QFf!fBp?wm r i. I ..- , ,, i , rTBAjfSLiTXDTOBTHB BISFATCH. At one end of the many bends of the picturesque, cattle-bordered Khein there projects far out into the water the renowned Lorelei rocks, whose fame has spread throughout all lands. "Where is the boy or girl who has neither heard cor sung the song of the Lorelei? And vet, perhaps, there are many who have never heard the sad history of the poor water nymph, and to them this legend may prove interesting. Far below the surface of the waves, where no being who lives and breathes on tbe land can penetrate, stood, in former years, the magic palace of the Khein King, whom all the nymphs, water sprites and fishes, both great and small, served willingly and with joy. The great King was a kind and gen erous ruler, and at the time when my story begins he gave a grand festival iu honor of the birthday of his only daughter, Lorelei. And now the little Princess, who heretofore had never been out of her father's crystal palace, was permitted to rocK herself in the waves and join in the nymphs" dance in the moonlight. At first it seemed that her happiness was complete, and there was nothing more to be desired than a summer night on the river Rbein. But after a time the fair face of the Princess grew clouded; she no longer joined in tbe songs and sports of her companions. She loved rather to sit on the gray rock, towering up in the water like huge giants, aud gaze, not on the nierry frolics of the nymphs, but far off into the green fields, where she longed to wander and to minele with tbe peasant children. "How much happier, she thought, "they must be in the bright, warm sunshine, than THE PEINCESS I, who know only the moon and its pale, cool light" "When the Princess had confessed her great longing to her father, the Kins looked at her kindly and said: "You are foolish, my child, to desire intercourse with these people, lor they are cunning and deceitful. See how they bring death and destruction among my fish bv drawing them into their nets. You should rejoice that our beautiful castle is bidden by the waves and that the proud people on the land have only a dark suspicion o! our gay, happv life." liut these earnest words did not lessen Lorelei's desire for the land, and her discon tent only increased. Unmindiul of the cries ol her companions, she would keep her place on the rocks until morning began to dawn, and it was not until her father's warning voice was heard that she, with reluctant step, would seek her home beneath the w aters. "It I could only see the sun rise," she siched. To this wish her father said: "Take care, my daughter, that you do not tarry too long; fur the sun's kiss would bring death to my little water nymph." But the Princess thonght: "Foronebright rav of sunshine I would willingly die." Finally, it happened that Lorelei's one Croat desire was to be satisfied. One night, as usual, she had climbed tbe rocks, and kept I er eyes fixed steadfastly on the land. hen the morn began to break the nyinphB, fearing they had continued their sport too long, lorgot their King's daughter, ceased tlieir dancing, and hastened below the sur Jacc of the water, to spend the day in pre paring for the next night's frolic. Then the Princess arose and, stretching her hands toward the Fist, she cried: "Kiss me, dear sun. I would rather die than not know jonr gracious smile." And see, the first sun beam broke forth, and smiling upon the little water nymph, kissed her again and again. Poor Lorelei; she reeled aud fell, and when she again opened her eyes she was lying on the shore o the Khein, and bending over her was an old fiher, who said in a reverent tone: "Thank Goo, she still lives." And Lorelei, as she gazed wondcringlr about her, knew that, at last, she had gained her heart's de sire, ana was on tbe beautiful land. She gate a sigh of pleasure aud contentment, which her rescuer mistook for one of grief. "Yes," continued the fisher, "it was a terrible storm. .Never beiore have I seen the waves roll so high; it seemed as if all the water spirits had risen up in rebellion, and I could see their angry, threatening looks as they appeared above the water." Then, reiucrabering all, the little nymph shuddered and cried: "Oh, do not send me back into the water with my father. Protect me and take me with you; I shall be good and kind, and do all th-it you desire." VNever fear," replied the fisherman, pass ing his hard, rough hand over the fine golden ha:r, "you shall be welcome to my humble home, for since my little daughter died, wife and I are very lonely. But per haps your father may yet be found, or other lriends may claim jou." Loielei only shook her head and allowed tbe old fisherman to thinfe that her friends had been lost during the great storm, which had arisen when the Khein King's daughter had left her childhood home. Lorelei's life on land was lull or sunshine and happiness and she had no wish to return to the crvstai palace beneath the waves, nor to the lonely fatner, grieving for his child. She roamed through the sunny fields and woods and thought none so happv as she. One day the gre it Prince Herman came to the fisher's cottage and saw for ths first time the Khcic King's daughter. "When he had gazed upon Lorelei's lovely lace, he declared thatshe and no other should be his bride, and said that when he returned from ' 3 " his Toyage on the Khein, he would carry her away to his father's castle. Then came this dreadful thought to Lorelei: "My father knows Prinre Herman and he will surely destroy him." And that night when the moon arose and the nymphs had beenn their sport in the waves, the fisherman's foster daughter made her way to the gray rocks, lrom which she had often looked so longingly toward the land, and in pleading tones beg ged that her father would come to her. She had not long to wait; for soon the old kin?, bowed with grief and age, answered the call of his child. Unmindful of her father's sorrow, Lorelei cried: "Father, I pray thee, spare the Prince Herman; do him no injury." "I shall do no harm to your Prince," answered the father sadly, "while he is true to you, and makes you happy. But come to me, my child, before you are wounded aud sore, from the neglect which you will surely receive from these treacher ous people." Lorelei only laughed and said: "Father, you are wrong; the people on the land are kind and good. I am much happier with thtm than I was in your royal palace." Then said the King: "One thing I desire; you must tell tbe Prince that you are my daughter, lor a child who is ashamed of her father's love is not worthy to be the bride of a noble prince." Lorelei gave the desired promise, and when she bad tremblingly disclosed her se cret to the Prince be cried out in astonish ment: "Ihe beautiful Lorelei a water nymph I Then you cannot be my bride." And thrusting her from him he hastened lo foreign lands, and returned, bringing with him a fair Princess. The fisherman, too, and his wife, when thev knew their fos ter daughter was only a water sprite, treated ON THE BOOKS. her with coldness and neglect, and the Tillage children pointed scornfully at her, crying, "There goes Lorelei, "the water nvuiph." The marriage festivities of the Prince were being celebrated with great splendor. No one thought of the sorrowing Lorelei; no one noticed the tears rolling down her pale cheeks, or that she had entered the chapel just as the royal pair knelt to receive the blessing from the priest Suddenly a mur mur ran through the church, and a voice shouted: "Lorelei,i the vater nvmph is here." "Seize the witch," cried a second voice. But swift as a deer Lorelei sped away to the rocks by the Khein, and here, safe lrom her pursuers, she thought: "My father was right; the people on the land are treacher ous and full of deceit." Then she cried amid heart-broken sobs, "Bear father, forgive your foolish child, and that I ever left you for these false peo ple." And with one last look toward the land, she threw herself into the wato. and was I received into the arms of her forgiving lamer. The bridal festivities at the castle con tinued; but the Prince was not happy. He knew that he had been false and crnel to the little nymph. Hastening to the shore of the Khein he seemed to see Lorelei in the water becKoning to him, and he ran to ward her, only to meet bis death. It is now many hundred years since the Khein King and his subjects have allowed themselves to be seen above the water; but sometimes, ou a moonlight night, Lorelie, with her long, light hair falling about her like a golden veil, mounts the huge, gray rocks, and her sweet song is heard by tbe fishermen in their little boats on the Kiver Khein. Patsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles for tbe Little Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Boir for Hon of iho Week If Tber Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department lo E. R. Chadbourjt. Lewislon, Maine. 1207 GALLEBr OF SILHOUETTES. Find in the above: (1) an article used by painters; (Z) a gambler; (3) alow play; () as ffl Infamous war of obtaining money: (S) a min eral; (6) a person of a certain occupation. Edith Estks. 1208 BEnKADMENT. A lady's called a timid creature, Who alt at everv little mouse: But then she has one lovely feature She's handy, very, round one's bouse. If e'er she gains a dear connection. And thus is made a loving spouse. Be then becomes her main protection. As stated in the marriage vows. A Hon creature greatly dreaded, In jangles, when it conies to view Is like a lady who Is wedded. For there's a mane protection, too. Tbe last of life are welehty, often. And not one to tbe greatest strain; But God's aid the ill can soften. And turn to pleasure even pain. Asrao. 1209 A DILEMMA. The Perplexity of the Lucky Miners, the De tective and Sis JMsoner, the Bridal Couple and the Bulldog. Two miners who had struck a bonanza were returning to their homes, each laden with their treasure, when thev came to a river. Tbe only way of crossing this was by means of a boat. But the boat could only hold two people, or one miner and bis treasure, at a time; and, as neither of the two men was willing to leave his treasure for a minute, it seemed .impossible to devise any means of getting botb across. At this juncture a detective arrived with a prisoner. As he was about to take possession of the boat, he was accosted by tbe miners. "Hold on there," said they; "if you take the boat across who will bring it back for ust" Tbe detective, of course, could not leave his prisoner, and tbe situation was therefore no better tban before his arrival. As the discussion was in progress a young bridal couple arrived, and they, too, wanted to cross tbe river. They were accompanied by a ferocious bulldog. Tbe miners and the detective appealed to tbe newcomers for assistance in their dilemma. "We shall be glad to afford you every assist ance in our power." said the brideeroom, "bnt on two conditions." "And they are?" asked the first miner. "First, I cannot leave my wife unprotected among etrangers. Either my dog or myself must remain with her, on which ever side of tbe liver she may be." "Well, that is easily arranged," exclaimed the second miner. "Yes," continued the bridegroom, "but the second condition Is that my dog shall remain on this side. I do not wish him to cross the nratap M "Then," said the detective. "1 do not see how the matter can be arranged." "1 do,'- exclaimed the prisoner, who had not yet taken part in the alscus&lon. And he proceeded to explain his plan, which Was successfully adopted. How was the crossing managed? J. H. Fezandie. 1210 CHARADE. If any man should chance to make The very ludicrous mistake Of greeting with a last a dame Who knew him not by sight or name. He would commit a jirst so bad. That she would be intensely mad, A. first last then the last would be. And a cheap-feeling total be. NELSOXLiW. 1211 "WOBDS TVITHIN' A WOED. What word of nine letters, meaning de formed, contains (without transposition) words with the following definitions: L A young lady. 2. A word denoting existence. 8. Form. 4. To happen. 5. An animal. 6. An enclosure. Ethyx. 1212 ANAGRAM. I total every charlatan. And every kind of trickish man; 1 total all hypocrisoy And all tbe humbugs that I see. The one who lures by false pretense Is undeserving confidence; No one, unless he be "one dunce," Will trust the man who cheats him once. X9EXSONIA2T. 1213 A STBANGE SATCHEL. One day a lady friend came to visit me, bring ing with her a traveling bag, which 1 assisted her to unpack. I shall not bo betraying confi dence if I tell you wbat it contained. Imagine my dismay when I found in it articles like these: A bond servant, a space between two mountains, a dead calf, and a piece of a boat The other things were what you might expect to find, snch as a covering for tbe face, a box of ointment, a receptacle for flowers, a part of a finger ring, a small bottle, etc The strangest part of my story is that each article was a part of the bag. What was the name for the bag, and what were Its contents? Ethyl. 1214 SYNCOPATIOJT. A sin that's whole may be forgiven By Roman Church if not by heaven. And many trifling faults e call 1 he Inoffensive name of all. He whose conscience can be sold, Who barters principle for gold. Whose soul is stained with lucre's lust. Is last and worthy of no trust Nelsonian. 1215 DOUBLE ACBOSTIC, Words of Five Letters. 1. Fragile. 2. Angry. S. Bars of Iron on which run certain vehicles. 4. Merits or de- serves by labor. Initials A conflagration. JiXnals Smaller. Combined Destitute of fire. Robekt. 121G TBANSPOsmosr. I could not study first last night, For reasons very plain: A decayed molar made me jump. And howl with might and main. My second tried all he could find To put the pain to rout. No use and after suffering hours, I had the tooth drawn out. EvjLvasLanL AXSWEBS. iin- P-Ink; Ij-ass; A-mice; N-ape; T-angle. 1198 Agincourt (a gin court); Water-loo (more mild than whisky poker); Bannock-burn (in hiding Alfred allowed the dame's bannock burn); Boyne (ebony). 1199 Book-keeper. 1200 Stove, sofa, bracket, chair, bureau, table, piano. 1201 Trenchant. 1202 Star-flsb. 1203 L Moscow. 2. Berlin. 8. Paris, i. Liv erpooL 5. Athens. 6. Florence. 7. Lowell. S. Portland. 9. Saginaw. 10. Manchester. 1201 Seminary. 1205 Mother, other. 120b Cannon, canon. IT WASN'T A KICKIHO COW. Origin of tbe Fire at Moor Not Exactly Like Tlmt of tbe Chicago Fire. London Dally News. How the terrible fire which has destroyed the village ol Moor, in Hungary, originated, is thus told by our Vienna correspondent: A farmer's wire was ironing in her kitchen, using a flatiron filled with charcoal, when a spark flew out and set fire to her muslin dress. In her fright she ran into the court yard where her husband and his people were threshing barley. The barley caught fire lrom her, and was no sooner ablaze tban the wind blew the sparks in ail directions, set ting fire to the thatched roofs of tbe houses, which stood in two long rows, forming the main street. All was so sudden and the people were so dumfounded that for a little time they could not even call for help. Most of the heads of families were in the vineyards, and their help was not available until they had been recalled by the alarm bell. The old people aud children in tbe houses bad not presence of mind enough to save themselves. In Hungary it has not rained for a long time, and tbe wells contained no water, so that nothing could be done to save even a single house. In all 109 houses were de stroyed and 134 families are without a roof above their heads. The harvest was over and the corn in the barns was consumed in the general conflagration, which was a ter rible spectacle as night came on. Ten bodies have been found and several children are missing. Nearly everybody iu the neighborhood is suffering from burns re ceived in rescue work. New Wnya of Sarins It. Mew York World.! "By Jove! this chicken is regular in fringement on the rubber patent." "Yes, a marriage certificate onght to go with it" "Why?" "What tbe Iiord hath joined together Jet bo man pat asunder." - .. ' THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, OLD TIME METHODS. It's Well Enough to Study the Good Points of Barbarism AND THE HOBBIES OF FOGYISH. Modern CiTllfcation is Too Dependent on the New Systems. LESSOK OP THE EECEHT BTBIKES rwBITTrjr rOB THI DISPATCH.: The suggestion of a railroad strikehas in it a lively interest for all Pittsburgers. It revives reminiscences; and they in turn give freedom to forebodings. There is that in the past which sets people to thinking of the possibilities of the future. Therefore the readers of newspapers have felt the air about tbem somewhat over charged with electricity of late. New York and Chicago are a goodly distance apart, but Pittsburg is between them. "With the lightning flashing from both those centers of disturbance Pittsburg wax very likely to at least hear the thunder. Fortunately there has not been much damage done any where yet. But there has been a good deal of heat lightning, and much hollow reverber ation of thunder. The indications were strong of a heavy storm pending in the East and another in the West. If the two storms brote, places between were likely to experience something like a cyclone. "With two tremendous railroad strikes threatening; and with what the signal ser vice men call "local disturbances" of less proportions predicted in other quarters, peo ple everywhere might well think with some apprehension of the probable results. These results would be sufficiently appalling, as we all realize, for the stoppage ot import ant railways, even for a week, would iu volve the "utter derangement ot all our ma chinery of living. Dependence on Railroads. There is something humiliating and dis concerting in that fact, when you come to think of it. Our whole scheme of social and economic well-being depends on two parallel iron bars running continuously in one di rection or another. The chariot of our civi lization runs on those iron rails and cannot run on any other course. If chance or malignant "design were to throw the lines helter skelter, the chariot would be tum bled into chaotic wreck, and the life and business of a nation would fall into con fusion. That is an unpleasant fact that will! bear thinking of; for it implies a weakness in our system that we should find a remedy for. Surely we have not so much to boast of as we are wont to suppose if we cannot make ourselves at least measurably independent of one or two artificial conditions. Now we are helplessly at the mercy of our railroads and our telegraphs. By and by, I suppose, we will be just as helplessly at themercy of our phonographs' and our typewriting ma chines. Our civilization lacks versatility. It is too much concentrated. It advances at a prodigious pace, but it does so by riding hobbies instead of running or flying. It packs everything it has to carry on the back of the fastest hobby, aud then kills off all the slower ones. I'f the fast agent gives out all transit must stop, for there is nothing slow left alive, and things are in such shape that they cannot be carried by hand. That is not well. The civilization is crude and imperfect that cannot commind more than one means to compass a desired end. Its chariot wheels should be so adjusted that if the iron rails break under them they can run reasonably well on the ties, or on tbe dirt road. The ideal civilization would be the one that had full command of all the best agencies, and at the same time had full com mand of all the .second best agencies also, and which kept the second best in shape for instant use in case the best should chance upon disaster. Self-Reliance of TJnrbnrlsis. One of the best things civilization could do would be to ke'ep up a constant under study of barbarism. Be discriminating about it, but maintain a practical famili arity with tbe best of barbarism. There is no reason in discarding everything barbaric .imnlv liAfinntii it is hnrhnrli TCpnenn Ipnfle pin quite the other direction. There is much good to be said ot me oarDarian, or at least of his methods. These served the human race very effect ively through considerable periods of time. They were methods of ptudy and in spiring self-reliance. They were direct and masterful methods, and gave the individual the upper hand of nature and circumstance under conditions where civilized methods leave the individual helpless. They were worth keeping practical bold ot to serve civilized man when his artificial resources chance to go awry. Tie tbe barbarian string to the civilized bow, to serve when tbe other string breaks. A community of men and women trained to the tireless endurance which makes it easy to walk or run mile after mile would not feel much weight of trouble when the street car lines were "tied up." But among us only tramps have retained that desirable barbarism. "We ought to reach back and lay a firm hand on all the better barbarisms we have discarded; the barbarisms which keep men within sight and touch of their primitive strength and simplicity and robustness; which make it easy lor men to forego what thev would have, and to cheer fully accept what thev can get. ' The Old Post, "We treat the' old fogy as dcspitefully as we treat the barbarian, and with just as little reason. The old fogy, mind you, is the advanced man of a few years ago. He staid there, that's all. "Why did he stop? Because he had advanced to a point that was very satisfactory to him. If it satisfies him, might it not satisfy us on a pinch? It might be as well to keep it within'sight and reach, at all events, so that if we are toppled off from our own standpoint at any time we might rest npon his until we could get back where we want to be. .It might be a very good temporary refuge. Barbarism and old-Iogyism are ronnds of the ladderby which we have climbed to our present height. Our thoughtless and illogic al disposition has been to kick over the ladder. Consequently, when a disturbing shock comes we cannot step down a rung or two. "We have nothing for it but to pitch headlong from our dizzy height, and then we have hard work climbing up again. Of course, we get back some how and some time. That is inevitable and desirable. And, of course, it is inevitable and desir able that we shall go still farther and still higher. It is only the interval of trouble some emergency that has to be provided for. And the emergency always finds us unpre pared, and throws us into a very unphilo sophical contusion. "We have adjusted everything so that we are helplessly dependent on our railroads and our telegraphs. Our scheme of living contemplates the possibility of giving up our railroads for electrical balloons, and our telegraphs for long-distauce telephones; but it takes no thought of substituting anything slower like the Btage-coaoh or the mounted courier, for example in case of "temporary trouble. It would be better to adjust our machine so that in case of a break It Would only slip back a couple' of cogs instead of running all the way down. To Avert Calamity. It would be easier than we think; for we are a very adaptable people. "With a little more strong patience added to our adapt ability, and a little more prudence added to our patience, we might have our business and social systems so adjusted that inter ruption of our railroads and our telegraphs for a week or a month would not be halt so dieaoslamityasit'wouldbenow,'- lathe SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER meantime it Is a good thing that we are so adaptable, for we are always liable to be beset and upset by the unexpected in the moit aburd and disastrous fashion. It is not very many vears since a horse distemper paralyzed Pittsburg and Alle ghenyand all tbe rest of Pennsylvania, lor that matter. Will any Pittsburgerwho encountered the experiences of the "epi zooty" ever forget them ? It is not likely that he will. The experiences were quite too vivid and picturesque to'be forgotten. There was an occasion when people were glad enough to take up the obsolete meth ods of old fogyism. and even barbarism. "We suddenly discovered that the horse was very nearly the most important product of creation. Satisfactory substitutes for him were sought everywhere. Mules an swered the purpose best, of course, but there were not enough of them; and they had to be eked out with oxen, and even with cows. I saw on more than one occasion a cow harnessed with ropes to a wagon and draw ing a load through the city streets. And I have lively recollections of one load of merchandise pulled from the freight depot in Allegheny to a house in Pittsburg by a yelling team of 24 hogs, all hitched ta one wagon. "When Pittsburg got through with the "epizooty," it was about ready to cope with tbe most formidable railroad strike that could be organized. Its civili zation had been pushed a good way back toward barbarism by tbe microbe of a horse distemper I James C. Pubdy. A BURGLARY STORY. Fall Hall Budget. 1. In view ot the burglary season, I went down to the Dogs' Home and bought Bill. 2. Having arrived at home, we land with the aid of a "pleeceman." 3. "We soon got on a friendly footing, and when I turned in, our relations were as pleasant as possible. GUuvn 4. "Wishing to open tbe window about i A. M., I arose with horrible consequences. 5. Horror! The burglars have come at last. About 2 A. M. I am awakened by voices, and just as I congratnlate myself on my recent acquisition I hear the first ruffian exclaim, "'Why, blarm me, mate, if 'ere ain't my dawg Bill!" I subside, and 6. BUI disappears from my sight forever, and so does my brand new timekeeper. Never mind, it was a well, jut the watch' ( I L -0 Ifff I fi 00 MSMwz MJ e. v imV VtUginr.7 BMWUe 14, 1.890. BEANS AS THE STAFF. More Kulrilious Than Wheat, They Might be Substituted WITHOUT INJDRI TO THE RACE. What History and Poetry Tell of the Le guminous Luxury. USED AS BALLOTS AS WELL AS FOOD rwmrnw roK ma Diirj.Tcn.1 "We remember of having seen an article by an eminent speculative philosopher, who was none tbe less a practical economist, which in substance was an answer to the query, "What might have been the effect on mankind in general had beans been adopted in the place of wheat as the sustaining food of the race?" There were many reasons ad vanced to prove that from a scientific point of view beans were better adapted tban wheat to subserve all the purposes of that cereal. And from this point the proposi tion would seem worthy of consideration. To botanists the bean is known as tbe seed of certain plants which grow in pods. Such kinds of fruit (taken together the pod and the seed) are called legumes; and hence the term leguminous is applied to such fruits or plants as the bean, the pea, the lentil, etc. The old English word pulse was applied to all that class. Beans are cultivated for food all over the world, but they difier in quality and kind from each other, as they aredivided into varieties or families, all of a given variety being alike, but the varieties differing from each other. The common bean in all its varieties is cultivated both in Europe and America. Tbe French bean, kiduey bean, or haricot, is another variety. In the warm countries, such as India and China and in some parts of South America, where they form a very important part of the diet of tbe inhabitants, many other kinds are known, but are used exclusively there. USED QEEEK AND DET. The French, or haricot bean, is used in England more generally in its green state, the whole pod being eaten as a vegetable or prepared as a pickle. It is said that through Germany and the Netherlands tbe pods are preserved in pickle by almost every' family for winter or spring use. In France it is cooked in very many ways, both in its green state and dried. In America the har icot, or kidney bean, is in general nse in its green state during the summer, and since the canning process has reached its present perfection large quantities of it are put np for winter use. The common beau is more nutritious than wheat and there is no product ot the veg etable world so nutritious as the haricot. Professor Liebig once said that "four quarts ot beans and two pounds of corned beef or pork boiled to rags, in B0 quarts of water, will furnish a eood meal for 40 men." Sir Henry Thompson says that "haricots are good enongh to be welcome at any table." "What apart they sustained as the food of our armies during the civil war any old veteran will tell you off hand. It has been said that the German armies could not have been susrained in their winter cam paigns of 1870-71, bad it not been for Erb swursh that is dried peas and beans com pressed and mixed with a certain portion of bacon or lard, and used as soup. BACON AUD BEANS. Of those used, dry or not in the pod, the common bean called variously the white, field, navy or Boston bean, is of the class most generally used in America. Indeed some have not heisitated to call it the na tional herb of America, as they call bacon and beans the national dish. Such bold ex peessions are scarcely warranted; but in like manner some have declared, as though put to vote, that the golden rod is the national flower.. . . , We may remember here how Dr. Frank lin objected to the eagle being taken for the symbolical bird of American freedom. He declared there was nothing American about it; that it was not the representative of any ennobling or generous characteristic; and in its stead advocated tbe adoption of the turkey the turkey being partly an American bird of royal bearing, with the additional quality of being good to eat Nevertheless the eagle was adopted, and we have taked at second hand the emblem of every imperial despot from Ceasar to Bona parte. If, therefore, the beau is the national herb, it comes to that distinction by adoption (so to speak) and not by any birthright. Some varieties, notably the Lima, are of douiu xuiericau origin, out me common bean was in use as food in the earliest times of which we have record. One kind is yet known as the Egyptian, or sacred; and dried and shriveled specimens are still found in old tombs. OF BIBLICAL FAME. They are twice mentioned in the Bible; once as one of the articles of food which the subjects who were loyal to King David in the time of the rebellion of Absalom, brought' to him and the people with him who were "hungry and thirsty and weary in the wilderness;" and again are they spoken of as food by Ezekiel in his prophe cies, which were uttered in tbe fifth year of the first captivity of the Israelites by the Babylonians, at a period of time about 600 years B. C. Its antiquity is also well attested in pro fane historv. That it was a common article with the Grecians is evident from the well known circumstance of its use in taking the votes of the people. They then answered for ballots, and the voter, in the selection of the masistrates, or in passing on any publio matter, made his choice by dropping a white or black bean into the urn, or the receptacle used for collecting them. So also the early Bomans voted in their Comitia, or assem blies ot the people. A white bean, in tbe language applied to this system, "signified absolution or acquittal, and a black one condemnation." "We read that Pythagoras, who ranked so high as a philosopher, and whose system of the universe was accepted as the right one down, to a modern period, forbade bis dis ciples to eat flesh and beans, for the reason that he supposed them at tbe creation of the world to have been formed of tbe SAME SUBSTANCE AS HAN. It is supposed he got hfs secrets from the Egvptians. But a much later philosopher, Sir 'William Temple, according to the obser vation of Thackeray in the article devoted to Dean Swift in "English Humorists," says that this old precept meant that a wise man should not meddle with public affairs. This is not a direct way of comihe at it, hut it is intelligible enough when the bean was used as a ballot. But in America .it has been known and used since the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth, or at least from the next year after. To what great prominence the his torians, the essayists and the poets of New England have raised it; how they have clothed it iu all manner of excellencies, is a matter of common notoriety. It is, indeed, probable that more than once in the times of famine, which came frequently to the early Puritan set tlers, the lives of those who suffered were sustained by Indian corn and beans alone. Their annalysts lovingly and with candor preserve likewise many local tradi tions. There is 'near Lowell, so it is re lated, a hill which Is yet called "Bean Hill, which got its name from the time when tbe early settlers cultivated the lands in common to provide against the' distress and want to which, as a community, they were so liable. So, in like manner, has Mr. Bancroft left on record that the first houses built at Portsmouth were built on "Straw berry Bank." BEANS XXD BBAXtfS. When we consider how natural it is when the occasion arises for people to become clannish in their own beliefs and oustoms, likes aud dislikes, it may well be in some luture time that the historian will maintain with patriotic zeal thaftheir particular diet and their' elastic environment nurtured the If.- i Vr genius of Hawthorne, of Longfellow, of Em merson and of the Alcotts; as it likewise hss been asserted that neither Carlyle nor Brougham could have been what they were if it had not been for "parritch." An idea of tbe admiration expressed in so many ways by tbe descendants of the Puri tans for this famous vegetable may be had from the extract which follows. It is from the pen of tbe Hon. John D. Long, ex-Governor of Massachusetts. The poem is enti tled: Fork nnd Beans. Ton may talk of French kickshaws, your truffles. Your champignons and your purees, Bnt give the plain dish withont ruffles. The dish ol our grandlathers' days. I care not for oil-reeking sallet, I've no turtle fat In my tureens; The dish that is most to my palate Is a big plate of hot pork and beans. Let the beans be the whitest and fattest (To bake tbem all night Is the thin;). Then, with porlc to add flavor. I'll attest, "lis a dainty too eood for a king. Then put vinegar, pepper and salt in. And the trimming the appetite keens. And tbe one thine in life there's no fault In Is a big plate of hot pork and beans. As the good Governor is not very specific in his directions lor his favorite dish I will add a recipe which may help some ot my housekeeping friends: Cover ono quart -ot dried white beans with three quarts of tepid water, and let stand over night. Put to boil, in the morning. In four quarts of fresh water, and cook till the skins break; then drain them, and put in a bean pot or deep pan. Score the rind of a pound or more of sweet pork, place In the center of tbe beans, cover with a quart of boiling water and bake for four hours. But this is only one of the many ways of cooking the beans; and next week, no pre venting Providence, as the country parsons say, I will tell the rest of the story. Ellice SEEE2TA. ECONOMY OF TIME. A Queer Genius Who Accomplishes It by ftleuas of nn Odd Diagram. "Tbe first thing which I did when framing a system of economy of time for myself," says the author of a small volume entitled "Life Doubled," "was to adopt a motto and to engrave that upon my heart. I framed for myself a diagram as follows: "The circle is supposed to represent a day of 24 hours, one-third of which, or eight hours, is allotted to represent night and sleep This leaves 16 hours for tbe duties of life, and for food and relaxation. My dia gram, it may be seen, is divided into four equal sections of three hours each; each hour being numbered, not in accordance with tbe hour of the day, bat in accordance with my own arrangement and divisions ot the dav. The four hours that are devoted in the diagram to food must not be under stood to be wholly occupied with eating and drinking, hut bv the pursuit of food for tbe mind, as well as for the body. "The advantage of this diagram is that from its simplicity I can always see it 'in my mind's eye,' and as it represents a day I determine early in the morning what I will do through the day; and associating each duty resolved upon with one of the num bered sections, the moment my mind reverts to the diagram, and to any particular num ber thereon, I am at once reminded of the duty I had resolved to perform. For instance, suppose I resolve to pass the hours 1. 2, 3, in one uniform business application, I know that during these honrs I have nothing on tbe diagram but business; my whole and sole attention is therefore ap plied to the one pursuit, and I am not diverted therefrom by a number of unsettled resolutions. Then follows an hour's relaxa tion, during which I take food and probably read for half an hour. I should identify with that section on the diagram the book I might be in the course of reading at tbe time, and, when that hour arrived, tbe mental perception of the diagram would as readily remind me of the book as of the food or rest I was about to take. "Supposing, during the next hours num bered 4, 5 and 6, 1 bad a series of dnties to perform, I should identily tbem with those particular hours or numbers thus: 4. Call at A B 's and purchase tor stock. Point out error in previous account. On to Fenning's wharf and ascertain the cause of delay in delivery of goods. Tbe mere words 'A B 's.' 'Error' and 'Fenning's,' associated with that section would be quite sufficient to remind me of tbe matters to be attended to within that time. The same method may he applied to any hour and every hour throughout the day. JUDGING THE AUTHORS. A Clover French Writer Tells the Cold Troth In a Concise Waj. Guy de Maupassant, one of tbe cleverest of modern French writers of fiction, prefaces his newest uovel, "Pierre et Jean," with an essay on novels and novel writing. All the world reads novels; a poor story is more pop" lar than a good history, but in readine each person seems to think only of what he wants and never of what the author is tryinz to do. Savs Maupassant: "Tbe pnblic as a whole is composed of various groups whose cry to us writers is: "Comfort me." "Amuse me." "Touch me." "Make me dream." "Make me laugh." "Make me shudder." "Make me weep." "Make me think." "And only a few chosen spirits say to the artist, 'Give me something fine in any form that may suit you best according to your own temperament.' " There is a world of truth in this charge, more's the pity. Novels and their writers are cried up or down according to the indi vidual temperaments andtastes of readers, instead of according to the author's purpose and measure of its fulfillment. GOLD AND SILVEE FEEE. Hovr It Goes is be Told to Help Oneself to All He Can Carry Away. Mew York Press. 'It is with a feeling of queer delight," said J. C. Hammond, yesterday, "that a visitor to one of the great smelting works in the gold and silver regions is told at the ore bin that he may carry away all the gold and silver ore that he may select. X was out there recently and the superintendent olone of the smelters gave me just such permission as that. Think of being told to take all the gold and silver you want! I ran my hand into the ore pile. It was black and gritty earth. "I picked it up and looked at It. My un practiced eye could discover no sign ot any preclons metal. I inquired bow much gold and silver there was in it, and was told $16 to $20 of silver to the ton ot ore and a trace of gold, possibly half a dollar's worth. No wonder they could give me permission to carry off all I wanted to. The reaction was laughable. But the few minutes' feeling of unlimited wealth at command was pleas ureable." 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