p. 343 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 43. (11/13/1879)

"Somebody loves Me."

Two or three years ago the Superintendent of the Little Wanderer's home, in R——, received one morning a request from the judge that he would come to the Court House. He complied directly, and found there a group of seven little girls, ragged, dirty and forlorn, beyond what even he was accustomed to see.

The judge, pointing to them (utterly homeless and friendless), said:—

"Mr. T——, can you take any of these?"

"Certainly, I can take them all," was the prompt reply.

"All! What in the world can you do with them!"

"I'll make women of them!"

The judge singled out one, even worse in appearance than the rest, and asked again:—

"What will you do with that one?"

"I'll make a woman of her," Mr. T—— repeated, firmly and hopefully.

They were washed and dressed and provided with a supper and beds. The next morning they went into the school-room with the children. Mary was the little girl whose chance for better things the judge thought small. During the forenoon the teacher said to Mr. T—— in reference to her:

"I never saw a child like that. I have tried for an hour to get a smile and have failed."

Mr. T—— said afterward, himself, that her face was the saddest he had ever seen—sorrowful beyond expression; yet she was a very little girl, only five or six years old.

After school he called her into his office and said, pleasantly:—

"Mary, I've lost my little pet. I used to have a little girl here that would wait on me, and sit on my knee, and I loved her very much. A kind lady and gentleman have adopted her, and I should like for you to take her place, and be my pet now. Will you?"

A gleam of light flitted over the poor child's face, and she began to understand him. He gave her ten cents and told her she might go to the store near by and get some candy. While she was out he took two or three newspapers, tore them in pieces, and scattered them about the room. When she returned he said:—

"Mary, will you clear up my office a little for me, and pick the paper and see how nice you can make it look?"

She went to work with a will. A little more of this kind of management—in fact, treating her as a kind father would—wrought the desired result. She went into the school-room after dinner with so changed a look and bearing that the teacher was astonished. The child's face was absolutely radiant. She went to her and said:—

"Mary what is it? What makes you look so happy?"

"Oh, I've got some one to love me!" the child answered earnestly, as if it were heaven come down to earth.

That was all the secret. For want of love that little one's life had been so cold and desolate that she had lost childhood's beautiful faith and hope. She could not at first believe in the reality of kindness or joy for her. It was the certainty that some one had loved and desired her affection that lighted the child's soul and glorified her face.

Mary has since been adopted by wealthy people and lives in a beautiful house; but more than all its beauty and comfort running like a golden thread through it all, she finds the love of her adopted father and mother.

Grapes as Food.

WE have on former occasions referred to the value of fruits as articles of diet; both in health and sickness. Grapes may deservedly claim a high rank among the fruits in this respect. They contain a considerable amount of hydro-carbonaceous matter, together with potassium salts, a combination which does not tend to irritate, but, on the contrary, to soothe the stomach, and which is consequently used with advantage even in dyspepsia. According to Dr. Hartzen, of Cannes, in France, who has recently contributed an article on the subject to a foreign medical journal, the organic acids in grapes, especially tartaric acid, deserves more consideration than they have generally received. Their nutritive value has, he thinks, been much underrated. It is known that they are changed to carbolic acid in the blood, and possibly careful researches may show that they are convertible into fats. Dr. Hartsen thinks that they should be ranked with the carbo-hydrates as food. They have been found a valuable diet in fever, and the success of the “grape cures” in the Tyrol and other parts of Europe appears to show that they are positively beneficial in other diseases. No doubt the good results of a residence at these establishments are in a measure to be ascribed to the climate and the general hygenic discipline adopted. The advantage does not wholly consist in the fact that so many pounds of grapes are eaten daily, but partly in the fact that other less healthful things are not eaten; and pure air and exercise are also important elements in the curvature treatment. But after giving all due weight to these allied influences we must allow no small fraction of the beneficial result to the grapes.

Good Health.

By Editor

Temperance.

SOME recent discussions concerning the effect of prohibitory temperance legislation in Maine have brought out a number of interesting statements concerning the prevalence of liquor-drinking in that state, in the "good old times" when the Maine Law was unknown. The Lewiston Journal, which is edited by an ex-governor of the State, sums up the matter by declaring that "the most prudent and cautious statistics show that there is not over one-tenth the amount of liquor consumed, inhabitant for inhabitant, that there was fifty years ago;" and that the places where the enforcement of the law is now most lax, are those which show the largest proportion of crime. A well-known writer declared that in his boyhood days in a Maine town, it was by no means an uncommon thing for drunken men to freeze to death on their way home; and he has put on record, in a striking paragraph, one of the means then used to return the frozen bodies to the "relatives and friends of the family."

In that town, he says, "a drunkard has been found across the river, frozen stark and stiff, with his bottle at his side. An icy rain had fallen before he was found, which, freezing as it fell, encased the body in a transparent armor of ice. He was brought to the church, and placed in the lower porch, upon a board supported by two benches, in order to be recognized. I saw him lying there, stark and stiff, like a statue of solid glass, his jug crystalized and grasped in his icy hand."

If the pen of a Victor Hugo or the pencil of a Dore had drawn this picture, it would have been thought wildly extravagant; but there it is, a real picture of life in a quiet New England town. That the exhibition of vitrified men no longer has a place in the ritual of the churches of the region is one of the changes which have been promoted, if not wrought, by restrictive legislation.

As ex-governor Dingley says, in the article from which we first quoted: "Prohibition supplements, just as the law against larceny supplements, moral forces. Neither suppresses altogether, but both restrain."

This seems to be a pretty general opinion in Maine itself, concerning the workings of prohibitory legislation within its borders; for both the State conventions of political parties have just declared against tampering with the existing law. And yet the statement will continue to be made, by persons who are not familiar with the facts in the case, that prohibitory legislation in Maine has broken down utterly.

Advice to Dyspeptics.

By Evangelical Messenger

Avoid pork, fat meats, grease, gravies, pastries, spices, confectionaries, tea, coffee, alcoholic drinks, beer, malt liquors of all kinds. Let your food be plain, simple, wholesome—chiefly fruits and vegetables. Let your bread be made of unbolted wheat meal. Take your meals regularly; if three, let the supper be very sparing. Eat slowly, lightly, and chew your food thoroughly. Beware of hot food and drinks. Avoid luncheons by all means.

Exercise freely in the open air; never sit moping, but turn your mind entirely from your disease and troubles. Keep regular hours; rise early; exercise half an hour gently before breakfast. Bathe frequently; keep the skin clean and the pores open. Keep the feet dry; let the soles of your shoes be thick, that no dampness may penetrate them. Keep your sitting and sleeping rooms well ventilated. Impure air is enough to kill a well person—it kills thousands. Wear loose-fitting garments, especially about the regions of the lungs and waist. Banish the pipe, quid, and snuff-box, as the plague, forever. Of all the dyspepsia breeders and promoters, nothing exceeds the use of the "Indian Weed." Keep away from the apothecary; avoid all quack medicines and nostrums. Finally, keep a conscience void of offense; pray God to forgive your past sins of gluttony and intemperance; for no one who lives temperately, as he should live, will ever be troubled with dyspepsia. The violation of the law cries out for vengeance—and vengeance it has, sooner or later.—Evangelical Messenger.

Pare the Apples.

MANY people have the habit of eating apples and other fruits without removing the outer skin. Sometimes this is done with the idea that this is the more healthful way. This is certainly an error. The outer covering of most fruits is of a woody, indigestible nature, and hence of no use as an aliment. In many cases it is a mechanical irritant, if not injurious in any other way. But it can be shown that the eating of the skins of fruits, especially of apples, is often decidedly dangerous. Dr. Tschamer, of Graz, has discovered that the black specks which are often seen on apples and oranges are clusters of fungus growth. They are of a character similar to those which give rise to diphtheria. Dr. T. scraped from an orange some of these black specks and inhaled them. In the course of a week the unpleasant symptoms first experienced had developed into genuine whooping-cough, which led him to believe that this is one of the causes of that disease. Whether the conclusion be correct or not, it is pretty certain that fungi ought not to be eaten, and so fruit skins should be discarded.—Good Health.

"Strike at the Real Cause, Doctor."

A wealthy invalid, who was far too fond of the bottle, sent one day for his physician, and after detaining him for some time with a minute description of his pains and aches, said:

"Now Doctor, you have humbugged me long enough with your good-for-nothing pills and worthless draughts; they don't touch the real difficulty. I wish you to strike at the real cause of my ailments, if it be in your power."

"It shall be done," replied the doctor, and at the same moment he lifted his cane and demolished a decanter of gin that stood on the table.

"Now then," continued the honest physician, "I have struck at the real cause of your ailments; banish the 'bottle,' and you will far less need my pills and draughts."

Carnivorous Plants.

By Editor

WE are indebted to Mr. Peter Henderson, of New Jersey, the well-known seedsman and horticulturist, for an account of a number of experiments he made with Dionaea muscipula (fly trap), to test the truth of Darwin's dictum on the superior growth of “carnivorous plants” when fed upon a meat ration, over those growing simply upon soil nutriment. Mr. Henderson grew 100 plants each way; one hundred being fed daily for three months with flies, the others growing under a gauze to protect them from all approach by insects. At the end of three months the plants were carefully examined, and no difference whatever could be seen in the growth of the two sets of plants. So far as this experiment goes, it indicates that Mr. Darwin's decision is under suspicion at least.

Tobacco Fouled Air.

"When we enter a foul air from the street we feel the effect and know the cause. But when we shut up a room, and sit in it till the air becomes close, we gradually grow stupid and nervous and uncomfortable; our head begins to ache; but still we struggle on with our work, till finally it grows unendurable, and at last it strikes us that the windows are all closed, and the thermometer at eighty, and the air heavy and poisonous. We step out, get the fresh breeze, and are ourselves again. Most people are educated up to the point of knowing good air from bad, very few to the knowing of the influence of tobacco when shown in the same way."

The Importance of Proper Food

AGER understood the importance of proper food. He said: "Feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee."

Religious News and Notes.

By Editor

--Rev. George Muller is again preaching in the United States.

--The French Government will not allow Methodist ministers to preach to the soldiers.

--A House of Rest is to be opened at Mentone, England, for broken-down clergymen of the Church of England.

--The Baptist Weekly says that walking matches are becoming so common that they will soon excite no more interest than a prayer meeting.

--One of the Bishops of the Church of England says that it would be mockery to keep the thanksgiving feasts this year, in face of the general failure of crops!

--Bishop Peck is quoted as saying: "There is some reason to believe that the old-fashioned camp-meeting will be crucified between two 'improvements,' railroad and recreation."

--Probably the most extraordinary instance on record is that of Rev. Dr. Tucker, who has resigned a $10,000 pastorate in New York and accepted a $3,000 call to Andover, Mass.

--A rather gayly dressed young lady asked her Sunday-school class what was "meant by the pomp and vanities of the world." The answer was honest, but rather unexpected. "Them flowers on your hat."

--Rev. John Turner, in a speech before the Kansas Conference, said: "I would rather hear of my people freezing to death upon the free soil of Kansas, than to hear of them being shot down like dogs, in the South."

--On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the Pope will offer indulgences to the faithful. The present Pope is called "liberal," but Rome never yields an advantage acquired.

--The annual conference of the British Evangelical Alliance will be held this month in Edinburgh, Scotland. Among the subjects of addresses announced are "Missions to the Heathen" and "State of Religion on the Continent."

--A correspondent of The Moravian says that body has suffered much from the absence of criticism from the outsiders. This is suggestive and instructive. Christians are never injured by the fault-findings of evil disposed persons, but often injured by their praises.

--Of the teachers of the State schools in Belgium whom the Bishops have called upon to resign, only one in eighteen or twenty have thus far complied; and if the Bishops go on to enforce the penalties they have prescribed there will be a very lively time in the churches.

--The controversy over the public schools has been sharp in Connecticut, where the Catholics, by craft, obtained many advantages. Recently the people of New Britain, by a vote of 1437 to 848, decided to erect a new school building to free themselves from the demands of the Catholic priests.

--The French mission to the Bassutas, in South Africa, reports 15 stations and 68 out-stations; native laborers, 122; communicants, 3974; catechumens, 1788; scholars in the schools, 3130. Not less than 30,817 francs were raised by the members last year, including 3576 francs for foreign, and 1710 francs for home missions.

--The General Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection, in session in Pittsford, Mich., deferred the reception of a delegate from the M. E. Church, on the ground that he was a Free Mason. This action is severely censured by some religious papers; but the Connection was formed on the basis of anti-slavery and anti-secret societies, and it could not consistently do otherwise than it has done.

--The Examiner and Chronicle says that the charter of Andover Theological Seminary, Dr. Tucker cannot become a professor there until he joins a Congregational church. That is a mistake. He is allowed to be either a Congregationalist or a Presbyterian, but cannot be a Methodist or a Baptist. We are sorry for the exclusiveness, but the charter was given in the early part of the century and cannot be easily altered.—Independent.

--The crowds of Archbishop Purcell's creditors which daily assemble in the vicinity of the cathedral and archiepiscopal residence, have become more demonstrative of late and are urgent in their demands for their money and berate the cathedral priests for not paying them. The doors have been several times kicked and battered by the crowd, and Father Quinn has twice been violently assaulted by men who forced themselves into his room. One assailant came with a large stone in each hand and another with a revolver, threatening death unless their money was produced. The priest in each instance ejected his visitor by personal force.

--Last year a conference of leading Baptists from different parts of the country was held in relation to co-operation by the denomination with the American Bible Society. Upon the understanding that the clause in the by-laws of that society which alienated Baptist support in 1836 and since, had been left out in the recent revision by the Board of Managers, the gentlemen of the conference regarded a renewal of the co-operation of Baptists with the society very favorably. But it seems that the objectionable clause concerning versions made by foreign missionaries has been retained by the Committee on Versions, and the Examiner and Chronicle calls for a halt, until the course of the society has been definitely decided upon.

Secular News.

—A new Turkish Cabinet has lately been formed.

—The phylloxera has made its appearance in Spain.

—There is fair prospect now that slavery will be abolished in Cuba.

—A snow storm visited Aberdeen, Scotland, before the harvest was completed.

—The revolutionists in Durango, Mexico, have been defeated and dispersed.

—House robbers in Kennett, Chester Co., Pa., rifled a safe, Nov. 5, obtaining $300,000.

—A train between Venable and Lyons, France, was delayed by a snow storm, Nov. 5.

—The English government is sending soldiers to Ireland, on account of tenant difficulties.

—The Empress Carlotta, the unfortunate widow of Maximillian, is recovering from her derangement.

—Heavy floods have occurred in the Island of Jamaica, and nearly one hundred persons have been drowned.

—The total loss by the floods in Spain is ascertained to be 3,500 houses and 120 mills. Loss of property estimated $12,000,000.

—A little colored boy, eight years of age, has been sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, in Memphis, Tenn., for stealing candy!

—Upper Silesia, Schwarzburg, and other parts of the Prussian Empire are threatened with famine, in consequence of a bad harvest.

—Sir Francis Hincks, one of the directors of the Consolidated Bank of Montreal, has been found guilty of signing false returns to the government.

In order to neutralize the stronghold of Belfort, on the French frontier, a fortified camp is to be constructed at New Breisach, near the left bank of the Rhine.

—The "oldest inhabitant" gives it up. A snow storm blockaded the railroads in New England, Nov. 3. Ice formed in all parts of Memphis the same date.

—A Chicago firm "failed" for about $1,000,000, which is taken as evidence that times are not so good yet, but the creditors claim crookedness in the transaction.

—In New York city there are wills on file in Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, French, German, Russian, and many other languages, and recently one was filed in Chinese.

—Accounts have been received from St. Petersburg of the reappearance of the plague, which is not widespread, but is sufficiently serious to demand preventive measures.

—It is said that Prince Jerome Bonaparte has devised "a new departure" to raise his fortunes in France. He is coming up as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic.

—The past week has brought more than the usual number of horrors, such as a father murdering the whole family, and children murdering parents, and suicides are fearfully common.

—After settling the estate of Mark Hopkins of San Francisco, it was discovered that $5,000,000 in government bonds, and $300,000 in gold in the Treasury, had been overlooked; but the heirs did not miss that sum.

—The depreciation of wheat land in Napa county may be realized in the fact that an 80-acre field at Yountville, raised in 1860 2,800 bags of wheat. Now an average yield is 700 or 800, and it has run as low as 600.

—The recent elections in Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, and local elections in Illinois, were all triumphs to the Republicans. Maryland and Illinois Democratic, with talk of contesting the latter State for foul play.

—A Berlin paper accuses Russia of complicity in the latest troubles in Afghanistan. Papers found in Cabul, it says, disclosed the fact that Russian influence is active in Afghanistan against England, and some papers seriously compromise the Government at St. Petersburg.

—The Eastern States must not have the credit of all the hard weather, as the following shows:—"Elias Gibson informs the Downieville (Cal.) Messenger that he left Gibsonville on snowshoes, the snow being about 30 inches deep, or thereabouts. There has not been such a storm at this time of the year for the past ten years."

—A dispatch dated New York, Nov. 4, says: Sailing vessels which arrived this morning looked as if they had received a severe handling by the recent cyclone which swept the coast. Sails were in rags, and the vessels had generally a battered appearance. The oldest captains state that they never experienced a fiercer gale. The injury to shipping has been great.

—All accounts from Constantinople unite in testifying to the consternation prevailing in the Palace and at the Porte, at the steps taken by the British Ambassador. A St. Petersburg writer says that if the Sultan removes Mahmoud Medim Pasha, Minister of the Interior, and other Ministers, in consequence of the menacing position of the Beaconsfield Government, it would be a diplomatic defeat for Russia difficult to support. To prevent this, by sustaining the Sultan in his present choice of Ministers, as a counter demonstration in a military direction by Russia, might be considered necessary. Germany and Austria are also watching movements with anxiety. It is not probable that difficulty will arise at present, but the news is interesting as showing how easily a crisis may be brought on in Europe.

A Good Prayer-Meeting.

By Editor

Dr. Cuyler is a thoughtful, plain-speaking man. His communications to the press are among the most valuable to be found. Under the head of "Prayer-Meetings—Marred or Mended," he writes a good article in the Independent, from which we take the following:—

"It commonly requires the presence of several sensible people to make a good prayer-meeting; but it is in the power of one or two weak-headed and troublesome people to mar it most wretchedly. Certainly persons of this kind will come into a meeting as moths fly into a candle. They stick there like the moth; but, instead of being scorched to death, they nearly extinguish the meeting. Now, it is the imperative duty of the pastor, or of the conductor of the meeting, to deal with such brethren most frankly. If self-conceit makes the brother so troublesome, then that self-conceit should be kindly rebuked. If he offend ignorantly, then his ignorance should be kindly corrected. The man who has not enough sense or conscience to take a wise hint gratefully will never be of any value to a devotional meeting."

California Seaman's Mission.

By Barbara C. Stickney

At the time of our last camp-meeting, there were $9.55 in coin contributed to the Seaman's Mission, besides quite a quantity of jewelry and other valuable articles. The jewelry has just been disposed of, and its value, after being assayed, amounted to $27.90.

There has been considerable work done in this part of our missionary field recently, in the distribution of reading matter, etc., and it constitutes a very important part of the missionary work in this State. Of course the expenses have been in proportion to the amount of work accomplished, and the present indebtedness of this Mission to the Cal. T. and M. Society amounts to $228.72. This account is kept separately from that of the Districts, and we hope to see our brethren, all over the State, take an active interest in this work.

The important truths connected with our work must go to all nations of the earth, and there can be no more potent means of accomplishing this, than in placing our publications on board the ships and steamers lying almost at our door; for they visit nearly every portion of the civilized world.

Barbara C. Stickney.

A Hard Storm.

By Editor

THE night of Nov. 8, and all day the 9th, there was a heavy storm on the Pacific Coast. It caused a lively time in San Francisco Bay. Much of the shipping was moved, and many vessels damaged. The new telegraph cable was dragged away by the dragging of anchors. News has not yet been received from much of the coast, but as far as heard from some disasters are reported.

A Smoke Consumer.

THE world of science is discussing the subject of "a smoke consumer" for the benefit of manufacturing cities which are troubled with an excess of smoke from the chimneys. We hope American genius may succeed in perfecting such an instrument. And if it can be made to consume tobacco smoke, so as to relieve us of this pest in public places, we shall vote the inventor a perpetual "royalty." We would be glad to see one put up at the corral on the Oakland wharf.

Questions.

1. WHAT is the name of the pope who was taken prisoner by the French in 1798?

2. What is the name of the Roman soldier who plowed up the court of the temple at Jerusalem?

ANS. 1. Pius VI., (Cardinal Braschi).

2. Terentius Rufus was the Roman General who dug up the foundation of the temple.

Chico, Cal.

By J. D. Rice; R. A. Morton

JUST as we go to press we receive the following cheering report:—

We have been holding meetings here in the large tent for five weeks with a good attendance; as the result, thirty-two have signed the covenant, and others are interested. There is much work yet to do, and we expect to keep up the tent the remainder of this month. Pray for us that we may be able to accomplish the will of the Lord in this place.

Nov. 9, 1879.

Vile Forgery.

By Editor

THE following is going the rounds of the papers:—

“Gladstone writes as follows in answer to a total abstinence appeal: ‘I am opposed to coffee palaces. I believe they are more deteriorating than rum shops. The stimulating properties of tea or coffee are greater and more injurious than malt liquors.’”

Mr. Gladstone has pronounced it a forgery, and declares himself decidedly against malt liquors. The item was manufactured to give the liquor trade the benefit of the influence of the name of the eminent statesman.

Speculation.

The San Francisco Alta says, on the "Science of Manipulation":—

"Probably one silver mine in one hundred opened in Nevada, at a cost of $10,000 or more, has paid a dividend; one of 500 has paid more than has been expended on it. Assuming that these figures are correct, the stockholders have suffered in 499 cases, though probably in at least 300 of these cases the trustees, or some of them, make profits by selling stock more than sufficient to pay all assessments upon their shares. They acted in accordance with common custom in their line of business when they took advantage of the information which came to them exclusively in consequence of their position, and bought or sold without letting the stockholders or general public know what they were doing.

"This system may be entirely satisfactory to the insider, but is detrimental to genuine mining enterprise. The directors who look to the 'manipulation'—that's the genteel word—of the stock, keep on at work expending large sums without caring much whether there is any good prospect of finding ore or not; and, as a matter of fact, not less than $75,000,000 collected by assessments in San Francisco within the last seventeen years, have been expended in places where economical mine managers would not have spent a cent."

These are well-known facts, and yet buying stocks is one of the commonest methods of throwing away money in San Francisco, even by poor people who need the money thus wasted.

North Pacific T. and M. Society

Gladstone thinks too much has been made of the alliance between Germany and Austria, as Bismarck will break it if his interest leads so, as readily as he has other stipulations!

North Pacific T. and M. Society.

REPORT for the quarter ending Sep. 30, 1879:

DISTRICTS	1	2	3	Total.
No. of Members	75	26	51	152
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“ added			5	5
“ Families Visited		18	56	74
“ Letters Written		10	54	64
“ Signs taken in Clubs			10	10
“ New subscribers obtained—
For Review			3	3
“ Instructor			3	3
“ Signs
“ Good Health
“ other periodicals			3	3
“ Pages Pamphlets loaned		6188	788	6976
“ Pages Tracts given away	1089	4146	7397	12632
“ Periodicals Distributed		150	400	147

MONEY RECEIVED.

DISTRICTS	1	3	Total.
Received by Donations & Membership	$7 40	$16 40	$23 80
“ “ Periodicals			41 50
Total receipts			$65 30

WM. LEAVITT, Sec.

Oakland Ferry.

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO BE MADE—FIFTEEN MINUTE TRIPS.

THE task of filling in the wharf of the Oakland ferry to the old Cohen landing, started some two months since by the Central Pacific Railroad Co., is progressing rapidly, and already nearly 100,000 cubic yards of rock and adobe, taken from one of the Contra Costa hills, near Niles, has been dumped into the bay. It is estimated that 1,000,000 cubic yards will be required to fill in to the old Cohen landing, which is about a mile out from Oakland Point. The work is a gigantic one, and is of the utmost importance to Oakland. A space wide enough to lay six tracks will be made, thus doing away with Long Wharf, and rendering railroad travel from the ferry perfectly safe. Upon the end of this rocky peninsula the company proposes to erect a large depot. The bottom of the bay up to the old Cohen landing will be dredged out so that the ferry steamers may go to it instead of landing where they do at present. The work of filling in, will require a year of work yet. As soon as the landing is completed the Railroad Company expects to run boats across the bay every fifteen minutes, in order to accommodate the fast increasing travel to Oakland and Alameda.

Appointments

By John Harvey Waggoner

OAKLAND—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, corner of Thirteenth and Clay streets, every Sabbath (Saturday) at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer-meeting every Tuesday evening at 7:30. Sabbath-school at 9:30 o'clock Sabbath morning.

SAN FRANCISCO—Services at the Seventh-day Adventist church, on Laguna street, between Tyler and McAllister, every Sabbath (Saturday), at 11 A. M., and Sunday evening at 7:30. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:30. The Hayes Valley cars of Market street and the Lone Mountain cars of the Central railroad, cross Laguna street near the church.

OAKLAND—The first and third Sabbath, and the second and fourth Sunday evening of each month.

SAN FRANCISCO—The second and fourth Sabbath and the first and third Sunday evenings of each month. J. H. WAGGONER.

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By Editor

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