Telegram-herald., 1890-02-16

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means I0 5egin e. t1a thing ~ the wrong
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ed oy Llcisn a great lireek writer. ~ho
AF-i almost l.109 wears 40. Is Is sur
priang h1w frsquently search for The
origin ~ phrases lands us among Tie an
eient Greek or LATIN writers. For IA
stance. the couplet
BE sl3 fsl - al3 runs away
Ms I've o. usl1 another l4y.
almost invariably declared 70 have
originated with Butler. tAe author Of
-HudiUras. Il Is really Greek p.9verb.
.nd mention il made of IL by Isf>,llan.
As early as the beginning II the Second
century d IaLln writer. Auius Gelhus,
outs it into the mouth Of Desmosthenes
Is an excuse for bls oowardice IL Chero-
lea.
Begging the question IS supposed to
Dc q modern phrase born II the many
political discussions which occur IN con-
gress. Il is known IN logical disputa-
lon5 as "the petition Of the principle, -
almost a literal translation Il a Latin
phrase. Begging the question was
lrst used by Aristotle. Birds Of a
feather flock together Is also from the
Latin. Translate tAis sentence from
Plautas, "Pares cum parious facllime
congresantes, and youu have II almost
literally.
The expression "Mind your P's and
O. Is said u have various dervations.
In old times the score OF the ale house
customer was kept on slate. or was
shalkcd on the door Of a cupboard, the
J. and Z Qstandins for piat and quart. The
score was settled for and VI ,.ed out every
Saturday night Ii the customer WAS
dila-ory in making settlement. lie was
reminded of his P's and Qs Ii has been
Inferred Thar the word tick, equivalent
TO credit, arose from the tick or mark
which indicated each glass Of ale. Others
dat. the phrase q the tame when pcrukes
were in fashion. The toupee was the ar
tiilcisl lock Of hair, and tie queue the
rig.ail The phrase was "Aind your
t0upecs and your Queues. An old riddle
gives color to this explanation. "Who
is lhe best person 10 keep the alphabet In
order:7 was thcconundrun. The answer
was "a barber, because he ties up the
queues and puts toupecs in order" 1t
may be that this Old riddle suggested the
more modern one Of when does black
smith set the letters Of the alphabet to
quarreling:' when ne makes a poker
"a poke r. and shovel (shove D."
"Blind as a beetle is . phrase rs IA
mili.r Is il is false. The insect. in its
rapid flight in summer, often strikes the
faces Of those that are walking, which
led 10 the erroneous impression that it is
blind Collins refers to this freak Of The
beetle in his lode to Evening""
And OFT he rises in the twilight path.
Against the pilgrim borne IN hce,iless hum
The poet, however, was TOO much Of an
entomologist to impute blindness to the
insect.
Carrying the war into Africa" means
20 retaliate upon an enemy by adopting
his own tactics. 1t grew out OF the bat
tie OF wits between Scip!o and Hannibal
The latter, a Carthaginian leader. led his
army into Italy. and for several wears
continued to threaten Rome and lav
waste the surrounding country. Scipio,
the Roman general. saw the necessity OF
getting rid Of Hannibal and his forces.
soho led an army into Africa and threat
ened Carthage, thus making it necessary
for Hannibal to return home for its de-
fense.
"Cimmerian darkness" is derived from
the traditions concerning the Cimmorii.
Z people Of Italy who lived In caves near
Lake Averno. From those gloomy hab-
itatons. 50 inaccessible to the rays Of the
sun, the Sybils gave out their oracles.
The old proverbial expression. Dead
as q door nail, had q very simple origin
Tn oldcl times the doors were supplied
with knockers instead of bells The
kncc&cr itself. I'm order 70 make the
r,ot.s-.=lrv l,~i-o ,v1s made 10 STRIKE ON q