L.NJL11H !!! i - rii immiMJ. ' n.i. n wOiM , ig? i i i -wg-T I i hi Iff I J "MgTggraBMfakl MfHf f V ft WTETTTnTllnigTI ' r 111! iT Mill! MTT mwi BBfi 19 1 THE PITTSBURGH DISPATCH,' SUNDAY; FEBRUARY 22,- ' 1891 ( IWBITTKf rOBTHIDISrATrH.J Although batten years of ase, little Louis had a rery important duty to perform. He took the sole charge of a fine flock of sheep, belonging to his father, and every day led them to and from the pasture, and tended them while grazing on the hillside. Louis was not discontented over his work; but found the hours spent in the meadow filled with pleasure. One side of the field was bordered by a clear brooTdet, which took'its course around the base of the hill, and on the other side was a cool, shady forest, in which grew wild roses, violets "and other field flowers. While Louis did not neglect his work, he found much time for play. The brook was a constant source of enjoyment to him. In it he would sail the tiay boats he had made, and on the banks he constructed, from the many pebbles, toy forts and min iature lighthouses as a guide for his ships out at sea, as he called the small stream. "Whatever Louis read in the winter even ings, that he played in the summer time. And from arr twigs he found in the forest he built a wigwam, into which he wonld crawl and imagine himself lobe a wild Indian, preparing fur war with his enemies; then pretending to be shipwrecked on a lone island, he would build before his tent a fire, in the ashes of which he would roast corn f Www J HIS GIFT WAS A and potatoes. liut of all the year the spring time was ' most pleasant to Louis. Then the birds would return and build their nests. And such chattering and chirping as they did! All knew, but none feared the young shep herd, who listened with delight to all the plan the little songsters were making, and who knew in what particular tree ia the forest every nest ttos placed. Louis ap pointed himself protector of the birds, and would not allow the larger ones to impose upon the smaller. One day Hans, a neighbor's son, while walking through the forest,- discovered a robin redbreast's nest, and not caring lor the sorrow he would cause the birds, took the little eggs and carried them away. But Louis saw the cruel act and was so angry at the treatment of his little friends that he beat the boy with his fists and ordered him never again to come into his father's fields. Louis' favorite resting place was on some great, moss-covered rocks on the edge of the Wfit. From this place there was a wide view of the surrounding country, and here fell the last rays of the setting sun as it sank behind the hills. It was said that under these rocks the Dwarfs had their borne, and the village people told many stories about I them, how they always befriended those who treated them well, and punished those ' who made sport 01 them. One old woman said that when she was a young girl that the Dwar s oiten were seen walking on the hill, and sometimes had even came into the i village. But Louis had spent so much time I near the rocks, and had never yet seen the Dwar's, so he paid little heed to the stories thinking that they were invented only to please the children. I" One evening, as the young shepherd was about to lead his sheep to the fold, he 1 paused a few moments on the rocks and played soft anil low on his flute. AVlien he finished he was astonished to hear a silvery tinkle as if someone were playing on a harp. He listened and then heard a sweet voice singing. Between each verse an interlude was played, and Louis never moved until the song had ended. Then he crept to the edge ol the rock, and peeping over he saw below him on the sott moss the Dwarfs of which he had heard so much. Some were leaning against the rock, while others lay their full length on the ground; but all eyes were turned upon the musician, who was jut putting away his tiny harp. ' "Plejse. little men, sing again," cried Louis. "I shall be very quiet and not dis turb you." ' The Dwarfs smiled kindly at the boy, and then in answer to his request their voices rang out in chorus, sweet and clear, in the evening air. Scarcely waiting for the last wo-ds of the song, the little men clambered over the rock, and dancing about the shep herd boy, said: "Louis, Louis, we are going .to make .you a present Guess what it will be." I "A bag of gold," replied the boy, think ing of the treasure caves under the rocks. I "So. no," shouted the Dwarfs, clapping their hands, "bomething bttterthan that." And then the little fellows disappeared, (leaving the boy to wonder at their words. I That night," when Louis related to bis jiatherof his meeting with the Dwarfs, and 'E'ln the songs that he had heard them sing, he tben knew that the Dwar Is' gilt to him was a wonderfully sweet voice. Everyone in the village wanted to hear Louis sing, and even the Count came in his royal coach; and when he heard the boy's wonderful voice he was delighted and said: "The king must hear your ong." Then he took Louis away with him. "When Hans, who had robbed the bird's nest, heard of Louis' good fortune, he thought: "I shall go to the rocks, and perhaps the Dwarfs will favor me also." For a long time Hans went every evening to the hillside, and at last was rewarded by hearing the sound ot the little harp, and gained a glimpse of the Dwarfs. "Without ! waiting for the music to cease, the rude boy reached over the rock and taking in his hand one of the little men, he cried: "Now I have you, and shall not let you go until' yon promise togiv me some gift;butl want gold and jewels, such as you have stored away in your dark caves." The Dwarf was very angry, and com manded Hans to let him go; but the boy re plied: "I shall not release vou until you promise me some gilt" Although the Dwarfs were so much small er than their tormentor, they were not , - - 7 powerless to protect themselves. Hastily thMr hi-ntn off the thorns from the many bushes growing near, and pricked the feet of their enemy, until be tied irom tne spot anu. cred for mercy; but the whole company of Dwarfs pursued him, until -he came within sight of his father's house, then a voice cried: "You have asked a girt from us, and you will soon see that while we have not be-" stowed gold and silver upon you, we have given you something by which you will al ways remember us." These words brought some comfort to Hans, and he thought: "Perhaps they have given to me, too, a beautiful voice, and I shall be taken as Louis was to the King's palace, and shall ride in fine chariots." But when bleeding and sore, Hans entered the house, and wished to tell of his visit to the Dwarfs, he found that his tongue had become large and thick, and it was with difficulty that he could talk at all. The people in the village soon knew of Hans' misfortune, and had but little pity for him, and thereafter he was always called "Stut tering Hans." , The gift of the Dwarfs was very valuable to Louis. The young shepherd was taken to the royal palace, where he gave such de light to the courtiers that the King de clared that he must remain there, alid never return to so lowly an occupation as tending sheep. "When Louis visited his native village, as he often did, he always rode in a gilded coach, drawn by four wnite horses, and after he had gone to the house of his WONDERFUL VOICE. parents, he sought the rocks on the hillside, where he was sure to meet his friends, the Dwarfs, who would seat themselves near him, and listen with delight while their favorite told of the splendors of the King's palace, and how his voice had charmed all those who had heard him. Then the Dwarfs taught the boy new songs, and sent him away with rich gifts. One day when Louis went as usual to the moss-covered rocks, he raited in vain for his friends. He sang his sweetest songs; but no one answered. Although many times after ward, the boy sought the home of the Dwarfs, they never appeared to him again, or made their whereabouts known. Patsie. SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS. Puzzles Tor the Little Folks That Will Keep Their Brains Busy for Most of the "Week if They Solve Them Correctly Home Amusements. Address communications for this department loE.lt. Chadbourjj, Lewiston, Maine. 1430 LITERATI. SlLNUIE &1SQ&L, 1431 ENIGMA. An ancient origin I claim. And mjstery was in my name In dajs of old long since gone by. When witches through the air did fly. When folks imagined that their homes Were visited by sprites and gnomes. That goblins, fairies, beings strange. Had over earth unbounded range. Then I was held a wondrous charm To shield against impending harm. Arranged like puzzlers "forms" my name Would read in various ways the same Not like a "diamond" or a "iquare," But in a shape triangular. Since SuDcrstition's reign Is o'er I am a potent charm no more. , For Knowledge has my sphere invaded. And 1 am now a thing degraded. Yet still myself in mystery screening. And meamngsomethingwithont meaning. Nelsonian. 1432 DIAMOKD. 1. A letter. 2. Possessed with rage. 3. Hav ing a mane. i. An instrument for confining in the lathe tho substance to ba turned. 5. Trees of the East and West Indies. 6. Species of clans. 7. Diminished in value. 8. Consecrated. 9. Learned (Obs). la Affected with grief. 1L A letter. DELrnnfE. i433 A-A GB AM. Pet was a hungry girl, no doubt; Her mother and her school were out, So to the pantry she inclined. To lunch on snch as she could find. A mince pie stood within the corner. And, emulating famed Jack Homer. She cut a piece, by no means smalt Then more, and more; she ate it all I To find the word you scarce need try, If once you witness "J'et at Jie " m. c. a 1434 CHABADE. Tho master's face was clouded, A frown swept o'er his brow, For thre ebad disobeyed him And must be punished now. A on lay on tha table And with a three he grasped it, With vigor born of anger Around two three he lashed it And tben remorse seized on him. And in his failing health. He made a three to three And left him all his wealth. OSTX. 1435 HALF SQUABE. 1. To harass. 2. A balance of money used to meet lueses, o. iveccptlon. i. Muort lines of i- norse nairior Listening Ilsn-bookS to the line. & A Roman magistrate. 6. Coverings for the head. 7. Last month. Abbr.l 8. Certain band ages, V. A letter. uwa oias. 1436 A SHADOW. A shadow on my pathway felt From whence it came I could not tell; I noticed it with scarce a thought. And soon Its presence was forgot Again it came, and touched my brow, It left a print I see it now; .It lingered in my shining hair. And left my locks all blanched and spar. It followed me, so hard it pressed. It bent my f orm 1 loneed for rest. But while I tamed onco so fleet With viewless chains it bound my feet Then breathed a mist that dims my eyes Till all the distance hidden lies; Bnt this I whisper you apart It leaves untouched my sturdy heart And, better still, I've learned to know This clinging phantom is no foe. But one that forces needed rest On travelers adown life's West Sea. 1437 numerical chabade. K-4-5-8-9. Those who In metaphysics take delight Of me discourse in way that': erndite; They'll tell yon that your inmost self am It That life Itself Is what I signify; In short according to their lucid seeing, lam existence, soul, and living being. 1-7-18, That all that brightly glitters is not gold Sounds like a chestnut for it's stale and old; But to my substance this does not apply; It is too thin, and very thin am L Do you catch onT O, how much slang I'm usingl I fear 'tis not ins true tivo,nor amusing. lto9. I'm so high-born, so prond and so polite, I shun the rabblo and avoid their sight High-toned I am, and yet in me you see Refined deportment in a high degree. I'm what the lowliest ones may have, as well As those that in palatial mansions dwell. Nelsoniax. 1438 DOUBLE ACEOSTIC. TTordt of six letters. L To adhere to. 2. A kind of four-wheeled carriage. 3. A tbin kind of cloth, made of wool and mixed with silk and cotton. 4. A metal. 5. Struck with the foot The initials name a color; the finals mean de fense; and the whole is a person guilty ot foul language. H. J. A 1439 TRANSPOSITIONS. First is what I'm writing now. Though It may little merit show; To second means to separata As well as to discriminate; In law it means to disunite. And without doubt the law is right To thii d is sometimes understood To aid and to supply with food. Nelsonian. THE JANUARY COMPETITION. JPrize winners L Lottie Hughes, Apollo, Pa. 2. M. Cnlpepper. Braddnck, Pa. Roll of honor Glass, Dr. Brown, Annie E. "Wilson. Geo. A. Parker, II. K. K.. Inez Blair. C. H. Lever, Lizzie L. Beatty, SI. D. B.. Charles Bowers, Olive A. Klein. A M. Power, Hattie Bearce, D. V. K., F. P. Smith. Sir Guy, Agnes, Helen C. Swoope, Minnie Jones. Annie E. Wil son, S. M. ilonroe, Robert Church. ANSWERS. 1120 Dogs incisors make indentations on book covers. Dogs in scissors make in den tation s on book covers. 1421 Housekeeping. 1422 Resource, recourse. 1123 L Di?c-our-age. 2. Rep-rob-ate. 3. Sup-era-bun-dance. 4. Inn-ox-ious, 5. Pyre-thrum. 6. Ass-ass-ins. 7. Con-side-ration. . 1424 Load-star. 1425 A book. 1420 H T D E T H API Ran A C H E S T a c 1427 Chand-mediev. 142S Caper, cape, cap. 1429 A river. AH UNLUCKY GIFT. There Is So Room for the Joker In Any Trade or Profession. New York San. "Do you really think injures a man to be known as a joker?" "It would bring him to failure in this line of business," said the wholesale im porter. "It would ruia him in onr profes sion," said the heavy lawyer. "It would keep him out of our establishment," said the head of a shipping firm. "It would prevent him from getting any church," said the preacher. "It would destroy al; faith in his practical ability," said the drygoods merchant "It would not secure his appointment by the . Board of Ed ucation as a teacher," said the pedagogue. "It would never do iu our line," said the manager of a ma chine shop. "We could not give bim any responsible position," said the banker. "We would not trust him here," said the chief engineer. "It would not cause him to be trusted by big operators," &aid a Wall street broker. "It would destroy his prac tice among patients," said the doctor. "We would be suspicious of his contracts," said the contractor. "He would not be likely to get promoted," said the policeman. "Not if he was a real genuine original fresh joker," said the joke editor of a jocular weekly. "He could not wear my uniform," said the navy commander on his quarter deck. "It would ruin him for our service," said the undertaker. "So everybody is against us," groaned the joker, alter hearing these opinions, "and yet lean get up a dime joke that would make some of them sick." SQUELCHING AN IDEA An Officer Illustrates a Valuable Truth "With His Fiat Detroit Free Press. There were three or four young men mak ing considerable noise in a Russell street saloon the other day when a policeman who was off duty and in plain clothes entered the place. He heard them boasting of "doing up" this one and that one, and of being tough and full of sand, and selecting the most boastful of the lot he said: "Young man, you have a wrong idea of things, and one which will lead you into trouble." "Who the deuce are you?" demanded the young man. "Well, a policeman and a philosopher. I heard you "talk of clearing ont the force. You would only get badly hurt if you at tacked an officer. You are no fighter. You think you have sand, but you haven't. If you ever pitch into a man of -your size it will be bad for you." "Don't you give me'no chin' shouted the man, as he jumped up. "I am only telling you the truth. If you will step out into the 'yard with me I'll illustrate my meaning." The other was willing enough, and out they went and be sailed into the officer. In two minutes he was a licked man, and so acknowledged, and as the officer let him up he said: "You see the idea? You are simply a fighter with your chin. You didn't know it before, and you might have been pounded to death by some good man. As it is, I haven't hurt you much. Let this be a warning to you, and hereafter you keep quiet" Victoria's Blind Musician. A blind man who plays sacred music upon au accordion is just now perambulat ing the streets of Windsor. His affliction attracted some time ago the attention of the Queen, who, while taking a thrive, saw him iu the street, and compassionately gave him a donation. With an eye to husiness the ambulatory musician now bears upon his breast a placard with the inscription, "Blind from inflammation. Assisted by Her Majesty the Queen." i Simon's Cubs' will immediately relieve croon, whooping couch and bronchitis. Sold by Jos. Fleming &. Son. 412 Market st Stylish Suitings, Overcoat and trpuser material, of the best quality at Anderson's, 700 Smithfield street Cutting and fitting the very best su Furniture nacked, hauled and stored. " Haugh & JIeenan, 33 Water street. L SU A SQUIRREL'S HOARD. How the Bojs Can Find Kuts in the Woodsin Midwinter Time. FAMILIES THAT ARE 'MODELS. Washington's Birthday as Recorded in the Old Family Eible. EXPLANATION OP NEW STILE DATES rWEITTEN POB Tlli DISPATCH.1 If a city boy were visiting his country cousin ia midwinter, and the latter should say, "Let's go to the woods and get some nuts," the city youth would probably sus pect an attempt to perpetrate a rural joke. But country boys are apt to know some things that city boys never dream of. Now if the two boys should tramp through the snow to the woods, say in a woodland dis trict of Pennsylvania, the country boy would be on the lookout for' an old oak or hickory tree. He might travel a consider able distance iu the woods before find ing one that would exactly suit his fancy. At last, however, he would stop I at the root of a big tree, and walk around it He would probably find a hole at the root on one side, caused by decay, and partly filled with rotten particles that had fallen from the inside. The boy would get down on his knees and begin to scoop out this stuff. If he were lucky he would soon astonish his city cousin by pulling out a handful of the rotted wood iu which there would appear a number of big plump chest nuts. And, going farther, he might find a peck of chestnuts, hickory nuts, walnuts, or butternuts, and there would not b either a wormeaten or a "deaf" one in the whole col lection. The nuts were hidden there by a pair of squirrels the preceding autumn, and a squir rel is such a perfect judge of nuts that a bad one never passes his inspection. Give a tame squirrel a walnut, for instance. The nut to you seems to be perfect The squir rel may quickly drop it and say to you, in squirrel language, "Please give me a good one." Then break the discarded nut and you will learn what the squirrel knew at once, that it was worthless. How Squirrels Spend Winter. Squirrels do not hibernate in winter. In the early days of our country they used to migrate to the South in autumn and come back in the spring. They would travel in vast armies, sometimes swimming wide rivers in their journeys, although they are not very good swimmers. But farms relatively, dense population and the omnipotent shotguns now oblige the few squirrels that are left to house up at home in winter. Hence they must lay in their winter supplies in autumn, and this they do by hoarding nuts in trunks of old trees. Sometimes a pair of squirrels, either mindful of the mischievous boy, or with some knowledge of the business maxim that "it's bad policy to put ail your eggs in one basket," will divide their hoard among three or four trees. This winter provision the pair make not only for themselves, but for their little ones as well. The squirrel is a model of marital and paternal affection. When a young pair mate nothing but death or enforced separa tion can part them. The sqnirrel husband never abandons his wife as a result of in fatuation elsewhere, nor does the wife ever leave a note for her husband telling that she has "gone with a handsomer squirrel." The little squirrels are born late iu the autumn, but they stay with the old folks till the fol lowing spring. By that time they are nearly full grown and are competent to take care of themselves. The squirrel nest is itself an evidence of the love of the old ones for their young. The inside of it is made of the softest materials the happy pair can find, and the female will even pluck bits of her own fur with which to give the finishing touches to the dainty home for her little ones. Keeping the Teeth Sharp. .Nearly everybody has seen the squirrel in the act of horing into a nut, but did you ever stop to think why bis teeth don't be come dull by this constant use? The finest steel or the hardest flint would dull and wear away with such use as the squirrel makes of bis teeth. Here is the expla nation: The squirrel has two long and' sharp teeth in the front of each jaw. It has no canine teeth, and there is considerable space between the incisors and the molars, thus giving free action to the cutters. The incisors, which are always growing as fast as they wear 00, have a strange formation which keeps them always as sharp as knives. The enamel on the outside of the teeth is much harder than the ivory part and hence, as the teeth wear, the enamel al ways projects a little beyond the body of the tooth. This provision of nature makes it. unnecessary for the squirrel to use either a file or a grindstone in order to keep his cut ting instruments in good order. It spems cruel, of course, for boys to rob squirrels of the food they have hoarded, but it is thoughtlessness rather than conscious cruelty that impels the average boy. And then again the farmer is not inclined to lavish much sympathy on the squirrel. When the little animals are numerous they make havoc iu the farmer's cornfield. In Pennsylvania the squirrels used to be so de structive that rewards were oliered by law for their heads, and in 1749 the State paid for the killing of G40.000 of tbeni. Eleven Days That Didn't Exist To-day is the 22d of February, the anni versary of the birth of George Washington. But how do we reconcile this date with the following record, copied from the Washing ton tamilv Bible, still in possession ot the family in Virginia? George Washington, son of Augnstin and llary. his wife, was born ye Uth day of Febru ary, 1732. about 10 in ye morning, and was bap tized ye 3d of April following. Mr. Beverly Whiting and Captain Christopher Brooks, god fathers, and Mrs. Mildred Brooks, godmother. The seeming .discrepancy arises from the fact that the system of yearly time-keeping was officially changed in our country when Washington was a young man of 20 years. The British Parliament, in 1751, enacted that in the following year 11 imaginary days should he sort of sandwiched in be tween September 2 and September 14. Therefore, Washington went to sleep on the night of September 2, 1752, and woke the next morning to find the date not Septem ber 3, but September 14. Iu any library you can find an account of the change of what is called "old style" to "new style" in the earth's timekeeping, but it is difficult to find such an account that is clear and easily comprehended. If the earth would kindly make its trip arourd the sun in exactly 365 days, then there would be no trouble about this timekeep ing, and he should have no need for "leap years" to help in keeping the account straight. Of course, we can't reasonably blame the earth, for our grand little planet has to travel a good deal more than 1,000,000 miles a day in its long journey around the sun, nor we caunot consistently crumble about a few seconds, moreor, less, at the finish. The exact time that'll' takes the earth to make a circuit around the sun is 365 dava 5 hdurs 48 minutes and 49.02 seconds. If the time were just 365 days and G hours then the leap years would make the average just right, tor the even six hours in one year would ot course make just ode day In four years. The whole diffi culty springs, therefore, from the 11 seconds and a fraction which are needed to make the even 365 days in a year. The Julian and Gregorian Calendars. This whim of the earth for running into small fractions of time no doubt troubled the ancients, far back of the time -of the Roman Empire. Anyway, we know that it bothered the wise men in the days of Julius Cassar, and that the astronomers then worried over the matter until they adopted the Julian calendar, which was a't the time believed to "fill the "long-felt want." But it didn't When Europe be gan to wake up from the long night that followed the downfall of the Eoman Em uire, it was found that the earthly time keeping was very faulty. In the days of Pope Gregory XIII it was discovered that the equinoxes were getting out of place. While the Julian calendar made the March equinox fall on the 25tb, the real time, in 1582, was found to be the 11th of March. All. this came from the failure of Julius Ca;;ar's astronomers to get those odd sec onds exactly right So Gregory's astrono mers tackled the problem, and the resnlt was the Gregorian calendar, which we use at this day. In order to get things right to start with, the change of 11 days was made, as noted herein regarding Washington's Birthday. The new calendar went into effect very soon in Catholic countries, but England did not adopt it until the era of Washington, and Bussia still clings to the old style. The present calendar has a sort ol leap year ad dendum, which brings the, troublesome seconds within the closest possible bounds. It Provides that certain "leap years shall be "skipped" February having only 28 days at a regular leap year period. This applies only to even hundred years, and to only part of them. This is the plan: Only years of the even hundred that "will divide by four without a remainder, after first having can celled the two naughts, shall be leap years. Thus 1600 was a leap year, but 1700 and 1800 were not leap years, nor will 1900 be a leap vear. You will have to wait eight years for a leap vear, between 1896 and 1904. J. H. Webb. COMPETENT TO TESTIFY. Conception of the Punishment for Wrong Doing Entertained by a Boy. Fall Mall HudfreU A good story is told by Mr. Montaigu Williams in his book concerning an argu ment that took place as to whether or not a certain boy of very tender years was old enough to be sworn as a witness. At the suggestion of one of the counsel engaged in the case he was interrogated bytheJndge, when the following colloquy took place: "Now, my little man," said the Judge, "do you know what will become of you if you tell an untruth?" "Hell fire," said the boy, without mov ing. . "Well, and what will become of you," continued his lordship, "if you play truant and do not go to school?" "Hell fire," said the boy. "What if you don't like your brothers and sisters?" "Hell fire," again said the boy. '"What" if you stay out late when your mother sends you on an errand?" "Hell fire." "What if you spill the milk?" "Hell fire." His lordship ran through a long list of faults, some of them of a very slight descrip tion: but the penalty was always the same "Hell fire." At the end of this examination the learned counsel said: "My lord, I hardly.think this little boy sufficiently intelligent or instructed for his evidence to be admissible." "Indeed:" exclaimed the Judge. "Well, now, I entirely difier from you. He seems a very good little boy, and if he grows up in his present belief, and thinks the direst pun ishment will be'visited upon him for every fault he may commit, he will probably make a much better man than you or I." The boy was sworn. WATTEESON AND HILL. A Contrast Between the Two Men Sug gested by Becent Events. Joe Howard in New York Press. There is no more unique personality in our country than Henry Watterson. Wat terson's start was humble. He was a piano player of some merit He is the editor of the Louisville Courier-Journals His face is familiar not alone to the readers of the comic papers, but to men accustomed to at tend the great national conventions, as well as to guest in Saratoga, Long Branch, Washington. I have known and admired Henry many years. He has a very bright, clear head, with much in it, and a certain degree ot independenc of though' makes him always au interesting speaker. Some years ago when Governor Hill was a guest in Ned Stokes' Fenwick Hall in Connection . Henry Watterson was there also, as were a number of men prominent in affairs, all of whom went through the Sound in Stokes' yacht The contrast between Hill and Watterson was marked. Hill did every thing with mathematical precision. It was evident that every movement was studied, everv expression prethought. Watterson, on the other hand, was rugged, enthusiastic, earnest and outspoken, saying what be meant and not caring much whether school kept or not. INITIATING THE GEEMANS. The Experiment of the English System of Cheap Coffee Houses In Berlin. Fall Mall Budget It was in order to see whether the English system of cheap coffee houses on a large scale would be successful in Germany that some establishments under the name of "people's coffee and dining halls" were opened at Berlin just two years ago. At the end ot the first year the directors of the company, all the profits of which, beyond a moderate interest to the shareholders, go to swell the comforts of the halls, were able to register a decided success, and the returns of the second year are still more favorable. From the statistics of the latest report it appears that such of the Berliners as avail themselves of the halls have not yet learned to appreciate our national cup that cheers, but not inebriates. They adhere stolidly to their own "cup of comfort," as the German women of the working classes call the beverage which is sometimes coffee by courtesy only. Two hundred and eleven cups of tea were sold during 1890 at the coffee halls (price K'O as against 306,547 cuns ot coffee, 38,869 glasses of milk, 101, 163 of beer, at one of the cotnpjnv's halls; and 62,000 cigars and 26,000 cigarettes con tributed their-incense to the mixed atmos phere. C0FF1E KILLS GERMS. The Bacilli of Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Etc., Succumb to IU Power. Illustrated News of tne World. Coffee has disinfectant properties. Only recently a certain Dr. Luderitz has studied in detail the germ-killing action of coffee infusion. Using by no means strong in fusions, be showed that a certain harmless micrococcus germ dies in a 10 per cent coffee solution in from three to. five days. The bacillus of 'typhoid fever perished in from one to three days under coffee influence, and the cholera bacillus .in from three to four hours. The germ of anthrax or splenic fever died in from two to three hours; but the spores rof young forms of the latter germ perished in from two to four weeks only. These latter results speak well for the power of coffee as a germicide, for anthrax germs and spores are by no means easy to Scotch or kill. Possibly alter these revela tions coffee, administered internally, may be Utilized as a remedy for, germtproduced diseases. As it is, its virtues as a revver and "pick-me-up" have long- been appre ciated outside the medical world. Tolstoi on Tobacco On the subject of tobacco, it is interesting to note that Count Tolstoi ascribes the smok ing of it, as well as the drinking of wine, "simply and solely to the desire to drown the warning voice of conscience." The smoker, it seems, tends to become a "stolid, quiescent and stagnant" being, both "intel lectually and morally," What a curious description of Thomas Carlyle, to take one obvious instance 1 The Koch Lymph Will not be needed if vou use Kemp's Balsam the best cough cure. Sample free; all druggists BACK TO PAGAN DATS. The Cornish .Fancy Flies and Brings Its Folk-Lore arfd Legends. CUKIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE. The Romances of. Taking" Sunday and the Hazard Fair at Praz. ROUGH USAGES FOE SHEEWISII fflYES rCOUnSSPOKDINCI or TnE-CISPJl.TCH.J Bodmik, ComfWALL, Feb. 9 Every where behind the coasts of Cornwall are footsteps of .the giants; relics of pagan life,' remains of Cyclopean builders in huge mon olith, cromlech and cairn, a noble field for the student of antiquity, while the student of men will find inhabiting this region a race of sturdy folk, old as the Phoenicians, almost as isolate as those of Connaugbt, prond of their Arthurian blood, strong in noble toil, grudging of innovation, loyal in life and friendships, and holding with brave tenacity to the folk-lore and all legends, forgivable superstitions and customs which link their workaday lives to the dimmest pagan days into which a loyal and loving Cornish fancy may soar. They are.fisher folk, the bravest and most daring known to the sea-swept shores of the British Isles. Tbey are miners, the sturdi est and most manly in all the world that bring riches from the earth's depths. They are peasant farmers, who have wrung from British landlordism, through tremendous independence, something like shining homes and ample comfort They are all Cornish men, whose united roar, as in the old ballad, And will they scorn Tre. Pol and Pen, And shall Trelawnevdlet Then twenty thousand Cornish men Will know the reason why have more than once modified the-purposes of English Parliaments and changed the policies of English Kings. Fridef nl Proof or Their Antiquity. Their superstitions are innumerable and outlandish; though, so far as I can judge, they in no wise lessen or abate Cornish re ligious zeal and loyalty. They neither hinder nor detract irom devout lives. But, as nearly as I can define them, they are a transfused and not unwelcome heredity of paganistic myths to which a simple and far from intellectual people cling as a prideful proof of their own extreme antiquity. Ont of this half-fairy, half black art mythology of Cornwall have come number less curious Cornish customs) which all the telegraphs, all the railways, all the news papers, and iudeed all the vigorous Wes leyan Methodism, of England, have so far been unable to "lay" or dispel, or even modily in any marked degree. Miners will pound a church bench to splinters from their glorious fervor at "prayer meeting, ' and in an hour thereafter go on tiptoe to their all-night's labor in the "shift," from 3,000 to 5,000 feet "below grasj." fearing to give affront by honest noise from their hob-nailed boots to the "buccas," or "knockers," those elves of the mines whom they sacredly believe con trol'their good or ill luck at all mine labor. Fisherman ot Whitesand, Harazion, Pen zance or ancient St Ives, will experience and exhibit equal spiritual and physical elation at prayer or class meeting, and, at the turn of the tide the same night, as they brave death along a lee shore in the howl ing Atlantic, calmly throw a companion overboard, who might, by even whistling a bar of "How Vain is All Beneath the Skiesl" tempt the malevolent attentions of every "bucha-boo and fury of the sea. The Feasant's Pagan Sacrifice. So, too, the peasant farmers will hasten back from church service to engage in the pagan sacrifice by fire of a bull calf, that their herds may be relieved from "fairy strokes" and the various and vagarous powers of witches. While villagers of all faiths and works will walk nini times around a churchyard at midnight to have certainty of every-day avoidance of the devil, and will, on all occasions, lift their hats sooner to a dreaded magpie than a be loved parson, to guard against the possi bility of ill luck. These superstitions are but a hint of the thousands that exist among Cornish people. From time immemorial, "a man must take the new year in" to all habitations; that is, good luck will only come to' woman where a man or boy has first entered the house on New Tear's Day, and all Cornish women will so manage matters; the simplest and most general method being to employ boys to sand their doorsteps. The American cut- torn of "watching the old year out and the K"ew Year in," has almost a prototype among Cornish folk in "watching" all night lor the arrival of May Say. Immediately af ter midnight it is ushered in with a great uproar of songs, general hilarity, and an especial profusion of all manner of shrill musical instruments. One of the most rigidly preserved of Cornish customs is that the mother of a newly-christened child must bestow a gift, of proportionate value to her means and position, upon the first person she may meet upon the road after the cere mony of christening. The Small Boy's Tribute. At St. Ives and other Western towns of Cornwall processions of uproarious boys on Shrove Tuesday march through the streets banging at doors with stones tied to strong cords, the meantime 'demanding, Give me a pancake, now now now. Or I'll sonse in your door with a row tow towl Pancakes or ha'pennies are invariably be stowed. Apple trees are "blessed" by some on July 25, St. James' Day, and by "others at Christmas time. A panlul of cider con taining broken misted apples is carried into the orchard. Each member of the fam ily then takes a cup of the cider, drinks a portion, and casting the remainder upon the tree amid the shouts of companions, "gives health" to the tree with, Health to the good apple tree i Well to hear, pocketful?, hatful. 1'eckfuls, bushel bagfuls! This nature-worship, which has so promi nent a p.irt in the customs of ancientEurope, is in mirtiy other ways kept permanently alive in "Cornwall. The general Mayday festivities do not materially diSerfrum those in other parts of England. But the olden fires of Baal still burn brightly along the entire Cornish coast, on the eve of June 24. These midsummer fire festals, though cor rupted by long usage, are undoubtedly of Druidic origin, and bear eveVy evidence of remaining a lasting relic ol the pagan Irish Benitina, of whose extraordinary celebra tions atTaillten (now Telltown) near Tara, before the introduction of Christianity in Erin, there are preserved the most exact and fascinating records. All of the idolatrous features of these orgies, such as the fire or deal for the cure of disease, and leaping through bead high flames to preseive :rom evil during the succeeding year, have been eliminated; but not so long ago that those yet living have forgotten them. Superstitions in the Flamo. The scenes uow witnessed at Peuzince and other West CoruwalU towns, are chiefly in teresting from a certain awe which the huge bonfires always compel among the peasantry, and the exultant torch dancing, occasionally almost reaching a species of frenzy, which may always he observed. Analogous to this, and singularly indicative of the preser vation of medieval rites, are the Petertide fires, which always flame from the circling shores of Mount's Bay, above M irazlon and Penzince, and are challenged- by re sponsive flames urea thine the castellated head of somber St Michael's Mount Of the. more modern and wholly quaint and innocent customs of Cornwall a few pleasant illustrations may be cited. The fish-wives of ancient St Ives are an incor rigible lot Should you visit the town at the height of pilcnard-fishing, and enter the dark cellars where hundreds of women and girls areengagedju "bulking," or salting the fish, scores of grinning Amazous will rush at you, and the fleetest one will danb your shoes generously with the odorous fish oil which has drained irom the piles of curing fish. Th'is is called "wiping the shoe," and if you do not respond with tribute of at least a half-crown for luck of the "fair maids that feed and clothe the poor," that is, the pilchard fishes, your sub sequent "hustling" by these savory wenches will certainly cost you a new suit of cloth ing. The same custom, save that the daub ing is done with "miners clay," prevails within the mines, where the stranger is ex pected .to pay something for his initiation into their weird mysteries. Fate or Shrewish Wives. Cornwall is not blessed in being an ex ception to other regions in the matter of shrewish wives; and Cornish shrews are the most eloquent of all women in their pro fusion and exuberance ot bitter household curses and spiteful nicknames. In many parts of Cornwall, where the "woman that owns" Jack or Jan has become sufficiently notorious as a scold, the neighbors organize what they call a "stang conrant," proceed to the houe of the termagent and scatter wheat ch.iff upon her door sill. Thii hint usually suffices; bnt if it prove insufficient to bridle her tongue, then "riding the stang" is resorted to. This consists ot constructing an effiirv of the scold, mounting it on a deal board or pole, and exhibiting it in front of tne woman s cottage to the luguonous ac companiment of bells and horns. The delightful custom of "harvest-home" suppers, which unfortunately is dying out among American farmers, is universal in Cornwall. There is also a custom of very ancient origin of celebrating the finishing of work iu any particular harvest field, espec lallyin completingtbe labor of "stooking," or "shocking," the sheaves of grain into "arrismows." The custom is called "crying the neck," and consists iu elevating a small sheaf of the best heads of grain three times in the air, among the harvesters, who there upon cry at the top of their voices. "The neckl" finally changing this shout to "We' yenl we yen!" meaning "we end" the harvesting of this field. This is followed by a good deal of boisterous though harmless jollity, to which the lips of maidens pay tribute in proportion to their lack of physi cal prowess. The Parry-Day or Helston. Two other curious and interesting cus toms should not be omitted. These are the annual "Furrv-day" of Helston and "Tak ing Sunday," with its attendant peculiar ities, at Clowance Park, in Clowan parish. The origin of the Cornish Furry-dav is un questionably found in the "Floralia" anciently observed by the Romans on the fourth of the calends of May. It is annu nllv celebrated throughout Cornwall by little home and neighborhood parties, and at Helston, from time immemorial, as a festivity peculiar to that place, on the 8th day of May. Long before daylight happy groups of lads and lasses start in every direction for the country lanes and hedges singing, For we were np as soon as any day, O, And for to fetch the summer home, The summer and the May. O. For summer is a-come, O. And winter is a-gone, Ol or a dozen other ballads of similar import, the refrain of which is, On the eighth of May, The l-'lora-day. We all set otT a-dancicgl And indeed do tbey. At every farm house there are mad rushes of these merry-makers to be first to hang a twig of "sloans" blos soms upon the "latch; for such for centuries have been entitled to a portion of bread and cream. The blossoms of the "sloane." a kind of cherry, are gathered everywhere, with all precious budsand hlooms of spring. Garlanded with these, the floral troopers re turn to Helston, when the festivities of the day really begin. The old town is fairly embedded in spring blossoms and garlands'. This completed, all classes join in a uni versal carnival of dancing. Bunting a I.ifo Partner. "Taking Sunday" in Clowan parish is not only the precursor of Mazard Fair at Fraze, bnt also of numberless life-long joys and pathetic miseries. In Clowance Park, on the noted St Aubyn's estate, is a mag nificent mall, bordered with some of the noblest beech tree3 in all England. On the afternoon of the Sunday two weeks before Mazard Fair which derives its name from mazard-cherry fair annually held at Praze in the latter part of Jnue, when tons of this luscious fruit are disposed of bv the farmers of the surrounding country 10,000 Cornish youths and maidens may always be found promenading in Clowance Park mail. Tbey sometimes come from a distance of 10 and 20 miles. , Cornish young men resort here to choose their "pairdners" or "companv" for Mazard Fair; and here the blooming lasses come to be "taken," that is, pledged for Mazird Fair day. Many an exultant or broken heart returns home that night, successful in its secretly-cherished hope, or stinging from bitter disappointment But Mazard Day come, the Cornish 13d walks miles for the girl he has chosen on "Taking Sunday" and together they tramp away to Praze. The experiences of these thousands of young folk are in the main the same "as at all English country lairs. 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