The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-01

as may he The remorseiess tyrant Nero
q muslcinn and artist ~ NO mean order :
Notwithstanding the withering sarcasm of
The elegant Pctronius, In his lnlmitnblc LETT
ter IN "Quc Vadis," Is an illustration, re-
mlnding ms Of the courtiers II Louis NV,
whose manners were ns polished a steel,
while Shelf hearts were rs bard -prdcred
night for festivities that tho popullce
have season sg Tor ntos hooea moa
ster who. in hiH culture. had taste for
aesthetics, caused arches - span thorough
fares decked and entwincd with wreaths
q flowers and cvermeens, and here and
there, while sculptured statues might have
been placed, living. breathing Hebrews aud
despiscd Nazarenes were In their stead,
hound securely with combnstibles about
them As two lovers were strollng on
the thronged streets the womun pointlug
See tho daughter of Joachim. my be
loved!' White he exclaimed, aud by her
side the son Of Joseph my bosom friend.
prayer was then heard from Jnsephs
son ooh God OF abraham and Isnac and
Jacob. save MS from marlyrdom. u 4 pc
Thy will. AmenN But harhl Pressing the
arm Of her iover, Hear VI the wall OF a
hymn Of de!lyerance, in the heaven gifted
voice Of my dayling Naomif
20 Domino Deus! Speralr IN te.
O care mi Jesu nuns liberia me,
In duru catena. IN misera poena desid.
Lang1endo. sermenda, at GENE eecteudo
Adore, imploro, VT There's melt
Alas for these ana many martyrs pray
or, when the cry arose Long live the
emperor make way for the God Nero
and his chariot. drawn by pranclng
stccds, rapidly approached, preceded BY
~ the arches. as It fired by electricity,
wcrc all ahame. and the living statuary
stood out in hold relief against the hcnv-
ems. and their souls went to their Cod
"Nengeance III mine saith the Lord and
! will repay He aroused the Goths;
Rome was raynged aud His people avenged.
Time does not allow me to tell Of the
great men, Of this people, Of modern times
Her philanthropisis like Montetlorc ana
Baron Iirsh and the Baroness Hirsh. nor
her statesmen Ike ID 'lsraen. who added
2,g0000O subjects 10 Great Britain, and
made the beloved aud illustrious Queen Vie
tcrla empress of India; nor Judah r. Ben
jamin, the learned jurist OF Confederate
memory who cXpatrlated himself aud stood
in the forefront OF the barristcrs OF Eng
land Among the musical composers we
lind Mendelssohn. Meyerbeer, Ruhenstein
and others. Before closing, your patience
VIII not tire when the women of holy writ
are spoken Of RebecCa and Esther Naomi
and Ruth, the beautiful converted Moab
itc, who would not forsake her mother
in-law-(who subsequently, proved such a
managing matchmaker crying ont in
abandon, whittier thou goest VIII 20;
where thou lodgest l will lodge; thy peo-
pie shall he my people, and thy God, my
Retracng our steps-retrorsun-a
lively speaking, let us 90 back TO the garden
of Eden, whore Adam was solitary and his
maker said: 1t is not good for man to
be alone, and created Eve"
THE world was waste. the garden was
And man the hermit sighed; till woman
smiled
From that day TO this man has been
willing subject to the smiles, the tears the
caresses, the endparments and the blan-
dishmeuts II woman
This essay can be most lttinely closed