The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-15
|r1MENS OF WIT.
-.o,c FLASHES OF sPoN-
TANeous HumoR'

rurOpeah
r..a Of and Given , to n' .%s"s
md Brutal Josts Passed among
1msp of Long Ago.
=. .Dooking, the strong have
ally ~ y nm with jcsting from the
= ~. p't Car "a Nicholas, who had
i n",lities, was hardened against
qa' act Of clemency by the I'M
'' .Oir it, Of a prisoner. Relief a
, 'ttl had been implicated IN
n t,,S of 1925 and sentenced to
,''' He was launched from the
, ~ when the rope broke and
l .S,own to the ground. severely
' INIT conscious. He picked hin-
a ND said quietly, They can do
'DI pussia. not even Irvine a cord
!" Il was customary in Russia
L. the condemned after a similar
Inf on Relieff's words beng re-
tbe car and his pleasure de
be replied, prove him q
EvIII, with all his viol' VIZ
could bear with a retort az "a
l.. =
one. for he loved wit. When lt
him that the pope had sent the
n hat to Fisher, bishop OF Koch
said, HE may have the hat,
shall have no head to wear 1t
and the bishop was brought to
h On one occasion the turbu-
4 If kildare was brought before
!. charged with setting fire. to
Sedral of Cashel. Il own it, ="
earl. "but | never would have
had not believed the archbish-
in it," Henry laughed and par
nj culprit. His bitterest enemy
bishop of Meath, who accused
Henry of divers misdeeds and
h arraignment with, "Thus, my
IN see that all Ireland cannot
the earl. f"
N " said the perverse monarch,
ri shall rule all Ireland, and
h made him lord deputy because
humor equaled his valor.
beth resembled her father in hel
hess to put up with retorts from
ubiects and to pay them back IL
Ot always with the greatest re
The little scene with tho IL
(arl of Essex, when she boxed hi
insolence and he laid his han'
kword, saying that he would no
In treatment even from her ia
familiar to every one.
bgck to still earlier dates, w
y Gad the imperious planting
living ana receiving retort
witness Of great independents
some Of their powerful subjects
Edward / who, on the refusal {
Back Dog Of Warwick" to joi
X with vassals and supplies fo
id, "Sir Earl, you shall either G
Tic retort was, "Sir Rex,
Either so nor hang"
b ~ Of France was good nature
lnost monarchs in repartee. AS
isimpossible to reproduce in col
bal English dress the jests of tn
hd witty king. On one occasiC
the turn of NJ. d'Aubigne to slet
kings antechamber. Fancyir
narch was asleep, he began to ia
1e Ia Force, who shared his waite
"Your master is the most u
lOfmen. D." La Force, half aslee
bin what he was talking abou
Henry cried out: wake up! ]
pc you am the most ungratef
BY 60 to sleep, sire," interrupt
'igne. 1--WE have great deal mo
about YOU" Henry never show
holiness to his servant Oh accou
i he had overheard.
the cynical generosity of Fred'
Great is unique. A lackey w
PIN grudge had determined
hlm One morning he brought
PCS chocolate and appeared vi
nbled in countenance. what q
SAID Frederick, looking fixedly
You look as if you had put p
my food" The wretch fell at
u avowed his crime. "Get out
|ht you scoundrelp' said Fred
took no further notice of
attempt to murder him.
ellcate compliment is q work
Iner art than the most biting S
Every one knows the story of
Feature who found himself sea
Nine. Recamier and Nine.
and managed to offend them b
ing that he sat between wit {
and was crushed by the ret
q e, DO Stael that he possessed 1
Inc court Of Louis XIV was
where this art was brought
'lon' The flattery offered to
the men of genius was at O
anu exquisite. Witness the in.
reply of Mignard, who was pal
kings portrait for the te
men Louis asked him, "Do ! /
y a few more campaigns on
Your majesty"
" Louis marshals, Bassompie,
Sa' az repartee. He had spent
= .ne Bastille, and on emerg
Ts'y asked him his age. "Fi
-. ~ 'he surprised look of the k
,a%al added, 81 don't count
y 4 passed in the Bastille, becs
~ I" spend them in your males