Richland beacon., 1881-07-30
DyTIDISG FOOD LEFT OTER.

\ very strange custom prevailed with
both the Greeks and the Romans Of the
guests carrying away with them the
viands that remained uneaten. Martial
has an extremely witty epigram on this;
but the ,lroilest account of 1t is III tho
Symposium" of Lucian. The party
consisted Of learned and digniticd phi
losophcrs whom, of course, the author
intends TO satirize. Up to n certain
point the remnants were fairly divided,
but unfortunately ono chicken, more
plump than the rest, attracted the at
tcution of one Of the party who had no
just claim to it. The proper owner
would not let it go, SO they both tugged
at il Il general tumut cnsucd, and the
Guests graspcd the birds by the legs
I and Init each other in the face with them,
pulled boards, shouted, and pcltcd with
cups. That such scenes really took
, place at the dinners given to Roman
: clients is seriously affirmed by Juyenai
: ". 20, and in one of the satiric plays OF
! FSchylus C"Thc Ostologi y, Il guest
! complains that ii vessel VAS broken over
his head, "hy no means 50 fragrant rs
/ Il 20. of spikcnarl. Indeed it would
! l.. rather curious inquiry how lar
: drunkenness waS sottishncss or mere
: excitement. for it is obvious that such
a term is but relative, and it is likely
enough that the Greek temperament
WAS easily reused to fury 10y a very small
amount Of alcohol. Certainly, no rigid
etiquette prevented practical Jokes Of n
serious kind.
We read in Piautus Of an unfortunate
parasite having pot full of ashes flung
at his head mt dinner, for no other pur-
pose than 10 raise general laugh
AGAINST him. Some anecdotes are told
which couiirm this view. One PhilOx-
cnus. 4 poet of Cythera, was dining with
Dionysius. Observing a small II. llct
served on his plate, but large one On
that of the host, he took the cooked
fish and lied it to his ear.
What are you doins?' asked the
host.
81 am writing poem entitled GA
latea,' and L want to learn from this fish
something about Nereus! But it says
it was caught too young, whereas the
big fish on your plate followed in
Nerens' train, and knows all about him. "
The host laughed, and ordered the
fishes to be exchanged. A certain Sp2r-
tan was dining at table on which sea
urchins were served. He took one, and,
not knowing how to manipulate it, put
if into his mouth, and crunched it shell
and all. After making wry faces ovci
it he exclaimed, with true Spartan
bravery:
"Filthy eating! I am not going tc
turn q coward, and give you up now,
but shan't take you any more"
NOT MIsTfKEN POLITENESS.
1t is almost impossible to err on thr
-de of being too polite; therefore it i
, hv no means mistai ou po'iten"ss for
, vounc Gentleman to lift his lat to ladie
, he has known for rears, aud i woul,
certainly bo considered rs very inlpolit
, | for a gentleman to cease lifting his ha
to lady after she Is married. Etiquett
, REQUIRES that whenever and wherever
gentleman meets a lady, even his ow
mother, or wife, or his sisters, or hi
cousins, or his aunts, he ought, as 500
as the lady has condescended to recoc
nize him, to lift his hat. Moreover.
Won meet a gentleman in the street, c
other public place. with whom you al
acquainted, who is accompanied by
lady that you do net know, you mus
lift your hat to that lady ont Of respet
to Your friend, and your friend mn'
, acknowledge the compliment by raisin
his hat in return.
INTENSE COLD.
An investigation, conducted in II
physical laboratory of Harvard Unive
sity, has led to the discovery Of the r
markable fact that intense cold can d
prive magnetized steel bars of nearly a
the magnetism which may have bee
Z impaired to them. The intense co
l. was produced by solid carbonic aci
This fact has an important bearing upt