p. 559 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 35. (9/9/1886)

Earlier text: The Commentary

SECULAR.

—Victoria, B. C., had a $100,000 fire on the 2d inst.

—A few cases of yellow fever are reported from Biloxi, Miss.

—China has seized Corea professedly to prevent Russia from occupying it.

—The people of the United States consumed 19,642,870 barrels of beer in 1885.

—The damage caused by the recent earthquakes at Philiatra, Greece, amounts to about $2,000,000.

—Of the 670 members of the British Parliament, England elects 465, Wales 30, Scotland 72, and Ireland 103.

—Sept. 4, nine men were killed in the Cascade Mountains by the caving of a tunnel on the North Pacific Railroad.

—No rain has fallen in Taylor County, Texas, for fourteen months, and many of the people are in destitute circumstances.

—Apostle Cannon, the fugitive Mormon, who some months since forfeited $25,000 bail, has reimbursed his bondsmen.

—In a railway collision at Modling, eight miles from Vienna, Austria, August 30, seven persons were killed and twenty-two wounded.

—A mill fire at Zilwaukee, Mich., on the 3d inst. destroyed twenty acres of buildings, and nine million feet of lumber of different grades.

—The Apache Indians, to the number of 400 men, have been removed from the San Carlos Reservation, in Arizona, to Fort Union, New Mexico.

—August 30, a terrible explosion occurred in the Fairlawn, Pa., colliery, which resulted in the death of five men, two others being seriously injured.

—A company of English capitalists propose to build a railroad from Tuxpan to the city of Mexico, the estimated cost of which will be $25,000,000.

—A number of the men engaged in the recent riots in Belfast have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from two to nineteen months.

—A general lock-out of union men has been inaugurated by the New York clothing manufacturers. About 10,000 people have been thrown out of employment.

—The Missouri River bridge at Leavenworth, Kan., was burned September 1. Being an iron structure the destruction was not total but the loss was $400,000.

—A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Antequera, near Malaga, Spain, on the 31st ult. The inhabitants fled panic-stricken from the town. There was no loss of life.

—The Mexican Government has issued a circular requesting the governors of the several States to at once advise the General Government of the full particulars of the arrest of foreigners.

—Geronimo and his band of about twenty hostiles have at last surrendered unconditionally to Captain Lawton. These Indians were on the war path 476 days, and committed over 400 murders.

—The Philadelphia Ledger states that electric motors are now successfully used on street railways in Philadelphia, Baltimore, South Bend, Montgomery, Ala., Minneapolis, and in Windsor, Canada.

—Queen Margherita, it is said, hopes to bring about a reconciliation between the Italian Government and the Papacy, from which the latter would receive a large amount as arrears of endowment.

—The American schooner, Highland Light, has been seized for fishing within the three-mile limit, off the east point of Prince Edward Island. This is the first actual seizure made for fishing within the limit.

—Out of some 300 Scandinavian Mormon immigrants who arrived recently at Castle Garden, fifty were detained for examination. About forty, it is thought, will be sent back. Those detained left wives and husbands behind.

—A Sophia dispatch of Sept. 4, says that Prince Alexander has publicly announced his intention of abdicating. He says he cannot remain in Bulgaria on account of the objections of the Czar. Before leaving he will establish a regency.

—Extraordinary precautions are being taken by the authorities of Quebec to prevent the spread of the cattle disease. It is probable that the authorities will have to buy and destroy all the cattle owned around the quarantine grounds.

—The Berlin North German Gazette says, "Every French newspaper proves that France is making rapid preparations to fight and that financial sacrifices are being made to raise the efficiency of the army. Germany must always keep her eyes fixed upon France."

—The Treasury Department has recently decided that holders of light gold pieces must lose the amount of the abrasion. It is thought that this order will bring paper money into favor on the Pacific Coast where it has never yet been used to any considerable extent.

—In speaking of the present unsettled condition of things in Europe, the San Francisco Chronicle, of August 29, says: "Nothing is more anomalous in European politics than the fact that everything is off again the moment every one thinks a permanent peace has been arranged."

—A late London dispatch says: "A tremendous scare prevails in naval circles arising from a startling discovery in the Shoeburyness official gun trials. Among the shells experimented with and used against a heavy target, representing sections of armored ships-of-war, was one recently adopted by the French Government for the army and navy. For the purpose of testing it, a target of 18-inch plate was used, with nine feet of backing, and a 10-inch plate beyond. The shells penetrated the entire mass, and when found were so little affected as to be almost fit for use again. The most powerful shells of the regulation patterns, trained against similar targets, have utterly failed to accomplish anything like the same execution. The shell revolutionizes naval warfare. English naval experts declare there is not an ironclad afloat capable of withstanding guns firing such shells.

—Cholera returns for the whole of Italy, September 3, showed 109 new cases of cholera and 41 deaths. On the same date a violent outbreak of cholera was reported at Torre del Annunziata, near Naples, in consequence of which the religious festival has been prohibited by the town authorities.

—It is stated that the war spirit in Russian military circles runs high, and feeling in favor of a campaign of conquest in European Turkey is spreading with amazing rapidity. Military measures have suddenly been ordered that point to a decision to make a fresh attempt to secure a Russian outlet on the Mediterranean.

—Letters recently received at New York state that on August 19, Jamaica was visited by a terrific cyclone and windstorm. Entire plantations in the interior of the island were laid waste. Buildings were unroofed, vessels in the harbors were driven ashore, and an immense amount of property in all parts of the island was destroyed.

—A Chicago dispatch of August 29 says: "About 9:30 o'clock this morning a cyclone burst over this city the like of which has never before been known here. Not a spot in the city or suburbs escaped unharmed, but the fury of the storm burst on the west side of the city, where there is scarcely a house but was damaged." In the midst of the storm a large powder magazine, only a short distance from the city, was struck by lightning, and the explosion which followed destroyed $75,000 worth of property, besides killing one person, injuring three fatally, and twenty-five more or less seriously. The magazine contained 100,000 pounds of common powder and about half as much dynamite. The storm was the most disastrous ever experienced in Chicago.

News and Notes.

RELIGIOUS.

—John Dougall, editor of the New York Weekly Witness, died suddenly of heart disease, August 19, at the house of his son-in-law, at Flushing, L. I. He was seventy-eight years of age.

—Mr. David Jones, a Welsh merchant, who died recently at Liverpool, has left a bequest of $10,000 to the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connection, for the purpose of preparing missionaries for work in India.

—The Pope has published a decree, dated the 13th of July, reinstating the Jesuit Order in all the privileges conferred upon them by his predecessors ever since their foundation, notwithstanding the decree of Clement XIV., pronounced against them in 1773.

—Professor C. E. Stowe, author of “History of the Books of the Bible,” and other important works, died at Hartford, Conn., August 22, at the age of eighty-four. Professor Stowe held professorships successively in Dartmouth College, Lane Theological Seminary, Bowdoin College, and Andover Theological Seminary.

—Lord Lonsdale is a young rowdy, and one of the principal rakes of the English “nobility.” Yet he holds the appointment to livings of forty clergymen of the Church of England, who are supposed to minister to 50,000 people. This is but a sample of the corrupt and corrupting fruit that is borne by the union of Church and State.

—Edward Von Hartmann, in his “Religion of the Future,” affirms that, “without eudæmonological pessimism must evolutionistic optimism lead to irreligious secularism; without evolutionistic optimism must eudæmonological pessimism become an indolent despondency, or degenerate into religious asceticism.” We dare say that not one of our readers ever before looked at the matter in that “light.”

—The Christian Leader quotes a noted Universalist as saying that “the mass of our people, ministry included, do not yet at heart believe in missionary work, nor in doing anything for anybody but themselves.” The wonder with us is why, holding the views that they do, they should think it necessary to do anything for themselves. The natural selfishness of mankind may, however, account for this.

—There are twelve German societies laboring in India, China, Africa, the East Indies, Australia, and Palestine. They are represented by 517 missionaries at 342 stations, are employing 2,500 native agents, and have in charge 193,975 native Christians. Of these, 72,000 are communicants, while 40,642 children are taught in their 790 schools. The total contributions of these societies last year were $1,276,800.

Appointments.

OAKLAND.— House of worship, northeast corner of Clay and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11. Prayer and missionary meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Seats free.

SAN FRANCISCO.— House of worship, 914 Laguna Street, between McAllister and Tyler. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:45, and preaching at 11 A. M.; also preaching every Sunday evening at 7:30. Classes in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Prayer and missionary meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:45. Mission Reading-rooms at the church.

EAST PORTLAND (Or.).— House of worship on G Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Sabbath-school every Sabbath (Saturday), followed by services. Preaching or Bible-reading Sunday evening. Prayer-meeting Wednesday evening. The public is cordially invited. Free public reading-room, corner of L and Fifth Streets.

Obituary.

By J. A. Burden; J.

HUGHES.—Died of paralysis, at East Portland, Or., August 16, 1886, Nancy G. Hughes, in the fiftieth year of her age.

Sister Hughes was born in East Machias, Washington Co., Maine, and came to Oregon only a few years ago. She had been an invalid for about five years; and though her sufferings were often intense, she bore them with marked Christian patience, giving evidence that her hope in the precious Saviour was a great source of comfort, even to the last. Sister Hughes, her husband, and son, Austin, embraced the truths of the Third Angel's Message during the summer of 1883, while Elder Boyd was holding tent meetings in East Portland. Since then present truth has been her constant theme. Her anxiety during the last few days of her life was for her friends who did not have a hope in Christ. She leaves a husband and three sons to mourn their loss. Words of comfort by the writer from Rev. 14:11.

J. A. BURDEN.

FOWLER.—Died at Woodland, August 23, 1886, William Fowler, aged 62 years, 10 months, and 8 days. Brother Fowler made a profession of Christianity at the age of twenty; united with the Disciple Church, in which connection he lived until about ten years ago when he accepted the truths of the Third Angel's Message. He was ever faithful in his practice of the truth, and in his attendance on the services of the church. Unless hindered by physical disability, he was always in his place at the church on the Sabbath day, and was ready with a cheering testimony for the Master. Sixty-three years of faith in Christ is a good record. Services by the writer.

Reduction of Fare to the Woodland Camp-meeting.

By C. H. Jones

We have been enabled to secure very favorable rates for all those who wish to attend the State camp-meeting at Woodland, but it will be necessary to carefully observe the following directions:—

Those coming from any part of the State over the lines of the Central or Southern Pacific R. R. will call for a camp-meeting ticket, paying the regular fare to Woodland, and taking a receipt for the same. On your return these receipts must be presented to the ticket agent at Woodland, when he will sell you a return ticket for one-third the regular fare. Before presenting these receipts they must be signed by the secretary of the Conference. This will be done on the camp-ground.

The regular fare from San Francisco to Woodland is $3.10, but a train on which second-class tickets are sold leaves San Francisco every day at 4:00, and Oakland at 4:30 P. M. Those wishing to go on this train can buy a second-class ticket from San Francisco or Oakland to Davisville for $1.50, and from Davisville to Woodland for 40 cts. The return ticket on this train will cost the same. This would be a little less than the two-thirds reduction on the regular ticket. All must change cars at Davisville for Woodland.

Those coming over the San Francisco and North Pacific R. R. will call for camp-meeting tickets, and will receive round-trip tickets to San Francisco at the following rates:—


Cloverdale to San Francisco and return,	$5.00
Healdsburg " " " " "	3.00
Santa Rosa " " " " "	2.75
Petaluma " " " " "	1.50

These tickets will be good from Monday, October 4, to Thursday, October 21. Each person will be allowed to take 100 pounds of baggage free.

We would like to have friends in all parts of the State notify us at once if they expect to attend the meeting, so that we can inform the R. R. company where to send receipts, as of course it will not be necessary for them to send receipts to every office in the State. Address, C. H. JONES, Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.

Reduced Rates to Indiana Camp-Meeting.

By Wm. Covert

WE have secured reduced rates over all railroads by which any will desire to come to the camp-meeting to be held at Wabash, Ind., September 29 to October 5. Tickets may be purchased at any time after September 20 upon the following conditions, viz.:—

Each person must purchase a first-class ticket to the place of meeting, paying the regular fare, and upon request the ticket agent will issue to you a certificate of such purchase. If through tickets cannot be had at the starting point, procure a ticket to the nearest point where such through tickets can be obtained, and then buy through to Wabash, taking a certificate from the agent who sells you the through ticket. Be sure of the certificate, for without it you will fail to get reduction in the return journey. Your certificate will be signed at the camp-ground by the secretary of the Conference, and then the agent at Wabash will sell you a return ticket for one-third fare. Be careful to follow these directions and you will have no trouble. The certificate will be good until October 8.

WM. COVERT.

Fare to the Nebraska Camp-Meeting.

The B. & M., U. P., Mo. P., and St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroads have agreed to make a rate of a fare and a third for the round trip for our camp-meeting to be held at Lincoln, September 15 to 22, on the usual certificate plan, which is as follows: Parties paying full fare to the meeting will be returned at one-third rate on the presentation of a receipt-certificate properly filled out. Be sure and ask the agent where you buy your ticket for a receipt-certificate. This will be signed by the Conference secretary at the camp-meeting, and will enable you to return at one-third rate.

NEBRASKA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

MATTER AND SPIRIT;

By Dudley Marvin Canright

OR,

THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT.

By Eld. D. M. Canright.

A PHILOSOPHICAL argument on an important theme, indicated by its title. 66 pp. 25 cts.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.

Publishers’ Department.

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STOCK IN HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.—Mrs M Carlisle $2.50.

FOREIGN MISSION.—Mrs Davis $5, C W Porter $25.

CALIFORNIA T AND M SOCIETY.—Dist No 1 $46, Dist No 6 Santa Barbara $8, Thomas Elwin $50.

CALIFORNIA CITY MISSIONS.—S Harmon and wife $10, Mrs Kirkham $5, Miss Libbie Saunders $2.50.

A Comprehensive Book.

“THE ATONEMENT: an examination of a remedial system in the light of nature and revelation.” This is the title of a book of 338 pages, by Elder J. H. Waggoner.

It would be impossible to find a subject of greater importance, of greater scope, or of more thrilling interest to every human being, than the Atonement. This fact is acknowledged by all Christians, however much they may differ in regard to other doctrines, or in their theories of this. In fact, the Atonement is the gospel. This being the case, a book on that subject, treating it in a candid manner, from a scriptural standpoint, should be hailed with joy by all lovers of truth.

This book is a critical and exhaustive treatise on the plan of salvation as revealed in the Scriptures, showing its harmony with the principles of justice and mercy, its consistency with reason, and its final results as affecting the destiny of the human race. We think that we run no risk in saying that it is by far the most complete work yet published on the subject. It is complete, because it considers the Atonement in all its bearings, tracing out all the doctrines which spring from it; and since everything depends on the Atonement, the book is in reality a compendium of Christian doctrine—a Christian system.

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SOUTH LANCASTER ACADEMY,

SOUTH LANCASTER, MASS.

AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF INCREASING POPULARITY.

This school is located at South Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass., thirty-five miles from Boston, and was founded in 1882.

It is prosperous because operated on correct educational principles. Thorough instruction is given in all the common branches, and those of the usual high-school and academic courses. There are also well-sustained Biblical and Normal Departments.

ITS SPECIAL FEATURES ARE

1. A judicious discipline for the development of moral character. It is a safe place for the young.

2. Methods of teaching that aim at mental culture of a high type.

3. Instruction and practice in various kinds of manual labor and the use of tools.

4. Astonishingly low expenses. Fifteen dollars per school month pays all expense of tuition, board, lodging, washing, lights, fuel, etc. For catalogue or further information address,

CHAS. C. RAMSEY, A. M., Principal.

HEALDSBURG COLLEGE.

A POPULAR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION,

ESTABLISHED IN 1882.

FOUR YEARS OF GREAT PROSPERITY.

FOUNDED AND MANAGED UPON SOUND PRINCIPLES.

THOROUGH INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTS OF LEARNING

IN ALL THE GRADES AND THROUGH THE

CLASSICAL COURSE.

FACULTY CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN INSTRUCTORS OF EXPERIENCE.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES.

1. Instruction in the various trades, with two hours per day spent in active work with tools.

2. Methods in the Class Room are such as to secure the best kind of mental discipline.

3. A rigid parental discipline to cultivate high moral character.

4. Expenses within the reach of all. Twenty dollars per month covers all expense of tuition, board, lodging, washing, lights, fuel, etc.

The Fall Term began August 2, 1886, term closes December 23.

Spring Term begins Monday, January 3, 1887.

S. BROWNSBERGER, A. M., President.

Healdsburg, Cal.

DIPHTHERIA: ITS CAUSES, PREVENTION, AND PROPER TREATMENT.

By John Harvey Kellogg

By J. H. Kellogg, M. D.

The increasing prevalence of this devastating disease, and its alarming fatality in so many cases, renders the subject of its Nature-and Treatment one of the greatest importance.

This work gives a concise account of the Nature, Cause, Modes of Prevention, and THE MOST SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF TREATMENT Of this prevalent and fatal malady. It should be in every household, as its instructions, if faithfully carried out, will save many a precious life. Price, in board covers, 25 cents.

Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

PACIFIC HEALTH JOURNAL

AND TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.

A THIRTY-TWO PAGE BI-MONTHLY, devoted to the dissemination of true temperance principles and instruction in the art of preserving health. It is emphatically

A JOURNAL FOR THE PEOPLE,

Containing what everybody wants to know, and is thoroughly practical. Its range of subject is unlimited, embracing everything that in any way affects the health. Its articles being short and pointed, it is specially adapted to farmers, mechanics, and house-keepers, who have but little leisure for reading. It is just the journal that every family needs, and may be read with profit by every member.

Price, 50 Cents per Year.

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TEMPERANCE PACKAGES.

We have put up in neat packages, with printed wrappers, three different assortments of our health and temperance works which we will furnish, post-paid, at the prices named.

Ten Cent Package.

This package contains 100 pages in twenty-five tracts, as follows:— The Code of Health—How to Live a Century—Pure Air—How to Ventilate a House—A Back Yard Examined—Inventory of a Cellar—What's in the Well—A Cellar and Its Conquerors—A Live Hog Examined—A Peep into a Packing House—The Contents of a Tea-Pot—Tea Tasters—Tea Drinking and Nervousness—Tea Pots and Tippling—Tobacco Poisoning—A Relic of Barbarism—Tobacco Blindness—Science vs. Tobacco-Using—The Smoke Nuisance—The Rum Family—A Drunkard's Stomach—Gin Lovers—A Rum Blossom—Alcoholism.

Of the twenty-five tracts, ten are devoted to general hygiene, five to the subject of temperance, five to alcoholic drinks, and five to tea and coffee. Twelve packages, post paid, for $1.00.

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The second package, costing forty cents, post-paid, contains the following tracts and pamphlets:— True Temperance—Alcohol, What is it?—Our Nation's Curse—Cause and Cure of Intemperance—Effects of Intemperance—The Drunkard's Arguments Answered—Alcoholic Medication—Alcoholic Poisons—Tobacco Poisoning—Tobacco-Using a Cause of Disease—Tobacco-Using a Relic of Barbarism—Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee—Ten Arguments on Tea and Coffee—Pork, the Dangers of its Use—Diphtheria, its Causes, Prevention, and Proper Treatment. By J. H. Kellogg, M. D. This book should be in every household.

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The Third Package, costing $1.00, post-paid, contains in addition to the forty cent package the following pamphlets:— Proper Diet for Man, price 15c—The Uses of Water, price 25c—Dyspepsia, Its Cause and Cure, price 25c.

The Object in Arranging these packages is to get them in a convenient form for sale and for selection. Address,

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THE STORY OF THE BIBLE,

FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION.

Told in simple language; adapted to all ages, but more especially to the young, and will be read with pleasure as well as profit by every member of the family. Of its illustrations of Bible subjects, hundreds in number, many are of the greatest merit, and all are of interest. As a contribution toward the more general understanding of the Bible,

ITS VALUE CAN SCARCELY BE OVERESTIMATED!

It is not merely stories about the Bible, but it is the Bible story of it all, told in a simple, easy style, which makes it both interesting and comprehensive, even to young children. Comprising more than 700 pages, printed on fine, calendered paper, and bound in cloth, it is a very attractive and useful book.

IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY LIBRARY.

Price per copy, bound in cloth, $1.00

Address, PACIFIC PRESS, Oakland, Cal.

THE AGE TO COME:

By J. H. Waggoner

A REFUTATION OF THE DOCTRINE.

BY ELD. J. H. WAGGONER.

Embracing a critical examination of the Temporal Millennium—The Return of the Jews—Time and Manner of the Establishment of the Kingdom of God—The Day of the Lord, and the Promises to Israel. Second edition revised. 163 pages; price, post-paid, 20 cents.

Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.; Or, REVIEW AND HERALD, Battle Creek, Mich.

A Great Earthquake.

WITHIN the past ten days a large portion of the earth's surface has been shaken. August 28, Greece was visited by an earthquake, in which the loss of life was about 300 souls. Philiatra, in Southern Greece, was demolished. On the same day violent shocks were experienced in Italy and Egypt. At the same time the United States received a shock which for severity and extent exceeded anything ever before known in the history of this country. The shock affected nearly the whole of the country east of the Mississippi; but the center of disturbance was at Charleston, South Carolina. No less than a dozen distinct shocks of earthquake were felt there from August 28 to September 3, and the beautiful city is in ruins. It is stated that there are not a hundred uninjured houses in the city. Fifty-eight persons are known to have been killed, and many more are injured, some of them fatally. Immediately after the greatest shock, fires broke out in different parts of the city, adding greatly to the damage, yet so great was the terror caused by the earthquake, that the fires were scarcely noticed. For two nights the people lodged in the commons, fearing to return to their shattered houses. When they did return, another shock sent them to the streets again, more terrified than ever.

The fright, however, will be but temporary. Already preparations are being made for the resumption of the usual business; and instead of regarding these things as premonitions of the fast approaching mighty earthquake which shall cause the earth to reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall remove “every mountain and island” out of their places, people are saying “all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation;” and scientific experts are flocking to the scene of the disaster in order to discover the cause of the earthquake. Certainly these who are so quick to discern the face of nature ought to be able to discern the signs of the times.

General Conference Appointment

NOTICE the appointment of the General Conference on the ninth page of this issue.

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