The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-07-17

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,IDIosrNcRAcIEs OF MEN OF GEM. :
Us.-Most geniuses and men of great
talentlhave been known for some be- 4
cnliarhabit or striking idiosyncracy.
Napoleon wouldtremble with fear at
the, sight Of aicat. General Elliott,
Of Gibraltarfame, was always accom-
panied by a numberof them. JOHN 4
son liked to imbibe foods, of tea or
wine, and yet beinone the worst for
it. Person drank everything that
came in his way. Visiting once a
friends house, when evening came
they desired TO feed the lamp, but
the 'bottle was empty. Person had
drunk prr!uln the spirits on the SLY, not
knowing it; was intended for the
lamp.h Douglas Jerrold could not
bear me smell Of apples. 'Cavendish
hated women. If he met one Of hi,
own female servants BY accident in
sny part of Che house, she was in
staptly dismissed Garrick was vain
almost t. the degree III insanity
Rousseau was vain and could not
write except: when dressed as a top I
,Bulwef Lytton, #! is satid, could write
best wheii dressed ina court suit.
Marlborough was ainniser, mended
his own stockings to save paying
for il, tahd would walk home ever SO
late at night rather than pay for a
"chaif.' ~ Napoleon did his Z stbink-
Ing and'formea' his plans for con.
quest willie pacing ina d garden,
Struggling his shoulders now and
then 9r Al. as if to, help and ''compress''
! thopgghrtt sWhhearn;,T Theirs was engaged.
j in ID big long and oratorical displays.
| te',.t always had beside him q supply
Of i run, and and coffee. The coffee he,
|goot, direct from a. Mecca. Gibson dc
t tate y while walking in his room,
Ike! IKE ssc99tt and many others. Mol
lieere wrote wrote with his knees near the
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fire, and Bacon, liked to, study in a
small ma ROOM, which, be, said, helped
HIM HIM 70 ~ condense his thoughts
George Stephenson used to lie in
bed for OF, three days, the better to
stink out" his plan. 1t would be
better liz, if many people do this who
have much thinking to do, as rest
tfavors abstraction aad. thought, and
those who have. Inet.at vigorous err
cgultation2 find the supplyoo of blood to
the. brain assisted by a recumbent
lpositibh.L Exchange. 7 2,1h $40
| -~S 800 -
r. y ti2pm Humorous. @9sast aid
NE 1oad % safi slibU# $50 ~
s,yaq vi issIfg sd iaQaa e4iB
hAlmpcrial Caesar, dead and turn
led to clay. -s
fsralOhfa dsssecti1g Table doth ap.
| pear ,nexti day: 81 1891 o!it 70 aaa,9. .
m IIti.s ALL JrGU fgI9f't al
4 n94 There II is nothing more me heart
4 touching than hearing a fat mipstre
sing kiss sI me good good night, mother
af o-+Tbe Emperor's lohelmet wa,
ststrnck by Nobeling's shot, and it Il
linow treason for any Berliner to say
SHOOT the hat" scr
h, AT Battle Creek, Mich, vile,
children, come to a family a, fey
weeks after marriage, unkind joker
D cah il a e i wedIock, % !,
t:M Wilhelm to- Ills people -1"sr
= children, / have not done as muc
4 ferypu as I have wished, hut YOU
/, ADMIT that as atarget Ihaye serve
D yoon faithfully. loila1s ,szat4o aadl
4, .T-rWanted.- "Une'' ~ glass in eye
and the other IS sisinglass.'' That
1.-THE answer-and very clever one /
= as, too. What we want now is q cor
y undruhh to fit,it. 'asa .
t d a-t-It was .pitiful 10, hear a yetera
g Of the late eccentricity, after decors
i Ting bis left leg AID drinking to th
J. health of his right, exc!aimine
: "Rah! for the glue and the bray !
g He wanted to cement things,