Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1880-01-17
Small Potatoes After All.

Small Potatoes After All.
Noiera Brdg as C'mpUe3 0ih Aacisai Per
formanocs Historic Fortunes hat make
orr N.Rioaaincs Papers IA Comparison
irih many yolher Ssau,ieg Facts.
\ writer 10 one Of the periodicals. has been
brassiag Of the enormous fortunes; Of the
wuuafous wealth of Vanderbilt and the Sc
quence Of milli1uaifcs Of the famous Stew
at memorial n lalm mt aa Lpas had, aud
the extravaglnce and sump,ulusncss Of the
world 10 general But ths Whole SUI jsct sinks
iuto 4 small retail busiscss when We recall
how the aucisuis took tn shine out % this
nineleen;h eeninry. People had biz friunes,
and built foe hous. g. and gave swell dinners,
and drank old wines. and were liberal IS lab their
money before N4nlerbilt, ar Stewart. or Sharon
or the bonauzl kings were thought Of Why.
what IL Stewart. or Belmont, or Flood. or
Mackcy,hc MARQUIS Of Weslnin,icr, 70 P;0'-
envy pniAlslphus. of Egypt. wh1 amassei a
Gtile property of $3.50 00)00o Aal which
of our sxtravsgant you' Z ladi,s i these hoasted
time, ever gave her lover, as Cleopatra did, a
pearl .isSnlvci in vinegar llg undissOlNetl
worth S400 Gee Thcu
THERE WAS rAULNA,
ono of tic "ton" 10 Rome, who used 10 wear
Jewels when she returned her visits worth
SS0).O0) They boast Of Stewart marble
.lacc on rhrty-lontih street aud ftith Ave
nue. We 90 not suppose that this house.
which is about the beot they have IN New
York, cost more than million os 50 OF dol
lars Cicero, who WAS a poor man, gave = loo
Geo fur bis house. aud Ci0lius paid $3.50 GOO
Er lis establishment on the PAatine. while
No sa,a gave $1,000 600 nr the house {
Aitlny. Seneca, who was j,s. plain phi
os phor. was worth 500 900 600 Flterius
lett a property of nea'ly : 100 600 00). Now
VIC talk OF mans failing tor million a. Il
1, were biz thing Cehr, before be catered
any olli.e-when he was a young gentleman
in private lie
OWED $4,000 0Oo.
asd he purchased tie friendship Of he QnWscs
Er 81 300 600 Mark Antony oweS z A.
200 600 on The Iics Of March, and BE paid 10
before tie Knleuds ol March Tnia WAS TO-
tling-hs sQuaulosel S120.OO0.0O0 Of .lo
public moscy the ialcsI drialcaliun b,spc lor
fI9 sum Nl f-aUUtNN .AtA 80 "N tNtfNN
lived we'll Esophus, who was play ssior,
paid fair huudfed thousand dollars l0s a single
dish Caliguln. spent four hundred thousand
auIlars on 4 supper. Rher viaes we're often
sepi for two ages. and some of them were sod
br twcuty dollars an ounce. Dishes wcro
made Of gold and silver SET with precious
stones. Tie beds II lIeiogabulus were OF
,,lid silver, hs tab os and l-iss wcr0 oi pure
goii. and bis mstirasses. covered With CARPET
:! clJsh sod gpli. we're stuffed with down
from uudor the wini Il the parlriJse. I'nok
eighty thousand dollars a year % keep up tho
llgsiiy of Roman senator, and s0uc ol them
speu, as o0O.OO year
CICERO AND PoMPEY
" dropped in" ono day on Luculus-nobody
at home hui the iamily-and that family din
ner cost "a 600 l3ut we talk II population
We boast Of London aud New York lDuo
had population OF between three aDd four
millions. The wooden theatre Of SlaTufus
contained 10000 seats, the Coliseum, built Of
stone would seat 22 coo more The Circus
MaEimus would hold $4,000 spectators -
There were ia the city 1000 public baths.
those of Diocciian accommodating 200 ba-
lhers. Even in the sixth century, after R0mo
bad teen sacked and pundcrod by the Goths
and Naudals, Iichauoh, traveller, asscTts
that there
WEEE 36i SPACIOUS STREETS,
so golden statues Of the gods, q .Oo7 palaces,
1862 fountains, 31sj bronze sialues ol tho
empcrors aud generals, - great horses IN
bronze, , colossi, . spiral columns. 8 lhcatrt,,
! amplilhratfos, 000l baths. 1900 shops Of
pcfumrs, 2O2C prisons. As . ,c,-aa %
Stewart "monumontal tombsloncs," we may
merely mention the mau0Jleum Of Apeu.ins
in the . O'thcrn part # the Campus Martins,
consisting Of q large tumulus ol earth raised
n lofty basement Of Wlrc marble, nDl
covered 60 tie summit with c.erTc,1g, 90 ~
the manner of a hanging garlcu, the whole
surmouutcI by bronze figure of Augustus
At tie entrance weie two E-yI tia obcli.ks
Gny feet high aud ali around was au extensive
grove divided into walks and terraces Wo
have not heart to speak Of the Forum Roman
uo, the Forum Julium the Theatre of Narce-
Inns the Pantheon. thg palace % Nero .cn-
tirely ovcrlaid with Jewels aud mO.h1-of-
PEARL, the Ciaudan Aqncduct The Fisvian
Ampl,i,hcatrc. Coliseum, the Arch ~ Titus,
he Villa Of llllriAu. the Baths of Cafceiis
nor
vuG lLEAl ROMAN ROADS,
straight as au arrow, paved like tie streets of
. city, Jidlci by nile stones. and having
houses for tfaveicrs eyofy Eve or SIS miles af-
frding uninterrupted communication from
I Wall Aniouius ihr, Ugh York, Lanion,
Sandwich, Bouloenc, Rheims, Lyons blilau,
Rome. Brundusium. Dyu8cbium. Bfzlutium.
Aucym. Tarr antioch, Tyre iefusalcm-a
d.,iaucc Of 80 miles. nor have We space
10 refer 10 Thebcs in Egypt (which had q
popuhGyu u $500 .O0Oi, and ihlt noble
palace with rs grand columns, whose c9ui-cs
were inlaii With mouniincs or sheaihod with
beaten gold nor hlcxlndril, whose annual
port dues were - 100000, aud whose library,
10 an ago wheu bOrks we're rare, contained
700 900 volumes nor u kspua,
Tng sEcoyD CITY or ITALY;
nor 10 Rhodes aud iis statues aud ols hundred
collosi-oue # them tie seventh wonder Of
toe world, costing : 00e 900 Dor o. Antioch
with q street four miles ioDs perfectly leyci.
Wiih double c9ilouades through ils Whole
icngtb Lor % Athens AID the pariLenol, aud
the theatre u Bacchus- the most beautiful ~
the world, which seated 10000 pcfseus nor
o. Syracuse, aud rs iorrai ono ml.s long "
bali 10 breadth DOR u Tyre, and Cmhace.
4ld Blbyyb, aod BazsBtium, aud hundred
others.
The State COMMITTEE Of Greenbacker
net iu Pafkersburg on the C;h, ard Jno. 8.