Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-08-07

tcoryFignl Lou.s Klopsea 1aotl
nN shis eistoarse Dr faimage COR
recfs some 8g the false notions about
g ~ejgi6n ana represents il as being Joy
insp.t4ng instead OF doIor6as; text. -.
Chronicles tx, ., ''OG spices great alum
dance: neither WAS thefe ans such spice
as the quetn IL Sheba gaze hing Solo
mon
Whaf Is that bulls'ing aiit yonder gilt
terins ii tie sen: Have you not heard:
1t is this hoass d she forest of Lebanon.
King solomon has just taken 20 1t his
bride. the princess Of Egypt. You see
the pillars 6f tAp par;ico and great tow
er. adorned with 1000 shields W. gold
huns on the outside of the f5wel~ DOB of
the shields of gold Manufactured at Sui
omoa' $ order, 500 were captured by Dat
vid his father. in battle. See how the.r
blaze in the aegnday sun,
Solomon gees up the mory stairs of his
throne between twelve lions in statuarv
and sits down On the back Of the golden
bull. the bead OF the huge beast turned to-
ward the people. The family ana the at
teut}ants os the king are SO many that
the caterers Of the palace have TO pro-
vide every day 100 sheep and thirteen
Gear the stamping AMI pawil of 1000
fine horses ii The royal stables. There
were important officials vino had charge
of the worh OF gathering the straw and
the barley for these horses King Solo
mon was an early riser. tradition says.
and used to take a ride out at daybreak,
and when, In his white apparel, behind
the swiftest horses of all the realm and
followed b. mounted archers in purple.
as the cayalcade dashed through the
streets Of Jerusalem | suppose it was
something worth getting up at . o'clock
in the morning to look at
Solomon was not like some Of the kings
Of the present day-cr0wned iInbeeility.
All the splendors OF his palace and reti-
nue. were eclipsed by his Intellectual pow
er. Why. he seemed 70 know every
thing He was the first great natura list
the world ever saw. Peacocks from IN
dia strutted the basaitic walk. and apes
chartered in the trees, and deer stalked
the parks. anu there were aquariums
with foreign fish and ayiaries with for
eign airds, aud tradition says these birds
were 50 well tanned that solomon might
walk clear across the city under the
shadow OF their Wings as they lowered
and fitted about him.
More than this. He had a great repu-
tation for the sonpn rums and riddles
that he made ana guessed. lie and King
Hiram. tbs neighboI. used to sit by the
hour an.i ass Riddles. each one paying in
money IL he could not answer or guess
the riddle. The S0lomonic 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 Ralais. away off south, heard
of it and sent messengers with a few
riddles chat she wo5ld ike to have Solo
mon solve and a few puzzles that she
would like to have him ina out. She
sent. among other thin-s. to King Solo
mon diamond with Il hole so small that
a needle could uot pen rate 1t, asking
him 10 thread that diamond, and Solo
mon tool. woria ana put it at the open
ing in the diamond anil the worm crawl
ed through. leaving the thread in the dla-
montI. The queen also sent a goblet 70
Solomon, asking him to Eli it with water
that dia not pour from the sky and that
did not rush out from the earth, and im-
mediately Solomon put Il slave on the
back OF Il swift horse aud gall0ped him
around and around the park until the
horse was nigh exhausted, and from the
perSpIratioe of the horse the goblet was
filled. She also sent to King solomon
500 boys III girls dress and 500 girls in
boys dress wondering il 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.
Seeing Tor oncself.
Qpeea Baikis was 50 pleased with the
aeuteness Of Solonen that she said, I'm
Just 20 and see him for myself" Yon-
der ii eomesthe cafalcade horses and
dromedarieS. ehari3tS and citarioteers,
jingllng harness AMI cl3ttering hoofs and
blazing shief.s ana flying ensignS and
clapping cyiubais. The place is saturated
with The perfume. She brings cinnamon
and sasTran ami c.llamus and franklin
cense and all nl8naer Of sweet spices. AS
the rctinRe sweeps through he gate the
armed auarG inhales the aroua. ''Halt!'
cry the .harioteers as the wheels grind
the grave. in front Of the pillared portico
of the king Queen BalkiS alights in an
atmosphere beWitehed with perfume. As
the ,lromedaries are driven up TO the
king storchouses, an the bgndles OF
cnmphor are union led, and the sacks OF
cinnamon ana The b3Ees of spices are
openei, The pnryeyors Of the palace dis
coyer whaf my teN5 announces, OF
spices. great abundance: neither was
there any such spice As the queen OF
Sheba gave to kia= solomon"
Well. ny RENTS you know that all