The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-26

ereu Oh inc HurTlcane uecK, ana MADE o
rather mixed. but certainly well satisfied
crowd. Prominent In the party was dog,
who-money on 1t; the offer to stand open
for twenty-four hours-can use I'D anything
I'm the shape Of q "purD" which Jennings or
any other man can produce There was also
q cock, who, being over weight had been
ruled out of the main between Georgia and
Kentucky; q monkey which number of
italian organ-grinders would actually work
for-saw wood or something Of that kind
for two hours, provided the unusual exertion
did not kill them before the expiration OF the
time; abul to which the BBuf Gras couldn't
hold a candle There is no discount In this as
sertion, because Bpuf Gras can't hold
candle at alb, and last, but not least, there
was that irreprcssible and imprudent inoi-
vIdua Familiarity known as Billy q. Oat- The
party gazrd listcs8ly over the waste OF wa
fers," which il certainly was and lazily
watched the graceful curling smoke from
their fiftcen-cent fgaros. Capt Noah stood
on the boiler deck of the vessel, in the bow
occasionally taking an observation through a
intent improved soxtant, but, as q general
thing Keeping a bright lookout for bars
(marblc-topped). The packet drifted by going
slowly with the current, and was followed
by
The Tower of Babel
portion OF the Tower which would have
been improved by the addition Of q Mansard
roof, with the usual number of chimneys and
lightning rods, was the most striking feature
of the picture In front of it, In fact standing
on the front steps, was Brother Jonathan, the
nj xpbn m q
which he was endeavoring to show the labor
ers gathered about him that Ia the present
depressed condition of affairs, with the entire
country on the verge Of bankruptcy. IL was
impossible to add another cent to their al
ready munticent salaries and make anything
out of the job. The DutGhmen, the China
men, the Englishmen. the noble red men, and
the natives of Ireland whose strength had
put the Tower as far on the way to the finish
Ing point as 1t was, couldn't understand that
kind of talk; there was too much United
States language in it, and each man was ex-
pressing his intention OF knocking off work,
and knocking off the head OF any other man
who struck lick for less than the price de-
manded, and as each man spoke in his native
lingo and as hard as he could, there was natu
rally O confusion of tongues. Brother Jona-
than was making arrangements to employ a
new gang at his own price, and to secure a
detachment of police for their protection,
when the crowd passed on and gave place to
A Company
on horseback, representatives Of Assyria,
Babylon, India and Persia. They were led by
Nlmrod Noah's great-grandson From the
fact that Nimrod was noted as q mighty hun
Ter, there is q natural inference that he was
one Of the best shots Of the time, but as there
Is no record OF his having ever entered q
shooting match, his reputation as the cham
pion Is not SO well established that 1t cannot
be questioned. Nimrod, after time, got
tired of hunting and went into politics, and
constituting himself returning board
counted himself In rs king, although a pop
ular majority wanted another man. He was
one OF the first men who, disregarding the
custom of the time, concluded that he would
make better ruler than theSm really enti-
tied by election to the presidential chair,
which, in that benighted age, they called a
throne, and seated himself in 1T. There was
another famous individual who lived several
hundred years after Nimrod departed this life
who did this same thing. In tho words OF the
modern historian, "the name Of this man IL
was HAYES, which the same is Choctaw Tor
civil service"
Beside Nimrod rode Semiramis, Queen Of
Assyria. There is very little positively known
about this gentle lady. Historians agree that
she lived and was queen of Assyrta and Of
society thousand or SO years before the
Christian era but that is all they will admit
regarding her. and they refuse to credit the
statement published In the daily papers of
the time, that, becoming blaze, Semiramis
changed into turtle q I'VE and flew to heaven.
The historians are entirely too incredulous.
Semiramis was possessed of q peculiar
character, If all the traditions are to be
believed, for with the pugnacity of bull dog
and the courage Of man, she united the
tenderness Of woman. As illustrative Of
her gentle and sympathetic nature, 1t 10 re-
lated that on one occasion Minus, the ruler
of Asia, overcome by her beauty and her fas-
citations, gave her permission to govern his
f.ingdom and his constituents for five days,
and instructed his chief Of police and adiu
tant general Of militia to obey and faithfully
execute all her orders, on pain Of his dispeaS-
ure and their consequent removal. Minus
wanted to see what sort of queen she would
make, but unfortunately he did not live long
enough after she was seated on the throne
to form an opinion. The tender heart Of the
good Queen realized that the cares OF govern
ment were too much for Minus, and she re-
lieved him Of them for all time, and as he
had no further use for his head, 1t being par
ticularly soft, and only fit to support the
crown which she had determined to wear. she
ordered the criminal sheriff to have him reiev- |
ed Of that also. A skillful practitioner was en-
gagged at an advance on the usual price oper-
form the operation, but unfortunately, al
though the Job was executed III the most scien
fife and workmanlike manner, Minus did not
have the constitution to stand 1t, and he died,
much to the sorrow and regret of Semiramis.
Xerxes came next. He was the famous
King Of Persia, and the noted lunatic who,
in ~ p,I{nfy ha aOpt for n OpG