The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-14

At old soldiers, who had fought under daa- "
Ran, were standing IN the waser' ana eiGu :.
sina at the self- inflicted rubbing. The %
emneror perfectly understood what he saw 9
and what was the purpose OF the signt.
"Ha ha N he exclaimed, "yon had DetIer .
scrape ono another, my good fellows !" nc q
added, "You certainly shaAi not scrope Az
aua.ntance with me !"
Heliogabalus was perhaps the most prac.
teal Joker among the imperial testers;
We have eeen at the Surrey Oval, IN oio
days, dozen one-legged Greenwlch pen
pensioners With only one arm. By the
way, the one-legged men had the advao.
tage, as the one armed men often fen IN
STOPPING for the ball, wanting the missing
the humor of Heliogabalus to get together
companies of individuals all marked oy
the same popularity. He weuta now
have at dinner q dozen bald heaoea
men, or twelve ladies with one eye eacn
he would have been delighted to have goC
| hold of triple assortments of tho three
famous sisters who had but one eye ano
one tooth between them! Failing thai, tne
g lord of the SUM-" as he called himself, was
content to have o score OF 'hunchoacks' y.
of fiat nosed men, or squintipg women. ne
ia said on one occasion to have put into
yery small chamber, where dinner was pre-
pared, 90 many excessively fat aud hungry
8 men that they had no room for anytnlns
but to perspire, and not mue9 ios 'I hnt
: then his good people paid for the fun, anu
q he might therefore indulge his humor
# without restraint at the time, or remorse
n after it. His supremely imperial joke lay
Q in placing number OF gueSs'sa AZ; S1 not sit
II down to dinuer), which were blown up
1t with air instead of being stuffed with WOOL
10 At q moment when the cups were filled 20
st the brim with the choicest Wlne' anu t :as
81 &Gnr1 kN hal
Re anticipations of liquid Elysium, tap was
sh drawn beneath the carpet, which suoaenlS
IL emptied the couches of their air, ana con
to seouently tumbled all the recliners on I!
IL the floor, where they lay peii-meh, WIZ.
10; wine split, goblets lost, and utter confusion
D. prevailing, except on the face of Helioga
er, balus, who looked on and INDUCED n
ed laughter inextiuguishable. Having 6u
d Indifferent appetite himself, he was fond
sauces, and he highly rewarded "a, any ansen
as liking. But if it failed to tickle his yer
%e sacred maiesty's palate, he had recourse
no Joke of very practical characeer inaee'
! |, o. That 10 to cay, he condemned the uniucE
The candidate for his favor 70 I'VE on n ~" -,
.oI also but the sauce in question unit! ne ns
ia discovered another more successtul IN
urn object. Fancy having 30 live on anohov
eaL without Ash, for twelve month, or Sats'
md and o little bread, from the ldes o, mar
s1;. to the Kalends Of December. Think
'ua' what your palate and liver would be n
"a vou nothing to cit down to but pick
81 walnuts without the chop, or musta
= "A without the beef, from Christmas to East
Their even II your w''S s enao'eo '"N -
de-. deliveFance then. -....... 81.
With There was grim bus honest joking IN
That Emperor Carus. The frugal man was 81
10 ~ seated, as was his won't, on the gra
bers supping on dry bread, gray peas, ana 81
with bacon. He gave audience at the sa
who time to Persian ambassadors VINO s ssa ah
girl sue for peace II AS the emperor was ~
the TO reply he opened his mouth for the
and ception of huge spoonful Of peas, but
been paused to say-at the same time taxing
a o his skull-cap with his disengaged nan
all of Z" Look here! If your master does noe
ords, fess the superiority OF home, VIII Aeu
Joke Persia as destitute of trees as my heaa
{ the Of hair.n Having said which, he swaiio'
aised his shoyelful of peas and chuckled as
east, Persian legates went homeward with
Icing significant message.
Ter to After all, this Joke was maoe up
have rndest boasting. There is something i
essor and it's attending circumstances wnicn
half mind one Of the last war In Europe n
Z the declared war against Persia, and the 10
loved cry was The Tlgrls 1or = ooSnuS =,
:, and "To Susa II 10 Ecoatana eoo ~ - -
visit DIE Rhinl le Rhini ~ "a Berlin!
upDer lin ~ seern like Irish echoes of the OLD
nnts What disaster came Of it Gibbon tells
rector readers Of history remember, 6ut
n the amone the Degenerate Romans there
q es- DO one ignoble enough to set an exam :
me Of the poor French fuoiiletenisfe, he who
b not Of the brave German officers tnaS
when would be too proud TO orusn rre"oA r;
allu- with their blonde moustacees d
Snc- Frenchmen must have shuddered at
wretehed jest. aud .t LOuis N MaP %aser
ed his loved good JOKE, though no nss.
went one, must have curieo hiS ny WIN ~,
wy. il ton it he read the piece of miserable
ideas over his coffee at MetZ.
i'd his In Prussia, which dates as Kin
10 had from the year 1902, there is not one
Or and seven kings who can be called
when though more than one had what is fa
own Of ter. etrouR, far seeing, Uncommon
} listen Uuclean in their vagaries, the FRI
It from rovnl iokers have assuredly been, an
Minister or two admitted of no liberty wha
stmin being taken with them, as far az rel
change went, So stern were the most OF the
morn sian nargravea, electors, and dukes
to the tn express the peril Of joking with
greater there arose tho well-knoWn popular
% were verb, 1t is advisable not to eat CD