Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1902-12-21

told, ruled the country twenty years
but he met his match at last. This
man that would have been Major
General in the Armies of Torquemada
Philip the I'd, the Duke of Alva OF
Weyler and put all the champions OF
the prize ring from Heenan to Jeffry
to flight, met his match in a woman
Similar cases have been happening ev
er since Adam opened the world "a
the public, yet masculinity have new.
er learned the lesson that woman can
defeat and swamp both warriors and
statesmen, when she sets her head to
that line Of business. Well, Samson
divulged the secret to Delilah that
his titanic strength lay in his hair
Miss Delilah saw a chance for the
Philistines to get in their inning on
Samson. They did not care rap for
Kipling's refrain, Lest we forget.
They did not forget what Samson had
done to them. So Delilah had Sam
sons flowing locks cut, while he was
taking a nap with his head reposing
in her lap. So Samson was captured
and imprisoned and his eyes were
put out. During his Imprisonment his
hair grew again and his strength re-
turned and he wreaked his ven
geance ON his old enemies for when
a large crowd of Philstines were
gathered ill., and upon the temple
where Samson was, he pulled out two
posts that Supporterted the structure
and the whole thing came down. and
crushed three thousand of them be
side himself. How two posts could
hold up a building that would accom-
modate 1900 people is mystery in
this day, but the architecture seemed
to be OH a par with the men of that
time.
Samson once gave a barbecue and
he made a bet with his chums that
he could tell a riddle that they could
not guess. He bet thirty suits of
clothes and thirty sheets. but a treach-
erous woman made him lose the wa
ger and the Bible says: And the
spirit of the Lord came upon him, and
he went down to Askelon and slew
thirty men of them, and took their
spqils and gave change of garments
up to them that eXpOunded the rid
die"
Think Of the spirit of the Lord NOV
ing the champion butcher Of the hui
man race to murder and robbery TO
help him pay a wager.
| am glad Samson had not as many
wives as Solomon had. 1t seems
to me their lives would not have been
'one glad sweet song. A few Deli
lahs and maids of GAIA might have
made it more lively for Samson. but
with his ability to create sensations
he did not need domestic diversions.
--A'f n the -thrfstians couiG get Samson
to return to earth they would have no
need of armies to carry civilization,
and plant the banner OF the cross in
heather lands, Samson could single
handed knock out all the Boxers in
China OF course they would have
to keep him sequestered from the
Delilahs.
Talk about Methuselah, why he is
man Of affairs, and everything that
he came in contact with needed re
pairs.
Samson seemed to be peculiarly I'M
fortunate in his dealings with women.
Military heroes have often been
subdued by women when allied faces
could not conquer them. Samson and
Napoleon met many misfortunes in
Ire tue lhlluChNN vi WOlLth
a mere pigmy compared with Samson
but as a military hero, Napoleon was
a mere pigmy compared with Sam
son There were some mighty men
of war i'll Bible times, and, according
to Bible history they were times
when God and all his sons were on
the war path. 1t seemed an absolute
necessity to be Oh the firing line. But
OF all the mighty men of war in the
Bible, from Moses to Malachi, Sam
son lays them all in the shade, and
looms up as the most impressive and
oppressive figure of the old Tesla
ment
Methuselah won his fame by grow
ing old, but Samson immortalized
himself on the field Of action.
He did things.
JOSEPHINE X. HENRY.
Versailles, Kentucky.