Earlier text: The Commentary—The interest bearing debt of the United States is $1,232,237,144. —Four miners in California Gulch, Col., were buried alive June 2, by the caving in of a mine. —Yellow fever is epidemic on the Isthmus of Panama, and about forty persons die there daily. —John Kelly, the famous Tammany leader, died at his home in New York, at 3:20 o'clock, June 1. —Most, the convicted Anarchist, was, June 2, sentenced to the penitentiary for one year and to pay a fine of $500. —Nearly ten thousand persons in Troy, N. Y., are dependent upon the collar, cuff, and shirt factories for the means of their livelihood. —The long-talked-of marriage of President Cleveland and Miss Frances Folsom, took place in the White House at 6:30 o'clock, June 2. —Gold-bearing ore has been discovered near Louisiana, Mo., which assays eight dollars per ton—gold, seven; silver, one. —At 4 o'clock June 5 all the street-cars in New York and Brooklyn were tied up, with the exception of those on Third Avenue, New York. —Recent advices from Australia report the loss of the steamer Lyeemoon, from Melbourne to Sydney, off Green Cape. Seventy persons were drowned. —The United States revenue cutter Dix recently seized a Spanish fishing vessel off the Florida coast, for alleged violation of the fishing laws, and for irregularities in her papers. —The Canadian steam barge Nipigon arrived at Chicago June 3, and was seized by the collector of that port for alleged violation of the laws governing vessels entering American waters. —The Supreme Court of New York has confirmed the sentence of Charles A. Buddenseik, the builder of the row of houses which fell about a year ago. Buddenseik will now go to prison for ten years. —The Colusa (California) Sun says: "The boycott does not hurt the rich money loaner; it does not hurt the rich farmer; but it hurts the debtor class; it hurts the man of small means everywhere." —The managers of the London Stock Exchange recently bought a piece of land in Old Broad Street at the rate of $440 per superficial foot. That is at the rate of $19,166,400 per acre, a pretty big price for real estate. —At Philadelphia, June 1, between 11,000 and 12,000 employés in the hosiery factories of that city were ordered out on a strike for a heavy advance in wages. The increase in wages demanded was from 20 to 100 per cent. —The General Assembly of the Knights of Labor at Cleveland, Ohio, has decided that hereafter all strikes and boycotts must be authorized by the General Executive Board, except in extreme cases where immediate action is necessary. —The Executive Board of Master Builders' Association has resolved to return to the ten-hour system June 15. They state that they have given the short-hour system a fair trial, and find they cannot profitably conduct business on that plan. —Heavy floods in the Rio Grande River in New Mexico have interfered seriously with railroad traffic during the past week. No trains have crossed at Isleta since May 28, and up to June 5 only two transfers of passengers and baggage had been made. —Captain Pierce of the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, has offered the Indians settled in the San Pedro Valley a reward of $150 apiece for the heads of all the hostiles that they may bring in. This is done to induce those Indians to fight the hostiles instead of joining them. —Violent thunder storms, accompanied by the bursting of water-spouts, have for several days past prevailed in Central Germany. Houses and railroads have been destroyed. The estimated damage by the storm to crops alone will exceed $250,000. A number of people have been killed by lightning and floods. —The Oakland Tribune says: "One can hardly comprehend the immensity of the honey crop of the southern counties of this State. The new crop is just coming in at the rate of five tons per day in the single county of Ventura; and one apiarist will have, so it is reported, one hundred tons for market from his apiary alone." —The people of South Australia are making great preparations for the International exhibition which will be held in the city of Adelaide on the 20th of June, 1887. It is expected that the exhibition will call the attention of the world generally to the wonderful progress which Australia has made in the last twenty-five years—a progress only paralleled by that of the United States. —Recently a man in Detroit, Mich., saturated his upholstered furniture with benzine to kill the moths which infested it. In this he was eminently successful; for only a few moments after he had finished the job, and put the can away, the gas from the benzine ignited from the kitchen stove and exploded with terrific force, completely shattering one side of the house, and setting fire to the entire building, which was totally destroyed, with its contents, including the furniture and the moths. The man himself was frightfully burned about the face and hands, and his family barely escaped with their lives.351 —A severe storm of the cyclone order visited the vicinity of Merced, Cal., on the evening of June 2. The track of the storm was a mile wide by about six miles long, and immense damage was done to crops. The force of the wind was such that a header bed weighing 1,200 pounds was lifted from the ground and carried 100 yards. The rain-fall was three-quarters of an inch in about twenty minutes. —Gladstone's home-rule measure, which is still pending before Parliament, continues to meet much bitter opposition from Irish Protestants, who claim that home rule means simply Rome rule. The Ulster Orangemen declare that they will never submit to a Dublin Parliament, and that they will resist by force of arms if necessary. They claim to be able to put over 74,000 well-armed men in the field on short notice. —The fisheries' dispute, now re-opened between this country and Canada, may prove a serious matter. The treaty stipulates that citizens of the United States shall not fish within three marine miles of the Dominion coast. This the Canadian authorities interpret to mean within three miles of a line drawn between the most eastern points of their territory. Thus in no place may our vessels fish within three miles of their shores, while in most places the distance is much greater. This, together with the claim that the treaty does not admit of American vessels buying bait in Canadian ports, amounts to a complete prohibition of all fishing off the coast of the Dominion by vessels owned in this country. A squadron of English war vessels has already arrived at Halifax, and orders have been issued for the North Atlantic squadron of the United States Navy to prepare at once for sea. What Prohibition Would Do.
By Lever
WHAT if every saloon in the United States and every other place where liquor is sold or given away for drinking purposes could be closed, and hermetically sealed for one year, can any man estimate the advantage that would result both to the laboring man and the capitalist? The closing up of these drinking holes would be a saving to the laboring men of this country of not less than $500,000,000 every year, for that is the amount which, according to the most reliable statistics, the laboring men spend annually for intoxicating drinks. The saving of this $500,000,000 to the laboring men would certainly greatly improve the condition of the men and their families. It would not only relieve them from the physical and moral effects caused by drink and drunkenness, but it would add to their homes many of the comforts and conveniences of which they are now deprived. It would give them more wholesome food, better clothes, and good homes instead of hovels to live in. The effect on capitalists and manufacturers would be equally marked. Overcrowded markets would be relieved. Stagnation in trade would give way to activity. Idle capital which has for so long a time been stored away in bank vaults would find investment. Prices both of labor and of the products of labor would be improved.—Lever. Drink and Crime in Dublin
DRINK is at the bottom of almost every crime committed in Dublin.—Mr. Baron Dowse, in a charge to a jury, 1881. —Seventeen students of Yale Theological Seminary have pledged themselves to go as foreign missionaries. —The number of Buddhists in the world is estimated at nearly five hundred million—one-third of the earth's population. —A traveler who has seen all portions of the Western continent says that Brazil is the most irreligious country he has ever seen. —After studying for six years at Stockholm, a nephew of Cetewayo, the late Zulu king, is about to return to his own country, and to establish a mission among the Zulus. —The Augusta (Georgia) Presbytery has refused to prefer charges against Rev. Mr. Woodrow, the theological professor who teaches that man is evolved from the lower orders of animals. —The Western Churchman says: "If the ancient practice of tithing were again resumed by Christian people, there can be no doubt that the treasuries of God would be full, where they are now empty." —Sam Jones says: "If any man says only immersion is baptism, tell him I say he is a liar." This will no doubt be conclusive with those who esteem ranting more highly than they do Bible argument. —The Southern Methodist General Conference, which was recently in session, adopted a resolution to appoint a commission of seven, to confer with a like commission which the General Conference of the M. E. Church was requested to appoint, for the purpose of devising a plan for the union of the two bodies. Four new bishops were elected. —The following from the S. S. Times is well put: "As a rule, the narrower a man's views on religious questions, the more likely he is to call himself 'liberal.' Commonly the man who insists on that designation for himself is one whose belief is narrowed down to a vagueness of opinion on every point. The only thing that he is sure of is that everybody who believes more than he does is bigoted." —Says the New York Christian Advocate: "The tendencies of card-playing are well shown in the growth of the disposition to play for wagers among ladies of a high social position in an aristocratic quarter of Boston. The pointed allusions to gambling in polite society, made on a recent Sunday by a prominent minister of that city, suffused with blushes the faces of the fair transgressors—their guilty consciences bringing this confession to their countenances." That it should be necessary in a congregation of church members to denounce card-playing, is a sad evidence of degeneracy in church discipline. —"The thinking of the reformers, from Wycliffe down, and their faith had to be maintained in scattered bands against the consolidated learning, authority, and piety of forty generations, against the influence of the most glorious temples, of famous monasteries, and of ten thousand churches, radiant with all the arts of centuries, and alive with the memories of saints and scholars departed, whose sanctity glowed over their shrines." The religious papers quote the above extract with approval, and yet in spite of its testimony to the effect that all reforms have been carried on only against the opposition of "the church," they will still argue for Sunday on the sole ground that "the church" authorizes it. OAKLAND.—House of worship, northeast corner of Clay and Thirteenth Streets. Sabbath-school every Sabbath at 9:30 A. M. Preaching at 11. 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The sessions of the Conference, tract society, and Sabbath-school associations will be held in connection; and the camp-meeting will be preceded by a workers' meeting, continuing one week. The grounds selected are within the city limits, but not as near the heart of the city as we desired to have them. Still, by the aid of the Motor Line, which grants us great reduction and an efficient service, the citizens may easily reach the grounds. The location is beautiful and quiet. It is expected that this will be the most important meeting we have ever held in Minnesota. Though not prepared to announce definitely, we confidently expect that the railroads will grant the usual reduction of return for one-fifth fare. We shall have the benefits of the labors of Elders Butler and Haskell, with other laborers of ability and experience. The managers will take every pains to provide for all who come, at prices which are reasonable. 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Origin, History, and Destiny of Satan
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