The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-11-17
HISTORY OF ROME.
The People Are Given a Bath.

I'm THE vERNAcULAR OF TODAY.
The new king was very popular
with the common people. lie went
around in his shirt sleeves doing his
own chores and was not bit proud.
He would carry swill to the hogs
himself, and he did his own milking,
which anyone might see by noticing
the streaks OF fresh milk on his
boots.
People who called upon him adj
dressed him by his first name and
they would slap him Familiarity on
the back and ask him about his folks.
Servius was so coInmou that ne
chewed plug tobacco, and spit on
the floor whenever he felt like 1t and
he never wore fine shirt while he
was king.
One of the first things he did was
to have the census taken and there
were no wars following the census
taking. The people were so busy
kicking on the count that they had
no time to notice their other trou-
bles.
He placed wealth at the ohead of
the column and the rich were the So
cial leaders even if they did not know
enough to come in out of the rain.
The plebians liked this, but the pat
ricians who had more breeding than
money knocked on it. Under the
new arrangement plebian could
buck the board of trade and thus If
he had luck he would be social lion,
even if he couldn't write his name
without sticking his tongue out.
While patrician who had nothing
but grandfather who had been
road supervisor in "Deestrict' No. 8
to GO on, would not so much as be
invited.
1t cost cent and half to get in
to the highest class of society, but it
was too high. 1t did not pay to law
ish money recklessly like that even if
you had plenty
Under Servius the government or
dered what kind ofarmor and clothes
each class should wear. Nobody was
allowed to wear celluloid collars or
cuffs except by special permit and
the shirt waist was prohibited afto-
gether.
Once every five years the people
met together for the purpose of be-
ing counted and at these times
they were also given a bath. They
were compelled by law to take
bath whether they needed it or not.
A good many people objected on the
ground that they were not obliged
to bathc without their consent, so
he had to bride them by dividing the
captured lands among them.
But his downfall finally came. He
was ruined by two sons-iu-law. He
had a couple of married daughters,
which has been the ruination of
many good man. He had strug-
gled along doing the best he could,
but they wanted pie three times a
day and coffee at every meal. Servi-
us couldn't stand it. Therefore these
worthless cheap skate sons-in-law
conspired against him and one day
when the old man was out doing the
chores, Tarquinius sneaked into the
forum and convened the senate. He
made speech, telling the people
that if he were made king they
wouldn't have to battle at all. lust
then Servius got back from the cow
lot and ordered his son-in-law Tar
quinius to come off his perch. He
took Servius by his yellow leather
belt and threw him down stairs.
The fall did not hurt Servius, but
when it came to lighting it displaced
his wig and knocked out six false
teeth which he swallowed. Some of
the profigate friends of the son-in-
law stood below and cut off his head
with an old corn-cutter made out of
a scythe. In our next we will see
what becomes of that kind of son-in-
law.