—The sunset afterglow has re-appeared in India.
—The Morrison tariff bill has been defeated in Congress.
—A plague is raging in the province of Bagdad, in Asiatic Turkey.
—Jose Duarte, of Albuquerque, N. M., is charged with hanging his own son.
—The extra session of the California Legislature adjourned on the 13th inst.
—A relief expedition, numbering 8,000 men, will start for Khartoum in July.
—A Siamese Embassy is now in this country examining tools, machinery, and fire-arms.
—The Mexican Government's circular modifying the Stamp Act gives general satisfaction.
—Rabbits and quail are said to be doing much damage in the vineyards about St. Helena, Cal.
—Depression in the English ship-building trades have thrown 20,000 men out of employment.
—The Pennsylvania and New Jersey fires, noted last week, were finally extinguished by rain.
—A strong gas well was struck last week on Gen. Rosecrans' place in Los Angeles County, Cal.
—The King of Abyssinia refuses to permit Egyptian troops to enter the Soudan from his dominions.
—Dissension exists among the Chinese and Black Flags, and there has been desperate fighting between them.
—Zorilla, the Spanish Republican leader, has been expelled from France, at the instance of Alfonso's Government.
—The Austrian Government has lately issued rigorous regulations respecting beautifiers, hair dyes, patent medicines, etc.
—A Syracuse, N. Y., dispatch says that eighteen carloads of English paupers passed that city last week en route to Dakota.
—The Lake Superior Copper Mining Co. has closed a contract for furnishing 12,000,000 pounds of copper at 14 cents per pound.
—About three acres of ground at Zanesville, Ohio, suddenly sank on the 11th inst., leaving a fissure about 150 feet deep. No person was injured.
—By July 1st upwards of fifty new money-order offices will be established in California. The additional bond required of postmasters is $3,000 and upwards.
—During a heavy thunder-storm in London, last week, a ball of fire fell in the street and burst with a loud report, terrifying the residents who witnessed it.
—On the 10th inst., Henry Casey, while being examined at Redwood City, Cal., for assaulting a girl at a picnic at Belmont, was fatally shot in court by the girl's father.303
—Two English railway companies, owing to depression of trade, have discharged 2,500 employees and reduced the salaries of clerks 10 per cent.
—John B. Gough, the noted temperance lecturer, is about to start on a lecturing tour across the continent, and is expected to reach San Francisco about June 3d.
—Germany and Austria are discussing common measures looking to the supervision of the production and sale of dangerous explosives. England and France are not invited to participate.
—The miners about Tombstone, Arizona, have organized a union and struck for $4.00 per day. Superintendents decline to yield to the demand, and work has been generally suspended.
—The devil has taught a German farmer, who resides near Pittsburg, Pa., how to make solidified whisky, pressing it into plugs. New York speculators have offered him $100,000 for the invention.
—The new imperial palace at Strasbourg, Germany, is to be completed in three years, at a cost of $1,250,000. It seems a preposterous piece of extravagance, as the emperor has a dozen palaces already.
—In Newton County, Ark., on the 3d inst., revenue officers raided an illicit distillery, which was dismantled and the mash-tubs destroyed. A fight occurred, and one distiller was killed and another wounded.
—A "humpback" turtle was found in Monterey Bay the other day and captured. It was seven feet seven inches in length, four feet across the back, and had two fins three feet long. It weighed one thousand pounds.
—Suspected Nihilists are being arrested in St. Petersburg daily, numbering men and women in prominent stations. Several artillery officers have been apprehended, also a number of students at the Moscow University.
—ST. JOHN, N. F., May 10.—The Grand Jury to-day found five true bills against nineteen of the Catholics who participated in the Harbor Grace affray in December last, for the willful murder of James French, Nicolas Bray, and Callaghan.
—The Paris Gaulois says: Before leaving Rome, Errington had a conference of an hour with the pope, who expressed satisfaction at the prospect of a renewal of direct relations between England and the Vatican. Cardinal Jacobini gave Errington a statement of concessions required by the Vatican.
—The steamer Titania arrived at Montreal on the 8th inst., bringing rescued passengers of the lost steamer State of Florida, mentioned in our news department last week. The Florida was sunk in mid-ocean by collision with a bark. From both vessels, which went down in a short time after the accident occurred, 137 persons were lost.
—A steamer recently arrived at New York with 416 Mormon converts in the steerage, and twenty-two missionaries in the cabin. The converts are said to represent nearly every European nation except Irish. One of the missionaries said there was no use trying to convert the Irish; but, he added, "they are not a class we care to handle. They are too enthusiastic and spasmodic; they would surely bring us into trouble. We always keep away from Ireland for that reason."
—Jas. R. Keene, the great California speculator of Wall Street, N. Y., has failed. He went to New York in 1876 with $5,000,000. Up to 1880 his ventures were prosperous, and he was worth $12,000,000. Since that time, however, he has been losing much of the time. He is said to have lost $5,000,000 in his great grain speculation two or three years ago. He finally became reckless in his endeavors to retrieve his lost fortune, but all to no purpose. In the last six months, he is said to have lost $4,000,000.
—A Laredo dispatch says: "American capital has no safeguard in Mexico at present. Recently the newsboys on the Mexican National railway running out of Laredo into Mexico have been put off the train with their American publications because an article in a paper did not suit the powers that be. The costly and magnificent club and hotel buildings erected by the construction companies of Jay Gould's extension of the International road into Mexico have been seized and appropriated by the civil authorities of New Laredo, because of some alleged failure to comply with some regulations of the general Government. Conductor King, on the Mexican National Railway, between Laredo and Monterey, last week, on a trip to the latter point, put off the train a Mexican who was traveling without a ticket or pass. On his return to New Laredo, he was arrested and placed in jail."
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Appointments.
To Church Officers of N. P. Conference.
THE churches of the N. P. Conference are hereby requested to hold their next quarterly meeting the first Sabbath and Sunday in June, and at that time elect delegates to the Conference, to convene June 19. Please send an annual report in full of your church. The elders and clerks are especially requested to attend promptly to this matter, that we may have a full report from each church.
CHAS. L. BOYD, For Conference Committee.
THE North Pacific Conference will hold its next annual session at Sellwood, Oregon, in connection with the camp-meeting, June 19-30. Each church is entitled to one delegate, and to an additional delegate for each fifteen members above twenty. All who are interested in the work of this Conference should be present to take part in the first meeting of this session.
CONF. COMMITTEE, Per Chas. L. Boyd.
THE North Pacific Tract and Missionary Society will hold its next annual session in connection with the camp-meeting at Sellwood, Oregon, June 19-30. Matters of the greatest importance will be considered. We are approaching a crisis. Every lover of the truth should be present at the meeting this year.
CHAS. L. BOYD, Pres. N. P. T. and M. Society.
THE next annual session of the N. P. Sabbath-school will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sellwood, Oregon, June 19-30. Special attention will be given to the interests of the Sabbath-school work.
CHAS. L. BOYD, Pres. N. P. S. S.
A MINE OF INFORMATION.
HISTORY OF THE SABBATH AND FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
By Eld. J. N. Andrews.
The Bible record of the Sabbath, the secular history concerning it; the successive steps by which the change to the first day was made and the work of restoration, are given in detail.
EVERY TEXT OF SCRIPTURE concerning the Sabbath is commented on at length; and the COMPLETE TESTIMONY OF THE FATHERS in regard to the Sabbath and first day is given. The comparative merits of the seventh and the first-day Sabbaths are fully shown. A copious index enables the reader to find any text, or the statement of any historian.
Should be read by everybody. 528 pp. Price, $1.25.
Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, Oakland, Cal.
THOUGHTS ON DANIEL, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Eld. U. Smith.
EXPOSITION OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, VERSE BY VERSE.
We are now living in times plainly pointed out in this prophecy, and it is important to understand it; for Daniel himself says that in the time of the end, the wise shall understand; while, if we fail, we are equally guilty with the Jews, who knew not the time of their visitation (Luke 19: 42-44), and shall meet a similar fate.
416 pp. Price, $1.25.
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THOUGHTS ON REVELATION, CRITICAL AND PRACTICAL.
By Eld. U. Smith
This work presents every verse in the book of Revelation, with such remarks as serve to illustrate or explain the meaning of the text. It is a new and harmonious exposition of that important book, and is designed to create an interest in its study.
416 pp. Price, $1.25.
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THOUGHTS ON BAPTISM.
By Eld. J. H. Waggoner.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACTION, SUBJECTS, AND RELATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM.
Also, a Brief Refutation of the
HISTORICAL CLAIMS FOR TRINE IMMERSION.
SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.
Prices, post-paid,—In flexible cloth, 35 cents; paper covers, 25 cents.
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SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL.
By Mrs. E. G. White.
In this book the history of Paul's life, from the time when he "made havoc" of the church until he was "offered up" as its chief representative, is traced in a clear and connected manner. Paul's allusions to himself in his epistles are connected with the record in the book of Acts in such a manner as to throw great light both on the epistles and the "Acts." But that which gives the book even greater value than its historical accuracy, is the lessons that are drawn from Paul's words, and the hardships which he endured, and their practical application to our own times. This is a marked feature of this work, and the instruction given in this way cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. 234 pp. Neatly bound in cloth, 80 cents.
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MATTER AND SPIRIT;
OR,
THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN THOUGHT.
By Eld. D. M. Canright.
A PHILOSOPHICAL argument on an important theme, indicated by its title. 66 pp. Price, 10 cents.
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THE HOME OF THE SAVED.
By Eld. J. N. Loughborough.
Gives the Bible evidence upon the interesting topic of the earth made new, as the inheritance of the saints. 82 pp. Price, 10 cents.
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Attacks on Christianity Increase Bible Sales
PERSISTENT attacks upon Christianity in a Moslem paper in Constantinople, at once false and bitter, following week after-week, had, it is said, the effect to mightily increase the sale of the Scriptures. In a few weeks the sale has equaled that of one-half the last seven months.
Poison from Oil Lamps.
MANY persons who use kerosene or oil lamps are in the habit, when going to bed or leaving the room for a time, of turning the wick down low in order to save a little in the consumption of oil. The consequence is that the air of the room becomes vitiated by the unconsumed oil vapors, by the gas produced by combustion, and also by the minute particles of smoke and soot which are thrown off. Air thus poisoned is deadly in its effects, and the wonder is that more persons are not immediately seized with inflammation of the throat and lungs, headache, dizziness, and fatally injured by breathing it. Irritation and nausea are among its effects.—Sel.
Rapid Geological Transformation.
It is a generally-accepted theory that quartz and sandstone are geological formations which require thousands of years to form. A few days ago, in Virginia City, Conductor Havenor showed the editor of the Appeal a specimen of quartz which could not have existed over fifteen years ago. The quartz in question was taken out of the Yellow Jacket mine from between the timbers. The timbers were put in fifteen years ago, and the matter forming the quartz had apparently oozed through a crack and adhered to the timber. It was about the size and had the appearance of a cauliflower. There was a mass soft and crumbling to the touch, and in places woven together like threads; and in this mass, and a part of it, were three distinct and perfectly formed quartz crystals. The mass had been pushed through the crack while in a plastic state, and then formed in the bunch described.
Camp-Meetings for 1884.
By Editor
KANSAS, Lawrence ............................ May 21-27
MISSOURI, SOUTHERN, Nevada .... May 29 to June 3
“ NORTHERN, Chillicothe, ............... June 5-10
NEBRASKA, Beatrice ............................. “ 5-10
UPPER COLUMBIA, Walla Walla ............ “ 5-16
PENNSYLVANIA, Emporium ................. “ 11-17
WISCONSIN, Baraboo ............................. “ 18-23
MINNESOTA, Mankato ............................ “ 19-24
NORTH PACIFIC, East Portland, (Sellwood) “ 19-30
DAKOTA, Madison ...................... June 25 to July 1
CANADA, Waterloo ............................. “ 26 to “ 1
NEW YORK, — ..................................... Aug. 14-26
NEW ENGLAND, — ..................... Aug. 20 to Sept. 2
VERMONT, — .................................... “ 29 to “ 8
MAINE, — ............................................. Sept. 4-15
GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
Various Matters.
LAST week we promised a full report of the meeting in Healdsburg in this number. With regret we have to announce that the proceedings have not been received.
MRS. J. ELLEN FOSTER, the well-known advocate of prohibition, is laboring in California. Success to her efforts.
NEXT week we shall commence the publication of Wesley's Sermon on the "Origin, Nature, Properties, and Use of the Law." We may publish in part, as we have not room for the whole, several of Mr. Wesley's Sermons. They are good religious reading, and we can recommend them to everybody.
THE camp-meeting season is already here, and the time for vigorous work has come. We expect a large increase in our subscription list, and the directors are making preparations for the work. Besides the SIGNS we are doing much more denominational work than was ever before done in this office, and the prospects—nay, the certainty—is that it will greatly increase.
THE office of the Review and Herald has discarded its outside job work, and yet all hands are as busy as ever. Our work is fast enlarging; notwithstanding a new office is opened in England, where a paper is printed in our own language, our offices in the United States are fast approaching the point where all our facilities, and these much increased, will be needed to do our own work. "Take courage, fellow pilgrims."
WE have just received another pamphlet on the "Christian Sabbath," another California production. From certain remarks in it we judge that the writer is a Methodist, though he does not give any certain clue to his denominational identity. One thing is noticeable: he contradicts the positions of Mr. Woodward on the most material points, and thus presents another instance of a house divided against itself. It is poorly written, and very poorly gotten up, and, as the other California Sunday books, promises to have a brief run, with little or no influence. It misrepresents the Greek of mian sabbatone as badly as did the writer noticed in this week's SIGNS.
WANT of time alone has prevented our getting out a collation of the views of the advocates of Sunday and opposers of the Sabbath of the Lord. A general convention of Sunday advocates would present a spectacle of unusual interest. The confusion among the builders at Babel would appear insignificant by comparison. We love to see a multiplicity of Sunday arguments produced, because it is not possible for the advocates of such an error to agree, and the more they write the more people will see and realize the weakness of their cause, and the more readily will they accept the truth.
THE Los Angeles camp-meeting is now in progress. At the time of closing our paper it is too early to receive any report from it. In consequence of heavy rains in April the season is late, and the people are mostly very busy, and the meeting may be a small one; but that is no reason why it shall not be a good one. We earnestly hope that those who have newly come to the faith in Southern California will attend this meeting. They need the experience which it will give them; they cannot afford to lose it. The meeting closes May 19.
THE friends in Oregon have good notice and plenty of time to prepare to attend their camp-meeting beginning June 19, and we hope that every Seventh-day Adventist will attend, and urge others to go with them. The "Council" will be an important occasion, and we trust the work may be established on a better footing in those northern Conferences than it has been heretofore. Elders Corliss and Jones are holding a tent-meeting in the city of Walla Walla, preparatory to the camp-meeting there, which begins June 5.
To J. O.—We believe the Conference Constitutions of all the States are uniform on the point of representation. Each church of twenty members or less, has one delegate; and a delegate for each additional fifteen members. No officers of the Conference are members having a right to vote by virtue of their positions, except the Conference Committee. Churches should always elect their delegates in good season. It is customary to invite visiting brethren and laborers to a place in the meeting, but it gives them no right to vote.
BUILDING has begun in Oakland, and as we have had much rain, and the prospects for good crops are favorable, we may expect much building will be done. In 1875 the work of building was overdone in this city, and the houses never got well filled until the past winter. Then, for the first time in nine years, the signs "To Let," became scarce, and everything betokens a busy season. The painters have made an early "strike," which indicates that there will be a large immigration of mechanics.
PROF. O. S. FOWLER, one of the pioneers in the cause of phrenology in America, is in Oakland, where he will remain until May 20. Prof. Fowler is over seventy-four years of age; he is a man of much experience and culture; and many will no doubt improve this opportunity to hear him; an opportunity which they will never have again.
An Unfair Discrimination.
By Editor
SOME of the papers in this State are "going for" a certain female lecturer "in rough style," because on a recent Sunday "she delivered a stolen sermon" in one of the churches. If every male preacher who delivered a stolen sermon that Sunday morning were in like manner assailed we think there would be a lively shaking up in California. Are not these papers aware that the practice of reading sermons has led to a regular trade in sermons, and that to steal—no, it is called "borrowing," yet without leave—sermons is a very common thing? A minister once read a sermon in the presence of Dr. North. At its close, the doctor complimented him on the sermon, which the minister modestly acknowledged with thanks. The doctor continued: "I think that is one of the best sermons I ever wrote." "Are you Dr. North?" "I am." "Well," said the minister, with a coolness which was immensely clerical, "I am never ashamed to preach Dr. North's sermons." We should think such a minister would not be ashamed of anything that is mean. But why is it called preaching? It may be that among extemporaneous preachers many poor sermons are given, but they are generally honest ones, and honesty is quite desirable in a pulpit. Let the woman rest, and go for the male pretenders who have established the practice.
The Woman's Tribune.
By Editor
THIS is the title of a bright-looking paper published in Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska. It is edited by Clara Bewick Colby, and is well conducted. Its motto, "Equality before the law," indicates its aim. We have clipped from its columns a good article headed, "When Girls are Impolite," which we shall transfer to our "Home Circle." Its correspondents all appear to be women, and they need not be ashamed of their work, for in matter and make-up it is better than the average of papers published by "the stronger sex."
The Nebraska Camp-Meeting.
By Nebraska Conference Committee
THIS meeting will be held at Beatrice, June 4-10, 1884. The first service will be held Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. We are advertising very extensively, by circulating about one hundred thousand bills and invitation cards, besides having the meeting noticed by all the leading papers in the State.
As extensive as our advertising is, it costs us nothing, as the Board of Trade pays for printing and the railroads distribute the bills. We will have nearly two hundred tents on the ground; the largest one will be 70x120. Tents will be for sale and for rent very cheap.
The expense of coming to the meeting will be very light, as the railroads favor us with reduced fare over all their lines. Excursion tickets will be sold upon application, without presenting any certificate.
In addition to the Nebraska ministers, we expect the following speakers from abroad: Elders S. N. Haskell, O. A. Olsen, E. W. Farnsworth, Richard Conradi, J. H. Cook of Kansas, and several other ministers from that Conference. We will have preaching each day in the English, German, and Scandinavian languages.
We hope the readers of the SIGNS will invite all their friends to come to this meeting. Send to the Nebraska Tract Society, Fremont, Nebraska, for bills and cards to distribute. We will have a book stand on the ground, where will be kept for sale a large stock of all our books and tracts.
NEBRASKA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE,
Per A. J. Cudney, President.
Change in Missionary Correspondence
By E. W. Whitney
MISSIONARY correspondence heretofore addressed to Miss Addie Bowen, Rome, N. Y., should now be addressed to Miss May Taylor, Rome, N. Y., as she for the present takes the place of Sister Bowen, who has gone to help in the work in Europe.
E. W. WHITNEY.
The Epidemic of Crime
The epidemic of crimes has become so common, so familiar, that people don't notice the enormous proportion in the news of crime items. The other day on one bulletin board were murder, robbery, burglary, rape, fire, lynching, suicide, death in several forms, and seduction and politics, as the contents of the morning paper. Yet it was hardly noticed.—S. F. Chronicle.
Sabbath-Keeping Blacksmith Wanted
If a good blacksmith, a Sabbath-keeper, desires a location, he can correspond with W. G. Myers, Oakland, Cal.
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By Editor
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