Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-03-30

borhooi TIA. has rot glorious speciEe9s
Of consecrated wealth
Put suprose ven grind the face OF the
coor. sapccse. WREN mans wages are
tue Won make him watt for them because
la nnnnot helm himself. Snrrcsethat. be-
cause his family il sick srd no ha. had ex'
ira exraosas, he should POLITELY ask Won 10
ra;sa his wages far this year. and YOU
rorchly ell h,vn II he wants a better place
n % and get il. Sua;4ose. by vour man
ner set as though he were nothing and .
Won were everything. SUPPOSE YOU are
selfish and overhearinS and arrogant:
Yorr frs. name. eight 10 Re At'ila ana
ronr last name Attila. because You are the
stsr Uormwooi and vau have i1bi,tered
o,p.,h,r1 II not three-thirds OF the waters /
that roll rast vour employees AMI OPERA !
tivea md dependents and associates. and
the long line Of carriages which the nndef-
tak-r orders for r0ur funeral IN 01fer 'o ,
wake the occasion resrectahle Willie fl'ef
with twice "a many DRY. fearless eyes. rs
the-s are rereons occupying THAI. You
v;u ia in the world Int a Few minutes. As
comperea with eternity. the STAY OF fhe
longest life on earth Il not mora than a
minute. hat are N- toiAo "Nn 49,
minute?
Whs. Is true o. inhividuR!s Is trne 81
rstions. Ged setstfem M n revolFH "a
stars. hut they NAV fail wormwood Tyre
Tho a~tmosphere Of the desert. fragrant
spices coming N e~hrayansto her !airs: All
seas cleft into foam by the k+els OF fef
laden merchantmen: her markets fcH Win
horses I'D csmelS f.om TccarEnRh: the
bazaar filled with upholstery from Detan,
viii, emerald and coral and agate from -,
SYRIA. with mines from, Helhon. VIII
embroidered WORK from Ashur and Chil-
mad. Where now the CLEAN OF h~ert0werS,
whore fha roar 81 her chariots, where the
raste Of her shfrs? Let the fishermen who
dry their nets where once sne stood. let
the sea- that PUSHES nron the parrenness
where once she challenged the admiration
OF all nations. let tina harbaritns who set
set their rude tents where once her PALACES
plittared. answer the questions. She was
u star. hut by her own sin turned 70 worm
wcoi and has fallen.
Hunirei gated Taehas-for alitime TO he
the uiv OF antiquarian AMI hi~e1ocivphist.
| Her stuoenious ruins Snreat over twenty
seven miles. her sculptures presenting IN
fynra OF warrior ard chariot the victories
with which the bow forgotten kings OF
Egvpt shook the natioHa: her ohelisks AMI
columns: Kn-nak and Luxor. the stureni-
/ GUS ten pie. Of her PRIDE Who can Imagine
the greatness OF Thehes 'nlhose DAYS. when
tie hinpoarone rang with her srorts and
.oreign royalty bowed az her shrines. and
Icy avenues roarei With Che wheels OF pre-
cess,Cn.i il The -sda ct returning coHqircrS?
What spirit OF destruction sHr-ai tho ,.ir
Of wild beats In her ROYAL SerUlcherS and
Taught the miserable cottacers Of TODAY
/ 10 tllIl NUS II ttt W 80 ''i''
and sent desolation aud ruin skGiking be-
hind the obel,sks, and lodging among the
~Sarcophaci. and leaning against the col
umns. and stopping an no the arches. and
weeping in tn" waters which 90 mourn
fully BY. "a though thew were carrying the
tears Of AL tue aces2 Let the mummies
b eak their long silence and come m to
shiver in the Gesolation and point to fallen
cntes and shattered statues and defaced
sculpture. responding: "Thehes tfiit not
-- 80 C~1 o1n t14A{ rtplt
eousness and lovet sin. Thehes was n
star. b1t she turned to wormwood and has
faIien.'
Babylon. with her ESQ towers and Ia:
hrazen gates and her enbattlet walls, the
splendor Q; tue earth gathered Within her
gates. her hanging gardens buit By NJ
h~uchaineZzar to please his bride. Amytis,
WHO had been brought up in a mountain.
ors country and could not endure the fat
c0nn.ry around Babylon. These hanging
gardens built terrace above terraoc, til! at
the height OF 400 feet there were woods
waving and fountains ulaying, The yerfuro,
.be foliage, tae glory. looking rs ii "A noun
tain were on the Wiz On the tiptop u
80 ~~1A.-- ->.-A< .-- ~~e"~ .ho
statues, snowy white, looking mp at tirds
brought from distant lands and drinking
olt CT tankards OF solid co.i or locking OF
} over rivers AMI likes ur0n nations suhdled
and tributary, CRYING, 'Is not this great
Babylon which | have built
What batteiing ram smota the walls?
What p1owshare unturned tle gardens?
: What army shattered the frazrn gatrs2
What long, fierce blast OF stora. PAT out
TIT, light whicl. Illuminated the world?
WHIT crash 81 hiscord drove down the cnu-
sic that poured from palace window and
garden grove ami called The h~anqurtors to
their ,evel and tie dancer 10 their feet?
walk uron jha scene Of icao'atioa - Ind
, al answer aal picN 70 pieces Of litumen
;tta brick and broken pottery, the remains