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The bee., 1883-11-24

Beans and Bean Soup.

Were not Governor Growers ances-
tors fed like other Yankees of early
days on bean soup, succotash and
baked beans2 Did not prudent host
esses in those days, with a shrewd eye
to profit, make the porridge so thin
that it is reported of one bOarder that
he stripped off his coat and mounted
his chair, at dinner, to the horror OF
the landlady, who asked
"What is the matter, Mr. Smith p,
{" l thought I saw a BEAM said
Smith, "and was going to dive for il"
Was not one of the good danes of
those times famous throughout the
colony for the thickness and richness
of her bean soup, whose husband, it is
reported. invited a governor or some
other dignitary home to dine with him.
promising him a rare luxury? 1t was
late. the family had dined, and the
mistress gone out for an afternoon
visit.
Never mind" said the host, "here
is the porridge-pot, still on the crane
in the chimney" and forthwith bowls
OF steaming liquid were spread upon
the table. "Wife's soup is not as good
as usual to-day" but by crumbling
bread into it they man aged to make a
meal.
At tea the husband said
My dear, seems to me your bean
soup was not as good as common"
Where did you get it ?"
"Out of the pot in the chimney
corner"
"Bless me-" said the horror-stricken
wife, "that was my dish-water."
Baked beans, baked salt-pork and
rye and Indian bread were the luxu-
ries of Bean Hill. Beans every Satur-
day night, or the oven-tops would fall
in. Why on Saturday night? 1t was
said to be commemorative. In Indian
war times an alarm sent the settlers
scurrying through the woods to the
bloch-house. One lady said she left
an oven full of good things, and two
adventurous men stole up through the
alder swamps and returned with whole
scalps, and the garrisoned community
made a supper of baked beans and
brown bread, and thenceforward the
custom prevailed till it spread over
the Union, along with hasty pudding,
to which Barlow dedicated an ode, and
succotash, which the Pilgrims learned
to make of the red Cape COddies.
Thanksgiving was regarded as asacred
time century ago. Anegro slave of
Governor Huntington, of Norwich,
was thoughtlessly chopping wood on a
Thursday, Thanksgiving day, in late
November. One of the young ladies
called to him
"SambO, you mustn't cut wood to-
day-it is Sunday"
Sunday" said Sambo, rehectively;
1--WE no hab baked beans last night"
A traveller in prairiedom rode up to
a log house on Saturday night as the
family were sitting down to supper.
His first salutation was
when did you hear from Bean
Hill last?"
"How did you know we were from
Bean Hill?"
by your bean pot, of course"
The bee., 1883-11-24
Holiday Gifts.

Don't put off your purchases until
the last moment, but commence your
pleasant duty in good season. Next
to the happiness of the children the
chief delight of Christmas probably is
the buying of presents. Not the pur-
chase SO much as the search for what
will please. 1t is not the amount of
money spent, but the amount of
thoughtful care which you bestow on
the selection. A pretty book, or
modest pin, little graceful addition
to the wardrobe or a little parlOr orna-
ment, something that with pretty
forms combines practical usefulness
will oftentimeS win genuine thankful
ness as easily as costly diamond or a
pair of shining bracelets. 1t is not
easy to buy Christmas gifts, and not
every one can make proper selections.
Many man and many woman, who
does not need to count the shillings. is
often in a quandary, when confronting
the wealth of the stores, and says in
capricious petulance: eff l only knew
what to get for mother, brother, sister,"
as the case may happen to be. Christ
mas shopping, therefore, should not be
The work of moment or an hour, at
least with those who have more than
one beloved one to provide for and
have the means to care for all. But it
should be task well thought over.
You should have your eyes open all
the time and when you see any pretty,
portable and presentable objects, you
should bear in mind that these are the
very things which you will want,
when the day comes along, and secure
them at once.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Washington Notes

In his testimony before the Court of In
quiry investigating the causes of the failure
of the Greely relief expedition, Gen. Hazen
testified that the sergeant deputed to accom-
pany the Alhambra from New York to St.
Johns in charge of the stores for the Proteus,
returned to the United States without leave,
claiming to have injured himself by falling
down hatchway. He had been examined
by physician, Gen. Hazen said, and his in
jdries were believed 10 be feigned. The man
had acted as supercargo for the Greely expe-
dition, and his experience would have been
valuable to the commander of the Proteus
To-day Gen. Hazen was asked if he did not
think it would have been better if Lieut.. Gar
lington had superentended the loading of
the stores himself, so as to know where they
were placed. Gen. Hazen said there would
have been no difficulty about the matter had
the sargeant done his duty. The sergeant,
however, had just been married before he
started for st. Johns, and Gen. Hazen be-
Iieved this was what acted upon his mind
and caused all the trouble about the stores.
The bee., 1883-11-24
OHILDREN'S COLUMN.


We have saying that charity begins
It home, and it has been added that
great deal Of the charity that begins
Ut home stays there. OF this narrow
sort Of beneyolence. too, we find ex-
lmples among the animals. There is
the barbet, for instance. 1t is soli-
tary bird, and sits most Of the time in
morose silence on a twig, waiting for
Its food Tin the shape of an insect) to
hy by. Sometimes it is said to rouse
itself and make a descent upon the
nest of some smaller bird, and eat all
the little ones.
The celebrated naturalist. Leyaillant,
who has told us so many interesting
things about the birds of Africa and
South America, says that he discov-
cred a barbet's nest in which there
were five birds. Four of them were
young and vigorous, but the fifth was
so old and weak that when it was put
into cage with its comrades it could
not move, but lay dying in the corner
where it had been placed.
When food was put into the cage,
the poor old bird could only look at it
longingly. without having the strength
to drag itself within reach Of it. Then
it was that one Of the younger birds
manifested a singular spirit of kind
ness. Quickly, and even with an air
Of tenderness, as it seems, they carried
food to the decrepit old bird, and fed
it as if it had been only fedgling.
There are several different species OF
barbets found in Africa and South
America, and though not graceful in
shape, many of them sre exceedingly
beautiful in plumage They get their
name Of barbet from the French word
bdrbe. meaning beard, because they
have tufts of stiff hair at the base Of
the bill Naturalists place them in a
genus called Bocco, and some persons
call them puff-b;rds, because they have
an odd way Of putting out the feathers
all over the body, which then looks
more like a bale Of feathers than a
bird.-JSt. Nicholas.
The bee., 1883-11-24
A. Touching Incident.

'Do birds think 2" Let me tell you
of bird / once owned. The little
bird was a female mocking-bird who
had nest of young ones about a week
old The baby birds were never
healthy, inheriting weakness from
their father, who had the asthma
Early one morning was awakened by
the mother bird standing on my pillow
pouring into my ear the most mourn
full notes ever heard. / knew some
thing was wrong and arose at once.
The mother flew to her nest, then
ooked to see if i was following,
7hich / was. AS soon as / reached
he nest she took hold Of one of the
ably birds wings, pinched it gently
With her beak and watched it eagerly,
think, to see if it moved. Then she
ook hold of one of the little feet and
1inched it in the same manner, and,
inding it did not move, she looked up
ut me in a pleading way, as if she
wanted me to try to awaken them.
Z reached my hand out toward the
aest. She stood aside and looked on
with as much interest and feeling
apparently as any young human
mother
81 examined the lifeless little bodies,
and when l withdrew my hand the
mother hastened to hover over the
little ones, seeming to think that if
she could warm them they would
awaken. In a few moments she
hoped off the nest, looking at her
babies, held food close to their mouths
and coaxed and called them, but in
vain. She flew all around the room,
as if in search of some untried remedy.
Several times she perched on my
shoulder, and looked so distressed and
pitiful / could scarcely keep from
crying. put her in a cage, and hung
her in the sunshine to see if she would
become quiet She took a bath, but
still remained nervous and seemed
anxious, and by and by grew so rest
less 1 had to let her out of the cage
and let her 60 to the nest again.
"She stood quite while looking at
her dead children. Then she went
ever all the little bodies-pinching
them gently and watching them close
ly to see if they moved. When she
saw no signs of life she seemed
puzzled. She seemed at last to make
up her mind the little ones were dead.
And one by one she lifted them ten
derly in her beak and laid them side
by side in the middle of the room.
She looked at them lovingly a mo.
ment, then few to her empty nest and
gazed wonderingly into that. Finally
she perched on my shoulder and looked
into my eyes, as if to ask, What does
al this mean? What a lesson of love
and devotion that little bird taught !
She always fed the little ones before
taking a mouthful herself, and she
would stand coaxing them TO take one
more mouthful, and finding they had
enough would swallow il herself. =
Chicago Times.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Electric Light on Vegetation.

DIR. p. p. Dcherain maintains that
electric light contains rays which are
hurtful 10 vegetation, hut these, be
savs. can lie held back by transparent
glass The light itself, he finds. con-
tains enough Of the rays useful TO veg
citation TO maintain the life OF plants
for two months and a half but the
quantity Of favorable rays is tOosmall
70 bring crops 10 a condition Of matu-
rity.
The bee., 1883-11-24
IS Scot Free.o

The phrase originated from the old
word scot. or shot, meaning primarily
money, but used in the sense of a
reckoning. Hence to be scot free or
shot free implied that man had moth
ing to pay, or was clear of any contri-
button. Shakespeare says, "Though
l should 'scape shot free in London,
fear the shot here; here's no scoring
but upon the pate Shot free also
means uninjured by shot; also, un-
punished.
The bee., 1883-11-24
The LATEST Rouapzn In CnIiforpi,

BIEBER, CAL.-Mr. Thomas z. Ford,
editor of the Mountain Tribune, of this
place, publishes that the great pain
cure, st. Jacobs Oil, has worked won
ders in his family, and that he would
not be without it. He states that
among all the people st. Jacobs Oil is
the most popular medicine ever intro
duced.
The bee., 1883-11-24

AS stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, so the huge, drastic
cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky
medicines, are quickly abandoned with the
introduction of DR.. Pierce's pheasant Pur.
gative Pellets" which are sugar coated, and
little larger than mustard seeds, but com
posed of highly concentrated vegetable ex
tracts. By druggists.
The bee., 1883-11-24
TESSYsoS,s ",IAY QUEEN,

Who knows if the beautiful girl who died
so young had been blessed with DR.. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" she might have
reigned on many another bright May day.
The "Favorite Prescription" is a certain
cure for all those disorders to which females
are liable. By druggists.
The bee., 1883-11-24

If the blood be impoverished, as mani
tested by pimples, eruptions, ulcers or run
ming sores, scrofulous tumors, swelIings or
general debility: take DR.. X. v. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" Sold by
druggists
The bee., 1883-11-24
Ernzer Axle Grease.

One greasing lasts two weeks; all Others
two or three days. Do not be imposed upon
by the humbug stuffs offered. Ask your
dealer for Frazer's. with label on. 1t saves
your horse labor, and you too. 1t received
first medal at the Centennial and Paris ex
nositions Sold evervyyhera
The bee., 1883-11-24

No, sir, my daughter can never be yours" {"
81 don't want her TO be my daughterp'
broke in the young ardent. II want her to
ha my yrtfa ~
The bee., 1883-11-24

Mrs. NJ. Pilkington, 211 26th ST., Brooklyn,
says: / was rheumatic cripple two years;
helpless for months, when my doctor. after
trying in vain everything else, told me to
get DR.. Llmore's R.-G. That cured me,
The bee., 1883-11-24

He is a stingy lawyer who tries to nonsui
his own wife when she Graves promenade
costume.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Questions and Au.y.rs.

What is the best Hair Dresser? What is
the best Dandruff Eradicator? Which is the
best Hair Restorer? Which is the best oil
all Preparations for the Hair? CARBoLINy.
The bee., 1883-11-24

Save trouble and expense in washing. and
always have nice fitting collars and cuffs, by
wearing Chrolithion.
The bee., 1883-11-24
FuREsr AND BEST cen-IIvrR orr fror

Ladies& children's boots& shoes cannot run
over if Lyon sPatent Heel Stiffeners are used.
The bee., 1883-11-24

There are innumerabls instances where
cures have been effected by Soovilrs Sarsa-
parina, or Blood and Liver Syrup, for all
dis asas of the blood, when the patient had
been given up By physicians. 1t is one Of the
best remedies ever offered to the public, and
as it is prepared with the greatest care, rs a
specific for certain diseases, it is no wonder
that it should be more effectual than hastily
written and careiesSly prepared descriptions.
Take Scovilrs Blood and Liver Syrup for all
disorders arising from impure blood. 1t Is
ndorsed by all leading professional men.
The bee., 1883-11-24

H Gires great
ease and COM
fort in tcdIE-
ing, riding or
dancing. main
tGins and er-
cites heaihful
circulation,
dispeIs Gout,
rh eu IA at icS
and heurGIgic
pains, subduCs
al crdmpsGnd
stiffness of
Joints, relieves
bIodfed limbs
0ndGet.
The bee., 1883-11-24

This match
less inyeHtiOB
ThoHy super
sedeS eVery
other form Of
G. Grfcr FOR
Ladies, Gentle
men or Chill
dren'S tCeGr.
They are 1orn
With all the
comfort ofthe
best knot0 n
GGTters, q nd
q re " D r.
NOR z EX.
PENSITE.
The bee., 1883-11-24
OUR PROGRESS,

1t won't do for married man to say to his
wife, never mind" She is apt to take him
at his word
The bee., 1883-11-24

For sore feet, swollen joints, sprains, corns
or bunions. use st. Patrick's Salve.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Foot and Ankle.

The EDSOH ELECTRiC 6A3TER de-
vefops the FOOT and ANKLE into per-
feet form, supports and strengtbehs
the limbs, adds marvellous grace and
elasticity to the step.
The bee., 1883-11-24

PUREsT AND BEST CeD-LIyER OH. from seIacta1
AYERS, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it TO all others.
physicians declare it superior to all other oils.
cHAPPED HANDS, face pimples and rough
SKIN cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Casweu, Hazard i Co., New York.
The bee., 1883-11-24
Payne's Automatic Engines.
IHE GlLDkN PRIZB FOR lN8

Is now ready and will be sent free to any receipt
OF a stamp for postage The book contains numerous
engravings and such valuable information as every lady
And gsntBma ought to know. This book VIII as
show you how 20 become the owner Of many valuable
articles without costing you cent such as Gold ana
Silver Watches Clocks, Organs Sewing Machines aH
kinds Of Silver Ware etc. Address
f. GLEASON & CO..
AR Summer SIR ct. BnaI on, Alnas.
The bee., 1883-11-24

Philadelphia ladies are learning baseball;
one Of them has caught her husband out sew
eral times already.
The bee., 1883-11-24

\ mans mind is like his bed. 1t
must be made up occasionally.
The bee., 1883-11-24
The Peculiar Od Mystery


ltwas Of the pecuaries fashioned that the
would tell patients what they prescribing They said
would do the patients good to know and that would only be u
tying foolish curiosity In order to keep patients from knowing
would write the prescriptions in Latin that patients could no.
read them All that oftg
he takes He weak and be song he dypePu anu
wants to digest we'll Or he has troublesome liver which he wants 70
put rights So ne takes Browns Iron Bers about which there IS 10
mystery all This the best preparation of the world COM
Dlnaton with gentle yet efficient tOn gives strength 1t builds P
cnfeebed systems enrces impoverished blood removes
eaknesse 1t casts debility 1t what want and your dugg
has it. 2 ,,5,.a.e Jz&zE%O
The bee., 1883-11-24

First effectual, then good to take, then
Cure for Consumption.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15
SCALY.

The successful grocers have generally started business on a small scale. Or leans Picayune.
 What disease is most frequently transmit ted by kissing ?-Clara. Palpitation of the heart, we believe Philadelphia News.
 The demand for napkin rings made of wood grown at Walter Scott's home, Abbotsferd, is proving great drain upon the forests of Maine.-Boston Post.
 They are building tenement houses so high in New York that the man who occupies the top floor is obliged to start for home about 9 o'clock in the evening in order to reach his bed an hour after midnight. Herald.
 You wouldn't take me for 8 married man, would you? '" asked a normal student of 8 Cortland girl last Sunday night. 1T rather think would, if you should ask me-" was the response. He bought ring next day Marathon Independent
 An Oil Citizen purchased piano for his daughter recently, and the other day went around to the agent and wanted to know when the "forte'' would be delivered. The piano had arrived all right, but the forte" hadn't got there yet.-OH City BizzGrd.
 A luminous paint has been invented which can be seen in the darkest night. This diff fers materially from the new luminous kind with wh9h the honest painter primes your new house, and which can't be seen at noon day without 8 great deal of trouble and very close searching Burlington Hawkeye.
 A careful estimate by an English statisti- elan shows that one English bullet out of every one hundred hit an Egyptian during the recent war. The English troops were evidently trying to beat the score made by the American rife team in the international match last summer.-Norristown Herald.
 They were talking about the cases of small pox that are alleged to prevail over in San Antonio. One of the gentlemen, who had just returned frem San Antonio. remarked that there was not much danger, as the pa tients had been isolated. Mrs. Werrel Ather- ton, who thinks she knows everything, spoke up and said: ''It don't make any difference e how many times you have been isolated, if it don't take. ."-Texas Siftings
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15

our two feet we were any worse than the old
 fellows who sat in their chairs and kept time
 with one foot because they couldn't dance,
 but we know now that there is a terrible the
 ological difference between these two things.
 We don't quite understand it yet, but we know it is there. We are going to own up,
 make clean breast of it. We have danced round dances, too. We were so benighted that we did not see that that was any more sinful than the kissing games played at sew ing societies and donation parties. Why don't somebody denounce ''Copenhagen'' and
 Green grow the rushes O." and ''forfeits." If it is a sin to dance with your arm round girls waist these games must be crimes
 Why don't somebody preach sermon against them or write column or two to @ newspaper about them We didn't know that it was wrong to play whist. We didn't see any harm in it any more than we did in checkers or chess Nobody seems to say anything about those games If we had thought anything about it. chess would have seemed to us to savor rather more of idolatry than cards We have tried hard to see the moral distinction between pasteboard and not We wish somebody would analyze it for us. We want to understand the theory of 1t. We may do something else that is wicked when we don't know 1t. Another question Is it wrong to play all kinds of cards? Is there any distinction between pdSE6DOAEQ anu pdSt0DOAEu! ShA Wo p1dy 'sauthors,'' for instance? That game has had great run and been approved by even the strietest people. We should like to un- derstand the religious distinction between these two kinds of cards. We can't see any now unless it be there is some skill and some brains in whist, when there is as near none at all as there can be in "authors." We should have thought if any game was 8 sin full waste of time it was t'authors." Why don't somebody write a diatribe against that game? About theatres. Are all theatres sinful? Do your correspondents put 'tHam- let" and ''the Black Crook" in the same cate gory? Is Barnum's greatest show on earth'' included in the ban Won't some body tell us about shows we can go to?
 We don't wish to enter into this contro- versy. We are seeking light. We don't want to do anything wrong. We wish to understand the theory on which the distinc- tions between these amusements rest. We don't understand it new at all. We are told that certain particular amusements we have named are wrong. If these are, we think there must be great many more that are We may go astray in our very efforts to be exemplary. If it is just as easy, therefore, we would rather have some general test which separates the good from the wicked am
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15
COMMUNICATIONS.
Those Wicked Amusements. q Editor of fba JoTrRNAr ANTI ooyTprrp


 To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER
 We have always believed in religion We had thought that in our humble way we had tried to practice it, but we are becoming alarmed. Since Professor Baldwin unwit. tingly stirred up the gigantic controversy on the subject of amusements that is now rend- ing this community we have got scared We are afraid we have been very wicked. We have danced, we have played cards and we have actually been to theatres. For ought we know we have indulged in other sinful amusements. We say we don't know but that we have for the other amusements have not been discussed yet. We don't know what is sinful. The fact-is we are all ''broke up. We never supposed that dancing was wicked until we read the eloquent letters of some of your correspondents When we danced social square dance in our parlor we never thought that in keeping time with
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15

In certain little book just published and supposed to contain accurate information concerning the financial standing and credit of business men and firms AndoEer Theo- logical Seminary is marked ''1S." We find on referring to the key to ratings that this means Regarded worthy of trust-fnancial worth not considered Ha Ha!
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15

The great bridge between New York and Brooklyn is really almost finished and enc of the trustees announces that it will be open in sixty days. The committee on tolls has reported through Mayor Low that fcot pas sage should be free, that horse car passen- gers should pay five cents, and various rates be fixed for animals and vehicles up to thirty cents for 8 two=horse truck, loaded or un- loaded These tolls seem too high.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The sTndependents' of Rhode Island nom- mated William Sprague for Governor yester- day. This will not do him much good un- less the Democratic convention, which meets next Tuesday, takes him up.