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Show How SA.veos Slew the Philistines. Philis-tines. When L travelled, in 1871, in Palestine an old servant from Jerusalem, Jeru-salem, showed mo tho supposed place where Simeon killed 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an an. When I expreeicd my douota as to the length and strength of a jawbone, considering consider-ing the great number of surrounding enemies, the good man explained the case in the following manner: "Well, he took hold of the aae by the tail and swung the animal against the Philin tines in such a manner that only his head, and of this epeciaby the jawbone, jaw-bone, struck the Philistines, keeping ofl in this way the surrounding war riora, and giving the blow the noces j Bftry force to kill. I affirm that in f this manner Samson could have slain a million Pbillitjtines, provided the 1 tail of the asa did not break." Sacra ' mento Journal. |