The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-14
ABOLISH HUMDRUM.
The Wisest Man, King Solomon, Took
Plenty Of Time for Rest, and
Recreation.
Ue and His Friend, King Hiram, Sat
by the Hour and Asked Riddles
Of Each Other.

the Queen OF Sheba gave King Solo,
rnon.''
What is that building out yonder,
:glittering in the sun? Have you not
heard? 1t is the house Of the Forest
OF Lebanon. King Solomon has just
taken to it his bride, the princess Of
Egypt. You see the pillars Of the
portico, and a great tower, adorned
1000 shields OF gold, hung on the out
side OF the tower-5OO OF the shields
OF gold manufactured at Solomon's
order, 500 were captured by David,
ms father, in battle. See how they
blaze in the monday sun!
Solomon goes up the ivory stairs Of
his throne, between II lions in statu-
airy, and sits down on the back OF the
golden bull, the head of the bronze
beast turned toward the people. The
family and attendants of the king
are so many that the caterers of the
palace have to provide every day 100
sheep and l3 oxen, besides the birds
and the venison. hear the stamping
and paving OF 1000 fine horses in the
royal stables. There were important
officials who had charge OF the work
of gathering the straw and the barley
Tor these horses. King Solomon was
an early riser, tradition says, and
used to take ride out at daybreak;
and when, in his white apparel, behind
the swiftest horses of all the realm,
and followed by mounted archers in
purple, as the cavalcade dashed
through the streets of Jerusalem, l
suppose it was something worth get
ting up at o'clock in the morning to
took at.
Solomon was not like some of the
kings of the present day-crowned i'm
becility. All the splendor OF his palace
and retinue were eclipsed by his intel
lectual power. Why, he seemed to
know everything He was
THE FIRST GREAT NATURALIST
the world ever saw. Peacocks from
india strutted the basaltic walk, and
apes chartered in the trees, and deers
stalked the parks, and there were
aquariums with foreign fish, and
avlarles with foreign birds; and, tradi-
ton says these birds were so we'll
tanned, that Solomon might walk
clear across the city under the shadow
OF their wings as they lowered and
Altted about him.
More than this, he had a great rep
utation for the conundrums and rid
dies that he made and guessed. He
and King Hiram, his neighbor, used
to sit by the hour and ask riddles,
each one paying in money if he could
mot answer or guess the riddle. The
'Solomonic navy visited all the world;
and the sailors, of course, talked about
the wealth of their king and about
the riddles and enigmas that he made
and solved; and the news spread until
queen Balkis: away off south, heard
of it, and sent messengers with a few
riddles that she would like to have
Solomon solve, and a few puz-
zles which she would like to
have him find out. She sent among
other things, to King Solomon, a dia-
'mond with a hole so small that a.
needle could not penetrate it, asking
hlna to thread that diamond. And
solomon took a worm and put it at
the opening in the diamond, and the
worm crawled through, leaving the
6hrHad in the diamond The queen
also sent a goblet to Solomon, asking
him to fill it with water that did not
pour from the sky, and that did not
irusfs out from the earth; and immedi-
ately Solomon put slave on the
back OF a swift horse and galloped
aim around and around the park
untu the horse was nigh exhausted,
and from the perspiration ofthe horse
the goblet was filled. She also sent
King Solomon 500 boys in girls dress,
and 500 girls in boys dress, wonder
sang if he would be acute enough to find
out the deception. Immediately
Solomon, when he saw them wash
their faces, knew from the way they
applied the water that it was all a
cheat.
Queen Balkies was so pleased with
the acuteness OF Solomon that she
said: "I'll just 60 and see him for my
SELF Yonderit comes-thec avalcade
horses and dromedaries, chariots
and characters, jingling harness and
clattering hoofs, and blazing shields,
and flying ensigns, and Gaping GYM
balls. The place is
SATURATED WITH TIIE: PERFUME.
She brings cinnamon, and saffron,
and calamus, and irankincense, and
all manner OF sweet spices. AS the
retinue sweeps through the gate,
the armed guard inhale the aroma.
<@Halt!" cry the characters, as the
wheels, grind the gravel in front of the
ipaitared portico OF the king. Queen
fSs.lkis alights in an atmosphere be-
'Witci'ed with perfume. AS the drome.
diaries are driven up to the kings
-storellouses, ;lnd the bundles of cam.
.pt,or are unIoaded, and the sacks oil
'cannamon and the boxes of spices are
opened, the purveyors Of the palace
discover what my text announces
~|of spices, great abundance; neither
was there amy such spices, as the
Queen OF Sheba gave to Solomon"
Well my friends, you know that all
'tt,eologans agree in making Solomon
a type OF Christ, and making the
Queen OF Sheba q type OF every truth
seeker; and I shall take the RESPONSE
'bttity OF saying that all the spikenard
and cassi, and frankincense which the
Queen OF sheba brought to King Solo
xs,on are NIGHTLY suggestive of the
sweet Spices OF orr hO1v RELIGION