Life — October 30, 1902 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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SOME CYNICAL SAYINGS OF DIOGENES. Of the bone mots of the Greeks not many very brilliant ‘ones have come down to us, A happy saying of Socrates is reported regarding sculpture and edacatiun: 1 wonder that men should give eo mach to turn a stone into a man, and ¢o little to prevent @ man from tarning into a stone.” What could be more pertinent or pithy than the rejoinder of Lysander to a citizen of Megara, who, at a common council of Greek States, was “talking big’ and laying down policy with au authoritative air: “ Your words wantacity.” The cynical tab-philosopher, Diogenes, gave utterance to eome rasping earcasms, Seeing a number of persons firing at a mark, he placed himself directly before it, saying that it was the safest place. Going by ahouse over the door of which was inscribed, “Let nothing evil enter here!'? he asked, “* How then can the owner get in?” We have epoken of the exquisite delicacy of French wit. A happy ex- ample was the reply of Voltaire, when, having extolled Haller, he was told that he was very gencrous, since Haller had eaid the very contrary of him, ‘Perhaps both of us are mistaken,” eaid the wit, after a short pause. We doubt, however, ifany French motor repartee ever surpassed in delicacy the reply made by an East Indian eervant of Lord Dufferin, when be was Viceroy of India. ‘Well, what eort of sport has Lord — had?" eaid Dufferin one day to his “shikarry,” or sporting-servant, who had attended a young English lord on a shooting excurtion, ‘Oh !" replied the ecrupalously polite Hindu, “ the young Sahib shot divinely. Bat God was very mercifal to the birds."* ~Saturday Evening Post. Nor long ago a coroner's jary in Ireland delivered the following verdict on the sudden death of a merchant who had recently failed in business; * We, the jary, find from the new doctor's statement that the deceased came to his death from heart failure, euperindaced by business failure, which was caused by epeculation failure, which was the result of failure to see far enough ahead." Argonaut. Awattrn, who bad been an old marine, watched as long as he could bear it while his master tried to draw the staffing through the side of a bird. * Further aft, eir,"* he ventured, in an embarrassing whisper ; ** farther aft!" ~ Youth's Companion, ‘Tux Don't Worry Club opened early this morning,with- oat waiting for office hours, to admit a young man to whoa two girls eald yesterday that they were engaged. It is related that an Atchison girl spends 60 much tine looking for and reading *+helpfal" books, and “helpfl* poems, that her sisters have to do all the work. ‘An Atchison husband hovered at death's door to lorg hie wife remarked that ehe eupposed he was having his uras] trouble finding the keyhole,—Atchleon Globe. Mar. Marnrat: Ieee old Roxley has left an csta ‘worth $2,000,000 at least. Wouldn't you like to be bis widow? Mus. Mannyar (ambiguously): be yours.— Philadelphia Press. No, dear; I'd rather “ Bor I'll have to hire a large hall for my musical tea.” ‘What for? You eay you've only got @ score or to of woman friend whom you care to invite.” “* Yes, but I want the several score of enemies who an pot Invited to know that I had plenty of room for them.” Exchange. For eale by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. ‘The International News Com- pany, Bream’s Building, Chancery Lane, London, E, C., England, AGENTS. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING Co.. Balumore. Mé Hunter Baltimore Rye The American Gentleman’s Whiskey ‘WM. LANAHAN & SOS, Baltimore, Md. ED. PINAUD'S Eau de Quinine is the best Hair Restorative known. It preserves the hair from parasitic attacks, tones up the hair bulbs, cleanses the scalp and posi- tively removes dandruft. ED. PINAUD'S Eau de Quinine is also a most excellent hair dressing. ‘The sweet and refined odor which it leaves in the hair makes it-a tollet luxury. Sold Everywhere. 4 on, botties, doe. "YS ea, bottles, $1.00 ff! Special Sizes for Brass Beds. Imported and Domestic Silk and Satin Lamb’s Wool and Down Comfortables. Fine Hand Embroidered Bed Spreads. Italian Silk Slumber Robes. Housekeeping Linens. Cid, Blankets, French, Austrian and California Blankets. AROMATIC DELICACY— MILDNESS — PURITY NEW YORK, BLACK, STARR 4X2 FROST, 438 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK. PRECIOUS STONES. comicbooks.com