p. 516 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 6, No. 43. (11/18/1880)

HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE TRACTS IN ASSORTED PACKAGES.

By William C. White

WE have just put up in packages two different assortments of our health and temperance tracts. Each contains a choice collection of pointed arguments. The smallest package, costing at retail 10 cents, contains 100 pages in eleven tracts as follows:—

Alcohol, What is it?
True Temperance.
Tobacco-Poisoning.
Tobacco-Using a Cause of Disease.
Tobacco-Using a Relic of Barbarism.
Evil Effects of Tea and Coffee.
Ten Arguments for Tea and Coffee Answered.
The Cause and Cure of Intemperance.
The Drunkard's Arguments Answered.
Alcoholic Medication.
Principles of Health Reform.

The second package, costing 25 cents, contains 248 pages in eighteen tracts. In addition to the above eleven, it has the following seven which are larger:—

Wine and the Bible.
Alcoholic Poison.
Moral and Social Effects of Alcohol.
Pork; The Dangers of its Use.
Tea and Coffee.
Healthful Clothing.
Dyspepsia.

The third package, costing $1.00, contains in addition to the above the following books and pamphlets:—

Diphtheria. Price, 25 cts.
Healthful Cookery. 25 cts.
Proper Diet for Man. 15 cts.

The object of arranging the above packages is to get them in more convenient form for sale, and for selection by those who do not exactly know what they need. Temperance workers who have not examined all of them, would do well to order a package at once.

W. C. WHITE.

San Francisco Political Corruption

The Grand Jury has been doing some wholesome work in San Francisco. The Mayor, Auditor, Sheriff, and ex-Registrar have felt its heavy hand upon them. "Holy Issac," as the Mayor is called, in one of his "preludes" to a Sunday evening discourse at the Metropolitan Temple in return indicted the Grand Jury. As described by a local paper, "It was a shameful display of hate, defiance, and threats. It was the yelping of the cur at merited punishment. It is probable and to be hoped that the people of San Francisco will learn political wisdom from past experience."

HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE PUBLICATIONS.

Uses of Water in Health and Disease.—A book for every physician and every family. Careful explanations and instruction are given respecting the uses of water as a preventive of disease, and as a valuable remedy in nearly all classes of maladies. In cloth, 166 pp., 60 cts., paper covers, 136 pp. 25 cts.

The Household Manual.—A book that everybody wants. It is brim full of information on a hundred useful topics. Tells how to treat most common diseases successfully with simple remedies, how to disinfect and ventilate, what to do in case of accidents, how to resuscitate the drowned, and gives much other equally important information. 20,000 sold in less than two years. Bound, 172 pp. 75 cts.

Plain facts about Sexual Life.—The most complete and interesting book for the general public yet published on the anatomy and physiology of reproduction. The Boston Journal says of it, "A book so intelligently written should not lack for readers." Handsomely bound in cloth, 416 pp., $2.00; abbreviated, in flexible covers. $1.00.

Diphtheria.—A concise account of the nature, cause, modes of prevention, and most successful modes of treatment, of this prevalent and fatal malady. It should be in every household, as its instructions, if faithfully carried out, will save many a precious life. 25 cts.

IN PAPER COVERS.

Alcoholic Poisons.—Or, the Physical, Moral, and Social Effects of Alcohol as a Beverage, and as a Medicine. This pamphlet is the best compendium of the temperance question published. The scientific part of the argument is particularly full. Its statements are brief, concise, and to the point. Every temperance worker ought to have it. Paper covers, 128 pp. 25 cts.

Healthful Cookery.—A Hand-Book of Food and Diet; or, What to Eat, When to Eat, and How to Eat. It contains a large number of recipes for the preparation of wholesome and palatable food without condiments. Every dyspeptic ought to have it. Enamel paper covers, 128 pp. 25c.

Proper Diet for Man.—A scientific discussion of the question of vegetable versus animal food, together with a consideration of the relation of salt to the human system. Ultra notions are avoided, and the subjects treated are handled with candor. 15 cts.

Dyspepsia.—A concise account of the nature and causes of this almost universal disease, with directions for its cure. Thousands have been cured by attention to the suggestions contained in this little work. 25 cts.

Evils of Fashionable Dress, and How to Dress Healthfully.—This little work considers the subject of fashionable dress from a medical standpoint, and thoroughly exposes its evils. It does not stop here, but points out an easy and acceptable remedy. Ultra and peculiar notions of a character obnoxious to good taste find no place in this work. If every lady in the country would follow its common-sense teachings, the greatest share of the peculiar maladies from which so many ladies suffer would be prevented. Enamel covers, 40 pp. 10 cts.

HEALTH AND TEMPERANCE TRACTS.

Wine and the Bible.—A candid consideration of the Bible view of the wine question, in which it is shown conclusively that the Bible affords no support to the use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage. 24 pp. 3 cts.

Principles of Health Reform.—A brief resume of the principles which underlie the teaching of health reform. 16 pp. 2 cts.

Tea and Coffee.—In this tract are given the principal objections to the use of these popular beverages. Many persons have been convinced of their injurious qualities by its perusal. 32 pp. 4 cts.

Pork.—In this tract many startling facts with which the public are generally unacquainted are brought out in a comprehensible manner. No lover of swine's flesh can read it without losing his relish for that kind of food. The tract contains an engraving of the terrible trichina worm, together with a full description of the parasite. 16 pp. 2 cts.

The Drunkard's Arguments Answered.—Leaves no excuse for tipplers, either moderate drinkers or habitual drunkards. 16 pp. 2 cts.

Alcoholic Medication.—A protest against the wholesale employment of alcoholic compounds in the form of bitters, tonics, blood-purifiers, etc. 16 pp. 2 cts.

Causes and Cure of Intemperance.—The real causes of drunkenness are pointed out where they are least likely to be suspected. The evil is traced to its true source, and the only remedy pointed out. 8 pp. 1 ct.

Moral and Social Effects of Alcohol.—A forcible statement of facts and statistics. 8 pp. 1 ct.

True Temperance.—This tract views intemperance as a far-reaching evil which includes every form of artificial stimulation, as well as alcoholic intoxication. 4 pp. ½ ct.

Alcohol: What Is It?—An explanation of the nature of alcohol and its mode of production. 4 pp. ½ ct.

ALCOHOLIC POISON. 8 pp. 1 ct.

EVIL EFFECTS OF TEA AND COFFEE.—A clear and forcible statement of the evil effects of using tea and coffee. 8 pp 1 ct.

TEN ARGUMENTS ANSWERED.—A brief review of ten principal arguments for the use of tea and coffee. 8pp. 1 ct.

TOBACCO POISONING.—In this attention is called to startling facts about the poisonous effects of tobacco. 8pp. 1 ct.

TOBACCO USING A CAUSE OF DISEASE. Seven principal diseases are traced to tobacco as a principal cause. 8 pp. 1 ct.

A RELIC OF BARBARISM.—Tobacco using proved to be a relic of barbarism.

These Tracts will be furnished, postage paid, at the rate of 800 pages for $1.00 and 1,600 pages, by freight, for $1.00 in large quantities for gratuitous distribution.

Address, PACIFIC PRESS, OAKLAND, CAL.

SABBATH IN OAKLAND.

SABBATH, Nov. 13, was a good day for the church in Oakland. At half-past nine the usual Sabbath-school service was held. This branch of the church has for some time been steadily advancing both in numbers and interest, and the union of the two largest divisions, the youth and adults, in studying the New Testament history bids fair to make the school still more attractive. The lesson of the day was the first of the new series, and was specially interesting. In the primary division also, which has more than doubled in numbers in the last six months, there seems to be a growing interest.

At eleven o'clock the church was comfortably filled with brethren and sisters to whom Elder Aldrich, late pastor of the Baptist church at Nevada City, and who has recently commenced to observe the Sabbath, delivered a brief but pointed discourse from the words of Solomon in Prov. 18 : 24. Amid all the wealth and grandeur of Solomon's kingdom, and the multitude of his companions, he felt the need of making friends with One who would never prove untrue. The Elder forcibly presented the advantages of friendship, and exhorted all to secure the never-failing friendship of that Friend who “sticketh closer than a brother.”

In the afternoon quite a number from Oakland went over to Alameda, where Bro. Israel spoke to the little company there who have established regular church services and a Bible Class. Although earnest efforts have been made by some to draw away those who have recently commenced to keep the Sabbath in that place, none seem to be shaken, but on the contrary are becoming more and more settled in regard to the truth. The blessing of the Lord seems to be upon the cause in Oakland, and we have faith to believe that it is in answer to the united prayers of his people. Brethren, let your prayers continue to arise in its behalf.