w -jkyWEfH r&r?r- THE PITTSBUEG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1890. 19 llrlPf r SfCara-s fTnANSLATEDFOBTHE DISPATCH. On the border of a broad, fertile meadow, through which ran a clear, murmuring brook, was an ancient forest, whose giant oiks bad withstood the storms of many cen turies. Here, when the winter snows bad disappeared, bloomed the earliest daisies and violets; snd here the birds sang their first greetings to spring. All snnimer long in this beautiful place, fragrant with the perlnme of flowers and ferns, cool and shade could be found lor the weary traveler. The forest was known as the home of the dwari; ior among the granite rocks near by, and in the hollow trees, these little creatures lived their free, happy lite. True, they seldom allowed themselves to be seen; bat tneir tiny footprints were otten discove.td in the soft earth; and one evening, when Carl, the son of a poor musician, was walking through the forest, he saw at the Toot ot an old oak tree a bright light gleaming among the ferns and Grasses. Going nearer, he peered iutn the opening, and there seated around a table were a score or more of the little men, each wearing a pointed green cap and a gray coat. They had glasses of wine before them and were smoking little clay pipes. Suddenly one of t'ue dwarfs cried: "Some one is looking." Then the light was extinguished and Carl conld ee no more. Alter a time there came a great change in the forest. The grand, old trees withered and died, the songs of the birds were no SPEXT MAKT HOUBS ON longer heard; instead of the sweet wild flow ers grew rank and poisonous weeds, and the ground was covered with such a dense grim th of thorn bushes that no one ventured beyond the limits of the meadoir. Carl, who had once seen the dwar s, now won dered what had become of bis little friend, and il they still lived in this deserted place. He spent mauy hours on the old log bridge over the brook, peering eagerly into the forest in hopes that he might again catch a glimpse of the green caps and gray coats, but without success, and he had about con cluded that the dwar! s had gone in bearch of a more pleasant abode. One day, when he had gone to his favorite resting plac, a small gray squirrel hopped on the end of the log. not seeming the least alarmed at the sight of the boy, but looked at him so be seechingly that Carl was sure it wanted to say: "Please do not morel rom the srot" Curious to know what all this conld mean, Carl sat very still and watched the antics ot the squirrel, which rushed back and lorth in a ery strange manner; now on top, now under the log. Tnen the old bridge fell gently into the water and floated down the stream toward the forest, while the squirrel ran along the bank, always keeping himself in sight. In a few moments the log, as it guided by an unseen hand, glided to the shore. There, to the boy's great delight, in a grassy spot, lree from thorns and bram bles, were the dwarfs. One ot them, differ ing from the others, in that he wore a white coat and had a golden crown on his head, advanced, and thus addressed Carl: "We are in great distress and mnst seek the aid of some true friend. For this reason we have brought you in our realm, and we beg that you will not refuse us your help." Then all the dwarfs fell on their knees and held out their hands so pleadingly to Carl that he conld but promise to do as they wished. The king then led the way to his home among the rocks. And when they had partaken of the dainty meal prepared for them, be said: "I shall now tell you the cause of our trouble and how yon can help us. Several years ago, when this barren land wis cov ered with blooming trees and lovely flowers, a race of swamp dwarfs, who are ugly and cross, and who love nothing that is fair and beau til ul, took np their abode in this forest. They wishtd to destroy the stately oaks, and have only sharp thorn bnshes and homely weeds. But in our treasure chamber was a gold ring, by which we had power over the trees and flowers. So longas this wasin'our possession the swamp dwarfs were powerless to accomplish their evil designs. We guarded the ring most carefully, placing it in a room that was surrounded by seven strong iron walls. One day a stranger came to us, who pretended to be a cousin irom dis tant lands, and brought us messages from our friend-. Like us, he wore a green cap and gray toat. Thinking no evil, we re ceived him into our home and spared no pains to entertain him. We told him of our great wealth, and finally led him into the treasure chamber, where we gave him gi is of pearls and rubies. We even snowed him the gold ring and ex plained its wonderful power. As soon as our guest had seen the ring, both he and it vanished. Then we were in great distress; for we knew that Igelborst, the king 01 the swamp dwarfs, had sent one of his men to steai our treasure. Onr beautiful forest then disappeared, and you can see the other direful changes which have taken place. If we could but gain the ring Again, all wonld be as lortnerly; but we are much too weak to conquer this power ul king. Y u, how ever, are large and strong, and could easily force him to give up the ring. But it yon do this or us, it must be done without hope of reward; lor this must be the deed of a friend." When the King finished speaking there was a dead silence in the room; but this lasted only for a moment, and the dwar s broke out into loud weeping, and begged Carl that he "would restore their beautilul home to them. Unable to resist thtir en treaties, the boy promised to visit the king dom of the swamp dwar s and demand the ring. The gray squirrel was sent forward as guide, and led the way through many rough, thorny paths to the dwelling or Igel borst. When Carl had crept through the narrow entrance, he found himself iu a long hall, in the middle ot which was a tiny throne of gold and ivory. On this throne sat the King of the swamp dwar s, holding in his hand a jeweled scepter. Around him were his subjects, hideout little creat ures, with green eyes and crooked noses: The King nodded kindly to Carl, and said. A f zBmSM "I know why yon have come. The forest dwarfs have sent yon, and yor think I have taken some of the'ir treasure." Carl gave assent to these remarks. "Do not be deceived by their chatter," continued the King, "for I shall show yon that I have no need of their few jewels." He then said a few words to one of his servants, who disappeared, but returned alter a moment, carrying a large sack of pearls. "Here," said the King-, "accept this gift from me, and have nothing more to do with the wicked forest dwarfs." But Carl paid no heed to these words. He lifted cd, between his thumb and the finger, "If you do not give me the gold ring be longing to the forest dwarfs I shall take your son with me, and you shall never see him again." Then the dwarfs began to 'weep and de clare that they knew nothing about the ring. But Carl remained firm, and would not release his hold on the little dwarf. Finally, Igelborst, who dearly loved his son, ordered the ring to be brought and given to Carl. "When he had received the dwarfs' treasure, Carl left the long hall, and again passed through the narrow entrance. The squirrel was waiting,for him, and sped along so rapidly that the boy conld scarcely follow. The dwar.a were overjoyed to re ceive their ring, and sent Carl home so ladened with jewels-and gold that he was richer than any count in the land. Now the forest again began to bloom, the birds "'" avu, nnw Ml UH. SUU CriCU sfe& THE OLD LOO BEIDOE. to sing and the flowers to blossom. Sever afterward did the dwarfs lose their ring, and the old forest still affords rest and shelter for the weary travelers. Fatsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles Tor the Little Folk That Will Keep Their Brains Binr for Most of the Week If They SoWe Them Correctly Home Afnuiemenia. Address communications for this department to E. B, Chadbourn. Lcwiston, Maine. 1217 a EUEOPBAir calamity: D.M.H. 1218. NTJMEBICAI. E2UQMA. 1-2-& In Webster's supplement I'm tagged as low; Tbe lexicon should not degrade me so; I am a "hobby," and my simple name Respectability, at leat, may claim. 6-5-1. Tbongh high and low alike are proud of me Yet too much fondness may must harmful be; Perhaps 'tis safer with such harm In view. To chasten appetite and me eschew. Whole. When a fair damsel's youthful days are o'er. And when her rosy cheeks can charm no more. We say she's whole, although to tell her so, Wonld wound her pride andimpolitenes.bow. NkLSOXLAJT. 1219 DBATGHTS rOB THIRSTY TANGLEBS aCUWBVENE t "jT"it"b"T" i Tinr C D A T "s G h" a I d "F" E NJ"k"y"w"a eE P BD R E R "q" t O B r"r"ya"jc"a e s k eeam e E b T H "x"r"iT F "t 2 3 8 He only made diagonal moves And found, as the solution proves, Upwards or a dnzen drinks, Some that wero mild, And others wild. Tnett-llowmn t have been me thinks a loiiower oi me taoiea sphinx. W. WILSOX. 1220 BLANKS. The words which fill the blanks all belong to the same class of proper names. Not long since, while walking on the street, 1 saw one little newsboy up to another and say with tbe air of a prince, to me sir. when you told me how many paners you'd" sold yesterday?" The little fellow thus accost ed answered with an injured air: "How o any better ill should tell you T If you think 1 lied yesterday, j on'd be jest's likely to think so t'-day. You And out best way you can, next time you wanter know bow many papers I sell." Then he turned on his heel, with great dig nity, and went whistling down the street. Ethxu 1221 TEAHSPOSriTOK. I choose x subject that Is quite fnll Of what I cannot call dellgbtfal; For first and second All the sonl fall Of thoughts uncanny, dark and doleful, Or. I might t. they fill the head full Or what Is dismal, if not dreadful. first brings before our observation A place that baa bad reputation That Is. among sectarian preachers. Though not amongst agnostic teachers Nor those whose ylewi have liberal feature Akin to what we know were Beecher's. Though second is not hair so fearful, lis very far from being cheerfnl; For ome reference to futurity, To grim darkness and obscurity, Are with it namo associated, Bo that as gloomy It is rated. Tbatt it and second are related Is quite too plain to be debated;) , While second sometimes is a-screenig, A ghost may also be its meaning. As a degree it does no banning. And as a soul is not alarming. In second we find nothing horrid, Bat first suggests a region torrid. NELBOJtlAlT, 1222 CURTAILMENT. A person in a total To war should never go till He lasts himself with care: If, when begins to rattle , Tbe shot and shell of battle, No lasts are bis 0, that ill Becomes bis duty there. Bitter Sweet. 1223- ANAOBAMMATICAL DOUBLE ACROSTIC. L Ant wing. 2. Ban deer. 8. Ada rang. 4. Lean cat. 5. Padrone. 6. Yon dam. 7. Re veals. 8. Lend not. 9. From vlo. 10. Our name. IL Eat lion. The prlroals form the name of a ereat states man, and the finals a title given him bv the peo ple. PBIESS. 1224 ANAGRAM. "Thy Points." O man, of sham pretensel Are quite devoid of truth or sense; No "conjuror," in this, our day, Can hope the minds of men to sway By sneb delusions as of old Fonnd dupes and converts manifold. For divination Is tabooed By moderns who are wise and good. Nelsokian. 1225 -WHAT IS THIS? It rules in every nation, and every land it rav ages; And none can live withont unless they live like savages. It has cost the lives of many, tbe souls of many more; And all of us pursue it, while its evils we de plore. It sunpoits our Institutions and executes our laws, And it does more to defeat them than any other cause. It turns old friends to enemies, and brings old foes together; And in itself, as Crusoe fonnd. It isn't worth a learner. Some even think to ease the mind, or heal a broken heart with it: Bat It's of no use to any until they come to part with it, M. C. 8. ANSWERING IN AUGUST. Prize Winners I. Sadie B. James. Pittsburg, Pa. 2. Wm. Hughes, Apollo, Pa. 3. J. Boscb, Salem, O. Soil oi Honor Arthur Means, Lflllan W. Pence, 8. L. B., Wm. Burbank, A.B. Oy. Henrv C. Ames, Minnie Johnson, R. C. Crane, Ida M. Robson, Mandeville, D. B. L., Effle Stanton. L. F. Damon, Evangeline, Daisy Peabody. ANSWERS 1207-1. Lamp-black. 2. Black-leg. 8. Black Crook. 4. Black-mall. 6. Black jack. 6. Boot black. 1208 Scares, cares. 12191. The bridal couple crossed over, and the bride brought back the boat. 2. Tbe detec tive and his prisoner crossed over, and tbe groom brought back the boat. 8. The bridal couple crossed over, and the bride brought back the boat. 4, The first miner cros-ed oyer with his treasure, and the groom brought back the boat. 5. Tbe bridal couple crossed over, and the bride brought back the boat. 6. Tbe sec ond miner crossed over with his treasure, and the groom brought back the boat. 7. The bridal conple crossed over. 1210 Blunder-buss. 1211 Misshapen (Miss, is, shape, bap, ape. pen). 1212 Denounce. 1213 Slave, rale, veal, sail, veil, salve, vase, seal, vial. Valise. 12M Venial, venal. 1215- FRAIL I R A T E Rails EabnS 1216 Much, chum. A SHAKE BATTLE, Terrible Encounter Beiwce-i Two Reptiles 12 nnd 9 Feet Long. St. Iiouis Globe-Democrat, A party of surveyors returning to Corpus Christi, Tex., irom Brownsville, were sur prised on making a sharp turn in the road over a terrible commotion goiog on between some large objects a lew hundred feetdistant from them. The first thought was that some wild beast had attacked a steer, but as there was no sound audible except the noise oc casioned by tbe wild lashing of the gronnd by some living things, the commotion could not be accounted for in tbat way. Great volumes of dust filled the air, shutting out every view, but, by gradually drawing closer, it was discovered that a fight was in progress between two large snakes. On nearing them their hissing could be distinctly heard, ana tne manner in wnicn they "rushed the fight would have done credit to a Prince ton or Yale football ist Suddenly the snakes, which were what are commonly known as "bull," became aware of the presence of the surveying party, when the larger of the reptiles, with lightning-like rapidity, caught tbe smaller snake with his mouth just back ot the head, and, amid a violent lashing of tbe ground, attempted to carry it into the brush, in which it would have been successful but for the volley of bullets that was poured into their bodies by the gentlemen of the party. The snakes measured 12 and 9 feet re spectively, were of- a dark brown color, striped like a rattlesnake, with yellow belly. It was an exciting and interesting scene to see these two monsters lash and coil their bodies around e.ic'n other in a crashing embrace, their eyes looking like small balls of fire, large jaws extended to the utmost capacity, and with heads thrown back, watching lor an opportunity to strike. Some Mexicans to whom tbe ocenrrence was related said tbat it was not uncommon to witness snch fights as this one between mnch larger snakes than these of this soecies. WOMEK OF SAVAGE BACES. Slany Are Considered Mere Slave and Don't Hinre the Family Meal. In Samoa tbe women were much respected and every village bad its patroness, usually the chiefs daughter, who represented tbe community at the civil and religious feasts, introduced strangers to the tribe, and dif fused general happiness by her cheerful de meanor and radiant beauty, says a writer. But elsewhere tbe women, though as a rule well treated, were re garded as greatly inferior to the men. At the religious ceremonies the former were noa, or profane; the latter ra, or sacred; and most of the interdictions of things tabooed fell on tbe weaker sex. Tbe women never shared the family meal and they were regarded as common property in-the households o the chiefs, where polyg amy was the rule. Before the arrival of the Europeans infantioide was systematically practiced; In Tahiti and some other groups there existed a speotal caste among whom tbls custom was even regarded as a dnty. Hence doubtless arose the habit of adopting strauge children almost universal In Tahiti, where it gave rise to all manner of compli cations connected with the tennre and in, heritauce of property;- Vai Xv vti rrzftei w&wtimrm WW Ml. km &g?s&mmwmm Bamoan Women. THE WEDDING FEAST. Significance of the Parable Which St. Matthew Has Recorded. HIS KING IS THE KING OP HEAVEN, The Servants, Those Who Carry the Word to Civilized and Pagan. SIN BRLYGS 1T8 OWN rONISDlIENT rWBITTEX FOE THX DISrATCH.J My subject this morningis the story of a de clined invitation. The story begins with the invitation; we are told who they were that declined it, and why they declined it; and we are informed as to what happened to them because they de clined it, St. Matthew has recorded the story in his twenty-second chapter. The story is a parable. The word parable means "laid alongside." A parable is a storv which we are to lay alongside of the story of our own Iivps. It gets its signifi cance from that comparison. It is told just for that purpose; that we may lay it along side of our daily thinking and speaking, and so learn something from it. Christ means that in His parables we shall see ourselves either as we are or as we may be. The moral of every parable is "thou art the man." The King in this parable is the King of heaven. The Son is the Son of God. The wedding feast is tbe blessed privilege of communion with God, communion now on earth, and after this life in heaven. The wedding feist is the joy of the presence of God. It is that which, entering into all the higher and worthier pleasures ot life, makes them pleasant. In all nobje literature, in all beautiful painting and carving, in all helpful speech, in all inspiring example, in all association with men and women who uplift us, ne draw near to God. God thinks in all true thought, and lives in all true -life. MEANING OF THE FEAST. Nothing in this world that is good, but is good because God is in it. Wherever we rise from any lower level to any higher level we get nearer to God. That is what the wedding feast means. Tbe invitation to it is an invitation to better ourselves, to make the most of ourselves, to think more worthy thoughts and live more worthy lives. And because tbe highest part ot our nature is the spiritual part of us the soul and the worthiest thinking of which we are capable is meditation upon God, upon His care for us, and our duty toward Him, and the noblest of all ambition is to be like God, as He is .revealed in His Son, the wedding least means that especially. The invitation to it is especially an invitation to a deeper religious lile, to- an increase of faith, of love, and of service, to closer allegiance and disci pleship. Thus the invitation and tbe wedding feast mean a different thing to every differ ent man. The wedding feast Is always that worthiest dnty or happiest privilege which is just next above us. To one it means the curbing of an evil temper, to another the culture of a spirit ot more generous help fulness, to another tbe decisive act of enrollment among Christ's con essed disciples, to another the lilting of a saintly life a little closer to thecross. That good thing which you ought to do or to be next is the wedding least. And becanse all dntv and service and all aspiration culminate in the life beyond this, the wedding feast is heaven that closest presence of God which we name heaven. BEAEEES OF THE INVITATION; Tbe servants are the ministers of God who bear God's invitation to this wedding feast. And that means that tbe servants are all the helpful men and women in tbe world. Everybody who is helping to uplift anybody is God's servant, delivering His in vitation. The call of God. to the wedding feast comesto cvety human soul. Every body is invited. Christ, the True Light, lightcth every man that is born into the world. By the voice of His servants with out, and by the voice of His spirit within, God speaks to every human soul. Not one sonl in all the world but is bidden to this banquet of God. No soul of man may sav, "God has never spoken to me, has never sent me an invitation, has never called me." He has. Every aspiration after what is better, every longing after what is higher, is the soul's answer to some call of God. Whoever has seen the sky at night, or heard the ring ing of church bells, or known anybody who was better than himself, or looked into the face of death, has heard a call from God. J tie call of God divides men into two great classes those who reluse and those who follow it. The story, so tar as we will study it to-day, concerns only one of these great classes the refusers. THOSE "WHO EEFDSED. The servants bring back to the King an answer from the invited guests: "They would not come." Snch an answer is capa ble of either one of two interpretations. It may mean a sin, or it may mean a mistake. It may mean rebellion, or it may mean misnnderstanding. The King is unwilling to believe that this answer means rebellion. He suspends his judgment, in the meantime.Jnterpreting it as misunderstanding, for God is infinitely patient with men; "strong and patient," the psalmist tells us, and "provoked," His blessed patience sorely tried "every day." We can never understand the mi'racle of God's patience till we understand tbe mira cle of God's love. It is deeply significant, this suspension of judgment, this . strong desire to think even better of men than they deserve. By and by, it is true, the King sends his armies, bnt not yet. God is not man's taskmaster, we must not think that. God is not the in finite watchman looking upon the race with eager eyes to spy out human short-coming. God is man's friend the divine friend who knows every man thoroughly; is kind in His judgment; makes all possible allowance, and is ever waiting to be gracious, BLAMED THE SERVANTS. The patient host attributes the declining of the invitation to some misunderstanding. Perhaps it is the fault of the servants. The servants have made some error in the mes sage. Either they have not made it plain enough or they have forgotten some im portant details of it. or they have so deliv ered it as to take all the attractiveness and welcome out of it, or perhaps tbey have been altogether nniaith ul, and have not delivered it at all. The King sends other servants with another message, plainer and more urgent, saying, "Tell them which are bidden, behold, I bave prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are now ready. Come to the mar riage." Some of God's invitations are declined because they are misunderstood. And the misunderstanding is very often the fault of the servants. For God reveals truth to men through men. Some truth God speaks straight Himself to every human heart, but other truth God teaches men throneh men. In a certain sense the invitation to tbe wedding least comes to every human soul, to some wedding least, to some higher service. In another sense, the invitation comes only as God's servants bring it the invitation to the knowledge of certain great truths about GoJ, tbe invitation to the service ot Gnd in tbe doing ot certain ac ceptable duties, the invitation to tbe priv ilege of God's help in His church to this wedding least God sendslhe invitations by His servants. THE INVITATION LOST. And sometimes the servants are ignorant and do not know how to give the message rightly, and sometimes they are umaithml aud do not care to give it rightly, or to give it at all. Thousands' die every day in pagan lands, and in the pagan wards of great cities, to whom the Christian invitation has never come. God knows that, ,and He knows whose fault it is. To many others, the Christian Invitation has- como with the mis interpretation which the servants have put upon it. This is God's mesge. they say, aud then they declare something which they honestly, perhaps, imagine to be God's mes sage, but which is really not that message at all. Some of the words are changed, the emphasis is altered, something is left out, or put in,, and the message is not God's message. And when this garbled invitation comes to some bidden guest, he listens to it and declines it. He misunderstands it He re fuses to believe in God as we have preached Him, or in the Church of Christ as we have represented it. He may love God better than we do. Hut we brine the invitation, and he refuses it. And God knows why. God knows whose fault it is. And one day when the consummation of all things is at hand, when the judgment is upon us, that hour of great surprises, we will behold men going into the kingdom of God, to the marriage feast of heaven, whom here we accounted far off from salvation, heretics and infidels, to whom tbe servants came bringing God's invitation, and they declined it; we will see them entering in, and some of the servants will be cast out. For God knows. God judges every man with ner'ect justice. THE SPIBIT OF REBELLION. But the Servants come back and the King learns that the answer in this case does not mean misnnderstanding, bnt rebellion. A rebellious temper is abroad. The feast is taken as an occasion for displaying it. Or, perhaps more truly, the invitation to the feast discovers the rebellious spirit, makes it visible lor the first tirnp even to the rebels 'themselves. They have lor a long time lost all genuine loyalty, and now all at once this spirit of dis loyalty meets a crisis, comes into the loreground, is seen to be alive and' real. All rebellion awaits a crisis. When such a crisis comes the thoughts of men's hearts are revealed, the spirit of rebellion exists in the heart as a vague unrest and discon tentin solution, we may say. At last a crisis comes; and this unrest and discontent is at once precipitated out of solution into visible and definite rebellion. The man for tbe first time discovers his own disloyalty. Such a crisis the call of God brings some times into the spiritual lile. In the hearing of some plain preaching ot the will ot God, in the exhortation to a holy life, in the presence of some sublime emergency, in the lace ol some crushing sorrow, in the pain of aisappointment or bereavement, the dis loyal soul, which has thus far been only vaguely and silently disloyal, may snddenly turn rebel, may emphatically cry "No" to this divine invitation, and may make the great refusal. Every religious revival, every recurrence of the annual ap peal to the unconfirmed, every return of the penitential seasons of Advent and Lent, makes snch discoveries in men's souls. God's invitation comes, and men defiantly de cline it, CAEELESSLT AND ABtTSIVELT. The King's invitation encountered two kinds ot unfavorable reception. Some de clined it carelessly, and some abusively. The first made light of it, and went their ways, one to his larm, another to hia mer chandise. These men put aside tbe King's call, not because tbey particularly disliked the King, but because then had other and more attractive interests. These interests were connected with the possession ol wealth. One man bad made bis fortnne. He owned a farm. He had a fine estate in the country and a haud some house upon it. These were an immense pleasure and satisfaction to him, and he cared for nothing further. The other man had not made his fortune, but was very buy constructing it. He bad merchandise. He owned a store. He had no interests outside of his counter and cash book. The whole mind of these men was occu pied. One of them had no interest, the other had no leisure for anything which could not be set down on paper with a dollar mark at the le't of it and added up into a sum of large figures. There was no money in tbe marriage feast, therefore tbey declined to go. They listened to the invitation, perhaps re spectlullv, at least silently, as men listen to sermons, and they did not give it two sober thonghts. In their hearts tbey made light of it, and as soon as the invitation had been given they turned about and went away in just the opposite direction. THE OTHEE CLASS. "And the remnant took his servants and treated them spitefully and slew them." It seems almost incredible tbat men should seize upon the bearers of a gracions invita tion and misuse (hem, even to the extremity of death. But it has happened again and again. I can believe that Christ, in his description of these two kinds of refusers the careless and the vicious was looking forward to tbe two kinds o work which would tall to the lot of His servants work at home, among the indifferent, and work abroad in mission fields, among tbe violent and the vicious. At any rate, the history of Christain missnn from the beginning is fnll of parallels with this abusive reception of the message. When savage men in tbe South killed Bishop Pattison and Bishop Han nington, when savage men in the North gouged the missionaries' eyes out and put red coals in the bleeding sockets, they re enacted the story of the parable. The men who killed the King's servants hv way of more emphatic declination of the King's invitition were not careless men. tbey were wicked men. They are not found only in the mission field; they live in every parish. They are men who find no place for tne King's feast in their lives becanse their lives are full of evil passions. THE KINO AROUSED. By these two kinds of men, by the indif ferent and the vicious, the divine call to the wedding'least, no matter what dutyor priv ilege that may mean lor them, is wilfully declined. But then came anger, and armies and destruction. Punishment fol lowed refusal. For re usal to accept God's invitation is sin. I say that because some people do not seem to understand it. There are some who would seem to think that the only failure which God punishes is the failure which follows an attempt to obey Him, and that failure to even make that attempt is not regarded by Him. It is a sin to take the vows of Christian disciple ship and then break them. But is it no sin never to enrol onesseli among Christ's dis ciples at all? It is a sin to partake of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper unworthy. Bnt is it no sin to disobey Him altogether who said "Do this in remembrance of me?" To decline God's invitation to tbe marriage feast, to be aware of a dnty undone and to make no effort to do it, to be conscious of possibilities which you are making no en deavor to develop, to see an ideal and to be approaching no nearer to it, this is sin. THE SIN OF OJIISSION. And all sin will certainly be punished. All sin of commission or of omission, will certajnly be punished. But not with arms, not "with destrnction, not with burning. Sin is its own punishment. Tbe punish ment which God will inflict upon every one who leaves his invitation unaccepted is the loss of the pleasure which the accepting of the invitation would have brought. The punishment of not seeing is blindness. The punisbmeut of not endeavoring after a higher ideal is tbe degradation of living upon a lower level. The punishment of not thinking is the loss of tbe ability to think. The punishment of putting God out of a man's lile is the living a lile without God in it. The careless men went to their farms and their merchandise. The vicious men washed their murderer hands and weut back to their own perpetual quarrels. Tnev had their reward. They made their choice and God gave it to them. But how different it might bave beenl Their reward whs their punishment. George Hodoes. Mbs. H. E. Btermkyeb, wife of the ex champion amateur heavy weight boxer, would have Utile difficulty In winning tbe women's all-around atbletio championship of the coun try. Everybody knows Herculean Harry Buermeyer and has heard o! bis enormous strength, but few know that his comely better hair is as superior In strength to the average woman as he is to tbe ordinary man. But Airs. &, witn her five feet ol trim womanhood, would not suggest to tho ordinary observer auy unusual strength, although ber color and compact form abe scales 185 pounds would Indicate robust health and outdoor exercise. JST received a new line of hand printi cartridge papers with friezes to match. Tufa TV. H. Babkeb, K3 Market St. HOW TO COOK BEANS. Ellice Serena Gives Directions Every Kind on the Market. for THE PRIDE OP ALL BOSTONIANS. Grays Danger in the Leguminous Food if Hot Thoroughly Done. STORI FE0M A T0DKG WIPE'S EITCHEIT rWKITTSN VOK TUB BISPAICH.l Beans when properly prepared and cooked are admittedly wholesome food, and, not only wholesome, but palatable, appetizing and agreeable; but when improperly cooked they are not only unpalatable but are dan gerously unwholesome. The rule still holds here that the commonest foods are those which require the most care in their prepara tion. Many a woman who prides herself in her skill in pastry, has in the aequisition of a comparatively unnecessary part of her duty neglected the more "weighty matters ol the law" and may we not consistently add, of the profits? The lack of this more important, although it may be rudimentary, knowledge, has within the experience of many a housewife, been tbe cause of morti fication and chagrin. It is related of a young housekeeper, unskilled in culinary affairs, who wishing to gratify her husband, a Bostoman, with a dish of baked beans, consulted her servant as to the manner in which thev should be cooked, but was somewhnt surprised to learn that the servant was as ignorant of the matter as herself. It occurred to them that beans were sent frequently by private families to the baker's to be cooked in an oven. Happy in the satisfaction of having solved the difficulty, a new bean pot was purchased, filled with dried beans, and cov ered with n nice piece of pork. HIGH HOPES BLASTED. With a light heart the servant carried them to the nearest baker, leaving her mis tress in pleasing anticipation of crisp pork and mealy beans, "done to a turn." In a lew minutes, the servant, to the sumrise ot the lady, returned carrying tbe bean-pot, and betraying in ber manner the utmost in dignation. "The baker," she said, "only looked in the pot, and got mad, aud shouted ' 'Go home, you fool, and boil your beans!"' It had not occurred to either of them that the preliminaries of soaking and boiling-most essential requisites bad bees omitted. Beally the most important thing in regard to this subject is to coot thoroughly. Under done beans are really dangerous. A doctor was hastily summoned one day to attend a child who was suffering untold agonv with bis stomach. He said at once the child bad eaten something that did not agree with him. The mother recollected that she had served some beans underdone, and told the doctor of it. A piercing yell from the suf ferer caused tbe mother to cry out, "What is the matter with my boy?" The doctor calmly replied, "Beans!" PREPABINO AND COOKING. Beans, both green and dried, may be cooked in many ways, but in whichever way they are cooked there are certain rules to be observed closely if they are to be eaten in perfection. Green beans should be shelled or strung (by breaking off both ends, string ing, and paring botb edges with a sharp kniie), put to soak in cold salt water at least half an hour before cooking; they should then be drained, put into boiling water, with a little salt, and cooked rapidly till tender. Tbey may be dressed with but ter, salt and pepper, with cream or milk and a thickening of butter and flour, or they may be cooked with salt meat, Tbe time required for cooking is about one hour. Dried beans should be picked over care lully, and soaked in cold or tepid water, according to their age or harvest, from six to 21 hours. In no instance must the soak ing be neglected. They should be put to cook in cold soft water about four quarts of water to one quart of beans and sim mered slowly for two or three hours, or ti!l tender enough tn press readily between tbe fingers. They may be boiled or baked with any kind ot fresh or salt meat; tbey may be boiled plainly and seasoned with salt and pepper, or tbey may be dressed like green beans. A slice'of bacon cooked with beans of any kind, or a little salt meat drippings added, will impart a good flavor and im prove their taste. If cooked in plenty of water tbey will not require stirring, and-by tms means tney will oe woole, teuder and mealy. Above all, cook the beans till they are done, or direful mar be the result. Below are some concise directions for good, wholesome dishes: BOSTON BASED BEANS. Put to soak before night one quart of com mon white beans, in tepid water. At bed-time drain them and cover again with plenty of water. In the morning pnt the beans In a deep uaning Ul-u Ul aiuncnure jtr, cuver Wl(n COJU water, add one tablespoon! ul of molasses, and a little soda. Score the rind ot a pound ot salt pork, and sink In tho center of the beans till on a level with them. Bake in a slow oven for eight or ten hours. Replenish with boiling water from time to time so that the beans may be kept covered. At the last half hour do not add water. Place the pork on a warm platter, and sur round with the beans. BEAN CROQUETTES. Mix cold mashed beans with a little flour, dip in egg batter, roll in cracker meal or bread crumbs and fry brown In butter, lard, or bacon drippings. 33EAIT SOUP. Dried beans, of any kind, may be used for Bonn. Soak over night in tepid water, one qnart o! navy beans. In tbe morning put them in a soup-pot with !our quarts of cold water, a pound of salt pork, or a piece of boiling beef with a slice of bacon. Keep the pot covered, and simmer slowly for three or lour hours. Add a bead of celery, chopped, a small onion minced, a pinch ol cayenne, black pepper and salt to taste. Bimnier hall an hour longer, strain and servo. FRIED BEANS. Put drippings o! ham or ol any salt meat Into a frying pan, add cold boiled beans and fry until brown. BEANS 'WITH COEJT. To makb the dish called succotash, Lima string or butter beans may be used with the green corn, but the former make the choicest dish. Scrape or cut tbe corn from the cob, and to two-thirds corn add one-third beans. Boil tbe beans for one hour In as little water as possible, add the corn and boll 20 mi antes longer. Add bait a pint of cream or milk, a large lump olbntter, salt and pepper to taste. TRENCH BEANS. String young French beans, but do not cut In piece". Boil till tender in plenty o! salted water. urain in a coiieouer, return to tbe saucepan witli a large piece of Dutter, a sprinkle of pepper and a squeeze nf lemon juice. Toss the beaus till tbe bu.ter is melted and seive at once. LIMA BEANS. Shell the beans into cold salted water an hour before they are to be conked. Drain them, and t one qnart ol beans add twice the quantity ol boiling water, with a lit tle salt. Cook rapidly for one hour, drain, add a large piece nf butter, and season to taste. A little cream or milk may be added. BEAN SALAD. String about two quarts o! tender green beans and cook till tender in boiling water, with a little salt. Drain in a collender, set away to cool and at serving time cover with the following dressing: To tbe beaten yolks of four eggs add a tea spoonful of sngar, a teaspoonlul of mustard, a gill or vinegar, one-hall cupful of cream and one-half cupful or butter. Cook In a doable boiler until thick as boiled cnuard. When quite cold season with salt and pepper, add a little lemon juice and mix with the beans. PICKLED STRING. BEANS. For pickling use tender green beans. x String tbem and soak In cold salt water for 30 minutes: drain, and pnt Into boiling water with a little salt, and cook till tender without break ing tbemS drain in a cullender, put in a stone jar and cover with, not vinegar. If not liked sour, add one-half pound of sngar to each qnart of vinegar. BOILED BEANS. Soak over night one qnart of common white beans. In the morning drain them, put In a vessel with plenty of cold water, and boll till teuder: add a tablespoon! ul of molasses, one-half tea spoonlnl of salt, one-half teaspoon! ul of mus tard, one tablesnoonfnl nt trirrrr nnn IMinnnn. ful of butter, and pepper to taste. Stir well and cook for ten minutes, or till al most dry. t BEAKS WTTH POTATOES. Boil one quart or string beans for SO minutes, 'with a pincn or baking soda. Add 10 or 12 small potatoes, and when they are done season with salt and pepper, pour over them a pint of milk and thicken with a tablespoon! nl of butter and a teaspoonlul o! flour. Simmer for a few minutes and serve. Cold boiled or cold baked beans are better each time that they are warmed, hence the saying among the Yankees that "beans are best at the ninth warming." Ellice Serena. CBOHWELL'S HACE. hFncti Begnrdlng the symbol of Auttiorltr Id tli Uonse Commons. Pall Mall Undget.3 The Speaker of the House of Commons was one the guests at the dinner of tbe Edmond- scote district of the Man chester Unity of Odd Fellows, held at the town hall, Leamington, the other night. Be sponding to the toast of tbe Houses of Parlia ment, the Speaker said he saw before him the symbols of Odd Fellow ship. Tbe House of Commons, too, had a mace such as he saw there, and if he might diverge for a moment he should like to tell them a story of tbe mace of tbe Honse of Commons.' There were three his torical maces of the House of Commons. When Charles I. met his death on the scaffold the mace of the House of Com mons disappeared, and none knew what had become of that ancient symbol of authority. Cromwell ordered another mace to be made, and tbat mace was placed on the table of the House ot Com mons, and was the "bauble" which be or dered to be removed from tbe table of tbe House on a famous historical occasion. That mace had also disappeared. A rumor was going about that there was at Kingston, in Jamaica, a mace which purported to he either "the bauble" itself or a copy of it Within the last few days, members of the House having taken an interest in the sub ject, he had, through the kindness of the Colonial Secretary, Lord Knutsford, writ ten to the authorities at Kingston, Jamaica, for the real history of the mace, and though be supposed it might be difficult to get it back again if it were the real mace, at least tbey could get a copy of it, because it would be interesting to keep among tbe relics of the House of Commons. Tbe third mace, which he had tbe honor of seing before bim very often, was made in 1660, on the restoration of Charles II., and he hoped it would not disappear from the table of the House, and would have a long and glorious career before it. We give here a sketch ot the mace to which the Speaker alludes, which was made by the kind help of Mr. W. H. St. John Hope, the well-known ,.r,9SaS0SlliS,S discoverer the real "bauble" mace was Thomas Maundy, It was first used in 1649, jun aiter the execution of Charles I., and iu 1660 a new head and a new foot were made for it. LONDON BEFINEltENTS. English Country non.es In Ibe Extensive Nitrate Deserts or Chill. Harper's Weekly.1 After seeing the backward and semi-barbarous conditions of life in the Pacific ports, one is agreeably surprised to find in the pampa the refinements of a London drawing room and the amusement of an English conntry bouse. No more striking example could be found of tbe English facnlty of transplanting a bit of English into the midst of the desert than the honses of tbe pampa of Tamarugal. In the pampa the manager of an oScina and his assistant, almost ex clusively Englishmen, are lodged in a honse provided and kept np by the proprietors, whether individuals or companies, and orm together a more or less numerous family, Comprising very often two or three ladies and some children. Some of these houses are handsomely tnrnished, lighted with elec tricity, provided with every comlort that an exacting Englishman can demand, and adapted for offering ample hospitality to vis itors, who are always welcome. In tbe drawing room tbe ladies exercise the same refining influence as thev would at home; in the dining room the table is served with English correctness; in the bedrooms a stock of novels with the familiar stiff board covers and sensational pictures ot passionate heroines offers a soporific to tbe nneasy sleeper: otber illustrated papers and maga zines and the ubiquitous Punch are seen lying in handy places; indeed, it Mr. Da M.iurier happened to be banished to the pampa of Tamarugal he could still continue to find types and inci dents lor his drawings: athletic Englishmen wearing clothes that fit them, aud young ladies that play lawn tennis in provokingly coquettish costumes, and ride like Amazons across the dusty plains to pay visits in the neighboring establishments. Certainly lile in the pampa la far Irom being gay, but nevertheless these healthy and strong-willed English exiles of industry seem to be qnite happy, a fact to which the delightful cli mate doubtless contributes not a trifle. The new hospital for women in conjunction with the London School o! Medlolno lor Women is open now and In working order, forming a most valuable and needed adjunct to tbe school. MADAME A. RUPPERT Complexion SpeeiaHis. Mme. A. Buppert's world-renowned face bleach N tbe only face tonic In tne wnrlrt which positively removes freckles, moth patches, blackbeads, pimples, birthmarks, eczema and all blemishes of the skin, and when applied cannot be observed by anyone. Thousands ol ladles and gentlemen are uingit d.iilrln Pitts burg, and in all parts of the world, with pleas ing results. Call at mv office and see testi monials Irom ladies ol Plttborg and vicinity who do not wish their names published. The lace bleach can only be bad at my branch office. No. 93 fifth avenue, Hamilton building, rooms 203 and 2PI. Pittsburg, or sent to any address on receipt ol price. Hold at J2 per bottle, or three bottles, uually required to clear the complex ion. S5. Send i cents postage for fnll prtlcnlars. jylS-lOl-Sn MME. A. RDPPKP.T. TO WEAK MEN Buffermg from the effects or youthful error, early decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, etorl win send a valuable treatlso (smleril containing fnll particulars tor home cure. FREE of charge. A splendid medical work: should be read by every man who is nervons and debilitated. Address, ?xo& FoCoF0WIdS8JHooolaa,coBB clMBosawfc MODERN SCIENCE Has discovered that all diaps are caused by MICROBES, Therefore all diseases can be cured by destroy ing these microbe, and the only remedy on earth tbat will accomplish this without harm to the patient is WM. RADAM'S IICKOBE KILLER, It is a thorough blood portlier, a wonderful antiseptic, and containing no drug whatever, is perfectly safe. The Microbe Killer Is composed of distilled water Impregnated with powerful germ de stroying sra?ei. which permeates and purines tbe entire system. Send for onr Book qlv ing history of Microbes and diteovery of this woe derful medicine. Free. 7 LAIUHT STREET, New York City. E. H. WILT JAMS, GenT Agent. 612 Liberty avoa Pittsburg. Pa. Ask yonr drngglst for it jv2T-65-nS 4 BOTTLES Cured me of Consti pation. Tbe most ef fectual medicine for tlm disease. Feed. CONWAT. Haver- otraw, Rockland Co if. ?. aiEDICAL. DOCTOR WHITTiER 814 PENH AVUSDE. PITTsBDRG. PA. As old re;idents know and back files of Pitts, bnrg papers piove, is tbe oldest established and most prominent physician in the city, de voting special attention to all chronic diseases. s,5emPeeN0FEEUNTILCURED MCDlni IC an mental diseases, physical IlLfl V UUO decay,nervous debility. iacko! energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory, disordered sight, self di-trnst, baibfnlness, dizziness. sleeplesness. pimples eruptions. 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LOSS OF MEMORY. roll particulars In pamphlet sent free. The genuine U ray's bpecloc sold by druiKists only la yellow wrapper. Price, It pet cactsee. or six ror S3, or by mail. "i-ro on receipt or priee. by aadres. lot THE GKAT MKD1C1.NK COyliuiialo, .N. X Sold in Pittsburg by S. a. UULLANIt. corner Bmlthtielil and Liberty sti. rabJ-M-DWk DuLC. Wests NERVE. AND BRAIN TREATMENT) Specific for HTrtcrU.Diziiiess,nts,ltearaIfIa.Wie. fulness, Mental Depression. Uoltenlngot the Brain, re sultlnjr In insanity and leading to misery decay and death. Premature Old Age, Barrenness. Loss of Power in either sei. Involuntary Losses, and Spermatorrhoea caused by orer-exertion of the brain, seltabnse or OTer-indnlgence. Each box contains one month's treat ment. $1 &box. or six for S. sent brini. prepaid. With each order for six boxes, -will send purchaser fmarasteo to refnnd money If to treatment 1 &Ut9 cure. 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My euro is a soothing herbal ointment, which allays all itching and inflimmation at once. Sold by every druggist, or by mail SO cents In stamps. Ask ror Dr. Email's Magic Balm or Ointment. G. W. Frailer, Chemist. Proprietor. Joseph Fleming & Son, Wholesale Druggists and General Agents, P.itMhurg. Pa. -W-Dr. A. A. Beardslee, Allegheny City. Pa, wri es: One box o! Email's Magic Balm com pletely cured me o! itching piles, alter tea. years' suffering. 1 doctored with tbe best phy-, slclanln Philadelphia and Sew York without relief. F. A. Rorkwo-id, Cleveland, Obln, March 38, 1SS7, writes: I suffered !-r over 20 years with Itching and bleeding piles. Often at night I was In such d.strcss I conld not sleep. Iued numerous salves, ointments, eta, all withont tbe least benefit, nntil Dr. Email's Magic Balm, was recommended lor piles. The first apollea -tlon gave instant relief, and one box cart me." se7-tt-jnnM rWPnf iTBfiiirifii Tin i iiNis sRV lis aidiflM&ii :!!; j, & AiJkJ&sbafea V - -J KfflOl
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