New York, Nov. 20.—The London Times of the 8th has the following account of the hurricane in Sicily which destroyed the Town of Palazzolo. There has been no instance of such a calamity within the memory of living man. No earthquake ever caused so much destruction. There are houses ruined, houses fallen to the very ground, walls cleft from end to end, walls hanging outward, as if to rest on adjoining houses. There are roofs wholly swept away, sunken vaults, balconies torn from their places, windows and shutters either entirely carried off or hanging loose from walls, lamp-posts forced from their sockets, uprooted trees, and this is all one sees along the northeast side of the town. Not a single house remains in which the whole roof and windows do not require thorough repair. The streets are a mass of fragments and rubbish. The incidents of the disaster are so strange as to be almost incredible. There was a store with 25 hectolitres of wheat, of which not a trace is anywhere to be seen. The books of excise and of the land registry offices have vanished, and only their torn leaves have been found here and there at great distances apart. In one house, all the copper kitchen utensils were blown through the roof, and in another, benches and heavy chests flew through the windows. The iron bars of one balcony are to be seen curled up one way, and those of another twisted up another way. There is a pillar of a palace, which has been moved forward one foot without breaking, and stands up isolated all in one piece. There is a wall of another palace which has fallen back more than three feet, without a crack. Here is a beam of one house, which has thrust itself into another house. There is half a bedstead, the other half of which lies no one knows where. All the tiles of one building are huddled together in one spot on the roof, crushed and broken up as small as if they had been pounded. The rafters of another building are all bare, the tiles having blown no one can see where. In a stable, on the bare ground, men are lying, the bodies one by one as they are being dug out, most of them are in their night dresses, having been crushed as they were quietly sleeping, their features and forms are so disfigured that one cannot look at them without shuddering, their nostrils, ears and mouths are stopped up with earth, the white dust has everywhere pierced through the skin. Here is the body of a man holding close to his chest a child, probably his own child, the skulls of both are shattered. There are two young men in each other’s arms, probably brothers, the chest and backs of both are crushed. Near them is another youth covered with blood, he was a clerk in a government office. He has his eyeglass still stuck in his right eye. He was probably reading or writing when he was struck. There are some mauled past recognition and others that seem unhurt and look as if they were sleeping. Without exaggeration one-third of the town is dismantled and more than 1,000 families are literally without a home. About 1,000 more have only one little corner of what was once their house to shelter them. The dead are 32 and the seriously hurt about half a score.—Det. Post.
Honorary Members of the Church
Honorary.
Not bad is this remark of a pastor: “Two-thirds of the members of my church are honorary members. They don't come to prayer meetings; they don't attend the Sabbath-school; they don't add to the life of the church; they are passengers on the gospel ship; they bear no burdens; add no strength; their names are on our books; they are honorary members.”
A ROMAN GIANT.
Maximin, a Roman emperor, was eight feet and six inches in hight. He used his wife's bracelets for thumb rings. He could draw a carriage which two oxen could not move; would eat forty pounds of flesh, and drink several gallons of wine, every day.
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Hymn Book. This is a book of 320 pp. of Hymns, and 96 pp. of Music. In plain morocco, $1.00.
Thoughts on the Revelation, critical and practical. By Uriah Smith. This is a work of 328 pp., of great value to the student of prophecy. $1.00.
History of the Sabbath and the First Day of the Week. By J. N. Andrews. 342 pp., $1.00.
Life Incidents, in connection with the great Advent Movement. By Eld. James White. 373 pp., $1.00.
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Autobiography of Eld. Joseph Bates, embracing a long life on shipboard, &c., with a brief account of the author's experience in the great Advent Movement of 1840-44, with author's portrait. 318 pp., $1.00.
How to Live; comprising a series of articles on Health, and how to preserve it, with various recipes for cooking healthful food, &c. 400 pp., $1.00.
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Appeal to Youth; Address at the Funeral of Henry N. White; also a brief narrative of his life, experience, and last sickness, with his mother's letters, &c., 96 pp., muslin, 40 cts. Paper covers, 10 cts.
The Game of Life, with three illustrations, 5x6 inches each, representing Satan playing with man for his soul; 1. The game in progress; 2. The game lost; 3. The game won. In board, 50 cts.; in paper, 30 cts.
Hymns and Spiritual Songs for Camp-meetings and other Religious Gatherings. Compiled by Elder James White. 196 pp. Bound 50 cts., paper 25 cts.
An Appeal to the Working Men and Women in the Ranks of the Seventh-day Adventists. By Eld. Jas. White. 172 pp. Bound, 40 cts., paper, 25 cts.
The United States in Prophecy. By U. Smith. Bound, 40 cts., paper, 20 cts.
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The Bible from Heaven; or, a Dissertation on the Evidences of Christianity. 20 cts.
History of the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul. By D. M. Canright. 25 cts.
Review of Objections to the Visions. 20 cts.
Discussion on the Sabbath Question, between Elds. Grant and Cornell. 20 cts.
Discussion on the Sabbath Question, between Elds. Lane and Barnaby. 25 cts.
The Ministration of Angels: and the Origin, History, and Destiny, of Satan. By D. M. Canright. 15 cts.
The Three Messages of Rev. 14, and the Two-Horned Beast. By J. N. Andrews. 15 cts.
Which? Mortal or Immortal? an Inquiry into the Present Constitution and Future Condition of Man. By Uriah Smith. 15 cts.
The Resurrection of the Unjust; a Vindication of the Doctrine. By J. H. Waggoner. 15 cts.
The Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
Sunday Seventh-day. A Refutation of Mead, Jennings, Akers and Fuller. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
The Seventh Part of Time; a Sermon on the Sabbath Question. By W. H. Littlejohn. 10 cts.
The Truth Found; The Sabbath. By J. H. Waggoner. 10 cts.
Review of Gillfillan, and other authors, on the Sabbath. By T. B. Brown. 10 cts.
Vindication of the True Sabbath. By J. W. Morton. 10 cts.
The Date of the Seventy Weeks of Dan. 9 established. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.
The Seven Trumpets; an Exposition of Rev. 8 and 9. 10 cts.
Matthew Twenty-Four; a full Exposition of the chap. By James White. 10 cts.
Key to Prophetic Chart. The symbols of Daniel and John explained, and the periods determined. 10 cts.
The Position and Work of the True People of God under the Third Angel's Message. By W. H. Littlejohn. 10 cts.
An Appeal to the Baptists, from the Seventh-day Baptists, for the Restoration of the Bible Sabbath. 5 cts.
Milton on the State of the Dead. 5 cts.
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Committee Announces Date of Next General Conference
We are requested by the committee to say that the next General Conference will probably be held about the 8th of January next.
Haskell's Appointment Transferred to Allen's Corners, Maine
The General Conf. Committee having appointed for Bro. Haskell in Clyde, Ohio, Dec. 14 and 15, we take the liberty to take up his appointment for the same date, at Allen’s Corners, Me., given in last week’s REVIEW.
Mail Car Burned on Michigan Central Railroad
By Editor
The mail car on the Mich. Central R. R. was burned between this place and Kalamazoo, Tuesday, Nov. 26. If any of our friends have sent us matters which would have been likely to reach us by mail on that day, they will understand why they were not received, and will please duplicate their letters if possible.
Michigan Fourth Annual Report of Births, Marriages, and Deaths
We are under obligations to the Secretary of the State of Michigan for a copy of the Fourth Annual Report of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in this State; this report embracing the year 1870.
EDWARD MORROW: The address you call for is Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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