prof. C. W. Irwin, presented diplomas to nine graduates,—one from the collegiate course, one from the advanced normal course, one from the elementary normal course, and the others from the academic course.

Harvest Ingathering Signs Orders

By Editor

Secretaries are reporting to the General Conference that good-sized orders for the Harvest Ingathering Signs are being sent to the Pacific Press. This is very encouraging, as it indicates that the conferences are laying plans for a strong effort this autumn with this splendid journal. It is to be hoped that all our people will cooperate with conference officers by sending on promptly to the State office orders for the journal when written to by the secretary. We shall have a splendid journal with which to work this year, one that all will thoroughly enjoy taking to friends and neighbors while working in behalf of missions. In a letter from the editor last week, he tells us that the journal is now practically made up. Let us begin early to plan on doing more for missions this year than ever before.