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THE NORTHWESTERN. BEN&CIIOTP.R ft C.l HSON, Ed* and P«b» LOUP CITY, * • NER *- .... --- Stockholm University has granted th» flr»t degree of Doctor of Medicine given a woman In Sweden to a FrftU leln Anna Sterksen. Tennessee cotton planters are send ing out large orders for turkeys In an effort to save the crop from destruc tion from grasshoppers, which have appeared this season In enormous numbers. This turkey eats all trR time he is awake and prefers grosshop pers to anything else, while a grass hopper diet results In wonderfully fine turkeys. A story from Scranton. Pa., says Rev. Mr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon of Boston, has been made trustee of a most remarkable fund. Mrs. Ella M. Amerman, who died recently In Mas sachusetts, bequeathed a fund of 510.00C to Mr. Dixon In trust, the in come to be devoted to the care of her two horses and her pet dog. This will was admitted to probate in Scraftton. After consulting w'ith substantial colored men in all parts of the coun try, Booker T. Washington, of Tuske gee, Ala., has decided to assist in the organisation of a National Negro Busi ness League, The object of this or ganization is to encourage colored peo ple, through the central organization and local organizations, to enter all avenues of business. The first meet ing will be held in Boston on August 23 and 24. Mississippi and Georgia have aban doned the system of hiring out con victs, but have employed them to ad vantage on farms, especially in raising cotton. Tills form of employment has been found to work the least injury to free labor and to assure the best re turns. Both states have made a profit out of their convict farms, and the farms have been free from the hard ships and enmities to convicts insepar able from the lease system. In December, 1893, the Hon. Sho Ne moto brought forward a bill, in the lower house of the imperial diet of Japan, forbidding the smoking of to bacco by persons under 18 years ot age. Imposing a fine not only upon offenders, but also upon those selling to such persons. The bill was referred to a committee. This committee, after a full discussion of the merits of the question, reported favorably, making the age 20 instead of 18. On the 19th it was passed, most of the leading members of the house heartily approv ing the bill. From this It is easy to reason why Japan is becoming the great nation of the far east. It took so much money to pay the salaries of municipal officials in St. Joseph. Mo., that there was little or none left for new streets and other improvements. The officeholders want ed to meet the emergency by increas ing the taxes, but the mayor thought he saw a better way, and filled many of the high priced oifices with business men and others who could afford to rente without salaries. Then, we are told, the street department "boomed.” It does not follow that this would al ways be a wise thing to do, but there is no question of the soundness of the general principle that limiting ones expenditure may serve the same pur pose as Increasing one’s income. Through the death of David Dwight Wells of Norwich, Conn., Harvard University, Williams College and tlw City Library of Springfield, Mass., will each receive $37,000. Mr. Wells was born In Norwich. He was an exten sive traveler and had a wide reputa tion as a playwright and author. For several years he lived in London. Eng land. being assistaht secretary of the American Legation during the second administration of President Cleveland, li was while living in England that hn secured the material for his most suc cessful hook, “Her Ladyship's Ele phant," which was published some time ago, and also for his most recent work. “His 1/ordship's Leopard," which has appeared within the last tew months. Discussing h bill in the house of commons for the legislative reform bf the drama, a distinguished English statesman insisted that reform could tome from but one source, public opinion. Improper Jests and songs, If men and women would avoid laughing nt them, would speedily fall Into dis use. As u good example of the fore* of public opinion, the American com missioners to The Hague Peace Con ference last summer refer to over one thousand telegrams, letters, and me morials of sympathy received by them The fact that the whole a merit an ns tlon was hacking Its commissioners had a most important h arlng In the lounctl, and was th» meins of com pletely reversing the attitude toward International arbitration of one great European nation A convlet In Hint Hlng prison who was in the bird business in New \urk and has made the taming of birds s study, has. while temporarily eagsged at amk outside the aorlh prison wall > aught and tsme i a young r»Mn Th« bird cornea to him when he wt» *:les • ltd perches tte«4f upon hi* niigae Mom*llines U *»»e with him lo hi. at atght, and perches oa hie booh ahelf It U eatirely at home la th* p, . ...aru t.g < < - ■ w ib him aas slay# aiuoad while he u at km TALM AGE’S SERMON. DRAWS A LESSON FROM A NOBLE WOMAN’S LIFE. rt> Thow In Alleviating tinman ntatro.i—Self SaerlUrlng Work Amur ml of a Klch Reward Hereafter — I’ntUe for the Keadie. (Copyright, 1300, by LouIb Klopsch.) Dr, Talmage, who lx still traveling in northern Europe, has forwarded the following report of a sermon In which ho utters helpful words to all who are engaged in alleviating human distresses and shows how such wroth will be crowned at the last; text. Acts lx, 39, "And all the widows stood by him weeping and showing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them." Joppa is the most absorbing iity of the orient. Into her harbor once float ed the rafts of Lebanon cedar from which the temples of Jerusalem were built, Solomon's oxen drawing the logs through the town. Here Napoleon had 600 prisoners massacred. One of the most magnificent charities of the cen turies was started In this seaport by Dorcas, a woman with her needlo em broidering her name lneffaceably into the beneficence of the wnrld. I see her sitting In yonder home. In the doorway and around about the build ing and in the room where she sits ir«3 the pale faces of the poor. She lis tens to their plaint, she pities their woe, she makes garments for them, she adjusts the manufactured articles to suit the bent form of this Invalid woman and to the cripple that comes crawling on his hands and knees. She gives a coat to this one, she gives san dals to that one. With the gifts she mingles pray»rs and tears and Christ ian encouragement. Then she goes out to be greeted on the street corners by those whom she has blessed, and all through ‘he street the cry is nearu. "Dorcas I* coming!" The sick look up gratefully Into her face as she puts her hand on the burning brow, and the lost and the abandoned start up with hope as they hear her gentle roice, as though an angel had ad dressed them, and as she goes out the lane eyes half put out with sin think they see a halo of light about her brow and a trail of glory In her pathway. That night a half paid shipwright climbs the hill and reaches home and sees his little boy well clad and says, "Where did these clothes come from?" And they tell him, "Dorcas has been here.” In another place a woman Is trimming a lamp. Dorcas brought the oil. In another place a family that had not been at table for many weeks are gathered now, for Dorcas has brought bread. Hut there Is a sudden pause In that woman's ministry. They say: "Where Is Dorr.ag? Why we haven't seen her for many a day. Where Is Dorcas?” And one of these poor people goes up and knocks at the door and finds the mystery solved. All through the haunts of wretchedness the news comes, "Dorcas Is sick!" No bulletin flashing from the palace gate telling the stages of a king's disease Is more anxiously waited for than the news from this benefactress. Alas, for Jop 1 pa there Is wailing, wailing. That voice which has uttered so many | cheerful words is hushed; that hand which has made so many garments for the poor Is cold and still; the star which bail poured light Into the mid night of wretchedness is dimmed by the blinding mists that go up from the river of death: In overy forsaken place in that town, wherever there is a sick child and no balm, wherever there ! Is hunger and no bread, wherever there Is guilt and no commiseration, wherever there is a broken heart and no comfort, there are despairing louk3 and streaming eyes ijnd frantic ges ticulations as they cry, "Dorcas is dead!" Tl»«* Mir»clr of Peter. They send for the apostle Fetor, who ; happens to he in the suburbs of the place, stopping with a tanner of the name of Situon. Peter urges his way through the crowd around the door and stands in the presence of the dead. What demonstration of grief all about him! Here stand some of -the poor people, who show the garments which this poor woman had made for them. Their grief cannot he appeased. The apostle 1’eter wants to perform u miracle. He will not do It amid the excited crowd, so he orders that the whole room he cleared. The door is shut against the populace. The apos> tie stands now with the dead. Oh, It is a serious moment, you know, when you are alone with a Itfeleai body! The apostle gets down on his knees and prays, and then he comes to the Ilfchss form of this one all ready for the sepulcher, and In the strength of him who Is the resurrection h« cries "Tahltha, arise"' There I* a stir in the fountaius of life, the heart flutters, the nerves thrill; the cheek flushes, the eye opeus, she sits up' We see lu this subject Dorcas the dts> Ipl* Dorcas the tienefuctreas, Dor* css the lamented, Dorcas the resurrect ed If I had tot seen that word dUctple In my text, | would have known this woman was * s’hr'stun Huh music as that never came from a huart which is not chorded and strung by divine gr*ie Itefore I show y in the needle work of th>* woman I want to show yan her regenerated heart, the source of a pure life and of all t'hrtatlan fhicillm I w»h *f>*t the « vet and mothers and daughter* a ■ I alatera of all the ra th • olid imitate IS><v#< In her dlSiipleehtp ire yen eroas the threshold (if th* hi*ep let tml • you enter upon thn temptations and trial* of tomarroe I , ha ge you la the name of Oud and hy the lartaull and lutaull a she fu41at*mi day t! women, that you at'end la lha flrat last and s wat* sM |*|| af your Ufa lha mkis| Mm God and being at peace with him. When the trumpet shall sound, there Will be an uproar and a wreck of mountain and continent, and no hu man arm can help you. Amid the rising of the dead and amid the boiling of yonder sea and amid the live, leap ing thunders of the flying heavens calm and placid will be every wo man's heart who hath put her trust In Christ—calm notwithstanding all the tumult, as though the Are in the heavens were only the gildings of an autumnal sunset, as though the peal of the trumpet were only the harmony of an orchestra, as though the awful voices of the sky were but a group of friends bursting through a gateway nt eventime with laughter and shout ing. “Dorcas the disciple!" Would God that every Mary and every Martha would this day sit down at the feet of Jesus! rrmUp of t!io Needle. Further, we see Dorcas the benefac tress. History has told the story of the crown; epic poet has sung of the sword; the pastoral poet, with his verses full of the redolence of clover tops and a-rustle with the silk of the corn, hits sung the praises of the plow. 1 tell you the praises of the needle. From the fig leaf robe prrpnred In the garden of Bde» to the last stitch taken on the garment for the poor the needle has wrought wonders of kindness, gen erosity, and benefaction. It adorned the girdle of the high priest, it fash ioned the curtains In the ancient tab ernacle. it cushioned the chariots of Klug Solomon, It provided the robes of Queen Elizabeth, and In high places and lu low places, by the fire of the pioneer's backlog anil under the flash of the chandelier, everywhere. It has cIoth<*d nakedness, it has preached the gospel, it has overcome hosts of penury and want with the war cry of "Stitch, stitch, stitch!" The opera tives have found a livelihood by it, and through it the mansions of the employer are constructed. Alina tne greatest inmupns m an ages awl lamia, I Bet down the con quests of the needle. I admit Its Crimea; I admit Its cruelties. It hits had more martyrs than the Are; It has punctured the eye; it has pierced the side; It has struck weakness Into the lungs; It has sent madness Into the brain; It has filled the potter's field; It has pitched whole armies of the suffering into crime and wretched ness and woe. But now that I am talking of Dorcas and her ministries to the poor, I shall epeak only of the charities of the needie. This woman was a representative of all those who make garments for the destitute, who knit socks for the barefooted, who prepare bandages for the lacerated, who fix up boxes of clothing for mis sionaries, who go into the asylums of the suffering ami destitute, hearing j that gospel which Is sight for the blind , and hearing for the deaf, and which makes the larue man leap like a hart and brings the dead to life, immortal health bounding in their pulses. What a contrast between the practical be nevolence of tnis woman, and a great deal of the charity of this day! This woman did not spend her time idly planning how the poor of the city of i Joppa were to be relieved; she took | her needie and relieved them. She was not like those persons who sympa- J thite with imaginary sorrows, and gu j out in the street and laugh at the boy who has upset his basket of cold vie- ! tuals, or like that charity which makes : a rousing speech on the benevolent 1 platform and goes out to kick the beg gar from the step, crying, "Hush your miserable howling'” Woman's lienevolcnce. I am glad there Is not a page of the world's history which is not a rec ord of female benevolence. Clod says to all lands and people. Come now and hear the widow's mite rattle down luta the poor box. The Princess of Conti sold all her jewels that she might help the famine stricken. Queen Blanche, the wife of Louis VIII. of France, hearing that there were some persons unjustly incarcerated in the prisons, went out amid the rabble and took a stick and struck the door as a signal that they might all strike it, and down went the prison door, and out came the prisoners. Queen Maud, tho wife of Henry I., went down amid the poor and washed their Rores and adminis tered to them lordials. Mrs. Kctsou, at Matagorda, appeared on the battle field while the missiles of death were flying around and cared for the wound ed. Is there a man or woman who lias e\er heard of the civil war In America who has not heard of the wo men of the sanitary and Christian i ontmlstdons or the fact that before the smoke hail gone up from Gettys burg and South Mountain the women of the north met the women of the south on the battlefield, forgetting all their animosities while they bound up the wounded aud closed the eyea of the slain* Dorcas, the benefactress. 1 come now to speak of Iktrraa. the lamented When death struck down that good woman, oh, how much sor row tnrre was In the town or Joppa' 1 swupoae there were women there with larger fortune* women, perhaps, with handronter fares, but there was no grtsf at their departure like thla at the ileAth of Inireaa There was not i* ore turmoil and upturning In the Mediterranean sea. dashing against the wharfs at that seaport, than there were surging* to and fro of grief hr • ause Iktrcsa was dead There are a great Many who go out of life and are unmissed there may be a eery Urge funeral, there may be a great many t arnagea and a plumed hearse, there may he some high »<u»n ting eulogiums, the hall mss toll st the eatnelery g*t«. there may he a very line marble shaft reared over the resting pi are bet the whale thtag may ha a falsehood an I s sham The tlsnl of tl .t has I<mI vothlsi the world baa loot nothing It ta only a natsama abated It U wily s g-umbttf easing ta tad fault It ta i only an Idlar slopped yawning It ta | ouly ft dissipated fashionable parted ! from his wine cellar, while on the | other hand no useful Christian leave* j this world without being missed. The church of God cries out like the prophet, "Howl, flr tree, for the cedar I has fallen!" Widowhood comes and shows the garments which the depart ed had made. Orphans are lifted up to look Into the calm face of the sleeping benefactress. Reclaimed vagrancy comes and kisses the cold brow of her who charmed It sway from sin, and 1 all through, the streets of Joppa there ! Is mourning—mourning because Dotf | oas is dead. VV’hen Josephine of France was carried out to her grave, there j were a great many men and women of ; pomp and pride and position that went out after her, but I am most kf j fee ted by the story of history that on that day there were ten thousand of ! the poor of France who followed her eofUn, weeping mid wailing until the air rang again, because when they lost Josephine they lost their last earthly friend. Oh, who would not rather have such obsequies than all the tears that were ever poured In the lachry mals that have been exhumed from ancient cities? There may be no mass for the deud; there may be no costlj sarcophagus; there may be no elabo rate mnusoleum, but In the damp cel lars of the city and through the lonely huts of the mountain glen there will be mourning, mourning, mourning, be cause Don as is dead. ‘‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them." Itenurrrrtlon of Dorm. I speak to you of Dorcas, the resur rected. The apostle came to where she was und said, ‘‘Arise, and she sat up!” la what a short compass the great writer put that,"She sat up!" Oh, what a time there must have been around that town when the apostle brought her out among her old friends! How the tears of Joy must have started! What a clapping of hands there must have been! What singing! What laughter! Sound It all through that lane! Shout It down that dark alley! Let all Joppa hear it! Dorcas is resurrected! You aud 1 have seen the same thing many a time; not a dead body resusci tated, but the deceased coming up again after death In the good accom plished. If a man labors up to fifty years of age, serving God, and then dies we are apt to think that his earth ly work is done. No. His influence on earth will continue till the world ceases. Services rendered for Christ never stop. A Christian woman toils for the upbuilding of a church through many anxieties, through many self denials, with prayers und tears, aud then she dies. It is 1G years since she went away. Now the spirit of God descends upon that church, hundreds of souls stand up and confess the faith of Christ. Has that Christian woman, who went away fifteen years ago, nothing to do with these things? 1 see the flowering out of her noble heart. I bear the echo of her footsteps in all the songs over sins forgiven, In all the prosperity of the church. The good that seemed to be buried has come up again. Dorcas is resurrected! After awhile all these womanly friends of Christ will put down their needle forever. After making gar ments for others, some one will make a garment for them; the last robe we ever wear—the robe for the grave. You will have heard the last cry of pain. You will have witnessed the last orphanage. You will have come in worn out from your last round of mercy. I do not know where you will sleep, nor what your epitaph will be, but there will be a lamp burning at that tomb, and an angel of God guarding It, and through all the long night no rude foot will disturb the dust. Sleep on. sleep on! Soft bed, pleasant shadows, undisturbed repose! Sleep on! Asleep in Jesus! Hlessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep! NEW KIND OF FLY. Spider, Fooled l»y Tuning Fork DiiikoI on It. An astonished, but apparently satis fied spider, was one upon which a Rf>n tleman recently made an experiment. The result of hi.s Investigations is told in Public Opinion. While watching some spiders one day. it occurred to him to try what effect the sound of a tuning fork would have upon them. He had a strong suspicion that they would take it for the bussing of a fly. Selecting a large, fat spider that had lone been feasting on flies, he Bounded the fork and touched a thread of the spider's web. The owner was at one edge of his web. and the thread se lected was on the other side. Over his wonderful telephone wires the buizing sound was conveyed to the watching spider, but from his position he could not tell along which particular Una the sound was traveling. Ha ran to the center of the web In hoi haste, and | felt all round until he touched the thread against the other and of which the fork was sounding Then, taking another thread along with him aa a precautionary measure, he ran out to , the fork aud sprauc upon It. At thla point ha found out his mistake. Its retreated for a short distance, aud •topped to »»rse> this new b taali g creature which should hgva been a fly. but was strangely unlike any Intact he had war gr*u At length, appar ently ronviacad that the I at the ' outer edge of hlB wab w*a more agit able for aiuusem nt than fur an trticlt of diet ha got ou tt again and da iced with piaaaara It n ta avtdaut that the eound of the fork was maaU: to him Jon*# ‘That bald headed man ta tiling hair feature re lie muet ha ena tewpiatlag matrtmuay' Juhaaoa “Vary Ithaly has Jwat gut a fltwig* N«w fork Journal THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON V, JULY 20 — LUKE 0: 28-36. “This I* My Iteloved Son; Hear Him"— Luke H: 35—The Conference of the Olorllted Three—The Voice from the Cloud. 28. "About an eight days." Matthew Hays after six days. Luke counts the parts of days before and after the six en tire days. "After these sayings." The announcement of his coming death and resurrection In our last lesson. The pros pect before hint may have shadowed his own spirit. "He took I’eter and John and James." It was the same favored three who had gone with Jesus Into the room where he raised Julrus' daughter. "And went up Into a mountain." Matthew says, "a high mountain apart," far from tho madding crowd. "Scholars are coming to the unanimous conclusion ttiat the moun tain was Hertnon," whose top Is nine thousand feet above the sea. "To pray." As usual with Jesus in all crises. It may be at tills time that "In the days of Ids flesh he offered up prayers and supplica tions, with strong crying tears" (Heh. 6; 7*. 2U. "And us he prayed.” Greek. "In his praying," during his prayer, and In answer to Ills prayer. "The fashion" (or appearance; of his countenance was al tered.” Matthew says he "was transfig ured before them." "And his raiment was white and glistering." K. V'.. "dazzling. Matthew says, "while as the light,” and Mark, "so as no fuller on earth can white them." The Inner light shone through his garments. 3a. "There talked with him two men." Human beings. "Which were Motes and Ellas." The Greek form of Elijah. These persons were really pres ent. It was not a vision - Sehaff. The Implication Is that the disciples not only saw the appearance, but recognized In the persons Moses and Elijah, as Is evident from Peter’s proposition fv. 33).—Abbott. 31, "Who appeared In glory." In their glorified bodies; something like that of the transfigured Jesus, but with less radi ance. "And spake of his decease." Of his exodus (In the Greek), his going out of this evil world, us the Israelites from the bondage of Egypt. "Departure Is a most fitting word, for It contains, at the same time, the Ideas both of death and ascension." "Which ho should (was about to) accomplish at Jerusalem." Hy being crucified as he had foretold them just be fore (vs. 21-27), and rising again from the dead. 32. ‘'Wore heavy with si?ep. tnrougu their hard climb, and a long season of prayer, hut they overcame the droway I nil nence and kept awake. "When they were awake." K. V.. "were fully awake," which phrase "is one word In the original, and means bavin?* watched through, hav ing remained av ake, for they had ovef come the force of Bleep."—Thayer a Gr. Eng. Lex, 33. "As they departed.” Were depart ing. Lit,, In their departing. "Peter." With his natural Impulsiveness. "Master, It Ib good for us to be here." The experl ence was good, and would make him ft better and more useful man all the r'-at of ht» life. "Let us make three taiMT nacles,” or booths, woven from tha branche* or bushes, like those used at tho Feast of Tabernacles. "Not knowing < re alizing) what he said.” He had not time to think what was best, to see all the t ffects of his plan, and ho „• little It could do toward accomplishing his desire that they should remain and prepare for the inauguration of the glorious Messiah. 31. "While he thus spake." Here was a wise answer to a foolish prayer, denying the petition In Order to grant the best an swer. "There came a cloud.” A bright cloud (Matthew), like the Sheklnah of old, betokening the Immediate presence of the Father.—Sadler. Like the pillar of cloud and lire In the wilderness; the shining cloud on Mount Slnul; the dazzling cloud thnt once filled the tabernacle and the temple. "And overshadowed them." Tho whole rompany, for “they entered Into the cloud.” "It was first above them, and then scenud to descend over them and envelop them."—Sadler. 35. "And there came ft voice out of tne cloud, saying. 'Tills Is my beloved Son.' ” | God now gives his testimony. "Hen** him.” He is worthy of your attention and obedience. He Is my messenger, atul speaks the truth, the truth you need. 36. "And when the voice was pnst." The disciples fell on their faces In great terror (Matthew). Jesus came and "tuched them, and said. 'Arise, und be not afraid.' ” Then they looked up. and "Jesus was found alone. And . . . told no man In those days." As Jesus com manded them, "until the Son of man he risen again from the dead" (Matthew). Because (D they could not fully under stand its meaning until then, so as to tell It aright, ns to Jesus’ nature his death, his resurrection, the future life. (2) Those to whom they told It could still less comprehend Its full meaning, and would misunderstand and pervert It. (3; It would give the disciples ability to comprehend Jesus its raised from the dead, anil to feel the reality of his perpetual presence nfter Ills resurn .-tlon. Its chief value would be at that lime. "The Descent from the Mount."—When the disciples came down from the Mount of Transfiguration, they found themselves In ., wliked world, confronting !!•> evils, and wilh abundance of common work to do anil dally battles to light. The first thing they met w.is symbolical of the work this experience would help them to do p demonise boy, whom the other dls etples could not relieve, but frntn whom Jesus i-ast out the demons, ill They were to t.iko thetr heavenly experience with them down Into the sinful, suffering world below. It was not to be ft mere day dream, a vision, but a power to transfig ure life and men (2) The blessing was not lost because the experience did not continue. Th* transfiguration was a pow er, a comfort, a help all the rest of Ihilr Uses. )3> To retain the value of the experience. Ii wfus necessary to go down from Ihe mount and use It tn making the world better. It was by shining In the 1 darkness that the light would retain its radiance. Tlmikrni) (Iff lilral I Mill In Uwli Melvllle'a recent life of Thncherny In ® diverting description of 1 be- nr»« meeting of the great nn»< v|Ut ami i'luirlutti llnmtf. Him Iim4 formed ao Ideal ami axperted him *« live up to It. ami anutere little genlua that ehe war, wna ln< Ifn«*-i lo In- angry with her favorliM If ihetr wnrma Hon or wndm l fell below her ideal.— WISK A NU OTHINWIII. Then are I 1*3 women clergymen IH the I'nUe.l Mtnlev Sever deepntf but If you do, wurb on In <l*»t»4ir tlnrlie t»reveroe an ih* frolla af long »*im fbOH .. In lb* feweel Word® Any tn>n however gr*a* will hn<l Me mnteb In a lilile Mill Hpn-4 with hr i melon • (Tgiandtse are •moMd M’lt' lively m Uermany Anetrte. Mueeia an I Uryei aad *•»* * '» th» «e ttarope THE WANDERING ALBATROSS. It Calls to Mind Coleridge'* 1‘nem “Th» Ancient Mariner." The stately creature first attracted attention as it beat imperceptibly against the wind from the distant horizon, traveling in great circles to ward the ship that it always had ia view, says the Cornhill. Who can gauge the sight of nn a 1 bat tors? The eyes can be focused at will to pene trate incredible ranges, and a frag ment of food cast upon the waters will rapidly allure it from distances far be yond the powers of human sight. To •ee the enormous bird thus circle round the ship, with wings fully ex panded, though well-nigh motionless, la certainly one of the wonders of na ture. The only muscular action vis ible Is a slight tremor at the extreme points of the wings, a vibration so rapid that It cannot be detected with out the most careful observation. There is no suggestion of force em ployed in the flight, but simply that movement which sailors understand by the word cant a tilting of the body out of the plane—which serves to give both power and direction in space. In very calm weather there Is a heavy flapping of the wings; in ratio, however, as the force of the wind increase*!, so muscular action disappears until a gale finds the alba tross poised above the ship in midair with an easy grace which is inexplic able. Lying upon my back on the wheelbox, 1 have with glasses riveted the eyes of such a bird as It hovered steadily above the mast of the ship. The green Irldes showed that curious expansion and contraction which is the special character of bird sight. Ex cept for u faint tremor, the wings moved not from the horizontal posi tion; the feet were tucked away be neath the tail, and an expression of gentle confidence g;ive the Impression of a friendly, sociable nature. Him Ideas of Coleridge and "The Ancient Mariner” floated through my mind as I gazed in silence; there was an easy shot and the rifle was close at hand, but the murderous act was not committed. The same albatross accompanied us for days; however the wind might rage or the ship toss at. • he mercy of the waves, it remained in close attendance, conveying a sense of perfect rest, though hardly, if ever, still. In this lies the great secret of Its attraction, and the evolutions In space are followed by the traveler with an interest that never dies. FAMOUS FOR HONEY. Ap liiduntry of I’altutlne In llllillc.tl !•»)« M,iy lie Revived. Biblical and other histories say that Palestine was famous for its honey in ancient times, says the New York Sun. The natives still raise a great deal of honey, but ttieir methods have been crude, they have secured the honey only by destroying the bees and there fore their business lias not been profit able. Of late years, however, their methods have been improving and the industry is now developing with the use of modern appliances. This great movement was wholly due to a Jewish family named Baldensperger that went from Switzerland in 1841) and settled near the famous pools of Solomon, seven miles south of Jerusalem. It was not until 1880 that this family made their real start in the bee busi ness, and now, according to Consul Merrill, at Jerusalem, they are famous in their line of industry. In 1883 they carried out the novel idea of trans porting their bees from one locality to another to give them fresh pastur age among the blossoms. The first ex periment was to transport the hives to Yafa, a distance of twelve miles, to give the bees the benefit of the orange blossoms there. Women carry the hives on their heads all the way, each woman carrying a hive. Their prod uct goes to Germany, Switzerland, England, and a little to France. The average yield per hive is about 100 pounds of tioney, and the product is taken from the hives only during the four working months beginning in April. Awhile ago an American named Howard heard the story of these pros perous bee raisers of Palestine while he was in that country. He visited the family ami purchased from them a number of queen bees, twelve of which were still alive when ho reached home, and he sold them here for $15 apiece. In this way the bees of Palestine have been Introduced into America. The liuljenspergers extract the honey without killing the bees and have taught their methods to a good many of the unlives and also the Jewish 'denials who have gone to Palestine, lit rough tlte efforts of this family it is likely that Palestine will again be come famous for its honey. 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