Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-14

son ~ still higher position, he eaids With a
bow, you're over hind, sir"-but he took
the shilling also, without murmur. And
30 At last had gotten into the notion that
the almighty shilling" was only another
way Of spelling the almighty dollar, until
here plain fisherman Of Pe,erhead rebuk.
ed my ignorance In this emphatic way.
think see why the LORD took "6sher
folk" for the bulk Of the Apostolic Col
lege." Only one publican" among them
10 show that all hsd a chance; but the mos,
Of them plain. but honest fishermen. This
blufi, kind hearted guide Of our 6rst day's
stroll, might have eat for the portrait Of
"simon Peter" he reminded me 80 Of him
II every turn. He took us 10 his cottage
facing the bay and the lighthouse, where,
lying in bis "bunk" lfor the beds were just
horizontal inches in the thick WALL, he
could see the light Of one from the front
window and hear the dash Of the waves on
the rocks Of the other, to his hearts con-
tent. "Some don't like IT," he said, "fr
they havn't ear fur II, sir; but ! like the
roar Of the ocean, for I've heard Il all my
life, sir; aye, it's music to me-" His wife
was IN trouble from having swallowed =
pin few days before our visit. II had
stuck in her throat good while berore GO
ing down and the coed woman was little
nervous over possible consequences. We
exhorted her to trust in the LORD and
left her more cheerful than when we came
in.
The next day, on our ,econd stroll, an
other good soul-a second edition Of our
Simon Peter-who might have been "An-
drew, his brother" chaperoned US over an
other route, explaining everything in the
kindest way and evidently DESTROYS to do
the honors Of the place to strangers. He
too was good christian man and not
ashamed Of his Master. Indeed, We have
noticed ne very Characteristic Of these good
hearts, how bold they are in Showing their
colors" for Jesus No shyness in talking
about Him, but boldness and pleasure.
On our second st,oll We vent quite DOT
on the sharp tongue point, scramb'ing over
the Jagged rocks, the tide being out, and
watching the glorious breakers dsshing all
along the COST line. The day was hne and
the fish boats we're at work In the off,ng,
plying their vocation. We visited the oil
works where the raw blubbsr brought by
the whslers IL rendered" which, being al
work on the cargo of the Eclipse" above
mentioned as the vessel We boarded. vas 90
exceedingly odorifsrons that the girls beat
Mortified and hasty retreat, when they
came within range Of the stencil. This
amused the rough, red.bearded Scoichman,
who was ''siirring-off' great vat OF the
refuse and he pleasantly remarked ss they
ran Of with their handkerchief stuffed In
their nostrils, at smells nice, don't Il mis-
susg" This refuse blubber. after all the
oil is extracted, L. sold TO the farmers as =
highly valued manure, enrichiug lard most
wondrously. The whole interior of vhal-
er i. composed Of great tanks made Of boil
er-iron, some equsre, some with rounding
sides, exactly fitting the vessels shspe, hold
ing from to 5 tons each and with single
mouth about p feet in diameter. or large
enough to admi, a man. Into these tanks
the whale fat, or blubber, l. put, CHOPPED
up into bits the size Of ones hand or lees.
Much Of the oil seeps out Of the little
chunks, 80 that when IL IL lifted, a. We saw
them doing the other day, the liquid and
solid mixed are dipped up In an iron buck
ct and transferred to great casks BY pour
ing into very vide mouthed funnel, which
are then csrted of to the rendering and re-
fning-house. The oil is nov chiefly used
for machinery. The captain ofthe Eclipse.
was told BY our good Simon Peter, has
made more money BY simple labor than any
man 10 Scotland; for he still goes on his
voyages and works a. hard as any Of bis
men, though now very wealthy.
The herring fishery, though, which lasts
Only 8 weeks in July and August. 10 the
chief busioess Of the place. The PACKERS
and exporters 10 the Continsnt take the
crop" and engage all the large herring |
bOsts At stipulated rates. A fishing boat
for herring Is usually As feet long, very
broad In the beam, for s,sadinsss and ca
pacitys sake, and about Is tons burden.
The owner Of boat. which costs from 81.
900 10 81 500. complete, exclusive Of nets,
gets from the packer ~ a bounty ESQ, be
the season good or bad. Then they get FL
the Gran" for all they catch. A Gran Is a
measure holding four baskets lsx22 inches
diameter and 2 or p feet deep. Andrew
told me yesterday in half-conhdence that
there was controversy going on upon the
Gran question. because the packers insisted
upon 4 baskets and the fishermen think 81
are enough. suppose that somewhere
midway between these two contestants, %
between all others lies the blessed truth o
for eyes 10 see and hearts to act upon this
In all our miserable controversies In buFi-
ness aud religion. What world il will
be when the "middle route" IL travelled BY
all. The Millennium IL the name Of that
period. Would tina, lie dawn we're near
The meetings get on nicely. The LORD
gives Us favor with the people and increas-