What They Have Fought For.
Bob Burdottc, tlio well known hum
orist has written, for tlio Gospel and
Tcmpcancc Echos, tlio following lec
ture. It contains many humorous
ideas:
My dear boy, men havo fought, bled,
and died, but not for beer. Arnold
Winklorccd did not throw himself upon
the Austrian spears because ho was or
dered to closo his saloon at nine
o'clock. William Tell did not hido his
nrrow under his vest to kill the- tyrant
becanso the edict had gouo forth that
the, frco born Swltzor should not drink
n keg of beer every Sunday. Freedom
did not shriek as Kosciosco fell over a
whiskv barrel. Warren did not iho
that beer might How as tho brooks
murmur, seven davs a week. Even tho
battlo of Brandywino was not fought
that whisky might bo free. No clauso
in tho Declaration of Independence
declares that a Sunday concert garden,
with five brass horns and ono hundred
kegs of beers is tho inalienable right of
a frco people and tho corner stono of
good government
Tea mild, harmless, innocent tea;
tho inuch-sneorcd-at tempcranco bever
nsrc, tlio fccblo drink of cireminato men
and good old women. Tea holds
highor place, it fills a brighter, moro
glorious page, and is a grander figuro
in tho history of this Uuitcd States,
than beer. Men liked tea, my boy,
but they hurled it into tho sea in tlio
namo of liberty, and they died rathor
than drink it until they mado it free
It scorns to bo worth fighting for, and
tho best men in tlio world fought for
it Tho history of tho United States is
incomplete witli tea left out. As well
might tho historian omit Fanouil Hall
and Bunker Hill, as tea. But there is
no story of heroism or patriotism with
rum for its hero.
Tho battles of this world, my son,
havo been fought for grander things
than froo whisky. Tlio heroes who fall
in tlio struggles for rum, fall shot in
tho neck, and their martyrdom is cloud
ed by tho hnunttntr phantoms of tho
jim-jams. Whisky makes men fight,
it is truo, but they usually light other-
drunken men. Tlio champion of beer
does not stand in tlio temple of famo;
ho stands in tho police court. Honor
novor has tho dolirium tremens, Glory
docs not wear a red nose, and Famo
blows a horn, but never takes ono.
Leaving Paradise.
Ob, laurels in tlio muuntnln glade,
Oh, pure breath of the mountain pines,
Oh, sweet Deep creek in the alder's simile,
AVhero the trout snllTcd coy at our lines;
Ob, laughing lawns and wliiillng walks,
Oh, turtle-dove's tender coo,
Ob, morning strolls and midday talks
Without you what shall I dol
Must I begone, enchanted park,
The very bower and fane of love!
Here, clearer than the duwu-hcard lark,
Is heard the cooing of the dove.
Here, breakfast done, I smoke cigars
While birds trill love-lays In tho wood;
Hero life seems ono clear shining star,
Ami all, Including cooking, good.
Farewell, wild glens nud bashful rills,
And Youghlogheny Bun-sprcut lake I
They call mo back, those euned bills;
Tho spell must end, tho charm must break.
Shrlna of bright hours, where rural l'au
Spreads nil fair dainties that aro his,
I'd live end die a hnppv man
Within your walls but Mr. Is bid
My life must sink to colder proso
From these clear heights of rapturous song;
Cottago where honey suckle gro,
My heart Miull keep your memory longl
Tho lamp of true love lights my way
Aud makes high noon of midnight mirk;
And yet tho devil take tho day
I leave this hcuv'n and go to work!
The Wardrobe of the Baby King,
A lady correspondent of 'J'ho London
Kcwa in Madrid writes: It is not otl
quotto for a queen of Spain to nurso her
own child, and Maria Christina lias al
ways been deprived of this pleasure
Sho wished to nurso her first, little Mer
cedes, and bogged hard to bo nllowud
to do so, but it was not considered to
bo "tlio tiling," and sho had to givo lior
up with a sigh to a mountain "ama"
(nurso) .so swarthy and dink that they
called her in tlio paliico "La Afrioana."
When Sagasta hud presented tho baby
king to all those who awaited him in n
largo hall next to the queen's chamber,
ho handed him to tlio Duchess Medina
do la Torres. Thu duchess, who is a
groat fnvorito of the queen, carried tho
babo to its mothor, saying, "Kiss your
king," Maria Christina gave her only
son a long, fond kiss, aud said, with
hor oyos full of tears, "If anything
compensates 1110 for all I have sull'ored
it is the birth of my son."
Tho two little Princesses, Mercedes
and Torosa, wero delighted to havo a
little brother, nud asked their English
nurso "who had sent him." Thoy wero
quite satisfied when sho said, "their
papa from heavon had." Tlio ltttlo
girls wanted the baby aud tho now
"ama" to share their pretty apart
ments; but this could not be, ad tho
king of Spain must have his separate
household, with u host of ayas, nursos,
chniuborlaius; and a magnificent suite
of rooms wero ready for him close to
his roynl mother's. Tho now king is a
houlthy babp. Ho is very dark and
flhowed strength by crying loudly dur
ing his presentation, much to Don
Mateo Prascoldes Sagasta's discomfort.
Tho layqtto of tho llttlo king is very
simple, Ho oven uses many little
things that havo belonged to his slstars
befora him. Maria Christina is fond of
simplicity, find often of an evening of
lata ke has made small garments for
her child; so have her slstera-ln-law,
the Infanta Isabel aud Kulalia.
Bismarck's Religion.
Bismarck in his youthful days tried
dissipation, and abandoned it because
ho found it a weariness. Ho -illowcd
himself to drift in the current of caprice
and humor, until ho became disgusted
witli lifo.
Ho had novcr come in contact with
religion, in tlio true sense of the word,
until ho met Johanna Von Putkammer.
Tlio acquaintance ripened into n deep
and lasting affection. Tho young lady's
parents wero quiet ami religious per
sons, and when young Bismarck asked
lor their daughter s hand, tney wero
Greatly surprised, and knew not what
answer to return.
His marriago brought him in contact
with men and women who led blame
less lives, who did good work in tiio
world, and who yet lived as if they wero
in the presence of a Judge, a lather,
and a Friend.
His young wifo brought him face to
faeo with a new jiowor, and discovered
to him a now motive of lifo personal
loynlty to a personal God. From tho
day of his marriago ho seems to havo
been swayed by a motive power that
had hitherlo been wanting in his lifo
to do his duty before tho living God.
Four years after his marriago ho
wrote his wife, from tho scenes of his
former dissipation aud foil:
"I cannot understand how a man
who reflects upon himsolf, and who
neither knows God nor desires to know
Him I cannot understand how sucli a
man can enduro a lifo so burdened with
ennui and self-contempt 1 cannot toll
how 1 used to bear it; if I wero again
obliged to live as I once did, without
God, without you and tho children, I
really do not sco why 1 should not cast
this lifo aside like a dirty shirt"
Twenty-threo years after, ho wroto
her, in tho excitement of tho French
war
"If I wero not a christian, I would
not servo tho king another hour. If I
did not oboy my God and put my trust
m Him, my respect for earthly rulers
would be but small. If I did not be
lieve in a Divine Government of tlio
world which had predestined the Ger
man nation to somotliinc good and
great, I would abandon tho trado of di
plomacy ntonco. I do not know whence
my senso of duty should como excopt
from God. Titles nnd decorations havo
no charm for me. Tako awny from mo
my beliof in my personal relations to
God and I am tlio man to pack up my
tilings to-morrow, to escape to .Varzin
(his country-seat), and look after my
crops."
Doubtless, llko all who try to live by
faith in God, Bismarck, being a man,
has fallen short of his idoal. In tho
opinion of many good and wiso men,
he has again and again mado sorious
mistakes. But admitting theso errors
aud short-cominirs, this significant fact
nppours:
One of tho greatest statesmen of the
ngo confesses that ho has been swayed
in his statesmanship by his beliof that
ho was carrying out a Divine purpose.
Tho most successful statesman of tlio
age says that thoughts of God and im
mortality havo lifted him up above tho
praises of men and tho sollish gratifica
tion of liis pride nnd all mere personal
ambition.
Gladstone, like Bismarck, acknowl
edges his reliance in tlio unseen and
directing hand. Faith is tho strength
of truly great minds, tho motive power
of unselfish action, and all truly great
and fruitful endeavor.
'Trust in tlio God that made thee,
aud follow the sea that is silent," is tho
limguago which a great poet makes the
sontiniont of Columbus. It represents
the purposo of tlio sound mind and
truu heart Youth's Companion.
Novor Saw tho Liko.
"What was the nintter with your son
when ho died?" was asked of an old
negro.
"Notlilu' do mailer wid him when ho
dlde, boss, only dat ho wuz dead."
"Yes, 1 know, but what caused his
death."
"Olo age, Hah."
"What, your son dlo of old ago?"
"Yas. sail."
"How, then, is it that you havo not
died of old ago?"
"Ain't olo ornull', I reckon."
"Then how could your sou die that
way."
" Caso ho wuz older don mo."
"How do you mako that out?"
"Llbod faster, sah; libed faster,
sides dat I b'lobes dat l'so ono o'
tlo 'nlntod. Boss, wush yer'd gin me
or piece o' dat olo cheese. Too olo fur
white folks tor eat. Thankeo sah,"
ho added as the storekeeper turned to
tho clieoso, "thankee, sah," putting a
couple of mackerel under his coat
Tlio grocer gavo him the checso,
smiled in a disguised wav
aud asked:
"What
coat?"
havo you got under your
"Nothln', sah."
Arkansaw Traveler.
A Conceited Husband.
A Galvestou mau is in tho hnblt of
getting up very early and going in
bathing, Yesterday morning at broak
fast his wifo said:
"1 am so anxious while you aro away
bathing in tlio mornings that 1 can't
sleep until you come back."
"Oh!" ho said, lightly, "thoro is no
danger; I know how to swim."
"It is not that," sho responded, "but
I am afraid some thief seolng you go
off, will sneak In and steal tho spoons.
You have no idea how it worries me."
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LETTCCH SALA1J.
Thrco large heads of lettuce, wash,
squeeze dry and chop not too lino; add
one cup of vinegar, salt and pcpp.-i
four large tablespoonfuls of sugar in
tlio vinegar, and pour over the lettuce
nun one-hall cup sweet or sour cream
and two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine.
COM) SLAW.
Prepare in tlio same way; the cab
bagc after being cut should bo squeezed
and worked in tho hands till soft; n
bunch of celery improves it
MASHED POTATOES.
Boil in water enough to keep from
burning; when soft pour off tho water,
set back on tho stove a minute; then
tako of! and mnsli well; salt, add
nearly a pint of milk, or enough to
make them creamy. Do not be afraid
of using too much milk; a little cream
will add greatly. I seldom uso any
butter. When cold they aro nice cut
in slices an inch thick, sprinkle witli
flour and fry.
AVJIITE CAKE.
Two coffeecups of sugar, one coffee-
cup of butter, tlio whites of four eggs,
ono coffeccup of cold water, three and
a half coffeecups of flour, with threo
tcaspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat
tho butter until light, add sugar and
stir well, then add whites of eggs (not
beaten) and beat well together; add tho
cold water, then Hour and baking pow
dor.
APPLE PUDDING.
Ono quart of Hour; mix with a pint
of sour milk in which a teaspoonful of
soda has been
dissolved and a little
vo-thirds full of quar-
salt; fill a dish two-thirds full ot quar
tcred apples, pour a cupful of molasses
over thom, put tho dough on top and
steam ono hour and n half. Servo with
cream and sugar seasoned with nut
meg.
A PLAIN INDIAN PUDDING
One quart of milk, two-thirds cup of
Indian meal, tho samo quantity of mo
lasses, thrco eggs, n tablcspoouful of
butter und a little salt. Scald tho milk
and put nil tho rest into it and bako nn
hour.
LVONNAISE POTATOES
Put ono pint of milk into a frying-pan,
add a picco of butter tho sizo of a wal
nut, somo salt and pepper, let it boil,
tako a heaped teaspoonful of corn-flour,
mix witli a littlo sweet milk nnd add to
the milk In tho frying-pan. Knop stir
ring all tho tinio; havo ready six or
sovon good-sized potatoes peeled and
cut into thin slices; put them into tho
pan with a littlo parsley and an onion
chopped small; cover thom with a plato
and lot thom stow gradually for fifteen
minutes. Send to tablo ki a covered
dish.
IlltEADEI) MUTTON CHOPS.
ltub some bread crumbs through a
wire siovo; tako ono egg and boat it on
a plato with a knife; season tho chops
on botli sides with popper and salt; cov
er them with egg nnd bread crumbs,
and fry in a pan with thrco ounces of
molted, clarified butter; fry a light
brown nnd servo.
CANNED GOOSEIlEItltlES.
Romovo blossom and stem without
broaking tho skin. Wash clean in cold
wator. Then fill the jar with berries
Make tlio syrup, aud pour over tho bor
ries till tlio jar is half full. Put tho cap
lightly in position. Placo in n boilorof
warm 'water and cook ten minutes
Out of tho contents of ono jar lill oth
ers if the fruit shrinks and then screw
cap tightly into plnco.
CANNED CUIIItANTS.
Stem so as not to break tho skin.
Wash thom and lill tho jar full. Then
add syrup till half full. Proceed as in
tho caso of gooseberries.
Ho Saw tho Card.
A united states senator who, years
ngo, used to llirt witli chance, but who
has since become a staid and conserva
tive citizen, said ono day last week:
"Hero is a card story that you won't
believe, but it linppened just tho same.
Just after tho war 1 was in Washington
on a visit and ono night I went around
to a gambling house witli sovoral ac
quaintances. I happened to know the
man who ran the placo nnd stopped in
tlio anto room for a few minutes to talk
to hint whtle tho rest of the party pass
ed into tho card room. In a short tinio
I followed. Thoro was n faro lay out
there nnd a crowd gathered about it,
and as Icamouptho cards had just boon
put In tho box for a fresh deal. Tlio
instant 1 looked at tho box I saw under
tho first card, which you know does not
count, tho jack of clubs. It was us
plain to my eyes as though tho top card
wero mado of glass. Before tho dealer
began I nsked him what odds ho would
give mo if I cnlled tlio second. Ho
looked u littlo quoorly and tho pooplo
about tho table laughed derisively.
'That is n curious way of betting,' ho
said, 'but I'll lay you ton to ono that
you can't. 'I put down ton dollars aud
called the jaok, and ho removed tho
top card, tho jaok of clubs was thoro
sure onough, just as I had seen It, I
would have called tho suit, but I was
afraid that ho would not bet. Tho
cards had been put in the box before I
camo up to tho table nnd tho only ono
visible was the top card, but it is liter
ally truo that I saw tho card undor It.
You don't bollevo it? I did not sup
pose that you would. Nevertheless,
this Is absolutely a fact. Of course, I do
not attempt to account for it, and it has
never happened since." Washington
Hatchet.
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