Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-05-07
THRONE OF SOLOMON,

able piece of mechanism is taken
iiom u Persian manuscript, called
"'fhe History Of Jerusalem" It
purports to be description of tho
throne of King Solomon, and if the
details are correctly given, it undoubt-
edly surpasses any specimen of me.
chanism produced in modern times,
Notwithstanding the wonderful inven.
lions and Improvements which have
lately taken place in every branch Of
science:
"The sides of it were ofpure gold,
the feet Of emerald and rubies, inter-
mixed with pearls, each of which was
as big as an ostrich egg. Tho throne
had seven stepsi on each side were
delinea,ed orchards full of trees, the
branches of which were composed Of
precious stones. representing fruit,
ripe or unripe; on the tops of the
trees were to be seen figures of beau.
tiful plumuged birds, particularly the
peacock, the etaub, and the kurges.
All these birds were followed within
artifcially. SO as occasionally to utter
e thousand melndious notes, such az
the ear of mortal never heard. On
the first were delneated vine branch.
es, having lunches of grapes. compo.
scd Of various sorts ofprecious stones
fashioned in such manner as to rep.
resent The different colors Of purple,
violet, green and red, SO as to render
the appearance of real fruit. On the
second stop, on each side ofthe,hrone,
were two lions, of terrible aspect, rs
large as life, and formed of cast gold.
Tho nature Of this remarkable throne
was such, that when the prophet Sol
'onon placed his foot on the first s,cl,
the birds spread forth their wings and
made fut,ering noise in the air. On
his touching tho second step. the
two lions expanded their claws. On
his reaching the third stop. the whole
assembly Of demons and fairies and
men repeated the praises of,he Deity.
When he arrived at tthe fourth step,
voices were heard addressing him in
the following manner: "Son of Da.
vid, be thankfel for the blessings the
Almighty has bestowed upon you"
The same was repeated on his reach
ing the fifth step. On his tuuching
the sixth, all tho children of Israel
,c;,,ed them, and on his arrival at.,he-
Seventh all the throne, birds and ami
mails, became in motion, and ceased
not until he had placed himself in the
rayal seat, when the birds, lions and
other animals, by secret springs dis.
charged shower Of the most precious
perfume on the prophet; after which
Two of the kurgesses descended and
placed a golden crown upon his head.
Before the throne was column of
Furnished gold, on the top of which
was golden dove, which held in its
beak q volume bound in silver. In
this book were written the Psalms of
David; and the dove having present.
ed the book to the King. ho read aloud
a portion of it to the children of Is.
rael. 1t is further related, that on
the approach of wicked persons to the
throne, the lions were wont 10 set up
a terrible roaring, and lash their tails
with violence; the birds also began
to bristle up their feathers, and the
assembly also Of demons and genii to
utter horrid cries, so that for fear of
them no person dared be guilty Of
falsehood, but confessed their crime.
Such was the throne of Solomon, tho
son Of David.