Judge — April 10, 1897 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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SIDELIGHTS ON HISTORY. ONTRARY to gener- al belief, the emperor Nero was not naturally a cruel man, While toward the last habit might have hecome second nature, in the beginning his cruelty was of the grafted, not grained, variety. He was born to be great, and he knew it; but“ How?” was the question. Early in life he looked about him and ‘Saw the avenues to fame all crowded save one. “The world has never had OVERSIGHT PROVIDENTIAL. a real good cruel man,” Horsey HANK (surprised)—"* Sniff’ kyutes, Lem ! I thought you war jug- he decided, “and I'll just eee A inet eno Laat T Gans Hook but t proved an alibi. Yer see ther give ‘em one.” The act toys found money on ther victim thet I overlooked in my s‘arch, an’ ther judge that first brought him into held thet it couldn't a bin me thet did ther job. Savvy ?” prominence was during a fierce fight with the barbarians, The conflict was brisk and to the point, and by dinner-time the battle field was a sea of gore. On the way to his tent Nero jumped from corpse to corpse, and coolly cursed when his “ stepping-stones" were far apart. He afterward told a very dear friend that the performance was exceedingly distasteful to him. The true inwardness of the difficulty between King Henry VIII, and Cardinal Wolsey was not, as popularly supposed, the latter's conscien- tious scruples against granting divorces, but the extreme rapidity with which hy- meneal knots were presented to him for severance, all indorsed “rush” by the , king. He was actually kept working over- time, Of course other members of the ¥ cardinals’ union protested, which occasion- ed interference by a walking delegate from Rome and Wolsey’s subsequent whip- ping into line. This naturally incensed Henry, always a bitter foe to organized labor, and he aimed a blow at its head, which was Wolsey. Alexander had much to contend with, and the appellation “great” was not gained without hard work. At school his playmates called him “Smart Aleck” and andy,” put pins in his seat, and stole his dinner-pail. He fought his way through school, literally, not figuratively, and at the age of fifteen was graduated from Aris- totle’s academy, senior wrangler of his class. That Diogenes incident was always a sore point with Alexander. What I meant for chivalrous kindness was con- strued as princely arrogance,” he would complain. “ Diogenes's wife was washing that day and wanted the tub.” ¢.« cere. IN BOSTON. Tue Reverend RURAL WAYBACK (to street-urchin)—** Lit- tle boy, don’t you know smoking is sinful? Who learned you the THERE is only one path which leads to vile habit?” the house of forgiveness—that of un- Swipesey GUTTERSNIPE (fufing @ cigarette) —'Sir, the : habit is no viler than your illiteracy ; but, overlooking that, I will derstanding. say that T taught myself.” 7. Listenzr—"' I've heard that gag before !" THE CHESTNUT STORY-TELLER. comicbooks.com |