Show r r T The he Friend of the People To receive attention every question must bear the name and address of the person sending it This does not necessarily necessarily necessarily mean that the name will be published when the question is answered only the initials will be used if the questioner so desires No attention will be paid to queries to which the I name and address of the sender are arc not appended I J Friend rie of the People Who ho was WiS Pythias for 01 whom the so society so- so o- o is 13 named and what hat was he lie fa famous Cn- Cn a- a mows mou furl for X X X I Answer Pythias for whom the well I known n fraternal society in is named is a 0 common and accepted but erroneous I sIH spelling lIIng of oC an ancient Greek Crock famed for his high hl tense of honor and antI hl Ills his fidelity to his friend Damon who was equally true and devoted dc to him They lived In the fourth century before Christ and it Is h. not known that either of them ever did anything great eat beyond beyond be be- e- e yond showing for each other Condemned to death by b Dionysius Diony- Diony I sius Ilus for Cor plotting tin against the emperors emperor's lite Ufe begged to be set RPt at nt liberty for tor a short time lime that he ml might arrange his affairs As he heas was nas under sentence of death dc-ath Damon offered to plate e himself himself him him- self in n the thc tyrants tyrant's hands han as a u substitute substitute tute for tor and to ale in his stead If he failed to return on tho the appointed ap ap- pointed da day This offer was war acc accepted and at the tho last moment true to his r promise e came camo back hack and the emperor was so 50 struck by br the fidelity of ot the friends that he released them both and be begged d to be admitted to their friendship The stor story Is a matter of or er very ancient record and 11 is doubtless true in its main features The change in tho the spelling of or to Pythias Pythia ma may have come by confusion with Py- Py theas a Greek navigator and astronomer astronomer astronomer mer who lived 1 about the same time lime The hi higher her classic authorities give I the name of Damons Damon's friend as ns as and the British encyclopedia refers to Damons disinterested affection for not as commonly given Py Py- thias f fFriend Friend of the People PI Please e state if Ir there is a kind of in tho the old countr country or European nations that has has' hasa a a. tall tail that thit STOWS grows so MO large that a small cart Is made and fastened to it to let Jet this tail tall rest onI on I R F. D. D W. W Ans Answer r A variety called tailed fat sheet sheep is found in parts of Asia AIa and Africa in India and China It-is It h of small oman size with soft and short wool Its Ita peculiar characteristic Is tho the enormous enor enol development of the tall tail b by the growth of ot a R. lar large e mass of fat on each r lido sido of the lower part of oC this appendage append append- aJ age This is M sometimes FO so great reat that tho tail alone has hns been known to weigh seventy pounds or more This tall tail is 15 esteemed a a. great reat delicacy for food and to protect it from b being injured by being inS dragged on the ground tho the shepherd shepherd shep shep- herd often places it upon a n hoard board or a small truck with wheels which Is at attached attached at- at by a light string harness to the bod body of the animal Wo We do not think th they 3 have been heen bred In an any part of or Europe Europe- During a no recent thunders thunderstorm In Lansford Lans- Lans ford Pa Ia lI lightning struck a 0 telephone I polo hr r times |