The Luxary of A1cIent Tsomlee.
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The Luxury Of Ancient Rome.
% The Roman knight, a. morning, threw of the
eoyeriet, evrought with needleyvoFk at BABYLON
and raised the tapestry of Tyre, which hung be-
iore the entrance of his chamber. He entered his
bathroom, the walls of which glistened with the


marble Of Alexandria beautifully adorned with


Numidinn carvings. He ascended to his dining
room furnished with Greciaa stasuary and pictures,
sunk upon, his Persian couch, and, instead of
suing ut table like his sturdy ancestors reclined
alter the fashion of the CONQUERED East He
wrote his letters upon paper from the land of the
Phafaohs and Ptolemies, and read fto,ESl parch-
ment manufactured at Pergamus. He annointed
hlnself with the perfumes of Arabia the Happy.
The Iron Of Spain served him for weapons. His
dice were made from the ivory of India He
won his races with the horses of Epirus Around
the neck of his wife hung pearls from the German
excursion. His funeral litter was borne by slaves
from beyond the Mediteranian, and hIs lifeess
remains turned to dust n tomb of porphyry
qaarried IN the Island of the Egean. -. ID
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The ST. Louis Era, by way of comment says
The luxury Of ancient Rome, if the above is
fair description of it, is not remarkably impressive
TO modern reader. Many an humble man, in
the cities Of This new world. which was unknown
TO Cicero and Cesar quite rivals the magui6cence
of the Roman knight ... .... ....7.,; ....s-.,.


Sat his morning meal, our modern imbibes the


fragrant decoction of borry unknown to the an
clients, brought 10 him from lands bevond their
OPhir, IN ships navigated by means of discovery
of which they never heard The delicious bever-
age is sweetened with preparation which they


never attained to the art Of manufacturing, borne
TO him from country Of which they never
dreamed. 3. h.s..',. a..a4 .t ...!i~


| /" While. at his dinner his own vast country
furnishes the contents of all the substantial dishes


srloins from beevcs fattened on the praires of the
| fror Iho r.
its ,eemiBg fields, and envened by the fruits of its
glowing orchards-his castors display the oil Of
Florence and the pepper of Sumatra-and his des


ser is enriched by the olives OF Seville, the rails


ins OF Malaga the gs of Greece, the dates of Syria


and the oranges of Cuba, Sicily, and the Azores


His drinks, unless he has Joined the sons Of
total abstinence, are the wines furnished by Ma:
deria, Xeres, Burgundy, and The Rhine, The
world is ransacked FOR The material of his clothing


The wool of Saxony, the fax of Ireland, the cot
ton of Texas and the Sea Islands, the silks of
China, Italy, and France the furs of Kamskacha
and the frozen zones, contribute their warmth, rich
ness and ustre, to protect and embellish his outer
man. His wife-thoHgh she neither tolls nor
spins-wns ever Solomon so arrayrd in all his
glory2 For her, hunters are chasing The al paca
on the mountains Of Peru, and the shepherd is


folding his f1ocks on The classic shores Of Iberia


for her the miner is exploring the dark caverps


Of Hungary for the topaz and ruby, and troops ol
blackamoors are washing the diamond earth Of
Brazil Cor her tho divers Of Ormus and Cahfor-


mia are plunging into ftighifni ocean depths fol


pearls, and the looms of Lyons and Manchester


orc weaving their gay and gorgeous fabrics HeI


shoulders are wrapped in shawls from Cashmere


her bosom covered with lace from Honitu and
her feet buried in the rich pile Of carpets from


Brussels. She also bathes her limbs in reservoirs
cut out Of marble which once lay in the unsunned


depths of Poros or PenIellicus, and then perfumes


her person with ottar extracted from The gardens
Of Gul in their bloom I'D @ -


j" His furniture is Of wood, taken from the shaft


which once rose majesticaly in the forests Of San


Domingo, Hawaii, or Ceylon. He fights with q
weapon forged from the iron that daIkened the re.


cess of the mountains OF Dalecarlia; fills bis teeth


with the gold Of Potosi or the pla,ina Of The UraI
and sports carriage lackered with the resins


from the islands Of India and glisening with silver
from the mines of Guadalajnra. g When sick, his


attendant is some polished physician familiar with


the hospitals of England and France, who de-
pletes him with lancet fabricated in Germany,
;, and doses him with calomel from the mines ol
Spain with jaIap from q neighborhood which has
been immortalized by the exploits OF Gen Pillow,
and with quiniue FROM Brazil. When he dies,
mahogany from Hayti composes his coffin, which


is put into a hearse over which wave plumes


from Araby, md is thence transferred 10 a grave


distinguished by monument of marble from Italy
or Egypt. ...t.,.t...
Il So that, all thing. considered, it does not ap.
pear that the luxury and magnfcrnee of an an
cient Roman noble so far exceeded the sumtuous-
ness of modern American citizen as TO make it
worthy Of very spesiaI or admiriag comments"


Il .- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS T7-7-- t.nE e So.