People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-03

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France.
The Gauls were strong and val
lent race of men. Next to eating
and drinking, they loved to fight.
They would go to almost any dis
lance, in any kind of weather, to
stir up quarrel with folks who
were mlnding their own business
and who had never bothered the
Gauls. When they could find no
foreign tribes to fight they would
pitch into one another. Peace and
quiet had no charms for these inter
esting people. War they must have
at any cost.
Sometimes they would cross the
mountains and fight the unoffendlng
tribes in Spain. At others they
would invade Greece, burning and
staying as they went. Again, they
would cross over into Asia and make
their battle axes ring on the heads
Of the heather who dwelt in those
unhappy regions. Again they would
cross the frozen SUBMITS of the Alps,
swoop down on the Roman country
and almost rub it off the map. They
had so often defeated the armies of
Rome, had so often ravaged her
fields and burnt her towns, had so
otter brought her people to the ne
cessity of hiring them to go away,
that they were terror to all the
Romans. Whenever the news came
that the Gauls bad crossed the Alps
and were on their way to Rome,
many a Roman began to tremble and
to wish that che were a baby, and a
girl baby at that"
When Alexander the Great ascend
ed the throne of Macedon, his first
war was in Europe on the Danube
River. His success was SO great that
his fame spread rapidly among other
nations. Some Gaulish Chleftains,
out of curiosity, decided to go and
see this brilliant warrior. Alexan-
der entertained them cordially at his
camp. 1t pleased him to receive a
compliment Of that sort and filed
him with the notion that everybody
was getting afraid of him.
After much talk on various sub
jects, the young King asked these
Chieftains what the Gauls most
feared. He probably thought he
would draw out the fattering answer
that they chiefly feared him, the said
Alexander.
But those half naked Barbarians
merely laughed in his face and told
him that the only thing the Gauls
were afraid of was 0that the heavens
might fall on them some day." and
mash them out of shape.
There brave people had no real
military discipline. Their weapons
were rude clubs, axes, swords,
spears and knives. They rushed
into battle like a dlsorderly mob
each man yelling his battle cry.
Only the Chiefs and the higher or
ders rode horses. Their vehicles
were huge carts with two wheels
the entire wheel being one piece of
wood which turned round with the
axle. Oxen did the pulling. When
the Gaulish army marched, the wo-
men and children went along in the
wagons. During battle the wag-
ons were massed in the rear and the
men fought in sight of their wives.
In case the day went against them,
the wagons became an object of at.
tack and the women would defend |
them with desperate courage. In
fact, the Gauls were fighting crowd |
from the old lady down to the baby. |
Such think as physical fear seemed |
to be unknown in the family.
But they were densely ignorant
and their priests made them mental
towards.
These priests were called Druids.
They claimed authority over Kings
and mobiles and people. The laws
were made pretty much as they die
tated. The government was admin
by their dictation.
Their place of worship was the
oak grove. The oak was sacred to
them, and the Misletoe which grew
upon it was believed to possess al
most miraculous healing properties.
In the dimness of the vast forest
they practiced their religious cere-