, 1880-02-14

an entertaining account Of Roman banquet
which took plnce about 1t Il. G. This suprer
(ennn), which correspondent more nearly will,
the dinner .ott modern times, was given by
IA'ntu1us to cclebrntc Ills Inauguration as
Fla1nen Mart1alls,' mn officer WHO ranked
aiming tic FEamlnts second only TO tho
Flanlen Dinlls. Tim company comprised
seven OF tho Pontiticcs, @. Cntuhls, n.
iEmt1fns Lcp!ttua, D. Syllanus, p. sceavo!a
Sextus, @. Cornelius, 7. Volumnius, r. Al
binovanns; tho Rex Sacroruu,. e. Cesar; and
L. Julius Cesar, the Augnr, The party, how
ever. was not limited to nlcn. There wero
present four OF tic Vcstals,-PopIlta, Per-
penia, Ifcinfa, and Ar4ncia t1lc remaining
two Of their colleagues were probably obliged
10 rennt'l nj the Temple 10 attend to tho
sacred tires>; tho wife OF Lentulus, publicla
tlln the FIa'nlnhea, h, 1nd HIS ,mother.tnlaY Sem
privileges, MD also sninc restrictions. Among,
the litter was 0tlc which prohibited her FROM
,n l,,'n'lt'tlnE staircase of .1lIore than three
S1ss, 20 pffeitv % a va sd akca eeng sSe Te
respects anomalous. Tic !onors = paid to thei,
were yery remarkable They were attended
COnsuls and Governors nlte way for them.
Llkn the Peers of EnEland, ttoy gave their e
cyieica without taking ~, t'ath. The du-
tleS nf their u'llce were ,ctufrcd tn, lc very
puhts1n!Gt,is awaited. nny violation Of their
Vows. TlH.y enjoyed II falr amount 1t
liberty, ai,! wcrs allowed! to walk about the
city: 70 attend theat!ys and .gla'ilatorial ex-
reserved for them, aud they were, as tve sue,
suAlett,nes present ut social entertainments.
Ihcy Wsrs % eyell able. nfter t!llrty years. sery.
mi ss Y t. yss aI4H f q thsnssyss
banquet WAS arranged In t.rce tricllnta, with
Ivory chur lies, Tho pontices occupied two
nf e. tle tricIi1iAt and the third WINS Etxen to
tie @ t gsss Fsan wo s Me1s rsese s q i9n &c s St St
cubarv"), it wouil not l!nye been
q tlccos.Ms suI.,i for the ladies and gentlemen
Of Rome TINT tho 1ndes adopted tic CUSTOM
Of reclining ut table: The repnst commenced
with tue altear1la, for which 1t was usi1ul to
nlating the appetite, but on this nccasion tho
n,t.i,n Of the ntltcctElla or glstatlo contained
so1ne t'islsss WHICH wgre tolcrably ysolItt Raw
t Tyse1s t'if;1etom "strfas tf eraS 1an,
t'scllinf, pelorides. ssp9ntlyIl. g!ycolnaridcs,
tlri!c;e y, tllrnsl!ss, asp1rag,ls, fatted fowls,
az" W bear ofais ana Fill 'ietS eat aa 1 faa5 o
l'aslicS. For the cunn there were pork, wild
boar, lisli lattEes pork pies. ducks, teat soup,
H, rS a meat rstn whente l'e Gakes nnt
t IL to lie linpcti ti.at tic company ifniiowlng
The advice given III the "4Atticse Noctes" If
Anlns Gelllns( avoided! painful md involved
subjects, nnd limited their discourse to TIC
common topics uf everyday llfe.
THE MISSOURI AIlAsTODON.
Several years ago, Dr. Koch placest on
exhibition the bones Of II large animal. lo
fDui,tl III tiasc0nnsla County, Missouri. lie
had arrAi,snl tho bnnes with but little idea
Of their proler rrlasi0nslltp tnrne,l TIM !,cut
,nsftlc inwu n,t, rnnraso,,t.,i r. no In ,.l,'s.
canl'tc teeth ;H!aNed to u ear'ilSore,--tliu
tlsks, IN rcality,-al'eging that tho nhinnl
fed himself with hts fore feet. j. D. Dann,'
thu gcologist, md q. c. Marsh, tho pa|col,.
n.s'Sl' .s',.l WI. ,''to al' eAa.1l'l"tlon OK ue
lthes' ehecl1!h'iS scaatIil1, the Dnctnr, ntNts
willie crcd!tlnE him viii. being MI assi.luuus
Gs'siti.r rim Dnetor cIoJn,rd @ h" ~ ",, NJ tms a 's
,rr ,.it,, H. ,,',,ea ',,'ts, .''1A..s.
''u"',e"As y. VIII ,1'o "'l'es' WHICH "o'l4o
make II nppear TINT man was contenlpo-
nent. , ,, However willing scientists might
statement, DR.. kocls's unsupported claint
Of the nrrow-l,eal tln.f was t0o
Or lt'lcatla'is " my other rArt Dt tho couil.
try t!ut nl:!tl existed previous to the last emil
ut tf!e tertiary formation Or Just before tho
l'nst-tgItlary. Mars, s'sys there IL consittera-
sclt aurlliE opr pl'oeene, and Or. kocl!a
arrows wt'ititt !tnva nit!lea to the evidence
ttetrsl sllscrntllted MI lie might say heyontl
tic lnrre u!tnlisp'!tetl tone-lissovcry: Koch
i,esfr'ota ai, 10y sevetIa IT, MYERS tnr1nga wi,ieh
stonnii,r ouy Sl,"rt IF t!,n ni,j p..t sa'istnne:
wtnn tlso facts were proven that tho Mg,,sl.
m0th WIlS found In Il lN,tt-itl4t ttlo ltnnn8 In.