p. 368 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 2, No. 46. (11/16/1876)

SECULAR NEWS.

—The production of California wine last year exceeded 8,000,000 gallons.

—The greatest depth of the Pacific Ocean between California and China is only about two and a half miles.

—During the month of October sixty-eight small-pox patients were received at the hospital in San Francisco. And since the 19th of May the entire number of deaths is 286.

—An English lady, Miss Paget, has invented a machine, worked by hand or by a treadle, for painting large surfaces. A large ship-building-firm on the Thames is giving it a trial.

—A baby recently christened at Newport wore $5000 worth of diamonds and a robe that cost $3000. Unless the poor child has inherited some brains from its grandparents, the little head must be woefully empty.—Quincy Patriot.

—The Black Hills Mining Company's quartz mill commenced operations Oct. 16. On the following day they ran through seven tons of ore from the hidden treasure lode, which cleaned up $5,000. Gulch mining is still in operation, and quartz mining showing better results every day.

—The incomes of the principal European crowned heads are as follows: Czar of Russia, $25,000 a day; Sultan of Turkey, $18,000; Emperor of Austria, $10,000; Emperor of Germany, $8200; King of Italy, $6440; Queen of England, $6720; King of the Belgians, $1643; President of the French Republic, $500. The salary of the President of the United States is $137 per day.

—Advices from the city of Mexico to the 29th ultimo report that Lerdo has been re-elected President by 131 to 45. The Pronunciados are throwing down their arms in various directions. Their resources are all exhausted and the final collapse is expected. Oaxaca still gives trouble, but General Díaz and his followers are compelled to keep in the mountains and are afraid to meet the Government troops.

—Sitting Bull is now a good Indian. He sent word to Fort Peck that he wanted to come home. He pines for the “Great Father’s” pork and beans. His blanket is worn thin and he wants a new one. Also some more cartridges. The agent at Fort Peck has instructions to welcome him, should he come. There are enough officers there to court-martial and hang him. Mr. Bull will be very hungry before he rises to that fly.—Interior.

—Mr. Tweed’s arrest promises to lead to good results. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain proposes negotiations for an extradition treaty with the United States. A dispatch from Madrid, Nov. 12, states that the matter of the extradition treaty came up in the Cortes yesterday. The Minister of Foreign affairs in replying to a question said that the Spanish Government had authorized the extradition of Tweed as a return for the courtesy displayed by the government of the United States in similar cases.

—A Times special from Rome states that Cardinal Antonelli was transacting business with the Pope, Sunday, the 5th, when he was seized with a severe attack of gout in the chest. He was immediately taken to his room but died at 7:15 Monday morning shortly after sending a message to the Pope asking for his blessing and imploring pardon for all faults he might have committed during his administration. The fortune left by the Cardinal will be divided among the members of his family. His fine collections of gems, antiquities, works of art, etc., are bequeathed to the Vatican Museum.”

LONDON, NOVEMBER 12.—A dispatch from Calcutta to the Times says: It is reported that 20,000 persons perished in the cyclone of October 31st, and some estimates place the loss of lives as high as 40,000. In the town of Burrishol, capital of the Bakergunge district, 3000 houses were leveled with the earth. Letters from survivors report that a great wave 9 feet deep swept over the large island of Dakhin Shahbozpore. The whole of Eastern Bengal appeared to suffer severely from the cyclone. Calcutta narrowly escaped. Reports of the famine from Bombay are worse. A water famine is feared in some districts.

—A case of almost complete preservation of a corpse for thirty-six years comes from Cincinnati. The body of Mrs. Amanda Everett, who died in that city in 1840, was buried in the Methodist Protestant Cemetery in Avondale, in a black walnut coffin, enclosed in a stone sarcophagus. In accordance with the desire of a relative, the body was exhumed for the purpose of re-interment elsewhere. The stone coffin was too heavy to be lifted, so the wooden one was removed, and it was determined to open it. The remains were found to be in a state of almost perfect preservation. The flesh appeared to have dried without shrivelling and the grave clothes were but slightly discolored.

How to Cure a Bad Memory.

Your memory perhaps is bad, but I can tell you two secrets that will cure the worst memory. One is to read a subject when strongly interested. The other is, to not only read, but think. When you have read a paragraph or a page, stop, close the book, and try to remember the ideas on that page, and not only recall them vaguely in your mind, but put them into words and speak them out. Faithfully follow these two rules, and you have the golden keys of knowledge. Besides inattentive reading, there are other things injurious to memory. One is the habit of skimming over newspapers, items of news, smart remarks, bits of information, political reflections, fashion notes, all in a confused jumble, never to be thought of again, thus diligently cultivating a habit of careless reading, hard to break. Another is the reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so fatal to reading with profit as the habit of running through story after story, and forgetting them as soon as read. I know a gray haired woman, a life-long lover of books, who sadly declares that her mind has been ruined by such reading. A help to memory is repetition.—St. Nicholas.

Business Department.

“Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully,” (margin, negligently). Jer. 48:10.

Received for the Signs.

$3.00 Each. J. A. Killingsworth 3-1, S. M. Holly 3-45, J. H. Thompson 3-45, J. O. Corliss 3-45, Mrs. S. A. Balch 3-48, Jackson Ferguson 4-1, H. J. Spicer 3-45, J. B. Montrose 3-15, T. B. Gourley 3-1, J. P. Pulse 4-6, James T. Walker 4-1, Joel Hedden 3-1, John Judson 3-1.

$4.50 Each. 3 copies. Miss H. E. Sawyer 4-7.

$45.00 Each. 30 copies. Rufus Parker 3-45.

$1.50 Each. Mary L. Meeker 3-45, Anson Rockwell 3-45, Wm. Prather 4-1, Wm. Rose 3-37, A. G. Buddock 3-45, A. Eastlick 3-45, Charles Garlock 3-45, B. F. Davis 3-45, Wm. H. Miller 3-45, Wm. H. Wild 3-21, James Bell, Sen. 3-45, E. H. Sherman 3-45, John Moriarty 3-45, Frederick Howard 3-45, Mrs. Wilder Maine 3-45, Amelia Harding 3-45, Seth Whitaker 3-45, Mrs. Hettie Wrenn 3-45, A. M. Whitaker 3-45, Mrs. Mary A. Barnes 3-45, Philander Gleason 3-45, Mrs. Mary E. Blakesby 3-45, Ezra Whitford 3-45, Wm. McAllen 3-45, H. Harris 3-45, A. G. Roberts 3-45, P. Riggs 3-45, D. W. Lamb 3-42, Miss K. McPherson 3-42, N. E. Pleasant 3-45, Geo. W. Ames 3-45, Almira Dow 4-1, Elder Walker 3-45, Mrs. Merrill 3-45, James Ward 3-45, Henry Martin 3-45, D. W. Jones 3-45, Mrs. Bell Ewen 3-45, John Bond 4-1, G. W. Webb 3-45, Free Reading Room 3-45.

MISCELLANEOUS.—Levi E. Marlernee $2.00 3-32, A. W. Wing 50c 3-18, Geo. L. Butler $2.00 3-32, Peter Rinehart 50c 3-9, Mrs. W. S. Gray 50c 3-9, Jefferson Binhly 50c 3-9, Mrs. Emily Bates 50c 3-9, John Remington $1.00 3-29, Cyril P. Parker $1.00 3-29, Nahum Orcutt $1.00 3-23, T. W. Fairman $5.00 3-32, J. L. Banks $2.00 3-45, R. F. Cottrell 25c, Etta M. Green $1.00 2-36, Mrs. McComb $2.00 3-21, Josie McClelland 75c 3-21, Jesse Bell 75c 3-21, Mrs. Harriet McCurtis 75c 3-21, John Rice $2.00 3-45, Mrs. Vellaric Hodges $2.00 3-45, N. S. Butterfield 50c 3-9, James Downing $1.00 3-29, D. H. Dillard $2.00 3-47, Miss J. Durant 75c 3-44, Mrs. R. C. Byre 75c 3-13, Ann Byre 75c 3-13, Ann Hastings 75c 3-16, Simon Outhouse 75c 3-21, Mrs. John Ford 75c 3-21, C. W. Victor 75c 3-18, Mrs. Catherine Howard 75c 3-21, J. D. W. Cook 75c 2-41, O. A. Parker 95c 2-47, P. C. Smith 75c 3-21, Miss R. B. Wheeler $5.00 3 copies 4-7, Samuel Martin $2.00 3-45, J. Webber $2.00 3-45, W. J. A. Smith $1.00 3-39.

California Conference Fund.

H. Reinhold, $1.00; Church at Red Bluff, $28.00; Bear Valley, $6.00.

Donations to the Signs.

Mrs. Loretta Hildreth $20.00, James H. Minisee $5.00.

California Publishing Fund.

B. J. —— *$200.00.

There will be no paper next week.

By Editor

The New Volume.

We have decided that the new volume of the SIGNS should commence with, or near to, the commencement of the new year, therefore we print no paper next week. Meanwhile let the subscriptions come in for volume three. To all subscribing for volume three in the next few weeks, we will send the remaining numbers of this volume without extra charge. With the new volume will commence a series of articles upon the most interesting Bible subjects, also short chapters of historical sketches. Let the names come in. The delay in the commencement of the next volume is to give the Tract Societies more time to make up their lists of subscribers. Let us receive as many as possible before the first of January, 1877. W. C. W.

Missionary Canvass.

By John Norton Loughborough

We have sent out receipt books and instructions to the various districts, and hope our T. and M. officers are taking hold of the work. Don’t let these receipt books lie idle. Ascertain who can devote one or more days each week to the work and keep the work moving. The canvass has commenced with some earnestness in Oakland and San Francisco. Push the canvass on Reformer and “Thrilling Life Sketches” this month. Remember, Dec. 1st we have other work coming on. Don’t get into confusion by neglecting this month’s work till next month. Take things in their time. J. N. L.

San Francisco and Oakland.

By John Norton Loughborough

The lectures in San Francisco and Oakland which are being given by Bro. Waggoner and myself, are raising some interest, and we have some items of encouragement in the church, in that they are being strengthened, and some who were faltering are firmly taking their stand with us. We still labor on in the name of the Lord.

J. N. L.

Kingsburg, Cal.

By J. L. Wood

This is the name of a small place on the C. P. R. R., eighteen miles south of Fresno City in Fresno Co., which contains six or seven dwelling houses, two hotels, three small stores, one blacksmith's shop, one livery stable, and a good school-house for this country.

I came here Oct. 23, and after getting permission of the trustees to occupy the school-house, Bro. Church took his team and we spent nearly a day going from house to house in the surrounding country, leaving notices of the meetings. As the result, about twenty-five came out the first night, and the audience has since increased to about fifty.

Up to this date I have given ten discourses. There seems to be some interest. I have sold a few books and given away quite a number of tracts. Am very grateful for the assistance received from the friends here, and for the kindness of Bro. George Church in furnishing me a home while here. May the Lord bless him and his companion, and may their reward be everlasting life.

Last Sabbath I met with the church in Fairview. Two more signed the covenant, and quite a number are desiring the return of Bro. Loughborough that they may go forward in the ordinance of baptism. Brethren, pray for the cause in Fresno Co. J. L. WOOD. November 3, 1876.

Eola, Polk Co., Oregon.

By Alonzo T. Jones

On the evening of September 8 I commenced meetings at Eola, Polk Co., Oregon, and continued till October 6. Gave thirty discourses. Thirteen covenanted to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Obtained seven subscribers for the SIGNS.

October 17, commenced at Oak Grove school-house, and continued till the 29th. Gave fifteen discourses. Four publicly expressed their belief that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord. Obtained three subscribers for the SIGNS and two for the Youth’s Instructor.

We ask for the prayers of all, that the good cause of present truth may be prospered by our labors.

My P. O. address is Salem, Oregon.

ALONZO T. JONES.

October 30, 1876.

Elders White Depart for Oakland

By letter of Nov. 7, we learn that Eld. and Mrs. White, Bro. O. B. Jones and Bro. S. H. King, with several others, were to leave Battle Creek for Oakland, Nov. 15.

Spirit of Prophecy Vol. 2.

By W. C. W.

It is the completion of this work that has detained Eld. White in the East. Nothing has been allowed to hinder the work and it is now ready for orders. The book is a thrilling description of the first advent, life, teachings, and miracles of Christ. It can be furnished only by mail until New Years.

Price, postage paid, $1.00.

Orders from the Coast will be filled from this Office in a few days. W. C. W.

Our Health Almanac.

By W. C. W.

THE FAMILY HEALTH ALMANAC for this coast will be completed and ready to send out in a few days. The Eastern edition is the best we have ever seen in print, having all that is desirable in ordinary almanacs, with over thirty pages of the most useful reading matter. Our edition will be much improved for usefulness on this coast, having a complete Sanitarium suited to the climate of the Pacific States, and other articles of especial interest to farmers and tradesmen. The many sanitary hints and hygienic rules in this little book, with its expose of the abominations of druggery, are worth more in an ordinary household, than two or three doctor books and a Medical Encyclopedia.

Our prices to Tract Societies will be determined and announced in a few days.

Let the individual orders come in.

Price.—By mail, single copies, post-paid, 10 cts.

By mail, post-paid, 14 copies for $1.00.

Lots of 100 or more, by freight or express, at 50 per cent discount. W. C. W.

Ship Work.

By John Norton Loughborough

In entering upon the work of paper distribution on ships in San Francisco harbor, our people find an excellent field. They found 73 ships lying at anchor, waiting for lading, bound for all parts of the earth. District No. 7, Oakland church, has already furnished over 800 papers which have been placed upon 21 ships. Two persons in San Francisco have volunteered to place these papers on the ships. They can visit each Sunday from nine to fifteen ships.

These ship visitors handed me this slip last evening: “The nine ships visited last Sunday morning were bound to the four quarters of the globe. Some to Manila; Valparaiso, Chili; Honolulu, Sandwich Islands; Guatemala, Central America; Cork, Ireland; and Liverpool, England. The copies of the Signs were received with thanks on all of these ships.”

Who wishes a part in this good work? Let any such write me, and send their remittance to Oakland, Cal. Let the truth find its way through all these channels to all parts of the earth. J. N. Loughborough.

Children's Books.

By W. C. W.

In the supplement of Nov. 2, we urged the children to prepare for a canvass with the little books. Many are ready and are only waiting for the proper time to come.

We hope that parents and friends will see the importance of encouraging them in this work, and will help all they can. The Sunshine Series is moral and instructive. They will do good wherever they go, and we are determined that they shall take the place of a part of the trashy stuff which is so profusely scattered during the holidays.

Price, post-paid, 50 cts.

To canvassers, in lots of five or more, 40 cts., by mail, post-paid.

Quantities by express or freight 30 per cent discount. W. C. W.

Holiday Gifts.

Knowing that good books are the most acceptable presents, we have carefully prepared a list which we can recommend as excellent for Christians to purchase as holiday gifts. We shall keep them on hand, and will furnish them, post-paid, at the following rates:—

Life and Times of Luther, $1.50. History of the Huguenots, 1.50. Old Red House, 1.50. History of the English Puritans, 1.50. Story of a Pocket Bible, 1.25. The Pilgrim Fathers of New England, 1.25. Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, 1.25. Young Man’s Counselor. 1.00. “ Lady’s “ 1.00. Anecdotes for the Family, .80 Mirage of Life, .70 Star of Bethlehem, .70 The Old, Old Story, .50 History of Jericho, .40 Child’s History of the Apostle Paul, .40

California Christian Advocate

By Editor

We find on our table of Exchanges the California Christian Advocate published in San Francisco. Its theology is not always strictly up to the Bible standard, but it is a well conducted religious paper, and we welcome it to our table.

Appointments.

OAKLAND.—Services at the new church, on the corner of Clay and Thirteenth 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 10 o'clock Sabbath morning.

San Francisco Worship Services

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

Discourses on Prophecy

SAN FRANCISCO. I will continue the series of discourses on Prophecy in the church on Laguna St., Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings during the month of November.

Prophecy Discourses in Oakland

By John Norton Loughborough

OAKLAND. I will continue the series of discourses on Prophecy in the church, corner of Clay and Thirteenth streets, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings during the month of November. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Preaching Appointments

ELD. J. H. WAGGONER will preach in San Francisco on Sabbath, Nov. 18, at 11 A. M. In Oakland, on Sunday evening, Nov. 19, at

Francisco and Oakland Meetings

Francisco on Sabbath, Nov. 16, at 11 A. M. In Oakland, on Sunday evening, Nov. 19, at 7:30.

Quarterly Meetings.

By John Norton Loughborough

APPOINTMENTS for Quarterly Meetings will be given in the next SIGNS. The most of these meetings will probably be held about Dec. 23 and 24.

J. N. L.

Books, Pamphlets, Tracts, etc., etc.

Prices in Coin.

Cruden’s Complete Concordance. In this any passage in the Scriptures can readily be found. $2.00 per copy, post-paid.

Bible Dictionary of Bible names, customs and countries, and maps of Bible lands. $2.00 per copy, post-paid.

The History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week, by J. N. Andrews. 528 pp. $1.25.

Thrilling Life Sketches. Incidents in the life of an Italian of noble birth, who was a prisoner of the inquisition, officer in the army of Garibaldi, and extensive traveler in Africa and Syria. By Francesco Urgos. $1.25 per copy, post-paid.

Thoughts on Daniel. By U. Smith. $1.00. Condensed paper edition, 35 cts.

Thoughts on the Revelation. By U. Smith. $1.00.

Life of Wm. Miller, with likeness. $1.00.

The Nature and Destiny of Man. By U. Smith. 384 pp. $1.00. Paper, 40 cts.

The Constitutional Amendment. A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn and the Editor of the “Christian Statesman.” Bound, $1.00. Paper, 40 cts. First part, 10 cts.

The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. I. By Ellen G. White; 416 pp. $1.00.

Hygienic Family Physician. $1.00.

The Game of Life (illustrated). Satan playing with man for his soul. In board, 50 cts.; in paper, 30 cts.

The United States in Prophecy. By U. Smith. Bound, 40 cts. Paper, 20 cts.

A Word for the Sabbath : or False Theories Exposed. (Poem.) By Uriah Smith. Muslin, 40 cts.

The Advent Keepsake. Muslin, 25 cts. Gilt, 40 cts.

Sermons on the Sabbath and Law, embracing an outline of the Biblical and Secular History of the Sabbath for 6,000 years. By J. N. Andrews, 30 cts.

Testimony for the Church, No. 27, by Mrs. Ellen G. White. 30 cts.

Facts for the Times, revised and enlarged, 30c.

History of the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul. By D. M. Canright, 25 cts.

The State of the Dead. By U. Smith. 224 pp. 25 cts.

Our Faith and Hope. Sermons on the Millennium, Second Advent, the Kingdom, the Judgment, the Time, the Sanctuary and Saving Faith. 20 cts.

Refutation of the Age to Come. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.

The Ministration of Angels : and the Origin, History, and Destiny of Satan. By D. M. Canright. 20 cts.

The Bible from Heaven ; a Dissertation. 20 cts.

The Atonement. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.

The Nature and Tendency of Modern Spiritualism. By J. H. Waggoner. 20 cts.

Miraculous Powers. Evidence, Scriptural and historical, of the perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts. 20c.

The Complete Testimony of the Fathers concerning the Sabbath and First Day. By J. N. Andrews. 15 cts.

Refutation of Forty-four so called Objections against the Ancient Sabbath, by Eld. D. T. Bourdeau. 88 pp., 15 cts.

The Three Messages of Rev. 14, and the Two-Horned Beast. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.

The Morality of the Sabbath. By D. M. Canright. 15 cts.

The Resurrection of the Unjust ; a Vindication of the Doctrine. By J. H. Waggoner. 15 cts.

Redemption, or the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness (Life of Christ, No. 2). By Mrs. E. G. White. 15 cts.

The Destiny of the Wicked. By U. Smith. 15 cts.

The Seven Trumpets of Rev. 8 and 9. 15 cts.

The Two Laws. By Eld. D. M. Canright. 104 pp., 15 cts.

The Saints’ Inheritance, or the Earth made New. By J. N. Loughborough. 10 cts.

Dangers and Duties of Our Times. An Earnest Appeal from the General Conference Com. 10 cts.

The Conference Address. An earnest appeal to Seventh-day Adventists. 10 cts.

The Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.

Sunday Seventh-day. A Refutation of Mede, Jennings, Akers, and Fuller. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.

The Truth Found ; The Sabbath. By J. H. Waggoner. 10 cts.

Sermon on the Two Covenants. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.

The Hope of the Gospel : What it is, and when it will be consummated. By J. N. Loughborough, 80 pp. 10 cts.

Brown’s Review of Gilfillan on the Sabbath. 10 cts.

Vindication of the True Sabbath. Morton. 10 cts.

The Date of the Seventy Weeks of Dan. 9, established. By J. N. Andrews. 10 cts.

Matthew Twenty-four. By James White. 10c.

Prophetic Chart in Miniature, with explanations. 5 cts.

Four-cent Tracts : The Second Advent.—The Seventh Part of Time—Celestial Railroad—Samuel and the Witch of Endor—The Ten Commandments not Abolished—Address to the Baptists—The Present Truth—The Sufferings of Christ—The Two Thrones—The Third Message of Rev. 14—Spiritualism a Satanic Delusion.

Three-cent Tracts : Much in Little—The Lost-Time Question—Argument on Sabbaton—Infidel Cavils Considered—The End of the Wicked—Scripture References—Who Changed the Sabbath?—The First Message of Rev. 14—The Second Message of Rev. 14.

Two-cent Tracts : Definite Seventh Day—Seven Reasons for Sunday-Keeping Examined—Sabbath by Elihu—The Rich Man and Lazarus—The Sanctuary of the Bible—The Millennium—Departing and Being with Christ—Fundamental Principles of S. D. Adventists—The Judgment ; or the Waymarks of Daniel to the Holy City—The Two Laws—The Spirit of Prophecy.

One-cent Tracts : Appeal on Immortality—Thoughts for the Candid—Sign of the Day of God—The Perfection of the Ten Commandments—Coming of the Lord—Without Excuse—Which Day, and God’s Answers.

Address, Signs of the Times.

OAKLAND, CAL.