The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
LADIES' BLACK HOSE.

give for these works, and on arriving
near the city, and being about to cross a
lake which they passed by some bridge,
she dismounted and worshpped the
beams, and said (mark the alleged prop
hecy, uttered 931 B. c.: Please God, my
feet shall not touch the timber on which
the Saviour of the world has to hang /;
and she made a circuit of the lake. and
went to see Solomon, and induced him to
withdraw those beams from there; and
she came to the works and offered her
gifts, and said: These works are not
such as they told me in richness and
beauty. because their beauty and richness
have no equal SO that they are greater
than what was related to me; so much
So that the tongues of men cannot tell
their nobility and richness, and much L
er;eve for the small gift which l brought.
| will return to my countries ana loru-
ships, and | will send whatever apouhds
for the works, Of gold and blackwood 10
inlay"
The Notwithstanding to Alvarez
goes on to assert that King solomon was
smitten with the beauty of his far VISITOR
She resided some time in Jerusalem, ana
bore Solomon a son. called variously Me-
Iimelik HurolO, Menilek LA ChaTe)
etc. The young man was brought up III
the Jewish court, where he remained until
he was II. when, having rendered himself
obnoxious to the people-"he outraged the
people of Israel and all Judea'-a depu-
tation waited upon Solomon ana begged
the King TO 'send him back TO his mother,
for we are not able to maintain him." Sol
onion. the chronicle tells us, sent him
very honorably, giving him the ofheers
that are usual in a Kings household, and
he made the journey to the country OF his
mother, where he was a very great ruler.
He ruled" says the chronicle, from sea
to sea and had sixty ships in the INDIAN
sea" The discoveries of Alvarez were
widely reproduced in Europe, where they
must have created considerable sensation.
Many old English works, published in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries con-
tain references to Abyssinia, which could
only have been derived from the writings
of Alvarez, and possibly some other of his
contemporary compatriots. Two different
passages are worth quoting, from a Curl
GUS old book entitled "Fardle of Facions
containing the anciente maners, customes,
and lawes of the People inhabidng the two
parties of the earth called Affricke and
Aisle" and published in London in 1000.
one passage reads: "The people of Eth
ope under the goueraunce of Presbiter mo
Tohu0 perseauer in Christiane gOdlness
howbet after a sort much different fro
ours" the other reads: This King Gias
90 is of the blaud of Dauid continued
from one generation to another by so many
years of successiO."
Bruce. who visited Abyssinia in ITO,
200 Years after Alvarez and about $40 years
after the expulsion of the Portuguese,
found Axum in ruins. He makes no men
ton of having seen the famous chronicle,
but had evidently heard of it, for he
saws. speaking of the small church still
remaining in Axum: I'm it are supposed
to be preserved the ark Of the covenant,
and the copy of the law which Menlek,
the son Of Solomon. is said to have stolen
from his father on his return TO Ethiopia;
and they were reckoned as it were the
palladia of the country
OF those who came later, Lord Napier,
HeWett, Portal, Wylde, etc, none appear
to have seen or heard of these ancient
writings. After the capture Of Magdala
many manuscripts were brought to the
British Museum. but none of them were
older than the fifteenth century, and they
threw no light on the historical records
of the country. But this is not 10 be
wondered at. The jealous and exclusive
priesthood of Abyssinia may be believed
to have taken good care to prevent the
precious relics from falling into the hands
of the detested invader Menilek The
Lion Of Judah" is the only man who
can clear up a problem so pregnant with
interest TO Christendom. Let us hope that
If he does visit Jerusalem the world may
hear more Of the Sacred Chronicle OF
AQuaXumO"