Show t philosophical observations t by WILLIAMS history tory ancient and modern shown many chapters ot of pomp the moat moist meent was the return of the dowa dowager pr empress and emperor of china to the he i vain pomp forbidden ciar after the tile allies had triumphed and anti lit and the the indemnity had hn been this triumphal la ili lal i said 1 to hae ave c triet a it enough S to t have avo paid interest on the common people indemnity for one line ear it nas as a matter of common that the chinese rulers khouli spend such a aum sum when the country was in dire financial straits triumphal parades and gorgeous itineraries are too often paid from the pockets of th common people if the hoi hot are awed by the splendor the worshipped I 1 to ate safe if tot treason follows follos and woe aoe to tha plutocrat who wears the sandy gaudy ant ort ho ile was undoubtedly a plain plair oil laulee auk who first slid enough ie is ae an good as a feast fancy hew bow hie his chin v makers would ba bale e bristled could he have bave hated cyrus of asia 1 when that r riler iler it apt pt eight hundred stallions and sixteen thousand anres in the royal and nd the dally daily tributes paid him amounted to one english birtiel bushel of tit lher the annual revenue of assyria was nas computed at 1 00 MX OW is sarling str ling and the people paid to ve many strikes of today might IlL insinuate sinuate the condition of the laborn la borns mail to be hard but consider what hat lots ll 11 labor paid for in the ollen timi limit il the processions and in t wo we days lays were mere majestic and luxurious beland all modern pent perit arc a of romp a procession elon win wh h b was begun with twenty le four royal alwn and anti to hundred if tf the most curious animals front ey climata cli elli matr nati of the corth north the eat pait and the south sixteen hundred gladiators followed jov jev ele els were everywhere the beau beautel tei is figure of 71 being so with precious gems tl ti at she almost fainted valor the pressure the procession proc pealon lasted from daylight artil after d dirk irk ben hen cleopatra left her dominions domin tors to visit sit antony in ia she al at ed ell along the river cenus in a most galley the stern was as coved alth with eold gold tho th sails were of urple and the oara girs G irs were silver music sounded the rhythmic beat of airo arol filers ellers as the queen qun dross ld as venus onus lay ily I ly upon a canopy embroidered with got gold her iter maids and attendants attend inte were innumerable and incense burred burned along the shores na sh Bl lomp I 1 amp pomp pomp for which the paid runs through ta tie e of tha the past the palace of Mo lot ta ter bt tit bagdad contained COO eunuchs and porters inside inide 38 alecea of tapestry tap try hung 1 1 of if which litch were ell silk k embroidered with gol got I 1 tie carpets on tie tle floor were in number golden birda birds sat in golden trees diamonds glittered and perfume made heavy be avy tin air can anyone guess who paid tw for thia this extravagance T constantine Constant lne ba hal I 1 a thousand bar barbers barbets beTs a thousand cup a thousand cooka cooks had an army the of wilt vw i if denes language angel is while monarch of the eastern empire lii ti j millions sterling a day to maintain his household in viewing sch ich s it Is a mater mat er of genuine pride to every tru true a amean citizen that our education hai eltia elevated ted us as a nation against such shoff there are individuals who pattern rn after the pea peacock but the majority believe worth malim maltes tl ala iman man tho the want ot of it the fellow the rest Is all bia leather leatter or prunell ol I 1 not to so very long ao ao 0 there was wa a ric on in washington 11 to do away with the sword us ra an obsolete adjunct 0 t military dress and usage the alarm the sword sward at the maleti tnt was mostly felt in debating debatin geo society circles the supremacy of the pen over the vs sword and vl vi e versa has long been questioned in I 1 the he ho anred pen aery words of 0 oratory and thus to have the tine time honored subject thrust ruthlessly waa aw a was as mort than the sword members rould well stand without gasping if tio tl blade wae was herer after fter to be bossed by he the pen there woul I 1 be left felt but two historically recognized subjects sub jeLts for debate viz did the ash take the ccok or tui tab hook take ilu thi ash baht and shall we give women the ballot I 1 thus it 11 la Is cot not to be wondered at that the debaters were a j bit flu strat d at he the news consig consigning mIng ahe blade to the eternal bow and innocuous desuetude it was enough to make male demosthenes himpele turn taru over in hie his cold cold grave or tomb or swathing log or whatever else the old gentleman lies iles in slumbering the pen side was naturally pleased that modem modern warfare was on the verge of decreeing the sword should be kicked onto the scrap pile for old junk the sword of the I 1 ady of justice was in jeopardy and mud the I 1 of the lady of at mercy might be bi bisted sted even the chinaman a cleaver was to be hacked backed up and melted by the iconoclasts the proud record of lia tan blade wae was for tho the nonce forgotten the pen tide side refused to ace pt na as good argument the cutting ot of the gordian knot at Gord lum by alexander Ie xander rhey scoffed at joan of tit arc and her consecrated blade they said statesmen aver that the sword Is cumber come some uncouth and medieval in modern warfare it is of little more use than a woman a hat bat pip down with ith the sword 1 only weapons that barvest harvest death at ar the th of the sea ca are to be compared nos nowadays with the mighty pen that are scratcH rg the sword ie Is a hand me ine down a simple and withal a defenseless weapon john dull bull didn t put down the boera boers with the sword santiago was not taken with the sword dewey do manila with tho the sword nor did unison holson urea liven the indies longer refuse to kiss the sword tsat their lovers may be bl blessed ased in war on the contrary they osculate on the sensuous up lip and put it straight on the 1 I loser the expression I 1 draw the word sword and throw away the scabbard la Is now obsolete to be ap to date say I 1 when you are ready gridley abat a american the lans wor war shipped the word sword and ma homat ruled by 11 governments have been won and abst by it christians hane been teen put plit to by its point tyrants thrones by its rower power caesar had hall a dozen swords as an 1 nero 14 ero was a sword despot but that was yest yesterday erda today to day a has the irime prime the rapid fire guns and clear the down with poets and saard debaters debater sl the pen has a new enemy ilic the sword and the sorrowful sword members dished by unequal odds said they guessed soa so but they have pluck fid d vy up rew courage since the sword still till dangles at our military belt speaking of pomp reminds that the farally fatally cow Is becoming te except in the biral districts time waa was when hen re rel dents were wont want to have a brown the family cow eyed d bovine in ahw th family her iler clover breath was no less famed than lur butter and as an an alarm clock in ve vs the moning mo ma ning ehe she was ras reliability itself the docile modern tirre times carature referred to the was by women folks as bossy she waa was milked by pa when he came home tired at night and who ever and anon awoke the echoes of the neighborhood shouting so sot so sol durn ye so every time ehe abe got her tall in to the milk pall or swatted him oj oa the neck with the burrs in the end of it the boy df ot the household was yanked out of be I 1 every morning about 5 30 a clock to drive the bast to pasture file parents told him the task taught him diligence usually he be was as too sleepy to be diligent except when hen the cow wandered into a harbby sweet corn patch ana the dory chased her every time company came ma would brag t our cow and how show the visitors how much milk ehe she saw gave and avil bo bov thick the cream was this was the status of the cow business in many little cities a few year years pro but alas a proud family sentiment a has decreed that it Is I 1 no more proper to keep a cow than a pig even though the bovine may not be kept in the parlor at as the old SOUK sout tells us its the pig wae was the rural mill man min vi ho wae was wont to sell bran and mixed corn and oat oats to cuddle coddle bossy into giving down her in authority for the statement that the town cow la Is fast disappearing wit with h lier ter wonted tether toward toe broad farms and the butchers a daughter slaughter house tae tile cruel cruet and yet aesthetic hand of civilization has slapped the cow northwest north wes of her backbone and chased her ruthlessly mth lessly out of the brick pared streets and the lawn ia n tennis courts into the pastchal past cral quietude of the country she has his been made to feel that she la Is ft plebeian rather than an and the passing of the town cow Is complete thick rich cream Is no longer known to the younger generation whose opinion of this luscious lindou ls yell yellowish product la Is rather blue to say the least vale itie c town row cow would the she were a bird or a gazelle azelle that we ml blight ht keep her ever with us u and still be 11 here Is I 1 the town tig pig I 1 ike the town cow he Is no more morel lie ile was wont to fatten behind the barn ard wallow allow in cushioned beda beds of mud but alack the town pig bo no longer dom does lie he herald the approach of the non ls 13 likewise lee hour lie ile ta kas been boen bo en relegated relegate tt to the rotten rothn roth n bayord the towns HI Is not heard la in 09 th gone municipal land and his hi grunts of satisfaction are tr far demorel I 1 fron from the buy busy marts of trade there wn was f 1 time when many tora towa famine families fattened their own pork park they took gratification la to showing a iii inell but vivacious alne 1 how quickly he could swell lalo lato a hos hog aad and solve the 1 rn f birth life ai J 1 aa an inglorious and death it was in fact lut I 1 ut one short step with the pig from I 1 sweet teat of the mother to the gritty brine dt at the grocery store birrel atily the great ever knows known what becomes of the oil all pancake pancakes taj hard bread crusts and the green apples jonczy couldn coulden t cat eat these days with no pigs in town to gulp gully them down in luay gasps of approval tie TI tt e pig with the cow has the rubicon of at t aty elly out into the calm calmere cal ress of the there was a time when most every country family raised a pig or two times mands 1 haire pare run to pug dog dogs however and a pig ii Is no longer au alil A pig which smells eai ells and a porker would be a bunch of roses if it he didn dian t swell Is in a nuisance tu th who have lave dogs won 1 stand nul tanca aad ad tiers fliers 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