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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1898. STORY OF THE BIBLE. HOW IT WAS COMPILED, PRESERVED AND BROUGHT DOWN. t"h RMorda Bfa With Abraham and Wrro Collected by Eirm It Waa Bora la the LlttU Land of Cuut-Conquered li.r... .' Gift to the World. Now disoovoriei about the Bible are made nlmtwt daily. The religions orld is startled every now and then ly tbe annoanoement that aome old manuscript has been fonnd or some olny tablet corroborating Biblical history has tieen deciphered. The last few years tave been especially notable fur remark able finds, not the least of which has leen a single leaf of papyrus bearing a low snyiugs of Jesus logia, as they lave been called. These discoveries ronse a questioning frame of mind. We ask, how did we get the Bible, hence did it come, what was the tiethod of its transmission to us? Learned volumes have been written, but Oily scholars read them. One of the latest of these is by Dr. William A. Coppinger, but it is so expensive vol ume only 150 copies have been printed lor Kile that few can read it, eveu if tlu-y would. Tho much talked of poly Chrome Bible, edited by leading Biblical 4'holur of the world, is an auswer to this demand. Still, the question, how did the Bible come down to us? ought (o be answered briefly, so that the mass es of the people can read aud nnder Cluxiil. It is irrercrcut to the Bible and (lie inspired men who gave us this World classic the classio dealing with (be eternal theme of tbe relation be tween man and God to think of it as a ready made volume, dropped down from teaven bound aud gilt edged. Tbe Bible was born in the little land Jf Canaan as the weary caravan, led by lrah:uu from Ur of the Cbaldees, J itebed its tents and the patriarch wrote Jowu the promises of the Eternal on tlie j alm leaves which he found at band, this was more than 4,000 years ago, tnd that writing was in use so early is f roved by inscriptions found on Egyp tian steles or Assyrian tablets from &C00 to 8,000 years old. The records kept by Abraham and tis immediate descendants undoubtedly tinned the basis of the book of Genesis ud tbe earlier chapters of Exodus, to l' later utilized by the hand of Moses and bis successors. With tbe advent of this great legislator of the Hebrews tbe Oittiou was formed, with Lis legislation as its heart and center. It is probable that Moses wrote his portion of the Bi ble upon the linen used for such pur poses in Egypt, for many large pieces tf this linen covered with hieroglyphio Vriting have come down to us wrapped around mummies. Tbe inscriptions are (till legible. The Pentateuch was tbe nucleus of our Bible, the only Bible known to tbe Hebrews for many gener ations. It waa written in tbe ancient Jhri character, closely resembling the 'bcenician, as proved by the Siloam in trriptiou discovered near Jerusalem and aome ancient coins which have been fur.ud. Leaders like Joshua, Gideon and auut-l were needed in the promised land. Singers and prophets, too, arose, and tbe scribes cf the leaders recorded -ybat was done. Tbe poets wrote down (heir best songs. The prophets' words Vera treasured up by their disciples and followers. The official records were kept in the national archives, and the songs ff the pot ts and the speeches of the jirophets were papd from hand to band. When tbe kingdom was divided, itcords were certainly kept both in the Southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdom cf Israel. But much Jf tbe earli-r literature was forgotten fn the catastrophe of the destruction of the kingdoms of Israel aud Judah, and the exiles refused to sing the songs of Zion as they "sat by the waters of Ba bel and wept." When at lust the term Cf exile was over and some of the more .devoted Jews returned to rebuild tbe -walls and temple of Jerusalem, the law had to be brought back to tbem. Ezra was tbe man for this work, and be and his coadjutors, the elders, col lected the scattered records of earlier days an 1 made the first canon of tho JPentateuch. They wrote it in a new script Kethav Ashuris, tbe Assyrian cr square character brought back from Babylon with tbem and read and taught it to the people. By this time ouie of the speeches delivered by the prophets of the exile, tbe secon'1 Isaiah atnd his disciples, had oecome so dear to the hearts of the people that tbey were -teemed as classics. Some had preserv Cl the addresses of the earlier prophets, and gradually a second set of accepted Writings was added to tbe law. Tbe dcr songs, too, were found again, and tew singers were inspired for the serv ice of the new temple, aud tbe book of Psalms became its by mu book. The proverbs of tbe nation were col lected by various hands. Other books 'ere found or written as late as the sec cud century before the Christian era. Tho book of Daniel, for instance, was Composed to inspire a people, fainting auder Syrian oppression, for tho Jlacca fcean revolution. And all this later lit erature was Struggling for acceptance into the Bible until the canon of the qlrl Testament as we now have it was established in the first century of our gya by the rabbinical school of Palestine. As the nation Israel sunk under tbe Ifaves of Roman conquest tho Jewish )irit held the Old Testament aloft as 2s gift to tbe world. Clifton Hardy Levy in Review of Reviews. Itoth Awake. First Burglar It's no use tryin thet flace t'uight, Bill. Tber man an his wife went in 'bout an hour ago, an I heerd him tell her he'd buy ber a Q'mond necklace termorrer. Second Burglar What's thet got t' do wid it? First Burglar Plenty. She won't be ble t' sleep fer t'lnkln 'bout it, an he won't sleep fer t'inkin how be'a got t' twy fer it. London Fun. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. . om KiamplM of the Glaring Iaeoaeiat I enelee of IU Alphabet. I As our alphabet now stands even ! after 6,000 years of perfecting it is a t itring of singularly ambiguous signs aud affords an uuequalcd opportunity I for tormentors, just as a inau who can ! not express biiiiNclf clearly can bo I plagued with sophisticated questions. Tbe confusion of English sound and let- lers is well illustrated by spelling cof j lee without ouo correct letter kauphy I which spelling is nearer the original ! tliuu the one in use, for a pamphlet was printed in Oxford in 1659 on "The Ma ture of the Driuk Kauphi or Coffee." Tbe artistically bad orthography of uauy of our fuuuy writers is made pos sible by the glaring inconsistencies of lur alphabet But some instances of nat urally funny bad spelling are perhaps equal to any artificial ones. Here is a note that was sent to a doctor: 0r Yole oblig-a me of Tola kum an ce me t boy Bad kowd am Bill an hev lout my Hap- The following, received by a school master, was likoly to be inisuuderstood: 8ur As 70a are a man ot nologa I Intend to Inter my ton In your skull. Here is a bill sent to a gentleman: oaafada 11 10 itaclnonlnioniagtn CO Pads J. Jaxn. The items are not apothecaries' arti cles, as might be supposed, but merely "a horse half a day and a taking on him home again." Many ecceutrio devices of literature depend on the peculiar arrangement of letters. Some of these have fine sound ing names and are recognized as famous j recreations of the learned. The palin drome, which is a line that reads alike I backward and forward, is one of the ! most difficult of all feats of letter jug jglingand has engaged the attention of j the world's cleverest brains. While in exile Napoleon was asked by an Englishman if be thought he could nave sacked London and replied, "Able was I ere I saw Elba" the most skillful palindrome on record. Run tbe letters of tbe reply backward if yon would test it A famous Latin example lis tbe lawyers' motto, "Si JSummi ini imunis." Tbe following senteuce is not only a palindrome, but extraordinary in other respects: "Sator areppo tenet op era rotas." This spells the same backward and forward; all tbe first letters of tbe words spell tbe first word; the second letters of tbe word spell the second word, and so on through the third, fourth and fifth. The last letters spell the lust word; the next to the last of each word spell the next word, and so on to the beginning. London Mail. I ENGLISH STUFFINGS. Recipe Which the Sender Bays Are Ex cellent and Not Found In Book. Here is a recipe for turkey and chick en stuffing which the sender says is very different in its results from those given in the cookbooks: Crumble or grate tbe inside of a stale loaf or more of baker's bread, either a round loaf or milk bread. Add pepper and salt, tbe grated rind of a lemon and to a loaf half tbe juice; to 2 loaves, all of it ; a little grated nntmeg, a handful each of finely cut parsley leaves aud fine white celery leaves, thyme, sweet mar joram and summer savory, using tbe leaves in p:cf?r nee to tbe ground, and twice tbe quantity of thyme as of the marjoram or savory. Mix all together, dry and fill the crops, putting all the remainder into the bodies of tbe fowl. As the filling is being done add small pieces of good butter, which, together with tbe proper basting, will give the dressing sufficient moisture. This dressing is also excellent for roast leg of pork when you do not want to simulate duck or gooso with it. "Tbe recipe for the good old English stuffing for ducks or geese," the sender adds, "I never see in our cookbooks and do not find it used upon my neighbors' tables. People spoil these birds with soft bread and muss." This is tbe old recipe for stuffing for geese, ducks or a leg of pork : Take equal parts of parboiled potatoes cut into inch square cubes and onions cut up. Strain dry, add pepper and salt and sage leaves crushed up. Prepare enough of the mixture to fill the pork or birds with it aud to lay some of it under them in the roasting pan. Keep this extra filling under tbe birds. Dish it separately and serve it at the table with the rest. New York Sun. Pure Water and New Boiler. The corrosive power of pure water on new or unsealed boilers was well illus trated in tbe city of Glasgow when a new water supply was introduced from Loch Katrine, one of tbe purest waters in the world which are available for city consumption. The former supply bad been poor and calcareous, and old boilers were much coated with lime scale. To the dismay of the users those who bad put in new boilers or new tubes found them rapidly corroding, while the old scaled and coated boilers remained as before. Those, too, who bad removed every possible trace of old incrustation from their old boilers by mecbauical or chemical means, intend ing thns to get, as they expected, the I full benefit of pure water, were also badly troubled by corrosion, and even tbe old boilers as the scale was gradual ly removed by the unvaryingly soft and pure water from tbe lake were more or less corroded when no means were taken to prevent it. The Awful Small Boy. Mrs. Cakebread was entertaining some ladies at a select little 6 o'clock tea, and Bobby, wbo bad been excep tionally well behaved, was in high feather. "Ma," he said, as cake was being handed round, "may I have some tongue, pleuso?" "There isn't any tongue, Bobby." "That's funny," commented Bobby. ' "I heard pa say there wonld be lots of lit." London Tit-Bits. THE LAST. Ah, not the flint lore dearest, but the Unit Unit I tot Who can toll?) Ti tldoe ot youth, dear heart, run nut, run fiut. The buila upon the jounc tree shoot and awull Recklme ot froata. WU! Wollt Why aliould we dwell on foUle thai are paatf I For now, behold, the green and oallow shoots , Of early aprlng re ary ana w intered 10 ine very ram They were love's nfet faint perfumed offer ing Taking swift wing, Uavlng a fragrant memory, but no fruits. Let us not apeak of them with milling acorn They have made way For the rich bloom and fruitage later burn, And born of npirtt rather Uian ot olay, Making our day Glad with the treahneoa ot perpetual morn. Eternal? Dear, let ua believe It to, And in our bllaa U1 dull analysis and doubting go. I'nquoHllonlng, while in a rapturous ktaa Like th la my sweet and thla The fullntxa of eelmtlal joy we know I Anule L. aluaaey In New York Sun. TO BEGINNERS IN FICTION. Good Advice For Thoea Who Attempt to Write Uooka. Read up on United States history you will get some useful iuformutiou anyway and see what you can do with that. Dou't take your scene from France or Italy, where you have never been Home is nearer aud just as good. If you can light upon an idea which has not been done to deutn, or a aituatlon unhackneyed or unfamiliar, make the most of it. New Euglaud has been so ruu upon that it affords material only to a few experts. The middle states and those between the Ohio aud tho Rock ies, locally speukiug, are a poor literary field, but the south aud fur west are not worked out yet. Avoid dialect; as a main reliance its day is done. Avoid "hifalutin," spread eagle and riproor ing styles; tbey are of the yet remoter past Find out whut your bent is, if you have any, and whut you have to say, if anything; if not, seek other pursuits. Remember that a poor story or essay is of less value than a peck of inferior ap ples, and that the author of a bud novel is entitled to no more respett than a shoemaker or a farmer who does not understand his business. The pioneers of our literature may have done what now seems poor work, but they know no better then and bad notbiug bettor tbey were pioneers, aud as such entitled to a place in history but nobody is go ing to write tbe history of the multifa rious literary efforts of our time that come to nothing. Whatever yon do take pains with it Try at least to write good English. Learn to criticise and correct your work. Put your best into every sentence. If you are too lazy and careless to do that. better go into trade or politics. It is easier to become a congressman or mil lionaire than a real author, and we have too many bad story tellers as it is. Lippincott 1 Magazine. A Spin on an loa Yacht. The wind is strong and steady, and tbe boat glides faster and faster. Sharp exclamations of pleasure testify that the passengers are enjoying it The speed increases. Before lies a field smooth as plate glass aud level as a billiard table. For two miles it extends without a flaw. At its farther edge lies a tremen dous crack filled with ground up ice and heaving black water. The full pow er of tbe wind strikes the white wings as the smoothest ice is reached, and tbe craft darts away at a tremeudoos pace. Faster, faster, she flies, till she is truv. eling faster than the wind that drives her. The air seems to be full of electric sparks; a frosty haze blurs the view; ev ery hearer is throbbing with delight at the wild, free speed of it all. Beforo one has had time to think the crack seems to be rushing at tbe boat. A mo ment of intense anxiety, a catching of breaths, a wild pumping of hearts, then a shriek of excited joy. The good boat has flown the gup as a hunter clears bis fence, has flung it behind her with never a rap, and is tearing away over another good bit as though she had no need to touch anything more solid than the cold, sweet air. Outing. A Greedy Little FUh. The littlo fish known as miller's thumb tbe fresh water sculpin is one of the natural checks on the overpro duction of trout and salmon. It eats tbe eggs and the young fish. It is found in all trout waters as fust as examined. It is very destructive. At an experiment once made in the aquarium of tbe Unit ed States fish commission, in Washing ton, a miller's thumb about four aud one half inches long ate at a single meal, and all within a minute or two, 21 lit tle trout, each from three-quarters of an inch to an inch in length. New York Sun. A Novel Plan. Whon Lawson Tait, tbe English sur geon, and his wife were driving through the city of Montreal one hot summer morning, Mrs. Tait, observing lurge blocks of ioe standing opposite each door, remarked, "See what a novel plan tbey have of keeping tbe air nice and tool by exposing small icebergs opposite . each door. " J A Batleia Town. I The city of Santa Fe, the capital of I New Mexico, was founded 800 years ago by Juan de Onate, and there bus never been a rat, a mouse or a cat with in its corporate limits. Tbe uir is too ' L t. , 1 M , i- . 1 M I' nign anu ury ior touch is unci ieuues. 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