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interwoven in tiie plays which would end all
^liscussion. The proposition was one so
astonishing, that its very statement almost
carried its own confutation. Even Bacon¬
ians stood aghast, as if in awe of the very
miracle they had invoked. The whole dis
had grown out of th«.^ct that for
■nore than 200 years the pi*bduction of
She plays by Shakespeare bad been
■Considered a Literary miracle, and the dispo¬
sition of an incredulous age to eliminate it;
uow, what was the result of all this
( labor but a transposition For what other and magnifying Is it of
the miracle i than a
ttiracle if^vo add six cubits and a spau“\o
Jthe stature of Goliab • or increase the strength
Hercules by superadding Samson’s; or
Mfejigmeut the wisdom of Solomon with
I Jthat less of than Socrates? these who For doubles surely ho the does in
Itellectual no
stature of Francis Bacon, who,
irom his known works, is adjudged by almost
all great critics to have been the greatest man
that ever lived—Shakespeare alone, if any,
matching him in greatness. If it should be
proved that Bacon should stand upon the
shoulders of his only supposed compeer to be
measured for his niche in fame’s temple;
that, bisected, he was the greatest two men
that ever lived—have we not a miracle? No.
Dot we have more, for there be phenomena
that are greater than any miracle, and this
is one. If the pen that wrote the Essays,
the Advancement of Learning and the ney
Organon, wrote, also, not only “Lear,”
“Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “RnjnpQ “Othello” and “Ju¬
lius Caesar,” but and Juliet,” “Mid
mer Night’s Dream,” “As You Liko It,”
ne<ly of Errors,” and others, then, in*
fi en. vvus it a magic pen, and be who wielded
t (ho composite of all humanity, w r ith a
piautum of divine leaven superadded, such
has never been vouchsafed to any other
nan.
For Shakspere, unlearned ns Lo was, to
“sounded all the depths and shoals” of
learning, to have culled so much wealth from
f the debris of dead languages with which he
was not familiar, was a miracle; for Bacon
to have added the production of the plays to
of his other works, was a phenomenon;
and is as much greater than the other as the
equipoise ami rotation of the solar system is.
greater than the floating of an axe head or
the transformation of rods into serpents.
There are two facts worthy of note: The
turning from Bhakspere is an expression
of tho widespread unbelief in his ability; tho
turning to Bacon is an expression of the gen¬
eral recognition of his transcendent genius.
If- Shakspere did not wrue the plays, then
it must have lieen the man Who “made all
knowledge his province.” It is a!s<> worthy
of note that the greatest merit of the one’s
charming poetry is its philosophy; and the
charm of the other's meritorious
philosophy is its poetry. If the uuthoj-s were
not one, surely Shakspere borrowed Bacon’s
sage and left his muse for surety.
like in*
“THE GREAT CRYPTOGRAM.”
The full title of Mr Don.u lly s Look is!
“Tho Great Cryptogram: Franc;-' Bui-on’s
Cipher in the F,o Called Fhr.lirtpcf r Flays.”
It is a magnificent imperial oemv.. \« dime
of 1,800images, and is divided into . . < ;■ j ;:rts
or books: Cook I—The Argument 11 —
The Demonstration. Book III—Conclusions!.
Throughout it is written in an easy ecu r
ttaining style, such us will hold the attorn mu
of the reader. From ft typogJttpImv.J stand¬
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servative, being beautifully printed, with
engrave<l titles and numerous illustrations,
all of a very high order. The frontispiece is
a portrait on steel of Lord Bacon, from tho
celebrated painting of Van Homer. The
work is published by R. S. Peulo &. Co.,
whose principal office is at 407-425 Dearborn
street, Chicago. The publishers announce
that the Second edition will probably be
issued In two volumes, as the original price
of tho work was based on the supposition
it would contain only 700 pages. “The
Great Cryptogram” is sold by subscription
only, and an array of agents will soon be in
the field. It will not be sold in the book
stores, but- orders may be 3ent direct to the
publishers by those who have not bad an op
portunity to subscribe.
ATTACK ON THE SUBSCRIPTION BOOK.
The intense feeling against Mr. Donnelly
and his book has manifested itself in almost
every form of opposition imaginable, from
crankiness fcue flippant charge ot hallucination and
to the sober imputation of Avillful
and deliberate fraud. Not content with eon
derailing the book in advance, so mo have
gone so far as to find matter of criticism in
the method by which the book is published
and sold—that is, the subscription method,
as if that could affect the merit of the work.
Grant’s, Blaine’s and Logan’s books vere ail
sold in this way, and the more inqiortaut of
Mark Twain’s. By this method publishers
are warranted in undertaking what would
otherwise be too hazardous, and many books
are thus issued which could not otherwise see
the light. Some of the best editions of the
Shakespeare this and plays have been have published been in
way, never could pub
iished in any other way Not only this, but
thousands of people are thus induced tc read
who rarely see the inside of a library -yr book
store, and the cottage without a small »ilec
tion of choice books is now the exception.
Besides this an army of enterprising men
and women find profitable employment; and
this book should certainly MTer them a field
for rich harvests, for no such literary sousa
tion has ever occurred.
A list of eminent men who have been book
phia Times:
“George Washington was a book agent.
dock expedition he sold ovor 2(X) copies in
Fairfax and adjoining American counties Savage.' in Virginia Jsy
® f ™,
Twain were in early life book canvassers. So
also was Longfellow, and his success was ro
markable. There is now in tho possession of
the Massachusetts Historical society a pros-
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ncotu, the poet used, and op one of tho ! lank
leaves nru the skeleton lines of the eeh* ? *ruDii
poem ‘Excei-ior,’ which he w;i« then evt
a “uLnPr 1 HJKEm e
lng books. Gen. Grant at one tip.o u- k an
agency for IrvlngVColumbu,.' Itixt liarts
’50. Ex-President Hayes footed T'.nvter’s it ail
over southern Ohio telling
Lives of the Saints.’ After the sioge of
Toulon, Bonaparte, then u young li«n;i< mint
em iployed duplicate at the capital, ami u»o Imrioi able
to his pay account, took the agency
for the ‘History of the devolution.* His
marck. Cardinal Mezzofatitl, Count Met ter
nieb, Canning, lx>rd Denham, and Coleridge,
the poet, were all, at gome i*ericH« of their
lives, Stael tiooL MrA agents, Jameson, be also veil Mini!, do
and and Columbus can
vassed for u work on ‘Marine Explorntioos.’
James G. Blaine began his biwin.ee- . as I
a where canvasser he sold in life Washington Henry cumv. Many Pa.,
a of Clay. !
others w hose names emblazon i he pog<* of
history largely owe their success in life t -1 lie
experience obtained while engaged in the
laudable and honorable calling of took
agent.” J. il. BKADIJfi.
HOW DO WE DIG OUR GRAVES?
We must eat or W6 cannot live,
This we all know. But do we ail
know that we die by J eating ® ? It ii
sai(i • x we with ...
teeth. How <*tg our grave^ OUT
foolish this sounds.
Yet ™ it ia fcurfnllv ienriuily tniA true. \Ya Wetteter- nr*
tinea at the approach of the cholera
ind yellow fever, yet there is a dis
constantly __, at our doors and ,. in
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our houses far more dangerous and
Jestrucfciva ‘. ucwve * Mont nemde people nave Iirvr in in
their Own stomachs a poison, more
slow, but quite as fatal hh the 5: germs
n.„„„ 86 maladies mn i-A: AO whull • 1 , sweep men
*
into . eternity by thousands without
warning 0 in the times of great ** epi- r
ueiniCS. , iiut 0 , it .. IS . a mercy that, ., . if ..
we are watchful, we can tell when
we Vfi arG threatened. *hrpRt«iuul Tim Hie following IolJOWing
are among the symptoms, yet they
J 0 not always S necessarily appear in
tbe ,, same order, nor are they always
the same in different cases. There
j 8 * dull and sleepy feeling; a bad
taste in the mouth, especially m the
morning: the appetite is change
a ^ > e ’ sometimes poor and again it
seems as though the patient could
no t eat enough, and occasionally no
appetite at all; dullness and slug
gishness of the mind; no ambition
x to 0 Stuay K i Uf i v or or WOrK, . more mnrA or or Jess 1 PHK Iieail
ache and heaviness m the head;
dizziness on rising to the feet or
ed moving suddenly; furred and coat*
tongue; a sense of a load on the
stomach that nothing removes; liot
and dry skin at times; yellow ting e
in the eyes; scanty and high-colored
urine; sour taste in the mouth, fre¬
quently the attended by palpitation of
heart; impaired vision, with
spots that seem to be swimming in
the air before the eyes; a cough,
with a greenish-colored expecto¬
ration ; poor nights’ rest; a sticky
slime about the teeth and gums;
hands and feet cold and clammy;
irritable temper and bowels bound
up and costive. This disease has
puzzled the physicians and still puz¬
zles them. It is the commonest of
ailments and yet the most compli¬
cated and mysterious. Sometimes
it is treated as consumption, some¬
times as liver complaint, and then
again as malaria and even heart dis¬
ease. But its real nature is that of
constipation and dyspepsia. It arises
in the digestive organs and soon
affects all the others through the
corrupted and poisoned blood.
Often the whole body—including
the nervous system—is literally
starved^ even when there is nc
emaciation to tell the sad story
Experience has shown that there »
put one remedy that can certainly
cure this disease in all its stages.
Shaker Extract of Roots or
Mother Seigel s Curative Syrup. If
uever f a ;i s but, nevertheless, no time
should be lost ill trying other 80 -
called remedies, for they will do no
k rQ0 uuu j * /w ™ this lS o-reat g real vendable vegeiaDie
preparation, (discoveredbyavcner
able nurse whose name is a house
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to get the genuine article.
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f *.)* m© J’ivon
nG&lul iealtll aiier geTe 8e ' en - Joctors aociors hod naa given ;
to die . With Consumption.
me Up — I
So writes R. F. Grace, Kirkman- I
viile, Todd Co., Ky. I
he heard or it Pf§r in time. i
“I bad been about given up to
die with dyspepsia whou I first saw
the advertisement of Shaker Extr:
of Roots or Seigel’s Syrup. At
using four bottles I was able to
tend to my business as well as ei
I know of several cases of chills and
fever that have been cured by it
So writes Mr. Thos. Pullum, of Tay¬
lor, Geneva Co., Ala.
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disorders for many years and had
tried many physicians and medi¬
cines without benefit. He began to
use Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei
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1887, and was so much better in
three weeks that he considered him¬
self practically a well man. He
adds: “I have at this time one bot¬
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any more l teoul take a ten
dollar bill for it "
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