Christian herald and signs of our times . are soacceptable to other churches. Any church desiring toavail itself of their visit to this country may addressRev. H. Parrish, 333 West 14th Street, New York. Mr. George W. Wheeler, of the Central Union Mis-sion, Washington, D. C, asks us to acknowledge thereceipt by him of the following sums for the support olMr. J. McLain Browns work in Tokio, Japan, whoseportrait appeared in this journal on Jan. 28: Mrs. A. M,Bruen, $100; Mrs. Fanny Loesch, $50; In ouiSaviours Name, $10; C. Riehle, $10; J. H. ; Wilbur Bissell, $5; Julius Ives, $5; J
Christian herald and signs of our times . are soacceptable to other churches. Any church desiring toavail itself of their visit to this country may addressRev. H. Parrish, 333 West 14th Street, New York. Mr. George W. Wheeler, of the Central Union Mis-sion, Washington, D. C, asks us to acknowledge thereceipt by him of the following sums for the support olMr. J. McLain Browns work in Tokio, Japan, whoseportrait appeared in this journal on Jan. 28: Mrs. A. M,Bruen, $100; Mrs. Fanny Loesch, $50; In ouiSaviours Name, $10; C. Riehle, $10; J. H. ; Wilbur Bissell, $5; Julius Ives, $5; James CCrabtree, $2; H. Clark, $2; D. L. C, J., $2; Eliza J. Cook, $2; In Christs name, $1D. D., Buffalo, N. Y., fi; No Name, $1; G. H. Harvey$1; One who loves to do something for the Lord,Lowell, Mass., $10. Mr. Wheeler would be glad if subscribers would send him their names and addresses, s<that he may keep them informed of Mr. Browns worlfrom time to time. Feb. 18, 1891. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. 105. CURRENT EVENTS. Admiral Porter Dead—Siberian Prison Horrors—RescuedFrom a Coal Mine—Canadians and Reciprocity—The NewQueen of the Sandwich Inlwifln Tnmlgn Ailuir-, etc. Admiral David D. Porter, of the UnitedStates Navy, died at Washington of heartdisease, on the 13th inst, after a longillness. He came of a race of sea-kings, andwas the son of the famous Commodore DavidPorter, who commanded the frigate Essex inthe War of 1812. His grandfather was also aCaptain Dav-id Porter whoin the earlydays of theRevo lution-ary War com-manded the61 oop gun-boat D. Por-ter the grand-eon, had beenassociatedwith the seafrom his in-fancy. In1829 he was aNaval Cadet;a few yearslater he wasserving in theold war shipConstellation, under the renowned CommodoreBiddle. Gradually promoted, the opening ofthe Civil War found him in command of thePowhatan. He bore a prominent part in manyof the naval battles of the war, notably the cap-ture of the M
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