ttecIpOS.
Boiled Sai.sify.—Wash and scrape a
dozen roots of salsify; put in a kottie
with boiling salt water. When tender,
drain, take up, place in a hot dish and
pour over hot cream sauce.
Fried Salsify—Wash, scrape and
' boll tender one dozen roots of satisfy.
Season with salt snd butter, make
fine and form into small cakes; dip in
beaten egg and cracker crumbs and
fry brown in hot fat.
Scaixopped Sai.sify—Cut In thin
slices and boll tender one dozen roots;
then place in a baking dish alternately
a layer of cracker crumbs, then a layer
of the salsify. Season each layer with
pepper, salt, butter and parsley, if you
have tho latter. When the dish is full
pour a quart of sweet milk over it and
bake one hour and a half.
Browned Parsnips—Wash, scrape
and cut lengthwise four or five par
snips. Pnt in tho frying pan with ono
teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful
sugar, one tablespoonful unmelted but
ter. Pour over one pint boiling water
and let them cook slowly until done
and browned, when they will be de
lightfully rich and toothsome.
Parsnips with Pork—Take a nice
piece of fresh pork having a good por
tion of fat Place in a fiat-bottom
kettle, pour over one quart of hot
water, and boil slowly one and ono
half hours. Scrape and cut length
wise one-half dozen parsnips. Put
in the kettle with the pork, adding
salt at thU time. Boil half an hour
longer wneu the water should bo
evaporated. Let both pork and pars
nips stew and fry down brown in the
kettle, turning to browr, all sides
, Mashed Parsnips—Wash and scrape
six or dlght parsnips, putting them im
mediately into a pan of water contain
ing a tablespoonful of vinegar .to keep
them from turning black. When all
are cloaned put them into a kett'e of
hot water and boil until tender. Pour
off tho water, season with salt and
butter, mash fine and put in a baking
dish, put bits of butter over tho top
and set in tho oven ten minutes or
until the top is nicely browned. Serve
very hot in tho same dish.
Wrenched out of Shape.
Joints enlarged and contorted by rheum
atism are among the penalties for allow
lag Ibis obstinate malady to gain full
headway. Always is it dangerous from its
liability to attack the vitals—invariably is
it agonizing. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
in nothing moro clearly asserted its su
premacy to the ordinary remedies for this
malady than in its power to expel the
rheumatic virus completely from the blood.
It is safe, too, while colchicum, veratrum
and miuernl poWon 4 prescribed for it are
not The efficacy of the Bittern as a
eleanser of the circulation is also con
aplouously shown where tho poison of
miasma infeots the vital fluid, or where it
Is contaminated with bile. Constipation
dyspepsia, "la grippe,” kidney and blad
der trouble, nervousness and doblllty are
also removed by it The convalescing
and the aged and infirm uerivo much bene
fit from its ire.
—Beigen, Norway, boasts a paper
church large enough to seat 1,000 persons.
The building is rendered water-proof by a
solution of quicklime, curdled milk and
whites of eggs.
—A 300-pound shark was washed up on
tho beach at Sucia Island. Wash . a lew
days ago. In its maw was found the re
mains of a human hand, thought to be
that of a Siwash
• 100 Howard. 4101).
The reader* ot this paper will be pleased
to leam that there is at hast, one dreaded
disease that eoionco has been able to cure
In all Its stagos, and that is Catarrh.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is tho only liosltlvc cure
now known to the medical fraterm y. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Huir* Cntavvh Cure ie
taken luteru&Uy, noting directly upon th ' blood
and mucous surfaces ol the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving tho patient strength by Imlldiug >ro the
constitution and assisting nature iu doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers that they offor One Hundred
Dollars for any ease that It'fails to ouro. bond
for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. I HKNF.Y & 00., Toledo, O.
•a-bold by Druggists, 73c.
—At a catholic convent in Fort Berth
eld, N. D., all the sisters, including the
mother superior, a n Indians, and tho
spiritual director la a prleat of Mohawk
descent.
Jft*• & a. Derrfi
Ol ProTldence, R. !.
Widely known as proprietor of Derry's
Waterproof Harness Oil, tells of his
terrible sufferings from Eczema and
his cure by Hood's Sarsaparilla:
“Gentlemen: Fifteen ye ra ago I had an attack
af InfUmrn itory rheumat am, which waa to.lowed
*y Kcstmsor
Salt Rheum
creaking oat on my right leg. The humor spread
allOTerm/ legs back and anna, a rwut M l*, of
iwMi awollen and Itching t-rrlMy, ciuelnr Intense
pain If the skin was broken by ecratehl ig. mu dl»
charging constantly. It Is Impossible to describe
Bay is years of agony ami torture. I speut
Thousands of Dollars
In futile elfurta to get well, and waa discouraged
and reatly to die. At this time 1 waa unable to Ic
town In bed, had to sit up all the time, ami wi a
an able to walk without crutches. I had to
told iny arms away from my body, and had to have
warms, track and legs bandaged by my filthful
ylfe twice a day.
“Fiua.ly a friend urged me to uke Hood > Sana
art la. I began by taking half a teaspoonful. My
Stomach Was All Out of
Order
But the medicine soo t corrected this, ami In six
Weeks I could sec n charge lu the condition of the
humor which nearly covered my h d.\ .t w»s
Srlveu to the surface »*y tite ."araaparMa, the
«oo» hew led. and tltc scales fv l off. i was
soon able to give up baudagoj and crutches. a d a
hap *y man L was. l h d boon takliu M od s Mr a
parlllaf.tr seven momlis. and since that time. 3
years, 1 have worn no ha .dagos whatever and iny
legs and aims aru sound ami well.
The Delight
tt myself and wife at my rcc »vcry It Is traposat'd
to teli. To a 1 my bushiest frieuda In Boston an
aver the country, 1 recommend
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
from personal experience ” S. O. Dtenav, 41 Brad*
lord Street, Providence, it. 1.
Ifisa ars BUIsas take Uoe4'> Pills.
THE TABERNACLE PULPIT
Dr. Talmage Speaks on the Refuge
of the Christian.
Thy Rod and Thy Stair They Comfort Me
••The Faithful at All Times and
Climea Will Be Sheltered
In This Haven.
Brooklyn, N. Y., March Dr. Tal
mage's subject was the refuge offered by
the Christian religion to people of all
ages and every variety of character. His
text was Ezekiel IT:33, -‘A goodly cedar
and under It shall dwell all fowl of every
wing.”
The cedar of Lebanon i* a royal tree.
It stands 0,01)0 feet above the level of
the sea. A missionary counted the
concentric circles, and found one tree
3,500 years old— long-rooted, broad
branches, all the year in luxuriant
foliage. The same branches that bent
in the hurricane that David saw
sweeping over Lebanon, rock today
over the head of the American trav
eler. This monarch of the forest, with
its leafy fingers, plucks the honors of
a thousand years, and sprinkles them
upon its own upliftod brow, as though
some great hallelujah of heaven had
been planted upon Lebanon, and it
were rising up with all its long-armed
strength to take hold of the hills
whence it entne. Oh! what a fine
place for birds to nest in! In hot days
they come thither—the eagle, the dove,
the swallow, the sparrow and the
raven. There is to many of us
a complete fascination in the
structure and habits of birds.
They seem not more of earth
than heaven—ever vlcillating between
the two. No wonder that Audubon,
with his gun, tramped through all of
the American forests in search of new
specimens. Geologists have spent
years in finding the track of a bird's
claw in the new red sandstone. There
is enough of God’s architecture in a
snipe's bill or a grouse's foot to con
found all the universities. Musleians
have, with clefs and bars, tried to catch
the sound of the nightingale and
robin. Among the first thing that u
child notices is a swallow at the caves;
and grandfather goes out with a hand
ful of crumbs to feed the snow-birds
The bible is full of ornithological al
lusions. The birds of the bible are not
dead and stuffed, like those of the
museum, but living birds, with flutter
ing wings and plumage. “Behold the
fowls of the air,” says Christ.
"Though thou exalt thyself as the
eagle, and thou hast set thy nest
among the Btars, thence will I* bring
the down,” exclaimsObadiah. “Gavest
thou the goodly wings unto the pea
cocks?” says Job David describes his
desolation by saying, “I am like a pel
ican of the wilderness; I am like an
owl of the desert; I watch, and am as
a sparrow alone upon the housetop.”
“Yea, the storlc in tlio heaven knowoth
her appointed time; and the turtle,
and the crane, and the swallow ob
serve tbe time of their coming; but
my people know not the judgment of
the Lord”—so says Jeremiah.
Ezekiel in my text Intimates that
Christ is the cedar, and the people
from all quarters are the birds
that lodge among the branches.
“It shall be a goodly cedar,
and under it shall dwell all fowl
of every wing. ” As In Ezekiel's time,
so now—Christ is a goodly cedar, and
to him are flying all kinds of people
young and old, rich and poor; men
high-soaring as the eagle, those fierce
as the raven, and those gentle as the
dove. “All fowl of every wing.”
First, the young may come. Of the
1,893 years that have passed since
Christ came, about 1,000 have been
wasted by the good in misdirected ef
forta Until Robert Raikes came,
there was no organized effort for sav
ing the young. We spend all our
strength trying to bend old trees,when
a little pressure would have been suffi
cient for the sapling. We let men go
down to the very bottom of sin before
we try to lift them up, It is a great
deal easier to keep a train on the track
than to get it on when it is off. The
experienced reinsman checks the fiery
steed at the first jump, for when he
gets in full swing, the swift hoofs
clicking fire from the pavement, and
the bit between his teeth, his momen
tum Is irresistible. It is said that the
young must be allowed to sow their
“wild oats ” I have noticed that those
who sow their wild oats seldom try to
raise any other kind of crop. There
are two opposite destinies. If you are
going to heaven, you had better take
the straight road, and not try to go to
Iloston by the way of New Orleans.
What is to be the history of this multi
tude of young people around me today?
I will take you by the hand and show
yon a glorious sunrise. I will not
whine about this thing, nor gronn
about it; but come, young men
and maidens, Jesus wants you.
Uis hand is love; his voice is
music; his smile is heaven. Religion
will put no handcuffs on your wrist,no
hopples on your feet, no brand on your
forehead.
I went through the heaviest snow
storm I have ever known to see a dy
ing girl. Her cheek on the pillow was
white as the snow on the casement
Her large round eye had not lost any
of its lustre. Loved ones stood all
around the bed trying to hold her
back. Her mother could not give her
up; and one nearer to her than either
father or mother was frantic with
grief. I said, “Fanjiy, how do you
feel?" “Oh," she said. “happy!
happy! Mr. Talmage, tell all the
young folks that religion will make
them happy." As t came out of the
room, louder than all the Bobs and
•vailings of grief I heard the clear,
weet, glad voice of the dying girl;
■ Good night; we shall meet again on
the other side of the river.” The next
Sabbath we buried her. We brought
white flowers and laid them on the
coffin. There was in all that crowded
church but one really happy and de
lighted face, and that was the face of
Fanny. Oh! I wish that now my Lord
Jesus would go through this audience
and take all these flowers of youth
and garland them on his brow. The
cedar is a fit refuge for birds of bright
est plumage and swiftest wing. See,
they fly! they fly! “All fowl of every
wing. ”
Again: I remark that the old may
some, You say, "Suppose % ■»>«„ has
i so go on crutches; suppose he Is blind,
tuppose he Is deaf; suppose that nine
tenths of his life has been wasted.”
Then I answer, come with crutches;
come old men, blind and deaf, come to
Jesus. If you would sweep your
I hand around before your blind eyas,
I the first thing you would touch would
be the cross. It is hard for an aged
{ man or woman to have grown
| old with out religion. Their taste
is gone. The peach and the grape
have lost their flavor. They suy that
| somehow fruit does not taste as it used
| to. Their hearing gets defective, and
; they miss a great deal that is said in
{tlieir presence. Their friends have all
i gone, and everybody seems so strange.
! The world seems to go away, and they
| are left all alone. They begin to feel
I in the way when you come into the
; room where they are, and they move
their chair nervously, and say, "I hope
I am not in the way. ” Alas! that
father and mother should ever be in
the way. When you were sick, and
they sat up all right rocking you, Bing
ing to you, administering to you. did
they think that you were in the way?
Are you tired of the old people? Do
you snap them up quick sud sharp? You
will be cursed to the bone for your in
gratitude and unkindness!
Oh, it is hard to be old without re
ligion—to feel this world going away,
and nothing better coming. If there
be any here who have gone far
on without Christ, I address you
deferentially. Yon have found this a
tough world for old people. Alas! to
have aches and pains, and no Christ
to sootho them. 1 want to givp you a
cane better than that yon lean on. It
is the cane that the bible speaks of
when it says, ”Thy rod and thy staff,
they comfort mo.” 1 want to give you
better spectacles than those you now
look through. It is the spiritual eye
sight of divine grace. Christ will not
think that you are in the way. Does
your head tremble with the plsy of old
age? Lay it on Christ's bosom Do you
feel lonely now that your companions
and children arc gone? 1 think Christ
has them. They are safe in his keep
ing. Very soon he will take you
where they are. I tune hold of your
arm and try to lead you to a place
where you can put down all your bur
den. Go with me. Only a little while
longer, and your sight- will come
aguln, and your hearing will come
again, and with the strength of an
immortal athlete, you will step on the
pavement of heaven. No crutches in
heaven; no sleepless nights in heaven;
no cross looks for old people. Dwell
ing there for ages, no one will say:
“Father, you know nothing about
this; step back; you are in the way.”
Oh, how many dear old folks Jesus
i has put to sleep! How sweetly he has
closed their eyes! How gently folded
their arms! How he has put his hand
on tlieir silent hearts and said: “Rest
now, tired pilgrim. It is all over. The
tears will never start again. Hush!
Ilushl" So he gives his beloved sleep.
| 1 think the most beautiful object on
j earth is an old Christian, the hair
I white, not with the frots of winter,but
I the blossoms of the tree of life. I
never feel sorry for a Christian old man.
Why feel sorry for those upon whom
tlio glories of tlio eternal world are
about to burst? They are going to the
goodly cedar. Though their wings
are heavy with age, God shall renew
their strength like the eagle, and they
shall make their nest in the cedar. “Ail
fowl of every wing.”
Again; The very bad, the outrage
ously sinful, may'ome. Men talk of
the grace of Qod, as though it were so
many yards deep. I’coplo point to the
dying thief as an encouragement to the
sinner. How much better it would be
to point to our own case and say, "If
God saved us, he can save anybody.”
There may be those here who never
had one earnest word said to them
about their souls. Consider me as put
ting my hand on your shoulder and
looking in your eye. God has been
good to you. You ask, “How do you
know that? He has been very hard on
me.” “Where did you come from?”
“Home.” "Then you have a home.
"Have you ever thanked God for
your home? Have you children?”
“Yes." "Have you ever thanked God
for your children? Who keeps them
safe? Were you ever sick?” “Yes.”
“Who made you well? Have you been
fed every day? Who feeds you? Put
your hand on your pulse. Who makes
it throb? Listen to the respiration of
your lungs. Who helps you to breathe?
Have you a Bible in the house, spread
ing before you the future life? Who
gave you that bible?" Oh! it has been
a story of goodness and mercy all the
way through. You have been one of
God’s pet children. Who fondled you.
and caressed you, and loved you? And
when you went astray and wanted to
come back, did he ever refuse? I
know of a father who. after his son
came back the fourth time, said, "No,
I forgave you three times, but I will
never forgive you again.” And the
son went oil and died. Hut God takes
back his children the thousandth time
as cheerfully as the first As easily as
with my handkerchief I strike the dust
off a book, God will wipe out all your
sins.
There nre hospitals for “incurables. ”
When men are hopelessly sick, they
are sent there. Thank God! there is no
hospital for spiritual incurables.
Though you had the worst leprosy thut
ever struck a soul, your flesh shall
come again like the flesh of a little
child. O, this mercy or God! I ain
told it is an ocean. Then I place on it
four swift-sailing crafts, with compass
and charts, and choice rigging, and
skillful navigators, and I tell them to
launch away, and discover for me the
extent of this ocean. That craft puts
out in one direction and sails to the
north; this craft to the south; this to
the east; this to the west They crowd
on all their canvass, and sail 10,000
years, and one day come up to the har
bor of heaven, and I shout to them
from the beach, “Have you found the
shore?" and they answer. “No shore to
I God's mercy!” Swift angels, dispatched
■ from the throne, attempt to go across
! it. For a million years they fly and flv,
I but then come back and fold their
j wings at the foot of the throne, and
i cry, "No shore! no shore to God’s
j mercy!"
Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! I sing it
II preach it. I pray it. Here I find a
I man bound hand and foot to the devil,
| but with one stroke of the hammer of
God’s truth the chains fall off and he
| is free forever. Mercy! Mercy! Mercy!
. There is no depth it cannot
| fathom, there is no height it
| cannot scale, there is no infinity
it cannot compass. I take my stand
I under this goodly cedar, and see the
flocks flying1 thither. They are torn
with the shot of temptation, and
wounded, and sick and scurred. Poms
fought with iron beak, some once
feasted on carcasses, some were fierce
of eye and cruel of talon, tut they
came, flock after flock—“all Jowl of
every wing.”
! Again: all the dying will find their
nest in tiiis goodly cedar. It is cruel
to destroy a bird s nest, but death docs
not hesitate to destroy one. There
was a beautiful nest in the next street
Lovingly the parents brooded over it
There were two or three little robins
in the nest The senriet fever thrust
its hot hands into the nest, and the
birds are gone. Only those are safe
i who have their nests in the goodly
cedar. They have over them “the
[feathers of the Almighty.” Oh! tc
have those soft, warm, eternal wings
stretched over us! Let storms beat,
and the branches of the cedar toss on
the wind—no danger When a storm
comes, you can see the birds flying tr
the woods. Ere the storm of death
comes down, let us fly to the goodly
cedar.
Of what great varieties heaven will bt
made up! There come men who once
were hard and cruel, and desperate in
wickedness, yet now, soft and changed
by grace, they come into glory: “Ail
fowl of every wing.” And here they
come, the children who were reared ir
loving home circles, flocking through
the gates of life: “All fowl o)
every wing.” These were white,
and came from northern homes
these were black, and ascended
from southern plantations; these were
copper-colored, and went np from In
dian reservations: “All fowl of every
wing.” So God gathers them up. It
is astonishing how easy it is for a good
soul to enter heaven. A prominent
business man in Philadelphia weut
home one afternoon, lay down on the
lounge, and said, “It is time for me to
go.” 'He was very aged. His daugh
ter said to him, “Are you sick?” Ho
said, “No; but it is time for me to go.
Have John put it in two of the morn
ing papers, that my friends may know
that I am gone. Good-bye;” and as
quick as that, God had tuken him.
It is easy to go when the time comes.
There aro no ropes thrown out to pull
us ashore; there are no ladders let
down to pull us up. Christ comes and
takes us by the hand and says, “You
have had enough of this; come up
higher.” Do you hurt a lily when you
pluck it? Is there any rudeness when
Jesus touches the cheek, and the red
rose of henlth whitens into the lily of
immortal purity and gladness?
When autumn comes and the giant
of the woods smites his anvil and the
leafy sparks fly on the autumnal gale
then there will bo thousands of birds
gathering in the tree at the
corner of the field, just before
departing to warmer climes, and
they will call and sing until the
branches drop with the melody. There
is a better clime for us, and by-and-by
we shall migrate. We gather in the
branches of the goodly cedar, in prep
aration for departure. Y’ou heard oui
voices in the opening song; you will
hear them in the closing song—voices
good, voices bad, voices happy,
voices distressful — “All fowl o',
every wing.” By-and-by we shall be
be gene. If all this audience is saved
— as I hope they will be—I see then:
entering into life. Some liavo had it
hard some have had it easy. Some
were brilliant, some were dull. Some
were rocked by pious parentage, oth
ers have had their infantile cheek*
'scalded with the tears of woe. Some
crawled, as it were, into the kingdom
on their hands and knees, and some
seemed to enter in chariots of flaming
fire.. Those fell from a ship's mast,
these were crushed in a mining disas
ter. They nre God’s singing birds now.
No gun of huntsman shall shoot them
down. They gather on the trees ol
life, and fold their wings on the
branches, and, far away from frosts,
and winds, and night, they sing untii
the hills are flooded with joy, and the
skies drop music, and the arches o!
pearl send back the echoes—“All fowl
of every wing.”
HOW HE WON HER PAPA.
A Clever Y>mng Lover Commit* » Clever
Lawyer ami Succeed*.
Young Tod die by was a trne-li«artf»d
and promising youth, says the N. Y.
Ledger. Hu had graduated with honor
at Yale, and was studying law with
Mr. Loftcr.
It so happened that Toddlebv be
came acquainted with n beautiful
young lady, daughter of old Dighy.
He loved the fair maiden, nnd when
lie iiad reason to believe that his love
was returned he asked Mr. Lnftor to
recommend him to the father, Lofter
being on terms of close intimacy with
tlie family.
The lawyer agreed and performed
tho mission, but old Digbv, who loved
money, asked what properly the young
man iiad. Lofter said he did not
know, but he would inquire. Tho
next time he saw his young student
l:c relied him if he hud auy property
at all.
"Only health, strength and a deter
mination to work,” replied the youth.
••Well." said the lawyer, who sin
cerely believed the studeut was in
every way worthy, "let us see. What
will you take for your right legf I
will give you $20.01)0 for it. ’
Of course Toddlcby refused. The
next lime the lawyer saw the young
lady’s father ho said: "I have in
quired about this young man's circum
stances. He tins no money in bank;
hut ho owns a piece of property for
which, to my certain knowledge, he
has been offerud and has refused $20,
000.”
This led obi Dighy to consent to the
marriage, which shortly afterwards
took place. In tho end ho had rensnq
lo be proud of bis son-in-law, though
ho was once heard to remark, touch
ing that rare piece of property, upon
tho strength of which lie had con
sented to tho match: "If it could not
take wings it was liable at anv time to
walk off!”
She Tabes Care of Pet Plants.
An enterprising London woman lias
discovered a new method of earn in*:
money pleasantly. Just before the
close of the seasou she advertised to
take cure of valuable plants and palms
while their owners were out of lowu.
and secured a suflicient number to
hire an assistant aud clear consider
able urolit.
HIS NOSE ITCHED*
Dit Ha Did Nnt Enj iy the Way la Whleh
It Waa scratched.
“One ntaht,” said Ben Holladay to a
N. Y. World man, “I was bouncing over
die plains in one of my overland
coaches.
"Mrs. Holladay and myself were the
only passengers. Several stages bad
been robbed within two months and
the driver was ripping along us though
a gnng of prairie wolves were after
him. Suddenly the horses were
thrown on their haunches and the
tiage stopped.
"1 was heaved forward, but quickly
recovered, and found myself gazing at
the muzzles of a double-barreled shot
gun.
“‘Throw up your hands and don't
stir!’ shouted the owner in a gruff
voice.
‘ 'Up went iny hands and I began to
commune with myself. The fellow
then coolly asked for my money.
I saw that he did not know who
I was, and I was afraid that my
sick wife might awake and call my
name.
"My coat was buttoned over my
bosom, but scarcely high enough to
hide a magniticent emerald that cost
me over $8,000 u few weeks before in
Sail Francisco.
“I scarcely breathed through fear
that light might strike the stone, and
itj* sparkling brilliancy attract the at
tention of the robber. I had about
$40,000 in a money-belt nod several
buudred dollars in "my pocket.
"Suddenly my friund shouted: 'Come
shell out—quick, or I'll send the old
'un a free lunch.'
'T passeil out the few hundreds loose
in my pockets and handed him my
gold watch and chain. They were
heavy. I think the chain alone would
weigh live pounds at least.
•"There,’ said I, ‘there's every cent
I’ve got! Take it aud let me go on.
My wife is very ill, and I don’t know
what would happen to her if she kuuw
what was going on.’
4 'Keep your hands up!’’ was the reply,
while a second robber received my
watch and money.
"Then a search was made for the ex
Cress company's box. but the double
arreled shotgun did not move. Its
muzzles were within a foot of my nose.
For my life I did nnt dare to stir.
••My nose began to itch. The stiff
hairs of my mustache got up, one after
another, and tickled it until the sensa
tion was intolerable. I could stand it
no longer.
“‘Stranger.’ I cried. ‘I must scratch
my nose! It itehos so that I am al
most crazy!’
‘"Move your hands,’ he shouted, ‘and
I’ll blow a hole through your head big
enough for a jack rabbit to jump
through!’
"I appealed once more.
•‘•Well,’ lie answered, ‘keep your
hands still and I’ll scratch it for you.’”
"Did lie scratch it?” asked oiie oi
Ben’s interested listeners.
• Sure!" snid Mr. Holladay.
••Hoiv?” asked the breathless listener.
"With the muzzle of the cocked
gun!" said the great overlandor, "Hi
rubbed the muzzle around my mus
tache and rakeil it over the eud of my
nose until I thanked him and said that
it itched no longer.”
The robbers soon afterward took
their leave, with many apologies, aud
Ben continued his journey to the
Missouri, with the big emerald and
$40,000.
Henry Ward Beecher's Love Poem.
During the days of Henry Ward
Beecher's courtship it is related by his
wife that lie ouce dropped into poetry,
and wrote a few lines of verse teeming
with affection for his sweetheart. But
the verses wore always kept sacred by
Mrs. Beecher, as they are at the pres
ent day, and uotbiug can win them
from her.
One day Mr. and Mrs. Beecher were
in the office of Robert Bonner, who
was then conducting the N. Y. Ledger.
"Why dou’t you write a poem,
Beecher?” said tho acute publisher.
"I will give you more for such a poem
than l liavo for ‘Norwood.’”
"He did once," admitted Mrs Beech
er, and at once Mr. Bouuer’s eyes
sparkled. "Recite it for me, won’t
you. Mrs. Beecher?” he asked.
But the eyes of the great prcuchei
were riveted on his wife, aud she knew
that meant silence.
"Come.” said the persistent pub
lisher, "I’ll give $5 000 if you will re
cite that poem for me, addressing Mrs.
Beecher.
"Why. it ran-began the preach
er’s wife.
"Euuico.” simply snid Mr. Beecher.
And, although Robert Bonner offer
ed to double tne sum first offered, he
never got the poem from Mrs. Beecher,
and no one has been a whit more sue
cessful.
Mike's Mistake.
A couple of Erin’s sons were taking
their noonday rest, and J heard one ol
them ask his companion:
••How is it, Mike, that ’vea don’t
spend the money that yea used t'?”
Mike ejected about a quart of to
bacco juice from between his lips and
replied:
"Well, Denny, Til tell yea. Ya secs,
I get me |1G ivery week, an’ I used tb
tell the old lady that I was only get
tin' tin dollars. I usty put tin
dollars in wan pocket for the old
lady an’ the other six in me other
pocket for mcself, d’y’ see? Well,
about three weeks ago. sure, I forgot
to separate the money, an’ when I got
home I bunded the old lady the whole
$16. A little whoile after she sea t’
me:
“'How much did yea make this week,
Moike?”
•"Tiu dollnrs.’ sea Oi.
"’IV $6.’ sez she.
"An’ thin it kem’t’ me in n minute,
in’ I sez: Oh. he must ha’ roed a
mistake an’ given me some wan else’)
money. Give it hero t’ mo, an’ll tek it
back t’ him ngiu.’ But the devil a
penny would she ginnne. <*n’ the very
next day she kirn down t’ see th’ boss.
Of course she found out that I was
makin' me $16 a week, and now I have
to give her ivery cent.”
And then the boss came along and
ordered them to work before Denny
bad a chance to oonvey his sympathy
Smciiva Citizen.
«■ in went For*. ""
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Bwwed Front the Grave.
Moarn Washihotok, Iowa. Uch m
Hie wonderful discovery of Pastor Kombv
Hem Tonlobae evidently saved me fronts!
frave or an insane asylum; and I and my this
eld mother oannot thank you enough fo/2
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we thank you many thousand times, audeffl
remember yon In our prayers.
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