Mollie's Ram

Mollie bad a little ram as black as a rubber shoe. and everywhere that Mollie went, he emigrated too, He went vvith her to cburcli one day - the folks hilarious grew, to see him walk demurely into Deaoon Allen's pew. The worthy deacon quickly let bis angry passions rise, and gave it an unchristian kick between the sad, browa eyes. This landed rammy In the aisle; the deacon followed fast, and raised his foot; alas! that flrst kick was bis last. For Mr. Sheep walked slowly back about a rod, 'tis said, and ere the deacon could retreat, it stood him on his head. The cengregation tben arose and went for that 'ere sheep. Several welldirected butts just piled them in a heap. Tben rushed tbey straigbtway for the door with curses long and loud, while rammy struck the hindmost man and shot him through the crowd. The minister had often heard that kindness would subdue the flercest beast. "Aha!" he says, "111 try that gaine on you." And so he kindly, gently called. "Come rammy, ramiay, ram; to see the folks abase you so, I grieved and sorry am." With kind and gentle words he carne from that tall pulpit down, saying "Eammy, rammy, rammy, ram - best sheepy in the town." The ram quite dropped its bumble air, and arose from off his feet, and when the parson lit he was beneath the hindmost seat. As he shot out of the door, and closed it with a slam, he named a California town- I tbink 'twas "Yuba Dam." Thk late Dr. Colver wonld sometimes nse a quaint illustration to make himself intelligible to men of ordinary capacity. Lecturing to a class of colored studente in theoloa;y, some white visitors being present, he said: "You should always have two mules' ears to every sermón. " The white visitors were blank with surprise, not knowing what to make of the remark; but the eolored studente saw its force at once. They were accustomed to ride mules without saddle or bridle, and oompelled to hold on by the ears, and so they knew that the mules' ears meant something to catch hold of and hold I on by.