Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-06-05

Mr.. EAitor-I see in the Port, tobacco
IIR,,S ti.t James Nay .or, u lufmg-r rcfi1cnt
OF our comfy Prince George 5, 1Ut 1T the
prescott l:mt, one OF The CuiIhSSitiiersd hT
Chltles, las bcru inflicted Nv Tie tirIhF Jary
81 ssd voiuty 4Jr Mh.t, presaht, 'fbt esaS ~
ufi,.r.uttuOr- wiHterii.4 . pm ii tlr cuGHtt s
mtlrs A."t ,h,rrn. fJr lpc slrlct Use ioltlf
,!in Ut so 49, tbtt IS, 49, 90 Tor rath, !f,N
me i.le tI;tcu,n of Il cent. As Mr. NAY ior AL
led aud nepl The mu!cs TOR five or SIX months,
and as the summer cost ior 1,eeyilI V OH III t;
tAt ct the winter, it would seem dat oIF sis-
Ten, tiiarirs c, l;,re rs lnti1es ie,ftlid KEEP a
'wh.rr ,citr.tus ui1uj 80 $40 eath. V q'1r
iAli jual that siee iOr keeping y hHfse -
da,S. Ii sl.;ety caguut tie n,t our vqitnallt
sister objects TO the PtynIcnt ol so sn.it
an fDf the lyrl a'ri care OF maie i Sh0le
,"atj II 50, She Is "ecuiuirs sUitic" nH; lttfSi-
uiUnior7 IN htr old age
The Hu.rs betcye, wee set ~, a; sCctiu
~ the Cau,udssuuyrs aud Tie lOwfsl rrsi''n
lille bidder cbttiucd the privilege OF feeling
them through the winter. MIR. james N'4-
lot, Uitr OF the Commissioners Was tAd hl'.der
But this is in violation 0; local law winch
forhils an oilise-hulder uterncidllas with
the PylhagOTean leans. Among the symbols
Of =, lhasur,,s lecited by Iamhlechus, are tie
stain fIom beans. Wh4n you feed the com
mauwealths mules demand double compensa-
liou" Tue first prccrpt applies to the grand
jury, bur AS the point is exceedingly keen, We
omit the explanation, which can be io1ud in
Plato's Republic, The second, like the ta-
NOUS problcm OF Achilles aud the tortoise Is II
secret-sone OF those mysteries winch the an
cient ? ythagoreans never disclosed, and hleh
modern ingenuity has in vain attempted to
discover. The explanation OF the third, or
mule precept, is given by ApolonIus OF Lyons.
lie SAYS: ''ln AthenS at the close OF Il war the
State cor tracted with its citizens to pay them
seven mnae per head for the feed au1 care OF
its mules for one year. but II any inah return
ed mule in better condiuon than he re-
ctivcd it, he was paid in addition one-twen-
tie,h OF u nina for every ten pounds OF flesh
added to the mule, buff in worse condition,
one twentieth was deducted for every ten
pounds lost | will state here that the value
OF nina in our money, as given by Kent,
| Hegel and Noah Webster, Is Sl4 co. b.
Thomas Carlyle, Crooks and Schem IL SIT 60,
so that by the former estimate a mule keeper
OF Athens in those days was paid S9o 90 for
the yearly fesd aud care OF amulei and ny the
latter, Si23 20. One twentieth OF slina is
therefore 10 or 80 cents "lt happeued on
one OCCASION that Diogones, not the Stole,
kept an accurate account, both in time and
feed, Of the cost Of keeping the pair OF mules
that fell to his lot; and being AN honest and
upright man charged the State just that sum,
which was 81 miuac," THAT is $40 90 or
sci 90 when he presented bis bill to the
! treasurer iruh the price scqlad doWR, he be-
came exceedingly indignant, aud has the hon
est mule keeper arrested and thrust into prison.
lie was shortly afterwards tried, convicted
and sentenced to pay hne of ten minae aud
TO be imprisoned for Is months. Aristotle,
an Athenian by adoption gives the sequel to
this case lie says IN his discourse on Vir-
tue and Vice" "At the time of Diogones' i'm
prlsonment was preceptor to Alexander, at
terwards surnamed the Great, son Of Philip,
King Of Macedonia, and related tie incident
to the King, who was so well pleased to hear ol
Athens one incorruptible citizen, anu so much
grieyed at bis unjust treatment, that lie wrote
Immediately te.kls bitter enemy, ne22asthanes
who was at that very time hurting his cee-
brated PhilipicS against the King, begging
that most distinguished citizen OF Athens to
have the mule keeper released and sent to him
(the king.) His request was granted; and on
his arrival 10 Mscedon, Philip received him
with distinguished honor, and presented him
with 200 minae ana a magnificent villa, on
tue QOEliCO UI winch Was CdiNeu III ldTkt EOL-
den letters: "DIoGoNEs, THE ONLY HONEST Man
OF ATHENS We have known Mr.. Naylo for
a number of years, aud when We say he is all
honest man, OF spotless integrity and uuOlenl-
iShed reputation, We are merely repeating
what every one in Prince Georges knows who
is intimately acquainted with him. Both
DiosOnes and Mr. james /. Naylor violated
local law,-.the latter charged less than :he
former for the same service, and was therefore
the more honest and conscientious mani Jet
King Philip had the brains TO distinguish be-
tween ''tweddledum and twedledee, aud to
know that the moral quality OF an act lies in
the intent Charles is one Of the oldest coun-
ties Of the State, or for that matter, Of the Ma
ton, and has a long line OF distinguished an
cestors, who have achieved such eminent and
illuSrrioGs actions both in the forum and in
the fed, that not even their dstractoIs com
plain Of anything but their greatness and il
is TO be hoped that their sons uIay.not tarnish
the glory Of their fathers by the punishment
Of an HoNEsT MAN.
a Prince Georges Democrat.