Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-20

ling to-day?'
A Scythian king, seeing a man dur
ing a snowstorm entirely, nude, ask
ed him if he were cold. And you,
responded the man, lis your race
cold?" NO" answered the king.
well, I am face all over" was the
naked mans rejoiner.
OF law and the laws delay these
tales are recorded:
A woman, vainly pleading her
case many times before Philip of
Macedonia. received at every refusal
the reply that he had not the time"
At last her patience became exhaust
ed, and she said to him: Then cease
to reign" The monarch, feeling that
he had deserved this rebuke, i'm
mediately gave ear to her and rem
dered the justice that her case
merited.
AnacEcarsis, the Scythian philoso-
pher speaking of the laws of Solon,
said: "They were like the web of a
spider-very good for holding the
weak. but allowing the strong to es-
cape"
A petty thief was being led to
prison. Diogenes said to him: Fool.
why didn't you rob on grand scale? ?
Then it would have been you that
would be sending others to prison
ed or equipped with something out
of all proportion to his size always
gives rise to a smile, il not to some
jocose remark. One commonplace
Jest is the one about the small boy
wearing a very large hat. Hey, hat!
Where are you going with that boy?"
With the orator Cicero the jest took
this form:
One day, seeing lis -statured
son-in-law wearing long sword, he
cried out: Who, L ask has attached
my son-in-law to that sword?"
OF u distinctly antique flavor are
these two tales of philosophers:
Archytas, the Pythagorean philoso-
pher. on his return from afar, found
his fields in very poor condition.
They became so through the negli-
gense of the steward. He said to
him: I'D give you a pretty good
drubbing if 1 were not in such a
passion
A similar incident is told of Plato.
who, provoked by the misbehavior of
a slave, said to his nephew, who was
standing by: Beat that slave. I
am in too furious a temper to do it."
Ancient writings are rich in
legends of Dionysius the Elder.
tyrant of Syracuse. He wrote poems
PhiloXene to hard labor in the quar-
ries for daring to criticise a poetical
composition from the royal hand.
Dionysius, after a time. sent for
PhiloXene and had read to Kim the
second time this poem. To the first
few lines PhiloXene listened with pa
tience. but the reading had not pro-
ceeded much further before he rose
and dashed for the door. When ask
ed where he was going he exclaimed:
Back to the quarries!"
At a banquet Dionysius, wishing
to affront Plato, placed him last at
the table. He then said to his cour-
tiers: plato will probably have
much to say of us when he returns
to Athens" "T hope" Plato rejoin-
ed. 'never to be so at a loss for n
subject of conversation that should
find it necessary to speak of you"
Dionysius repeatedly refused to
grant Aristippus a favor. At last
Aristippus humbly prostrated himself
at the feet of the king and renewed
his supplications. The philosopher
was reproached for this servile
'groveling. You should not blame
me, but Dionysius, who has ears in
his feet" was his apology.
One day Aristippus asked Diony-
sius: I've always heard it said that
a philosopher never has need of
anything" I'VE will discuss that
point. but first give me some money"
Aristippus said. The request was
met Aristippus Immediately eiacu-
lated: Now you see, sire, I have
need of nothing"
At a call to arms in Sparta An
droclides, who was lame. offered
himself as recruit. When refused
on account of his crippled legs. he
exclaimed: II thought you were
looking for men to fight not to run
away! y!"-Boston Herald.