Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — The Father of Lies. [ARTICLE]

The Father of Lies.

Gen. Ignatieff, the ex-Ambassador of Russia at Constantinople, used to go by the name of “The Father of Lies” while stationed at the Turkish capital. Apropos of this sobriquet} the present Czar on one occasion injquired of the General at a court ball whether it was true that he had earned for himself at Constantinople the nickname of “Father of Lies.” “Yes,” replied the General, “in the service of your Majesty.” Whereat the Czar laughed and patted the Gemera! in a friendly fashion on ths shoulder. I '' 1 1 5 A-St. Louis paper, after remarking that Chicago had a flag of terra-cotti tint made for the Columbian festivir ties, says that it will come into good play when the name of the Windy City is mud. *