Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — Napoleon’s Meanness. [ARTICLE]

Napoleon’s Meanness.

The selection from the letters and dispatches of the first Napoleon, which has been published, with explanatory notes by Mr. Denis Bingham, is very interesting reading, for they form an excellent and authentic record of an extraordinary man, who was a singular mixture of the greatest talents and of the meanest qualities. Napoleon is often reproached for his lies, and the phrase “menteur eomme un buHetin” was invented to characterize his official mode of announcing his military sucoessfes. This I have always thought unfair, for the object of a General is to deceive his opponent in many matters, and if this can be done by means of a bulletin, why should he not adopt this method? The worst trait in Napoleon was his jealousy o#Nhs own Generals, and his persistenfNndeavors to lessen their services in drder to aggrandize his own.— London Truth. Young men or middle-aged ones, suffering from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses, should send three letter stamps for illustrated book suggesting sure means of cure. Address World’s Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. . ■ A fellow feeling makes us wondrous blind. i