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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 24
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In rqply to tho question of the
Columbus Enquiror-Sun, "Will
Bryan rotiro?" Tho Houston Post
Answers: "Oh, yes! every night, but
Is up bright and early soon after tho
Pullman porter calls him in tho
Subscribers' Jttiwrtfsiita Dept.
ThIs department is tor tho benefit
of Commoner subscribers, and a special
rato of nix cents a word per Insertion
tho lowost rato has boon mado for
them. Addross all communications to
Tho Commonor, Lincoln, Nobranka.
YANTED WALNUT AND CHERRY
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C. J. Prank, Logansport, Ind.
Mr J. X Mil jx x a KuxuitNuu.
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VICTOlt J. EVANS & CO., Washington. D. a
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con bo grown on ono uqunro rod, This Is no got-rich-quick
schemo but n lcgitlmnto Industry of
which you "would bo proud. Let mo show you
what othors nro doing. Hoots and socd for fialo.
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T.J. Stout, G83, Edinburg, Ind
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morning." That is really ono of tho
cloverest things Balloy has said for
a long time, and when subjected to
earoful analysis shows, among other
things, in tho first place that Mr.
Bryan does "retire," that is to say
goes to bed, and in tho second place,
that he is so abundant and constant
in his efforts to spread himself all
over tho country that he frequently
goes to bed in a sleeping car, which
moans, of course, that ho is ever
mindful of the interests of the people,
and ever ready at night to serve them
wbftnovor ho is called in the morn
ing, having a clear conscience, void
of offenso except towards a few of
his most sincere admirers, whom bo
does not understand, and not under
standing will not forgive. We have
no-doubt that ho sleeps. He is fif
teen years older now than he was
when ho began his great crusade
agalpst the established order, and yet
ho is as bright and fresh as a daisy
with every new day that comes; good,
wo should say, for at least twenty
years more of strenuous pursuit.
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SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY
By John Jay Frainey, in the
American Eagle: The recent suc
cessful engagement at the Shubert
theater in Kansas City of those mar
velous and matchless artists, E. H.
Sothern and Julia Marlowe, to a
largo extent dissipates the idea pre
valent among some peoplo that the
plays of Shakespeare are on the de
cline, and tends to arouse and stimu
lato the thought that tho unsurpass
able dramas of Shakespeare will con
tinue to challenge the admiration of
posterity as long as generations of
human mortals come and go upon
tho waves of time, for this healthy,
dramatic sentiment tho peoplo are
largely indebted to Mr. Lee and Mr.
Sam Shubert, who not only have an
high appreciation of the rendition of
the higher order of finished art and
are not tainted with that degreo of
commercial piracy that some theatri
cal managers have, which deadens
the ardor and hinders the growth
and development of great actors by
feeding and stimulating a public
taste for frivolous things on the
stage.
The successful appearance of such
finished artists as Sothern and Mar
lowe also has an influence in revis
ing thought upon the life, times,
character and mental superiority of
William Shakespeare, whose birth at
Stratford on Avon, in England, oc-'
curred on April 23d, three hundred
and forty-seven years ago. The
event of a great man's birth is one
that is usually commemorated by
admiring friends, there are no great
men excepting those who have ren
dered great service to the human
race, it has been said with more or
less truth, that some men are born
great, others achieve greatness, and
others have greatness thrust upon
them. We are advised, by, from and
through accredited historical sources,
that a few men in the fields of human
activity have achieved greatness,
Nlmrod, the founder of the Babj'lo
nian empire, accomplished much in
the art of war and has been styled
by accredited historians as Nimrod
the Great. Cyrus, the head of the
Persian dynasty, by reason of the
employment of superior military
skill, successfully contended against
the armed forces that were bent upon
the invasion and 'destruction of his
dominions, thereby earning for him
self the title of Cyrus the Great.
Sennacherib, the king of the Assy
rans, by reason of his successful in
vasion of India, has been assigned a
place in history as Sennecherib the
Great.
Sesostris, the celebrated Egyptian
king, whose name and fame was
made by his valor in war, as well as
his genius in erecting the titanic
edifices, known to Egyptian civili
zation as the Solomon temples, the
oberdlsks and the pyramids, is re
garded In history as Sesostris the
Great.
Alexander, the king of the Mace
donians, whose successful attack
against Darius and his wonderful
army of Persians, is regarded bv
competent, respectable and accredit
ed historians, as the greatest piece
or military stratagem of ancient
times, and history refers to him as
Alexander the Great. So it is "with
Hannibal, Scipio, Caesar, Pompey,
Charlemagne, Frederick, Napoleon
and others whose human achieve
ments whether justly or not, have
earned for them the title of great.
But In the eloquently expressive and
wonderfully impressive language of
Victor Hugo, when man shall have
theater and sphere of his own ago,
state which condition can and will be
brought about through the thorough
development of the human mind, the
dischargo of the warrior will have
been signed, his fame will have faded
in the distance and his greatness will
have gradually passed away.
The triumphs of the warrior aro
usually bounded by tho narrow
theater and sphere of hi own age,
when the victorious achievements of
the military chieftain shall have
been forgotten or shall have been
remembered only in the song of the
ministrel or the page of the chroni
cler. The lofty Intellectual labors
of Shakespeare will continue to shine
on and on in ages now unborn and
accents yet unknown.
An eminent French philosopher of
the seventeenth century is credited
with the statement that all great
men had great fathers and that all
great fathers and all great men must
needs have had great mothers, in
fact, that the greatness that men
have achieved in this world could be
largely attributed to the refining
civilizing and humanizing influence
of mothers, that it was mothers who
made the home, wherein dwelt those
two-fold potential influences of vir
tue and love, which when associated,
are like a lily with a heart of fire
and might be classed the fairest
flower in all this world. The mother
of Shakespeare dowered her son with
passion and imagination that was un
limited in its powers to attract and
rivet the attention of his fellow men,
nothing is known of her, however,
beyond her beautiful maiden name.
In the year 1557, Miss Mary
Arden, a modest, graceful,' chaste,
pure and beautiful English maiden
of Wilmincote, Warwickshire, was
wedded to Mr. John Shakespeare, a
very substantial citizen of Stafford
shire, England. The sweet, silent
hours of marriage joys of this fortu
nate couple were . clustered with
peace, prosperity, happiness and pa
ternal love. She being the imper
sonation of purity, chasity, love,
beauty, and grace; he being the em
bodiment of a magnificent physique,
splendid moral courage, heroism,
rugged, honesty and a good true
Christian spirit, their two lives like
uniting streams, flowed on as one,
their highest ideal being to improve
themselves both in heart and in
brain so a to be -worthy of each
others love and affection. William
Shakespeare was the third child born
of this happy union, which great
event took place at Stratford on
Avon, April 23, 15 G4.
The early life of William Shakes
peare is measureably speaking,
shrouded in mystery. He studied at
the grammar school, v subsequently
married at a comparatively early age,
went to London, made a comfortable
fortune, which enabled him to enjoy
that enviable position of being above
want and the fear of want not too
rich or too poor a condition most
desirable for all of us more or less.
Anything more than this would have
been a nuisance to him; anything
less would have been inconvenient,
otherwise he would not have writ
ten these incomparable lines, "If
thou art rich thou art poor, for like
an ass whose back with ingots bow
thou bearst thy riches but a jour
ney and death comes along and un
loads thee."
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