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REAL ESTATE AGENTS.

Il A. BOSWELL & CO.,
Real Estate Brokers,
Southeast corner ~ street and Virginia avenue,
southwest,
WASHINGTON, DC.
HOUSES and LOTS FOR SALE
HOUSES RENTED and RENTS COLLECT
ED. lan27-lm
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RENARKaBLE FIAT nv A CHILD--A short
while ago Walter and Minnie children OF Dr.
Tate, living near Greenvillc, aged respectively
six and tour years. were playing together in .
room in the house, when Mnnie's clothing
caught from the fire, at which the little gh1
.Jy ns,n occine nls ,, ned sSresnes
Walter, with presence of mind remaf able for
child, instantly shut the door, and, seisiag
the dress OF his little sister, twisted IL in his
hands ar to completely extinguish the fiamos-
His hands and arms were badly burned, bat
doubtless he saved the life Of Minnie. On beirg
asked Why he shut the door. he replied that hs
had heard somebody saw, when your clothes
take FIRE, you should not 60 into the air.
StdsafOH { T0.) Spectator.
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Y'HIs IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscriser
trict Of Columbia, holding Special Terra letters Of
ADMINISTRATION on the personal estate Of AAkH A.
HARVEY, late Of w Washington county, ID. o., de-
ceesed- All persons having claimg against the said
essed are hereby warned 10 exhibit the san,e, With
the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber, before
the 8 day Of January next: they may otherwise By
Law be excluded from all beneH Of the saiA estate
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JAY COOKE q CO.,
b A N x Z RS,
WASHINGTON.

TINTED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
On the petition Of AMOS S. BLAKE, Of water.
bury, Conn, PRAYING for the extension of .
Tor an Improvement in Animal Traps:
II is ordered that the testimony in be closed
srRumsDis and the Rxamincrt report be limited TO
the day Of April nsxt; and that said pstition be
heard the ssh day Of April next. - a.
Any person nay ogpose this extenslcn.
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II B. MCGUIRE,
REAL ESTATE AGENT AND BROKER,
janl-Sm Once: 1906 y. STREET.
A USTIN p. BROWN,
W.ab inO fov ~
II B. MCGUIRE,

LUMBER, LINE, CENENT, SAND, &C., &C., 10.
LUMBER Ellis cut TO order on short notice
BLUE STONE for Building, Macadamixing and
Paving purpose delivered in any part Of the Bis
trict. -
REAL ESTATE bought and sold and money In
vested. To this branch Of the busness will here
after give my personal attention, and will b Ct my
once daily from 10 .. N. until p. m. mArl-6
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FLORiDA ORANGES, ). -
dsl-tf: 1883 . street
MO HUNDU0.-L. kICB. via pay . fair eslh
IN price for any kind Of Ladies', 0enks and Chill
drsnS second hand Clothiqg, Boot, SHOES, &C. 623
7th street, between end q, oouth. Mote By mai
: n where Gleniworthh ExfERNM.s -.--.10
ATQR 9 assd.' Tor sale by z; y. 9!Lr
t1D., =. .. corner ii and 3 g. .. y. 49,
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CONGRESS STABLES,
" sTH STREET, BETWEEN AND K.
Horses and Buggies for Hire, and fresh supply OF
good Horses for sale every week.
iysl-ly RICHARD WANT, Proprietor.
WASH Majors STABLES, 1916 ST.
w CARRIAGES Of the latest styles constantly
on hand and for hire by the day or month.
Parties, weddings, and receptions furnished with
the most comfortable and elegant Carriages.
Particular attention to boarding Horses, and
Horses always for sale and exchange. dec15-6
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RAILROADS.

lALTIMORE AND
- RAILROAD. ~ E3fIEz4S
I,.ins b.iween WASHINGTON AND BALTI-
MORE aud WASHINGTON AND THE WEST are
now run As toilos5, ,pn;,r,xopr
Leave daily, except Sunday, al AS, 6:s5, 500, SIS
and los a. N; Leo, SIS, ilO SD 3d. Sou and $50
on SUNDAY FOR BALTIMORE.
Leave a. AS and GU 9. m, and Leo, Sis, $50 500
FOR ALL WAY STATIONS
Lesve daily, .Seept Sunday at 48h, s:1 and SIS
Sue .. NJ, ard LOO, rs, sd, aud sUO D. m
The lOe 3 Is and SIS o. N. trains stop at the fol-
lowing stations only Wis, Biadensburg, Belts .iile,
Laurel, Annapolis junction, Hanover and Relay
Also, the Is will stop at Jessupis Cut, and the
SEQ 2. m al Penn's Crossing.
FOR ANNAPOLIS.
Leave AZ o!5 a m and 4lJ M; but no trains TO or
fTUm Annapolis on sunday
FOR NORFOLK.
Leave NJ l-tp D. m. except Sunday.
FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WEST
Leave daily, except SATURDAY and Sunday, at 8: IS
/, and SIS and SO 2. n. or saturday At SIS and
TRAINS ARRIVE As FOLLOWS:
From New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, AT
SD a. m, and 5. IS and 95b p. m.
fr"Is philadelphia and Baltimore at 5:50a.m
and 20, ). NJ. 5:, SIS, rs, 955, ami 1850 D. m
FROM THE WEST.
Arrive ut 80. 6;3o and l1.bC p. m.
THOUGH ,1c.ets TO the West can be had at the
day also. al the Company Office IS Pennsy lyania
avenue. Passeng gers TohasiDg tickets the Ave,
called for and chez Se at their residence taken to the
depot. ant PIT into the baggage car
For New York, Phiad-iphis and Boston see ad
verti-ement Of Through Line"
THOS. X. SHARP, Asst Master TRANSFORMATION
l.. NJ. COLE. General Ticket Agent
GkO- ;. kOONTZ, Gent A ct, Washington. Jas
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1910 GREAT 1870
1917 PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 1917
TO IHK NORTHwEsT, SOUTH, AND SOUTH
WkST.

The GREAT BoCBLE TRACK ROUTE,
With elegant Scensry, Palace State room dag and
oight cars, with modern improvements.
Two hundred miles saved to Western and Central
New York.
The los Q. m. daily, except Sunday, northwest,
SsS daily, and SEQ y. n, except Sunday, west,
"a MAZE CONNECTIONS
Jhroagh from BALTIMORE to NIAGARA and
PITTSBC re without shAnge.
Tckst. b. this route can Be procured 1t the ofces,
corner Of 18th street and Pennsy lania avenue, and
National Hotel, where rslisbls information viii be
given At ali times.
Passengers procuring tickets at this once can
secure accommodation In Palace Cars for Pitts
burg
I'D :. YOUNG, General Pa--enser Agent,
mATls-ly Baltimore, Nd.
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EVENING STAR.
Ceaclsssea Yesterday Prscc~a


SENArE--Aftcr our report clo-cd-
The b;ii IN reistioa o. mineral ls-ds vss
ps'~ed. Nexempts from the operations " tie
general Tin on this subject Miossgsn, Minu-ssts
Mr.. Anthony introduced |. bIlf inccrprssssr
the MiSsis~iPpi and Ohio Tunnsa Tube oos-
tunnels under the Mississippi and % No rivera %
Ne used for connecting railways cenaering near
their junction. Among the incorpOrst.rs sNncl
are Thomas A Scott and Y. " MccuNoael -
P.rnsyiys,i.. n p,erp,,, Marg.n- w : 49,
cram. n. q. Marcusnd. Of New York: a. q.
Bum ide. OF Rbcde Island, and n. Il. Crtsn ga
W. y. CcoIhsugh. &C Illinois.
The unfinished business. being the legisi ~ We.
executive snd judicial appropriation btll, 10
then proceeded with, the QUESTION being on shs
motion OF Mr.. SPrsgue. % reconsider the vsts
passing the Morrill, Amendment
A lengthy debate ensued ON the smendmeuS
TIRE object 20 which, " was ststed. was g.
clnde Mr lamar, of G,crgia frvm the Court -
tlaims- After which the motion a. rccouSs1 cr
was csrried-syer -, nxvs 2i
The question wac then On the anendmert or
Mr.. Morrill,, when Mr.. Stevenson showed % isv
u onthe table, which Wa not AGREED tO-aycs
Mr. Aloorn moved an amendment PROVIDING
that tie time In which said CLAIMS NAV be pre-
scented i extended fcr twelve months from tss
passage OF This act Laid ON the table.
MIR. Alcorn then moved an Amendment -
amend the Amendment so n 90 make &c apply
only 90 G.. B. Lamar, ~ u was understood No
said that It's object was q apply @ him only
Mr.. Edv ards said there were nav, others 70
whom IL applied. on notion Of Mr.. Ccnkling.
the amendment was also laid ON the ta,ie.
The amendment was theu0greed to-ayos 81,
noes -.
The hill was then passed, and now GOES bach
c. the HOUSE for action on the amendment
The Senate then, nj 5f5p. m, adjourned.
Hot SE--After our report closed, the case OF
the contUmsciOus witness Jos. II. Stewart. vas
disposed of ~ stated elsewhere in Tbs STAR.
On motion OF Mr.. Banks Mass. the conse-
GRAFTON of the Senate bill 60 amend the s-rt
organizing the diplomatic and consular system
OF the United STATES, which had been made ne
special orier for to-day, was made the special
order for Thursday neat
The Honse then went into commi ttee of ne
whole ON the annual fortification hill. which vss
considered and ordered Ca he reported % Ne
House without amendment. Among the ttrrss
in the fertilization bin are the following. Fer
fort opposite Fort Delaware. Del. SIS .0eos fsr
Fort McHenry, Md, as .0oa. for Fort Foese.
Md. S.5.Ooo: for Fort Washington. $4,000; for
Fort Monroe. Va, sfo.000 for tOrpeioes fur
harbor defence, and for preservation of the
same, s+oo.coo. The total sum Appropriated 10
81 ,9S9 ,Oaa.
The committee then rose and the Mouse passed
the bill, and at 4 O'Clock adjourned.
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rU'HROUGH LINE BETWEEN
WASHINGTON. PHILADEL- - Sssz;E<Es{z
PHIA. AND NEW YORK kkASk0N ~
WASHINGTON, November s, 1872
Trains between WASHINGTON and NEW YORK
a. follows
FOR NEW YORK, ritSoa change Of cars
Leave daIly except Sunday at stu a. m, Loo and
Up. m.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave daily (except sunday at N, Loo and $50
on SUNDAY.
Leave for New \ ork at $50 p. NJ and Philadelphia
NJ Sd p
Sleeping for New York on $50 p m. train
only.
Through tickets to Philadelphia, New York and
Boston Can be had as the Station Office at all hours
Of the day.
schedule between Washington, Baltimore, Annapo-
as and the West.
THOS. H. SHARP, Assr Master Transportation
l.. M COLE, General Ticket Agent.
GEO. 8. kOONTZ, AGENT, Washington. leN
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STEAMER LINES.

CUNAKD LINE.
THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS,
sETwEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL,
CALLING AT CORK HARBOR.
FROM NEW YORK.
wed-Feb. 81 Abyssinia... Wed Feb. %
JAVA Nv ed--Feb. ~ Cuba -wed--Msr. L.
Steamers marked thus do not carry Storage pas
sepgers.
DAY from New York.
RATES OF PAssAsE.-Cabin, $50, 500, and 8 10
Tickets 10 Paris, sis, gold, s,ddiiISnai; 4EH
steersse tickets from Liverpool and Queenstown,
III q.
antwerp and other point. on the Continent and for
,ase apply at the CompAny's ofhce, No. { Bowling
Green, for steerage passage, At No. III Broadway,
' novis-iy tHAs. g. FRANCKLYN. Agent.
A NCHOK LINE sTEAMEkS
SAIL EVERY SATURDAY.
Passengers booked to and from any Railway Sta
lion OF Seaport IN Great Britain, ireland, 1e3AA
france Holland. belgium and nd the United
states.
rSfoo g sEw .a 1Nsk tss ss
Intermediate, ssS; steersse, $50: all payable in
gar5sqlaI, apply to the Agent c. CAMMACK, JR.,
ITO ''''''' "HEN4ERsON BROTHERS,,
mayD Bowling Green, New York
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NEW EXPRESS LINE VIA CANAL.
~ BETWEEN
PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRA, VA,
WASHING TON 4 GE >RGEiUWN, u. Z.
Sailing day from rier = North W harves, Philadel-
phia, WEDNESDAY and SATUR- IT,
DAY, at \ m. S&AN
From SO Water street, Georgetown,
D. c., TUESDAY and ATURDAY, At 10 .. m.
@. +. HYDE, Agent for d. Of @.
Ag ms,-f. A. Reid, Alex andris, Va; WN. ?.
DE 4 Co, Phiadelphia, Pa. Tvs
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BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC
ID RAILROAD, &0
D,pof COZ. 6sa asd Il swssts, N. W.HAG

Dspof cor. ga aad - Sweets, ".
TRAINS LEAVE FOB TRAINS ARRIVE AT
BALTIMORE. WASHINGTON.
as a. NJ, Niagara EXP, AS a m, Western EXP,
daily. daily, except Sunday.
SS m, Baltimore n all 53s m, all daily,
daily. cspt Sunday.
t0:ss . M, W estern Exp. II % a. m, Western EXP
daily. except sunday. daily.
e8 d. m, Baltimore Ac- So m, Pacific Express,
cOmnsodatIon, daily, ex- daily, except Sunday.
cept Sunday. sss pm Accommodation,
s3 D. m, Cincinnati Ell daily.
press daily, except Sun los .. ~, Southern Ey-
day. pres, daily, except Sun
Isl IN, Western Bnp., day.
daily.
Trains leaving Washington at $50 O. m, and s:ss
=. connect NJ Bowie with trains for Marlboro
leaving Bowie les .. IN, and 5:l3 o. m arriving at
Marlboro ll.23 a. and 81 D. IA.
Trains arriving 1T Washington ll0e O.. m. and SIS
m, connect AZ Bowie with trains leaving Marlbo-
70 SIS 3. n. and SIS p. N.
Passengers leaving their orders ct Ticket Offces,
corner Of 18th street and Penn-y aniA avenue and
northwest corner Of sixth street and Pennsylyania
have their baggage called for and check
ed hotels and residences Ia all points North and
West. Through tickets TO Cincinnati, Columbus,
Indianapolis, Louisville, 81. Louis, New Orleans,
Cnicago Omaha San Francisco, and al points north
northwest, vest, and southwest.
+ L. QUARRY, Gen1 supr.
ES. Young, Gent P2ss'r Agent. jy1-f
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DY LATIMER & CLEARl,
Id Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
Southwest corner Pensylyania and llth 81 4,
Star Once Buildings.
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ADAMS EXPRESS CoMPANY'S SALE OF UN-
CLAIMED PACKAGES.
On THURSDAY MORNING, February 9th, 1873,
commencing 1T lOis O'Clock, NJ auction rooms
we shall sell for account Of the Adams Express Com
pany, to pay charges, 81 unclaimed Packa ges com
prising assortmento of Trunks, Bundles, Packages
&c, &c, &c, TO be sold without reserve.
tse-dts iRcpI LATIMER CLEARY. Aucts.
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from @ renfom.

Der 25th,-A goodly supply Of
postal cards at the Post Office.
john Curry moves into his new
house this coming Monday.
"A Lyceum was started here last
night by the young meu of the village.
The Grange still prospers; there l.
a meeting this evening and a goodly
number are expected to join.
There is some talk that Ed. Dop-
kns and WI Lee Colyer will start a
store here. Two will be better than
one.
IS. Johnson's horse go frightened
while he was driving by the river, and
dashed into the water, scattering his
groceries in every direction.
"A. Morrinson is here on business.
His friends are glad to see his honest
face. "Lon" has been our blacksmith
here for several years, and a better one
would be hard to find.
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End EDITION

family, and observe what effect that
might have on his unseen tormentors.
Accordingly last Sunday morning he
took George and Mary to Mr.. McMa.
hans a neighbor living about q IL 10
distant. Since their departure up to
noon last Tuesday, when we were there,
not the slightest disturbance had oc-
cured, and not single movement had
been detected during their absence, nor
had any thing unusual happened at
McMahan's when last heard from on
Monday. This fact may perhaps, fur.
nish some clue that will finally clear
this strange mystery.
No persons in the world are more
thankful that things have come TO
stand still; that there is fair prospect
of future poace and quiet in their house
hold, than Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch. Aud
certainly they have good reason to be.
The destruction of the demon, or what
ever name may be applied that has
prosecuted them these many months
has well nigh deprived them Of the COM
forts of home. Nearly every dish in
the house that would break is broken;
the table is in ruins, two or three look
ing glasses smashed to atoms, clothing
cut and torn to slreds, and numborless
other things have been done, either IN
ticting loss of property or subjeeting
the family to great annoyance. Then,
too, the throng Of curious visitors that
have poured in upon them since the
strange reports have been noised abroad,
many Of them to so away crying hum
bug because they saw nothing has SUBJ
jected them to much discomfort and in
convenience.
We pretend to have no knowledge of
the cause of these freaks, we have no
theory to offer; but we feel IL our duty
to say, in justice to them, that we be-
leve the fanny are honest and sincere
in their statements; that these things
are done by no power of their own
which they are conscious Of possessing:
that they have attempted no fraud and
no deception: and this belief we viii
maintain against the world until We
have received more proofs to the contra.
ry than we now possess.
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VIZ. VIZ. Woe lga8,
Teacher Of
PIANO
And
ORGAN MUSIC.

a Graduate from
Broc1x1 port State Nor
aaaalSclaool, Now Z orlS-
Rams A. Bowron's. nl7vls
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fran HesruH

Potatoes are in good demand at
Scots, by the load.
Mrs. II. b. Dean left for Lud-
dington, Mich, on Wednesday.
Wheat has taken another tumble,
95cts being the price paid here.
On account Of the "cold snap"
work on Stone, Gray & Child's build
ing has been deferred until the ap-
proach of more favorable weather.
Charley Barnes has received an
other car load Of winter apples, which
are being rapidly disposed OF at $3.50
per barrel This is probably the last
lot Of the season.
Mr.. Thos. l.. Nelson and Miss
Sarah Stone were joined in marriage
at the Congregational Church, by Rev
WIN. Gill, of River Falls, on Wednes
day evening, the 9th inst. The house
was crowded to its utmost capacity.
Mrs. Bush having refused TO long
cr carry the mail on rout No. 1884,
between Prescott and Hudson, under
the old arrangement, temporary service
has been put on until other arrange
ments are made. The contract is cx-
pected here soon, when things will b.
set TO rights again.
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Custom Work Made 10
Order.
NOTICE

NOTICE
Is hereby given that the undersigned, own
ers of lots in Miller's addition to Kinnic-
kinnick, (now River Fallsl, as surveyed
and plated by Chas. Y. Dennson, WIN. D.
Munson. James L. Brooks and A. w. Mil
Ter and recorded in the Office Of Register
Of Deeds of Pierce county. Wisconsin, will
apply to the Circuit Court, of Pierce coun-
ty, Wisconsin, at the Nov. Term, 1873, to
be holden at Ellsworth, in said county, on
the first Monday OF Nov, 1878, on the first
dag Of the term or as soon thereafter as
counsel can be heard. for the vacation OF
the whole Of said plat.
Dated, River Falls, Wis, Sept. II, 1878.
ABBIE s. CAiRNEs,
o. $. POWELL,
n. WALES,
S. l.. Cox
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A Dutch Congressman remarked,
"Ven | vas elected, / thought | would
6nd dem all Solomons dowa here; hut
| found dero was some as pick tools as
vas mineselr."
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J. 9. Rounce,

Al his mill on thu Trimbelle River, i
prepared to shell Germ, grind the same IN
to meal for family use, or for feed. Also
manufactures Graham Meal from wheat
&c. Sc vi7nlt
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Republican Ticket.

Republican Ticket.
For Governor,
G. G. WASHBURN.
For Lieut.. Governor,
II. II. BAKER.
For Secretary Of State,
Il. w, YOUNG.
For State Treasurer,
OLE G. JOHNSON.
For Attorney General,
L. Il. FRISBY.
For Superintendent of Public Schools,
ROBERT GRAHAM.
For Commissioner of immigration,
G. p. LINDMAN.
For State Senator,
Ii. d. BARRON.
For Member Of Assembly,
j. III. PERSONS.
For CO unity superintendent,
Nj II. CADY.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-16

New York hss, been suffering from a
water famine The wsser connection,
the pipes and the reservoirs were all ont
OF order, and the inhabitants were put
to great -inconvenienoe.
The court pronounced the statements
made by the Charleston Eve1ing Bulletin
regarding the WooH trial false in every
particular. and the jury indicted the
paper for libel.
Waking up in the middle of q cold
night and remembering that tho front
door isn't looked, is one of the horrors
OF keeping house.
A Haddam, o.. sexton peddles vege.
tables In the town hearse between bu-
rails.
Two Dover, N. h. youths caught 800
pounds OF tanglesome eels in one recent
day. - tr.H
A Pittsburg husband was found fatal.
~ frozen on the grave OF his wife.
Eat Woman's Bend" is the classic
name OF village on the Missouri River.
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IAWys7A, Feppusry> 15.-Cotton in
gaodadAnand, bct offerings very light
niddiing l9; receipts 692 bales; sales
666.
LONDON. February 15-Noon. Con.
solse 92A@92as. 5s 905s.
FRANKFORT, February 15.-Bonds
95A.
L1vERpooI. February 15-3 P. NJ
Cotton opened quiet and closed steady
pPlands 9N; Orleans 10@1O1S; sales
!o,0oO bales; speculation and expor,
l,o00; sales include 1000 American
shipped from Savannah or Charleston,
December and January. 956; deliverable
from Savannah or Charleston, February,
9 9.16.
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BIBLE WIr AND HuMoR -"Shockinal''
many good old saint will cry at the
very thought Of it. 1.-The Bible lest
book! What Goddess folly shall we have
up next?" No. the Bible is not a lest
book. But there is wit in it OF the first
quality; and good reason why it should
be there. Take few specimens: Job.
IN his thirtieth chapter, is telling how he
scorned the low-lived fellows who pre.
tend to look down upon him in his ad-
verslties. They are fools, they belong to
the long-eared fraternity. Anybody with
less wit might come out bluntly and call
them asses. But Job puts it more deftly,
Xxx. ~ Among the bushes thew
brayed; under the nettles they were ga
thered together" If that is not wit.
there is no such thing as wit. And yet
the commentators don't see it, or won't
see 1t. They are perfectly wooden when
they come to any such CLEAN of humor.
Take another iDstance-Elijah's ridioule
of the prophets of Raal. They are ella.
moring to their god to help them out oil
very awkward predicament. And while
they are at it, the prophet shows them
up in way that must have made the
people roar with laughter. The stiff.
antIquated style OF our English Bible
Tunes down his sallies. Take them in
modern phrase. These quack prophets
have worked themselves into perfect
desperation. and are caperipg about on
tue altar az if they had st. Vltus' dance.
The scene Il Kings, xvii, 26, 27,) wakes
up all Eiijau's seuse of tho ridiculous.
"Shout louder He is a god, you
know. Make him hear Perhaps be
il chatting with somebody, or he is Of
on hunt, or gone travelling. Or may
be he is taking nap Shout away
Wake him upr' Imagine the priests
going through their antics on the altar,
while Elijah bombards them in this
style at his leisure. II Mr.. Beeche,
ever said anything that convulsed his
audience more thoroughly than the
prophet must have done the Jews
around him. should like to hear it.
Paul shows dry humor more than once
as in I'd Cor. xii. Ii: "Why haven't you
Jared rs we'll as the other churches {
Ah there Is one grievance-that you
haven't had me to support. Pray do
not lay it up against me ~ These in
stances might be multiplied from the
Old and New Testament both. What do
they show? That the Bible is on the
whole, humorous book? Far from it
That religion is humorous subject
that we are to throw all the wit we can
into the treatment Of it? No. But they
show that the sense of the ludicrous is
put into man by his Maker; that it has
Its uses, and that we are not to be
ashamed of it. or to roll up our eyes in
holy horror at it.
G. q. IViIco.c in Independent.