p. 573 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 36. (9/16/1889)

The Home Circle.

By Observer

"I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS."

WHEN petty cares my heart oppress With all their weary bitterness, And all my soul seems growing A home where low ambitions dwell, Where envy lurks, suspicions swell, I lift my eyes unto the hills And dream of wild flowers blowing!

Of happy fields where golden-rod And sweet pale asters sway and nod 'Mid graceful, waving grasses; Where tender leaves are floated down, And fleecy clouds are lightly blown, And care and doubt are put to rout By every wind that passes.

Once more I breathe, my soul expands, And stretches upward yearning hands With love and longing glowing; It climbs the steepest mountain height, Beyond the clouds that dim our sight, And reaches the eternal hills, Where flowers for aye are blowing.

O toilers on life's arid plain, Beset by disappointment's pain, Where tears are ever flowing Lift up your eyes, your help is there, Where all is strong and pure and fair; For God's own thought is crystallized In every wild flower blowing. —Observer.

THE CIGARETTE ABOMINATION.

THE evils of cigarette smoking are forcibly portrayed by the following from N. Y. Times:—

"It is outrageous, sir, and I am surprised that the press does not make war upon the manufacturers." Thus spoke a Broadway dealer in smokers' goods to a Times reporter who had dropped into the store for a cigar and casually referred to the cigarette trade. The criticism had reference to the practice of offering premiums that enticed boys to excessive cigarette smoking. It sounded oddly—a dealer practically condemning a profitable branch of his trade.

"Yes," said he, "there is no question that demands more public attention than the prevailing methods of cigarette manufacturers to foster and stimulate cigarette smoking among children. Every possible device has been employed to interest the juvenile mind, notably the lithograph album. This can only be obtained by a requisite number of vouchers that the applicant has purchased so many hundred cigarettes. At the office of the leading factory in this city you can see, any Saturday afternoon, a crowd of children with vouchers clamoring for the reward of self-inflicted injury."

"The prize is nothing but a picture-book given in exchange for certificates, but these certificates show that an equal number of cigarettes has been purchased, presumably by the child at the expense of its mental, moral, and physical condition. Twelve different albums are now offered as prizes for smoking certain brands of cigarettes. Many a boy under twelve years is striving for the entire collection, which necessitates the consumption of nearly twelve thousand cigarettes. He will become demoralized, and possibly dishonest, to accomplish his purpose."

Health and Temperance.

THE NEW ELIXIR.

THE Medical Record of New York, in an editorial by Dr. George F. Shardy, denounces the Brown-Sequard elixir as the foolish conceit of an old man in whose mind the dreams of returning youth had assumed the counterfeit of reality. Dr. Shardy says the method prescribed in relation to the elixir is on its face preposterous, and its vaunted effects impossible and ridiculous. It is opposed to all known physiological and biological laws, and had it not been bolstered up by the reputation of Brown-Sequard it would scarce have been heard of outside of the Paris society where it was proposed. Along with this editorial is an article entitled, "An Experimental Study of the Brown-Sequard Theory," by the eminent physician, Dr. Henry Loomis, in which he reviews all the cases on which he has tried the fluid in Bellevue hospital, to each of which is added a comment to the effect that there has been no improvement or that the improvement has not been permanent. In one case the treatment was injurious.

HOT MILK AS A STIMULANT.

MRS. HAYES always declared that a perfectly adequate substitute for liquor when needed as a stimulant could be found in hot milk, and after any cold or wetting she gave this in place of wine or whisky which others would have considered necessary. This is, by the way, a custom of Mrs. Cleveland's also, who discovered, after the fatigues of the many long and wearisome receptions she was obliged to go through, standing for hours on her feet and shaking hands with hundreds of people, that nothing would restore her so quickly as a cupful of boiling milk in little sips as hot as it possibly could be taken. The Washington girls caught the idea from her, and finding how quickly it helped them after a hard day of calls and social duties, they began to substitute it for the various malt preparations they had been in the habit of taking, or the hot wine and water which their maids usually administered when they came in too tired to dress for their next engagement.—New York World.

ABOUT COLOR BLINDNESS.

Mr. Hughes relates that while acting as assistant engineer on the Granton railway he frequently returned on one of the engines from Granton to Edinburgh. On these occasions he observed that, although his undivided attention was directed toward the signal lamps, the lights of which were visible to him a long way off, he could not, till he was close to them, tell whether they were red or green. These are the two colors most commonly confused, but happily, they are visible to the majority of color blind persons when strongly illuminated. Railway guards, therefore, are less liable to mistakes by night than by day. Inability to discern any colors at all is very rare, and, in fact, has never been satisfactorily proved. A color blind person may have as good a sight in other ways as anybody else. The defect is not occasioned by any disease in the eye, but seems to have its origin in the brain. A red-green blind person sees only two colors on the spectrum; all the colors on the side of the red (warm colors) are confused together, and all on the side of the violet (cold colors), but the warm and the cold are never confused. Yellow is the one color which is always distinguishable. It is a curious fact that color blindness is often associated with a corresponding inability to distinguish musical sounds.—Medical Register.

News and Notes.

RELIGIOUS.

—The Baptists have ten chapels in Rome.

—There are thirteen classes of Baptists, who number in all, 4,078,589 communicants.

—It is stated by a German paper that 363 Jews were converted to Christianity at Vienna last year.

—The Pope of Rome has received 60,000 telegrams of condolence and sympathy over the Bruno monument affair.

—There are 10,000 sons and daughters of Protestants in the United States who are pupils of Romish educational institutions.

—There are three Protestant churches in Lisbon, Portugal, and the pastors of all three were formerly Roman Catholic priests.

—Of the 799 men who have been educated at Spurgeon's Pastors' College during the thirty-six years of its history, six hundred are active pastors.

—The king of Siam has recently donated one of the royal palaces, together with its extensive grounds and buildings, to the use of the American Presbyterian Mission.

—A Methodist church in Denver, Col., has in its audience room two boxes, similar to those in theaters, for the special convenience of invalids and those who take small children to church.

—In fourteen years 700 Protestant chapels have been built in Madagascar, making the present number 1,200. There are 250,000 communicants, and nearly 1,000 schools, with 100,000 native children attending them.

—Good work beyond doubt must be credited to the Medical Missionary Society of China. In Canton, during the past year, the society attended to 39,442 cases and performed 2,839 surgical operations, at an expense of only $4,637.

—How well the orthodox Friends, "says the Philadelphia Ledger," attend to educational interests is shown by their report that of 791 children of school age in the Yearly Meeting, more than 600 are educated in Friends' schools.

—A census was lately taken of the attendance at Episcopal and Non-conforming churches in Wales, with the result that 86,438 were found in the churches of the Establishment and 317,078 in the various Non-conformist places of worship.

—The Baptist churches in Rangoon, India, having seen an account of the need of a chapel in Hammerfest, Norway, near the Arctic Circle, took up a collection for their European brethren and sent $66.38 as their contribution to Norway.

SECULAR.

—Since June 3, the national debt has increased $7,094,003.

—The Pennsylvania Railroad has just let a contract for 5,000 freight cars.

—Work has been begun in China on the railroad from Peking to Hankow.

—An unknown woman committed suicide by going over Niagara Falls, September 5.

—In the United States the telephone is used 595 times, the telegraph 136, during each minute of the day.

—The full-rigged British ship Bay of Naples loaded with petroleum burned in New York Bay the 3d inst.

—It has been definitely decided by the President and his cabinet not to call an extra session of Congress.

—Of 1,850 arrests made by the police of San Francisco, Cal., during the month of August, 875 were for drunkenness.

—T. B. Musgrave, a prominent broker of New York City, failed September 3. His losses will reach $1,000,000.

—Cholera is raging at Bagdad and Bussorah. Orders have been given to place military cordons around the towns.

—In Montenegro a famine is threatened, owing to the failure of the crops, an endemic disease is now extensively prevalent.

—It is rumored that an alliance between France and Russia will be formally announced sometime during the coming spring.

—It is reported that foreign scientists have discovered minute diamonds in meteorites found in Siberia.

—The government of San Salvador has obtained a loan of $1,500,000 in London, for the purpose of extending its railway system.

—The African Methodist Church is advising the colored people of the South to make a general exodus to the Northwestern States.

—The proposed State constitution of Wyoming Territory is modeled after that of Pennsylvania, but grants women the right of suffrage.

—The London strike has caused several hundred men at Boston to be thrown out of work on account of light cargoes by returning vessels.

—The whole value of the yearly exports and imports of Africa is estimated at the enormous sum of $375,000,000, and it is rapidly increasing.

—A man in Tennessee recently, who had never been in a railroad car before, became so excited over his first ride that he fell dead in his seat.

—There are 3,200,000 bushels of peanuts consumed in this country every year. They come chiefly from Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

—The circulation of the Paris Figaro of August 31 was suppressed throughout Germany on account of an article insulting to Emperor William.

—There are no laundries in Paris, the clothes being sent by train loads into the country and washed in the rivers by the unaided hands of women.

—The Mount Morgan mine, Queensland, is now paying dividends at the rate of $500,000 per month, with a probability of a continuance for a long period.

—The town of Tlacolula, Mexico, has been entirely destroyed by floods. Telegraphic communication is suspended, and there is great distress all through the flooded district.

—A severe shock of earthquake was experienced in Erzeroum, Asiatic Turkey, September 1. The village of Kentzork was ingulfed by lava and 136 persons lost their lives.

—It is reported that dispatches recently received by the Canadian Government state that England refuses to allow her Pacific squadron to interfere in the Behring Sea difficulty.

—A terrible explosion is reported from a coal mine in Mid-Lothian, Scotland, under date of September 5. More than sixty miners were at work in the pit at the time, and none escaped.

—The national flag will hereafter be hoisted daily upon every Federal building in the United States, from the hours of nine o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon.

—In the cases of fifteen men arrested at Kansas City, Mo., for violating the Sunday law, Judge Boland decided on the 26th ult., that the law was unconstitutional. The city attorney appealed.

—The northern as well as the southern embankments of the Yellow River have given way again, and about half of the lowland on both sides of the river from Chinan-fu to the sea is under water.

—The State of Virginia holds a mortgage of $120,000 against the White House at Washington, D. C. Although the pledge was given in the time of George Washington, the government does not deny the debt.

—Phillipopolis exports rose water and other perfumes to the value of $275,000 yearly. Rose-leaf jam is a favorite preserve in all the Danubian countries, but especially in Roumania, where roses grow by the million.

—Several lives were lost in the recent forest fires in Montana, and the village of Barker was entirely consumed. Fortunately a heavy rainstorm extinguished the flames in the mountains and the danger is now past.

—Brooklyn can boast of having the largest bread bakery in the world. It employs nearly 400 men, and turns out 70,000 loaves of bread per day. This represents a consumption of 300 barrels of flour besides other ingredients.

—The great London strike still continues at this writing, and it certainly looks as though the dock owners must eventually yield. The demands of the strikers are eminently just, and should have been granted as soon as made.

—The cotton crop of the present season is estimated at 8,000,000 bales, worth nearly $400,000,000, or five times the value of all the gold and silver produced in the United States in one year.—The Rand-McNally Bankers' Monthly.

—Legitimé, the deposed Haytian president, arrived in New York the 5th inst. He gave a full account of events which led to the late war in Hayti, and said that he retired from the country in order to avoid further bloodshed.

—The largest gold bar ever cast in the world was recently turned out at the branch United States Mint at Helena, Montana. Its weight is nearly 500 pounds avoirdupois, and its value is over $100,000.

—Laird, Norton & Company's lumber yard at Winona, Minn., was destroyed by fire the 5th inst. 22,000,000 feet of lumber and 7,000,000 shingles were burned, together with warehouses and other property. The total loss is over $300,000.

—The reports of the heads of the different departments of the New York City Post-Office show that the total receipts of the office during the past year were $5,430,170 and the total expenditures, $2,033,187, giving a net revenue to the government of $3,396,983.

—The steamship Ancon, the last of the side-wheel steamers on the Pacific Coast, ran upon a reef in Naha Bay, Alaska, August 28, and was totally wrecked. The passengers were saved, together with most of the cargo. The vessel was valued at $100,000. No insurance.

—Morales, the noted outlaw who has been committing such depredations on the Pacific Coast, was slightly wounded by an officer at Santa Ana, Cal., the 5th inst., but managed to make his escape. He was subsequently captured five miles from the town of Long Beach in Los Angeles County.

—A terrible wind and thunder-storm passed over North Dakota and portions of Minnesota the night of the 3d inst., leveling telegraph wires and doing other damages. A decided fall in temperature resulted and quite wintry weather with occasional frosts has been reported from the Northwest since then.

—The Pacific Mail steamer City of Rio de Janeiro arrived at San Francisco September 7, bringing Hongkong news to August 12 and Yokohama advices to August 21. There has been a constant succession of earthquake shocks in Kumamota, the chief scene of the great disaster in July, as many as 200 being recorded in one week.

—John L. Sullivan has, it is stated, announced his intention to run for Congress. It is his ambition to represent the Boston district. He will run as a Democrat. His election would be a lasting disgrace not only to the party which should espouse his cause and to the district which should elect him, but to the country at large.

—Graham, who successfully made the trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in a barrel of his own construction recently, is reported to have gone over Niagara Falls the 2d inst., in the same apparatus. The story is discredited by many, although a number of people testify to it as witnesses. Graham says he will go over again if anyone will raise a purse large enough to justify him in doing so.

—September 7 a great fire occurred in Antwerp, Belgium. The fire was occasioned by an explosion in a powder magazine belonging to a merchant, who had recently purchased 40,000,000 old cartridges, intending to sell the powder. His work people, over one hundred in number, more than half of them being women, were occupied in the task of opening these cartridges when the explosion took place. To what it was due there is very little hope of discovering, for not one of the employees has as yet been found alive. Almost every window in the city was broken by the force of this explosion. Probably over two hundred lives were lost. The catastrophe is said to have been indirectly due to political spite, the Clerical Provincial Council having permitted the fatal cartridge factory to be set in operation in the city merely because the Liberal Town Council objected.

Obituary.

By E. P. Naylor

DAVIDSON.—Died in Ukiah, Cal., August 27, 1889, of quick consumption, Sister Mabel Davidson, wife of Wm. Davidson. Sister Davidson was born in Nevada, May 29, 1867, from which State she moved with her parents, Brother Joseph and Sister Mary Nowdesha, to California, where she heard and accepted present truth. During her brief but severe illness, she was not heard to complain. She expressed a desire to attend the coming camp-meeting, and judging from her life in the past, we have strong hope of her having a part in the first resurrection. The sudden blow falls with crushing weight upon the husband and her father's family. Two little ones are rendered motherless. An exhortation to lead lives of devotion to the Master, with words of comfort to the bereaved, were spoken by Rev. P. B. Jackson, Methodist South. We hope to meet in the world where—

"No parted friends O'er mournful recollections have to weep, No bed of death enduring love attends, To watch the coming of the pulseless sleep."

E. P. NAYLOR.

DEFENSE OF PROF. A. T. JONES AND DR. E. J. WAGGONER, together with the REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION

By Editor

The above is a fac-simile of the first cover page 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.

A GOOD WORD FOR "FATHERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH."

THE following appeared among the book reviews in the Christian at Work of August 22, 1889:—

"This little volume is properly an account of the rise of the Papal Church built on the foundation of the so-called Fathers, the heathen philosopher Plato being the chief corner-stone. It shows how these Fathers, Irenæus, Justin Martyr, Ignatius, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Tertullian, and so on to the end, were so full of error and the teachings of heathen philosophy, and so misrepresented and perverted Christian truth as to degrade and bring it down to the level of the heathen philosophy of their time. To those familiar with the writings of the Fathers this might hardly seem necessary. But this work is designed especially for people who have not the time nor the means to become thoroughly informed in matters of church history, and also for such who, even though they be well-read, cannot carry a theological library with them from which to quote when they feel it necessary. In his manner of grouping subjects the author is quite effective, and throughout he writes with a bold and trenchant pen. Some will no doubt disagree with some of his points, but even they will respect the vigor and evident candor with which he enforces his convictions. We commend the book to our readers as one worthy of their attention and one from which they may gather much that is suggestive and instructive."

NOTICE TO MISSIONARY WORKERS.

By Editor

PLEASE stop sending the SIGNS to any of the following names, as this office has received notice that the papers are refused, unclaimed, or sent to the wrong post-office:—

Capt. A. H. Shoemaker, Fred E. Thompson, A. J. Kimble, Rev. W. E. Barker, Mrs. H. A. Cole, Mrs. Amble (Toronto), Mary Jarrod, L. L. Howe, Imma Crandall, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Martha Macomber, Mary Remfree, Simon Shively, Wm. Howard, Judge Carby or Carley, John Stiles, E. W. Reynolds, Mrs. B. E. Prentice, Mrs. Peter Beintz, H. A. Parsons.

News and Notices

By Editor

THE permanent address of Elder G. K. Owen is 35 Carr Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

THE address of Elder E. A. Briggs during the Oakland camp-meeting, is Oakland, Cal., care of Pacific Press.

MR. WILLIAM GNASH, of Reece, Kansas, is very desirous of information concerning his son, Stephen J. Gnash, of whom he has heard nothing for some years. He describes his son as being about thirty years of age, of dark complexion and blue eyes. When he last heard from him he was near Leadville, Col. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received by his father.

WE regret to learn that Mr. Eugene A. Browne, editor of our interesting little contemporary, Moral and Scientific Companion, of Florence, Arizona Territory, has been suffering from a broken limb—leg, we presume—and in consequence was unable to issue his July number. But the editor's energy is not broken. Being unable to get compositors, he set the type for the August number while reclining in a chair, the printing being done by the press-boy of another office after hours. It takes trouble and difficulties to develop men. Editor Browne is evidently made of good stuff. His position on the proposed Sunday law is also an indication in the right direction.

NUMBER 19 of the Sentinel Library is now ready. This issue contains the charges of Rev. W. F. Crafts against Elders A. T. Jones and E. J. Waggoner, editors of the American Sentinel, their reply to Mr. Crafts, the report of the committee on the investigation of these charges, and the decision of the Oakland church to which the above editors belong. Some may think that there has been unnecessary delay, but the committee, in whose hands it was, have worked diligently. Thorough investigation, and correspondence with parties at a distance, have made all delay unavoidable. All orders now in, as well as those that may come, will be promptly filled. For price and other particulars see notice on the 15th page.

THE St. Louis Christian Advocate prints the following:—

Commend us to the Young People's Association of a third-class church for whatever is nonsensical in the way of raising money. A church near by—we will not say of what denomination—has such an association, and the young people are to have a money-making gathering soon.

"Refreshments will be served in the nature of a 'lemon party,' every possible thing being lemon in color and flavor. Admission will be by a lemon."

It makes one question whether religion has any serious and devout uses, or whether it is simply to get up fun for the young people.

Such ways are not only nonsensical but they are absolutely wicked, and mark those who countenance them as belonging to the class described by the apostle in 2 Tim. 3: 1-5; they are "lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God."

BROTHER ALONZO T. JONES has accepted a challenge from Rev. Geo. W. Bothwell, A.M., D.D., a Congregational minister of Oakland, Cal., to discuss the merits of the petition which is now being circulated by the American Sabbath Union and others for a "Sunday-rest bill." The following resolution and petition form the basis of the debate:—

Resolved, That the following petition ought to prevail:—

"To the United States Senate:

"The undersigned, adult residents of the United States, 21 years of age or more, hereby petition your honorable body to pass a bill forbidding, in the Nation's mail and military service, and in interstate commerce, and in the District of Columbia and the Territories, all Sunday traffic and work, except works of religion and works of real necessity and mercy, and such private work by those who observe another day as will neither interfere with the general rest nor with public worship."

Geo. W. Bothwell affirms, A. T. Jones denies.

This debate will be held in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, corner Twelfth and Brush Streets, Oakland, Cal., commencing Monday evening, September 16, and continuing from three to five evenings.

The workers' meeting, in connection with the camp-meeting, commences the 18th. We would suggest to those who expect to attend the workers' meeting that they come two days earlier, and thus have the privilege of attending the discussion clear through. Every person, but especially those who expect to labor in a public manner, ought to have a good understanding of this subject, and no better opportunity could be offered than the present. We trust that there will be a good attendance. Tents can be pitched on the camp-ground, so that the only expense will be for board.

THE OAKLAND CHURCH SCHOOL.

By C. H. Jones

FOR over three years the question of establishing a church school has been agitated here in Oakland. Not because we have no good public schools, for we feel that Oakland is specially favored in this respect, but because parents have felt the need of their children having religious instruction interwoven with the teaching of the sciences. Accordingly, when the plans were submitted for a new church building, the wants of such a school were taken into consideration, and suitable rooms provided on the first floor. But it was not until this summer that things began to take definite shape.

On Thursday evening, July 2, at a special meeting of the church, called to consider this question, after thorough discussion, resolutions were adopted favoring the opening of a kindergarten and primary class at once. A School Board, consisting of five persons, was also elected at this meeting, "whose duty it should be to procure teachers, prescribe a course of study, provide means of support, and have the general management of the school interest." The Board at once entered upon the duties assigned them, and Monday, September 2, everything was in readiness.

In fitting up the rooms, providing material and appliances for the kindergarten department, and in all the arrangements, the Board has endeavored to have everything first-class. Other schools have been visited, and the good things of all, so far as possible, have been combined and brought into this school, until we think we can safely say that we have the pleasantest rooms, the best appliances, and the most suitable furniture of any school of this grade in the city.

On Monday, September 2, the school was formally opened, with an attendance of forty-two, including a corps of five teachers. Many others expect to join the school immediately after the camp-meeting, and in the course of a few months we confidently expect that the membership will be largely increased. The school has been divided into four grades, viz., Kindergarten, Primary, Intermediate, and Grammar. Special attention will be given to Bible study and religious instruction, and this will be a special feature of the school. The teachers themselves are devoted Christians, and understand from experience what this work is.

The evening classes, which were started in connection with the Pacific Press last January, will hereafter be under the management of the School Board, thus uniting our entire school interests here in Oakland. From eighty to one hundred have attended these classes in the past, and we trust that when they are re-organized, which will be immediately after the camp-meeting, a much larger number will attend. Classes will be formed in reading and spelling, penmanship, arithmetic, grammar, book-keeping, and stenography.

We feel that the hand of the Lord has been in the work thus far, and, by his continued help and blessing, we confidently expect it will succeed.

C. H. JONES.

REMAINING CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1889.

By Editor

[A star (*) indicates that the meetings thus marked will be preceded by a worker's meeting.]

*Tenessee, Nashville, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1 *California (general), Oakland, " 25 to " 7 California, Arroyo Grande, Oct. 22-29

SPECIAL NOTICE.

By C. H. Jones

THE San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad has finally consented to sell round-trip tickets from Ukiah and Guerneville to those who wish to attend the camp-meeting at Oakland. The schedule now stands as follows:—

From Ukiah to San Francisco and return, $4 50 Cloverdale “ “ “ “ 3 00 Guerneville “ “ “ “ 2 50 Healdsburg “ “ “ “ 2 25 Santa Rosa “ “ “ “ 1 50 Petaluma “ “ “ “ 1 00

Call for camp-meeting tickets, which will be on sale at all the above-named stations from September 14 to October 8. These tickets must be counter-signed by the Secretary of the Conference on the camp-ground, and will entitle the holder to return at any time up to and including October 14, 1889.

The Southern Pacific Company has also granted a reduction in fare on the Coast Division of their line, as well as on all other branches.

For further particulars see notice on page 15 of No. 34 of the present volume of the SIGNS.

C. H. JONES.

NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

By William Warren Prescott

ALL Seventh-day Adventist teachers not at present employed in any of our own schools, are requested to send their names and addresses to the undersigned, stating age, experience, present employment, and other facts which would aid him in preparing a teachers' directory. A prompt response to this request will be greatly appreciated.

Address, W. W. PRESCOTT. Battle Creek, Mich.