A Joke On A Clergyman

Biblicn! seholnrs ure somctiines sndly entntpped. In :i lis tic town of U.ivaria, I In? otlier diy, sat nu :r;!' frauIcin and her tathercoiiiessor, w ho wjis, ui least, suppoped to know the Bible by hcart. The t'iitulcinciijoycd a practical joke in spil of ht-r a ; r ; mul the reverend fatlier, nUliougli a thoroughIy pions iiihii, ttnB not a whit behin.l her. Our fmilein suiil : "Father, you iimy liavi: lio:ul Liiat sonic ot' thu pcrsistent cxplwers in Lho lluly Land have jnst discuveruü a huge hcap ot' bones which are supposed, on pretty gooj authorilv. to be tliose oí' the children wliicli iierud killed." "All, indeed!" replied the pater thoiminhly interested, '-I liad not Iieard of il." - "Yes," continuad the tnuilem, "and, Itrange to say nearly linlf ot' the boncs wero wlnto.as the mow ot' tho Alps, "vrhile the rest wore almost a.s black 13 ebuny." "Well, vrcll !" exclaimod tho goud priest, '-hui is cortaiuly rcry reinarkablu." "An.1 the pi'oblem to he solved is," continiied the fraulehi, "whether tho white liones belongod to the gii'ls and the black ones to tlie boys, or vice versa. Tho explorers were groivtly vexed by the matter and could arrive at no satislactory tonclusion. Novv, what. do you thi'nk, father?" "Oh !" wittily refoincd the priest, "of cmirse tho bbick ones helonged to the gii-1 babie and the white ones to the boy bubics." We ask the same questiou of readers, and they liad beller guess suvi'i-al timas beforo they read the rest o' this pararaph. AVhen they liavu scttled the inattei' they can reter to theansvverot' thofniulein,who, witii a inerry twinkle in the eye, said : "Father, yon nutst havo read your Bible to very littlo purpose, tbr the account tclts tlmt ouly boy babies were' killed by Ilerod."