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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
The Authorship of Hamlet

\ PROPOS of the authorship of Ham
N let there was a deal Of discussion
during Shakespeare's own time
upon that much mooted point There
were some who went so far as to say that
1t was written by Queen Elizabeth herself,
and that interesting lady when taxed with
1t would shake her head rogutshly and sig
n11cantly remark that the ak was might
Ter than the pen, which her interIocutors
took to be an intimation that the subject
was one she did not care to discuss
OF course. the name of Bacon was
banded about rather freely In connection
with the play, and the Daily Mail offered
a reward of e 600 to any one who would
find the name of the author concealed
in a tale of love and adventure published
in its storiette column. Sir Walter Ra-
leigh would never deny that he had had
a hand in the production; nor indeed,
would anybody else, not even Shakespeare
himself The attitude of the reputed au-
thor was extremely interesting to me al
ways, because it was so non commftal.
Such replies as he could be induced to
make to inquiries Were worthy Of the
oracle.
One of these in particular occurs to me
as l write. 1t was made at a garden
party at Hampton Court. given by Queen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
MOST PERSONS RleHT-FooTgD.
Why the Left shoe Wears out Before the
RiqhS.

RighI.
Ibid YOU ever notice that people ara
right -footed?'' asked the proprietor OF q
shoe store Watch my clerks, and YOU
will see that invariably customers viii
put out their right foot when going TO be
fitted Now watch that cOrpulent woman
going to sit down over there
The women with great weight Of BODY
took a seat, lifted her curtain of black
yelling and as the clerk approached her
she poked her right foot from beneath
an eXpanSe Of skirt.
Its always the case and don't be
Iieve I ever knew il to fail. The shoe
manufacturers evidently are wise TO this
fact. as in the cartons the right shoe IS
always packed on top. Once had lot
of shoes come to me with the left shoe
on top and it caused me such annoyance
that [ wrote to the manufacturer, calllng
his attention TO the matter so that II
wouldn't happen again. The majority OK
people are right handed. yet a left handed
person has the right root habit. Inc
right hand is larger than the left, as II
is used more, and consequently develops
the muscles to q greater extent On Jtle
other hand. the left foot is larger than
the right in most persons. The Inference
Is SO slight that we seldom have troupe
i'm fitting shoes, however. 1t Is the Iett
shoe that wears out before the right, ana
probably for this reason. Shoe Retainer
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Shakespeare S ARachF0HiSmS

HAKESPEARES days in London
were by no means days Of ease and
comfort The very brilliance of
the age in which he lived was such as to
compel him to live Intellectually at all
times at high pressure. From the queen
herself down to the humblest occupant
of a seat in the pit, every one was a
critic, and the mere production Of a new
work was an fnvitatiO to the public to
come In and tear him and it to pieces.
In the theater and out of it Shakespeare
found himself liable at any moment to be
put upon the defensive, and l must say
that of all the men it has been my good
fortune to meet, from Adam to Andrew
Carnegie, none has ever shown greater
preparedness to meet any kind of an on
slaught. A case OF this was developed
one evening at the Green Room club in
London, shortly after the production Of
that wonderful tragedy Of "Coriolanus."
Raleigh was the bright particular batter
of the evening, and he chose to take ex-
ceptions to the anachronisms of that play.
You talk of Cato, who was three or
four centuries later than CoTiolanus," said
he land of Alexander who didn't appear
for quite a hundred and fifty years after
the period of your hero.
II know that said Shakespeare, "and
YOU have written five three column let
tiers to the Times on the subject haven't
you?'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
The B0ghoOd Of Shakespeare

MY earliest recollection of the man
M who subsequently became famous
as the Bard Of Avon dates back to
his boyhOod, verging, 1 might almost say,
upon his infancy. He was five years Of
age when first happened upon him play
ing in the garden at the rear of his ia
theirs dwelling at Stratford. Even then
there were faint foreshadowings Of his
tremendous interest in the theater, as the
following incident goes far to prove
He was standing before the open door
Of the family hencoop, and whenever any
one Of his companions endeavored to pass
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
2CIIoNSoE
DATHR

the subject to the Pail Mall Gazette,
hasn't he?"
lie certainly has said Raleigh but
what Of it?''
Why introduced those anachronisms
TOT that purpose alone" said Shakespeare,
even speak Of Richard Harding Davis
Ia Romeo and Juliet for the sake of such
advertising as that"
1t Is generally believed that Bacon
signed Shakespeare name to Hamlet
out of sheer revenge for the trick the lat
ter had put upon him.
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Shakespeare and Queen ETzo5etb

HAS amused me not a little vcri+as
Il rather Time in his cbantar IN
shakespeare, to see how little Incl
uelts IN the great dramatist's life have
neeh perverted by writer's who have heard
ne stories they tell at second hand. one
VI These. III Particular relates TO an COCA
SION when Queen Elizabeth attended Ia
pIdyhouse to see Shakespeare enactipe ne
role Of king. '-ii5 Ilo
AS the story runs, her majesty x.,ae ~.
ABOVE an occasional Irritation with = ~
NEE ldol. and at this performance IN ~
G tI 70 see what effect it would have uDon
~ poet arr, she dropped her handker-
cilIei onto the stage from the rovaJ l,or
a. the very feet of Shakespeare himself
Accofdlhg to the chronicles Of later times
olldkespeare's dignifed response was IL
Turn 20 one Of his actors and sententionq-
ly command 'i'e ~ US
lake up our sisters handkerchief
MS IctOrt was made up out of Whola
cloth. Happening to be present at the
tIile' seated in the third row Of the Dft r
was witness Of the whole incident. Thar
ner majesty dropped the Handkerchief il
uue' put that the actor made any such
h'ghfalutin retort is a preposterous fabri-
cation What the poet did say was:
give Ger the play. and send for the
press agent. Here is stuff for the public
prints.
Her majesty's wrath over the incident
was such that Shakespeare was coroDeU-
ed to leave London and play the road for
six months.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
Shakespeare and fare Ben Jonson

hAMON AND Pythias and Castor and
II PolluX may have been close friends
and boon companions to a greater
extent than William Shakespeare and rare
Ben JonsOn, but am confident from my
observation of the great friendships OF
history that no others in their fondness
for each other were connected by more
durable bonds than the two delightful
Literary contemporaries Of Queen Eliza
beth.
They never lost an opportunity to be to-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
Would BUN His Reputation.

There's a girl coming TO see you TO-
day to get her fortune told" said the
youth. I'll give you $50 IL youth tell
me-
No" replied the fortune teller I've
worked up a good business by telling
people pleasant things and / can't af-
ford to break my record now."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

by jury. When the testimony was in and
the arguments had been concluded, the
lawyers waited for the judge to proceed
with his Instructions to the jury. The
judge seemed somewhat embarrassed.
Finally one of the lawyers whispered to
him and told him that it was time for
him to charge the jury Looking warily
at the jury, with grim judicial air, the
judge said:
Gentlemen Nv de jury, sence dis is a
very small case, I'll jes' charge vail a
dollar an a hat apiece. "-Silas Xavier
Floyd, in April I.ippincotts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
Ten Tins for Lonu Life.

First-Rise early. retire early and fill
your day with work
Second-Water and bread maintain life;
pure air and sunshine are indispensable
to health; and do not worry.
Third-Frugality and sobriety form the
best elixir of longevity.
FOurth-CleanlineSS prevents rust; the
best cared-for machines last the longest.
Fifth-Enough sleep repairs waste and
strengthens; too much sleep softens and
enfeebleS.
Sixth-To be sensibly dressed is to give
freedom to ones movements and enough
warmth to be protected from sudden
changes of temperature.
Seventh-A clean and cheerful house
makes a happy home
Eighth-The mind is refreshed and in
vigorated by distractions and amusementS.
but abuse of them leads to dissipation and
dissipation to vice.
Ninth-Cheerfulness makes love of life,
and love Of life Is half OF health. On
the contrary. sadness and discoura cement
hasten old age.
Tenth-Do you gain your living by your
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
A Model.

IA man should never spend money that
his wife does not know about"
We'll" said Mrs Torkins 4 must say
Charley Is a model in that respect. He
always comes to me for sympathy when
he has been trying to transact business
with the race horses. Washington Star.
intellect? Do not forget to cultivate your
mind and to enlarge your thought. Do you
earn your bread by your pick-ax. Then do
not allow your arms and limbs TO grow
tiff-PhiladeIphia INQUIRER.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

merrily and go through the same opera
ton as before. Interested to learn what
all these doings signifed, 1 stopped to in
quire as to the motives of this strange
behavior.
Oh" said the baby Shakespeare, I'VE
are playing theater'
"Ah, indeed said L, "And-are you the
manager?'
NO" retorted the. child. Tn the
Spectator outside who has all the seats"
1t required no very prophetic eye to
foresee from that moment that the young
lad had marked prediction toward the
drama.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24
A Concise CHARGE.

During the reconstruction period a
colored gentleman was elected a justice of
the peace In the backwoods of South
Carolina His first case happened to be
one in which the defendant asked for trial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

gether, and what registering the boy from
Avon did after his arrival at the British
capital was done in the company of Ben,
his brother in letters. Their little outings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

In the infant Shakespeare would stand in
his way and apparently do all that he
could to keep him out. These compan-
ions, after getting by him, and entering
the coop. would return and complain that
there were no seats fit to sit in to be had
inside.
"That is what told you" the lad would
answer, and then they would all laugh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-24

"Yes," said Raleigh, ST have And I
intend to write two more"
Precisely said Shakespeare. And
Bacon has written three open letters on
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ter. A group of young people were sit
ting underneath the spreading branches
of large oak not far from the Maze
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16
COMING EVENTS
Entertainments. Fairs and Socfables of
 Local Interest.

Entertainments. Fairs and sociables of
 Local Interest.
 Feb 16-Promenade at City hall by the Waterbury Military band.
 Feb 16-Branyah Social club, mas querade and ball, at Carter's hall, Wa terville.
 Feb 16.-Sociable and dance given by the Milk Peddlers of Waterbury, at town hall, Watertown.
 Feb 1S-Monthly gathering for league members with valentine enter tainment in Friendly league parlors.
 Feb. 20.-Swedish dance at Turn hall, Jefferson street.
 Feb 20-MasQuerade ball given by Danish brotherhood, No 1O3, at Turn hall, Scovill street.
 Feb. 2O.-Promenade by the Wat erbury Military Band. at city hall.
 Feb. 24.-"Shakespearean Recit- al' by Miss Louise Demmon. at S.3C D. m., in Friendly League Hall
 Feb 25-Musical and dramatic en, tertainment by league members fol the benefit of 2the Friendly league i'll Friendly league entertainment -laH. II CD ll.-SnOkCT DY LiC SdN dSS Athletic club at their rooms.
 Feb 29-Dance by Ingeborg lodge No 9. O. of ", at Foresters' hall bank street.
 Mar 5-Entertainment and smoker by Clock Case shop employees a Turn hall, Jefferson street. March 17-Dramatic entertainment and promenade at City hall by A. o H. .. .t....
 March 17-Leap year party at Odd Fellows hall. March 17--,--asbington Hill eighth annual concert and promenade at tne Jacques auditorium. Apr 4-9-Fair given by the united councils of the Knights of Columbus at City hall. April 6-Promenade and dance giv en bv French Canadian institute al Jacques Auditorium. April 14-15- -16-1S-First grand fai, by Division No 1, A. o. H., at Colum' bus hall. Naugatuck. .... April 25-3O-At City hall, A. o. H union fair, to raise funds to erect monument in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Leave all job printing orders at the Democrat office, such as tickets, win dow hangers, bills, badges, programs, door checks, and in fact anything and everything that can be printed, from one letter up to a full sheet poster.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16

If you are fond of good reading, call at the Democrat office and advertise that house to rent, Or that purse lost or found, or that baby carriage for sale, or that table board. It costs but quarter, and a cloth~bound book goes with every adv. The stories are by the best authors, and include such we'll known editions as Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush," Scarlet Letter. Sweet Lavender" "Uncle Tom s Cabin" and many other old-time fa- vorites.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16
RJJNOR

sometimes places some people on lln- easy street For instance, it was ru- mored the other day that the board or public safety were to undergo an e2' animation as to their sanity, and also as to their heterogeneal heterogangh- ate doings since they became organ ized, but the Illmor was f6ist. 1t was rumored the cops who were let stay on the police force were gong to re eign and go oyer and fight with t'.e Japanese. Well, they either .dldn have courage or else the rumor was false. It. was riImored the trolley cars were going to run all along BaldWll street, but as it looks now 1t was dream, nightmare or a blankety oianh fallacy. However if you should near the rulIcr. that our store is the ohly reliable place to purchase good, clean, nice Stating tea, fresh roasted health braeing Coffee (vith or without cmc- e,fv). or Butter tbat is Butter, tie hlhc (which makes you relish good breao' don't for a moment Link the rlllnor IS false: on the contrary, it's Tue' anu we'll prove it if you will purchase rom MS Remember, our say so in our a't is our do so in our store. IT you at any time are not satisfied you gcS yoIrr money back and no questions asked. This is the last week that
 ronll have an opportunity of receiving nice glass kitchen lamp compete systh one pound Of our warranted good Baking Powder, 45c per pound. at
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16

J. T. Conway of Youngstown, O., who has been spending vacation with his mother on Central avenue, re- turned home this afternoon
 A whist party will be given this evening at 8 o'clock at the Mulcahy Memorial hall, by St Mary's alumni Admission 10 cents. Members only all lowed. Prizes will be given to the winners.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-16

Have you ever tried Democrat "Penny-a-worder?" If not, why not? Do so now-you will not regret it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
PEPPER TALKS OF
 GREAT RAILWAY
SAYS THE PAN-AMERlCAN BEING BUILT BY AMERICANS IS VERY POPULAR AMONG THE SOUTH ERIN REPUBLICS.

Mexico City, January 1f-Charies M. Pepper, representative of the United States government for the projected Pan American railway, has left here for home after journey of 25,00O miles. and visit ing the capitals of twenty-one different go. ernments. He was cordially received here by government officials and private citizens.
 MT. Pepper says of the Pan-American railway being built by Americans in the southwestern part of the republic, that it is today within 165 miles of the Guate- malan lire, and when completed Guate- mala and Nicaragua will build lines in continuation, and this will form a part of the new world.
 Mir Pepper says he looks to see the road built more rapidly from south to north than from north to south Argentina Is doing most effective work in railroad con- strUction, where 1t is part of the national spirit of the day. The country's agrlcul- tural and grazing resources are immense, and are proving singularly profitable. It has become the national idea to speak and write of a railroad from New York to Buenos Ayres.
 Chili's roads are tending northward. Some 1900 miles have been built and later on the Straits of Magellan will be reach cd Brazil is planning great railway which Is to reach and pierce the Andes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
NATIONAL BOARD
 OF TRADE TO MEET
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED COVER A WIDE RANGE AND WELL KNOWN MEN WILL MAKE THE SPEECHES.

Washington, January 1.-The annual meeting of the national board of trade will be held in this city for three days of the coming week, beginning on Tuesday Some 200 delegates from all sections of the country will be in attendance.
 The matters to come before the board cover a wide range, including phases of the interstate commerce law and pro- posed amendments thereto; the ship subsidy question, postal affairs, including 1-cent postage, and the proper postal classification of mall matter; the isthmian canal question and river and harbor im- provement projects; reciprocity with Canada, Cuba and other countries; various suggested reforms in the currency laws; irrigation and forestry; national inspec- ton of grain and government crop re- ports; amendment of the immigration and naturalization laws, and some minor mat ters
 Resolutions on all the subjects hereto- fore named which have been passed by some one or more constituent members of the national board of trade, will be fol- lowed here for approval or disapproval by the national organization.
 Blanchard Williams oi Baltimore, as pr4s'dent of the nation:l tsfrd, olil open the proceedings.
 The national board of trade has been In existence since 1868, but will hold its first annual banquet on the occasion of the political convention, when number of well-known public men are expected to make speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
BRYAN DINNER TO
 BE GREAT SUCCESS
WHEN IT IS OVER HE GOES TO NEW YORK AND FROM THERE COMES SOUTH TO FILL SOME ENGAGEMENTS.

Lincoln, Neb., January 17.-F'ive hundred tickets have been issued for the dollar dinner" to be given tomorrow night in honor of William J. Bryan, and the pro- motors count on the largest attendance ever had for similar function in the state.
 The speakers comprise many of tine leading democrats of Nebraska. The sub ject of MT Bryan's address has not been announced, but it is unlikely that the pre- diction that he will announce definitely the policy he Is to pursue in the approach ing campaign, will be realized. It is more likely his speech Win De aort. along gem eral lines, and largely extempore with a possible brief review of his European trip.
 Mr. Bryan's present stay in Lincoln is to be short. Tuesday he leaves for New York, where on the night of the 21st he Is to participate in the banquet of the Hol- land society, and from there he goes to the south to fill a number of lecture en- agreements. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Bryan and his daughter, Grace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
BRIGGS CALLED
 ON TO EXPLAIN
BISHOP POTTER WILL EXAMINE LETTER READ RECENTLY BE- FORE THE CHURCH CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY.

New York, January 17.-The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs of the staff of the ca thedral of St. John the Divine. and profess sor in the Union Theological seminary. has started another controversy,
 The president of the Church club of New York. George Mccullough Miller, has called the attention of Bishop Potter to a. paper which Dr. Briggs read recently be- fore the club. and Bishop Potter has asked pr. Briggs for copy of the paper for examination.
 In his paper before the club, and in the comments with which he followed 1t, Dr. Briggs was understood by members of the club to say among other things, that apostolic succession hung by q slender historical thread; that In point of universality, the church of Rome had al- most the only claim worth considering. that the pope of Rome was right. In the main, when he asserted the Anglican or ders were invalid from the Roman point of view
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
BAILEY WILL NEVER VOTE
 FOR PANAMA RESOLUTION

tonight Senator J W. retire from public by voting for the ratification of In his Bailey Presidents personal inhu
  the Presidents to take the
  President refused n Rlca" combi) civilization of the world"
 
   tn
  s n he only one nor l. tn be one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-18
COMPLETES DRAFT
 OF PEASANT CODE
RUSSIAN MINISTER OF THE lN- TERROR HAS SCHEME FOR RE- FORMS AS RECENTLY SUGGEST. ED BY GEARS MANIFESTO

St. Petersburg. January 17.-Minster of the Interior Pleheve has completed the draft of the peasant code or scheme for the peasant reforms ordered in the czar's recent manifesto, and It will probably be sent to the local committees through out the empire within d few days.
 Members of the nobility in each province and district will be allowed to select rep resentauves on these committees. but the zemstvos elective provincial assemblies. composed of landed property holders or representatives of the artisans and peas ants. will be appointed by the governors.
 The committees will be allowed freedom to discuss the project and propose any changes therein, except on three points, which the emperor has reserved from discussion, namely. that the peasant class must remain entirely separate legally from the other classes; that the com mune is to remain untouched by legis- lation. and that the peasant lands are to remain inalienable.
 These points stamp the forthcoming leg islation as conservative in the main but the present change Is so great and so much room is left for the arbitrary con- duct Of 9he police and the local represen- tatives of the miristry of the interior. as well as of the peasant courts and admin istrative machinery and their commune, that the liberals declare any codifcation would be In the line of progress.
 The ministerial project proposes to re- tain the system of corporal punishment but the emperor did not include this among the matters not subject to change. The emperor regards the preservation of the peasant class, the retention of the economic commune and the inalienabiity of peasant lands as necessary for the pro- tection of the peasants from exploitation