Everything not included in the above, except poisons, explosives,
live animals, insects, inflammable articles, and things giving off
a bad odor. The last two do not include The Police Gazette or The
Philistine.
A Few Mythological and Classical Names.
Brought down to date in brief Notes by the Editor.
ACHILLES. A courageous Greek, who did a general slaughtering
business in Troy in 1180 B. C., but was finally pinked in the heel--
his only vulnerable spot--and died.
Long life often depends on being well heeled.
ADONIS. A beautiful youth, beloved by Venus and killed by a boar.
Bores have been the death of us ever since.
BACCHUS. A brewer, who supplied the Gods with nectar, the beer
that made Olympus famous.
Those desiring a drink, please ask Dickens if "Bacchus is willin'."
CASTOR AND POLLOX. Two clever sports and twin brothers from
Greece, Castor being a horse-trainer and Pollux a pugilist, whose
sister, Helen, a respectable, married woman, disgraced the family
by eloping with Paris.
Just because a man can break a broncho or win a prize fight, it's
no sign he can manage a woman.
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