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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
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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
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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.
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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 <
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will discover me most isoiateu plantations.?Meehan's
Monthly. i
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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
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?? 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
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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,
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' RELIGIOUS READING
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'? 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.
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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.
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'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.
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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
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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,
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L SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB
It JANUARY 10. ,
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"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
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?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
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