THE NORTHWESTERN.
BEN&CIIOTP.R ft C.l HSON, Ed* and P«b»
LOUP CITY, * • NER
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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.
Ileglnnlng «l a Urrtl
"Whit'i the matter. my lioy?" aske.l
thi' i l*l«*rly phllauthropiat, painting in
nta morning walk, The boy who had
b#eu digging at the edge of th» wood*
«•*» sidewalk tur»»i*i| a tear-ntalried fac«*
upward ami responded: '*|'in hum In'
fur 4# peony I dropped ('rough a hoi*
In the walk My tnawll whop in a If I
don't llmt It '* "la that all?" th* good
man rejoined, f "tiling in hi* pork ft for
a coin “Orjr your tear*, lit tin fellow
tier* a another Just aa goad. amt bar*
la a nl'hrl to go aim it.- with th*
warm feeling In kla heart that in
variably a < outpwnir* the perforittam *
of a g hm| ,|ee I he pa-n-d o* The belt
dav walking ai.i.m.l at th* urn h
he ala*rtt4 a bo* digging at th* «d««
of a wie-lm alitwwalk What'g the
mallet IHtl* fell.*’-' he ask.-I Th#
bu| turw#4 a tea tUliei fate upward
*t*4 *al4 “l a bnalia fur a half 4o|>
lar I Jroppet! i rough a hot# iu u
walh VI* maw it a nap m* if | •
ftn4 Mt "