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Show THE FIRST STRIKE ON RECORD. It Occurred In Home and Took Place In the Year 300 B. C. Livy, in Ms. famous book, "The Annals, An-nals, " 9, 30, relates in the following suggestive words the story of a singular strike which occurred in Rome in the year 300 B. C. and was probably the first strike ever known: That year occurred an event little worthy of being related, and which I would pass in silence had it not appeared as involving religion. The flute players, dissatisfied because the latest censors had forbidden them to take part in the banquet in Jupiter's temple, according to the ancient custom, withdrew, every ono of them, to Tibur, so that nobody was left at Rome to play during the sacrifices. sac-rifices. This incident shocked the religious reli-gious sentiment of the senate, and the senators sent messengers to invite the inhabitants in-habitants of Tibur to make every effort in order that the players should be re stored to the Romans. The Tiburtinei, having promised not to neglect anything any-thing necessary for that purpose, caused the flute players to come to the place where the Benato met and exhorted them to go back to Rome. Seeing that they could not prevail upon them to do so, they employed a strategem in keeping with their character. On a day of festival, under pretext that musio would increase tho joy of the feast, every citizen invited the flute players individually ro ma hoiT", and wine, of which people of that profession aro usually fond, was given to them in such quantities that they fell into a deep sleep. Tbey were then thrown into wagons and transported to Rome. They only becaniG aware of whu. had hap pened on tho day after, when dawD surprised them lying on . the carts, which had been left in the forum. A large crowd had assembled, and they were induced to promise that they would remain at Rome. The right of attending attend-ing the banquets was restored to thas flute players, New York Triama I sat next an Illinois giri in tho nouse gallery and marked the manner of her speech, which was strango to a Washington Wash-ington ear She did not slight a single "r. " The broad English "a" eastern people affoct was unknown to her. She asked me what time congress "took up" and when it "let out." She spoke of a brook in her home and called it a "branch. " She said it seemed so funny to get six car tickets for "2 bits," and she told mo she had not attended the opening of congress because she "could not get to go," but that she meant to hear just as many great speeches as she could "get to hear." Then she excused herself and went away, as she said she had "some trading to do for ma," Washington Post. |