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Cambridge, Mass.
Selected Critical Studies.

Sweet are the uses of adversely"
moralizes the banished duke, and ex-
ternal, material adversely has come to
him, to Rosalind and to Orlando; but if
fortune is harsh, nature-both external
nature and human characters sound
and sweet, and of real suffering there
is none in the play. All that is evil
remains in the society which the deni-
zens of the forest have left behind; and
both seriously, in the characters of the
uSurping duke and Oliver and play
fully, through Touchstone's mockery Of
court follies, a criticism on what is
evil and artificial in society is suggest
ed, in contrast with the woodland life;
yet Shakespeare never falls into the,
conventional pastoral manner. Orlando
is an ideal os youthful strength, beauty
and noble innocence of heart, and Rosa
lind's bright, tender womanhood seems
to grow more exquisitely feminine in
the male attire which she has assumed
in self-defense. Her feelings are al
most as quick and fine as those of Imo-
gen (she has not, like Imogen. known
fear and sorrow, and she uses her wit
and bright play of intellect as protec-
ton against her own eager and vivid
emotions. Possessed of q delighted con-
seriousness of power to confer happi-
ness, she can daily with DISCUSSES and
make what is most serious to her at the
same time possess the charm of an ex-
quisite frolic. Edward Dowden.
The Heroine.
But his partial failure with the hero
only brings out the more fully his con-
summate success with the heroine. She
is a good example of the truth that
character and situation cannot be dis
ISOLATED. Rosalind is created for the
situation. and the situation for Rosa
lind. "'She is wit and womanliness," as
Mr.. Verify says. lin equal proportions"
and it is precisely this combination that
makes Rosalind- Beatrice is as witty,
and Imogen more womanly. but no.
peare's women are the two qualities sc.
brought together that love stimulates
wit and wit lends itself to love. Her
full character and powers are not dis
closed at once; in the earlier scenes her
repartees are not perceptibly above the
level of Celia or the clown; it is not till
she is safe in the forest and learns that
Orlando is nea- and loves her that
fancy catches fire from feeling and rises
in brilliant coruscation- This is the Pc
culiar quality of her wit. It is neither
boisterous nor personal. She does not
speak poniards,'' like Beatrice, but
deals in bright generalities that give
delight and hurt not" When she wishez
to wound it is not irony that she uses.
Her gayety is the flower of youth and
of a brave and high spirit-a part of
her inheritance of noble birth which
sustains her in adversely and is never
forgotten in her masquerade. Shakes
peare has disdained for her sake the
obvious farcical opportunities which
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urea of almost Il. 900. 900 square miles.

area of almost IL .000, 900 square miles.
with an army of any size it wants to
raise, and there is the insignificant
Transvaal, with less than 114.c00 square
miles of territory and an unframed ar
my. Yet an eminent English states
man is quoted by the cable as saying:
The expenditure of the war consider
ably exceeds e2.0eo.oo0 per week. and.
as the treasury cannot hope to sell its
il is evident that the government must
soon come upon the market for money"
And this is the stability of gold. 1t
is the money that the miser boards,
that the broker buys for speculation.
that the banker locks up at the first
appearance of trouble. Nor is 1t be-
cause the gold output of the Transvaal
has been temporarily checked. That
was only a drop in the bucket of the
worlds production, anyhow. The finar'
cial stringency in Great Britain cannot
be traced to the mines of the Boer re-
public Those mines furnished about
$50, 900. 000 of the total produced in At
RIGA in their banner year of produc-
ton, while the worlds annual output
of gold at present is estimated TO be
little short of s4OO, 0O0, 900, a sum which
is being added yearly to the supply OF
gold in all nations, $1,000. 100000 of
which is minted. No one who is not
hard up for excuses will attribute the
present stringency of the money mar
ket to the stoppage of these mines for
two and half months. The trouble is
with the standard, with the money sup
ply-with the power of the bankers and
money powers to corner the supply be-
cause of the standard.
1t is a pitiable spectacle-a great
worlds power in war;. trade. finance,
area and population. begging for one
victory over a miserable mob of peas
ants, that a panic may be averted and
her money put in circulation!
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M'KINLEY's DIRECTNEss.

Evidently the men who prepared and
signed that address to Republicans
who had renowned their allegiance to
the party when it declared for gold.
know William Mckinley and his weak
nesses as well as they know Hanna and
mis- strength in the administration.
'.As soon as the election was over and
the fruits of this chicane (the inter
national subterfuge} had been gath
esed,' says the address, the great Re
publican newspapers began to discard
their convenient antiquities about
sound money and honest money and
to claim the result as a definite verdict
in favor of gold. These utterances in
creased in volume and precision as the
advent OF the new administration ap-
preached. The president also. although
not able at once to form the habit of
tiirectness in speech. soon showed by
his actions that he no longer consid-
cred the prediction construction of
the platform TO be binding. His ap-
pointnent as secretary of the treasury
Fof perhaps the most conspicuous gold
standard advocate among the great
bankers of the country, was obviously
not especially designed to promote
any kind Of bimetallism. -
Other Republican newspapers took up
those discarded antiquities, however,
and began to look for bimetallism from
abread-the first step towards climb
ing the goldbug ladder. Most of these
have gone over bodily to the Hanna
crowd. after resting a little while in
that position. For the corruptionists
have tried to secure all the venal news
papers of the country at some price,
as one of them admitted just before it
Joined the procession.
The rest of this international effort is
described in the address as follows:
To be sure there was sent abroad the
alleged international monetary commits
confessed this was the least the presi-
dent could do. But for fear that after
ALL foreign governments might take the
matter seriously, he sent to congress in
july. 1897 at the very moment when his
commissions proposals were before the
Eagl.sh cabinet. a speciai message recon-
me7rding the so-called Indianapolis mon
ctaTy convention plan.- with its pro-
gramme Of the single gold standard re-
tifement Of fhe greenfncks and extern
sioas OF the, powers privileges and i'm
munifies OF the national banks
Meantime his secretary Of the treasury
was declaring IN Interview after inter-
view. most of which We're carefully re-
produced in Europe that bimetallism In
not only impossible. but undesirable. OF
course. no serious negotiations we-c pos
sible after all this The nternatii s,:sI
Joke II folded its tSats like the Arab
and silently stole away. Its distinguished
and discounted chairman sought early
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: Europeans who are acquainted with
conditions in South Africa say that the
British government can have had no
idea of the vast extent of the prepara-
tions that the Beers have been quietly
making for years with the realization
that another struggle with the full
force of Great Britain was inevitable.
Artillery and ammunition is stored
away that the Beers have not yet
drawn upon and there are regiments
of outside volunteers which are being
held as reserve forces in the interior.
Even if the Beers are driven out of
Natal it is doubtful if British army
would find it possible to remain in the
Transvaal An American military man
has written the New York Tribune
from Cape Town that the Beers and
their allies are showing a great econ
omy of strength and have not yet used
a third of their military resources. The
end of the trouble is not in sight.
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BAcON'S PARDON.

President Mckinley has granted an
con. the bank wrecker.
While Mr.. Bacon is certainly to be
congratulated upon his good fortune, it
is by no means certain that he would
have Jared so well had he been a COM
mon laborer who stole to keep his fam
lily from starving.
In vain did shrewd and tireless attor-
neys try to establish the innocence of
Mir. Bacon. or present a plausible ex-
cusc for his crime. The evidence was
against him. The law was memorable.
: The Judges were out of politics for the
time being. The courts were immova-
bic The sentence was pronounced, af-
firmed and reahirmed.
But the president of this republic. the
chief executive of the nations laws, I'M
does the work of the courts. robs the
law OF it's force and effect, defeats the
very G jest of justice. and James H.
Bacon stands forth a free man.
1t would be a mere waste of words
to condemn or even to criticise this
travesty of justice, this abuse of the
pardoning power
With the record of executive Glenn
-ency extended to thieving cashiers,
bank vreckers and the like, the honest
sentiment of the country may feel dis
cou-aged about bringing to justice any
body with wealthy relatives or a po-
iitical pull.
MIR. Bacon belongs to the privileged
class. it seems. He may yet become
a Wall street plunger. and help the
rest OF the gang to enforce the laws.
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An Eligible Witness.
CKansas City Journal.)

III
United States District Judge Williams.
now holding court in Topeka, tells a
funny story on himself. Years ago he
was a district judge in Arkansas. At a
certain term of court murder trial
came before him. and the most important
witness for the prosecution was colored
boy only 10 years old. The lawyers for
the defense set out to show that the boy
was too young to understand the nature
OF an oath. and therefore was not COM
petent as a witness.
Boy" said one of them very severely.
do you know what would happen if YOU
Swore to a lie?''
Yes. sab. Nanny would lick me-
Would anything else happen?''
Deed dey would. case de devil would
get me-
At this point Judge Williams leaned
over his desk and said with pretended
stornness: Don't you know. boy, that
l would get you. too?''
Yes, sab. OATS jus what 1 said.'
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The Endurance Of the Moose.


While. the peculiar pacing gait of a
moose will not carry him over the
ground as rapidly as the deer or Carl
bou, his endurance FAR surpasses that
of sther of these animals. For short
squirt or in very deep snow the carl
bou can easily discount the moose, but
for an all-day's jaunt. where the course
is fairly open, the moose has no rival
Many years ago, when Sir Edmund
Head was governor of the province. he
owned a tanned moose that performed
remarkable feats of speed and endur-
ance On one occasion the governor
wagered $500 that his moose could
travel from Fredericton to St John
over the ice. a distance of eighty-four
miles, in faster time than any team of
horses in the stud of Lord Hill of the
Fifty-second regiment A siedge was
attached to the moose and another to
the horses. The river ice was covered
with about eight inches Of snow. The
START was made opposite government
house at o'clock in the morning In
seven hours the moose and his driver
were in Market square, st. John. Lord
Hills team was distalced. one of the
horses expiring at Gagetown, and the
other reaching st. John three hours be-
hind the moose.
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OREGON SHORT line RAILROAD,

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and ST. Louis. without change.
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FROM Garfield Beach. TOoe!e
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Depart
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Denver, Kansas City, st. Louis.
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For ,Tintic. Mercur and inter NV -
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Must Square Themselves.
(The Peoplel

Congressman-elect. Roberts from Utah.
has a ipoor chance of being allowed to
take his seat in congress. Congress is
the lackey of the capitalist concerns in
terested in expanding the nation over
the Philippines so as to acquire at one
full swoop goodly supply of cheap labor
In order to succeed. they have found it
advantageous to hug to their 'sanctity
and purity of the home hearts a polyg-
amous sultan on the Islands. Something
must be done at this end OF the line by
the ''sanctity and purity of the home"
brigade of hypocrites TO conceal their
conduct in the Philippines.
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What He'd Do.
Detroit Free Press.)

Detroit Free Press)
They had been talking about the me-
teors and the probable end of the world.
Now, Kinney said Baker. tapping
finger of his right. eff you were positive
the world was to come to an end to-
morrow. am / not right in believing that
your first thought would be to do some
thing-to go somewhere"
Kinney was silent Il moment. Yes
he replied finally, II guess you are"
.'Well then" pursued Baker. that
point settled, now comes the next:
do?''
Kinney was less long in answering.
I'D go out and get drink" he said.
then I'd borrow all the money / could
get from my friends and get such a
lovely load aboard | wouldn't know when
the crash came
OF course. discussion stopped there.
How can you argue with a man like
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ADJUSTMENTS.

The Weaker Sex will be given at
the Salt Lake theatre this evening by
the University Dramatic club. 1t has
been said of the company that it is the
only dramatic organization in the state
which has right to claim amateur
honors- Most of the players have had
extensive experience in this line of
work, and have won honors. Miss
Boyer and Miss Thomas are local IA
VorlteJ and Miss Barnum, who is Miss
Babcock's assistant at The University,
has studied in Boston and New York.
All the members of the company are
said 10 be especially clever in the parts
assigned TO them, and good perform
ance is sure TO result. Tonight will be
the only appearance.
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A Thief's Dilemma.
paris Letter


One of the leading jewellers in that
street of sparkling shops. the Rue de la
Paix. had visit recently from a young
man wearing Il shiny hat and a brown
overcoat over blue pantaloons and patent
leather boots. The person called himself
Count x. and asked TO see some rings.
The jeweler being Dusy with a customer
of long standing, blandly begged the new
corner to wait for a few moments. The
stranger accordingly sat down, and see
ing some valuable brooches near him. he
hastily took up one of them and put it
into his mouth. He then rose up, intend
ing to tell the jeweler that he would call
again. but the pin of the stolen article
stuck in his throat, and he had to utter
shrill cries of pain. A policeman and a
doctor were soon in attendance on the
sham count. who was enabled to disgorge
the brooch, thanks to the skillful manipu-
lation of the medical practitioner. and he
was then handed over to the care of the
policeman.
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away after few brief attempts at
sneering repartee-
Jacques, by the way. is the great
enigma of the play, and the critics
differ widely in their estimate of him.
had something to say about him. but
the limits assigned me compel its omis-
sion. I commend Dowden,s comments
upon him to tho student, as, In my
opinion. hitting re mark better than
those of Hudson. Grant White, Dr.
Moberly and some of the Germans
Dowden's comparison of Jacques 10
Sterne seems to me a peculiarly happy
one.
Not to refer even briefly to the other
characters, let US for a moment con-
slider the question. What is the FUN
damental idea" of the play, as the Ger
mans like to cali it? Two critics, one
a man. the other a woman, agree Well
in stating it, Mr.. Neil, in his introduc-
ton to the play, says: When we read
this drama We see that it recognizes
love as the pivot and center OF activity
and 10y, the very core of life. =
When we observe that all the coils in
the play originate in the neglect of the
royal law of life. Thou shalt love thy
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VII. AS you LIKE IT.
Critical Comments.

Professor Dowden, one of the most
genial and appreciative of critics. aptly
calls "As You Like IT, the sweetest
and happiest of Shakespeare come
dies" and DR.. Furnivall, another of the
best living commentators, groups it
with Much Ado" and Twelfth Night"
which Were written at about the same
time, as ''tEle three SUNNY or sweet
time comedies" AS have said. like
to think it, as Dowden does. the first
CT the three, written when the author
had Just completed the regular series
CT English historical plays. and per-
haps as a rest for his imagination-th
recreation that is got by taking up an
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The Scout.


1t was single Prussian scout. who.
before Sadowa, discovered the whole of
the Austrian army drawn up in a new
and unlooked-for position in time for
the Prussians TO alter their plans. 1t
was another German scout who brought
news of Che unsupported French army
at Vionvflle, and enabled the Germans
to destroy it. But the services of scouts
like Major Colquhoun Grant in the Pc
ninsula war sometimes determine the
strategy of the whole campaign. Ma
piers description of the methods of this
officer. in whom the utmost daring
was so mixed with subtlety of genius
and tempered by discretion that it is
hard to say which quality predomin-
ated," agrees closely with Colonel Bad
en-Powelrs ideal of the scouts quail
ties. Grant and other like him carried
out their work in the face of a regu-
lar army, amply equipped with caval-
~. which they observed dressed in full
uniform, and relying mainly on their
own readiness and the speed of their
horses Grants best piece of scouting
was his discovery that Marmont did
not really intend 20 attack Aimeda c.
Ciudad Rodrigo during the siege of
Badajoz by the British. He spent
three days inside. Marmont's lines, in
uniform. and discovered that the mar
shall had prepared provisions and seal
ing ladders for a siege. He then GAL
loped through the French cavalry
scouts. after receiving their fire. and
preceded Marmont's army. This he
watched through a pass, noting every
battalion and gun, and their direction,
which was toward Ciudad Rodrigo.
Still unsatisfied. he doubled back and
entered the town of Tamames after the
French had passed. There he discov-
cred that they had left their scaling
ladders behind, which showed that
there was no real intention to storm
Ciudad Rodrigo. This news, taken to
Wellington, left him free to bring the
siege of Badajoz to a successful end
without apprehension for the other for
tress, which he had just captured.
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opportunity in the senate to explain it's
failure in speech which neither his
diplomatic articles of rhetoric nor his
denunciation of the secretary OF the
treasury could hide the responsibility of
the official head of the administration.
Mr.. McKinleys recent emphatic dec
lalation for the gold standard was
prompted by a fear that someone would
really think be was serious in sending
the Wolcott commission abroad. No
one will accuse his excellency of being
in earnest about that any more
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
ice of the Weather Bureau.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Dec.

Salt Lake CITY, Utah. Dec. 20, 1899.
Maximum temperature q degrees; min
imur1 temperature. 10 degrees; mean tenn
perature. IS degrees. which is 16 degrees
below the normal; accumulated deficiency
of temperature since LIST of the month. 90
degrees; accumulated deficiency of tenn
per2ture since JAM ], rs degrees; total
precipitation from 6 p. m. TO 6 p. m.
none; accumulated deficiency OF precipi-
tation since LIST of the month, IS inch:
accumulated excess of precipitation since
Jan. J. lS3 inches.
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The Worm Turns.
(Chicago Nesws.)

WAS the sermon interesting this morn
ing Henry?" asked Mrs. Peck, who had
been unable TO attend church.
Most interesting sermon our pastor
ever preached replied Henry.
Indeed" said Mrs. p What was the
text2"
II can't recall the exact language" an
swcred Henry. but IL was something
about there being no marrying or giving
in marriage in the other world
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Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Press.)

IN6W Y OrK PresS.J
No girl is really too fat till her cheeks
shake when she walks.
There never was woman in the case
that a man didn't get in il first
Most of the men who live double lives
do il because they lead single ones.
A pessimist is man who goes through
life signing because If he should whistle
he is afraid it would overwork his dia-
phragm.
A woman knows more than her husband
when she knows enough to make him
think she thinks he knows more than
she does
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SOCIETY NOTES.

A committee of High school pupils
WI give a dancing party at Chris
tel sens Friday evening. Dec. 20. The
following ladies VIII act as chaperones.
Mrs Andrew Howat, Mrs. Hoyt Sher-
man, Mrs. Rachel Miller. Mrs. d. P.
Tarpey, Mrs. L. c. Trent, Mrs. H. S.
Beatie and Mrs. Vivian McCune.
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Courses of Instruction.
Autumn-Winter Term 1saa-1a0l

Autumn-Winter Term. 1S99-1s00.
Mondays and Thursdays. Popular
Studies in Shakespeare: Tuesdays. The
Worlds Great Artists; Wednesdays.
Desk Studies for Girls and Shop an6.
Trade Studies for Boys; Fridays, Great
American Statesmen, Saturdays, Home
Science and Household Economy. These
courses will continue until JAN 81. 1900
Examinations will be had at their close
as basis for the granting of certifi-
Gates
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1t is feared that Secretary Days let
ter to Consul Pratt, recognizing the
Filinipo republic, has fallen into the
hands of General Otis along with other
cherished effects abandoned by "our
wards in the Pbilippines