Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-17
Two FAMOUS FIGURES.
Mill Nye Talks About Gods and PHIL
OsOphers.

Plato was a Greek philosopher who
fiourished about 429 b. c., and kept on
fiourishing Cor eighty-one years AFTER
that, when he suddenly ceased to DO So
He early took to poetry, but when he
found that his poems were rejected ps
the Greek Papers he. ceased writi'g
poetry and went into the philosophy
bnsiness. At that time Greece had no
re0ular philosopher, and 50 Plato soon
got all he could do.
IiPlato was pupil of Socrates: VINO
was himself no slouch o: 4 philosopher
Many and many day did Socrates take
his little class of kindergarten phlloso-
phers ND the shady banks of the llissus
and sit all day discoursing to his Puprs
on deep and difficult doctrines, WINE
his unsandaled feet were bathed IN the
Genial tide. Many happy hours were
thus spent. Socrates would take ms
dinner or tell some wonderful tale to MS
class. whereby he would win their dinner
himself. Then in the deep Armenian
shade. with his bare, Gothic feet IN the
clear calm waters of the 1llissus, ne
wonld eat the Grecian doughnut OF nus
pupils. and while he spoke in poeu0
te,ms of his belief he would dig his Ell
IN the mud and hesve heartbr Ken
sigh.
Such was Socrates, the great tea cner'
He got small salary, and wentb bare DOT
in after Thanksgiving. He was grea-
turor and boarded around, teaching IT
the open air while the mosquitoes bit
b;s hare feet. No tutor ever tuted with
a more unselfsh purpose or a smaller
salary. r
Plato maintained among other things
that evil Is connected with matter, and
aside from matter we do not find evil
EXISTING. That is true. At least such
evil as we might find apart from matter
would be outside the jurisdiction OF
notice court. think Plato was correct,
Evil and matter are inseparable. That's
= whats the matter.
II Il unite common for us to say that
yirtue is its own reward. Plato held
that. while it was better to be virtuous
:. "a a matter of economy and ultimate
pcace than not to be virtuuus at all, be
believed ia being virtuous Cor higher
reason. Probably it was notoriety. He
would rather he right than 20 be presi
dent. He believed in being good Just
for the excitement Of it, and the notice
II woull attract, and not because 1t paid
Plato was a great virtuoso.
Socrates would have been called 9
crank If he had lived incur day and age
and If Plato were to 60 into London OF
New York am talk of organizing So
ciety for the eG couragement OF virtue
among adult male taxpayers he woul,
have a lonesome time fit. Be yirtuou
and Won will be happy, was 4 favorlt,
motto with Plato. The legend is still
quoted by those who love to ransack thu
dead past.
Pluto was quite another party, ant
some get him mixed up with Plato
Thew were not related in any way, Plut'
being son of Saturn and Rhea, win
fourished at about the same time a
Plato. Pluto was brother of JuRte
aud Neptune, and when the estate o
saturn was wound up, Jupiter wante'
the earth, and he got it. Neptun
wanted the codfish conservatory and tn
mermaid's home, so he took the deer
deep sea, and even vet he rides aroun
In a gold spangled stone boat on the pal
green pillows of the summer sea, jabbin
pickerel ever and anon with histhree
tined fork. He leads gay life, goin
to picnics with the mermads in thei
coral cases or at ending their full even
ing dress parties, clad in trident and
\ full beard. He loves the sea, the lone
blue sea, and those who have seen hir
turning handsprings on sponge law
or riding in his water tight chariot wit
his feet over the dashboard. beside
slim young mermaid with Paris gree
hair and dressed in tight fitting, 10y
neck dorsaI I'm, say that he is a livel
old party.
Bat Pluto was different. He stoo
around till the estate was all closed VI
and it looked as though he had got lief
Just then the administrator say s, "Wh,
here's Pluto. He is going to come OF
the little end of the horn. He wi
have to hustle for himself" Pluto r,
scented this and clinched with the az
m.inistrator. They fought tall each ha
q watch pocket on the brow and a
Irish sunset symphony in green urd,
tie eye, while Jupiter and Neptur
stood by and encouraged the figh
Jupiter rather took sides with b
brother and Neptune stood in with t.
administrator. In the midst of the COZ
fupion Jupiter speaks up and say
"sNat, him under the ear. Pluto
Whereupon Neptune says to the adm
istrator, "Give him-hail The adm
istrator, paused and said that was 90,
suggestion. He would do so. And
he forga re Pluto and gave him sheol.
BILL NYE
Improving on Her.