—The bubonic plague cost the city of Glasgow, Scotland, $5,000,000.
—The Texas State militia has been called out to suppress rioting at Anderson.
—Chicago packers advanced the price of meats one cent a pound November 9.
—President McKinley has retained his entire cabinet for another term of four years.
—John A. Russell, Attorney General of Porto Rico, has handed in his resignation.
—The Japanese battle-ship “Mikasa” has been successfully launched at Barrow, England.
—Eight persons were killed and fifteen injured in a railway collision at Choisy-le-Roi, France, November 11.
—The United States transport “Buford” recently sailed from Brooklyn, N. Y., with 900 men, for the Philippines.
—It is reported that “the American soldiers recently prevented the Russians from tearing down the British flag in China.”
—Robert G. Dun, senior member of the commercial agency of R. G. Dun and Company, died in the city of New York, November 10.
—General De Wet’s forces were badly beaten by the British cavalry, November 9, the general and President Steyn narrowly escaping capture.
—A Russian paper states that “an alliance has been formed between Russia, France, the United States, and Japan, to offset the Anglo-German agreement.”
—At the Lord Mayor’s banquet held in London, November 9, Lord Salisbury took occasion to rejoice “over the result of the United States election.”
—In his annual report the Commissioner of Indian Affairs says that “the impression that the number of Indians in this country is diminishing, is unfounded.”
—The Spanish Premier, General Azcarraga, recently announced that “the islands of Cagayan and Cibitu, in the Philippines, had been ceded to the United States for $100,000.”
—A company with a capital of $20,000,000 has been organized in Philadelphia, Pa., for the purpose of securing control of electric plants, railroads, and sugar plantations in Cuba.
—The estimates of the cost of the German-China expedition presented to the Federal Council provide for an expenditure of 152,000,000 marks, and a force of 863 officers and 18,739 men.
—A prize was recently offered to “the servant who had served the longest period in one family,” and Miss Mary Cuthbert won the same, having been in the employ of a Chicago family for fifty-four years.
—More than $100,000,000 worth of India rubber has been imported into the United States during the last four years. Ten years ago the annual importations of India rubber amounted to about $15,000,000; now they exceed $30,000,000, and are rapidly increasing.
—General Baden-Powell is ill with enteric fever, at Cape Town, South Africa.
—A band of fifty Carlists was captured by soldiers, near Barcelona, Spain, November 12.
—The United States will ask Great Britain to suppress the Filipino junta at Hongkong, China.
—The American Steel and Wire Company has ordered all idle plants at Pittsburg to start work.
—The admission fee to the Paris Exposition, Monday, November 12, the last day, was only one cent.
—Biloxi, Miss., a famous summer resort, was nearly destroyed by fire, November 10. Loss, about $1,000,000.
—W. C. Roentgen, discoverer of the “X-ray,” has received the Barnard medal from Columbia University.
—King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, celebrated his birthday, November 11, by pardoning many criminals.
—A syndicate of Danish and Swedish capitalists is negotiating for a loan of $15,000,000 from American bankers.
—Alfred Lee Royce, chaplain in the United States navy, has brought action against the government for $1,500 back pay.
—Richard Croker, the Tammany leader, lost $160,000 on election bets; while a Wall Street banker, Louis Wormser, won $250,000.
—November 12, 325 cases of rifles and cartridges, consigned to the government of Honduras from New York, were seized in Panama.
—Marcus Daly, the wealthy copper-mine owner of Montana, died November 13, in New York City, after an illness of two months.
—The wharf of the American Commercial Company at Kodiak Island, Alaska, recently sank two feet on account of an earthquake.
—An English syndicate recently purchased the Portland gold mine, Cripple Creek, Colo., for about $15,000,000, thus securing 183 acres.
—The Nova Scotia coast is strewn with wreckage from the recent severe storm, twenty-five bodies having been recovered at Yarmouth.
—The trust has advanced the price of salt to $2.50 for 100 pounds. They will thus recover the money they subscribed to the campaign fund.
—Russia is to send a special agent to the United States, to study homestead legislation here, with the view of its partial application to the Russian peasant communities.
—By direction of President McKinley the Department of Porto Rico will be discontinued on the 15th of next month, after which it will be attached to the Department of the East.
—A Kansas City coal and coke company has purchased mining property at Rock Springs, Wyo., from which 600,000 tons of bituminous coal can be taken out yearly. The company will employ 600 men.
—The government of Morocco declines to pay indemnity to the United States for the murder of a naturalized American citizen. A man-of-war will probably be sent to the scene, to force the payment of the same.
—Henry Villard, the noted railroad capitalist and financier, who reported the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1854–58, and finished the Northern Pacific Railroad, died November 12, at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., of cancer of the throat.
—It seems that “the overwhelming defeat of Mr. Bryan was followed by enormous transactions, and a rise of prices on the stock exchange. On Monday, the day preceding the election, less than 500,000 shares were sold; but in the three and one-half days ending on Saturday at noon, the sales as recorded were 4,887,376 shares, to which should be added not less than 1,000,000” not included in the reported list. While stocks in general rose two points, Standard Oil rose twenty points.
—The elections in Porto Rico were held November 7, “the object being the election of the lower house of the legislature, to be organized under the act of Congress of last spring. The election was carried overwhelmingly by the Republicans, who are opposed to the American colonial policy. The opposing party, the Federals, cast only 200 votes, whereas the Republicans cast 75,000. The election passed off without the slightest disturbance. Governor Allen reports it as evidence of the capacity of the people for self-government.”
—The Tientsin, China, correspondent of the London Daily Mail says: “There is constant friction between the troops of the allies, and already there is covert taking of sides and getting into line for the severance which officers and men alike feel is practically certain to come. The Frenchmen, Germans, Russians, Austrians, and Italians are gravitating together, not so much because their interests are identical, but because of their common jealousy and dislike of England and the United States. Meanwhile, Japan sits on the fence. Frequent misunderstandings are resulting. The soldiers of one nationality are being killed or wounded by men of others. Numerous British, Americans, and Sikhs are the principal sufferers, chiefly at the hands of the French sentries, who shoot on short notice. These mishaps have resulted in grudges and bitterness.” And woe be to the whole earth when these grudges and this bitterness are revenged and let loose!
749—The last of the plague sufferers has been dismissed from the hospital at Glasgow, Scotland.
—Acetylene gas headlights are being tried on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé Railroad.
—Reports from St. Petersburg, Russia, state that in portions of Siberia the grain has been completely burned up by drought.
—The apple crop of this country approximates 48,000,000 barrels this year, against 37,500,000 barrels in 1899, and 69,000,000 barrels in 1896.
—At the unveiling of the monument to the late President Carnot, at Lyons, France, great precautions were taken to prevent another assassination.
—Russia has completed her plans for a great ship canal between the Baltic and White seas, the same to have a minimum depth of twenty feet.
—Iceland, by her recent elections, has practically demanded of Denmark an autonomous government, by placing in power the party pledged to accomplish this end.
—The annual report of Second Assistant Postmaster-General Shallenberger gives the total amount expended for mail service by this country in the year ending June 30, 1900, as $57,160,598.
—President Steyn and Commandant Botha have refused to treat with the British for the surrender of the Boers, Botha declaring it impossible to treat for surrender as long as any burghers wish to fight.
—Secretary Hay, of the State Department, recently replied to Lord Pauncefote and to the German chargé d’affaires, indorsing the Anglo-German agreement as to the open door and as to the preservation of the integrity of China.
—A rich strike of cinnabar ore has been made in Brewster County, southwestern Texas, near the Rio Grande River. The ore is of such a nature that the quicksilver can be extracted economically, and the district is rapidly filling up with prospectors.
—The Philadelphia Times states that, by a gigantic customs fraud in sugar duties, the Spreckels Sugar Refining Company, of Philadelphia, has defrauded the government of $8,000,000 during the last three years. This refining company is a part of the great sugar trust.
—According to the American Agriculturist, the total yield of corn in the United States this year is 2,188,000,000 bushels, against 2,207,000,000 bushels in 1899, and 1,868,000,000 bushels in 1898. The average yield this year is 25.6 bushels an acre, against 26.4 bushels in 1899, and against about 23 bushels an acre in 1898.
—Barney Morris, who saw the rise and fall of Napoleon, and who lived when France passed through her reign of terror, recently celebrated his one hundred and eighth birthday by working as a laborer in Prospect Park, New York City. He is wiry and strong, and, with the exception of his hearing, his faculties are all nearly as keen as in youth.
—Queen Victoria has approved a part of the new Tory cabinet of England, as follows: Lord Salisbury as Premier and Lord of the privy seal; the Marquis of Lansdowne as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Mr. William St. John Brodrick, as Secretary of State for War; the Earl of Selborne, as first Lord of the Admiralty; and Mr. C. T. Ritchie, as Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
—The queen of Portugal has added to the great popularity she already enjoyed, by recently jumping into the sea and saving the life of a fisherman named Catalao. She had “just returned to shore from a rowing trip off Cascaes, a fashionable seaside resort, and saw Catalao’s boat overturned and the fisherman carried out to sea. The queen threw herself into the water, and swam to the unfortunate man, whose arm had been broken by his fall into the water, and, aided by two seamen, brought him ashore, and later took him to the royal residence, where she helped to make a bed for him, and gave him every comfort.”
—We are informed that “a news agency is to be established at Rome, under the auspices of the Vatican, for the purpose of preventing the sending out of false or deceptive news items regarding the doings of the ‘Holy See,’ by irresponsible persons.” It is stated that “the necessity for such a bureau was brought home to the pope with especial force by the great number of contradictory reports spread after the death of King Humbert, regarding the position taken by him and the high church dignitaries.” Both the Assumptionists and the Franciscans desire the management of the agency; it is predicted that the Franciscan order will secure “the honor.”
—Dispatches state that “the plurality of the popular vote secured by William McKinley in his second successful contest for the presidency of the United States far exceeds any that has ever been given a candidate for the office. It exceeds his own plurality of 596,749 in 1896 by 243,641 votes, and exceeds that of General Grant in 1872, up to the present year the greatest on record, by 77,389 votes.” Thus the national repudiation of the principles of the Constitution as a Protestant and republican government is complete. The next thing now to be looked for is the making of “provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions;” and then, for “the marvelous working of Satan, and the end near.”
THE HIGHER EDUCATION.
By J. Ellis Tenney
The significance of the term “higher education” is not fully appreciated by any; nor will it be until we are permitted to sit under the instruction of Him of whom it was said, “Never man spake like this man.” More, however, may be comprehended of the true meaning of Christian education, which is the true higher education, if we will lay aside all former ideas, and, in the light of God’s word and the revelations of his Spirit, seek to know all that we may concerning this important subject.
We are familiar with the following Biblical statements: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;” “To depart from evil is understanding;” “As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom,” etc.; but these significant passages will fail to reveal to us the true science of education as God would have us understand it, unless we grasp the underlying principle.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” only to those who believe with all their hearts that this is true. God “giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.” To Nebuchadnezzar’s boastful question, “Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?” these faithful Hebrews, to whom God had given learning and wisdom, replied: “We are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” The same principle is found in the statement, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.”
We are too apt to look for results in a manner which implies a doubt as to the correctness of the course we are taking. This is not faith, but merely experiment. God does not wish us to experiment with those things which involve eternal interests, and concerning which he has plainly spoken.
Let us cease to measure God’s work by human standards. Man’s mind can not estimate the value of the results of obedience, any more than it can comprehend the methods God uses to bring about those results.
There are three grades, or realms, of thought. The lowest has to do exclusively with material things. With the great mass of humanity, the most important question is, “What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” All their thought has to do with material things; and self-gratification is the mainspring of action.
The next class is composed of those who are the acknowledged leaders of the first class. They are thinkers, but all thought is directed toward the materialists in the first class; for from them must be derived position and honor; and through their patronage must wealth be acquired. The masses of the people want to be led; and in this realm of mind above them are those who are as ready to lead as the others are to be led, and their pay is received in the form of position, honor, applause, and all else that the world has to offer.
The realm of faith is over and above all. It is the highest quality of mind. Only men of faith can exert that influence and power which uplift their fellow men, or by which they themselves can be brought into a nobler and better existence.
Men of thought and faith lead up to God, and connect the human with the divine. Men of thought without faith cater to the physical, and never rise above its level. “We are saved by hope.” Faith is the mainspring of hope; hence without faith it is impossible to please him, for God desires the salvation of every soul.
It is a cause for most sincere gratitude that our schools are seeking for and finding this basic principle of all intellectual, moral, and physical growth. Such schools are doing much for those youth who, with all their hearts, indorse the principle of education by faith, and seek for its exemplifications in their lives.
Not only has the working of this principle been seen in its effectiveness in the academy in Wisconsin, but on the occasion of a recent visit to the college at Battle Creek, I was impressed with the presence of this true element of educational growth. No doubt other schools among us are similarly blessed. It is the beginning of a new and better experience for our schools and all connected with them; and though the pre-eminence given to the exercise of faith in education may be scouted by the world and by many professed believers of the truth, yet it will conquer at last, and through it a people be prepared to meet our Saviour when he comes.
Let us take courage and press on.
J. ELLIS TENNEY.
CEDAR LAKE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
By S. M. BUTLER
CEDAR LAKE is in Montcalm County, one of the central counties of the State of Michigan, about midway between Grand Rapids and Saginaw, on a branch of the Pere Marquette Railroad. It is a village of about one hundred inhabitants. The soil in the vicinity is of medium quality, and was formerly covered with a pine forest. The timber has been cut away, and the land is now being utilized for agricultural purposes. The town has a post-office, with four mails a day; a railroad station, at which all trains stop on signal; telegraph, telephone, and express offices.
The school farm consists of one hundred and forty acres of land, one hundred of which are ready for cultivation, about thirty acres being free from stumps. The school buildings comprise an academy, students’ dormitory, and an industrial hall. Each of these buildings is a two-story structure, with basement under the whole. The dormitory has rooms for the accommodation of about fifty students.
The object in starting this school was to provide for the education of our youth who are not prepared to enter college, and who desire to receive their elementary training in a Christian institution. The plan of the school contemplates a thorough training in the common branches. No student will be permitted to pass to a higher grade until he has thoroughly mastered the essential principles of the studies in the grades below. While standing for thoroughness in the fundamentals of education, this school will not be unmindful of the spiritual needs of the student. In the teaching of every subject the teachers will endeavor to lead the pupil to God, the true source of all knowledge.
It need not be said that such schools are a necessity; that is apparent to all whose eyes are open to the conditions of the times. The neglect of the common branches for what is popularly called the “higher education” is becoming so notorious that some of the most advanced public educators are demanding a reform. It is not an uncommon thing to find high-school and college graduates who are ignorant of the fundamental principles of education. Skepticism is leavening the whole public-school system, from the district school to the university.
What shall we do? Shall we continue to educate our children under these influences, or shall we train them according to the pattern that God has given us? It is true that it will cost more money to equip Christian schools and maintain our children in them, than it will to patronize the schools of the world; but aside from the minor question of dollars and cents, which will be the more profitable? In the day of God none will care about the gold, but all will be intensely interested in the souls of their children.
We appeal to the people of Michigan to sustain the school at Cedar Lake. Surely, so great a State can easily support a school of this size. Shall we do it? Will you send your boys and girls? Please consider this matter, and consider it now. How soon your young people will be beyond your reach you know not. There is no time to lose. When God tells us that such a radical move as this should be made, it is because danger is imminent, and now is the time to act. May God help us to know the time of our visitation.
This school can doubtless be made self-supporting in a short time if it can be run to its full capacity. It has ample accommodations for about fifty students. The running expenses, aside from board and fuel, are about the same whether the students are many or few. God has spoken in regard to this school. It was in response to his instruction that it was started, and he has since spoken approvingly of the enterprise. We can not think that it is his will that it shall languish. He means to accomplish great good for his people through the school work, and the school at Cedar Lake is one of his agencies. Shall we now rally to its support? We have confidence that the people of Michigan will do it. If the school is not filled by Michigan, we shall be glad to welcome students from States that have no similar schools.
The present term began October 31, and will close December 21. The second term will begin January 3, and close May 29, 1901. Students may enter at any time. For further information, address the principal, Elder H. D. Day, Cedar Lake, Mich., or the undersigned, 627 So. Ingalls St., Ann Arbor, Mich. S. M. BUTLER.
THE EDUCATIONAL WORK IN DISTRICT 1.
By Frederick Griggs
The educational work in District 1 is in an encouraging condition. The attendance at the opening of South Lancaster Academy was from one-fourth to one-third larger than at the opening last year. The average age of the students is somewhat younger than that of last year, but there is a quiet and studious spirit in the school.
While many of the students will not be prepared for some time to enter active service in the Master's vineyard, yet the majority have this purpose in mind. On the other hand, we have a goodly number in attendance who wish to enter the ministry, to teach canvassing, or to engage in other departments of the Lord's work; so I think we shall be able to send out a larger number of workers into the field at the end of this year than we sent out last year. This school was established for the sole purpose of preparing workers for the broad harvest field, and each year many should go forth from its doors to engage in this work. If the school meets its intended purpose, our brethren and sisters throughout the district will find it necessary to encourage, by every laudable means, young men and women to attend the school and receive this preparation. If our people do not do this, the young people drift into various avocations, and the time quickly comes when it is practically impossible for them to cut loose and receive the training necessary to make them successful workers.
There are many young married men and women in these Conferences who should arrange their affairs to attend the school as soon as possible. Now is the time for all who ought to attend next year, to make their plans to do so. There is a strong and substantial religious spirit in the school this year.
While we have several students who have not given their hearts fully to the Lord, yet matters of religion are sacredly regarded by all, and the Spirit of God is doing a marked work.
There are now twenty-three church schools in this district, and others are soon to be established. I know of no opposition in the district to the church-school work, but many of our people do not see how this work can be conducted in their particular localities.14More faith needs to be exercised for wisdom and strength to carry out the work God has told them to do; for the Lord does not call upon his people to do a work unless he leads them in the work.
Our people in this district have heartily responded in the effort for the relief of the schools, and we are confident that they will exert themselves to the utmost to sell the book, “Christ's Object Lessons.” Surely the Lord has in mind the deliverance of his people from the bondage of debt, in order that the loud cry of the Third Angel's Message may be given with unimpaired force; and he is beginning this work in the matter of the schools. The Lord has said that the schools are the special objects of his care, and our people should have the deepest interest continually in the work of the schools. I am glad to report that from every point of view the interest in the educational work throughout the district is deepening. FREDERICK GRIGGS.
CHRISTIAN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY, COLLEGE VIEW, NEB.
By M. E. Kern
We have been instructed that if our young people were properly organized and directed, a great work might be accomplished by them. Believing that the number of young people at this place who are interested in the Master's work made an organization desirable, steps were taken during the last summer to form a society. Such a work too hastily undertaken would probably end in failure and discouragement, therefore earnest thought was given to the plans laid for its establishment.
Three classes are admitted to membership: active members, who must be church-members in good standing, and, as the name indicates, are expected to be the workers of the society; associate members, who may or may not belong to the church, but desire to place themselves on the side of improvement; interested members, who are older brethren and sisters whose counsel and encouragement are helpful to those of less experience.
The responsibilities of the officers are shared by an invitation, or pastoral, committee, a program committee, and an executive committee of which the senior elder of the church is a member ex officio.
The intention of the society is to be, as its name indicates, a Christian Improvement Society, and to this end constant effort is made to give opportunity for the younger members to help in bearing the burdens. The interest is good, and all things indicate that it is of a permanent character.
M. E. KERN.
THE WORLD'S OUTLOOK.
By L. A. Hoopes
The World's Outlook Number of the Signs of the Times will soon be ready for distribution. These special issues of the Signs are timely. They deserve a far more extensive circulation than they have received.
The world's outlook at the present time is certainly very ominous; history is fast repeating itself: in a few weeks, or months at most, we shall find ourselves far in the development of history; far in the fulfilment of prophecy; far in the measuring up of the cup of the world's iniquity. In view of these facts, every legitimate and available means should be used to disseminate the stirring truths of the last message of mercy to the world.
The printing-press was invented to be a means in the hands of God's people to give the knowledge of the Third Angel's Message to the world. In view of this fact, what more attractive and convenient form can be devised to disseminate the truth for this time than our pioneer paper, the Signs of the Times? By this means thousands will be reached who will never hear the living preacher, and who will not take time to read a book, or even tracts, on this important subject.
There should be a redoubled effort put forth by every lover of the truth to circulate the Signs of the Times. If we would but arouse to the true situation, we should find ourselves much nearer the close of this world's history than many who profess to believe the truth realize. May this special Outlook Number be a means of greatly increasing the interest of all in the circulation of the regular issues of the Signs. L. A. HOOPES.
THE OUTLOOK.
By R. M. Kilgore
THIS Outlook Number of the Signs of the Times, relating to the present condition of the world in its various phases, is an important issue. The political, financial, and moral aspects furnish subjects of thrilling interest to the student of prophecy. This number of our pioneer paper should go into every home, and be read by all classes. The different topics embodied in this number can not fail to interest, edify, and instruct all who receive it. Our brethren and sisters everywhere should actively engage in its circulation. Every issue of the Signs is filled with good, rich food for both mind and heart, and demands a most liberal patronage at our hands. We all know its value as a missionary paper, and the World's Outlook Number is especially adapted to the needs of the people at this time. This is emphatically an up-to-date number. Let all work to get it before the public.
R. M. KILGORE.
WHY NOT?
Why not what? — Why not circulate one million copies of the special Signs of the Times? Look at the condition of the world to-day: England at war in South Africa; the United States at war in the Philippines; all Europe and America at war with China; some of the world-powers combining against others, while each is casting about to protect itself in the final outcome. Everyone — statesman, scholar, merchant, and laborer — is asking, “What is the end of all this? What will be the final outcome?” Nothing but God's word can tell.
The November number of the special Signs of the Times purports to answer the question, from the Bible standpoint, “What do all these things mean?” Read the contents of this number: “The European Outlook,” “Prophetic American Outlook,” “The Church and State Outlook,” “The Prophetic Papal Outlook,” “Professed Protestant Outlook,” “The Gospel Outlook,” “The Christian’s Outlook,” “Missions Outlook,” and “A Century Review.” What a range of topics!
He who reads this number can not help seeing that these things portend the end of the world. Shall not we engage in this work with our old-time energy? Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel, and let this special number of the Signs be used in aggressive work this fall and the coming winter. It is timely. Shall we not make this winter our banner winter for missionary work? God is thrusting the work upon us. He calls us to the field for a hard campaign. Why not awake and march forward?
PUBLICATIONS WANTED.
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The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, postpaid:—
J. G. Welch, Vosburg, Miss.
Mrs. S. M. Kennedy, Chunchula, Ala., English and a few German publications.
SOUTH CAROLINA, ATTENTION!
By B. F. Gowdy
There will be a general meeting of the Seventh-day Adventists of South Carolina with the church in Spartanburg, December 7-16, 1900. It is hoped that all the brethren and sisters in the State will realize the importance of these annual gatherings, and will plan to attend. This will be the most important meeting ever held in South Carolina, and none who can possibly be there should remain away. Elders N. W. Allee, J. A. Brunson, and J. O. Johnston, and the writer will be present to give instruction from the word, and to assist in conducting the meetings. Let all come and seek a blessing from heaven, according to the promises of God. B. F. Gowdy.
CHICAGO TRAINING SCHOOL.
As the time of beginning the Medical Missionary Training School classes at the Battle Creek Sanitarium has been changed from November 1 to January 1, the same change will be made in the Chicago Training School, so that the students' first year's work will end so as to make it convenient to begin the second year's work at the sanitarium. There is room for a few more active, consecrated young men and women in our Chicago Training School. Such persons can be received at any time between now and January 1. Send at once for application blank and further particulars. Address all correspondence to the Chicago Medical Missionary Training School, 1826 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.
UNION COLLEGE.
Winter Term.
The winter term of Union College opens December 12, and continues three months. A new program will be arranged, and a number of new classes started. For a large number of our young people this is the most favorable time to attend school—with many the only time. It is a good time to do so, however; and no one who can possibly come should miss the opportunity.
Even a few weeks or months spent at the college this winter may prove the turning point in many a young person’s life. The privilege of becoming acquainted, and associating from day to day, with college teachers and students is of great value to a young person. High ideals are constantly held before them, both in class room and in general meetings and exercises; and during the winter term special advantages are offered. The common branches are taught, and students may be classified from the seventh grade up.
The expenses are made as low as possible. Tuition is $3.50 a month; furnished room can be rented for about seventy-five cents a week, and two students can occupy one room; board is furnished at the college dining hall on the European plan, at about the cost of the food, each student paying for only what he eats. Any one desiring to room in the college home will have to give several days’ notice before coming.
Come planning to do faithful work, expecting rich blessings, and you will not be disappointed. A few more Year Books can be furnished for the asking. Write to W. T. Bland, College View, Neb.
SPECIAL NOTICES
ADDRESSES.
The address of Elder J. W. Smith is E. 2629 Sprague Ave., Spokane, Wash.
The address of David Paulson, M. D., is 28 Thirty-third Place, care Chicago Branch of Battle Creek Sanitarium, Chicago, Ill.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
BRIEF business notices and “wants” will be published in this department, subject to the discretion of the publisher. A charge of one dollar for one insertion of four lines or less, and of twenty-five cents for every line over four, will be made, though in the case of the poor who want employment, the charge may be remitted. Parties unknown to the managers of the publishing house must furnish good references.
WANTED.— Girl or woman to do housework in family of four, who will be as one of family; traveling expenses not to exceed $10 paid by employer; wages, $2.50 per week. Address Mrs. Walter R. Marden, Groton, N. Y.
WANTED.— An opportunity for two boys, aged 13 and 10 years, to attend a church school this winter. They have no school privileges whatever, and their father is anxious to give them an education. Address Chas. Dell, Box 287, Onaway, Mich.
WANTED.— Home for the winter, where can do light work, care for children, etc. Address Mrs. E. G. Leonard, Marshfield, Wis.
WANTED.— Work on farm, among Adventists, in western Washington, Oregon, or California, by single man aged 26. Address Jno. Heinrich, Ridgefield, Wash.
