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NO TH-SHO NE S-LETTE’ Him 41 um! “on gum Subacfiption‘l. soan scperCopy Evenly: III: In: Ofia, Higklul Pall Manama 1'»:in There seems tobe some mistake as to what. should be the attitude of an independent paper in regard to election matters arising out of the recent Highland Park election. ‘~ Certain people whom. we have been pleased to regard as friends have criticised us and some have spoken in contemptuous terms about the independance” of the News Letter because we stated But, from certain remarks made by the same persons, we gather that no such criticism would have come from that source had we de- clared for Mr; Dooley. Now if independent journalism means that we are never to pro- nounce an opinion on important issues, or that we must never name a preference for any one of two or more candidates, or that we must always find out which is the winning ticket before we endorse it.â€"then we are not independent. our reasons for advocating the election of Mr. Everett as Mayor. But. if to be independent means that we are to give a fair place to all parties, and yet to take an active. inteiligent interest in what to us seems best for the citizens as a whole. then we are independent. 'We ask no favors of any party as such, we give a fair. and equal place to them all. but in discuss- ing through our editorial Columns the issues of "a campaign, we should prove ourselves the reverse of independent if we did not squarely and openly advocate what seems best When there is an important issue on. The Highland Park election isl over. Mr. Dooley has a majority‘ of votes cast. Now let us stand up and be counted to give him a solid support in all things that look 3 towards good government and: progressive citizenship. But do ”(Many one imagine that the News Letter will be silent when great issues are at stake... That would not Q independence but splnmmd we think all good 1: citizen's "desire a paper with a WHAT IS 'AN INDEPENDENT PAPER? MARK TWAIN’S FLING AT ' SHAKESPEARE.- Mr. Clemens. who is better known as “Mark'l‘wain”. has as- sumed the role of a wrestler against Shakespeare. He has written a book bearing the title Hls Shakespeare Dead?“ and while he answers ”No!”'to the query, he takes a fling at those who do not accept-the Baconian. theory of the Shakespeare plays. He gives the following very home- ly or crude parable to show,_ by inference. that Shakespeare could not have written the plays and that Bacon was the one man who could hm done 50. Here is the story: â€"- The Col. the lit!- and the Moon. , ”We will suppose a case: Take a lap- bred. home-fed, uneducated. inexperi-f awed kitten; take a random Tom' ‘hat'l scarred from qtem‘ to mdder-post’ with the memorial: of strenuous experi-. ence. and is so cultured. no educued, _Io limitlealy erudite that one may Vsay oi‘ 71 P. DAVIDSON. 7mm. 1. M. BURGESS. film. we...‘ SATURDAY, MAY 8, .909 TELEPHONE m 92 “fl; ghakesvearite will reason like this: 3 He will say the kitten mav have been at tending school when nobody was noticing: therefore we are warranted in assuming that it did so: also. it could have been training in a court-clerk's office when no one was noticing: since that could have happened. we are justified in assuming‘ ‘ that it did happen; it could have studied ,catology in a [amt whennoonewas noticinrâ€"therelore it did;_ it could have attended cat assign on a shed-root nights. for recreation, when no one in. noticing. and harvested a knowledge of cat-lam and cat lawyer-talk in that way; it could have done it. therefore without a doubt it did: it could have gone soldierinz with a war-tribe when no one was noticmg, and earned soldier-wiles and soldier-ways. and what to do with a mouse when ’oppor- tunity 05ers; the plain inference there- fore is, that that iswhat it did. Since all these manifold things could have occurred we have every right to believe thev did him ‘nll cat knowledge ithigprorime'; also. take a mouse. Lock me tune up in : hole‘em crackkit. cxitleu prison- cell. Wait half an hour then open the ucu. vv u ---â€". -v- _-_,, cell, introduce a Shakespearite and I Bacunian, and let them upher and‘u- sume. The mouse is missing; the ques- tion to be decided is, where it it? You can guess both verdicts belot'ehand. One verdict will lay the kitten contain: the fmouse; the other will u ceneiulv say the lame is in the mt. occur. Theae patiently and painstakingly accumulated Gut acquirementa and com- petencea needed but one thing more;- opportunityâ€"to convert themaelyea into triumphant action. The opportunity came. we have the result; beyond shadow of question the mouse is in the kitten." 7 “We know what the Baconian's I-er- dict would be: 'There is not a rag oi evi- dence that the kitten has had any train- ing, any education. any experience qual- iiying it for the present I-ccaston. or is indeed equipped for any achievement above lifting such unclaimed milk as comes its way: but there is abundant evi. denceâ€"unassailable proof, in [actâ€"that the other animal is equiped. to the last detail, with every qualification necessary for the event. Without shadow of doubt the tomcat contains the mouse.’ " We are left to assume that Ba- icon is the ‘Tom' Cat" and that Shakespeare is the “lap bred house- fed, uneducated inexperi- enced Kitten" and that it is utter- ly silly to suppose that the latter would get the mouse while the former was present. But there is absolutelynothing new in this 'very weak and one-sided illustra- tIon. As a contribution to the ex- ploded Baconian theory it would never have been quoted by the press but for the reputation of its (author. There is an ”unearned increment" attached to the writ- ings of any person who for any reason. has achieved fame, no imatter how stupid or weak some of those writings may be. This Tom-Cat-and-Kitt’cn par- able assumcs that human genius is always, necessarily. attended with intellectual training. educa- tion and experience. It leaves no room in the world for those bright luminaries which have shined with unconscious splendor. Suppose the parable were ap- plied to Robert Burns and Sir WalterScott. Burns could not have written the “Cotters’ Saturday night’ because Scott was the great intellectual poet of the age. while Burns was a ”house-fed. unedu- cated, inexperienced Kitten.” Only Scott could have written: â€" “But music. than an no thy lane. In proving foresight may he vein; The best hid scheme 0' mice and men, Gang alt Igley. A Id leave us nought but grief and pan For promis 'd py.’ Mark Twain has written some deservedly popular works. Some day it may be claimed thaf the author of ' "lnnocetits Abroad" could not have written the Life of Joan of Arc. But suppose some one starts the theory that loan was pure fiction. Mark Twain's parable of the "lap- bred, house-fed uneducated. in- experienced Kitten" would apply to her in a greater degree than to any other prominent character in all history. Robert de Bandri- court may have been the old Tom with memorials of strenuous :ex- Lock the 'three up Pedence “am; he only could catch the English mouse that invaded France. . The weakness of such logic ii that it takes no account of ihuman genius. No Shakespem land ho Bacon would ever look into ‘a contracted cell for mouse or lion. The plays of Shakespeare .could not have been caught ina "hole- less, crackless. exitless prison cell. " They were caught in the universal world, open aliketo all. To catch them they needed. not so much learning and training. as the in. sight and vision of the Seer. the spirit and faith of the prophet. "Blind Tom" might have been: the ”Kitten" of Mark Twain's parable,â€"without knowledge 'or scholarship. He was an idiot. but he caught the mouse which great musicians woiild have given years to catch. . . We have had “Mark Twain's" humor which.,like Shakespeare’s Works. is often unscholarly; but it is the product of genius. begot- ten not of classic knowledgeor university degrees but of the skill and power which often “builded better than he knew." Gentlemen: A yeer “ofoll the w mien of your clue tree planting I spoke briefly of the greet waste of our nntlonel toreete end the repld rnte at which our entlreJumher re- source: vere helu.exheueted. I spoke ol_ the greet ennuel lncreue la the cast of lumber end the. lnevlc- eble lumber tnmlne thnt must over- tehe ue vlthln the Ilte of the genera- tlon now coming on the eteze unleu rndlcel meuuree ere tehen both to shy the rechleee wute end to re tare-t the denuded ereee. Tod” i wish to all your “tendon. to miner sunning din-tor swiftly Approaching :- I. result of the avidly diuppeufiu fol-ecu. Thin in hud'y the occasion. ond oeruinly we bore not in. time to go into a scientific ex- ploration how or why certain lin~ portant climltic changes hove taken place as the molt. of deformation. “10 venues sir is. the more mois- ture it will hold in suspension. Asâ€" sume. a volume of quite wsrm sir sstursted with moisture. it this sir cools. its power to hold moistuzc in suspension decresses tsster than its tempersture decreases. As the‘mult it follows thst if two volumee _oi' sir of dilerent tempersture. come to (ether, esch satursted with moisture‘ the combined volume esunot hold in suspension sll its humiditi. The ex- cess must tell ss rsin. This wu the theory of my student dsys.‘ It hss since been modified. but is still lune- ly itue snd,will in s simple wsy il- lustrste my‘point. Cutting oi! urge nreu of timber. especinlly on hill nidee m mountnin slopes. remotes n greet check to the velocity ot'windl. enpecinlly neu the nurfnce when in until] most hunid-_ ity. It follows then as night follow: any, thnt intend of the slow steady driulin; nine of year: ego. we no bound to hnve much more violent mu of inter. Class Tree Planting at the Northwestern Military Secondlyâ€"When the lore-ta ere cleared “my. the roots. 'rootleu end ell the mun of little root fibers which hold the “one 0! soil together. db- upper. The ennui mentle of leevee 'hlch glue en nddltlonel protectlon from the beefing Ind (ll-Integral“ force or the .rnln In no longer tur- nlehed. You. mi reedlly nee then how the eoll ll contlnnnlly traveling down In every little gulf end Inner chnnel Into the rlvuletn. thence lnto the river. end on to the ocean or to none other lute body of outer. Nor lelthle ell. for not lntreqnently this flow down hlllnldee become. no lin- petllonn thnt not only the eoll but travel. small stones end even bould- er. nre um'od down‘ to the. rleh mudow Indl below. a double rain. I real! as where ; neighbor .1. Nov had I you nluubleneuov of rich soil. Ho Also had some sloping Inad‘ for nature. 'A heavy run storm not oil! ruined MI hill IldoJuIdl but W his meadow! (tom twp to ADMISS IY COL- H. P. DAVIDSON. Academy. W. Bunczss. um If.“ of China we jum- m The noun!!! 3““ from has to tumult has but I.“ ”Mutant-nits!!!“ I." mam. W ha moo-Io I0 our“ mtlnumtmmuohulflu .. _-...a.n lnr mflm uni oven for me. by Joni-hen. onetime- et ten ortwelveme. Whitman! e luxury of the rich. while the poorer clue dig up roots from remote nonl- telne end reke etuhhle mm the her- veeted ilelde to thee II fuel. Their elorte to eke out l eceety living by cultlntlu the eoll b pltlehle. But there is evidence that the time we: when theee hill nil meani- ‘IIODOI were covered over with (or- eeu end hoe-um! mos. Cert-1e it in that Chine. center-lee ego, melt heve'heen a powerful end Iourlehlll mtlon. . _ ‘ Ill]- uvv W. hen don fund dopa- sudde- nlu by Journeys. mm of ton 3"“ Mm " ortvolnun. hum-brad“ M an" - luxury of the rich. while a. pom tum "1 ad any 3 -_ _ _‘ _._-o- -M-_ Delmuh. the southern province or Auntie, undvlched In between the Athletic See on the vent ad 0mm Boenle. Hertuaovlah end Mom negro on the north end ' ennt. vnn once n Iertlle end pronperoun country. Indeed one of the rIchent o! the no- men prevlnoen. end In the den of Dlocletlnn. who hed en Immune pel- eee‘ there, It eepported n Int-3e 'popn- lnuon. ‘When It (ell Into the hnndn of the VenltInn Repebllc. Ite mone- an. eleven 'vere noon hnred of their} fine torentn the eel! venhe'd nwny.th01 nprInp end rIvern drled no. end lnrn trecte hecnnle n denolete vnnte. Then the cllrnete bean to cheese. A fierce wind. celled the horn. h'egen to blow. no Ieree Indeed thnt It In new eometlmee to overturn rnllwny treInn. The reenlt In thet reforentnllon In prnctleelly- Impoenlble. And now, yhere once were rIch fem. n recent trnveller nnyn. the nIInernhle pennnntn often form nonndn o! rockn end ntonen, gather n Ilttle no“ end pldnt en nlIve tree or n moo vIne. But let me notgive you n teloe in- preeeion. Potent-or no toreet. there will eiweye he none eoil on sloping lends. weehlng to lower ieve Bet this weete pee on et e In none repid rete'whdnnotheld 'ineheck b7 trecte of timber lend. lat no give you none idee or the peanut repldity with .which our lend in heing impov- erished through thin eteed’y’weehing oi the noll into the nee. Ir. W. J.: McGee of the United Stetee Bnreen of Soils. eotineted e per ego. thet our weterweyn ennuelly sweep into“ the see e body of on" one mile equene end one thoeeend feet deep. Ap- ‘plied like Nile mud. one-querter inch ldeep. It wohid cover ell the eree oi the etetee hordering on the Atientic Oceen end including Vermont New York, Penneylvenie end one-third of Georgle Yon ell know whet e delte in end how formed. Thet et the month of our own' Illneiuippi. if i remember correctly. elreedy extends Into the Gulf of lexico. ehont iso milee end in building out ehont 260 feet ennuelly. The delte of the Nile in ehout 800 nllee wide end extends into the lee ehout 159 mile-r this it ell eoil brought down from the Nile nelley. The delte of the Gengee end Brehlnepntre eovere en eree of ehont 50.000 nquere lnilee. end in none pleoee the elluviel deposit he been (onnd ebout too mt, deep. I. it enrpridng thet we heer every few yeere of terrible teminee in indie. "‘Wutwm glue course of empire ute- m way." - 80 um Bbhop Berk- eley. But In the lights of our npldly yuan; uid Md natural mou- eu. any we not more uppmmmly oxelaln: Wat's"! the bosom of do- uructlon "up. In cum. I u- no walnut. but u an educator, I an not. I m not llp “namely on my back hating the deluslvo Elm-toll 0! hope" while the u find the In brad ure Iveeplnx um out forests ud leaving the 390d: to ml: our tel-tile hill-Ide- lnm of loll. Illllu up the bed- ot our unable rlvon. worth; dun-action to our later-nu commerce. Ind leulu 90-h; pl- outlan- to outer the m bud-hm ud cannula n lnvq long been In!- tcrod ll Chill. Dual“: and mu other'eout'rlu all I. ulu“: tut upmwvmmouo'llonl Meuhmuurm.trnly gloriou- Iénd. But '0 have I“. also our III-aka. To go"! soul-[e “on we not boa-cull 'tho any to mun. Why cool up hue m:.uuyuchonluvethe Muwmmnmu The writer ”men In M. boy- hoo‘ sum; 1- an mun which a: boy. an (or u mm“ mm. Jon ummthuthohmotthe MMhtfiodtdeorm mm “Jon” m born I all-01 And many 3 time the writer “mud n. Ava-aorta! muscula- Mfld um In- that“. m In” a noon m told all“ data-ca of the weak an In: nun: «(one of women who: will W’- T” tonal-c m I. (In- 1. the The old-i:- poulo- ochcuo In Mad n W on ”In [or- ;octu cum out rich a: tu- nou. but low glad of I ma. help from the public tron-cry. One at these in “alumina worth ”50.- 000. who vol 350.00. In on In! In Almeria (a he tell- It, at cu nu). who no" at the .- ot unity-Okla: uk- tor All. We and In the London Chronicle: . Into the (lo-MI Road 'pooboIoe yawn-11m“ u sultan. bund- Ihonlderod old m, wltl with half and mambo. H: am no alga u nppllcatlon form for u old In pon- sm.udpnhunmuh- Um. born at MILNOI'VBI. April 8. 1881. The old use with the veil-hushed silk m was indeed sol'e'othsr an the unions old Mid. sud tor-er nldefedted chsnpiol ot the mind. who new within s few week! of his seventy-eighth birthday. dads hist- aeli tslies on hard times. Despite his yen-s. Km Is as had is usiis. ssd ss jolly ss s and-boy ud he was delighted to chst with s In“! Chronicle represenutive who sought him out is his [slim- hsusts. He vss st his prime is the sixties. ssd bouts five hundred Isht- with only two deiests. . 7' "Cant-l imu ml keeping a: no drink II the noel-at." he and. “in the old mu with M hacki- 13d glove-contents todny. which I") here plenum anti-n. " went through ordeal: um would kill pronoun-any Mari. There's all the Inc. I: still mm and keen. 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