Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-28

me by my father, which will keep me
from all danger, seen or unseen.
In order that the charm
may work, you must have pious
faith in its power, when it will
positively keep you from all danger. At
the beginning of the revolutionary war
this book was in the possession Of my
grandfather, who lived in Vermont.
One day, when the excitement OF war
was at its height, there came to my
grandfather's house four young men OF
the war and had come to bid my grand
father gOOd-bye; he being a cripple
could not go. AS they started to go ne
told them about this book which he had
He offered to write it out for them i
they wished it. Two of them hOoted at
the idea, saying that it Was all a piece
Of foolishness and that they would have
nothing to do with it. The other W
wished him to write it out for them
promising him that they would believe
in it with pious faith.
He wrote it out for each of them and
thew went their ways.
Time passed and the war came to an
end; the two men who had accepted the
book, came home, hale and hearty. But
with the others it was different, one
was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill
and the other at the battle of New Or
leans.
In this book there is a passage for the
prevention or rather for the cur Of
tooth ache. The way in which the cure
may be affected is simply this; write out
the passage intended for this particu-
lar pain, fold it neatly and sus-
pend it by a silken thread
around the neck, with the paper hang
ing down the back. At intervals OF
about fifteen minutes the string is to be
raised to the mouth and moistened
with saliva. In the course of eight or
ten hours the silken string will part
where it has been constantly moistened.
At the same time that the string parts
the toothache will cease"
"No harm can come to the house be-
meath whose roof that book is placed"
keep you from danger last winter, when
hat tramp attempted to murder you?n
"At that time | did not have the book
in my possession. l only received it
last winter.
where a a person send to get a
copy OF this wonderful book?n | asked.
ut is not a public book and was never
printed in any but the German language
and it is long since out OF print"
How did this book have its origin?"
SIT first came before the people way
back in the early days OF the Christian
era. There was a good man and one
who believed in God, condemned to die.
The night before the execution was to
take place he was sitting in his prison
cell thinking over past events and also
of the execution which vas set for the
morrow. Suddenly the cell was filled
with a strange bright light and out Of
the light proceeded a voice which
said, You are unjustly con-
demned to die. II you will
write, and devoutly believe, that which
will tell you, there will no harm come
to YOU There was paper and pen on
the stand, placed there for the prison.
er's use in writing TO his friends. Seat
ing himself at the stand he proceeded
to write as the voice dictated to him.
What he wrote is the book now in my
possession. The execution was set for
9O'clock the following morning. Nine
O'clock came and the prisoner advanced
into the yard where the execution was
to take place; his head was placed upon
the block, and yet he had faith that all
would yet be we'll with him. The ex-
e~cutioner's axe was raised, but an I'M
seen power prevented it from descend
ing. And SO IL has been with all who
possessed this charm and who plously
believed init" e.. -. -.