THE treasurer of the General Conference acknowledges the following amounts as received on the $150,000 fund:—
Atlantic Union Conference
Chesapeake Conference ........$ 1.00
Eastern Pennsylvania Conf. .. 35.90
Greater New York Conf. .... 76.50
Maine Conference ........... 1.22
New York Conference ....... 98.50
New Jersey Conference .... 145.00
Southern New England Conf. . 18.33
Vermont Conference ........ 80.33
Virginia Conference ....... 45.00
Western Pennsylvania Conf. .. 26.74
West Virginia Conf. ....... 1.25
South Africa ...............$ 120.73
Jamaica .................... 3.17
Yukon Territory ............ 10.00
England .................. 245.51
Gold Coast, West Africa .... 10.00
Total ......................$ 389.41
Grand Total ................$1,574.71
Current Mention
— President Roosevelt left Washington, November 8, for a trip to Panama. Never before in the history of the country has its chief executive been beyond the boundary line of the United States.
— An unusually large number of the members of the House of Representatives will fail to be returned to the sixtieth Congress. Six have died during their terms of office. Failure of re-election will cause fifty-six other changes.
— John A. Penton, a Cleveland publisher, has armed his non-union employees because they have been repeatedly insulted and assaulted by the pickets of the typographical union. He previously notified the mayor of his intended action.
— The provisional government of Cuba is planning for the American troops there to make extensive marches through the island, evidently for the sake of its moral effect upon those who might be inclined to take up arms in this time of disquiet.
— Missionaries report that 10,000,000 people face starvation from famine in Kiangsu Province, Central China. Local magistrates are preventing people from leaving the region, but are taking no steps to provide them with food. Serious disorders are feared.
— Two large meteors and three smaller ones were seen from passing ships to plunge into the sea about sixty miles northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, on the afternoon and evening of October 30. They were visible for about thirty seconds, and made the sea boil up to the height of twenty feet at the places where they entered the water.
— November 2 brought word from Commander Robert E. Peary, who is returning from his ninth arctic expedition. He has been absent from New York since July 16, 1905. While some severe hardships were endured, he reports no death nor illness. The farthest point north reached by this expedition was 87° 6'. This is about thirty-four miles nearer the pole than the point reached by any previous explorer, but the goal was still 203 miles away.
— The delegates to the Wireless Telegraph Congress at Berlin reached an agreement on November 1 in reference to the interchange of communications between different systems of what they term “radio-telegraphy.” According to the agreement there is to be free interchange of communication between all systems, and unrestricted exchange between ship and ship and between ship and shore. Italy and England sign the agreement with reservations to protect existing arrangements with the Marconi Company.
— For refusing to disclose the names of their comrades guilty of riot and murder at Brownsville, Tex., the President has dismissed without honor every man of companies B, C, and D (colored) of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. They will be forever debarred from re-enlisting in the army or the navy, as well as from any employment by the government in any civil capacity. To show that he was not taking this action because of any antipathy toward the colored troops as such, the President has ordered an investigation into the conduct of a colonel who had made disparaging remarks about colored soldiers.
— The election of at least six Prohibitionist representatives to the legislature of the State of Illinois, as well as substantial gains in the other States, shows that not all are insensible to the evils of intemperance.
— Statistics of the police department show that at least 3,000 people in the city of Richmond, Va., are daily users of cocaine. This record of one city is indicative of the growing use of harmful drugs by the people of this generation.
— A conference between the United States troops and the warring Utes has been held in the camps of the red men. Chiefs Red Cap and Black Whiskers will accompany Captain Johnson to Washington to confer with President Roosevelt, and if possible effect a satisfactory settlement of the difficulty between the Indians and the government.
— Two inventors have each perfected wireless telephones. S. V. Granger, at Newark, N. J., has demonstrated that conversation can be held with the parties eighteen miles apart as readily as by the ordinary telephone. There will be a public demonstration in December of the invention of a lieutenant in the Swedish army.
— A woman of Newark, N. J., has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the county jail for practising sorcery, or witchcraft. She pretended to tell fortunes by reading palms, cards, etc. The judge found her guilty of violating an ancient “blue-law” which makes guilty of misdemeanor “any person who shall pretend to exercise or use any kind of conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, or enchantment.”
— As a natural outcome of the disturbance of the balance of power in Europe through Japan's victory over Russia, there has been a regrouping of the powers. Great Britain, France, and Italy are now united in what is practically a defensive alliance. This is to come into effect when the present triple alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy shall expire “either by expiration of time or by any other cause.”
— In a recent farewell audience granted to Bishop Burke, of St. Joseph, Mo., at the Vatican, the pope expressed his gratitude to Americans irrespective of creed. They gave, he said, every evidence that they respected the church and venerated him. The daily press in allusion to the matter speaks as follows: “Amid the troubles experienced by the church in other parts of the world, he remembered that America was the only country in which it was always free from persecution, thanks to the government, which was most praiseworthy. The pontiff concluded by expressing special affection for the Americans and blessing them heartily.” It is worthy of note that the pope recognizes the church to be enjoying greater liberties in America, where church and state are professedly separate, than in countries so long dominated by a united church and state.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
A Thanksgiving Number of “The Signs of the Times”
EVEN if our factory is in ashes, and our work is being conducted in a shed, yet we are going to get out a special Thanksgiving number of The Signs of the Times.
Here are some of the good things it will contain: “What We Have to Be Thankful For,” “The Spirit of Thanksgiving,” “Thanksgiving—Ancient and Modern,” “A Thanksgiving Story,” “Nearing Home—Signs of the End,” “United States in Prophecy,” “The Results of Forgetting God,” “The Great Salvation.” Other articles and poems of extraordinary merit will appear.
It will have a beautiful cover design, and will be well illustrated. Among other cuts, it will show three photographs of the Valparaiso disaster. These we have just received from men on the ground.
Prices will be as follows:—
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or mailed to single names
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The Wadsworth District Sunday Bill
By W. A. Colcord
THE following is the text of the Wadsworth District Sunday bill, known as H. R. 16483, which was introduced in the House of Representatives March 9, 1906, passed the House June 11, and was introduced in the Senate the following day, June 12, and referred to the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia:—
AN ACT
Requiring certain places of business in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday.
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person in the District of Columbia to sell or to offer for sale, or to keep open any place of business for the sale or delivery of, any groceries or meats or vegetables or other provision on Sunday, except that from the first day of June until the first day of October meats sold prior to Sunday may be delivered at any time before ten o’clock of the morning of that day: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall prevent the sale of fruit at fruit stands and the regular business of restaurants and hotels. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the jail of the District of Columbia for a period of not less than one month nor more than three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.”
“SEC. 2.—That all prosecutions for violations of this Act shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia and in the name of the District of Columbia.”
This same measure was introduced into the fifty-eighth Congress, and passed the House April 6, 1903; but, as will be remembered, it was held up on a tie vote in the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia after having been introduced in the Senate. It has therefore gone over the ground twice up to the point where it now stands. But it may be reported back to the Senate and acted upon at any time during the coming session of Congress. If passed, it will be the first compulsory Sunday law Congress has ever enacted. We hope it will not pass. The measure is further considered in the third number of Liberty. Petition blanks against the measure may be secured from the various tract societies, or from the Religious Liberty Bureau, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.
W. A. COLCORD,
Secretary Religious Liberty Bureau.
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FOR SALE.—Thoroughly equipped treatment rooms; all up-to-date appliances. Splendid opportunity. Object in selling, going South. For particulars, address T. A. Shannon, 113 North Vermillion St., Streator, Ill.
WANTED.—An intelligent, energetic Seventh-day Adventist who is a first-class baker to manage new plant. Church of three hundred23members in city. Address Secretary West Indian Health Food Co. Ltd., 32 Text Lane, Kingston, Jamaica, W. I.
WANTED.—Married man to work on farm by year. Good house to live in, and permanent job. Must be a good teamster, and understand caring for stock. Address H. W. Miller, R. F. D. 2, Battle Creek, Mich.
FOR SALE.—Ripe olives, 60 cents for 1-gal. can; qts. also; 1 doz. to box. Pure extracted mountain honey, 6½ to 7½ cents a lb. White cooking oil, corn oil, olive-oil; English walnuts. Address W. S. Ritchie, Corona, Cal.
WANTED.—A man and a woman (unmarried), or man and wife (no children) to work on farm not less than one year. Must be Sabbath-keepers and both good, strong help. References required. Address W. F. Jenkins, Arcadia, Neb.
SINGLE-COMB BUFF ORPINGTONS.—We breed nothing else; for we believe them to be the best. Hens, pullets, and cockerels, $2 each. Trio, $5. Eggs in season, $1.50 per fifteen. Satisfaction guaranteed. Union College Poultry Yards, College View, Neb.
EVERY reader should try our rancid-proof peanut butter, at 10 cents a pound. Purest coconut oil, 15 cents in 5-pound, 14 cents in 25-pound, and 13 cents in 50-pound lots. Samples, 10 cents. Agents wanted everywhere. Address Vegetarian Meat Company, Bond Building, Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE.—Purest, most healthful, best vegetable oil for cooking or salads; no odor; keeps indefinitely. Gal. can, $1; 5-gal., $4. Also olive-oil of the purest grade; gal., $2.75; half-gal., $1.40; quart can, 85 cents. Send for samples. Also write for prices on California ripe olives and honey. Address E. W. Coates, 535 W. 110th St., New York City, N. Y.
WANTED.—If you are a brother or sister out of employment, I want to help you to an independent business,—honest, honorable, safe, and sure. Sabbath-keepers sometimes find difficulty in working for the world, but you can earn $1 to $4 a day weaving carpets and rugs. I have been manufacturing looms for over quarter of a century, and will help you to get started. Address, for catalogue and full information, W. H. Kynett, 14 Clyde St., Battle Creek, Mich.
Religious Instruction in State Schools
The question of religious instruction in the State schools is being agitated in nearly all the Australasian States.
Religious Liberty Notes
By William A. Colcord
By the circulation of the first number of Liberty in Pittsburg, Pa., a Sunday-enforcement crusade, started by the ministerial association of that city, was defeated a few months ago.
The question of enforced Sunday rest is being agitated in nearly all lands, as well as on many islands of the sea. Even China and Japan are reported as having taken steps of late in this direction.
During the month of September three sisters in Pennsylvania sold ten thousand copies of Liberty and an equal number of Life and Health, making on Liberty alone a profit of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Commenting on the situation in France growing out of the agitation and disturbances resulting from the recent action of the government to separate church and state, the Outlook declares that “both church and state in France would have been stronger if they had been separated” in the past.
Through correspondence between the American ambassador at Berlin and the German government it has been ascertained recently that American citizens in Germany are exempt from church taxes in that country on the ground that Germany does not exact these taxes from the citizens of any country that does not exact them from Germans.
The movement to separate church and state which is now agitating France and Spain, has also appeared in Switzerland. It is reported from Geneva that Switzerland is considering the question of cutting off the support now given the clergymen of the Lutheran Church by each canton. The plan suggested provides a gradual reduction until at the end of thirteen years the state, or municipal, contributions to the church shall cease.
In the Henrico Circuit Court, of Virginia, October 30, Judge William I. Clopton, of Manchester, Va., upholding the decision of a county magistrate who fined showmen for operating on Sunday, said: “I hold that Sabbath-breaking is a crime, both against the laws of God and man, a law first announced at Mount Sinai. The bill of rights in no way protects the violator of the peace and quiet of the Sabbath. The bill of rights in the sixteenth section declares by fair inference that this is a Christian commonwealth.” He cited several Supreme Court opinions to support his decision.
The following item, under the heading “Too Much Sunday Business,” appeared in the Washington Post of October 31: “C. M. D. Browne, 144 R St., N. E., yesterday invited the attention of the District Commissioners to the amount of business transacted on Sunday in the District, especially by real estate firms. He says that many dentists work on Sunday, and recalls the case of a tailor who claims he can not attend morning services on account of being compelled to attend to his business at that time. He has been informed that there is no law to prevent the transaction of business of this kind on Sunday.” The clamor for a District Sunday law for the compulsory observance of Sunday doubtless comes from such “zealous citizens” as the one here represented.
W. A. COLCORD.
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Obituaries
BARLEY.—Died at Blythewood, Ontario, Oct. 18, 1906, of typhoid fever, George Barley, aged 66 years. When the tent-meeting was held there fourteen years ago, he was among the first to receive the Sabbath message. He leaves a wife and nine children to mourn their loss. He was much esteemed by his neighbors for his honesty. The funeral was largely attended. A. O. BURRILL.
STRONG.—Died near Elk City, Kan., Sept. 5, 1906, of malarial fever, Fay Strong, our sweet grand-child, daughter of Pit and Laura Strong, aged 4 years, 9 months, and 20 days. She loved to go to Sabbath-school with grandpa. We miss her, but we expect to meet her soon. Funeral service was held at the grave by our elder, W. M. Gregory.
R. A. HOWARD,
S. A. HOWARD.
FREEMAN.—Died Sept. 24, 1906, of paralysis, Mark, son of Elder J. M. Freeman, in his twenty-fourth year. Four months ago Mark was converted, and consecrated his service to the Lord; but he had no opportunity to demonstrate his love. Sickness laid him low, and rendered him helpless and unconscious most of the time till his death. However, in moments of consciousness, in reply to the inquiries of his anxious parents, he indicated his trust in the merits of Christ. So they have laid him to rest in hope, comforted with the assuring promise of immortality at the coming of our Lord. I. J. HANKINS.
SMITH.—Died in Moline, Ill., Oct. 15, 1906, of diabetes, Violet M. Smith, in the fifth year of her age. The house was filled with sympathizing friends while the writer spoke words of comfort from 2 Kings 4:26. The sorrowing family are comforted by the Christian's hope. L. D. SANTER.
STARR.—Died at our home near Granger, July 31, 1906, of cholera infantum, Earl DeForrest Starr, aged 1 year, 3 months, and 8 days. Our darling passed peacefully away, and we feel that he sleeps in the arms of Jesus. We long for the glad morning when we can have him again in a land where death can not come. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Edwin Sargeant.
C. E. STARR.
FLYNN.—Died near Westlake, Idaho, Oct. 7, 1906, at the home of Brother D. B. Denham, where he had lived for about twenty years, John J. Flynn, in the seventieth year of his age. The deceased was brought up in the Catholic religion, but for nearly a year had been observing the Sabbath of the Lord, and manifested an interest in other points of present truth. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. F. D. STARR.
BRISBIN.—Died at Steamburg, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1906, of bowel trouble, Margaret Maurine, daughter of W. L. and M. F. Brisbin, aged 6 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Little Margaret was a loving child, and those who knew her sadly miss her gentle life and sunny influence. Her parents and brother are confident that if they are faithful, she will be restored to them when the Life-giver comes.
ALTA CARR.
MADDEN.—Fell asleep near Ni Wot, Colo., Oct. 1, 1906, Henry Willard Madden, son of J. W. and Katie Madden, aged 1 year and 8 months. While playing in the road near the house with older children of the family, he fell off the end of a bridge into an irrigating ditch, and sustained injuries about the head. Word of the accident reached the mother too late to save his life. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Jer. 31:16, 17.
H. A. AUFDERHAR.
YARINGTON.—Died at Chico, Cal., my wife, Julia Yarington. She had been sick for six long years, but bore her affliction with patience. Together we accepted the third angel's message thirteen years ago under the labors of Elder G. K. Owen. She loved the cause of present truth, and distributed a great deal of literature; but now her work is done; she peacefully sleeps in Jesus. One daughter survives her death. Brother Martin conducted the funeral service, July 7, 1906.
JAS. YARINGTON.
TIBBETTS.—Died Oct. 2, 1906, of meningitis following an operation for appendicitis, Edna Tibbetts, aged 18 years, 6 months, and 14 days. In 1896 her mother died, leaving Edna and her brother and sister. In 1900 Edna was baptized at College Place, Wash., soon after which her father brought the children back to Montana, where they were placed in the school at Bozeman. Last year she attended the Mt. Ellis Academy. Her pure, devoted life was an inspiration to all. Funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by S. Kime. W. F. MARTIN.
ROSS.—Died near Roosevelt, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1906, Susanna Moyer Ross, wife of Manley T. Ross, in the eighty-second year of her age. Sister Ross, and her husband, who is eighty-two years of age, were among the first to embrace present truth in the State of New York, were charter members of the Roosevelt church of Seventh-day Adventists, and have been identified with its interests till the present time. Her experience was another demonstration of the power of faith and grace to sustain in the trying hour. Besides her husband, she is survived by two children and five grandchildren. S. B. WHITNEY.
WILHOLT.—Died at St. Akron, Ind., Oct. 11, 1906, after an illness of one week, Mrs. Amanda Wilholt, aged 78 years. She was a person of strong individuality. A few minutes before her death she expressed to the writer her abiding faith in the third angel's message of Revelation 14, and her love for the Word of God, and the pleasure she had in reading it when all other helpers fail and comforts flee. The funeral service was conducted in the M. E. church. Words of comfort were spoken by Rev. Hill (Methodist) from Matt. 24:44.
C. E. H. MCMEANS.
BARNES.—Died at Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, Oct. 19, 1906, of old age, Manley Barnes, aged 94 years and 4 days. He was converted at an early age, and joined the Baptist Church, but at the time of his death was fully in harmony with the views held by Seventh-day Adventists, and died in hope of meeting the Saviour in the first resurrection. Thus passes away another witness of the falling of the stars. He was the father of seven children, four of whom are still living. The funeral service was conducted by Elder N. L. McClintock, assisted by Rev. Talbot.
MRS. BESSIE J. KELSO.
WARING.—Died at the home of Mrs. Beattie, in Birmingham, Mich., Sept. 21, 1906, Mrs. Emilia A. Waring, née Morton. Mrs. Waring was born in New York State, Dec. 31, 1823. She had but two children, a son who was drowned in Lake Huron, and a daughter who died in infancy. Her husband died April 29, 1891. Mrs. Waring's Christian experience was first with the Episcopal Church, but for the past ten years she was identified with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Birmingham. We trust that she may have part in the resurrection of the just.
O. F. BUTCHER.
SWAHN.—Died at his home near Sand Lake, Mich., Oct. 3, 1906, Trulas Swahn, aged 71 years, 1 month, and 13 days. Brother Swahn, a native of Sweden, came to America in 1869. Under the labors of Elder S. M. Butler, about sixteen years ago, Brother Swahn and his wife accepted present truth, and were faithful and consistent members of the Trufant (Mich.) Seventh-day Adventist church at the time of his decease. One sister also survives him. A large number of friends and neighbors attended the funeral, which was held Sabbath, October 6, in the Saints church, where they were addressed by the writer from Job 14:14.
S. D. HARTWELL.
GODDARD.—Died at Utica, Mo., Sept. 28, 1906, Mrs. Orpha E. Goddard, aged 96 years, 5 months, and 16 days. Sister Goddard was born in the State of New York. She made a public profession of religion in early youth, and about seventeen years ago she gladly accepted the third angel's message, to which she was faithful until the time of her death, passing away with a blessed hope of immortality at the resurrection of the just. One son and two daughters survive her. The funeral service was held in the Seventh-day Adventist church. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Job 14:14; John 11:25. The remains were taken to Breckenridge, Mo., and buried beside her husband.
A. F. FRENCH.
KUNER.—Died at the home of his brother in Iowa, Oct. 7, 1906, of consumption, Henry Kuner, aged 24 years, 1 month, and 2 days. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and came to St. Paul, Minn., about thirteen years ago. Brother Kuner became acquainted with the Sabbath and kindred truths about four years ago, and has since been a faithful and beloved member of the St. Paul church. He was conscientious in the little details of life, was liberal in his gifts to the cause he loved, and desirous of seeing the work hastened to a finish. He leaves a mother, with whom he had lived, four brothers, two sisters, and many friends to mourn their loss. We laid him to rest in Oakland Cemetery, at St. Paul, to wait the Master's call in the first resurrection. F. A. DETAMORE.
Pacific Union College Calendar
From the Pacific Union College and Normal Institute, the successor of Healdsburg College, there comes the first announcement in the form of a neat calendar of forty pages, the product of its own printing department. In this calendar is found full information concerning the work of the institution, and a copy ought to be in the hands of many young people on the Pacific Coast. Address the president, Dr. L. A. Reed, Healdsburg, Cal.
Readings for the Week of Prayer
The next Review will contain the readings for the week of prayer. A sufficient number will be printed to supply the usual demand for extra copies.
Conradi and AcMoody Sail for Europe
By the direct Hamburg line, Elders L. R. Conradi and C. D. AcMoody sailed from New York, November 8, for Europe. Brother AcMoody will go overland from Hamburg to Constantinople.
Elder J. C. Rogers Bound for South Africa
Elder J. C. Rogers and his wife, of the State of Washington, reached this city last week, on their way toward South Africa. Before sailing, they expect to visit the South Lancaster Academy.
Ordination of C. D. AcMoody
On November 6, at the Tuesday evening prayer-meeting held in the Review and Herald chapel, Brother C. D. AcMoody was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry, preparatory to leaving for Turkey.
Elders Daniells and Evans Visit College View
Elders A. G. Daniells and I. H. Evans have gone to College View, Neb., where they expected to meet Elder W. C. White and other brethren for a brief council. They will be away from Washington about a week.
Elder H. W. Cottrell Visits Headquarters
Elder H. W. Cottrell, the president of the Pacific Union Conference, who has been in New England since the recent council of the General Conference Committee, made a call at headquarters last week, en route to California.
Death of Brother George A. King
By Editor
We were surprised last week to learn of the sudden death of Brother George A. King, of New York City, which occurred on Sunday, November 4. Brother King has rendered faithful service to this cause for many years. A sketch of his life and work will appear in our next issue.
Liberty October–December Issue
By Editor
The issue of Liberty for the October-December quarter is now ready, being Number 3 of the regular issues. A review of the movements in various countries of the world toward, or away from, a union of church, and state, the statement of some fundamental principles, and comment upon special phases of these questions furnish ample material for a good number of this publication. All are invited to have a part in circulating Liberty.
First Missionary From Caterham Sanitarium
Miss Ellen Brain, of Bath, England, a nurse of the Caterham Sanitarium, has accepted appointment to India, and expects to sail with the India Party accompanying Elder J. L. Shaw. We are glad to record the first recruit for the mission fields from this new training center.
Special Double Number of Christlicher Hausfreund
THE special double number of our German paper, Christlicher Hausfreund, published at College View, Neb., has just reached us. It is strikingly illustrated, and presents a large variety of matter on the current signs of the times. It ought to have a large circulation in German-speaking communities.
First List of Contributions to the $150,000 Fund
By Editor
WE print this week the first list of contributions to the $150,000 fund. In harmony with the recommendation adopted at the council of the General Conference Committee these contributions are credited to the conferences in which they are made, rather than to individuals. We hope to see this fund grow rapidly.
Encouraging Meetings Among German Churches
Elder L. R. Conradi, who has spent a few weeks in the West since the recent council, returned to Washington last week. He reported many encouraging meetings held among the German churches during the hurried trip, with a live interest in missions. About three hundred dollars was given for the new Abyssinian Mission.
Thanksgiving Number of The Signs of the Times
By Editor
A FULL statement concerning the Thanksgiving number of The Signs of the Times, announced in the last REVIEW, will be found on the twenty-second page. A large circulation could be given to this special issue without interfering with any other line of missionary effort. We hope this will be done. Order promptly.
Dr. W. A. Ruble Joins Washington Workers
The force of workers at Washington was increased last week by the arrival of Dr. W. A. Ruble, who has recently been appointed secretary of the Medical Department of the General Conference. Dr. Ruble made brief but pleasant visits at the Buffalo and Philadelphia sanitariums on his way to Washington. He is heartily welcomed to his new duties by the resident members of the General Conference Committee.
Advent Work Enters Hunan
DR. SELMON reports that some of the Honan workers met Brother P. J. Laird and his wife as they passed through Hankow, on their way to open a new station in Hunan. Thus our work enters another province of China. Brother Laird was formerly a missionary of the Church of England, and received this advent truth in Japan. He already has a working knowledge of the Chinese language. Mrs. Laird was formerly Dr. Emma Perrine, who went out to Japan from the Iowa Sanitarium.
Zionas Sargs in Lettonian
OUR periodicals in foreign tongues have received a new addition—Zionas Sargs (Zions Watchman). The Hamburg House has just issued a quarterly in the Lettonian tongue, spoken by several millions of people around Riga in the Baltic provinces. It contains thirty-two pages, the first half being devoted to general and missionary articles, well illustrated; the other half is devoted to the regular Sabbath-school lessons. The price for Russia is twenty kop.; for this country twenty cents. This affords a new opportunity for missionary work among the many millions of foreigners in this country.
