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From Tho Oakland Republican.

from tho Oakland Republican.
Last Friday Policeman Cline ar
rested George Gets, Of Aurora, w.
Va, who was fiuod for being drunk.
win JcseoP, OF Austen, W. Va.
made n business visit to Oakl,ttd
last Saturday.
Gus Bolden went to Piedmont
Monday to superintend the ship
ping of the printing material to
Terra Alta.
The Rev. Mr.. Macdonald, pastor
of tho Presbyterian church, of
Kingwood, W, Va, was in Oak
land OF Monday.
Bob Townsend was at Rowlcs.
burg on business Friday OF las
week.
Deputy Sheriff Lantz, of Aurora,
W. Va, paid Oakland Is business
visit on Wednesday.
Miss Annie Jordan, who spent
several weeks with her sister in Oak :
Iank, rcturhcd to her home III
Kingwood last Saturday.
Col. N. W. Fitzgerald, OF TerrI
Alta, W. Va, was in Oakland last
Saturday.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-08-13

The latest schcme TO come to
light for raid on Uncle Sans
treasury is that proposed by Mr.. W.
x. Vaughan, ex Mayor Of Council
Bluffs. Mr.. Vaughan proposes
that the Government appropriate
the snug sum of s40o, 900, 900, for
the purpose or pensioning thG
negroes in this country who were
formerly slaves. This sum is not
to be donated as free gift, but as
a reimbursement for the labor per-
formed by the slaves while they
were held in bondage. Mr.
Vaughan has Dill for this purpose
now before Congress, and it is his
intention to pledge any presidential
candidates TO favor the bill or he'
will turn the @h6f6 negro vote.
against him. In case all tho can
didatcs refuse, he will organize a,
new party with tho single plank Of
slave indemnity for its platform.
England will bo asked 20 pay her
share for having introduced tho
institution into this country, for
which purpose Queen Victoria hal
been written to bet che has not yet
replied
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FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK.
Via the Popular Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad,

Coming homo from the great
Northwest, we left Chicago at 3
clock IN the afternoon and took
breakfast at Grafton the next morn.
ing, so that it does not seem like a
long ride at all, but it is just $50
miles and very pleasant trip over
the splendidly equipped Baltimore
q Ohio II. Il. This line rdhs into
Chicago along the lake front, and
YOU get fine view of Lake Michi-
gan and good part of the city since
1t extends thirteen miles in tho city
limits, and with four passenger sta
tions is easily accessible, one at the
foot of Monroe Street; foot of end
Street; foot OF Both, ard IN Hyde
Park.
You can get off right at the Audi
torium, the finest hotel in the city.
II you want to. You also have lots
OF opportunities to coGiicct with
other folds, since connections are
made with twenty-throc different
railroads betweon Chicago and
Grafton, yet the run IS made on
No. 6, or any Of the fast lines, in q
remarkably short time. The dis
.ancc from Chicago to New York
city via the B. & 0. is 1889 miles.
and MannlnSton, this State, is
nc rly half way between. There are
several large and beautiful towns
along the line and some very fine
farming country. Cedar Beach, in
Indiana, about one hundred miles
cast of Chicago, is a great pleasure
/ ground and summer resort. There
is beautiful lake, fine fishing and
rowing, and big hotels and summer
cottages, making it fayorite resort
this time of the rear.
Garrett, Indiana, is quite town,
and Defiance, Fostoria, Tlffin, New.
ark, GAINESVILLE and BelIaire, in
Ohio, are putting on METROPOLITAN
airs. Fostoria is the homo of "Oal.
ico Charlie" Foster, Secretary Of
the Treasury. Northern Ohio and
Indiana is fine agricultural section,
and the many fields Of grain and
handsome farm houses make an
inviting landscape as you are whirl-
ed rapidly along on the smooth and
well ballasted b. & o. Two vesti-
buled fast trains leave Chicago daily
for Washington, Baltimore, Phila.
delphia and New York city, one in
the morning and one in the evening
Both trains ore equipped with Pull.
man Buffet Sleeping Cars and are
only one night out from Chicago to
| New York. These trains pass in
daylight over the Allegheny Noun
tains and through the historic and
beautifrl Valley Of the Potomac.
Eysfy coaci is yestibulcd. including
baggage cars, coaches, dining cars
and sleepers, and all cars are heated
by steam drawn from the locomo.
tive. The Baltimore & Ohio IS one
Of the great trunk fine systems Of
the country and has a worldwide
reputation, and this county is very
lucky TO have IL passing through the
middle OF It, for it has donc much
toward The development and general
advaucenieut Of Che material inter
q. est Of our county, slthough e PASSES
through the most rugged part.
Some ~ che most WcturesQuo
scenery along the entire lire is
fohua right here IN tire Cheat
Moh6tmns, the Cheat River Grade
and the Bnckhorn Wall being noted
objects OF interest for the tourists
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-08-13

a serious railroad wreck occurred
last Wednesday morning, on the y !
& .. near Bentons Ferry this side
Of Falfmont. Two engines were'
completely wrecked and number
Of freight cars. The blame rests
with the train men, who all jumped
before the Collision aud were not
seriously hurt. A stranger stealing
a ride on The freight train was
killed, and Tire remains buried at
Fairmcnt Chat evening.
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Hsusr or % .lezsies.

East slds-Dr. N. & Bryie. Bruceton.
wost Side-Su;os HARTLEY. Aasontc"n.
sheriff Daniel r. Jaekson.
beputios--Iulius X. Monroe. kingwood, Valley
and Pioasant &. W. Griss. Lyon: j. q. LantZ,
rnlon; r. e. Hanway. Reno; 4. T.. Cuppet.
Grant; Dorsey y r IAN, Portland.
Clerk Circuit CONT John W Watson.
llsrk County Court. Ami Mari'h.
Prosooating Attorncy--Ncil J. FortneT
couuty survpyor-A. F. McNillen.
Bupt Of sehools--Ng m: q. Conley.
As.ossor--Kast side Gabriel PIlliam.
West side. John \. Perkins.
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He Well, VIC WORT quarrel
about it any more, bat Just let it
go as it is, eh 2 She-Ycs. But.
George, lear, for tho sake OF Tho
futurc--and a harmonious fuluro-
! think you would better acknowl-
edge before We drop it altogether
tbat YOU wcTc wrong Don't yonY
lear P0.k
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-08-13

There is one practice that many
people have when attending church
or other public places, that is very
unmannerly and unbccoming in
either sex, that is Topping them.
selves d5Tr at the end Of the seats.
when the center is unoccupied and
ciihging to their chosen location like
a bttSf dog to a shceps throat
tief sitting there as II bolted TO tho
floor, and compelling others to
scramble oYcG their feet as best they
can, We desire to say that it is a
good omen as to their training at
homo
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connIssIoNERs COUNTY coURr.
Grant District, Samuel r. Conner, Pres.
Pleasant. Beu A. Conner.
Portland. Il. ID. Benson.
pion. Page II. Mccru'n.
Reno, Moees T. Sinclair.
Lyon. Reason 4. Pell.
Valley, MfSbu Watson.
k1ngwOod, Leroy Shaw
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=. First District john q. Pendloton. Wheeling.
Ohio County.
second nistrict-Willlnm l.. Wilson, charlcs-
town, Ienersou Co.
:, Third Dl-trSet--Iohu ID. Anderson. Nicholas C..
n. Nicholas County.
Fourth DIstridt-iames capehart, Point Pleas
ant Mason county.
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CoastabIeS.

:, ,tSiaswooi District. J. l.: stone, Joseph r.
Rhodes.
Valley-A. ]. DeBcrry. Rmapuel Dixon.
lYon-I W Crlsa William n. Taylor.
Ilsno--Ben r. WOODWARD. Saml W Bowman.
PortlAnd-Wm A. MrBinnis. z. e. Martin.
Vnion-Lloyd G. Shaftsr. Gcarc- Geissman.
rloaSAnt-Iamc{ =. Ftilimcr. \. ). Chidester.
Ciyaat-William r ID. Miller.
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DIRECTORY.
state smelaIs.

eov.rnor-l brooks Fleming, Marisii s'danty
sscrstary of etate.-W. "A. 0hley, Marion Co.
Auditor- Pattick r. DdtfY. Webster CO.
Treasurer--william T. Thoppspu. Cabell Go.
Attorney 0eperai-Alffe CRldwell. Ohio 60.
!, sspt of sch1tls-B. 5. hotsah. Aonongaiia
osonty.
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nupftne reaf. efApptaii.

nansel b. Luoas. Prest.. Jer6tson Co.
Henry Brannon. Lewis Co.
,. W. Rngiish. Mason Co.
Homer r. Holt. Cffcuhrier Co,
q. \. Long. Cisrk. Eauaysha Co
e Atfred cald we'll. Reporter. Ohio Co.
Convene- At Charleston Second Wednesday In
anuary: Wheeling. drst "wednesday In June (.
cA4risstown, arst Wednesday In September.
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6nnalr.

TSsn 6aiaaIs.
Mayor Ga. }. shaGer
Observation-Disclosures W. white.
Council 1an-W = Martin, Juus X Monroe
Renry ". hurdock ames W Flynn and George
AWillia'ns.
Societies.
RniRhts of Ffythiaa-.f.odge meets every Tues
evening At thoIr hall over j. W. Blaker',
fore ~ 40 O'Clock.
Independent order Of Odd Fellows-i,odFs
Heots every saturday evening ut their hall Ia
BishaDs RlOck at 7;3O o'clock.
Golden Rule Enoanpnehf, No, -. 4 o, y. p
naaets first Aad Third MONDAY evenings al
each month. In the odd Fellows Hall. over the
bostonef
The IafSpcadsnt order Of Good Templars-
Id 81 meets every Friday evening. In the X. OF
3 Halt, at7S0 O'Clock.
Klbg Phnip Tribe no. IS. Improvcd order oi
Rcd Men meets every "wednesday evening al
g. o'clock IN tho knights Of Pytiffas Hail over
Blazers store.
ChGrches.
M. churohl~Rsv " ". rider. Pastor
Services Preaching every sunday at iOs$0a<m
"a I'D ,. m. sunday school y m. Gas,
pte. Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening
..prs,by,srIau chsret- rev ~ r Mcdonald
ssrrices--P -Prsachiuz every suoday aCt CtO.3o 10
md 80 ID N Sunday school at 2 y. M. Prayer
Meeting every Wednesday evening.
An H. Church-Rev. Bosiey BOyoo. Pastor.
8orsiceF- -Proachine, Fourth Sunday IN oael
h0alk
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rrItca states senators.
hembers ofCeugress.

\, Charles J.. Faulkner, Martinsburg. Bsrkley
John i. Ksnns. charle.ton. Kanawha County.
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canrfa canYenr.

0IrOult ceurt-Nareh ~. septsmb5r i and
County Conrt--First Monday In January, April.
aNly aud October.
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MAgIs rates.

KinSwosd, Joseph VI. Godwia, simeon Mat
TJley. Davs e. zinn John VI. sitatTn.
LYON Ianee Nctice. David ]. Gibson,
..s.-,r,lsena, n. VI. Wherier. 7. VI Su Wncr@.
- p0Ptland John ", tIlll. Preston Glover.
Unoa, Jrs sSo " shaher Julius Schcrr
reN<ant, Levi Y. Miller. ID, u, Martin.
Grant, W. IL. Aot;ibbons. kipla Hagans
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S4oaR


T.HsF.R.H
Train leaves Kinawt-,d NJ 71s r. ~ ard af.
Jrcs at TunncIfon 10 ais a. fn.. leaves Tunnel.
zoe ~ ~ 90 a. ~. and afriyes at KinRwood at 1900
N. leaves kinswuud at $50 g. M and arrive
ei frnueton % 3D p. M leaves Tuuneiton af
fp0 p ~ and arrives ai kingWoud at son n NJ
tref' ipiif except auad4f
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ro.rie afEtueaiIor.


a. Is T.. Trnpctt Pres.
- ...i. tCntdsJ T., Murdock See.
AlhGWo"u D'ule'' ! pr. Nj .PoNt1l
II. &. Gibson.
(n. r. Cobun.. Pros.
.,, Dr. !. A. Cox, SEQ.
VAHey VI S. 1yoAr.
Nicholas Posten.
IT Clayton Pres.
u. J. Gibson. Sec.
lyon / Qco. G. SHAW
Isaac JncksOn.
r. N Baker, Pros.
- william LoughridTo, Sec
Hono w. 4. WaiFni
(Iacab !. Gu enan, Pres.
.,.,s r. G.. Jones. Sec.
'oruAho samuel B Freoand.
& ! Elliott
yJullu, SSiiqrr. Pres.
- lloyd siaffer. SEQ.
Union X. =. King.
Charles X. Iawtou.
~. J. Martin. Pres.
s,. W. a. Ringer. Sec.
teSFaH rs. 4. Conner.
IL. w. Hartman
81 p UugsiBs Pros.
ax ~ VI. Ohdesfcf, Sec.
Ssont W NJ. Wolfe
A4a FraZoo
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csunty officials

Jsaze. Th;ra ~ iielsi District,
Joseph T. Hoke. KinA " d. Preston County.
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william g. worley. Kingwood. Preston Co.
Aipheus Garrison, MonOngalia Co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
"Monte Cristo" outdone.

Monte Criston may hide its dimin-
ished head, writes the Paris CORES
pondent of the London Weekly Dis
patch. What was the find" of Ed
mond Dantes compared with that of
the discovery made by the contractors
who engaged to demolish the castle
of San Antonio, at Rio Janeiro, for the
Brazilian government In the cellars
of that edifice they successfully dug up
twelve iron-clamped chests and sixteen
sacks, containing 10000. 900 old Span
ish dollars in gold. plus a leaden box
filled with papers. One Of these
document was a receipt given by Fa-
ther Anton Desarte. superior of the
Jesuits' college at Rio. for 20, 600. 600
gold dollars. to be paid by him as a
tribute to King John V. of Portugal
when he visited Brazil. 1t is supposed
that when the Jesuits at Rio learned
how. in the eighteenth century, the
marquis de Pombal was eXpelling
their order from Portugal. they hid the
treasures which have been discovered.
A list of the wealth so concealed has
been found in the leaden box. 1t
mentions the SO. 600, 900 just brought
to light. $500 pounds of gold dust. and
20, 600 pounds weight of gold ingots.
To whom. it is asked at Rio, does the
treasure belong? Is it to the republic,
the king of Portugal, the Jesuits, or
the people who contracted to cart
away all the materials of the castle
they were employed to demolish?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
A Horse That SuIks,

In fashionable boarding stable in
New York is a horse called Tatters,
about which the Brooklyn Standard
Union tells a story. Tatters belongs
to lady who makes a great pet of
him, and never visits the stable with
out taking him some apples. carrots
or sugar, of which he is extremely
fond. In neighboring stall is the
horse of her friend. an animal rejoic-
ing in the name of Phil. Tatters and
Phil are on good terms, but the former
sometimes throws his ears back and
manifests jealousy when his mistress,
after giving him an apple or carrot.
gives one to Phil. One day she went
into the stable while Tatters was in the
hands of the groom. He began beg
ging for an apple and she deferred the
gift until the groom had finished his
work and the horse had returned to
his stall. Meantime she gave an apple
to Phil.
When Tatters had gone to his stall
she offered him an apple, but he re-
fused to take it. and turned his head
from her in disgust. For half an hour
she coaXed him, but to no purpose.
Then the groom tried to induce him to
take it, and then another groom made
the same effort. but all in vain. Take
the apple he would not, nor would he
recognize his mistress in any way. His
ears dropped and he had the appear
ance of child in the sulks just as
much as horse can possibly have it.
His heart was broken, not SO much be-
cause an apple had been given to an
other horse, but because 1t had been
given before he himself had received
one. But by the next day he seemed
to have forgotten his grievance, and
you may be sure that his owner has
been careful not to offend him since in
the same Way
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
Music in the River.

1t is pretty generally known that in
the Pascagoula river. near Scranton,
Miss. says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
strange sounds are frequently heard,
as of musical instrument PLAYED at a
distance. under water. Boating par
ties are often startled at the distinct
ness of this music. They liken it to
the sounds produced by the vibration
of musical glasses or of harp strings.
The sound rises and falls as if waited
by the wind, and is locally known as
''the mysterious music" The origin
of the sound is generally ascribed to a
movement of sand at the bottom of the
river, although there is no evidence
offered that the sand does move or anv
reason given why it should move The
explanation doubtless rests upon the
fact that such phenomenon as sing
ing or barking sand is known to exist
in several parts of the world. 1t is
not likely that wet sand would produce
the sounds mentioned. 1t is more
probable that fishes make these noises,
for fish can sing, very nicely. too. 1t
seems rather funny to speak of singing
fishes, but many of them do produce
vocal sounds. Croakers get their
name from the noise they make. Blue
fish protest Indignantly when they are
pulled out of the water. but these are
not such sounds as constitute the music
of the fishes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
He Inhaled q Nail.

DR.. j. w. Craig. of Churchville, in
conversation with representative of
the Rochester Uision gave the follow
ing account of case within his own
experience which is somewhat similar
to that of DIR. Boutwell,, in whose lung
a cork lodged. causing his death.
Some five or six years ago man was
employed tearing down an old wooden
building in North Bergen. While he
worked on an upper portion of the
structure, his son a boy of eight or
nine years. with eyes and mouth wide
open, gazed up at him. A rusty nail
drawn from the wood slipped from the
hammers claw. and. descending. en-
tered between the open jaws of the
boy and lodged in the left lung, as
nearly as possible occupying the same
position as the cork in the left bronchus
of the lamented Rev. DR.. Boutwell,.
Physicians attended the victim of the
accident, but he did not succeed in re-
moving the obstacle. The boys gen.
eral health remained good, but he was
troubled considerably by severe fits of
coughing. In one of those about two
years after the nail had disappeared it
was dislodged and forced from the
boys mouth. The boy is at present
strong and WE'LL and has never appar-
emily sustained any injury from his
extraordinary adventure. He is now
living in Churchville, this country.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
DEEP'SEA SHARKS.
They Die from Want of Pressure When
Brought to the Surface.

Fishes have been found, it is said,
three miles below the surface of the
ocean. and when a speciality has been
made of deep-sea soundings, as in the
voyage of her majesty's ship Chal-
lenger and others. the very greatest
ocean depths have been found to be
very populous, says the St. Louis Re-
public. Plants, on the contrary, do
and it is supposed, therefore. that the
deep-sea animals either prey upon each
other or get their food from dead or
ganisms and plants which sink to the
bottom.
The phosphorescent fishes. those
which light up the waves about them
so brilliantly, are found as far as a
mile below the surface. The most of
the fishes found in what are called the
''abyssal zones" have only rudimentary
eyes.
Some have only long feelers, but
these enable them to group their way
about at the bottom of the sea. On
the other hand, there are several
''abyssar' species of fishes which have
eyes so large that they are wholly out
of proportion to the rest of their bodies.
These are supposed to folloW their
phosphorescent brethren. which act as
beacon lights in the mazy depths of
old Neptune's trackless wastes.
The light of some of these ocean
lamp-posts, which have been brought
to the surface by the deep-sea dredges.
is so bright that during the brief space
the animal survives it is easy to read
by the light. even though the night be
one of Egyptian darkness"
The reason that fishes and mollusks
living even three miles under water
are able to bear the pressure of the
waves above them. which is one ton to
| the square inch at the depth of only
a mile, is because they have exceed
ingly loose tissues. which allow the
water to flow through every interstice
like it would through the pores of a
sponge. thus equalizing the weight.
Indeed. it is asserted. the main cause
of their dying almost Immediately up
on being brought to the surface is be.
cause the accustomed pressure has
been removed. According to the nat
uralists of the Challenger expedition,
all species of sharks brought up from
depth of two miles are dead before
they reach the surface.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
sHeRIDAN's WAY.
The Rapidity With Which His Acts Fol-
lowed His Thoughts.

Among our Generals, Sheridan, in
the recent Civil War, made his great
mark on the public mind by the i'm
preston he conveyed of ceaseless
activity of body and soul. He seemed
to be thought on horseback that toll
could not fatigue nor bullets hit, with
the power to flash its own ardor and
intelligence through the ranks of the
army It led As vigilant as he was
audacious; as skillful as he was in
trepid; with his mind intently fixed on
the business he had to do. and deter
rather than dismavcd his intellect, and
seeming hopelessness of success only
stimulated his exhaustless fertility of
rash merely because there was no
plan and swiftly-delivered blow, be-
cause the brain that thought was in
such direct communication with the
arm that smote. He knew that he
might be killed, but he had that in him
which he felt could not be defeated.
As he was riding with his escort
not with melodramatic celebrity we are
accustomed to believe, but with the
usual pace of some six miles an hour
as he was riding, / say, from Win
chester to Cedar Creek on that men,
orable morning when he was twenty
miles away" he quietly remarked to
Colonel Alexander, as the reports of
the disaster to his army came pouring
in: 81 am determined to regain that
field before nightfall, or lie on it." And
at Five Forks, in the great closing
battle of the war, his mind was so in
tent on his work that he appeared to
be entirely unconscious that he had a
body subject to be pierced by ball or
shattered by she'll.
An inspiration to the faltering, a
greater terror to the cowardly than the
enemy from whom they desired to fly,
he was not only the bravest of the
brave, but the most skillful of the
skillful; and his perceptions were as
keen. his judgment as true. his think
ing as just, while giving his orders in
the midst of that tempest of bullets. as
they would have been had no danger to
his person interfered with the calm
working of his mind. l might contrast
such laboring commander with some
of the loaling Generals of the war,
but, happily for them, they are already
| forgotten, and their names wake nc
echoes. even of shame and scorn. E.
p WhippLe, IN North Anserican ReUiea0.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-08-12
Curiosities About Beans.

OF all edible pods. it is believed that
the bean has been the longest known
and most widely cultivated. says the
st. Louis Republic. 1t was used as food
by the ancient Jews and considered
sacred by the Greeks and Romans. A
temple dedicated to Kyanetes. the god
of beans formerly stood on the sacred
road near Eleusis. Kyanetes was
called the god of beans because he was
the tirst'to cultivate them for food.
The bean feast. which the Athenians
celebrated in honor of Apollo, was
characterized by the excessive use of
beans. The Egyptians contrary to the
nations above mentioned, considered
beans unclean and would not venture
to touch them. Pythagoras admon-
ished his scholars; abstain from
beans" The natives of Egypt and
most all oriental nations look upon
the black speck on the wings of the
bean flower as the written characters
of death.