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Show The Bull of Phalarls. Pcrlllus of Athcut Is said by, tho an-clent an-clent authorities to have Invented for Phnlnrls. tyrant of Agrlgenlum, B. C. 570, a brazen bull which opened on tho sldo to admit victims who were to be roasted to death by the lire which was built underneath Tho dying groans of the sufferers closely resembled resem-bled the "roaring of n maddened bull;" hence the mime that was given to the Invention. It Is refreshing to know thnt later on tbo populace rose against Phalarls and burned the tyrant In the bull thnt he had made to bo the causu of denth to so many others. Now York American. |