— Greater New York claims a population of 3,437,202.
— Ships of the British Channel squadron are using American coal.
— Forest fires have been sweeping over vast areas of the State of Maine.
— Lord Ampthill has succeeded Sir Arthur Havelock as governor of Madras.
— The municipal expenses of New York City next year will amount to $100,000,000.
— Orders have been cabled to General Chaffee to prepare his forces for withdrawal from Peking, China.
— Two high officials and 118 others were recently arrested for conspiracy against the life of the Turkish sultan.
— By the consolidation of twenty-two laundries in Chicago, with a capitalization of $2,000,000, prices are advanced.
— The steamer “China” recently sailed from San Francisco with $1,500,000 on board, for the United States troops in China.
— Russia has laid a cable from Port Arthur, China, to Chee Foo, thus securing through connection, on the overland wire, with China.
— Since the assassination of the late king of Italy, travelers in Germany are required to have passports, police regulations as to identification being very strict.
— Chung Li, military commandant of Peking, is under arrest, being held responsible for the death of Baron von Ketteler, the late German ambassador to China.
— United States Minister Conger has written that, “without the aid of the missionaries, the defense of the legations at Peking, China, would have been impossible.”
— Gen. S. L. Woodford, former United States minister to Spain, is engaged to Miss Isabel Hanson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was his private secretary while he was in Madrid.
— It is thought that, within two years, Michigan will be in a position to supply the entire demand of the United States for Portland cement, the Michigan product being equal to the best imported.
— A message from Tromsoe, Norway, reports the return of the vessel “Stella Polare,” with the duke of Abruzzi’s Arctic expedition, which reached a point in latitude 86° 33′ north, the highest point yet reached.
— It is reported that the Rothschilds’ house, the Credit Lyonnais, and the Banque de France et des Pays Bas have underwritten the Russian four-per-cent 500,000,000-franc loan, to be emitted at ninety-five per cent, with two-per-cent commission. The loan is secured by a mortgage on proposed new railways.
— It is said that “French medical men have, to a considerable extent, lately abandoned the use of tobacco. American physicians attending the Paris congress, intimate that the government monopoly in tobacco has done much to bring this about. The cigars of the ‘Regie,’ that is, those made at the government manufactory, are so bad, they say, and the tax on all other brands so prohibitive, that the thing to do in France is not to smoke at all.”
— William Kilsby, a London chemist, claims to have discovered that diphtheria and other contagious diseases can be cured by inhaling the fumes of nitric acid. He relates the cure of a virulent case of diphtheria in his own family. In order that the medical profession might enjoy the benefits of his discovery, Kilsby wrote to the Royal College of Physicians, stating that he had found an absolute cure for infectious diseases, and, by way of reply, received the intimation that the college did not deal in secret remedies.
— An English paper, the Christian, speaking of the temperance subject, says: “The Russian government has taken the drastic step of suppressing the publican, and has undertaken the production and sale of drink. The change has resulted in a large increase in the public revenue, although that was not the object in view, but rather the regulation and limitation of a traffic which, in Russia, as in every other country, is found to be productive of national evils. . . . At the same time the government has subsidized the temperance societies with a sum of 180,000 pounds. Shall we ever have an administration in England bold enough on the side of righteousness to deal as courageously with the dread traffic in these islands?”
— The wharf at Dyea, Alaska, recently burned, with 30,000 feet of lumber.
— The United States cotton crop this year will be short, as compared with last season.
— Ex-President Cleveland has declined to act on the International Arbitration Committee.
— The will of the late Dr. McGlynn leaves all his property to the Anti-Poverty Society.
— General Otis has succeeded General Wheeler, in command of the Department of the Lakes.
— Prince Eui Wha, heir apparent to the throne of Korea, will enter college at Washington, D. C.
— Because of war between rival companies, Chicago gas now costs but forty cents a thousand feet.
— A Philadelphia firm has secured the contract for $100,000 worth of wool underwear for American soldiers.
— The new power house for the street railways of Sydney, Australia, will be equipped by American manufacturers.
— The leading manufacturers of fire-extinguishing apparatus have formed a trust, with a capitalization of $9,000,000.
— Good rains have fallen in all the Indian famine districts, and the number now receiving relief is reported to be less than 4,000,000.
— Railroad trains were stopped nearly two hours, September 11, between Grand Junction and Glenwood Springs, Colo., by herds of deer on their way south.
— It is reported that “blacks in the interior of New South Wales, Australia, have risen against the whites, massacring the settlers, and burning their homes.”
— Last year the Carnegie Steel Company made ten per cent of all the steel produced in the world, and twenty-six per cent of the output in the United States.
— The board of United States army officers recently appointed, recommend three islands near the coast of Cebu, for the use of the leper colony in the Philippines.
— A fourteen-year-old girl recently swam from Fort Hamilton across The Narrows, New York Bay, to St. George, Staten Island, in two hours and five minutes.
— Tora, the Japanese wife of Sir Edwin Arnold, has become one of the most popular hostesses in London. She speaks English fluently, with only a slight accent.
— The Japanese government has intimated that, in the event of the partition of China, it has selected the province of Fohkien and the treaty port of Amoy as its portion.
— The Hamburg-American liner “Deutschland” recently made a record passage from Sandy Hook to Plymouth, England, in five days, seven hours, and thirty-eight minutes.
— The reindeers sent by the United States government from Lapland to the Klondike, have become thoroughly acclimated, and are growing rapidly. The herd now numbers nearly 3,000.
— It is reported from Australia that gold has been discovered on the 21,000 acres of land given the Salvation Army by the government of Western Australia. This land is on the Collie River.
— For refusing to permit the recitation of a prayer for the late King Humbert, of Italy, the bishop of Andria was almost mobbed in Naples, and had to be escorted out of the city by the police.
— Mr. John Brisben Walker, editor of the Cosmopolitan, ascended 11,000 feet of Pike’s Peak, Colo., in his automobile, Wednesday, September 12. This is the highest point ever reached by an automobile.
— Lord Roberts is expected to reach London by November 1, to take up his duties as commander-in-chief of the British army. At that time Sir Redvers Buller will be given command of all troops in South Africa.
— The cotton spinners of Manchester, England, have decided not to purchase American spot cotton during the month of September. This decision may lead to the closing of scores of cotton mills in this country, for several weeks.
— Advices from Virginia say that the “Jim Crow” law in that State “was first enforced against the Pamunkey Indians. They protested, and now the authorities yield this point, and allow them to ride with the whites.”
— The French paper, Le Journal Des Débats, for August 16, states that “in the list of grand prizes awarded at the Paris Exposition by the jury for class 1, devoted to works of teaching and of education, we find two whose similarity are particularly suggestive. We see, side by side, the same awards to the public schools of London and to those of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal.”606
— After a long period of inaction, twenty-five mud volcanoes in Mendocino County, Cal., have begun spouting black mud.
— Prince Maximilian, of Saxony, has accepted the professorship of canonical law at the University of Freiburg, Switzerland.
— Thomas A. Edison’s latest invention, almost perfected, is designed to generate electricity without the use of engines and dynamos.
— Over twenty new cotton mills are in process of construction in Georgia. At this rate of growth, the Southern States will soon be able to fix the price of cotton.
— The Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company’s plant at Alexandria, Ind., was burned August 21, the loss being $800,000. The company employed 1,000 men when running a full force.
— The population of Baltimore, Md., is given as 508,957; of Denver, Colo., 133,859; Wilmington, Del., as 76,508; Paterson, N. J., as 105,171; San Francisco, Cal., as 342,782; Boston, Mass., as 560,892.
— A dispatch from Cape Town, South Africa, says that “the siege of Ladybrand has been raised, after several desperate attempts to capture the town and its little garrison of 150 British troops.” The Boers who attacked the place numbered over 2,000.
— There are to-day, in the United States, twelve political parties, each having nominated candidates for president and vice-president. The names of the parties are as follows: Socialist Labor, Social Democracy, United Christian, People’s Party, Middle of the Road, De Leon Socialist, Republican, Prohibition, Democratic, Silver Republicans, National Party, and the Union Reform Party.
— A London dispatch dated September 6, says that “General Buller’s column has been fighting continuously since August 21, and now finds its progress blocked by Botha among the Leydenburg Mountains, in a position which is described as stronger than Vaal Krantz or Laing’s Nek. . . . Lord Roberts hopes to turn them out by a flank movement. . . . This will be the last stand of the Transvaal Boers, who will not retreat farther northward, owing to the hostility of the natives.”
THREE HUNDRED A WEEK.
By A. O. Tait
A BROTHER in one of the Southern States is taking three hundred copies of the Signs of the Times every week. In response to an inquiry in regard to the manner in which he disposes of so many papers, he says: “I have three hundred subscribers in the suburbs of —. I take subscriptions at ten cents a month; and as they drop out, I secure others. About half take the paper the second month. I have been taking this club three months, and expect, with the blessing of the Lord, to keep it at the three hundred standard.”
Now the query: If this brother can do such a good work as this, are there not many others who could do equally well? He has been in the present truth only about one year. Many who have known this message for years, and yet perhaps in all their lifetime have not circulated as many as three hundred copies of the Signs of the Times, the number that this brother circulates every week, should, by his experience, be encouraged to work. The Lord is urgently saying to everyone, “Go labor in my vineyard to-day.” Soon it will be too late to labor; for we are on the threshold of eternity. The resurrection day is at hand. The eternal kingdom of Christ is almost here. As willing subjects of that kingdom, we should seek to be gathering others into this realm of eternal bliss.
A. O. TAIT.
SEPTEMBER STUDY OF THE FIELD.
Review.
September 23-29.
(Text-book, September Missionary Magazine.)
1. WHAT advantages may the ambition for an education in China be to the representative of the Third Angel's Message?
2. Tell what you can of the condition of the women in China.
3. What was the nature of the early worship of the Chinese? How much progress have they made?
4. Tell something of the religious customs of the Mexicans.
5. What appeals have been made for this field?
6. What intimate relation between the church and state in Greece may make it difficult for the missionary?
7. Who first preached the gospel in Greece?
8. Describe briefly the Greek religion.
9. How many nationalities are represented in the Russian Empire, and into how many of these tongues has literature on present truth been translated?
Obituaries.
“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.
TOWN.—Killed by a runaway team at La Junta, Colo., Sabbath, Aug. 25, 1900, John M. Town, aged 60 years. His wife, Ellen M. Town, is a member of the Temper Valley church. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. J. B. WILSON.
MARTIN.—Died at Rose Lawn, Wis., Aug. 20, 1900, of cholera infantum, Delbert Percy, only son of Brother and Sister Frank Martin, aged 2 years, 5 months, 26 days. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13. J. KLOSS.
MILLS.—Died at Edenville, Mich., Aug. 18, 1900, our daughter, Mary Jennett Mills, aged 28 years, 5 months, 30 days. A few hours before the time appointed for her funeral, her husband, Edward Mills, also fell asleep in death. Funeral discourse was delivered by Brother C. B. Childs. ALBERT AND HANNAH ERWAY.
CANNON.—Died at Springdale, Ark., Aug. 26, 1900, Mrs. William Cannon, aged 71 years, 1 month, 14 days. She was one of the first Sabbath-keepers in Arkansas. She leaves a husband and six children to mourn their loss. Comforting words were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:18. A. E. FIELD.
ROBERTS.—Departed this life, July 21, 1900, Ann Roberts, aged 70 years, 3 months, 6 days. She had suffered for many years with stomach trouble, but bore her pain with patient fortitude. Her last words were comforting: “I am ready; come, Lord Jesus, any time.” Three sons mourn their loss. M. S. ROBERTS.
PETERSON.—Died at Sunrise, Neb., Aug. 19, 1900, of a complication of diseases, Sister Matilda Peterson, aged 72 years. She had been an invalid for a number of years. Her son-in-law, W. Asp, cared for her constantly during the last three weeks of her life. One daughter survives her. The funeral discourse was delivered by the writer. J. W. BOETTCHER.
SHEPARD.—Died at Otsego, Mich., Aug. 21, 1900, of paralysis, Alanson Shepard, aged 79 years, 3 months. He was identified with the message given by William Miller in 1843-44, in Rochester, N. Y., and was one of the oldest Sabbath-keepers in Michigan. He leaves a faithful wife, with whom he had lived fifty-seven years, and three children, to mourn their loss, but not without hope. The funeral services were conducted by the writer. M. S. BURNHAM.
BARNES.—Died in Wallace, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1900, of paralysis, Mrs. Esther H. Barnes, aged 69 years. Sister Barnes, in company with her husband, accepted the Third Angel’s Message in 1897, through the labors of the writer. After fifty years of happy wedded life the sad parting came. Sister Barnes died with the full assurance of a part in the first resurrection. She leaves a husband and two children to mourn their loss. Discourse was delivered by the writer, from Rev. 14:13. LULU WIGHTMAN.
GIBBS.—Died at Woodland Park, Colo., July 11, 1900, of cancer of the stomach, Elsie L., daughter of Will D. and Josephine Gibbs, aged 14 years, 11 months, 7 days. Elsie was a patient sufferer, for she knew the peace of God. When told the nature of her malady, and that it would prove fatal, she calmly replied, “It is best as He would have it;” and so, peacefully, trustfully, sank to sleep, revealing to the last the character of the Master. She was buried under the shadow of a giant pine, in her beautiful mountain home. The writer conducted the services, speaking words of comfort from Ps. 23:4, to a large congregation of loving friends. W. W. HILL.
ANDROSS.—Sophronia Andross, wife of Wm. H. Andross and mother of Elder E. E. Andross, died April 9, 1900, after a lingering illness, at her home in Milton, Ore. Her maiden name was Winegar. She was born in the State of New York, June 19, 1827. She was married Sept. 13, 1851. She, with most of her family, accepted present truth and joined the church in 1868, and was a consistent member to the end of her earthly life. She died in the full triumph of the faith of the Third Angel’s Message. She will be greatly missed by the church at Milton. The funeral services were conducted by Elder W. F. Martin. The text was Heb. 9:27, 28. The hymns were 420, 1368, 964, 970, of “Hymns and Tunes.” She was laid to rest in the Weston Cemetery, to wait the glad reunion of the last great day.
CADILLAC (MICH.) CAMP-MEETING.
The railroad companies will grant reduced rates to the Cadillac (Mich.) camp-meeting, September 21, 24, 25, from all points within a radius of fifty miles of the place of meeting.
Florida, Notice!
By Altana W. Keck
There will be a meeting of the Florida Conference in connection with the State meeting at Terra Ceia, September 28 to October 8. Delegates should be elected at once, and their credentials sent in to the secretary. Rate of representation, one delegate to each organization, and one for each fifteen members. The annual conventions of the Florida Tract Society and of the Florida Sabbath-School Association will also be held in connection with this meeting.
Altana W. Keck, Sec.
PUBLICATIONS WANTED.
N. B.—Attention has been repeatedly called to the necessity of having papers properly wrapped. Do not roll or wrap too fine. Cover papers well, so that they will be clean when received. Some have paid double the postage necessary, and others have expressed literature when it would have been cheaper to send by mail, at four ounces for one cent.
Mrs. H. B. Wilkinson, Lowry, Va.
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A. T. Shultzberger, 915½ Seventeenth St., Altoona, Pa., periodicals and tracts.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publishers. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who want employment, the charge may be remitted. Parties unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.—Correspondence with an Adventist broom-maker, with view to learning the trade and furnishing material if necessary. Address Nelson L. Reed, Pomona, Kan.
CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1900.
DISTRICT ONE.
West Virginia, Fairmont, — Sept. 13-24
DISTRICT TWO.
Florida, Terra Ceia, — Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
Florida, Punta Gorda, — Oct. 12-22
Florida, Ocala, — Oct. 26 to Nov. 5
DISTRICT THREE.
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Indiana, Muncie, — Sept. 13-23
Michigan, Cadillac, — Sept. 21 to Oct. 1
DISTRICT FOUR.
Nebraska (State), Seward, — Sept. 18-23
Dakota, Beresford, S. D., — Sept. 19-24
Iowa, Ottumwa, — Sept. 25-30
Iowa, Exira, — Oct. 9-14
Minnesota, Lake Crystal, — Oct. 3-8
DISTRICT FIVE.
Kansas (State), Emporia, — Sept. 20-30
DISTRICT SIX.
California, Napa, — Sept. 27 to Oct. 7
California, Chico, — Oct. 11-21
Upper Columbia, Baker City, Ore., — Sept. 14-24
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Dear Brother Sutherland: I have carefully read “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns,” and I think the book is calculated to do much good. It sets forth the principles and the history of true education, together with the growth of Protestantism; and also the educational system of the papacy. Having read the book, I can but wish it were placed in the hands of every family, that all might see the influence of pagan and papal schools. Our children and people need an education that is practical. The Bible should be the foundation of our Christian education, and where it is necessary to have books, these books should contain nothing but truth, that their influence upon the mind may be helpful. “Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns” shows the absolute necessity for making the Bible the foundation of Christian education. I recommend it to all our people.
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