The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-01

ever intimate that there IS any erou"u
for saying Bacon wrote Shakespeare
we think that Ingersolls treatment or
the subject. unacr the greater pretehce
OF deep learning. was one of the shallow
est. most vapid and meretricious per-
formancos we have ever known.
rofore his mcinration selected friends
read over his bier three pieces from his
ncn. Tncy were an Grafton he read
twenty years ago over the dead BODY
of his brother. a poem he had recently
cor posed called THE Declaration IF the
FREQ" and a short composition entitled
NY Religion. by Colonel Robert G. In
ceffoll." Cnlcr these circumstance we
may firly assume that these were
Thought 20 be- the gems Of his works.
Let us look moment at them.
.,be Grafton upon his brother begins
thus:
n.,r Friends: / am going 10 do that
which The dead Oft promised ne "o"'"
ma loved and loving brother, husband,
f,fner friend. diel where manhood
morning almost touches noon. ana Nhlio
Inc shadows stiu were falling TO the
west. tie had not passed on hle "lAH-
way the stone that marks that hi5IeaI
point. but being weary TOT inol'','.,,
no. law down by The wayside, and. using
his burden for q pillow. fell into thal
dr.4u,ie.s sleep that kisses down his eye
lf1s STILL While in love with life, ana
r4pfurcd with the world, he passed 10
silence and pathetic rest
Now what sort Of rubbish have we
here lie intended. we suppose, 20 say
that IBIS brother died before me reached
the prime of life. though it is by no
means certain that this IS his meaning.
But how ridiculous to express that idea
by saving he "dicd where manhood
morning almost touches noon, and whiIe
the shadows still We're falling % the
west" If ne had said his brother died
before he reached the prime of life we
should all have understood just what ne
meant. and he would have used the
language most appropriate for express
ing mis- meaning. And what sort OF
burden was that he used for a pillow
WHY was 1T necessary that he should
nave any pillow at an if he was going
70 lie down by the wayside TO die?
You cannot open any page Of Iho"i'S
Carlvle.s writings and read twenty lines
without being surprised by one or more
of those crisp. bright, sparkling emana-
tions that DOW from the imaginative
writer with almost every movement OF
his men. But if you can point, In niger
SOILS writings. to anything but effort ana
vain straining for effect, We have yet 10
find the place.
his Declaration Of the Free begins
thus:
We nave no falsehoods 20 defend
Ne want the fGcts.
our force. our thought we do not speha
ln vain attacks.
And we will never meanly Try
1o save some fair and pleasing Tie.
And $50 it goes ON in weary monotone
through sixteen verses, each one repeat
ing the same thing I'm different words
Sow we have no sort of objection TO
what Inrerson says here. We think 1T
fine creed of every sensible man. But II
man tells you morning, noon and night
with variations at breakfast, dinner ana
supper that the sun shines gloriously
at noon and that 1t is often pitch dark
at midnight. YOU are very little edined
M best and become q trine wearied at
last. The same may De said of this
poem. It expresses what an men assent
TO but have not the time to discuss.
An Illinois couple were married after an
acquaintance OF am hour and forty-dve
,,frfifoe lime I'm Chicago the divorce court