Show I Osldites The Egyptians held the scarabicns a I species of beetle as something sacred I some say because it hud thirty toes sym I boliziug the nuuiborof days of the month i During the llfj of the beetle it was worshiped I wor-shiped and after its death embalmed Thu I cat was also sacred to tho samo people and they treated it as they did the insect i I which must have been pleasant for the cat j during Us life Whnta beautiful Egyptian I god some old yellow tabby would make I In a aB C Philip of Mnccflon besieged I the town of Methane Within the walls I was Aster of Atnphipolis who shot an arrow I ar-row upon which was written Aimed at Philips right eye It was correctly aimed and put out tho eye but Philip I shot the arrow bnck with the words If i Philip take the town Aster shall be hang i Cl History records the fact that Philip I did take tho town und Astor suffered in I consequehco of his gocd aim I Periling nn Athenian artist made a j j friichtfulinstrumentof torture forPhtilnris I I I a tyrant of Agrigentuin 370 13 C It was j I called the Brazen Bull and had an opening in the iJdo where tho victims were put in after which they wore roasted to death by a tiro kindled beneath It in said that tbo tyrant thought well of it that he ordered the maker to be tho first sufferer so that he might seo how it worked Twontyono years later Phalaris himself was roasted by his aggrieved and indignant subjects which was a striking example of poetic justice r Waldo That ith Cathy he lisped A bee Hit a intbect and a thee ith ull o I water I Little Sadie Oh Uncle Harry Miss Brown and Mr Swift arein the parlor anti stio has her head on bis shoulder Uncle Harry Tnats all right Sho has a lien on him Old Gentleman Dont you think It is cruel to shut up a bird in a little cage like that 1 Little GirlOh I dont know I haven have-n pretty good time and I live in a Hat Bloobumper Benny why do you refer to your undo as shoP Bonny Because he is a soldier Hut what of that Menofwar are always spoken of in tho feminine gender Hard and Easy Lives Ltttlo Girl My papa has to get up awful early so as to get to the office and see if his clerks is there at tendin to business Little BovIy papa dont have to Hes one of the clerks How doyou dor said mammas caller to little Fay hI dont do anything now answered Fay Its vacation and mamma said I could have a rest Mother Why do you do all your plav iug with that dirty little boy on the back street Small SonIiI can whip him Uncle Bobby what does lazy moan BobbyLazy means always to want your little sister to got it for you Country Child who sees no novelty in a park What is all this grass for City Child Thais to keep off of Little Victor Mamma my bands are dirty shall I wash them or put on gloves |