The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-02-26

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preacher i'll Scotland, who contracted
the habit of preaching in such a whin-
ing tone, and slang dialect, as to be I'M
derstood by none but his own congrega-
tion.
HOI POLLOI.
1.-THE many, the multitude, is term
applied at Cambridge College, England,
to those students who do not graduate
i'll honors. Writer'S and speakers use
the term to designate the common peO-
pie, the mass of society. It is a Greek
term written in Roman letters
ELIXIR vrTE.
The wine of existence, the marrow of
health, the prime of life, the flower of
ones age. EIirir is ali Arabic word,
signifying q,lintcs8emcc Sound health
is the elixir of the body; radiant know
ledge is the elixir of the mind, and pure
| love of the heart.
''PHENIx-LIkE, HE ARISES FROM HIS OWN
/ ASHES OF DEFEAT.
1.-The Phoenix, says Pliny, is bird of
Arabia, of the size of an eagle, and of
which there is never but one. It lives
five hundred years, and when it come to
its end, makes its nest of hot spices,
which being set on fire by the heat of
the sun, burns, and from its ashes arises
worm, which afterward grows to be a
phoenix" The PhoeniH HterarW01 is
applied by the learned to Reuchlin, the
distinguished restorer of classical liter
ature in the fifteenth century. Tertul-
lion refers to this fabulous) bird as an
illustration of the resurrection.
NoTA BBNE.
Mark welI-pay particular attention.
Used in referring to some remarkable
object In an abridged form; thus, N. B.
MAGNUs APOLLO.
"The Appollo," often used in reference
to men of distinguished greatness. Ap
polio was one of the great Gods of
Greece-the God of the Sun, prophecy,
song, music.
IPSB DIXTT.
"He himself said it." CON his ipse
dixit," means, on his bare assertion.
The authority of the Grecian philoso-
pher, Pythagoras, was 80 great with his
disciples, that they never doubted any
thing, he told them. Whenever they
were asked for the reason of what they
declared, they would answer, "Ipse
dixit, l. e., he said it. This is the origin
of the phrase.
COLOSSUS.
Huge, gigantic--is derived from Colos-
sus the famous Bronze Statue erected
by the Greeks, at the entrance of the
harbor at Rhodes. It's form was that
of man, measuring 105 feet in height
Ships sailed between it's legs. Richter
has been called an intellectual Colossus.
IMPRIMATUR.
Let it be printed-was phrase of per-
mission to print in countries, where the
press was under government control. |
Hence, the term is found on the title
page of old books.
ALB OvO USQUE AID MALA.
Literally, from the eggs to the apples.
The phrase is derived from the custom
of the Romans, who began their dinner
with eggs and finished with apples. |
Classical writer's use the phrase to sig |
Nifty, From the beginning to the end Of
anything.
CURRBNTE CALAMO.
With o running pen, with great rapidi-
ty. Applied to anything written with
fuency and speed.
PHILIPPIC.
A severe, personal castigation. The |
orations of Demosthenes, the brilliant |
orator of Greece, rousing the indigna-
tions of the Attentions against Philip, |
king of Macedon, were called Philip |
pics. The term is used now, to denote
q bitter, sarcastic, speech against politi-
cal opponent.
VENl, FlDl, VIII. Il
"I came, saw, conquered" Julius
Caesar gained an easy victory over Phar-
naces in Asia Minor, and transmitted to
Rome an account of it, in these short |
words. II is a classical way of express
ing an easy victory.
OYER AND TERMINEB.
A court of Oyer and Tern1iner is one
set apart to "hear and determtoe,"
cases. Dyes is corruption of Oyez,
"to hears word three times repeated
by public criers before making procla-
nation. Dyes Dyes I! Dyes means,
hear, hear, hear. =
PALLADIUM.
/" A protection. The liberty of the
press is called the Palladium (the safe
ty) of the Republic. The Statue of
Pallas, another name for Minerva, the
Goddess of wisdom, was given to Troy
with the statement, that so long as this
Statue wssepreserved, it would keep the
city. Hence, Palladium was used to
mean that, which preserves anything
The great Palladium Of our country is
virtue and intelligence i
PAGAN.
Literally, village. The term pagan,
(heathen) is derived from the Latin
word pages village. These villages
continued heathen after the cities were
christianized, hence the inhabitants
were called pagans, j. e. heathens.
LUNATIC.
From the Latin word Lima, (moon.
The term L,natic is based upon the
old idea that the moon exercises bad
influence upon the insane. Hence, per-
sons who became insane were supposed
to be affected with lunacy, that il,
ANIMAL 1sIFLUBE, RIPRs.