Earlier text: HEBREWS 2:9-16The Evils of the Liquor Traffic
By Editor
The following remarkable utterance is from the Catholic Review of September 21, 1889:— “The liquor men held their convention recently in Rochester, and submitted to the public a series of resolutions which show that they have not learned more from experience than the prohibitionists. They talked like men who owned the earth, and advanced their ideas without the shyness and modesty of a class whose business is purely disreputable, not from any intrinsic defects, but because the liquor men have made it so. Their strenuous and successful efforts to sell beer, wine, and liquors could not be wisely resisted if they had determined on selling good beer, good wine, and good liquor.” With the first part of this paragraph we have no particular fault to find. The facts are probably correctly stated. But have the liquor men made the business of selling intoxicating liquors to be used as beverages “disreputable?” has not the business rather made many who are engaged in it disreputable? The Lord regarded the business of making drunkards as disreputable a great many years ago, and gave through the prophet Habakkuk this testimony concerning it: “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!” Hab. 2:15. “Good” beer, “good” wine, and “good” liquor make men drunken; and after all it is the alcohol which these liquors contain that produces all the evils of the traffic. Take the alcohol out of beer, wine, and other liquors and nobody would drink them: it is the alcohol that fires the brain, dethrones the reason, and degrades men below the brutes. The efforts of saloon men to sell these liquors are not always wisely resisted, but they should not only be wisely but persistently resisted. WHILE everybody has heard of or seen or used celluloid, only a few know what it is composed of or how it is made. The following is a description of the process carried out in a factory near Paris, for the production of celluloid: A roll of paper is slowly unwound, and at the same time is saturated with a mixture of five parts of sulphuric acid and two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon the paper in a fine spray. This changes the cellulose of the paper into pyroxylin (gun cotton). The excess of the acid having been expelled by pressure, the paper is washed with plenty of water, until all traces of acid have been removed. It is then reduced to a pulp, and passes on to the bleaching trough. Most of the water having been got rid of by means of a strainer, the pulp is mixed with from twenty to forty per cent. of its weight in camphor, and the mixture thoroughly triturated under millstones. The necessary coloring having been added in the form of powder, a second mixing and grinding follows. The finely divided pulp is then spread out in thin layers on slabs; and from twenty to twenty-five of these layers are placed in a hydraulic press, separated from one another by some sheets of thick blotting paper, and are subjected to a pressure of 150 atmospheres, until all traces of moisture have been got rid of. The matter is then passed between rollers heated to between 140° and 150° Fahrenheit, whence it issues in the form of elastic sheets.—The Inventor. HOW LARGE WAS ANCIENT ROME?
By The American
AFTER carefully examining, says a late writer, all the data we have, all the statements of the various ancient writers who allude to it, and all the facts which seem to bare on the question, I am convinced that in estimating the population at 4,000,000 I am rather understating than overstating it. It is much more probable that it was larger than that it was smaller. De Quincy also estimates the inhabitants of Rome at 4,000,000. I will only cite one fact, and then leave this question. The circus Maximus was constructed to hold 250,000, or according to Victor, at a later period probably 385,000 spectators. Taking the smaller number, then it would be one in sixteen of all the inhabitants if there were 4,000,000. But as one-half of the population was composed of slaves, who must be struck out of the spectators when the circus was built, there would be accommodation then for one in eight of the total population, excluding slaves. Reducing again the one-half by striking out the women, there would be room for one in four. Again, striking out the young children and the old men and the sick and impotent, you would have accommodation for the whole population. Is it possible to believe that the Romans constructed a circus to hold the entire population of Rome capable of going to it?—for such must have been the case where there were only 4,000,000 of inhabitants.—The American. Thoughtfulness in Nursing
IN watching the movements of a professional nurse in the sick room, it is surprising to note how many little things seem to be more the result of tact than of training, and could just as well be done by a novice. For example, see how scrupulous the professional is to take good care of the patient's belongings. She does not throw the clothing which has been removed in a heap over a chair, but hangs up each article neatly or puts it in a proper place. Even if a person be not remarkable for orderliness in health, it is annoying, when lying in bed, to see a room in confusion. The trained nurse also has respect for the harmless whims of her patient, who, perhaps, is fussy about having certain articles put in a particular place. It is just as well to pay attention to individual choice, even in such small matters as arranging bureau drawers, or placing furniture and ornaments. Nor does the professional wait to be asked when the sheet needs to be straightened, or the pillows turned, or the curtains adjusted. She seems constantly to put herself in the place of the person who is ill, and thus acquires a thoughtfulness for others' comfort which should be the possession of every woman, whether trained in a hospital or a common household.—Selected. A SWEDISH servant maid, finding that her mistress was troubled with sleeplessness, told her of a practice of the people in her country who were similarly affected. It was to take a napkin, dip it in ice-cold water, wring it slightly, and lay it across her eyes. The plan was followed, and it worked like a charm. The first night the lady slept four hours without waking, something she had not done before for several months. At the end of that time the napkin had become dry. By wetting it again she at once went to sleep, and it required considerable force to rouse her in the morning.—St. Louis Christian Advocate. THE BEER DRINKER.
By Scientific American
IN appearance the beer-drinker may be the picture of health; but in reality he is most incapable of resisting disease. A slight injury, a severe cold, or a shock to the body or mind, will commonly provoke acute disease, ending fatally. Compared with other inebriates who use different kinds of alcohol, he is more incurable and more generally diseased. It is our observation that beer-drinking in this country produces the very lowest kind of inebriety, closely allied to criminal insanity. The most dangerous class of ruffians in our large cities are beer-drinkers. Intellectually a stupor amounting almost to paralysis arrests the reason, changing all the higher faculties into a mere animalism, sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only with paroxysms of anger senseless and brutal. THE superstition that fruits are prolific sources of diarrhœa in summer is largely outgrown. Mr. E. S. Hyatt, however, writes a word on this subject in the Dietetic Reformer which is very interesting. He says:— "At this time of the year, deaths from diarrhœa are frequent, and the outcry against fruit is loud; for fruit in particular is charged with being a principal cause of this mortality. But people will eat fruit and will not be frightened out of doing so. Is the charge, then, true? The public do not seem to be aware that fruit is a food, not merely a medicine or a luxury—a food, too, upon which it is possible to live entirely, and with the highest degree of health and strength. It is not unknown among us for individuals to live on fruit for months at a time, and get through an incredible amount of both sedentary and physical work. I have myself tested it in a small way by walking from Liverpool through Chester, Hereford, Ross, Gloucester, down to Bath, thence to London, and back through Bedford, Leicester, Derby, Buxton, and Manchester, to Liverpool, a distance of about 500 miles, being an average of 35 miles a day for fifteen days, in hot weather, without taking anything to eat or drink except raw fruit. During this time I was three nights without going to bed, two of which were in succession, making three days and two nights tramping at a spell. And yet I did not feel jaded, but fresh, so much so that the last day's walk (from Manchester to Liverpool) I did right off without a rest. It was from the confinement of an office, and more than ordinarily sedentary habits. I ask, therefore, must there not be more nourishment, and that of the best kind, in fruit, than it generally takes credit for." —Wilkie Collins, the great English writer, is dead.
—Edison returned to New York from Europe the 6th inst.
—Hippolyte has carried the presidential election in Hayti.
—Two attempts have recently been made to assassinate the czar of Russia.
—General Asa P. Blunt died at Manchester, N. H., October 4, aged sixty-two.
—A rubber trust, with a capital of $30,000,000, has just been perfected in Boston.
—Four men were buried by falling rock in a mine at Ishpeming, Mich., the 4th inst.
—Ten men were recently killed in the colliery at Hamburg-on-the-Rhine, by the explosion of mine gas.
—A grain elevator, with a capacity for handling 1,000,000 bushels per day, is being built at Portland, Oregon.
—The morocco factory of P. Sims & Sons, at Salem, Mass., was destroyed by fire October 4, at a loss of $100,000.
—Two hundred persons lost their lives recently by a volcanic eruption in the province of Erzeroum, in Turkey.
—Four prominent men of Mississippi were burned to death in their beds in a hotel fire at Winona, Miss., the 6th inst.
—The great corner in cotton speculation in England has collapsed, and many of the manipulators are financially ruined.
—Eliza Cook, the poetess, whose home songs are familiar to so many households, died at Wimbledon, England, the 25th ult.
—The Big Bend Tunnel and Mining Company of California, with its principal office in Buffalo, N. Y., has failed for $2,600,000.
—A heavy fire, doing $500,000 damage, occurred in Butte, Mont., the 29th ult. The city was only saved with the greatest effort.
—Late dispatches from Crete say that the insurgents have attacked the Turkish troops, and are committing outrages at Canea.
—The Prohibition clause in the North Dakota election obtained a clear majority, and the Prohibitionists are correspondingly elated.
—Heavy storms were reported from Mexico under date of the 29th ult. Railroad traffic was impeded, and several towns were inundated.
—The returns from the recent French elections are such as to show that Boulanger has lost much of his prestige with his countrymen.
—The subscriptions raised for the support of the strikers of London in their recent conflict with the dock companies amounts to $200,000.
—The Laflin & Rand powder mill at Cressona, Pa., blew up on the 26th ult., killing three men and injuring a number of other workmen.
—The latest reports from the Quebec land-slide place the number of bodies recovered at forty-four. Fourteen victims are in a fair way to recover.
—The mammoth publishing house of Belford, Clarke & Co., of Chicago, with branches in New York and San Francisco, failed for $400,000 on the 23d ult.
—By a collision between passenger and freight trains at Lasswitz, Germany, the 4th inst., four railroad officials were killed, and many passengers injured.
—The British ship of war Lily recently ran ashore on the rocky coast of Labrador, and was totally wrecked. Several of her crew perished in the raging waters.
—The northern portion of Aitkin County, Minn., is being overrun by wolves, and the villagers and farmers are afraid to venture out of their houses after nightfall.
—An attempt was recently made by incendiaries to burn the city of Charleston, West Virginia. The work is attributed to the friends of the Hatfield-McCoy gangs.
—By the bursting of a steel furnace at Braddock, Pennsylvania, the 26th ult., five men lost their lives, and several others were horribly burned by the molten metal.
—It is thought that the schooner Alpha, with fifteen passengers, has been lost in Alaskan waters, as she is long overdue at Sitka, and no news can be learned of her.
—Seven counterfeiters were arrested in Orange County, Indiana, recently. They are leaders of a large gang which has been operating extensively in that section of late.
—Three passenger cars and a sleeper were recently wrecked near Palatine Bridge, N. Y., killing four persons instantly, and wounding many others, several of them fatally.
—The little town of Cambria, Cal., was completely wiped out by a conflagration the 30th ult., not a single place of business being left. The loss will reach $125,000.
—Port Orchard, Washington, has been recommended by the naval commission, as the most suitable place for the new navy yard to be established on the Pacific Coast.
—A heavy storm occurred on Lakes Huron and Erie the 6th inst. Many schooners are believed to have been lost, and it is feared there has been considerable loss of life.
—The Armstrong Insurance Companies of New York have declared war on the Pacific Insurance Union, and a decided lowering of rates is manifested all over the Pacific Coast.
—Russia is preparing for war on a gigantic scale. An internal loan of $45,000,000 is contemplated, and the money thus raised will be expended in strengthening the army and navy.
—A terrible hurricane has visited the Island of Sardinia. One hundred persons were buried in the débris of buildings shattered by the storm, and thirty persons were killed.
—Gold has gone up to 120 in the Argentine Republic. This means a corresponding depression of the governmental currency. A panic is imminent, and many heavy failures are looked for.
—The steamship Alameda, which arrived in the port of San Francisco on the 28th ult., brought $2,250,000 in treasure from the Australian colonies. This is the largest shipment for many years.
—Pierre, the new capital of South Dakota, has a boom which rivals that of Oklahoma. Strangers are flocking in by the thousands, and prices of real estate have increased tenfold in the past few days.
—Emperor William, of Germany, is about to make an extended trip to Constantinople. This, in connection with the czar's recent visit to Berlin, may mean some fresh complications in the Eastern question.
—It now turns out that the government engineers blundered considerably in estimating the horsepower of the new cruiser Baltimore, as she proves not to be even up to the required standard in this particular.
—The city of St. John, New Brunswick, was thrown into a state of great excitement on the 4th inst., by an attempt to destroy three leading Protestant clergymen's families, by sending poisoned candy to them through the mail.
—Unwonted excitement prevails in Spain over the recent outrages off the coast of Morocco. The Spanish Government has determined to demand satisfaction for the seizure of its vessels and the insults offered to its crews.
—In the recent elections, the four new States of Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota ratified their respective constitutions, thus formally becoming a part of the United States. Montana alone went Democratic.
—Through a system of trickery, Willis N. Fos, a private banker of San Diego, Cal., obtained fraudulent notes to the amount of $300,000, from a prominent family of that city, giving them the impression that they were simply signing receipts.
—The Temple of Heaven, in Pekin, China, containing the great dragon throne, was entirely consumed by fire recently. It was the most magnificent building in the forbidden city, and its destruction is regarded as an evil omen by the Celestials.
—While the Italian armored war ship Formidable was loading up with cartridges and powder at Shields, England, the 4th inst., a terrific explosion occurred, by which the naval officer in charge of the work, together with several of his men, was instantly killed.
—Another medical college scheme for giving diplomas to all who are able to pay for them, has recently been unearthed in Bennington, Vermont. The bogus institution claims to have branches in Cincinnati, New York, and other prominent cities, and has flooded the country with false diplomas.
—San Francisco is agitating the question of bonding the city for a system of water works by which water can be brought from Lake Tahoe, 182 miles distant up in the mountains, and delivered within the city limits in quantities of 30,000,000 gallons a day. The plan can be carried into effect for $15,000,000.
—The recent cyclone on Carmen Island, off the coast of Campeachy, strewed the shore with wrecks of vessels for miles. Only one vessel out of thirty-five in the harbor was saved. The loss to the city of Carmen is not less than $500,000, while losses to other towns will swell the total to double that amount.
—The delegates to the International Congress of American nations are taking a trip over the United States as the guests of the American people. This, together with the Congress itself, will do much toward securing important results to our country in the way of increased commerce and more friendly relations with other American nations.
—The famous feud between the Hatfield-McCoy families, living in two border counties of West Virginia and Kentucky, has broken out afresh. A young man and his betrothed were, on the 1st inst., standing before the minister, who was pronouncing the marriage ceremony, when all three were shot to death by a gang of the opposite faction. [Every book sent to us by the author or publisher will be promptly acknowledged, the title of the book, number of pages, the names of author and publishers being given in every case, together with the price, when we are informed what it is. Such other notice will be given as the merit of the several works may demand. Marked copies of the paper containing notices will be sent to publishers.] "PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS," held in Philadelphia, Pa., May 8-12, 1889; 125 pp., price 25 cents. International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations, 40 East Twenty-third Street, New York City. THE "Nun of Kenmare," an autobiography, by Sister M. Francis Clare Cusack, late Mother General of the Sisters of Peace; 558 pages, price $1.50. Ticknor & Co., 211 Tremont Street, Boston, publishers. This is a most readable book, and its candid tone will carry to every unbiased mind a conviction of its truthfulness. It would be an excellent work to put into the hands of candid, thinking Romanists. The Nun of Kenmare has done a good work in thus giving to the public a history of her life. "THE SENTINEL LIBRARY, No 19," Pacific Press Publishing Company, 43 Bond Street, New York, and Oakland, Cal.; 76 pp., price 10 cents. The subject of this number is the charge of Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, field secretary of the American Sabbath Union, against the editors of the American Sentinel, with their defense. There is also given a report of the findings of the committee appointed by the church to which these editors belonged, to investigate the matter. Besides the matter of the charges (which, in our opinion, resulted from defeat and chagrin) and the reply, the pamphlet throws a strong side-light on the workings of religious legislation. The work is worth reading, and all who have heard of Mr. Crafts' charges should read it. The editors have a right to speak in their own defense, and should be heard. SWANK.—Died at Fairview, Or., August 26, Miss Annis Swank, aged 20 years. She lately embraced the doctrine proclaimed by Seventh-day Adventists, though for lack of opportunity had not united with the church. She had kept but three Sabbaths prior to her illness. She was earnest and devoted, and fell asleep having the hope of seeing the Saviour at his coming. C. R. Ogden. SPARHAWK.—Died September 19, 1889, in Parish, Oswego County, N. Y., of cerebral hemorrhage, Ambrose Sparhawk. The deceased was born in Augusta, Maine, March 30, 1820, and was therefore 69 years, 5 months, and 19 days old at the time of his death. His wife, for many years an invalid, four sons, and three daughters reside at 665 Eleventh Street, Oakland, whither his remains were brought by another son, arriving September 28. He was taken sick as he was preparing to start for the West, expecting to be ready to take his journey in two or three weeks, when he would again join his family. They were looking forward with joyful anticipations to the time when they should greet him in life, but in this world of disappointment, it was not to be; and while the form in its perfect preservation looked as though he were not in death's cold embrace, the sad fact remained that he would never more greet them in this life. He was a kind, indulgent father, an excellent neighbor, and without a known enemy in the world. His loss will be deeply mourned by his entire family. Funeral services were conducted by Elder E. R. Jones. The remains were interred in Mountain View Cemetery, to await the call of Him who giveth life to all. M. C. W. Views of National Reform.
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Address, G. K. OWEN, 35 Carr St., Los Angeles, Cal. THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH
By Editor
The above is the title of an important new pamphlet which we have just issued. The object of the work is "to defend the faith of Seventh-day Adventists on the single point of the change of the Sabbath, and who is responsible for that change." All the evidence is from those who favored the observance of Sunday. Here will be found a strong array of testimony against the idea that there is any Scriptural authority for Sunday keeping, and all this evidence is given by those who Believe in the Observance of Sunday.
In reading this pamphlet one cannot but wonder how any one will persist in keeping Sunday when its own friends give such overwhelming testimony against it. "The Origin and Growth of Sunday Observance" contains 96 pages, and has a neat cover. Price, POSTPAID, 10 CENTS. Buy it! Read it! Circulate it! Address. Pacific Press Publishing Company,
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By Alonzo T. Jones
By A. T. JONES,
One of the Editors of the "American Sentinel." Scriptural, Logical, Plain, and Forcible.
This important work shows clearly the relation that should exist between Church and State at the present time, as proven by the Bible history of the past twenty-five centuries. Chapter I outlines vividly the relation that existed between "Christianity and the Roman Empire;" Chap. II distinguishes between "What Is Due to God and What to Cæsar;" Chap. III shows for what purpose "The Powers That Be" are ordained; Chap. IV ably discusses "The Religious Attack upon the United States Constitution, and Those Who Are Making It;" Chap. V unmasks "Religious Legislation," calling special attention to the Blair Sunday Bill, introduced in the last Congress; Chap. VI is devoted to "The Sunday-law Movement in the Fourth Century, and its parallel in the Nineteenth." These and other topics of equal interest make this treatise INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY LOVER OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. "CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION" is a pamphlet of 176 large octavo pages. Price, 25 cents. Millions of Copies should be placed in the hands of thinking people AT ONCE. It clearly defines what position we, as American citizens, should sustain toward the effort now on foot to secure religious legislation. Address, AMERICAN SENTINEL,
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Or, 43 Bond St., New York. Mr. Crafts Against the American Sentinel.
By Editor
The above is the title of the latest number of the SENTINEL LIBRARY. This pamphlet presents the affidavit of W. F. Crafts, charging the Editors of the AMERICAN SENTINEL with "willful and malicious slander." It also contains the DEFENSE OF PROF. A. T. JONES AND DR. E. J. WAGGONER, together with the REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. In Prof. Jones' defense are inserted FAC-SIMILES OF MR. CRAFTS' LETTERS with Prof. Jones' replies. These letters of Mr. Crafts prove that in his affidavit he has sworn to that which is not true. Mr. Crafts' charges have been published to the world through the secular press and the special documents of the American Sabbath Union, and a copy of this defense should be placed in the hands of every one who has read the charges. HUNDREDS OF ORDERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. Send for enough to place copies in the hands of the editors, lawyers, and prominent men of your locality. 80 PAGES, PRICE 10 CENTS. Address, PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO., 43 Bond Street, New York. OAKLAND, CAL. The Abiding Sabbath and the Lord's Day.
By Editor
THE $500 AND $1,000 PRIZE ESSAYS.
The above is the title of a pamphlet recently issued. In its pages the author reviews the two most recent and without doubt the best contributions to the defense of Sunday, popularly called the "Lord's Day." The first of these essays was written by Rev. George Elliott, and took the $500 "Fletcher Prize," offered by the trustees of Dartmouth College for the best essay on the "Perpetual Obligation of the Lord's Day." The other essay was written by A. E. Waffle, M. A., and was awarded a $1,000 prize by the Committee of Publication of the American Sunday-school Union. We state thus definitely the source of the essays reviewed that all may see their importance. Certainly if there was any argument in favor of Sunday, we should expect to find it in these prize essays. Elder Jones in his Review takes up their arguments and assertions, and shows very plainly how several times the authors have proved what they did not want to prove at all—namely: The Seventh-day Sabbath is still as binding on all as when the law was given. This Review will be read with interest and profit by all, and those who have friends that are interested in the Sabbath Question should see that one of these pamphlets is placed in their hands. Elder R. A. Underwood, President Ohio Conference, says:— "The 'Abiding Sabbath' should find its way to every home in the land. It certainly will have a wide circulation. May God bless it on its mission. The quotations from Mr. Elliott's essays set forth the divine origin of the Sabbath, its object, universality, and inseparable relation to the moral law of ten commandments, of which it is a part, and its binding obligation upon all mankind; also the clear distinction between the Sabbath and the ceremonial rites, or laws, in words of sublime, convincing power. Yet he, like all who feel it their duty to prop up the Sunday-sabbath with the fourth commandment, contradicts his own position. Elder Jones has made a clean-cut, sound argument." Elder J. N. Loughborough, President California Conference, says:— "I have just completed a careful reading of Elder Jones' Review. In this he attacks the main pillars of their argument for a Sunday-sabbath, and at the same time he gives an epitome of the argument for the true Bible Sabbath. He shows clearly that notwithstanding all the efforts of the $500 and $1,000 essay men to establish Sunday as the Sabbath, it stands, according to their own admissions, without any Scripture command, or any divine warrant. This Review clearly shows what is the true 'Abiding Sabbath,' the day of God's own appointment. This book of Elder Jones' should have a very wide circulation, and be read by all." 176 pages, price, postpaid, 20 Cents. Address orders to
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