The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-06
r. AerAatA OF MIt,ETIIE.


| How many wives there are who make thell
husbands what they are orators. warriors
statesmen Women who claim No honor fpi
| themselves. who toll az home amid dnn,eatit
cares eatiatad IL sae their husbands happy
eurrneatul. great. Turn over the pages Of hia-
| tory until We reach tie golden age " Athens,
and we will find a woman Ia whom the great
| men az that age owe. II not their genius, nj
| least the fire Mt which they lightea II. and
| that woman was the nnurtasan Aapaata. To
| her beauty All bore testimony. but her TALENTS
we can only guass from the tributes her adj
| u,tters pay her. Even aoher Fiain claims
| much for her. sweats that hers wac the elo-
gnanrn VI Pelielea. that from her Socrates
| drew the inspiration ~ his philosophy, Hl,tl
hat II was aha who lad Anaya9oras from the
darkness III Grecan IN Mythology toward that
true light and religion heenud se family dis
| oatn. iattain Is II that all whp knew Aapasia
| and enjnyml her company. suddenly rpan tn
aminnurn and retnwn- Ut waa she who taught
Palirlns ,,ia clnu,,enra aud nlaHa him master
OF Athens. aud he rewarded her by makna
her his vita When he dinl after n l,lH ila
uf devotion. his willow espou .ad M A tbanan
| NJ low rank and small talents. Lvsicles, by
name. WHO seams to have become endowed
with the fire ot genius upon hta very we'd
ding day and rose ~ tile highest nll ~ IN
Athena, only to snl hack lutte luaiguifieauee
upon AapaHia'a death,
Aspaeia and her friends arc gathered IN her
country villa. 4 ia In the form Of q Hreran
~
graceful Ionic columns, around which are
wound rlinIinH vines and t'nwara. The tlrma
Ia surnounted by vaaes ~ flowers, and tho
ontahlatura ornamenied Ivy mnsiallnns NJ the
great 4reeks " the past. In one corner 81
the hall a fountain Is playing, cooling the mir,
III is a feast where wine aud wit both flow.
The lovely hefu,ra Of Milatus Is seated near a
table crowned with Wines aud fruits and
around her ara gathered Socrates. Fhldiaa.
Pariclan Alnihaaaa and Anaranoras The
yam mr. al n tytt., IVA n
drawn sword In his hand, the learned phl|oso-
phnl holds n cup from which he Ia about w
drink near by are seated the sculptor fhideas
aud Aapaaa q husband farces And vet this
woman who could win tho love Ut all these
men. great IN her day, and who brought
forth tho penpopneaian war hacauaa of a
fancied inault, left nothing to the world to
prove her power and genius, nothing IN tho
way of art, or sculpture, III literature. aaye
little treatise on the way tn win hearts aud
captlvate Tho affections. May he, after all,
thia was nj ahe knew, and her genius. testified
~ by Alcihla'ee, Perinlna aud Plato, but the
fond vision uf a lover
There lived In Retu,lish or Israel a widow
named judith, whose husband. Manassas,
was killed In tho barley tune. And when
Nnoreines, tho General III Nabuchadonuaar
King ~ Aaay,ia. did come aKains Israel and
baaieged the city of Hethuliah. Judith waa n
widow thran years aud elk months. and rx-
oendlngiy beautiful and possesae,i of great
riches her husband left nor. And the mon at
llnthuliah aent mesanngera to Iulofnrn"a to
their city, hut Judith went to Oaaa,
the high priest. ana aad nay. anh prayed
that a truce Of seven DAYS be called. wherein
alive promised she would iih them W tho eu-
envy,
And ahe arose and called her maid. aud go
Ing down into her houae. she put away tho
garments Of her widnwhood, aud plated the
hair of hor head. aud put a bonnet upon her
head and clothed lerseli with the garments
VI hor sladnnsa. and put sandala on her fent.
and took her hracaets aud ltliaa anA earlata |
and ,ln9a. and adorned herself with nil her
Aud the Lord Increased her
beauty. g" that ehe Appeared tu all men'a |
ayna incomparahy lovely. And abe gave her
'naid a bottle uf wine to carry and a ynaacl Of
oil. and parohai corn aud dried figs. aud |
bread aud cheeea. ana went cut And when
aha nalne into hia presenoe. forthwith Hobo |
Fernea was caught ny ha eyes. Aud ha sat un |
4 canopy which was woven ct blue and red,
With enaeralia aud prnnlana stones. and tho
Foot " the throne. whereon he ant, was ma a
golden lion Of Aaayra. and before him stood
4 sentinel. carrying spear III hand, who
paced to and fro IA n guard over tho tent
the General Ut Observation-Disclosures did |
iwnll Aud n maiden. clad In rich ynstpcnt.
stood hasida him with . fan at feathers where
With u cool hin continually.
After Judith had looked on his face she
,nwed down low to- him IA Ia the Aaayrtan
custom. and tho sarvanta of HnInferooa hit
VI her NJ hy command Of their maater Aud
lolofernos aatd TO her: Drink now and alt
iown ani he merry. for thou haat found ia
rrr before me- Aud abe took ana ate ana
frank before him what he had prepared for
Ter And Hnloinrnaa was merry on hnr coca
lion and drank exceeding much wlna 40
much ~ he had never drunk iu hia life be-
ause abe waited on him "a he aat before her.
nd did pour out the wine for him and did
tive h,,n grapca and tigs. And when 1t was
.rnwn Int" ha aervants made haste to their
p,iEtnEa, but Honfernea lay on hts bed, fast
sleep, being exceedingly drunk, and Judith
vent TO the pillars that were ut hia beds
lead and loosed his sword that hung tied
non IT, And when abe had drawn ii out she
oalS him by the hair Of hia head aud struck
vice upon his neck, and cut off his head and
unk Oif his canopy from the pillars aud
oiled away his lifeleas body. And after a
While aho went out and delivered the head OF I
ioofrrnes to hcr maid and babe her put Il
nto the wallet. Aud the two won't out and
hey passed tho company. aud having COM
aased the valley they came to tho gate OF the
itv ~ Bothuah.
And Immediately at break 81 day the
htIdren OF Israel hung up the head of tolo- !
'rnes upon the walls Of the city; and every
ian took his arms. aud they went out with F
reht noise and shouting: and the Assyrians :
ere seized with trembling and fea, and went
ithout order In their Hight So that the
lildrcn otDsracl. seeing them lieeing, FOL
WED after them. And they went down, |
,undng with trnmpets and shouting after '
lem. and they defeated all tho Assyrians '
Icy could find and returned with rich spoils. I
nd Judith was made great In Bethuliah, and u
le was most renowned in all tho land OF I
'rael. u
roRNELIA, THE MOTHER or TIE aRACoIII y
The proud ana devoted mother Ia we'll s
Town In Cornelia. the mother Of the Gracchi /
le was ~ illusttious descent. daughter Of n
,ido Afrcanus but she boosted of her boya l.
" Of this: woman OF high literary talent r
cero tells us. tho only works by which /
le cared to be known were her two sons On 3
lem her life appeared to have been conferred, i
nj to tho love she bore them, the devotion s
It'll which she watched over, nursed and ed,i- q
tied them, she owes the niche she occupies
the temple Of history. A
One day q certain Campania lady, Of the A
me high patrician rank aud staff III as Cor o
slia, called on her. she was seated In the v
arden OF her villa ut Misrnum whence an o
'eh OF four high Cnrinthan pillars led iutu q
e house. Before her. on a nigh PEDESTAL, t
~ the statue Of her noble father. Seipio b
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