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B9V ' " jBBbM $> ! Wfvvur TvnnsTRY I jBMt XI V T Uli Xi.1 JL/ \J KJ JL. xv x SBsalting down mutton birds |V FOB AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. | Great Quantities of the Kdlble Sea Fowls Are Packed In Barrels for Shipment Like Pork? Where They are Found. TASTES differ in different latitudes, even among English- 1 speaking people. Imagine Caucasians dining on salted petrels, and with a relish, too, as thoiiffh that fish-eating sea bird were ta luxury. Of all the fowl that haunt the barren islands on the Califernia coast none are considered quite so worthless as the sooty petrel. Even the seagull has his usefulness as a scavenger on the bays along the coast, but the pretrel is truly a despised bird in these waters. Seagulls' eggs bring ft price in the market that make it irorth while to gather them at considerable expense, but no one thinks it worth while to rob the petrels' nests >n the rookeries at the Farallone isl- i mds. ' i It it different in Australia. Is it the i )old winds that blow up from the Ant- i irctic regions or the hot air that iweeps down from the equator ? No natter what the cause, the fact is that ;H? annoiifAR nf nnr Australian cousins are radically different. The sooty petrel is there an edible fowl with a decided market value, and a number j of men and small craft are employed each year in catching, salting, packing and carrying it in great quantities from the rookeries on Trefoil Island .N acd other adjoining islands on the I i TREFOIL-ISLAND, THE HOM north coast of Tasmania to Stanley and Melbourne. Mutton birds is the general name given the petrel there, and the men and ships engaged in the business are known as "mutton birders." To Americans this is qnite a novel industry, and the fact that such Common tm sea birds as the petrel are packed and V salted down like so much pork is m til ways a matter of wonderment to | strangers who go there. But the test of the pudding is in the eating of it, a onil (tinno ?)ia hnvA dinprl off mntton 8 birds instead of land mntton proncunce the ono every bit as good as the other. 1 If yon leave San Franoisco in August sailing westward and southl ward you will pass many great flocks I . of birds that will be pointed out to you | as sooty petrels?or they will paBs I you, for they are traveling about three | times faster than you are. And when I you reach Melbourne and have become 1 s acclimated enough to venture a trip acxoss to Tasmania, you may dine off the yonng of those very birds that ^ passed you in the California coast, romy now iney wui oe serveu w you na mutton birch. ? These fowls leave the Farallones every few months, and once every year they visit Australia. Trefoil Island is their ohief roosting place in the Southern hemisphere, so far as is known. Here they scratch and dig in the barren soil until they have bur.rowed a hole perhaps two feet deep. Into these holes each hen in the immense flook deposits her one egg. The i mutton birder inserts his arm full j ftfrrptrth for his iram^. He does not take the egg, bat waits a week or ten i days after, the egg has been hatched. < Then he finds the young bird almost as big as its parent, bnt much more tender and fat. On land the petrol is quite unable to escape from the catchers. It cannot count into the Air from off the land though its wings THE MUTTON BIKD. .are enormously long in proportion to its black body, and it rises quite gracefully from the water. On shore, however, the strange bird must hop along at a slow pace, and can only fly from I the top of a ledge. Certain points of ^ Trefoil Island are littered with thousands of these neste, and it is no difficult task to gather the yearly harvest of young mutton birds. The mutton , birding season on Trefoil Island lasts from a month to six weeks, and this includes the catching, salting, pack' ing and shipping. They are packed in casks, and these are loaded on coasting schooners that come after them from Tasmania and Melbourne. By the time the fresh crop of mutton birds is being eaten at Melbourne the adult parents, with perhaps a certain percentage of the young ones that have escaped the catchers, are refcurnM ing, to their old haunts, occupying H the'; old, and scratching new V nests on tne Farallone Islands. Here he thlroirds are practically unmolested, and it may thus be said, with some basis in reason, that the California ?oast is supplying the Australian coasters with their edible sea fowl. It ria true, of course, that the petrel finds other quiet nesting places besides the islands off tbe California coast, but it also true that C'atalina, the Santa Barbara channel islands, and the Far* allones are their chief rookeries on * this coast, and that at certain seasons these islands are entirely deserted by i V \ 7/fimL V t, 11 r ef- . 1? PACKING MCTTON BIRDS. , Ihem, while the islands off Tasmania I 1 At ii A ?r , ana ine soiuueru uuaot ui auouaua then swarm with them.?San Francisco Chronicle. NOW THE MOTOCICLE. Sew Wheels Which Are Propelled by Automatic Power. Motooyoles and other vehicles propelled by automatic power are enjoying a boom in England. They have reached Euch a prominent position in the kingdom that a paper is published weekly in their interests. November 14 was termed a red letter day by the E OF THE MUTTON BIRDS. automobilists.on account of the throwing open of the highways to the queer vehicles. New companies are being formed on all sides and prospectuses rivaling the pictorial fancy of the mining boom days are being distributed broadcast. The motorcycle is attracting widespread interest and at least a dozen makes are on the market. In a recent public test at Coventry the prize winner mn dfinrtrihfld as ha&linc everv thing for pace, and betraying no disposition to emit noxious fames. The speed was about thirty miles an hour, and Ihe maohine tore up the hill at the end of the straight quite as fast as it went on the level. Mr. Pennington, A MOTOCYCIiE. 1 | who rode it, stands something over I six feet, and is a very broadly built i man) so that his machine was put to ] very fair test whfen taking him up a sharp incline. i Imnrnvpil Strawberries. It is a well-known fact that the vari- i eties of strawberries in use to-day are | in no respeots better, if indeed as good, as many varieties that were popular over a quarter of a century ago, and yet it is recognized by all hands that new varieties are essential. This chiefly comes from a disease caused by the operations of the strawberry fungus, which takes the form of email brown spots on the leaves. Wherever it occurs, the strawberry plants decline in health and general quality. As long i as a variety can be kept free from this trouble new kinds are not essential, but it seems, according to the experi- < ence of most strawberry growers, that sooner or later these little parasites < " -i ; ^1.1.3 __i i.. will discover me most isoiateu plantations.?Meehan's Monthly. i , Was Coming Down Anyhow, Some years ago there lived in Perth, Scotland, a man of convivial habits, well known by his Christian name of Jamie. One dark night an acquaintance found Jamie at the foot of the ontside stair. "Is that yon, Jamie?" asked the acquaintance in a voice of the greatest astonishment. "Aye, it's me," replied Jamie, in a tone of complete resignation. "Have you fa'en doon the stair?" was the next question. "Aye, I fell doon, but I wa9 coming doon, whether or no." Liniment for Scalds and Barns. Take equal parts of Florenoe oil, or freshly drawn linBeed oil, and lime water; shake them well together in a wide bottle, so as to form a liniment. This will be found an exceedingly healing application for recent scalds and burnB. It may either be spread upon a cloth, or the parts affected may be anointed w.th it two or three times a day.?New York Journal. A (Jircus Puzzle Picture. Find the rope walker, A LADY'S WARDROBE kVHAT FASHION AND FANCY SAY IT SHOULD CONTAIN. Sew Vagaries Furnished for the Concert and the Street?Poke Bonnets to the Fore Again?Charming Gowns and Jackets. (Special New York Lettar.) THAT the laBt year but three of the century bids fair to set a pace for novelties m feminine I apparel is evidenced by the j "avant couriers" of fanhion in the shape of '97 models now exposed by eading purveyors to Madame La ilode. Fashion repeats itself quits as often iq Kiofr?ptr Prtl-o V>r?nni?tn wpr? "#>n ~ ??"'J- ? ? regie" at the end of the 13th century, md they bid fair to be fic.-de-sieole igain. We generally look to the stage 'or evidence of the forthcoming fashons, and one of its fairest daughters ippeared at the Professional Woman's Lieague Bazaar gowned in a quaint rock consisting of a plain skirt of purple cloth and a jacket of purple relvet made much on the bloase style, jut belted in at the waist line with a larrow belt of turquoise and amethyst. 3er soft dark hair was partly hidden, partly revealed by a large "poke" of jurple velvet trimmed with black )lumes. The brim was verv wide in ;he front, but narrowed oil to nothing it the back. Wide strings of soft blaok jiberty silk tied beneath the chin and < ?? immnrao HnpHf> <"?f rVlin AnlfineS and pearls adorned the front of the high orown. Perhaps the most interesting spot at the Bazaar was the Doll Booth, where were exhibited dolla representing nearly all the well-known actresses as they are dressed in their favorite characters. The doll^kBsed and sent by Mrs. MoKinlejjflV,moh admired. It was quite like infant, dressed in loug olothes, all e^aisitely trimmed with Bne lace,and on its breast was pinned'a red, white and blae badge and a brooch containing the photographs of Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hobart. In the rash after brio-a-brao and silver novelties, toys and jewels, Dame Fashion is not forgotten, and the search after some new vagary still poes on with more than nsnal success this season, for there were never great Br opportunities for variety in dresii decoration. For the woman who need not connt the cost of her wardrobe there are perfect rainbows in fancy jeweled buckles and girdles with which to set off her velvets and satins. Bat the woman with a quick eye for her chances and who must make a good tppearanoe on a small allowance jril! first of all supply herself with a neat tailor made gown as the nucleus of a good sized wardrobe; in appearance at least, buoh a gown is depicted iu one of the accompanying sketobes. It consists of a gracefully hanging skirt and a tight fitting jacket bodioa, fastened down the front by means of tabs and small buttons. With suoh a gown as a foundation there is no end of opi r - - 1? l-Ll. I portumues xor mu&uig au auuepmuie < change in one's appearance', for it is the artistic accessories of dress that are such a telling point in fashion this season. A bit of trimming, a tonch of color in the right plaoe or even a stook collar, made with a large bow in the front, will alwuyo change the wholej style of a gown. 1'i.en the jaunty little bolero, so much worn, assists wonderfolly in the renovating process. This remarkable little jacket oan be made of almost any material, from oloth to the finest lace, and requires little if anything to make it effeotive. It is often made of cloth, like the' skirt, neatly braided, and then can be worn over any fancy silk or velvet bodice, and thus making a complete suit. This jacket eftect can be produced very easily by sewing bands of ribbon velvot or tiny frills of chiflon or laoe one above the other, one inch apart, on to the bodice in the form of a jacket. One of Boston's smart women. wore on her last visit to New York a very oharming gown in the bolero style, an illustration of which is shown. It was made of soft blue cloth and was finished with a full front of flowered silk. Tiny frills of the same silk edged the jacket and butterfly bows of the same gave a dainty finishing touch to the ultra j chic sleeves. Her hat was made of bluft felt trimmed with a rich plume in a shade to match the garniture on the oostume. Undoubtedly the most popular style of outer coat thirf season has a tightfitting hack and a loose, double-breasted front. Stitching is used considerably in the way of ornamentation and gives the much desire! tailor finish. A leading example of such a jacket, made cf black Kersey and lined with changeable taffeta, in a rich shade o purple, is pictured in tbis artiole. Broadcloth is also a p::ime favorite many ver 7 smart coat aud skirt soii being made of it entirely. One of lat week's brides ha 3 quite a novel goin away gown. It was tailor made, of dark green mixed material. The skii wae perfectly plain and the snagly fil ting jacket bodioe was neatly braide RnrosH the front in the shape of frogf To make a change in this snit, tb bride had a Watteau ooat of dar green broadcloth that harmonize beautifully with the green in her skir The jacket hung in loose box plftil from the pointed yoke to a trifle b< low tho waist line. The high slit oo lar was edged with chinchilla and filie in with a ruohing of ysllow chiffoi Directly in front of the collar was fa tened an immense bow knot < accordion plaited yellow ohiffoi the ends of which iformed soar that hung to the bottom of tl jaoket. Theatre waists are use in a great variety and are always st; lish when worn with the inevitafr black silk skirt whioh every woma should possess, for it is the one thin needful just at present. Chiffon or ail bodices that have been worn all buu mer can, with a black skirt for a foui dation, be ma le into quite pretty eve: ing or theatre frocks. A dressy bla< velvet figure with draned revers, or tiny small eton of fur will add an air i elegance to a very simple bodice. La< arranged in a jabot is a pretty additic *r\ fKo frniif. and ainftA arid A fiorael belts are rio mnoh worn and oan 1 inado to meet the jacket if necessar; tfJtllfik IwB'' STILE AND TAILOR-MADE SUIT. why a bodice may almost be ia shre and patches indeed and still be qui up to date. There are just two sorts of mnf this season. The superlatively larp and the superlatively small. Tl former are, of oourse, always made < fur, sometimes perfectly round an plain, but oftener trimmed with number of tiny tails and "wee" hea< that look as eosy as possible nestlii in the soft comfortable fur. Bat, ol the small muffs ( They are "a thii of beauty and a joy?*' well, for AfiAHon anvwav. Thev aire scarce! large enough to hold even one ham bat what are cold fingers to the maidc who carries one ot thsse dainty co fections? A band of wide ribbon freqnently the foundation, and at ea< end of it arranged a wide floano either of velvet or far, lined with stiJ ening to make it stand directly 01 and faced with soft lace or brooacU silk. On the top of the muff thei are ribbons galore, intermixed wil bits of fine lace, among the folds < whioh nestles a bunch of violets. 0 special oooaeions the blossoms are rea but a bunch of good artificial violet LOOSE FBONT WALKING JACKET. will produce the desired effect. Sacti muffcouldbemadeat home very easil and is a good way in whioh to use u odd bits of ribbons and Jaca?. The costumes illustrated herewil were designed by the National Clot Co., of New York. Shawl Provides a Monument. In disposing of hor estate of $500 Fannie ?U. V. Hatch directs her exeo tor to dispose of her India shawl, " soon as a euitable purchaser can obtained for the same, and the pr ceeds to be used solely for the pa chase and 6re3tion of a suitable van or tomb."?Philadelphia Reoord, r * ' ' RELIGIOUS READING ?. '? ADVEBSITT. 1 Adversity strengthens, blesses, saves. 8 Is God's flail with which He threshes off M a husks of our vile naturethe straight ai .j. narrr*Txr mar fn aniHttial nrnmnHnn Wh l gymnastics are to the body and study to tl " mind, trials are to the spirit. None a: d pleasing undertakings, but they insu: 3. ; strength, efficiency, development. Tl ie gymnast knows that every time he pulla , weight or runs a race he increases h * j strength. That student, every time 1 d : commits a passage to memory, performs fc, difficult translation or masters a hard pro l- | lem, is developing and strengthening h , mind. So for evury difficulty that is su' 3" [ missively borne by the grace of God, f< 1* I every aspect of cheer in the midst of tl id sorrowing strains of life, for every sor | sung in the night, there is assured spiritui development and growth. If our religic a" means anything, it means composure, hen jf ism, serenity, loyalty at all times and in 8 3 places. It must be able to stand the stra / put upon it, if it is to recommend itself 8 the world. And it will stand the strain.' ie Rer. Garrett Wvchoff. >a * WASTE HOT THE DAY. \u In giving us time, God gil*s us all. Stf >n morning by morning, He causes anothi iff day?a day unstained?to dawn for us out - It Hte eternity; still, morning by morning, H ) hand holds forth to us a green leaf out of tl tree of life. Such a day Is this. Oh waste a* not! Is there a good-impression that you ha a- suffered to grow faint? Is the 5jj a holy practice that you ha long neglected ? Have you an offen ? ed friend who is still unreconciled? a ten of per still unchecked? a besetting sin still u 30 resisted ??oh, here is work for you toda; )Q "Watch against that which, in your bett . heart, with yoat truer self, you deeire n 01 to do; watch for the thing which you fe 1)0 you ought to do;" and . . . sogatheri c( the fragments that remain, lest all be lost. Cannon Farrar. HKLPLEBS 0>'ES. We have sometimes known some men ( women so helpless that their lives seem* to be all dependent, who yet, through the sickness, had so mounted to a higher li and so identified thpmselves with Christ th those on whom they rested found tl Christ in them and rested upon it. The sick-rooms become churches. Their we! voices spoke gospels. The hands thi seemed to clasp were really clasping thqii They were depended on while they aeeau to be most dependent And when they die when the faint flicker of their life went ou strong men whose light seemed radian found themselves walking in the darknes and stout hearts, on which theirs used lean, trembled as if the staff and substan of their strength was gone.?Phillip Brook VAITHFTJLNESS. Hi? "faithfulness in the nights" Is gre cause for having a thankful heart. Lovin kindness in the morning, when all is brig and the day rises before us full of hope ai promise, we too often forget to be gratef for; it is so easy to take our blessings fro our Father's hand as a matter of cours But can we forget the faithfulness th cares for us "in the nights?" -Tho ' nights of sorrow, nights of wasting, nigb of disappointment. How wonderfully \ ware ^usiuiuou ; iiuab au uuiwum possessed oar hearts ! How Arm a found tion our feet rested upon! How the proi ises of God shone out like stars! It Is a go< thing to call to mind and show forth to othe this "faithfulness" which we have proved the nights.?Chfetian Advocate. CHEI8TS BULK OF LIFE. By Christ's rule of life the divine ideal 'heaven ev?ry day"' can be enjoyed by < i the crowing children of men. It w come through a faith which reasons in tb wise: The infinite Creator is my Heaven Father. He sustains me at this moment ai therefore 1 must be a part of hiB divii plnn. Am I tried beyond measure ? TJ apparen evil is a stepping-stone to son greater good. By simply accepting wh ? my highest reason tells me must be true, 1 receiving the experience of this moment fa the will of Ood, the veriest dross will 1 te turned into flne gold, anxiety will I changcd to joy. The heart will go out . love to every creature." The peace whit ta passeth understanding will abide in tl ;e sou'.?T. F. Seward. ie .. .. i 'j MEMORIES. Memories bring gladness or Badness a a cording to their moral element. To revis Is the scenes of one's earlier life recalls met orles which give pleasure or give pai j Every remembered act of kindness towa; 11 another, or of opportunity improved, is if? precious treasure. Every recalled instan a of misdoing, or of neglected occasion /**v> ?9 /vnlnimra AAA/1 ninoa I y llClUtll^ UIUC13 VX VI gctiuiug ^VUu, gi?w < / added pang of hopeless regret. Memori 3? are a permanent investment, and, on sn made, they cannot be changed. Now is tb q. time to make such investments for futu j8 income. The words and deeds of today w , bring a steady return for the coming veai 5" ?S. S. Times. 0F- ^ TnASKTOLSZSS. 4,We bless Thee for creation, preservatio 5(* and all the blessings of this life." Some fe re short words like these at the end of who jJj Litanies of minute petitions are thought su flcient to dismiss the million benedictioi which our Creator is forever pouring lil isunbeams on our head Should the Ben 1, dicito of the "heir of all ages" be no sta kg longer than that of the serf or monk of t! ijenturies when oppression and ignoran darkened Europe wun ineir aouDie nign I think that each generation of men ou? ko add a strophe to the universal hymn God's happy children.?Rev. J. R. Macdu child of ood. The child of God is called to the blcs6< privilege of living ?very moment of his li in fellowship with God. He is called toe; joy the full light of His countenance. . . He came not to dwell near us but to be i us, that we might be filled with His indwei ine. That is the whole teaching of epistle to the Hebrews?the veil is rent i twain: we have access into the holiest of a by the blood of Jesus; we came into tl very presence of God so that we oan live i the day, with that presence resting upon u k ?Andrew Murray. ' , Tbe life of the crucified was lived by 01 who delighted to do God's will. He did n exclude pleasure or morbidly delight i pain : it was just that he did not think abo pleading himself at all. He took the bitt and sweet as they #ere sent, and delight* in them, because he know the sender, wl ' sought only the good of all men. This the life of the crucified. You think hap( nees is to please yourself; it is not that a.ii, it is to delight in doing his will.?Edi Lyall. A brave, resolute, Christian life is not t ways smooth sailing, but the inward pow becomes an overmatch for head winii Sometimes the gales of adversity swei away a Christian's possessions, but there an undisturbed treasure down in -the hold a glorious consciousness that One is wi him that the world can neither give nor tal away.?Dr. Cuvler. fie who is trutiiful, just, merciful, kind! does his duty to his race and fulfils li great end iu creu'.ijn, no matter whether tl rays of his life are visibly behold beyond tl walls of his household, or whether 111 a strike the ends of tho earth.?Lord Lytto y p B1C CARCO OF CORN FOR INDIA. 14,0,000 Bushels to lie Shipped From Th Country at Once. The first cargo of corn which has ovor be( shipped Trom this country to In lia will! carried by tho German steamship ltesnu which left Baltimore, Aid., for Phiiadelphi; 10, The British Government has purchased 14U 000 bushels of corn in this country, whic will be lpaden at Philadelphia by tho Reini a8 and taken to India. The corn will bo dis be tributed by Government agents an 1 will t 0. planted, iu tho hope of produoing a crop t alleviate the famine in India, ir- . lit Sympathy With Companies are organiz^Vln every pa: of the United States fo^^Ke la Cuba, J ' L SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB It JANUARY 10. , 16 "J Lesson Text: "The Holy Spirit ] ie Given," Acts II., 1-13?Golden \ re Text: Acts II.', 4?"Com mentary. ( a < k 1. ''And when the day of Pentecost was < 16 fully come, they were all with one accord 8 in one place." The waiting days of prayer Y" between Ascension and Pentecost were 19 marked by one event, the choosing of Mat- ] b" thias, which may have been of God or may j ar have been due to Peter's restless spirit, 36 which, as on other ocoaslons, found it difll>8 cult to wait.quietly without doing some- j al thing. The word "pentecost" is only found . >n elsewhere in Acts xx., 16; I Cor. xvi., 8; but o- "pentekosta" is the Greek for "flftv," and ill the law said that fifty days after the day j in after passover Sabbath Israel was to offer a to new meat offering unto the Lord (Lev. ? xxili., 16). This meat offering, typical of J the gathering of the thousands to Christ at Pentecost, was baked with leaven, suggestive of the evil still in the believer which is ' met only by the saorifice. 1 U, 2. "And suddenly there came a sound from ar heaven, as of a rushing, mighty win J, and of it filled all the house where they were sit is ting." 'There had been nothing unusual J ie during those waiting days, but just a quiet i it continuance in prayer and a waiting for the re fulfillment of thrpromlse. How He woald re come?I mean the promised Comforter?ot ] re when, they had not been told, and whether 1 d- any of them thought of the Levitlcal fiftieth a. day or not we are not told. They were to _ nMo fA watf am/4 fA ATna/if nHfK nwatrAK u- M*?*J t VU nuit ouu vu OAL/ovk TTiiu una* wi" y! ing faith In their absent Lord. er 3. "And there appeared unto them oioven ot tongues like as of are, and it sat upon each el of them." John had said, "He shall baptize ip you with the Holy Ghost and with Are" (Luke ? iii., 16),.and here was a fulfillment. On Christ the Spirit came as a dove (Lake ill., 22), for in Him was no sin nor dross needing purifying fire. We do not read that'He catnc again as fire nor did they again need to wait, ? but as they prayed or spoke the Spirit filled , 3(j them (Acts iv., 31; x., 44-46). The Spirit having come, there is no need to wait fot 1 Him as at Pentecost, but if we really desire ( at to be filled with the Spirit for God's glory, a He will quickly do it. Yet we may need to ,ir wait to be made ready. 4. "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other tongues * as the Spirit gave them utterance." What a J contrast is here to Babel (Gen. xl.), where j there was but one language and the people t' were gathered together against GodI Here *? they are with one accord' for God and are ' enabled in a moment to speak all languages, j' There is no credit whatever due to them,nor is it through one parttole of skill on their part, but tho Holy Spirit takes possession ol tbem and speaks through them the words of God concerning the works of God (verse 11. chapter iv., 31; x., 46). 5. "And there were dwelling at Jerusalem at Jews, devout men. out of every Nation ung der heaven." From all the world they had nt come to worship God according to their law id ?to keep the" Passover and the feast ol ul weeks, or of the fiftieth day. The time wil! m come again when Jews from all Nations sbal.1 e. be gathered to their own land, the Spirit ol at the Lord shall be poured upon them,and thee se with Paul-like devotion to Jesus of Nazaertl its will they tell to all Nations the joyfal tiding; ve (Ezek. xxxvi., 24-28; Isa. xxvii., 6; Ps. lxvli., ce l, 2. 7). a- 6. "Now, when this was noised abroad, the n- multitude came together and were*con 3d founded, because that every man heard ra them speak In his own language." The rein vised version says, "When this sound wias heard." In some way it was soon made known throughout the city, and the people came together. The disciples had no difficulty in getting a congregation, as many ? have to-day. They did not advertise, noi .. even blow, a trumpet as the law permitted {i. them to do (Num. x., 7). This was wholly ja the work of God and of His Holy Spirit. <v 7, 8. "And they weite all amazed and , marveled, saying one to another. Behold, e are not* all these whioh speak Galileans? ^ And how hear we every man in our own e tonRue, wnarein we were oornc me two . men at the ascension addressed them as ... "Ye men of Galilee" (i., 11). They were country people, not citizens of Jerusalem, ^ the holy olty. They were not from any of the schools or the centers of human wisdom. . They were very common people in the eyes of the world, and yet they are heard speakr log all the languages under heaven. This was truly an unheard of thing, and well might the people say, "We nbver saw it on this fashior." The One who is perfect in knowledge (Job xxxvL, 4) bad entered into them, and being familiar with all languages He spoke through (hem any language with !lt equal ease. Something like this He does n" sometimes even now. " 9-ii. "We do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God." Here a are at least twice seven different National* ties listening to humble Galileans speaking 01 with ease all their various languages. Well ln may we say, "Who teacheth like Him?" (Job e9 xxxvi., 22). This self-same Spirit still lives, pe and He lives in every believer, dividing to ie every man severally as He will (I Cor. xii., 11). But who oan tell what we might even 111 to-day have from God to lay out for God ii He saw that we were whole hearted for Him and had no ambition but to make His name glor.ous? 12. "And they were all amazed and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meann eth thisV" The men of Athens said to Paul: w "Thou bringest certain strange things to oui 'le ears. We would knew, therefore, what these 'f- things mean" (Acts xvii., 20). This they is said because he preached unto them Jesus te and the resurrection, and in our next lesson e- we shall find Peter explaining this strange re occurrence by preaching Jesus and the restie urrection. Some of them knew that a very ce long time ago, about 1400 years or more, c ? their God had done some wonderful things ht through Moses?even unheard of things? of and that some of their ancestors bad eves heard the very voice of God speaking out ol the fire on Blount Sinai, but that was sc very, very long ago, and would never ocout again. As to supernatural things in theij i(j own time, well, there were some rumors ol 9UCD, out lany waru uui iu uo uouo?ou, ouu a. the blasphemer who wrought them had been crucified, and so that was the end of them. ln" 13. "Others, mooting, said, These men H_ are full of new wine." So at Athens somi (,e mocked, and others said, We will hear the? [n again of this matter. And at Rome sorrn ill believed and some believed not (Acts xvil., ie 32; xxviit., 24). It would seem from Eph. v., jjj 18, that being filled with the Spirit product* s in the believer some results whioh are noi unlike those produced by wine in the natural man?among others cheerful or hilariouj giving (II Oor. ix., 7).?Lesson Helper, ne ot ?t TO EXTERMINATE STARFISH. er 3(j Inoculate Them With Parasites That Bite fj0 Off Their Legs. '8 Engineer D. 0. S&hford, of the Connecticut State Shellfish Commission, announced that at he had discovered a method of exterminating aa the starfish pest. Lately stars have been found afiocto;! with, some ailment which cause! their legs to turn il- a whitish color. Dissection of these lesrs has er disclosed a parasite resembles an ordinary Is. skipper, whioh enters the leg and appears E?p to cut away the substance until the leg drops is off. It is believed if these parasites art* cul? tivated in quantities and planted among the th stars they will soon destroy them. Ice A petition to Congress is being prepared by oyster-growers asking that an appropriation be mado to investigate and experiment on the discovery, which, if successful, menus v. the saving or hundreds of thousands of dolus lars annually to oyster-zrowera. J? MONEY FOUND IN THE ROOF. u. An Accumulation That Has Taken Three Yeui'H to Deposit. William H. Cook nu<l family, residing in n i8 house at Dan vers. Mass., on Maple street, near Aaylum Hill, have beeu greatly annoyed of late by bens. Sevoral pardons have >n been stuns and others drivea from the ie house. Tne place was a perfect hive of in?, a els. u. Finally Mr. Cook ripped sotpo boards from tho roof and found a large colouy of bees h busily engaged iu making honoy. The is honeycomb was four feet Ions, two foot 5- wide, and three feet thick, and contained >e houny valued at about $200. Tho honoy is :o supposed to be the accumulation of three years1 industry of the beos. CongrMtlonal Record's Price. The Congressional Reoord is now SuppUot}^ t to sul^oirihttx* at l.W per uionti* Jjfl i ' - ? : POPULAR SCIENCE* A rotary gas engine is oat. _ Of British birds the oaokoo lays tht> amallest'egg in proportion to its size. The spider's eyes are not in b*i [lead, bat in the upper park ol bli thorax. Deafness is more common in oold countries than in warm climates, the ear being very sensitive to atmospheric shanges. A new hypnotic ha^teobably been foand in Jamaica dogwood. The Said extract has been foudft efficacious In dentistry. The proetas has no noting eyes and is praotioally colorless, living in the mud. dome of them placed in light for two or three years, developed pigment in the ocular region. Experiments on war balloons are being oarried on in this country at Fort Logan, Col., by authority Of the War Department, which will soon urge Congress for $10,000 appropriation. A French experimenter, Gamble ' v Dareste, sayr that the germ in the hen's egg is not destroyed by an eleofcrio current that would* hill an adult fowl, but that the ge$m Is so modified in most oases that a monstrosity will be hatohed. A Berlin scientist has ascertained by experiment that a number of persons who use the telephone habitually hear better with the left ear than with the right. To edaoate the right ear to the same point he recommends holding the instrument in the right band half the time. Certain insects, like the opossum, will feign death to esoape an enemy. The "fever worm"?larva of one of oar commonest butterflies?will pretend death if touohed by the-finger. The tumble bug, if touched while rolling ' ' his preoious burden toward,his storehouse, will roil over and feign death till he thinks the intruder has left f ?? ? Cold-Weather Devices of Tramps. Gold weather has brought sadness to the men who make their homes on the street and who- study nature from their places on the para benohes. Their number has been growing lest for the last few weeks, during whiob time the public institutions and the places which are in more genial olimv a ates have received their regular quota of metropolitan reornits. Those who were left in New York when the cold weather came las? week , ]$. WOrc UX1VCU HUUi sue aMCcvo) pie wondered where they went. Of coarse, the 1'odging houses received their share, as did also the grog shops* where "a sitter" who buys one drink in the course of the day and behaves himself is tolerated for hoars. Bat the hallways of pnblio buildings, the Posloffice, elevated railway stations and stores also received their share of visits from the homeless class. Most of the large office buildings have a doorman, who keeps the unwelcome guests out, but in the Postoffioe, where all have free access, the lower halls became so congested several times in the course of the week that progress was diffioult. "Wftifcini* for a friend." is the ex cuse given by many who want to keep warm in an elevated railway station. 'v. "Directory upstairs, "jsi sign in a downtown business office. "We had to do it," ther proprietor explained. "A great string of men stood .along the oounter on Tuesday waiting for a Weary to get through with his directory researches. Any one who stood near him eonld see that he was only killing time and using the direotory . '? to do it with. Those who stood in line f did not seem to be at all worried about the delay, they were alUin out of the oold, and that was what they wanted. Onr direotory has been taken upstair* - s ?iii ?x lor tne winter, ana win uui. ut> ??uiable for oar cold friends until spring, . and then they -will not want it." The journey on the elevated also k' tempted many men, and a long drink was sacrificed for a long ride and a plaoe to rest'and reouperate. Biding on elevators in the high offioe build* mgs is a dodge wliioh succeeds with those homeless people whose clothe* are still good, but the seedy wanderer has a hard time of it when he seleot^ that means for getting warm.?New ' York Tribune. Triumphs and Yicissitttdcs of a Tenor. Italo Oampamm, tee once iamoua tenor, who died on Nor. 23, at Parma, Italy, had a varied an d highly interesting experience of the triumphs and \ vicissitudes of life. He sang at one time for eighty cents a night, and at another for a thousapd dollars. In one season (with Henry E. Abbey) he is said to have been paid $50,000, bnt he died poor, as well as voiceless. He was a, blaokemith's son, borni n Parma in 1846, and was brought up to his father's trade, which he first left when * fourteen years old to go soldiering under Garibaldi. He went back to his anvil after the war, but his vocal abilities were soon discovered by a musician, who happened to hear him sing, ^ and set him to a course of study as a free pupil in the Parma conservatory. At about the age of twenty-one he be^ gan as an opera singer. He had some aucoess, and made , an engagement to travel in Bussia at about $24 a month* but returned presently to. Milan, and studied further with Lamperti. After, , a year's application he appeared isr La Scala in "Faust, " and was greatly successful. He sang under Colonel Mapleson in London in 1872, and the next year came to this country, where ho ? was a highly important member of the notable company which included Nilsson, Annie Louise Oary, Oapoul, and Maurel. At that time his voice was at its best, and he was the greatest tenor of the day. His repertoire, too, jg was remarkable, and included eighty fl operas. In 1877 he came back here, and for six years was very popular and successful as the leading tenor in the^^^^H old Academy of Music. He was^^H^H powerful actor, too, haviug proijfl^^^^H by the instruction of Salvmi.^^m|^^H| that his voice began to fail, fu^HH^BHfl bad care of himself, and story is the rccord of un|^H^HBHHHH to go was Personally he much ljjAnDHm^^n grounds an estat^HHHHBnU|H pient^BnHIMHHHHnMH^^H