The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-13
assumed, after the smallest engagement, the rif,-
warlike appearance OF corkscrews.
Rome, A. ID. ~.

whTllk6 appearance OIL eoIAscfeWss
Rene, A. ID. AZ.
But tin swords and bull hides cannot contend
against Roman arms and Roman valor. The
Britons have been scattered lar and wide before
the Roman legions; the victory is won, and Clau-
dius, In his triumphal car Of ivory, drawn by
twelve richly caparsoned horses, in victorious
pomp wind along the ss.red way up to the ever
lasting gates Of Cspitolian Jove. The eagles of
the victorious general are borne In front OF the
car, while trumpeter heralds the approach
through the long and sonorous Sabine horn.
Around the oar on which the Triumphator 10
mounted stand some half dozen Roman SOL
diers. armed with massive javelins and the short
two-edged broadsword with which Rome out her
way to universal empire. The victorious general
In noun ed on dais, where fame crowns his
head with the laurel crown his victory deserves
gzsa The Barbarians-A. ID. 400. tss&
gThe iriumphL oar has passed away forever !;
Home Itself Is fallen, and will never know victory
again. From tho frozen mountains OF sarmstia
and the wild forests OF Germany the fierce bar
bsrians have burst forth upon Italy. scattered
her armies and leveled her cities.
The ruins OF Roman temple are blazing be.
meath the ineendiary torch Of wild Hun, whose
shaggy hair half covers his high sallow cheek
bones and fierce little red eyes while Loin-
bard. Goth and vandal, seated on shattered pill
lar, amid broken vases and statues, drink fr m
the holy golden vessels stolen from some church.
The Norlnans-A. ID. GOO.
The Cloths have come by land, the Normans
and sazons. tour rude foref4thers,' are come by
sea, In boats, that are tossed upon The waves. A
vessel Of one of these Vikings, with bird.pointed
peak IL plunging through the waves, making for
the undefended shores Oh England.
Bzss The saracens-A. ID. SOC,
From ell sides, the bsrbarisns are pouring in
upon the Roman Empire. Fresh from the Desert
of Arabs comes the 5araoen 10 SOW his religion
with the swerd Death has no fear for him; IL he
fals In battle, he knows that the gates OF Heaven
are open to receive him, and that for every
wound hs receives, another baek.eyed houri
will await his coming.
The great saladdn leads them, despite the
fact that he came into the world some three cen
turtles later II is also noticeable that the Sara
Genie warriors bear upon their shields, the Ma
hometan emblem OF The Crescent, In utter def
ance Of the fact that the Saracens never carried
the Crescent az an emblem at any time, and that
Il was not carried by the Mahometans at all until
the very end OF the fifteen century, when the
Turks took Constantinople.
The Courts
There is break In the line OF the proce ssion.
for the court Of His Majesty Rex is coming.
T wo trumpeters announce this through golden
II, batnI ts,
clear a passage for His Majesty. Then follows
the Chief Equerry aud two attendants.
1he Atchbishop walks on foot In front OF His
Majesty, dressed in full canonioals, and bestow-
ing blessings on all who crowd around him. His
crosler is work of art, all glittering with gems
an precious stones, and then, just after him,
comes
tbe mighty Chailemagne. Who can describe his
glories2 Upon his head. glitters golden crown,
richly set with gltteripg diamonds. From i's
velvet centre rises cross of rubies thai flash
forth FIRE in the sun.
TIE Kings dress il blue. His coat is of rich
blue ribbed silk, covered with gold braid and lace;
his shoes are red aud set nth brillisnts: around
bs ankle are broad gold rings. The only armor
he wears are golden greaves, giitteripg with
precious stones covering his legs, and goll ecale
srmor over his coat.
In hs hand he carries sceptre Of gold and
diam ,nds, with silver handle.
Twelve Peers.
Guarding the Kings person. come his twelve
peers. all cad 10 complete armor. the celebrated
paladins, whose deeds at Romeo valles made his
egn 30 illustrious.
The Court has passed and we return to The his
;ory of warfare since the time of Charlemagne,
The Crusader A. I'd. nloo.
The 9arsoenio wave has been hurled back. Tie
crusaders are come against them TO free the holy
,tpulohre from iptidel control. Arnor has greatly
improved in the meanwhile. 1t has become uni
'ershl covers not only the entire person Of the
might but his horse as we'll
Around their leader are gathered the remnants
# one of the holy armies sadly wasted by
anime, plague and war, knights Of st. john
nights Of Hospitallers, knights of all oltmes and
oun tries.
The Middle Ages.
The orusades have given birth to ohivalry and
War is now become an honorable
aha eFely Petty bhtpA ShElles II Oh
With bis neighbor, whether there DO cause or
revocation; 1t is his only pastime and amuse-
nent.
war wagon of the middle ages, u wooden
over, Ia being moved forward to storm some
irgin castle. The wagon is two-storied; in the
upper enc are congregated the knights, eager TO
mount the walls Of the beloagured fortress, gilt
oring in steel and gold, each bearing his own
'anneret that tolls, in it's hoGsldic emblems, his
ace and family. Armor has reached its high chest
'oint; every knight IL so covered with steel that
he arrows Of tho enemy's archers rattle harm
essly against him. unable to fad q single crevice
through which to get admission; 30 protected IL
'e, that even when endorsed and lying helpless
N the field OF battle, unable to rise from the
weight OF their armor, his antagonist, although
10 has him completely at his merry, can find no
way. Of tsking his life.