The morning call., 1893-10-22
ODD NICKNAMES.
Queer Designations Given to Famous
PerSonageS,
ST. Louis GIobe-Democrat.

st, Louis Globe Democrat.
No great man has been able to escape the
fate OF the American Presidents, for the funny
man has In turn laid hold OF each and given
him the name by which he is often better known
than by his family designation. Samuel
Adams was the American Cato. the Last OF
the Purltans, the Yankee Cromwell; Alex
ander the Great. even in his own
time, was Macedonia's Madman; Thomas
AQunas was the Dumb Ok; PletrO Aretiro was
the Seourge OF Princes; Atiila delighted In the
nickname given by his soldiers, the Scourge OF
God; Beauregard was the Little Napoleon
Boswell was the Bear Leader, III allusion to his
familiarity with Johnson; Lord Brougnan
was the Foamng Fudge; Brummel. the Dandy
killer; Wordsworth, Old Ponder and the Great
God Pan: Cardinal Wolsey's enemies did
not scruple TO denominate him the
Butchers Dog; the Duke OF Weliing.
ton was the Iron Du e, and WlIllam
Warbur:on the Literary Bulldog; Voitalfe nag
a host of nIcknames, among The least compli-
mentary being the Literary Ape; swift was
proud of being called the English RaDeaIS !;
James Francis Edward Stuart, son OF james IL,
is better known as the Old, and his son Charles
is always mentioned as the Young FIelenuer; !;
Edmund Spenser, the poet was called Molnef
Hubbard, and Southey's name was horribly
punned into Moutby.
The nickuames given TO Shakespeare are TOO
numerous TO be mentioned, while Scott mas
nearly a hundred, The best being the GIeat Uh-
known. Richeleu was called innuneraep pi
names by his enemies, VINO went so lar as
TO styIe him the Pope of the Huguenots, and
Alexander Pope was TIL Wasp OF Twick-
enham. PerIcIes was called Onion Head
by bis political enemies. and Napoleon IL
Rantlpole Moore was the real Bard OF
Erin, Mirabeau the hurricane; and Milton the
British Homer. Martin Luther could not es-
cane the title of Hotbeaded Monk nor Louis XIV
that OF Louis BabOoD. Even 10 his own coun-
try John Knox was the iengious MacnlaVei.
and Ben Junson was half affectioDa ely de-
nominated Rare Old Ben. H0garth, the
painter, was Painter Pay, and Henry VIII
was Bluff King Hal. Among his enemies
Gustayus AdolphuS was the anti-Christ,
among bis fri nds the Lion of the North.
Oliver Goldsmith was the Inspired Idiot, Goethe
the Prince OF Poets and George ~ the Beau OF
Princes. To his friends Garrick was Little
the Great was Der Allie Fritz, Alaric Cotton
or the Philosopher OF Sans Souci, according
10 the view taken of his character Frank
lin was the American Socrates; Charles
James Fox, the Mau OF the People
Queen Anne of England was Brandy Nan;
Elizabeth was Good Queen Bess, Bloody Queen
Bess The Glory of Her Sex or the Untamed
Heller according to the opinion of the speaker.
DsraelI was DIZZY. Gladstone is still the
was exhausted, how yer. In the case OF Oliver
Cromwell. He was the Almighty Nose. the
Bias phemer The Brewer, Brother Fountain, Cop
perface the CoppernOse Saint, Glorious Villain {,
Great Leviathan, His HOrseship, the Immortal
Rebel the lmpious, the lmpostOr, King Oliver,
Man of Sin, lOid Noll, Old Saul, the English
Town Bull, the Wise Usurper and many others,
some unfit for repetition. If mans greatness
is TO be judged by the number and variety OF
nfeknames given him, old Oliver must have
been one OF the greatest men who ever ruled a