The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
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Pictures of Ancient Extravaganoe.

Pictures of Ancient Extravaganza.
Crassus. when a candidate for the con
sulship, gave feast of 10000 tables, to
which all the citizens of Rome were indis-
criminately invited Cesar, to celebrate
the funeral of daughter, gave one of p ;
900 tables, with accommodation for three
guests at each. This entertainment was
repeated and exceeded for his triumph
He brought together more gladiators and
wild beasts than were ever produced on any
former occasion in an amphitheatre, but his
exhibitions of this kind were so completely
outshone that it were waste of time to
dwell upon them. In document annexed
/ to his testament, Augustus states as title
to public gratitude that he had exhibited
5000 gladiators and brought more than
$500 wild beasts to be killed in the circus
I In the course of the festivities instituted
Z by Titus to celebrate the opening of the
i Colosseum, ) 900 wild beasts were let loose
and killed BY gladiators. The Emperor
! Probus collected for single show l00
lions, 100 h9nesses, 100 Libyan and 100
SyrioH Ieapfsris, 300 bears and 600 gladia.
tors Having caused the circus to b.
I planted w;th trees to resemble a forest, he
l let loose l 900 aStriches, 600 stays, 900
does and 900 bears, TO be hunted by the
populace, who were to keep whatever they
could catch or kill The iereer animals
were encountered BY the gladiators. II
does not appear how long this show lasted.
4 Tibcrius, whose life at Capri was a dis
grace to human nature, fonder Of saving
money than of spending it, left an immense
sum in the treasury. which his successor.
( Caligula. managed to dissipate in two years
( by extravaganza Of sehSeless kind. As
If in rivalry Of Cleopatra, be swallowed
precious stones dissolved in vinegar, and
caused his guests to be helped to gold
+ (which they carried away instead of bread
and meat One Of his fayorite amusements
I was showcring money among the ISpulace
from the BaSilica Of Julius Cesar. He
built galleys Of cedar, covered With jewelry
and large enough 10 contain vines and fruit
trees, and had canals cut for them along
the eoast. The stable of his favorite horse,
which he talked of uaming Consui, was Of
marble, the trough Of ivory the harHess Of
purple and the collar of pearls. The set
Of emeralds and pearls worn by one Of his
wives. Lolita paplina, was valued At ft0o,
600 sterling.
The principal extravaganza IT Vlaudtus
was in the public games One q the shows
organized fer him was a naval cembat 80 a
lake, in which the gallcys were manned by
$4,000 u.en. He was fond If good cheer.
and was in the habit If inviting himself to
the tables Of the Tich Tie came GA une
occasion with GOO persons IN his train.
Ii was to Nero thai Tacitus applied the
expression iacrssfsttl3wBs esptfier. What
he not only desired but achieved in the way
Of cruelty and vice woald he declared in
credible ii Ronan history had not already
shown what rcvolting atrocities may be
conceived by 4 diseased imagination aud
executed BY irresponsible power, After
burning the city BE- grasilicd his taste, Ia
entire disregard oE the pFopTiesoss, in ~
building IL He vi once appropriated a
number of the sites and hrgc IA ton #
the public grounds for his ncx palaep. 1'hc
partious, with their ranks Of columns. seeN
enc mile long. The vszsibule vas large
enough 10 clntain the eolloesal statue Of him
in silver and gold, Is0 fest high, frOsH
which the Colosseum sss IT, name The
interior was gildei throughout and adorned
with ivory aud moshcr-ot- pearl. The oeil-
ings 0f the dining-rooHas we're formed q
movable tables of ivory, which shed flowers
and perfumes On the company, the prinei-
pal saloon had danc which, turning day
and night. initiated the movements Of the
terrestrial bodies. When this place vas
sniShed be exclaimed. At last | ana
ledaed ike a man. His diadem was val
nad al half a million His dresses. which
be never wore twice, were stiff with en-
broidcry and gold. lie kshed with purple
lines and hooks Of gold He never travelled
with less than a thousand carriages The
mules were shod with silver, and the mule
teers clothed with the finest wool and the
attendants wore bracelets aud necklaces Of
gold Five hundred she aSses followed his
wife Pepise in her pFOgTeSses, Ia supply
milk for her bath He was fond of liguE-
ing in the cirrus a. ehariuteer aud in the
theatre a. a singer and actor
He prided himself on being an artist, aud
when his possible deposition was limited To
him he said that an artist could never be
in want There was not vice 10 which
he was not given, nor crime which he
did not commit. Yet the world, sxclaims
Suetonius, endured this monster for four
teen years and he was popular with the
multitude. who were dazzled by his mag
ni6eenee and mistook his senseless profa-
sion. for lberality On the anniversary of
his death, during many years, they crowded
to cover his tomb with flowers.
The utmost excess in gluttony was reach
cd by Vitellus. who gave eeasts at which
1000 fishes and 1000 birds were served
up. He prided himself on his culinary
genius, and laid every quarter Of the en-
pire under contribution 20 supply materials
for dish. which contained livers Of mullet,
brains of pheasants and pcacoeks, tongues
Of famingoes, roeof lAmpreys, etc, Taeitns
states that he spent what would be tanta-
mount to several millions sterling in less
than eight months in eating and giving to
cal. Quarterly Rerier.
LEATHER ScRAPs,--Every little scrap
/ of leather that flies from the cutters knives
in the Auburn shoe shops is saved, and
either goes into leather board, shoe heels or
grease. Who says this ism an economical
age? About two months ago factory
was started for making shoe heels in Au-
burn. They now have about % hands at
work and are making about l25 cases of
heels per day, or about 5000 heels. The
heels are made entirely of small scraps OF
upper leather. The scraps are first cut ir-
to the right shape of dies. They are then
pasted together in wooden heel molds. The
grease is extracted in order that the heels
! may be FURNISHED They take as nice a
polish as genuine sole leather heel. All
the pieces that viii not go into heels are
dried out, and the firm gets two or three
barrels of grease per week from this source.
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