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also inrlosvd the residential palaces of
km: Sotomon. the Cloisters tenanted
in a large start or attendant priests.
nrxl other buildings. One of tho-
:‘a‘accs was built by Solomon for an:
.m‘plinn princess. dauzhter of the!
‘lzaranh (we chapter 8. first book of!
{ll-Rel. who became his queen.
liv-vv about the seven hundred WAVC"
am: one thousand concubfnes? The
answer is that. in the opinion of
Bible scholars, they may bei
down as fictzon. Salomon was a
enough monarch, but. ccnturicn‘
death. he became to some,
a mythological chnrncter.;
Thu-a In Mohnmmedqn tradition. he is
rredited with having had power over
the demons of air. earth, and water—
ns illustrated by the Arabian Nights
tale in which n fisherman liberates a;
verity from :1 bronze bottle. wherein
the» monster had been imprisoned and
scaled up by Solomon. for keeps.
Dismisslnz A Scandal
\R‘flters, in later centuries.
:ipsn their imagiraf'on in trying to‘
r~3rrify the pfory
Solomon. and one. way to emphasize:
The idea was to credit him with thel
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other monarch ever owned.
tram his superhuman wisdom. In en-
tire collection of the proverb: of the
people of Israel was credited to him
«just an it all the proverbs current
among our people were credited to
Abraham Lincoln. '
It Solomon had hnd seven hundred 3 was compelled by a military defeat.
wives and one thousand concublnei;
they,
attendants. would have equaled in
with their servants and other
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numbers the population of a eonsid-S
ernlilo town.
have been quartered?
It is only fair to Solomon to dul-
miss that scandalous story. Quite
possibly the Egyptian princess was
the only wife he had. Whose daugh-
ter was she? The Bible frequently
speaks of the Pharaoh—in one In-
stance referring to him as "the great
dragon who ‘lies in the midst of his
'rlvers." a figure of speech for the
Nllntic crocodile—but there were
many Pharaohs. and no clue is given
ito their identlrv.
“David. the father at Salomon. was
a. military genius. It was he who
calm-d possession of Jerusalem. which
had been the principal stronghold of
extended his conquests eastward to
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vand ally of Solo‘mon. for whose Tem-
nL the height of its power and pros-
perity. Nevertheless. as recorded 1
the Bible. be ceded a big slice otter-i
rltory to Hiram of Tyre. whose:
I-‘hcenlcian kinzdom lay to the north.
Why did he do it? No explanation
is given. but the chances are that be
It 30, pence was made; and In the
Bible story Hiram appears as a friend
pic he furnished wood. and for whose.
trading ships he provided sailors.
Built into the gateway of an old
‘Mohammedan cemetery in Jerusalem
was recently found an ancient tablet'
which bore. in Greek. the inscription.
"X0 Gentiles allowed to go beyondi
these limits on pain of death." This:
seems to have been one of the tablets»
the historian:
7 enterprises.
leading to the‘
The :
word Gentiles. of course. referred to“
which (according to
Josephus) were fixed
alongside the steps
gateways of Solomon's Temple.
upon posts
:all persons other than Jews.
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the Euphrates and southward as for“!
as Egypt.
Thus it will he understood how it
mav have come about that Solomon.
who inherited the cons‘derablc empire
created by his father. was able to
Epollti‘cal reasons. an excellent match.
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Such full and detailed descriptions
of the Temple have been given by
Scriptural and lay historlnns that we
have a fairly accurate notion of what
Indeed. the Palestine
Exploration Fund has produced a
large model of rt. including the wall
which encompassed also
states on‘ the south.
In the middle of the great inclosure,
was the court of Justice. with Solo-3
The steps,
lending up to the pinttorm on which:
the throne stood were flanked on eith-i
at! two.
more lions crouched on each side of?
Oho throne l
mnn'n famous ivory throne.
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strictly sacerdotal purposes were the
clolsters ot the priests.
building. called the House of the
Forest of Lebanon. was used as an
armory and on occasions for royal
banquets. Great quantities of arms
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were stored therein. for the Temple
was also a fortress. its location on a3
hilltop giving it a strategic advantage.
Adventures in Sea Trade
As a further precautlcn in case of
siege. sprin’; water was broughhinto
the Temple inclosure through a sub-
terranean tunnel fromsSolnmon's
Pools. south of Bethlehem. Within
the walled area numerous tanks, to
hold :1 Simply of the write.- thus de-
rived. were excavated in the rock of
:the hill.
The subjects of King Solomon were
not seafaring people by habit or ex-
perience. and presumably i: was for
this reason that I‘hw" inn sailors
were drafted to man his trading shfpn
It was duant: his reign that Jerusalem
first undertook maritime commerczal
He established
doubtless ex:ers;vo {or thnse
days. a: the head of the Gulf of
Akaha. which is the east branch of
the nor‘h end a! the.ltcd Sea: and.
as the Bible tells us. his vessels
brought apes and ivr-rv and much
merchandise of ( kinds irnm
lndlzt. Ceylon. ax '. other
parts.
It was probably this acth'ity in
overseas trade that brourhz him mto
commerelal relations wt}:
yards,
China. and duwn the east
Africa to Madam-sour (the home of
the giant hit-:3 no? then as yet extinct.
which Sinhnd the Sailor calls theRock)
and be} and
man by the Queen of Shrhn.
brought :ifls Kilns-e and administered
flattery to the wise mnnurrh by the
shovelful.
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coat: of
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the Ara-‘
blans. whose bouts vnvaced as far as;
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Many Trees Are Gathered From a- Single Trunk
By Modern Method of Cutting --A‘ Fac-
tor of Forest Conservation.
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L‘lENCE and common lens. have
S come to the rescue o: the Christ-
mas tree.
With a view to preventing waste
in the tons: growth at tho union the
latest method 01 harvesting trees tor
the Christmas celebration taken me
firm at perpezuatlzn ot the tree. in-
Mead of tho destructlteneu prenousJy
practiced.
L'ndor tho old system each Christ—
mas tree was A complete unit of
growth. To provide the ornament tor
A single dcy‘u no. the entire tree- was
cut. nnd sacrificed, in this ruthleu
mnnner vm lore-t area have been
denuded of tho promising growth be.
longing to tho tenor-Mona of tho tu-
turc.
By the new method the harvestmz
at I Chrmmaa tree is no 62212ch as
znthering n bouquet of roe-:- or
chrmmhemumt The moot modern
pnctico mm the Ire. u n permnn-
en: producer. yielding tu- dnnual crop
without destruction of the growth is
n whole.
A planner in this form of harvest.-
in: LI George Vv'mer.
thin; worth more than their immo—
dlato harvest will “lord. Wigner is
A man with n vision—I. mu
realize. thnt the timber supply of the
I Penna,»g
vaninn. who ace: in tho moo some-V
wbo'
tlnlted Stun cunnot survive without '
the nppllcctton or pnctxccl principle-jot the unbalanced chap. in which it
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ran-.614. rmvt'n. ix", .ndwanon to
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is 2'. be Cody“; 1' (Lupe naminallon
v! the run; 1'5!" would lead 'he aver—
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artyitrng Lo-s; liner. a )vjxgng spruce m’
.l! l'!.°...".(_\v'. '13.; (firinmu use.
newt-var. A. no tree at xiii. but a tingle'
branch inn 3 good—sud cprucc.
The Brand»: Fat-cal l‘pwnrd
Jr 2 childhood the branch shown.
.n the (lifl‘lurt nuts of the ordinnry‘:
‘3 99. growl; parac‘iel will the ground.
end unheated in devclopmcnt. Tiler
magic warn or conscrthor. remowdi
'lze u-ne-mdednvu and caused the
wamb to grow ctraight upward.‘
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0! the tree and e‘rimma—Yrrx the tumor!
9! crowdmg and dense chalk. Thur
{wen its plate :n ”1': our; the: brunch:
unturned Verne-.2 pavilion and up?“
:2 branchlcu in every dzrcdion in-
and c! on a tIYLIZlQ side on before.
l': tin: way it quickly took the round- ‘
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out from a tree, parallel with tho 3-??-
face or the ground in necessu'ily un-
developed on its lower bide. u n-
ufis'nwfls have a tendency to grow in
upward direction. A branch thu-
grown wouEd have none of the lym-
merry needed to justify iu use for
Vine decorative purpose of a Christmu
tree.
Yields Ten Christmas Tron
In one a! the illunrumn- may ha
been a parent stem which bu made
the production a! (Thrintmu trees I
Lie. work. This wen: is that of a n1-
!!vc spruce. Through unnuxl crop!
the trunk hu already yielded ten
Vreen {or Christh um Ind it is lull
in the prime of 111‘ find good for my
more such hora/um. A: shown in the
picturc, in its present condition, an
tree 3: tagged cm! unkempt. but this
:3 a! minor importance. The men-
Hal {art is am it bu duvatodthc
uremgvh o! mummy to the production
0! Christmas tron. cad tint in this
women it ha and the twin of ten
trch 9! individual swarm, with man
to come. The tn of the «rpm ton—
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other two years in the transplant-bed
and u single year}: the field in which
they are to grow to maturity. Mon!
0! these young tree; grew up much In
eight or ten inches apiece during the
first yelr alter the field planting on
and which had been newly cleared.
Chrl tmas trea harvesting bu been
the r Ject of prolonged argument
muons conservationists. Some .dVO'
cate- of totem. preservation insist tho:
the wholesale use at evergreen at the
holidays is wasteful and destructive.
cud that. it should be stopped. Others.
equally interacted in conservation.
lulu the ponitton tint the (crest- or.
lpcnd two run In tho seedbed. no”-
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tor the usage! the human no. on!
form of cultivation. For the most
that there is no use more Important
than that of providing Christmas
cheer for young sad old alike.
Trees 8: The Minion
Those who urge n continuution at;
the use of Christmas trees point to;
the part played by the annual crop In l
agricultural prosperity in certain sec-
tions or the United States. Vermont
alone produce: something like five
million tree- to be used in connectioni
with Christmas festivities. This harv-
est is grown for the one particula-
purpoae. Ind it is cited thnt the land
thus utilized would not produce smi-
ilnr‘ flannel-J returns in any other
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In Europe. where advanced methods
of forest cultivation are an accepted
custom. the cutting of Christmas trees
is not considered as a menace. but as
a means of improvement and revenue.
For this double reason the practice is
definitely encouraged. _
Firs And Spmca The Favorites
9 principal Christmas trees are
the firs and the spruces. Between
them these two species or evergreen
comprise at least 70 per cent. of the
annual harvest. Both are native to
the Northwoods of America. and it is
in this envnronment that they grow at
their best and develop their splendid
foliage and attractive forms.
By some authorities the Balsam tit-
is given the palm as the ideal Christ-
mas tree. because of its widespread
distribution in the forests of tho
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hillsides of the Green Mountain State. E'OWT-‘L P
of which the available supply is very 1 3’23“?“ > _ r.
expensive. Figures are given by the ' .re‘c‘i'fl“ a,
American Forestry Association to £43153}? gm » - - _:
show that the crop of live million’h' ‘ . .- »
ome. I. .> _ w
trees makes use of but five thousand , ,0“ ”a. a: _. —l—,_x
acres of the two and one-half million ; willlbe“r::.aie f: . a;
acres of similar land in the one state the time-honored c. t. t. 1.;
such pleasure 3r i
homes of America er
world. At the K17.“
pot-tan: that every r-rr. ';
perpetuate razbe "' ‘
forest growth of
meet with encourasertr
too little timber a: 5-,
ply is rapidly gem-'13.;
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and comm-e
of production is res
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It is in line with T329 rtw .
States should be
crop. to be harvest
perpetuation. rathe
from which the entire v“. _.
oral wealth should be *r _ _
converted into cash wzz‘: 25 .
lay as possible.
Norwalk Chronicler