Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-03-30

or Peter Cooper or W1llam y. UooGs
did while living or is doing now that ne if
dead, There Is not city, town or neigh.
borhood that has not glorious specimens
OF consecrated wealth.
But suppose you grind the face OF the
poor. Suppose. when mans wages are
due, you make him wait for them because
he cannot help himself. Suppose that. be.
cause his family is sick and he has had ex.
ira expenses, he should politely ask you to
raise his wages for this year, and you
roughly tell him If he wants a better place
to go and get it. Suppose, by your man
ner, act as though he were nothing and
you were everything. Suppose you are
Your first name ought to be Attila and
your last name Attila, because you are the
star Wormwood and you have imbittered
one-thrd, il not three-thirds Of the waters
that roll past your employees and opera.
tives and dependents and associates, and
the long line of carriages which the under
taker orders for your funeral in order to
make the occasion respectable will be filed
with twice as many dry, fearless eyes. as
there are persons occupying them. You
will be in the world but few minutes. AS
compared with eternity, the stay Of the
longest life on earth is not more than
minute. What are we doing with that
minute?
What IL true of individuals is true oil
nations. God sets them up to revolve as
stars but they may fall wormwood Tyre
the atmosphere of the desert, fragrant
spices coming in caravans TO her lalrs All
seas cleft into foam py the keeis ol neI
laden merchantmen; her markets rich "itn
horses and cames from Togarmah; the
bazaar filled with upholstery from Dedan,
with emerald and coral and agate from
Syria, with mines from Helpon, WIFI
embroidered work from Ashur ana Chll'
mad. Where now the gieam OF ner towers,
where the roar OF her cnarlots, Where the
masts OF her ships? Let the nshermen VINO
dry their nets where once sac stood, let
the sea that rushes npon the oarrenness
where once she chailenRea tne aohiratlon
of all nations, let the parparians VINO set
set their rude tehts Wnere once ner palaces
Slittereu, answer tne quo9tions. ono was
sur, pa' 10y 10y hen talien NV" ''- "
WIZ M',narai az LOO @,otad Thebesfor nj, time to be
iund,eu s,t;a,,arjon ord hiaronivnbist
H. st,, ,rSandnns rujns snread over twentv.
70. su ;,ao ~. sanInt,,ras nrosant;no in
e o.on arinus a,nior IT, ona ohario+ the riotorieo
- ~ ~ - snrnottan ,inos ~
Wa.m Mt oI'na, tha notiorS. har oheIiets AND
III ~. auoVn 1917 ona In,xor tha st,Inand.
columns, halnah anu W. 'mo ~, e,;no
GUS GUS senit,oa VI 80 Thpphas r. thnSa da,s n,han
th .he kioa.m kiSrooa az Nth bar Srorts and
Tue sn n,ppouaHIm1b p,aIt,, baS @ " at bar sbrnas and
ioreisn IoyaitS I no ,,,i.h " tha No. ,hnaiso .; 40.
ner aVenue5 a1.a nsratr,rnimn onnnrrprs;
Ws Gessios iI,. 10 1antrotion snraod tha loir
Wnar spiant & .; l.; har ro,,aI eanmIobars and
" ht WIZ tha ;sarnhio oottooers ~ to.dav
taIS, 'hu h,tu IN tho co,rts Of ber tam nles
aS ~ 5uau aaut Sesoiatinn md min slnlkino he.
IL ,i, ~ o,9oi;sis and doJnino omon, fbe
h.; n. IL 90 ia,nino oroinst tho col.
.',.,no nS stoon;no umono tba n arc,,ea and
uanms' .a,sinn "ni in tha ma+ers wbiob 90 mourn.
mInIphs ~ +hnnnh no., wara oa,rvino tho
80 aI, tba aoes2 Tat Tho mumm;as
hrant thar ,ono siisnce and coma nm to
shi''ar -, tha dasoIatinn and noint 70 faI,en
,.ntoa ond shattere5 statuas and dafaced
S'.,to .nsnondino, .nrbahas bn;It ~ ~
enc temnie to God Thebes hated right
ennsnaas and loved sin Tbebes was.e
go hy,t che turnad to worm wood and has
sa1l, sa1Ian ~ '--o "
Babylon, with ner Zoo towers ana ner
brazen gates ana ner empattlea Walls, tne
spienuor Oh tue eartn sa,nereu W'nin Mei
gates, her hanging Ratuehs pupt ny Ne
buchadnezzar 10 please MS orloe. Amytls,
VINO hao peen prouRu. up III houh
GUS country anu couiu h'l ,r,l Tluure .he iia.
country around baoyioh. Ihese n"nEing
gardens pullt Terraces nn ap4ve .erlace, tiil AT
the helgnt ol 4Vo leet .nele were Woous
waving anu iouh,aIns piayins' .ne seIuule'
the 1ollage' tne glory, loohins as II moun-
tam were On Tue IT., WIZ. iit om 'ne .ip.op
klne Walklng Will MS queen anaong .le
statues snowy ,I1, Mnate, iooSshS ap u; pirus
prought irom olstanu iands anus anu urinkins ri
out ol tankarus oi soiiu solu ol IoohinS VI,
over rivers anu iakes upon halions s supuueu !
auu trlputary' lying, .i.sn no' 'ni' siea'
bapylon whlch l. n"ve pui'.' A., r.s
W nat patierlhh ram s,aote tne vans!
,n What pioWshate upturnesu .s Tue saruens:
,, What army shatteIeu t 'ne o1azeh sales.
What long, herce plast ol storm put out
tnis nsnt wnlen illunihateu tue WorIos
What crash Oh aiscoru olove ooWh tue niu,
sic that poured troI, Pa'ace WINDOW anu
garden grove anu caieo tue pnnqueteIss 10
their reVel anu tue uahee. 10 tnelr ieets !
walk upon tue sceEe vi oesoia.ioh 20 nno
an answer ana ptck up pieces oi oltulneh
anu prlck anu prokeu potleIy, the % %relhaIns
OF Bapyioh. hea- inc WIZ waves saying:
Bapylon was Prouu. Dapylon was ln
pure. BABYLON was star, put py SIN sne
turned 10 wormWoou anu mas iahen.
FROM the perSeculiohs Oh tne pilgrim
lathers ana the Husuenots III other lands
dod set upon ,nese shores hatioh. Inc
councli nreS OF tue aporigihes Went OUT IN
the gIeHsel lieht oI lree gofernment. Inc
souna OF tue warwhoop was eAcnanReo Ior
the thousanu Wneeis OF ente-prise ana pro-
gress. me milo WINTERS, the i-ultlui sum
mers, tne neaitnlul SKIES, cLarmea from
other lanos race o, marcy men, VINO
ioveo dca anu wahteo 10 oe lIee. beIore