Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-12-16

OF the Kingdom did not rejoice MY
heart. In all my domin on. I did not
ou Id high place OF power. The
precious treasures OF my kingdom dit,
not lay mp. In Babylon buildings for
myself and the honor of my Kingdom
l d Il not lay out In the worshln of
Nero ZACH. my lord. the joy of nv he. n
IN babyion. the city OF h!s SOVEREIGNTY
and the seat ~ my empire. | did not
sing his Praises. did not furnish h.s
Ntars with victims. nor did clean out
the canals" From the descript on here
given IT would bc Il ilicut TO arrive nj
any other conclusion than that Nebu.
chadnezzar was laboring under insani v
during the four years of which no
speaks.
Although many of the Roman En-
perors were monsters in human s.ap,s
Iibcrius and Domitian SURPASSED All
the others in the insaneness of their
actions. The former, n man OF fiftv-
six when he doomed the purple. bcgnh
MS re gn with apparent wisdom and
cIemency. but soon gave way To the in
toxieation OF power. He shut h mself
away from the people on tn. s.rnl of
tapera. and from that rsireat ordered
those who had incurred his d spleasure
10 be put 10 death in the most shocking
manner. DJmitian also began his
re On w th mIldness. but he, TOO. could
not withstand the temptations of abso
iu.c authority, and became. if possible,
more infamous than T.berius. Both
these Emperors, VIII lie they are re rartied
10y all ~ unnatural tsranis, are thought
10 have been themselves victims of
iunacy. and thus no; without some ex-
euse for Their cruelty. Iheodor the
Great, founder of The Ostroco hic mon
archy' daring the latter years Of his reign
was the victim OF halluc nations The or
i"lr of these was crim, 81 ndrd by
jealousy. and y.oding 10 the evil uoun-
siis OF his favorites, he ordered the ven
cradle statesman. LymmachuS, one of
the most upright men of the are. TO be
put to death. Scarcely. however. had
the order been carried into execution
whrn the X m was seized with remorse
ana began To reproach hims II for the
ueeu' His I'm nd, strong ~ il had been.
gave way to The strain. and he became
hauhted with reful Wis ons, which ac-
conn an ed him to the end of his lie.
As an example of this. it is related TINT
one day new KIND OF fish wa, place
upon MS table. when he suddenly ut
tered cry OF terror and informed h
court ers that the head of the fish was
like that of the murdered Lymmachus
Several of the Kings of France have
been mentally iniirm. Among these
was Char es VII, the Victorious. The
clos ne days of this monarch were rem
dcred miserable by the undutfui con-
duct of his son. who afterward became
hihg under the title of Louis NJ. and
was known a. 1.-THE Tberius of France"
The Young Prince was continually
plotting against his father until the |
latter finally bccame broken hearted
and derangcd. lie h, d IN eyer-present
lear OF aSsassinat on, and utterly re-
fused food, lest il should be poisoned.
He passed several success We DAYS /
IN voluntary confinement without par /
taking or nourishment of any kind. |
After much del berat on h $ counc. 1 re-
solved that force be employed To rescue |
him from the horr BILE death he was |
br nging upon himself through the fear |
OF death. Nutriment in the form of |
leIl e' were accord ngly administered, |
Dut 1t was too late. Nature, thus cruel !
~ outraged. refused to rally. and |
Charles VII, after successful reign of /
thirty-eight years, went down, a crazy |
ola man, To- the miserable death of |
Charles TX. OF France was next thing
to an imbecile from his youth. but after |
Catherine de Medic had induced him TO |
On the decree that sent thousands of |
innocent persons 10 eiern ty in the |
mass Icre of St Bartholomew Day. he |
became confirmed monomaniac. At
the me of the eXecut on of his order !
all the brutality in his nature exul,ed. !
and he heard W tn iov the shouts of the !
murdcrers in the streets OF Par :. But
n narrowing remorse afjerward took !
posse 'sion OF him Visions Of blood |
startled him at all hours of the dav
and ght. He became prev
to the most d retul fears. At
one nom mt he would break forth
IN violent eXclamat ions. and would then
relaps into the qu:etudc of heart-rend- !
ing dcspa r. He heard voices n the mir
him for his cruelty to the
HuguenOts, and the ghosts of his muir
dered victims never forsoO< his pres
ence. III far HUI phys an, Ambrose
Pare, never deserted HIM, but no relief
could be- Afforded the troubled monarch.
For many months prior to his death he |
could scarcely rest at all. and when he |
died II was in the midst of the agonies
ana grief Of an aveng ny conscience.
Charles MI of sweden, sometimes
stveej the Mailman of the North. is an
other case of ROYAL lunacy. In some /
respects he was a man OF ability, but i'm /
one direction he was a monomaniac. |
This was his all-cOnsum NJ passion for |
conquest and mil tary glory His coun !
try was at that time the most powerful |
nat on of the North, AMI his great de- |
SIRE was TO extend its boundarie, until |
he should b at the head OF n nation /
VIII oh would e lual that governed by |
Alexander the Great or Gengh ; Kahn. /
He did have some successes. but M
length he attacked the Russian Empire.
and the Russians. under Peter the /
Great, taught him that the power Of his
ambit on was not suiic ent subst tute
Tor the power Of arms Charles was /
one of the most obstinate Of M n. and /
would agree with no on. He was a,
words points with the monarchs of
surrounding cOuntrie, all his life. To /
be sure. no did form an all ance with 4
the sultan Of Turkey. but it was only
Tor short period. ON one Of his visits 4
TO the Ottoman Empire he quarreled .
with the Sultan and bad 10 flee from the
country for safety. At home h. was the \
s1me ne abroad. He never was at peace
with tic officers ofhis court me kent his
family IN continual turmoil and when
mis- doth Gnaf1.. ,...r..1 l.. 81 .