Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1893 — Modern Greatness. [ARTICLE]

Modern Greatness.

Street & Smith'* Good Nows. First Boy—l’m writin' a composition, and I can’t think of what the teacher read the other day. It began “Some men is born great.” Second Boy—l remember, “Some is born great, some achieve greatness, and—and —” First Boy —Oh, yes, I remember now; “And some gets cured of longstandm’ diseases.” “You look sweet’enough to eat,” said Josh Sasafras to bis best girl, on Sunday afternoon. “You must wait till supper time and you’ll see me cat," she replied. The gigantic statues of Rameses, in Egypt, were placed in position by rolling them along greased planks. *