TITE OMATTA DAILY REE: TI1URRDAY, MARCH 31. 1904.
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1804. M. B. HL'NUATH.
(Seal) Notary Public,
At the worst a three-yeor garbage con
tract will not smell as bad as a teu
year garbage contract
When that new Are engine arrives
Mayor Moores will be entitled to take
a day off for a Jollification.
The weather man will be forgiven If
he "huts off the rain In time to facilitate
the debut of the Easter bonnet
According to the returns of the demo
cratic state primary, Jeff Davis Is still
a name to conjure with in Arkansas.,
When it comes to Enster purchases,
It's a' fastidious shopper who cannot
find just what he wants right here in
Omaha.
Citizens of Japan can show their pa
triotism by the volume of their smoke
since tobacco has been mitde a governt
meat monopoly.
Those Richmond, negroes who drew
the color line by refusing to work with
a white mun are a living proof of the
adaptability of the colored ruce.
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If we do not do any paving Jn Omaha
this year it will not be because of lack
of paving specifications, but because the
paving contractors want to play dog-In-the-manger.
As far as engagements on land are
concerned, the Russo-Japanese war can
go into the class with the Pawnee war,
which made Omaha famous a number
of years ago.
As long as Russian officers pull down
American flags they are certain of
ervlee next day, as they are then re
quired to run the flags up again with
suitable apologies.
In Increasing the postal approprla
tlons over the amount spool fled by the
house, the senate, committee probably
wants to show a more friendly feeling
toward the Bristow report
If they make so much ado over a fight
where the Russians lose sixteen men
and the Japanese eliteen, the Oriental
war correspondents will run out of
words when they have a real battle to
report
Russian newspapers of the Jingo va
rioty are again throwing stones In the
direction of the United States. This
country has so many papers of the same
kind that the Americans know Just
What such tirades are worth.
The Civic ( IiiH'rovemeut league has
lots of work to do In Omaha to make
our spring house-cleaning thorough and
effective. It has a praiseworthy object
which everyone Interested in beautify
tag Omuhu will help along.
The day after Mr. Hryan said he was
not for Judge Parker for democratic
presidential qnndldute it Is announced
that the judge bus a majority of the
delegates from New York. Mr. Bryan
Is still l "the enemy's country.
T aeml-officlal announcement that
tW astern capitalists who are to take
pa.t In the Fremont power canal con
template a visit to the projected ditch
site within a few days will doubtless be
gratifying to the friends of that project,
but people who lack faith are inclined
to suspect that the contemplated inspec
tion, which Is set for next Friday, will
prove to be a first of April hoax.
We have It on the authority of the
Lincoln Journal, quoting educators who
know them both, that Mr. Davidson, who
Is to be the new superintendent of the
Omaha public schools. Is a much abler
man than Mr. Pearse, whom he will suc
ceed. Everyone In Omaha will, we feel
sure. Join In expressing the hope that
this estimate may prove true In fact It
would be a sorry day for the Omaha
public schools If It sheuld not be so.
PHUriDIXO FUR WAR tXPEXSBS.
The special session of the Japanese
I Met, to make provision for war ex
penses, has adopted a system of special
taxation which will add aunnally to the
already established sources of revenue
an amount estimated at $31.0x,nno, irfv
lng the government an income, provided
there Is no Important reduction in the
rectilsr revenues, which will doubtless
enable It to carry on the war for at
least a year without having to provide
any additional means for raining money.
At the beginning of the war it was
stated that there was available in the
Japanese treasury $ l.V.000,noo, but if so
the larger part of this ha probably been
already expended, though Japan's outlay
thus far has been very much less than
that of Russia. It is not to be expected,
of course, that the general revenues will
be as large as in time of peace, yet they
should not fall off very greatly, and we
may be sure that the special taxation
will be promptry collected and that the
lottery device will yield all that is ex
pected from It. Every citizen of Japan
is ready to do his utmost In support of
the government, the wealthy people hav
ing shown a most patriotic spirit In this
respect Even should the war last be
yond a year It is probable that the gov
ernment could obtain at home all the
money required for continuing It
Russia, accepting a recent statement
from St. Petersburg, is hardly In so good
a condition financially. According to
this her expenditures already have made
a heavy drain upon her Immediately
available resources and this Is of course
going at the rate of millions dally. It is
estimated that the cost of the war to
Russia cannot be less than $50,000,000 a
month, and this with all her other enor
mous expenditures must soon make the
question of providing the money required
n very serious one. Of course additional
taxation is suggested, but it Is said the
authorities generally agree that the pop
ulation has already been taxed to the
utmost limit of endurance. With the
means at hand the government may
prosecute the war several months, but
eventually It must resort to a fresh loan,
and unless it can raise this In the coun
try, as doubtless it will endeavor to do,
there will be difficulty in obtaining it
for Russia has strained her foreign
credit about to the limit
There seems to be no doubt that at
present Japan is financially In the better
condition and while her resources are
not so great as those of Russia the de
mand upon them is far less.
CANADA FAVORS fHKFtRtyCt'
Sir Charles Tupper, one of the most
prominent members of the conservative
party in Canada, nays that country is
unanimous for the preferential tariff
pluu advocated by Mr. Chamberlain. The
conservative party is absolutely united
on the subject and it is explained, that
the reason why more has not been said
Is that Canadians do not want the Brit
ish people to think that Canada can not
do without the preference. They really
eslre It according to this authority,
but they have been careful pot to make
much fuss about it lest the British elect
orate might think that the preferential
movement was solely for the benefit of
the colonies.
It is not to be doubted that a majority
f the Canadian people are favorable to
the Chamberlain plan, yet there Is good
reason to believe that a considerable ele
ment In the Dominion is not yet prepared
to accept It and may not be persuaded
to do so. These are the people who ore
not impressed with the imperialistic idea
that is behind the pla but rather feel
that if Canada is ever to become an liv
dependent nation, which they earnestly
hope for, it will not be wise to enter into
the Chamberlain scheme. It is impossl
bio to say how numerous this element Is,
but It is certainly not without influence,
though it is perhaps lacking in aggres
siveness. Meanwhile, so far as the Brit
Ish electorate Is concerned It seems to
have to a very large extent gotten the
Idea that the preferential movement is
mainly for the benefit of the colonies
and therefore is no longer showing any
great Interest in the movement
BECTlOKALiSX ill OOVKRNMBtiT.
The complaint of southern democrats
that their section is Ignored as to ap
pointments In the public service and
that In the matter of the administration
of the federal laws in their midst the
people ojt the south are practically dis
franchised, as wos recently asserted by
southern, senator on the floor of the
senate, is not Justified by the facts. It
can be very confidently afflrutM that
an Investigation will show that in the
executive departments at Washington
the southern states are well represented
some of them having more than their
fair proportion of positions, while In
other branches of the public service the
south Is not without representative's, this
being especially true of the federal Judl
clary. .
The southern democrats desire to be
consulted In regard to federal appoint
ments In their section. They have been
As was pointed out by Senator Hoar,
since the retirement of Mr. Cleveland
the nominations to judicial positions at
the south had had the endorsement o
democratic senators from the southern
states, a statement which Senator Bacon
of Oeorgla admitted, saying further that
it was due to President Roosevelt to
say that be had asked the Georgia sen
a tor to Inform him In case he knew of
anything detrimental to an appointee,
Undoubtedly the president has made a
similar request of other southern sen
ators. It has been the policy of thl
administration In making appointment
In the southern states to make capacity
and character the test and there is no
doubt that Mr. Roosevelt has been al
ways willing to listen to the southern
democratic senators in regard to the
fitness of appointees, .but he could not
be expected to make appointments al
ways subject to their approval.
This is a government by parties and
for nearly a century it kas teen the
practice of the party In power to ap
point to public positions men of Its own
faith. It has been the policy of the
democratic party, favored by Jefferson
and carried out In the broadest applica
tion by Anxlrew Jackson. The south
is solklly democratic, maintaining that
position largely through the disfran
chisement of hundreds of thousands of
colored citizens. Why should , the men
who constitute not more than one-fifth,
If so many, of the voters of the country
expect to be consulted by a republican
administration as to the appointments
It sholl make at the eoutti? Would a
democratic administration consult the
opposition party In the matter of ap
pointments? Everybody knows that the
last one did not do so and It Is not prob-
ble that any future democratic presl-
ent will.
The simple fact is that the democrats
of the south have no Just or reasonable
cause of complaint in this matter. They
were not ignored by the McKlnley ad
ministration and they have not been by
President Roosevelt as Senator Bacon
admitted. Rut it is manifestly prepos
terous for them to desire or expect that
In making appointments in the southern
states they shall be consulted. The
party in power is under no obligation
to accord them any such consideration
and It Is evident that the fair spirit
hich it has shown In this respect is
not appreciated.
GKT RKADT FOR TUB AS8B880R.
With the opening of the month of
April county assessors and their depu
ties will proceed with the assessment of
real and personal property in Nebraska
under the new revenue law, which ln-
ugurates some very radical changes In
the methods of valuation that prevailed
under the old law. Tho instructions
promulgated by the county assessor of
Lancaster county to his deputies may
be regarded as a fair example of the
mode by which the valuations of per
sonal property are to be ascertained and
returned for assessment The rules gov
erning the assessment of real estate and
the improvements thereon are embodied
In the following directions:
1. In valuing real estate use $40 as a base
value per acre where the lands have been
sold for that price. Better lands should
be valued higher and poorer lands for a
less amount. To the value oT farms or
lots ail the value of the improvements,
taking- Into consideration, proximity of
schools, churches, roads and markets.
2. To find the value of frame buildings
multiply the cubic feet by 8 cents, the total
being its value. If the exterior or Interior
finish be of fine or extra fine material add
to the 8 cents per cubic foot aa much as
the case requires. If the building be In
poor repair use a less rate than 8 cents.
8. To find the value of brick buildings
for ordinary brick buildings find the cubic
contents of the building and multiply the
number of cubid feet by 12 cents and point
off as Indicated. It the Interior or ex
terior finish be above the ordinary make
an estimate and add to the 12-cent rate.
If buildings are old and In poor repair use
rate less than indicated.
4. To the value of the Improvements add
the value of the site, taking into consider
ation location, nearness to schools,
churches, good roads or other desirable
conditions.
I. In the city generally lots on south and
west side of streets should be valued
higher than lots . on north and east sides.
Corner lots should be valued at least one-
third higher than Inside lots. Indicate on
the blank furnished you the location, na-
ure and dimensions of Improvements, also
your valuation.
Where railroads pass through land such
land should be assessed at a valuation less
the value of right-of-way and so noted on
assessor's book, rvhere such notation has
not already been made.
Presumably, the standard of $40 per
acre adopted for farming lands In Lan
caster county will vary In other counties
according to the market value of lands
In their respective" localities, but the
principle governing the appraisement
will be identical. Inasmuch as the, di
mension of a railroad right-of-way is
not defined by the' new revenue law,
nor by any other law on the statutes,
and varies all the way from 100 to 400
feet In width, besides varying all the
way from $3 to $1,000 an acre, the task
of the assessor in arriving at proper de
ductions and conclusions will be rather
difficult
Relative to the assessments of per
sonal property owned by Individuals and
corporations the assessors will also en
counter problems that will require dls
cretlon, sound Judgment and moral
stamina on the part of the assessors,
The Lancaster county rules direct the
assessors to list all property without de
duction and omit only property ex
pressly exempted by law. In dealing
with the assessment of merchandise
and mercantile assets assessors are in
structed that the term "credits' should
not bear such construction that It will
Include Items which the law In the same
section says should be listed differently.
By pointing out Attorney General
Frout's version of the term "credits" as
sessors are directed that "credit" means
net credit or the surplus over and
above liabilities. In arriving at conclu
sions assessors are given these direc
tions:
1. List what a trial balance of accounts
shows to credit.
1. Iist all property without deduction,
8. Where deduction on account ot debt
Is claimed require owners of assessable
merchandise to havo schedules for that
purpose made and filed In the assessor's
office.
In spite of these specific instruction
controversies over the assessment of the
stocks of mercantile and manufactur
ing concerns will doubtless be heated
aiul numerous. It would be premature
to express any opinion as to the effect
and operation of assessments under the
new revenue law, which was designed
to enforce more efficiently the constltu
tlonal requirement for lie taxation of
all property according to Its relative
value, regardless of ownership by in
dividual or corporations, by providing
methods to enforce greater uniformity
in appraisement of all classes of prop.
erty than has heretofore d re vailed
Whether the State Board of Railroad
Assessment and State Board of Equal!
satlon will do its share of the duty of
bringing about the impartial and unl
fur u asaessuient of the property of the
railroads, telegraph and express compa
nies will be developed later.
Shall the Lincoln Joblters and manu
facturers organize in order to obtain the
custom of Nebraska country merchants
nd stand on an equal basis with the
Jobtiers of Omaha? This question is
being agitated among wholesale dealers
of the capital city In dead earnest We
do not apprehend that Omaha Jobbers
and manufacturers will be very much
disturbed by the agitation any more
than Chicago Jobbers and St Louis Job
bers and manufacturers are very much
disturbed over the organized efforts put
forth by Omaha jobbers for obtaining
the patronage of merchants within the
territory tributary to this city. When
ever Omaha Jobbers get badly scared
they will make an organized effort to
get a controlling Interest of the Lincoln
Jobbing houses and factories, or at least
procure a working arrangement on the
community of Interest plan. .
It should be rememlered that it was
a woman who varied the monotony of
the New York tax department by ask
ing to have, her assessment Increased.
It must have been a case of "handsome
Is as handsome does," for she refused
to let the officials have her photograph.
Omaha has enjoyed the privilege of
entertaining a section of the Hearst
boom in transit from the Black Hills to
Sioux Falls. Judging from the sample.
the Hearst boom will be wide open at
both ends when all the ph?ces are put
together.
A side light on Oriental thought is
given in the action of the emperor of
Japan, Mho conferred the orders of the
Kyte and of the Rising Sun upon a naval
officer killed in battle. It must be much
cheaper than a pension to his relatives.
A Desirable Deficiency.
Baltimore American.
In addition to the other deficiencies of
their vocabulary, the Japanese appear to
have no regret-to-report. pat phrases.
A Threatening? Conflict.
Chicago Chronicle.
In the courso of a recent lecture Mr.
Bryan referred to "the terrible conflict that
threatens between the rich and poor." This
s a conflict In which Mr. Bryan seems des
tined by Inexorable fate to be on the side
of the rich.
No Room for an Opening:,
Philadelphia Press.
A new treaty is to be negotiated with
China, as the existing one expires In De
cember. It is paid that more liberal
provisions may be made In regard to
the i-dmlsslon of Chinese of the "higher
classes." But this matter Is now gov
erned by a law which expressed the feel
ing of congress on the subject, and there
Is no probability of any treaty being
made, or ratified if made, that will ma
terially change the existing statute on this
subject.
Grover Is Rot In It.
Louslvllle Courier-Journal.
Nobody, however, who will exercise any
weight In the national convention Is
dreaming of Mr.. .Cleveland. If we were
his enemy, we should desire his nomina
tion, because he ( would be disastrously
beaten. At present he Is being adroitly
used as a foil againBt the Hearst nonsense.
His managers hope to scare the party
Into nominating him as an alternative. But
it will not work.' There, will be in the
coming national democratic convention a
great many sensible and m representative
democrats, fully able to distinguish 'twlxt
hawk and bucsard, and determined to do
their duty.
Level-Headed Lawmakers.
New York Tribune,
"Iowa Not for Russia," was the heading
of a news Item the other day announcing
that a. resolution of sympathy with Russia
In the present war had been almost
unanimously voted down by the Iowa house
of representatives. Had there been space,
the heading might well have added, "Nor
for Japan." The Iowa house did well' In
rejecting the motion, not because It was
against Russia, nor because It was In
favor of Japan, but because, whatever the
Individual sympathies of the members. It
would have been an Improper thing for the
house, as a body, to make any expression
of partisanship on either side. The United
States Is neutral in this war. The state
of Iowa and every other state In the
union should scrupulously observe the
same neutrality. We repeat, then, that
tne Iowa house did well, and It Is to be
hoped Its example will be unhesitatingly
followed by every other publlo body, if
ever occasion shall arise.
personal Notes,
Senator Frye is the only great-grand
father In congress.
That's another fairy story about Italian
climate. Mark Twain has been seriously
111 with bronchitis. -
Reuben S. Lovlnggood was born in a log
cabin and is now president ef Sam Houston
college at Austin, Tex.
The terrifying Jump In the cost of living
Is explained or excused by the far eastern
war. Any old subterfuge Is good enough
to use as a reason for advancing the neces.
sartes of life.
Olenn Brown has been elected an hon
orary corresponding member of the Royal
Institute of British Architects. This la an
honor that has been conferred on only six
other American architects.
Zopher W. Brooks, a real son of the revo
lution, celebrated his ninety-second birth
day by a family reunion at his home In
Hancock, N. H., the other day. His father
was John Brooks, who served as a lieuten
ant In the revolutionary war. "
Theodore H. Price, the one-time manipu
lator of the cotton market In New Tork,
who has been a pronounced bear during the
winter. Is understood to have made a snug
fortune during the drop in prices which
followed the announcement of Sully's sus
pension.
There was a rather unusual proceeding
at the Central Police station In Ban Fran
Cisco the other day when the members of
the force there presented a gold watch.
suitably Inscribed, fob and jeweled star to
John D. O'Brien, a reporter of the Ban
Francisco Call, In acknowledgment of his
bravery in saving the life ot Policeman V
J. Keohane at the risk of bis own In the
capture of two burglars.
Within a few weeks a Von Moltke will
again figure aa head of the general staff of
the Prussian army. Von Moltke II la the
nephew of the great 'strategist of the later
nineteenth century, to whom for long years
he acted as aid-de-camp, and will conse
quently be no stranger to the palatial quar.
ters of the Koalgsplats when be enters
them as chief. Count Helmuth, who bears
the Christian name of his great kinsman.
Is M years old and ha passed the whole
of his military career la staff and court
employments.
TUB WAR AX D AFTER.
Victory for Japan the Knd ef Western
Domination la the East.
The eminent British writer and member
of Parliament, Henry Norman, does not
view the Russo-Japanese war through the
spectacles In common use by his country
men. In the April number of World's
Work he expresses opinions so at variance
with the British view as to be notable as
well as Instructive. He expresses regret
because the nations, particularly England
and the United Btntrs, did not exert them
selves and prevent the war. While British
publlo opinion, as reflected by the press of
London, strongly favors Jnpnn, Mr. Nor
man expresses the conviction that the suc
cess of Japan In the war would put an end
to western domination In tho affairs of the
east Such a possibility he views with
alarm. Continuing, he says:
"It Is most Important thnt one fact In
connection with this war should be clearly
realised. It Is a fight for the control of
China. Corea and Manchuria are subordi
nate or Indirect Issues. The renl object Is
predominant Influence In Peking, bringing
with It the ultimate domination of the far
east and In the future the headship of all
the Asiatic races. This Is the colossal stake
that Is being played for; in comparison with
this, nothing else counts, and nobody who
wishes to appreciate the significance of
events must lose sight of It for a moment.
Russia and Japan are the two stags In
deadly combat; China Is the hind awaiting
the victor. To find a parallel In Importance
as regards the future relationships of the
nations we should have to go back to the
fourth or the thirteenth century. Even the
ambitions ot Napoleon, If they had been
realised, would have affected the destinies
of mankind in a less degree. The situation
at the end of the war will be this: Can
other nations afford to allow the victor to
realise his ambitions?
"One more observation.- The present situ
atlon la full of peril for England. To begin
with, It Is probable that war In the far east
will bring war In the near east. So far the
powers have accomplished virtually noth
ing at all in Macedonia. The sultan's po
sition Is as desperate as that of the people
of Macedonia themselves. All students of
Balkan politics will be surprised If the next
few months pass without war and Its In
calculable consequences. Again, the situ
ation places extraordinary power In the
hands of Germany, and It will use It with
sole regard to Its own Interests and Its
desire to soe a dlmunltlon of British in
fluence In the world. Further, Russia will
naturally take any course, however des
perate, to avoid the admission of defeat.
If necessary, It will abandon Port Arthur
and Vladivostok, fall back to the Amur
river and begin again there, meanwhile
seeking to bring about a diversion by dis
sensions elsewhere. The position of France,
In that event would be one tot the ex
tremest difficulty, demanding the utmost
delicacy and sympathy on the part of Its
friends. Already the flames of hostility to
England are visible almost everywhere In
Europe a manifestation which Is not at
all surprising In view of the language of so
much of the London press. From the
highest to the lowest, moderation of lan
guage, respect for the feelings of other
nations; and a sense of responsibility, ap
pear to have vanished from many news
paper offices. Denunciation of Russia Is as
extravagant aa adulation of Japan la ex
aggerated, and both are making England
a host of fresh enemies every week. For
all this a day of reckoning will surely
come, for the passion roused agalnBt Eng
land will have reached Its climax when
If. this happens Russia has practically
evacuated Manchuria, and Japan, unable to
continue a ruinous struggle of Indefinite
duration, requests the Kwers to recognise
the retrocession of Manchuria to China and
to decree the end of the war. Then Eng
land Is likely to learn, .the result of Its
Aslatlo alliance, for It la .the universal con
viction that It was the Anglo-Japanese
treaty which rendered war In the far east
both possible and probable,
"In conclusion, I will venture upon one
prophecy, namely, that the result of this
war will be for Russia a blessing in dis
guise. The policy of expanslon'everywhere,
at any cost and by any method, whether
of arms or of diplomacy, together with Its
authors and upholders, will be discredited.
The canker at the heart of Russia the
corruption of Us bureaucracy will be cut
out. The statesmen who desire to curtail
military expenditure and to encourage Rus
sian produotion and commerce will come
back to power. The ciar will brush aside
opposition to the Ideals of humanity and
peace that he cherishes. The unparalleled
natural resources of Russia, In mines and
forests and wheat lands and cattle lands
and oil lands and great water powers, will
be developed. This movement will weed
out the Incompetent and dishonest official,
and Russia will, I am convinced, date a
new and a better epoch from the year in
which two classes of its oflfclolt deceived
their emperor and betrayed their country."
KNrORCINU THK SHERMAN ACT.
List of Cases Aaalnst Trusts rending
ta the Federal Courts.
New Tork Tribune.
The Northern Securities case is by no
means the only one now being prosecuted
by the government In a recent report the
Department of .Mislice gave the status oi
trust cases row under way as follows,
according to a summary of the New York
Herald:
In the Beef trust case, the petition was
filed on May 10, 1902, and the case Is now
pending on appeal In the supreme court.
In the railroad Injunction suits, the pe
titions In the eight caaes In the western
district of Missouri were filed on Msrch
18, 1902, now pending In the circuit court
for that district sitting at Chloago.
In the case of the Jacksonville WholesaJo
Grocers' association, the petition was filed
on September 12, 1903; the case now pend
ing in the circuit court for the southern
district of Florida, at Jacksonville.
In the Salt trust case, the Indictment
was found on February 28, 1903, in the
district court for the northern district of
California, St San Francisco.
In the case of the Interstate Commerce
commission against Baer and others, the
petition was filed on July 1, 1908, and the
case Is new pending In the supreme court
of the United States.
In the case of the commission agamst
the Nashville, Chattanooga & Bt. Loul
Railroad company, the petition was filed
on November X 1900. and the case Is now
pending on appeal in the supreme court
of the United States.
In the hay and straw classification case
against the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railroad company, the petition was
filed on March 19. 1903, and the case is now
pending In the circuit court for the north
ern district of Ohio, at Cleveland.
In the cotton trafflo pool cases against
the Western & Atlantic Railway company,
Indictments were found on June 20, 1902,
and are now pending In the district court
for the northern district of Georgia, at
Atlanta.
The Indictments against the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad company, which were found
on May 20, 1902, are pending In the dis
trict court for the western district of Ten
nesaee, at Memphis.
That docs not suggest Inactivity or com
placency toward law breakers, it for a
general crusade against property and
wholesale efforts to make the new decision
a panlo breeder, nobody but the dema
gogues want that
WERE IS 10 SUBSTITUTE FOR
Absolutely Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
RELIGION OF SHAKESPEARE.
Spiritual and Moral Teachings Broad
EnoueTh for All Mankind.
Kansaa City Star.
Perhaps no other one Individuality of the
world, which was not of expressly divine
origin, could serve so well to focus all re-!
ilgione of the world Into one essential
creed as William Shakespeare. It was his
Intimate sympathy with the spiritual striv
ing of all religions and of all sects and de
nominations which would make It possible
for each to claim his as Its true represen
tative. In a recent lecture Rev. Father S.
A. Ulackmore asserted that Shakespeare
was a Roman Catholic. It was not at all
surprising that his argument, enforced by
quotations from the poet's plays, Bhould
have been plausible perhaps convincing, to
members of the priest's church. It would
be just as possible to prove that he was a
Protestant, that he was a "Reformed Jew,
that he was afiythlng which expressed the
great universal aspirations of all religions
and exalted the spiritual substance above
the material forms of worship.
Shakespeare might be claimed as a
Roman Catholic, as a Quaker, as a Bap
tist or as a Jew because every religion
under the sun represents the highest striv
ing for the ultimate good that those who
embrace It are capable of, and a disciple of
each could consistently believe that tho
spiritual teaching and the moral philosophy
Included In the genius Of the world's great
est mind were the expression of his own
particular desire.
Yet It is only In this catholic sense that
Shakespeare can be appropriated by any
sect or faith. He was a Christian because
he lived In a Christian land. He was a
Protestant Insofar as he was not a Roman
Catholic. He was a Catholic to the extent
that he was not a Protestant. He could
not be classified or restricted by any church
dogmas which would deny him fellowship
with the essence of all creeds.
The poet of humanity could not have been
otherwise than religious. The harmony of
the spiritual world was Interpreted by him
through all the manifestations of created
things. The meanest and most wonderful
of Inanimate objects and all the men and
women of all time were presented by him
Just as they are presented by the spirit
that rules the universe, whatever that may
be called. There was no more attempt to
apologise for them or to explain the In
exorable sequence of events or to put the
label of this or the other religion upon the
drama of the world than those things are
attempted In the process of Nature. In
the everlasting truth of the presentment
there was attested the imminence of God. If
a name must be attached to the religion of
Shakespeare, It might be most nearly de
scribed aa Pantheism:
And this our life, exempt from public
naunt
Finds tongues In trees, books In the run
nine: brooks.
Sermons In stones and good In everything.
Nor was this prevailing philosophy con
fined to the "life exempt from public
haunt," In the gross humor end low mor
ality of Falstaff when rank with the appe
tltas of strength or In the pathetlo return
to early Innocence when "babbling o' green
fields" ot his deathbed; In the fighting of
armies; In the ambitions of men that de
graded to murder or elevated to herolo sac
rifice; In the love and hate of women; In
the noble strife of Hamlet In all the
myriad presentments of the populous world
there Is the religion that breathes In the
universe Itself. In one of tho finest pas
sages of the plays this creed of the Pan
thelstlo relation of all things Is most ex
quisitely stated:
Look how the floor of heaven
Is thick inlaid with patlnea of bright gold.
There's not the smallest orb which thou be-
hold'st
But In his motion like an angel sings. , '
Still Quiring to the younar-eved cherublns:
Such harmony Is in immortal souls;
Hut wnilat IMS muddy vesture or decay
Doth grossly close It in we cannot hear It.
This all-embracing natural religion- was
not at all Inconsistent with the noble ag
nosticism regarding the future life denoted
most clearly In the soliloquy of Hamlet, be
ginning "To be or not to be:"
To die, to sleep;
To slep; perchance to dream; ay, there's
VU0 I II V,
For In that sleep of death what dreams may
come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coll
Must give us pause;
Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life.
But that the dread of something after
death.
The undiscovered country from whose
bourn
No traveler returns, pussies the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we
have -
Than fly to others that we know not of?
A similar acknowledgment of the Impos
sibility of comprehending either the here
after or the vast scheme of existent things,
yet differing In Its wider significance end
approaching the limits of negative belief
rather than the militant spirituality usually
observed, lies In Prospero's lines:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-eapp'd towers, the gorgeous pal
aces. The solemn temples, the great globe Itself,
Yea. sll which It Inherits, uhall dissolve
And, Ilka this Insubstantial pageant fuiled,
Leave not a rack behind-. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
It Is not Impossible to believe that at
some time all the spiritual aspirations of
mankind, which now find varleoV expression
in the systems of faith from Idol worship
to acceptance of the Sermon on the MoUnt,
will be fused into one universal religion.
And whether Its exterior form be that of a
Christian church or whether It be crystal
lised In doctrine by agencies yet unknown
It wilj embrace the essential yearnings of
men as portrayed by the highest attain
ment of humanity, William Shakespeare.
Tunis ST Conies Knst.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Colorado man claims to have Invented
a process by which an Indian's skin may
be tanned Into the finest leather. But If
the half wa hear Is to be believed, most
Indians who have come within reach of
Uncle Sam's pale face agents have al
ready been skinned.
FLASHES OF FWt ,
First Worm What on earth are you da
lug?
Second Worm Oh, merely turnlnf again
You know, one good turn deqprves another.
Town Topics. ' . .
Patience sat on a monument smiling at
Grief.
"Aninsoo vou. does ItT" sntd Grief, bit
terly. Whereupon she eobbed still harder.
Chicago Tribune.
"Money talks," snld the rich mart.
"Oh. no, It doesn't" was the reply, "and
It's n, mighty good thing that It doesn't,
too."
"Why"
Hfcause If It did It mlsjht be put on the
witness stnnd to the great discomfiture of
some of the people who havo It" Chicago
Post.
"Suite 11?" Inquired the messenger boy,
with a smile ns he handed In the package.
"It's none of your affair how old I ami"
snapped tho newly acquired domestlo ae
she slammed the door In his faee.-iDetrolt
Free Press. .
"I like the atmosphere In Bluster's latest
landscape. "
"What sort of atmosphere Is ItT"
"Well. If I can Judsre by what Bluster
says, It's mostly hot air." Cleveland Plain
Dual or.
"No," snld the rich" author, loftily. "I
never read mv books after they are In
print." And the Irreverent listener asked
impudently:
"Does anybody7" BomervlUe Journal.
"You can't alius tell,"' Said Uncle Etien,
"whether a sinner Is repentant foh what
he's lone or foh his cnreleseness In gittln'
caught." Washington Star.
Tess Well, their engagement Is off.
Jess The Idea! It was only announced
yesterdny. What did they quarrel aboutT
Tess As to which was the more unworthy
of the other. Philadelphia Press.
"Why Is she In mourning?" '
"For her husband."
"Is he dead?"
"Well, he's dead to her. She got a di
vorce, you know, and mourning Is so be
coming to her." Washington Star.
"Is It true," asked the beautiful girl,
"that the Japanese never kiss?"
"1 believe li Is," the timid young" man re
plied. -
"What a queer country. Have you ever
noticed that the Japanese all seem to have
a sad, sort of a hopeless look?'" Chicago
Kword-llerald. '
AN APPEAL.
W. J. Lampton In New York Sun.
Oh, take away, the winter storm,, ,: .,
And gfve us something nice and warm,
No matter how, no matter what
Ho long aa it Is good ana mtc
A little winter now and thee
Is relished by the best of myn.
Hut when the temperature'o so low -
It's hardly decent, don't yu know.
And never shows the leant deelre
To be uplifted to a higher
Condition say, we think It's time
To havo a llttlo change of clime.
We ili not know Juat how you make '
The weather that we have to take
Day after day: but this we knoW,
We wlHh you'd change the Ice and enow
And freeslng blasts and oold, gray fktee
You're lining In tills enterprise
To something that Is not so raw,
And let us have a chance to thaw.
Not thaw completely, but enough .
To show us there Is still hot stuff.
We do not ask for tropic scenes,
For summer skies and grassy greeris,
For budding blooms and laughing streams,
Nor litxy, loallng, listless dreams.
We ain't a hog: we only ask
Of you a very simple task,
Towit: to Rive us right away
Home weather not bo darned frappee.
Cut out the soro let us feel
That all of life's not to congeal;
Hmllo on us once we do not care
To meet always your Icy stare.
Hv gum. If this continues you
Will have to stand for what you do.
For we, by constant freesing. will
At last be driven by the chill
To turn from earth's hibernal spell .
And seek the genial warmth of well, "t.
To say what we shall have to do'.'
See? ., i .
'Perfection In dress,' noblnsou, Is
reached after many trials. Tmao
away onr failures."
Eeau Bmnimrl to the Valet.
I WILL TAKE ONLY "ONE
TKIAL" IIKHK TO PROVE TO
YOIK K NTH UC 8ATISFAC
TION, THAT OUU KlXD OP
"CItAVlCXKTTK UAIX COATS"
A HE AS NEAR PERFECTION
AS CAN HE MADE. THESE
COATS ARE MAIU3 IN OUR
OWN FACTORY, AND WHEN
YOU WANT A GOOD COAT,
ONE THAT TOH CAN UE AS
SURED OF, ONE THAT WILL
HAVE THE PROPER CUT
AND STYLE. AND ' ABOVE
ALL ELSE. ,"8HED WATER."
LOOK FIRST AT THE QUAL
ITIES WE CAN SHOW YOU
AT $12.50. $15, $18, $20, UP TO
f.Hl.
Browning,
King Co.
...' R. 8. Wilcox, Mgr.