The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-08

good wife.
Origin Of Popular Phrases.
"a Rolling Stone Gathers No MosA"
This quotation appears in Gosson's
"Ephemerides Of Philao." rs "a rowl-
ing stone gathers no moss" Thomas
Tusser. in GOOD Husbandry Lessons"
has THE stone that is rolling can gath
er no moss"
Better Late Thar NeveI."-This
proverbialism originated with Thomas
Tusser. author Of Five Hundred Points
Of Good Husbandry," who put 1t into
his IAN Habitation Enforced" Tus-
ser's writings arc prolific Of expressions
which have long since become proven
bal.
"No Royal Road 10 Geometry
Euclid. who opened . school of mathe-
mates at Alexandria, In the reign Of
the First Pto!emy. was once asked by
that sovereign whether he could not ex-
plain his art to him in . more compen-
dious way, to which Euclid made the
celebrated answer that there Was no
royal road to geometry.
1.-The Nine Worthless. THE historic
nj personages designated 1.-The Nine
Worthless" were three Gentilcs -Hec-
tor. son of Priam; Alexander the Great
and Julius Cesar; three Jews, Joshua
ccnqueror of Canaan; David, King Ct
Israel. and Judas Maccabeus; and
three Christians. Arthur, King of Brit
ain. Charlemagne and Godfrey Of Bouil-
Ion.
"The Bed of Procrustes. "-Prpcrus-
ties. called by Parusanias Polypemon.
was. in mythology. q robber OF ancient
Greece. who placed on IN iron bed the
travellers who fell into his hands. which
their stature was made to fit by cutting
off the projecting limbs. or BY stretch
ing them to suit its dimensions; whence
the metaphorical expression of Tho
Bed Of Procrustes."
"City Of Magnificent Distances."--
A popular name given to the City Of
Washington. the capital Of the United
States, IRON the fact OF its being laid
out on . very large scale. The entire
site is traversed BY two sets of streets.
from seventy to 100 feet wide. at right
angles to one another. the whole again
intersected obliquely by fifteen avenues
from $50 to l60 feet wide.
Sleeveless Errand This phrase oc-
ours in Heywood's Proverbs. 1916. The
origin of the word sleeveless. in the sense
Of Improbable. has detied the most care
full research at the hands of Sharman
and other noted philologists. It is fire.
quently found. q Y the former, allied
to other substantives. Bishop Hall
speaks Of the Sleeveless tale Of tran
substantiation," and Milton writes Of .
"~ sleeveless reason" Chaucer uses it in
the Testament Of Love"
"Drawn and Quartered"-In tho
statutes of Great Britain the punish.
ment for treason still Is that the
offender be drawn to the place of exc
cution on . hurdle that he be hanged
by the neck until he be dead ; that his
head be severed from his body. and
that body b.. divided into four parts. or
qnarsered. The sovereign may, and
now certainly would. BY . warrant
under the sign-manual co~untersigned
by principal Secretary of State, change
the sentence into beheading. In the
case Of females. the qu~srtefing 10 dis
pensed with. From this statute rose
the expression drawn and chartered"
I'VE Recognize . Hercules from the
Size of the Foot"-Pythagoras ingeni-
ously calculated the great stature Of
Hercules BY comparing the length Of
various stadia in Greece. All these
courses were nominally 600 feet in
length; but Hercules was said to have
measured out the stadium II Olympia
with his own feet. while the others fol-
lowed . standard Of later days The
philosopher argued that by how much
the Olympic course exceeded all others
in length by the said proportion did
the foot OF Hercules exceed that OF men
OF . subsequent age; and. again. BY the
same proportion must the stature Of
Hercules have been pre-eminent.
"Prairie Schooner."-An American
ism for . large two or four horse immi-
grant wagon. covered with white can
vas such - we're very commonly Used
BY the early emigraats from the Eastern
and Southeastern States. The D
sion % alleged 10 have been originated
By George Francis Train. Who said in
one OF his early stump-speeches: TO
the East lies the Atlantic Ocean. bearing
upon in surface the white doves a CON-
mcrce. bound for dissans pors1 laden
with The products q tie broad West
whose bosom b to-day doeted With thon.
sands a ProdSe-schoonen loaded with
sturdy men and women. Who vim ere
long make its reacsess quaraers ho0u0
- de rose."-& Louis 03neo.D1a0uk.
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