The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-06

Id their embrace the unhappy Queen and all
che golden aud ieweled vases ecattere.!
arpu,,,l, which nha hsa determined shall
perish with her, Suddenly che sezas pon.,
iard, and, raiainI " high IN ar. atahs haraelf
thrice, and falls amid The flames that laugh
ingly greet her,
This story Ia true Hut When Virgil g"ea FUR
thpr than thia and c,,arvea the q ,een ut Gar
thHHa with love for his lTnnaa he ig9eraina
Hintory tella a fat dill rent, hat not Less
poetic. tale Attr she f"il murder 81 her
husband, Sicharhaa, the Tytlon princess
sought "a Fetv from the tyrant FNamallnn In
1iluht She n "a across the seas to Africa. and
founded on the cpast the city Of Carthage. IT
grew and prnsperel, hut there was certain
tarbua. King ~ Mauritania. nh Othello sort
oS a fellow who veNed and annoyed the infant
citypxnedlngly. The Nafthagtnlana We're nm
happily not stran1 enough IT, dtiv" OH the
Moirn and urprnaed love compromisa with
che African monarch wbetrhy he should take
their Queen "a wifeinstead Of their livea. II waa
when thia proposition was tnatatad nn ny the
(,artbauiuan Council of State that Eliza com
mitted auieiia sa solemn saorlfiea ta tho
names of her husband. To whom al,e had prom
lsad eternal fidelity. And when II Ia stated
that thla husband nj the time ha married her
father tha full extent Of her mpris can ha
appreciated. aud we must agree with the Car.
thaalnIan sentiment which wurahiped thts
wonderful willow aa goddess.
\. pt7LtnAH.
Who ia 1t nomes this way,
30 hedeph'a ornate nnd rnyi
Like a stately ahip II Tarphiah.
Bound for the iaea IN T Ie.snn ~ iadtrat
An amber accent W ainrana ra,iuWna
Her harhinHef: asmsal trein behind,
lie Dalllah, thy wife
lt Ia no favorable picture that Milton
IA Int Of the fhiiatina woman. but wa should
not forget that the poet Of Paradise was
himself neither pleasant companion nor
happy husband. II II wont 10 revile the fair
Dplilah ma unfathut tn her lord, a mere
traitor such m waa Judas. Hut the caae has
been inlsrepteaented. and Samspn's character
especially mlaconeatved Mighty was ho In
war, and Judge even over Israel. but withal
The events Of his wedding day are proof
thereof, for whilst wife and kinafok were
merry at the frhst what must thla Samson do
but fire a most miserable canundt um at them.
0ivlnH his gteata hut seven tlaya wherein to
md an anawer III vain the young wife
plead for ths answer: "she wept before him
Tor seven daya white the taaat lasted. and Il
came to pass on the sevepth day that he told
her because shn lay noro upon him" When
the day or settlement came around and
Hamaun found his conunh.um anlved by all
his guests (ha wife had. under PRESSURE con
feeaed the answerA. inatead If acting the hon
Orahla man and paying the forfeit uf hls puz
1le-"thirtv aheeta and thirty changes of
wife, dennuncln4 her as a "heifer. and arminK
hlinself fell upon her kinatulk unaware and
slew thirty Of them. winding np the evening
performance by burning her father alive.
Such a husband IL not attractive nor one tn
whom wife can be tender and devoted.
The story Of hia temptation by nalilah F.
which iii Hebrew IL amply 'the langnahinu
one" and was probably moi the young lady
name at all as related ~ M"mna. ehowa
him In no more amiahle aud huslandlv
Hight, unwilling to nnniidn In his partner aud |
satisfy that proper feminine curiosity aho fnt
concerning himsef. and amusing himself by
retailing her the ahaurdnat atorina. The patr
OF loverR- Samson aud naIah arc seated |
ypon the atone pavement before the entrance If |
their phitatian abode. whoae Inner chambers |
Tyftan curtain hall canceala. Eastern pIanta |
and flowers spring up between the atnn"I |
and form a carpet " ticheat hues and aof,est |
texture. tahlr covered with wines and |
fruits stands tnvttipgly near. Heaide Il ats |
she Of SpFet, hptitn9 u ri HHH IF wtttu trfrt- t
angly before tho Israelttish lIerculan ~ that |
he can watch lts Notes dancing 40 lightly In
the sums rayH. The hero, acsntily clad In tho |
akin of the lion he aew with his own
naked hands near Timnath, half "sleepa upon |
her kneea," and half awake atpa at tho wine
his temptreaa offers him. llla looks are cav
Age and HE aappot fierce Those seven long
shaggy locks of coarse black hair which give
him strength, hang down over his face and
half conceal hiH fraturea. 1t was thus tho
Philistina girl tempted him to toll her the
secret OF hs atrnngth "rrcasod him daily
With her words and urged him az that lia
soul was vrSed unto death
Many were the tiha aud falsitiea hn told
her. His strength would vaniah were he
bound With "nndried. green witha." The fair
Delilah tried tbia only 10 find herself trickei
Then must he I've bound with new rnpca: then
must she weave his seven locks OF hair into
web. All thia was hut tricknry. nlaEuated
by this constant Enthusiastically deceit, Delilnh
At last aheared the hero Of hia locks and he
Became child IN strength. the prisoner and
slave OF hls enemea. The tihle declines to
iell Delilah's fate, but Milton. who talSsa IN
he story here. tells ua abe begged her hus
,And's pardon for the great wrong abe
wrought him. and finally pcrished with him
mid the ruins Of tho temple Of llaal. which
le pulled down upon himself "a d grand
4. "BURN1Na" sArpHo.