The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-07

prevailed; mi the King Of the hooposs pre-
,enled himself before The throne Of Solo.
mon, and desired OF ham that all hoopocs
should wear golden crowns upon their
heads. Then Solomon said, "Hast thou
considered well ahaE il is thou desiresl?"
AID the hooPoe said, 81 have considered
W, II, and We desire 10 have golden crowns
pen our heads" SO Solomon replied,
Crowns of gold shall ye have-but, be-
hold, thou art foolish bird; and when the
evil dsys shall come upon lhes, and thou
-ees, The folly Of thy heart. return here to
me, and will give Thee help" So the
ing Of the hoopoes left the presence Of
King Solomon with a golden Gown upon
his head. And all The hoopoes had golden
Clowns; and they were exceeding proud
and hsughty. Moreover, they went down
b, The lakes and the POOLS, and walked by
he margin Of the water, that they might
admire themselves asst we're in a glass;
And The queen Of the hoopoes gave herself
airs. and SAT upon a twig; and she refused
10 speak to the morops her cousin, and the
other bids who had been her friends, be-
ause they we're but vulgar birds, and she
woIe crown OF gold upon her head.
Now there was certain fowler who set
traps for birds; and he put piece Of a
broken mirror into his trap, and hoopoe
that went in to admire itself was caught -
And the fowler looked at il; and saw the
shining crown upon its head; 90 he wrung
Of its head. and took the crown TO Issachar.
the son Of Jacob, the worker in metal, an3
he asked him what it was. So Issachar,
The son Of ia OBJ, said, at is crown Of
brass" And he gave the fowler quarter
of shekel fr it, and desired him, if he
found any more to bring them TO him, and
% tell no man thereof. So the fowler
caught some more hoopoes, and sold their
crowns 10 Issachar, the son Of Jacob; until
one day he met another man who was q
4 ieweler, and he showed him several Of tn:
-oopoes crowns. Whereupon the jewelel
told him that they were Of pure gold; and
Ne gave The fowler talent Of gold for foul
Of Them.
'Now when the value of these crowns
vas known, the fame Of them got abroad
and in ell the land Of Isrsel was heard the
twan Of bows and the whrlins of sings
bird-lme was made in every town; and the
price of traps rose in the market, so that
The fortunes OF the trsp.makers increased
Not hoopoe could show its head but il
was slain OF taken captive, and the days o.
| he hoopoes were numbered. Then tbei,
nin Is were filled with sorrow and dismay
nd before long few were left to bewsi
heir cruel destiny. At last, flying by
stealth III oUgh the most unfrequented pla
,es, the unhaP, y king Of the hoopoes wen
O the court Of King Solomon, and stood
aga before the steps Of the golden throne
and with Tears an Groans related the mis-
70 tunes which had happened to his race
SO King Sol mon looked kindly upon
The king of The hoopoes, and said unto him
Behold. did | not warn thee Of thy folly
in desiring 10 have crowns Of gold' Vani
y and pride have been thy ruin. But now
hat memorial may remain Of the servic.
which thou didst render unto me, you
crowns Of gold shall be changed int
crowns Of feathers, TINT ye may walk un
harmed upon The EARTH" Now when III.
fowlers saw that the hoopoes no longe
wore crowns Of 6 Id upon their heads, the,
cess d from the persecution Of their race
and from that time forth the family Of tn
hoopoes have fourished and increased, ant
have continual in peace even to The pre-
sent Day