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Lee, Palace Hotel News Stand; F. "W. Pitts. 1008 Market: Frank Scott. 80 Ellis; N. Whcatley, 83 Stevenson. Washington, D. C. Ed Brinfcman, Fourth and Pacific Ave- N. W.; Ebbltt House News Stand. TODAY'S WEATHER Showers: eoutherly winds. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 52 deg.; minimum, 30. Precipita tion, trace. PORTLAND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18. l - 1 J WHY G(5RE IS SCARCE. Only a portion of the public attends prizefights, while practically the entire public displays an interest In war news. The part and the whole are alike in one respect, however they want blood and lots of it Because Japan and Russia don't "mix it" from the tap of the gong-, they are regarded much as two fighters that prefer feinting and sidestepping to boring in and punching. The public forgets that the Oriental field is not a twenty-four-foot ring, and that prep arations must precede an effective blow. It is Improbable that any action be tween considerable forces will be fought on land for some time. Though the Japanese army corps is said to be "built like a watch," even clockwork preoision cannot make Instantaneous the dis patch of large bodies of troops to a foreign soil, and it is one of Japan's strongest characteristics to delay strik ing until she can strike effectively. Thttefore, Japan will undoubtedly land her forces at the chosen points in Corea, and establish bases before proceeding in great fotce against the Russians. The latest Information indicates that 60,000 Japanese have been landed at "Won Sow, on the northeast coast of Corea. This port is distant from the nearest point on the Yalu River 150 miles as the crow flies, and there are three Intervening ranges of hills, so that these troops cannot at once come Into action. Other Japanese troops are re ported from Chemulpo, on the west coast within easy distance of Seoul, the Corean capital. From 30,000 to 50,000 troops are reported to be on the point of sailing for an unknown destination. The force In which the Japanese are al ready present in Corea prohibits a Rus sian advance into that country, espe cially In view oftae fact that Japan can land men on either coast at convenient points, for cutting the enemy's line of communications, should a force be thrust down the Corean Peninsula. It is practically assured on this account that Russia will assume a defensive at titude on the northern side of the Yalu River. The fact that Russian troops are notoriously stubborn fighters be hind breastworks would, no doubt, fur ther influence such a decision on the part of their commanders. Taking it for granted that Russia will await the brunt of battle at the Yalu, the Japanese will probably advance in force and severe lighting may be ex pected when the armies clash. Exclu slve of rads on the railway, there Is not likely to be much lighting on land until a decisive battle takes place between large bodies of troops. With Japan In command of the sa, her capture of Port Arthur would be more Important In moral effect than in material. The , exhausting efforts of the British to re. lieve Ladysmith were strategically wrong, the central advance Into the enemy's country being the true way to accomplish the result. So with the Japanese position. Merely to threaten Port Arthur Is to tie up its large force of defenders, who are debarred from an excursion against the Japanese lines, both by geographical considerations and by the fact that Japan is able to land a force to capture the place Imme diately the garrison should be moved out. "With Japanese victories over, the main army; Port Arthur will fall with out a long and arduous siege. Indications all point to an Intention on the part of the Japanese to carry the war into Manchuria, Their insist ence upon rights in that province dur ing the negotiations before the war, their exclusion of Manchuria from the "administrative entity" referred to by Mr. Hay, and their vigorous prepara tions for an aggressive land campaign, all Indicate a strong desire to obtain more spoils of war than Corea alone. To drive the Russians from the Yalu will be a difficult task; and even If that is accomplished, to carry the war Into Manchuria will be almost as difficult The Japanese, therefore, are making careful preparation, the Russians are apparently biding the attack, and their respective attitudes account for the present lack of slugging, which is, in the mind of the newspaper reader, so deplorable a deficiency. "With the Mississippi River frozen to the bottom at La Crosse, Wis., two men frozen to death at Pittsburg, Pa., and trainsnowed in over night at Cape Cod, '(not to mention similar reports from other sections of the cold East, it is refreshing- to read in the same issue of The Oregon ian containing the iews that the stockmen in the "Wallowa Valley, Oregon, have experienced one f the mildest "Winters of recent years. and the feed that was laid in for the expected cold snap would be carried over for use next year. "We are still in one of the "Winter months, but the royal chlnook salmon which comes with the Springtime Is already entering the river and is in no danger of finding any of the streams frozen to the bottom, or even to the top. Throughout many of the best wheat districts of the upper country wheat has continued to grow all the "Winter, and the snow that has fallen was not accompanied by cold weather. "We are still a little shy on rain in some of the logging districts, but there will probably be enough 'to float out the logs when Spring sets in In dead earnest TRADE EMBARGO IMPROBABLE. Eastern newspaper comment on the commercial aspects of the war In the Far East Indicates unwarranted con cern over the disturbance of trade with the Orient This anxiety is reflected In an Interview with United States Con sul John "Fowler, of Chefoo, print ed In the San Francisco Chronicle. According to the gloomy view taken by Mr. Fowler, American trade with North China to the value of $20,000,000 a year will be practically lost for a year to come, "and the normal trade In flour, canned-goods and other commodi ties that -will now be considered contra band of war will also be lost to Amerl Ican exporters during the period of hos tilities." This disturbing forecast is hardly warranted by the situation. It Is un reasonable, of course, to expect that the remarkable traffic in certain lines of staples which Japan and Russia have been importing In anticipation of the war will continue. America, has had all of the benefits arising from the un natural trade conditions which preceded the actual commencement of hostilities, and this increase should not be mis taken for a normal condition of trade that might be expected to continue. In breadstuffs alone Japan has bought so heavily in .anticipation of war that, her demands for many months will be met with stocks on hand for which Americans have already received thef money. In a strenuous fight the exact defini tion of "contraband of war" is Inter preted by the parties engaged with a goqd deal of latitude, and there Is no hard-and-fast International rule or law that can bind any of the contestants to respect precedents in such cases. In the present case noncombatants in both Japan and Russia are in need of American goods which are going for- ward on neutral vessels. Later, when present stocks are exhausted by the actual -combatants, they also may need these goods, and would have a mutual Interest In inducing neutral vessels to continue in the trade. In assuming that flour, canned goods, etc., are contraband of war. Consul Fowler falls to note that they become so only under certain conditions which need not necessarily exist in the Orient. In a manner the position of Japan at the present time is similar to that of Great Britain during the Boer War, and at that time a number of cargoes of American flour and provisions were seized by the British on the ground that thej were contraband of war. The American Government contended that as the goods were for the use of non combatants and were carried in neutral vessels, they were not subject to seiz ure. The British acquiesced In. this view, and the vessels were released. There was, of course, nothing binding In the act so far as affecting the pres ent situation is concerned, but the slm ilarlty of the cases is so great that there is every reason to believe that Japan would gracefully heed a request from the American Government to follow similar course. The Japanese and the Russians, who have been our good cus tomers in the past, will not stop eating American flour, bacon, canned goods, etc, simply because a portion of their people are engaged In conflict The lat ter will secure their rations from the heavy surplus which has been piling up in anticipation of the event The non combatants, not having access to this surplus, must continue to import as they need it, and if the war Is pro longed the actual combatants them selves will need more supplies, which they can Eecure nowhere else to as good advantage as from America. We have received more than a normal amount of trade from the Far East due to the preparation for war, and shall again profit by the increased trade after peace Is restored. Meanwhile there Is nothing to indicate that business will be seriously interrupted In any of the great lines of staples that are not clearly contraband of war. The worst Injury that .American trade can suffer under, existing circumstances Is through the advance in insurance rates, due partly to the fact that even neutral vessels are subject to search by the fighting forces, and expensive delays may be encountered. There is also dan ger of neutral vessels getting in the line of fire or encountering torpedoes in some of the harbors where they have a perfect right to go, if their owners are willing to assume or pay for the natural risks attendant on war. Aside from this comparatively slight obstruction. the interruption to trade with the Orl ent will not be serious for neutral pow ers. DEATHS IN THE SENATE. The list of leading men wfio have died members of the United States Senate Is a long one, and Includes Calhoun, Clay, Stephen A. Douglas. Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, "Zack" Chandler of Michigan, Henry Wilson, William Pitt Fessenden, Matt Carpenter, Henry ts. Anuiony, wmiam upnam or ver mont Jacob Colla-ner. Solomon Foot John A. Logan, Oliver P. Morton, Henry Winter Davis. Justir. S. Morrill, Cush man K. Davis, David Broderlck of California, E. D. Baker of Oregon, and Senator Plumb of Kansas. The length of the list Is easily ac counted for; few die prematurely, none resign, and none are translated because of surpassing merit, like Enoch and Eli jah. There have been a few men who have served many years In the House and at a venerable age died there in the harness; such a man was ex-Presi dent John Quincy Adams, who served seventeen years in the House and died In his Slst year. Thad Stevens served fourteen years and died at 75. Ex Speaker Grow has Just voluntarily re tired from Congress at SL But men of this age are seldom found In the House. They are either promoted to the Senate or they get wears' of the noise and gladiatorial turbulence of the House and leave public life. The United States Senate Is a shel tered political nook for aged. If not de cayed, statesmen. Senator Pettus, of Alabama, is S3; his colleague, Senator Morgan, is about 80; Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts. Is. In his 79th year; Sen ator Cullom is 75, and so is Senator A11I son; Senator Teller is 74; Senators Frye and Proctor are 73; Senator Quay is 72; Senator Piatt of New York, Is 71; Senator Depew is 70; Senator Alger is 6S, Senator Bacon is 66, Senator Gor man is 65, Senator Aldrlch is 63, Sena tor Daniel is 62, and Senators Spooner. Dillingham and Nelson are 6L Elklns, of West "Virginia, is -an old man; Haw ley, of Connecticut is about 76; Stew art, of Nevada, is about 76; Piatt of Connecticut is 76 and Cockrell of Mis souri and Hale of Maine are old men. The only men in the Senate of eminence and influence who are under 60 are For aker of Ohio,. Lodge of Massachusetts, Dqlllver of Iowa and Bailey of Texas. The Speaker of the House Is 68. PROFESSOR ANDREWS AGAIN. Professor E. Benjamin Andrews, whose peculiar views upon public mat ters have been burled for a few years past under the duties of chancellor in the University of Nebraska, has broken out again with a radical opinion. In a recent address before the students of that university we find these words: Society, as it becomes more enlightened, will snuff out the .Ives of sickly and deformed in fants, to prevent their becoming- at maturity a burden to It and to themselves'. As with the cradle, to it will be with other cases. A com mittee of skilled physicians, I firmly believe, eventually will determine the fate of those who are sickly, or whose recovery from dis ease is impossible. Such persons. If the physi cians agree, wUI mercifully be put to death. This theory Is not new. Physicians have advanced it more than once, be fore medical societies, and it is Impos sible to tell how often some of the more courageous and humane In the ranks of the medical profession have reduced It to practice. Yet as a theory It does not meet public approval, and. Indeed, it can scarcely be said to be growing In favor. It may be conceded that it would be better for the world and better" for the Individual against whom the decree of Idiocy of hopeless disease or of hideous bodily deformity has been passed by Nature, if all thus afflicted or deformed could die; but the belief Is general that no human agency can be trusted or should be trusted to carry out in silence and secrecy the death sentence upon those thus unfor tunate. The Instinctive protest that arises against the proposal, as set out In plain words by Professor Andrews, Is based upon a knowledge of human fallibility from which not even the skilled .physician or the man of science is exempt , It is well in this connection to re member that some of the world's great est men and its most useful women were frail and feeble infants "sickly," as Dr. Andrews has It The late Her bert Spencer was a puny, weak child, and during all of his long life he was compelled to be very careful of his heath. The same may be said of Ruskin and of Mrs. Browning, and coming across the water, of Horace Greeley and Whittle: The deprivation to this world would have been great, indeed. had a committee of skilled phyElcians passed the death sentence upon any one of these In Infancy. While demurring to the theory of Dr. Andrews so far as It pertains to sickly children or to persons whose re covery from disease Is regarded a3 Im possible, it is easy to Indorse his view as applied to physical monstrosities or congenital idiots. In the case of such persons It Is manifest that no mistake could be made in passing a sentence of painless death upon them, and no doubt In time humanity will come to the aid of social science and political economy in ordering that such as these be mer cifully released from the bondage of existence that Is not life. The lives of such unfortunates are an expression of effect not of cause. When, to use the words of Dr. Andrews, "society becomes more enlightened" we may well believe that the cause will be dealt with and the effect thus eradicated. IIKNKY W. OLTVE1X. The death of Henry -W. Oliver, the pioneer manufacturer of iron and steel, of Pittsburg, which occurred a few days ago, marked the close- of a life of great Industry and persistent and successful effort One of the sturdy citizens that Ireland has given to the United, States, Mr. Oliver left he mark of his enter prise upon one of our greatest Indus tries. From the "Oliver chilled plow," which the farmers of a generation have followed, to the more pretentious but not more useful Implements and instru ments of steel that have met the de mands of agriculture, of commerce and of general development, his effort has long stood for utility and energy throughout the civilized world. During forty-one of his slxty,-four years ac tivity and constant application to busi ness distinguished him. The early advantages of Henry W. Oliver consisted in an inherited stock of energy and determination and the training of the common schools. After a few years' work as a clerk he found himself at the age of 23 a partner in a small manufacturing firm. From this beginning grew the great establish ments which he eventually directed. It Is proper to admire the energy and extol the Industry which were leading factors In Mr. Oliver's business career. It Is Idle, however, to think that men will grow to prominence In the business and commercial world of today as he did without specific training. Condi tions forty years ago invited to and made possible his evolution from a poor, untrained youth to a millionaire steel manufacturer. The conditions of today do not favor such development; those of forty years ago demanded It and, though they did not make the way smooth, they made It possible and In deed Inviting to young men of robust health and abounding energy. The con ditions of today do not seem to call for the type of men who fight their way from the bottom to the very top of the ladder of industrial fame and fortune. The resources of the human mind of human energy have filled, in the busy years of the past third of a century, the wide space between hand and ma chine labor between the beginnings of mechanics skill and Its present tre mendous development Mechanical In dustry has been carried beyond the pio neer stage, and skill rather than the sheer. force of energy Is now required to move and keep In motion the wheels of industry. Henry W. Oliver was one of the pio neers in this development; Andrew Car negie was another, and Ericsson was, in another but adjoining field, still an other. But the opportunity with which each of these men 'closed so valiantly and successfully Is a thing of a past generation; the triumphs which the en ergetic young men of today will score in the coming years will come to them through such training of mind and hand as will enable them to grapple with new conditions and forces. Mr. Oliver was one of the self-made men of the country. But he was fashioned in the mold of conditions that no longer exist; the young man who complies with present conditions, and through this compliance becomes a factor in indus trial, mechanical or 'professional life, will not be less a self-made man: than was he who attained to prominence and wealth by closing with the opportunl-, ties that presented themselves forty years ago. The Astorlan becomes unduly excited over the alleged "evil designing of those selfish Portland people who demand a bar that will fit the Portland channel." It may not have occurred -to th,e As- torlan that until the bar at the mouth. of the river does "fit the Portland chan nel" there will be a repetition of such delays as were encountered by the In drasamha, with her $30Q;000 cargo, last week, not to mention similar experience by other vessels which preceded her. Of course. Portland, with a -jobbing trade of 5150,000,000 per annum, which Is In no small measure dependent on a good channel to sea, may be expected to do what she can to block up that channel below Astoria, and prevent ships entering or leaving the river, and the Astorlan is to be commended for its vigilance In sounding the warning. Now that it has demonstrated to its own satisfaction that Portland Intends to block up the channel below Astoria, the guardian angel of the Columbia River should advocate retaliatory measures. A fund should be raised' by popular subscription for the purchase of powder with which to blow Tongue Point over Into the channel and effect ually bar the progress of any ship that dares to go above Astoria. Sydney Dell has left Astoria, but his methods for building up seaports seem to live after him. No other organization for obtalnment and transmission of news can equal the" Associated. Press, Which includes nine tenths of the leading newspapers of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. Money Is used unsparingly, every effort Is employed, trained newspaper men are everywhere in the field; and especially in the work of collecting the news as to the war In the Orient be tween Russia and Japan there is no possibility of competition with the en ergy and efficiency of the Associated Press. Whenever news can be had the Associated Press will have It It Is Its business to get the news', and no news paper that does not have connection With the Associated Press can be sure of getting the news. The newspapers of the country that have no connec tion with the Associated Press or mem bership In It depend on obtalnment of their news from early editions of Asso ciated Press newspapers. They may pretend to have this "service" or that, but such matter as they have Is not news, but consists merely of stories based on opinion or conjecture. Keep ing these XaCts in view, the article enti tled "Gathering War News," published in other columns of this paper today, will be found to contain Information that ever" seeker of the news will de sire. The coalmlners of the United States are a power in the land. Next to bread itself, coal Is the prime necessity of life, both In an Individual and a National sense. In this great army of labor more than 455,000 men are enrolled, and they produced In round numbers 300, 000,000 tons of coal last year. Of these workers nearly 300,000, producing about two-thirds of this vast bulk, are mem bers of the organization known as the United Mlneworkprs of America. Fully 85 p2r cent of tire, entire' army of coal workers are governed by the union's scale of wage3, and -work under Its conditions of employment. The tre mendous scope of its power Is shown in the asseveration that fully 90 per cent of all mine employes in the United States would go out on a strike If the United Mineworkers found or deemed It necessary to order a suspension of coal mining In the country. A power to be reckoned with truly, and one that It will pay capital to regard. as its most potent auxiliary, whatever the line of Its Investment. The War Department estimates that the joint field maneuvers of the Army and the Militia to be held this Fall in the Atlantic and the Pacific divisions will cost $1,245,366. In 1905 the troops In the Northern and In the Southwest ern divisions will take the field, and the expense to the Government will be $1,255,446. Next Fall's exercises are to be in. the Conewago Valley, In Pennsyl vania, for the Atlantic division, and In Monterey and San Luis Obispo Coun ties, California, for the Pacific division. The plans adopted by the War De partment provide 'for maneuvers In each of the four- divisions every other vyear. General Chaffee points out that as each state's troops will -participate In these maneuvers In alternate years only, it will be necessary for the state Instruction camps to Te held In the Intervening years. It is proposed to prolong the field service of the Militia from 12 days to 15 each year, and to Increase from about 10.000 to about 40,600 the number of men employed. Why, one of the fine sayings that were never said Is the alleged exclamation of Wellington: "Oh. for night or Blucher!" You see, the Iron Duke recognized the importance of Blucher. bu as an alternative, nightfall would have been all right, As a matter of fact. Blucher came near being as lost to the hour at Waterloo as General Lew Wallace did at Shlloh. Springfield Republican. Blucher did far better than Lew Wal lace, for Wallace did not reach Shlloh until after dark, when the battle was over, while Blucher's advance corps under Bulow struck Napoleon's right and rear about -4 P. M., and the Prus sian losses between that hour and 8 P. M. were quite half of the los3 of the al lies kt Waterloo. If Lew WallaceTiad struck the Confederates at Shlloh with his 70W men at 4 P. M. he would have done the best service of his military career. At Waterloo Blucher came four hours oefore nightfall, while in Grant'3 case night came flrstfolIowd by Lew Wallace. There will be a state election in Lou islana on April 19. and a state election in. Oregon June 6. On September there wilt be a statee!ectkm In Arkan sas, overwhelmingly Democratic, and on September 6 an election In Ver mont, overwhelmingly Republican. On September 12 Maine, always Republi can, elects a Governor, and on. October 5 Georgia, always Democratic, holds Its state election. The other states of the country hold their elections this year on November 8. the date of the Presi dential election. No love songs In the English tongue surpass, either in beauty of words or in beauty of music, those that Scotland has produced. It seems that when the stern characteristics of the race melt Into sentiment the resultant expression Is a melody that appeals to the- world. It Is thlsquallty of 'genuine feeling that gives bcouisn. music its universal charm. VIOLA ALLEN IN TWELFTH NIGHT William Winter In New York Tribune. A presentment of Shakeepeaxe'a rich, tender and merry comedy of "Twelfth Night" was made at the Knickerbocker Theater last night, and Mlsa Allen ap peared In it as Viola. The play, as every student of it Is aware, provides a fascinat ing picture of the way of the world art fully blending. In a flexible fabric of action, and dialogue, many romantic incidents, many diversified characters, and many sparkling strands of fancy, sentiment humor, wisdom and tender emotion. In no one of his comedies does the genius of Shakespeare show a lovelier spirit or a more absolute command of the free and wandering style of , the consummate' jlraatlst The predominant note, Is that of poetry; but the note of prose Is also sounded, and each is made, by the force of contrast to deepen the significance ot the other. The opposition of Don Quixote to Sancho Panza. Is not more abrupt and striking than the opposition of Viola to Sir Toby .Belch- Viola Is Ideal and spir itual; Sir Tbby actual, material and much of the earth. Other contrasts are en twined with this one, and so. while touch ing actual life at many points, the comedy Is one that allures its audttor into a realm of dream and fancy, far from all pain and trouble, and above all that Is common and mean. The romance of Viola, the. perturbation of Ollva, the passion of Orsino, the phantasy of Malvollo, the roguish merriment of Maria, the rubicund .humor of Sir Toby, and the ludicrous fatuity of silly Sir Andrew all are ele ments of a delirious medley, enjoyable to contemplate and dear to remember. There cannot fall to be -some reason for public satisfaction, accordingly, as often as "Twelfth Night" Is revived. There was but very little, however, on this occasion, for In almost every particular the comedy was simply butchered. The character of viola, outwardly man ifesting joy, buoyancy, and blithe humor, combines, passion, romance, melancholy, wistful patience, and a delicious quality sweet and sensuous temperament Viola is not like Rosalind, potential and triumphant; she docs not subdue, she wins. The part typifies adorable wom anhood, made lovely by self-abnegation, and considering both its essence and the conditions under which it Is manifested It is one that can be fully impersonated only by a woman, who, proficient In art superadds spiritual charm to physical fascination. Miss Allen's embodiment of it is notable for executive faculty; and will be remembered as the expert, txpe- dltious, commonplace achievement of an experienced actress. Miss Allen, of course. possesses earnestness, gentleness, arch- Hiess. reflniment: but there is In her de meanor as Viola a certain trim quality. and there Is In her articulation and delivery a certain metallic hardness and artifice, and these attri butes, which are not harmonious with the character, operate to make the perform ance unsympathetic. The wires are visible, Indeed, the prevailing characteristic of tho representation, obvious In all the per formers, is professional mechanism the absence of glamour being conspicuous. The sprightly duel scene, however, caused some Jaughter; the rollicking revel was merrily though very coarsely sped; and the interlude of the snare and the yellow stockings, cross-gartered, promoted tho public mirth. Such passages as "Make me willow cabin," "She never told her love," and VI am all the daughters of my father's house" must be spoken from the soul, not merely from the memory. The voice that spoke them best has long been stilled In death. Miss Allen gave them In a kind of staccato, that presently swelled into a melodious bellow,- and with no feeling at all. Her Viola Is a jaunty, modern maiden, full of dash and "brass In fact the perky little chorus girl of comic opera; and It would be no compli ment to her intelligence to think her really capablo of believing that any such Ideal can be found lii Shakespeare. All of her stage business was queer, and much of It devoid of all meaning. It ought not to bo said that the play was, in any respect really acted. Mr. Handyside may know something about Sir Toby Belch, but If he does, he managed to conceal it. There was not the least Inebriation in his drunken scene, though he continually fell over everything and everybody, and though Sir Toby and Sir Andrew did the old Toodles business, with pair of candles. Mr. Craig's Idea of Orsino Is to be muscular and vociferous. Orsino Is a lover, melancholy, despondent, miserable, not a robust auctioneer. The person who appeared as Feste seemed to think that he sometimes was harlequin In the circus ring, and sometimes Nadab In the Music Halli Mr. Curric made Aquecneek a toothless, senile, pottering, scarce audible Pantaloon. Malvollo a sad. grave, austere, ruminant man was con verted, by John Blair. Into 'an image of fantastic, clattering, skipping bur lesque, must of the text being intoned in a high, hollow, bleating voice, as of a he-goat while some of It was sharp; and the whole of It might as well have been whistled, for all the meaning it was made to convey, through this abominable delivery. James Youngs wretched elocu tlon and completely Inane behavior made Sebastian ridiculous. Miss Ellistpn. as Olivia, made it clear that she knows noth lng about the part and docs not even understand the meaning of the words, Miss Tillbury. though coarse In style, did suggest the rampant mischief of Maria. The characters in "Twelfth Night" are so clearly denned that It would be dlfll cult for a judicious, trained actor to mis apprehend any one of them. Sir Toby, born a gentleman, lias been marred by gross living and Is a coarse animal, but he remains a masterful person, rosy, festive, shrewdy sagacious, woridly, and full of rough, jovial humor. Sir Andrew Is a vain simpleton, vacuous, silly, elf- Important The Clown. Feste, is. both wise and droll veiling his wisdom with quaint folly. It Is notable that while Shakespearo derived Viola, Olivia, and Or. sino from an old romance, making them finer in tye process of transmutation, the. eccentric ana comic cnaruciers ana uie humorous interlude were hl3 original in ventions. Malvollo, of course for pur poses ot humor, satire, philosophy and thought. Is the central character of the play, and one of the most essentially serl ous and formidable characters ever drawn, typifying the madness of egotism and ex citing pity scarcely less than derision. A special triumph of the late An gustm uaiy was gained when ne pro duced "Twelfth Night" at his theater, 11 years ago this very month (February 21, 1E33), In a scene that remarkably well exemplified dramatic method, as contrast ed with that of literary expedient Miss Allen, In Jier stage management, has to some extont profited by that good exam pie. though. In an Idle effort to seem orig. Inal. she deprives the picture of all es sential meaning by making Viola lie down and go to sleep in the middle of it The scene, as Mr. Daly managed It, and as now bungled by Miss Allen, isr Olivia's garden. The time Is evening. Viola, dls gulsed as the minstrel Cecario, having re ceived an Intimation that perhaps her brother, Sebastian, has been drowned has spoken a joyous soliloquy upon that auspicious thought .and has sunk Into i seat In meditation. The moon Is risln: over the distant sea. and ip the fancied freshness of the balmy rising breeze the listener can almost hear the ripple of the leaves. The lovelorn Orsino enters, with musicians, and these minstrels sing a sere nadc, beneath the window of Olivia's pal ace. The- nroud beauty comes forth upon her balcony, and, parting her veil, looks down upon Viola whom she loves, sup posing her to be a man. Meantime, Orsino Is gaslng up at Olivia, whom he worships while Viola is musing on Orsino. whom she adores. Not a word Is spoken; not aH word Is needed. The garden is alt In moonlight; the delicious music flows on; and over that plcturer-entlrely dramatic, crysalllzins Into a diamond point the whole meaning of the comedy, the curtain slowly falls. MEETING THE EMERGENCY. Baltimore American. In conjunction with the Baltimore News, the American has .completed, arrangements whereby, within the course of a few days, It will be printing its paper from a Com plete plant In Baltimore. The News building was the first news paper office to be destroyed by Sunday's Ere- When It was a ruin Charles H. Grasty, general manager, displayed ex ceptional spirit and enterprise, taking a train at midnight lor Philadelphia and shortly after daylight Monday morning he purchased "a complete printing plant This plant will be shared by the American, ana, beglnnlg" tomorrow, the American and News will be established as follows: Business offices for the two papers will be openeds at the northeast corner of Cal vert and Saratoga, streets, in the building occupied by the Carriage &. Toy Com pany, with a branch office in Stewart & Co.'a department store, corner of How- ard and Lexington streets. Editorial and reportorial departments for the American and News will be opened In the building 311-313 North street between Saratoga and Pleasant streets. The plant, purchased by the Baltimore News will, -immediately upon its arrival here, be Installed in the foundry building formerly occupied oy tne .Henry juc- Shane Company, corner of Holllday and Center streets, arrangements having been made with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to extend the tracks from its freight sheds to reach this building, and to locate thereon two locomotives to pro vide steam power. These arrangements will be perfected within the next few days, and the Amer ican will utilize the News facilities pend ing the rebuilding of Its own building. As soon as the American's home shall have been rebuilt the Baltimore News will occupy It and use the American's mechan leal facilities pending the erection of Its own building. Work will begin at once toward re building the American's home.- To Mr. Post, manager of Stewart & Co., the American expresses Its thanks for business office facilities, so kindly rendered by hlra. Baltimore News. Tho News has been wonderfully fortu nate In being able to secure immediate possession of so admirable a newspaper plant as that jat the 'Philadelphia Times. The prompt and generous manner In which Mr. Ochs met the proposition of the News to acquire that plant was a fine exemplification of the liberallty and breadth characteristic of the American spirit By securing this excellent, equip ment, which served until a few years ago for the publication of one of the most workmanlike newspapers In the United States, the News has been put In a post tlon to utilize at once that Is. as soon as they can be put In place presses, lino types, stereotyping plant and miscel laneous adjuncts of a newspaper which are not In tho nature' of an emergency supply, but are such as any newspaper office might be glad to possess for Its permanent outfit Some day next week the new plant will be In operation at quarters In a portion of the McShane foundry, which his been rented for the News, and which may for many months be made to serve its uses. The printing facilities of the News will be placed &t the disposal of the American as long as the emergency requires It Bryan and Hearst. Indianapolis News. In recent Washington dispatches to the isews it has been said that the Demo cratlc leaders are becomhur somewhat alarmed over the extent of the Hearst movement. They do not seem to fear that this extraordinary younjr man will be 'nominated, but they do fear that there Is a combination between him and Mr. Bryan, and that this combination may be powerful enough t& do great harm at the St. Louis convention. This Is indeed a remarkable situation. Un to tho present time the Hearst crusade has been looked on as a mere joke. We ourselves are even yet Inclined to con slder It In that light It Is true that this man Is spending a great deal of money, making a fight for delegates. and booming himself in his own news papers. But we cannot believe that when the Democrats get together In St Louis they will pay serious attention to him. But the Interesting thing about the" business Is the rumored alliance between Hearst and Bryan. Mr. Bryan Is sup posed to be an unusually frank and out spoken man. He has not hesitated to say that certain men ought not to be nominated. Now he should Inform us who it is that he thinks should be nom inated. Is he for Hearst? Is he actually co-operating with him? These are important questions, because the answer to them will throw light on Bryan's character and purposes. Losses by Fire. Springfield Republican. Fifty-six fire Insurance companies were bankrupted by the Chicago fire ot 1S71 whose losses aggregated about $200,000.- 000, and only about $58,000,000 of the nearly $100,000,000 Insurance due on ac count of that fire was ever paid. There were few companies left In the country able In after years to boast that they went through that disaster without sus pending payments, and among them was our own Springfield Fire and Marine company. This corporation not only stood up under the one disaster, but met the Boston fire of the succeeding year with equal sturdlness, though the Chicago conflagration cost the stock holders an assessment of Co per cen and the Boston 30 per cent Even should the Baltimore disaster Involve the insurance companies to the extent of $100,000,000, the amount will all be paid over, except possibly In the case of tho smaller and weaker concerns. The practice of widely distributing fire risk3 will prevent any of the larger companies from being hit for more than from $100,000 to $500,000, and they will be able to handle theso losses without serious embarrassment Meantime, the growing agitation among property-owners for reduction in fire insurance rates, which have been advancing for some time until they were deemed unreasonable, has been given a decided check. -f Ths Destroyer. Edward Sydney Tylee In New York Mall and Express. A dwarfish thine of steel and fire; My Iron nerves obey The bidding of my crafty sire, Who drew me out of clay. And pent me forth, on paths untrod. To slay his puny clan; A slave of hell, a scourge of God; For I was made by Man. When foul fog curtains droop and meet Athwart an oily sea; My rhythmic pulse begins to beat;' 'Tls hunting time for me. A breathing swell Is hardly seen- To stir the emerald deep. As through that ocean Jungle green I, velvet-footed, creep. And lo! my prey, r palace reared Above an arsenal, By lightning's viewless finger steered. Comes on. majiaticaL The mists before her bows dlpp&rt; And "neath that Traitor's- Gate The royal vessel, high of Heart, Sweeps qusealike tp her fate. Too confident of strength to heed The menacing faint sound. As from their leash, like blood hocfids fred, The-snub torpedoes be end; Sho does not note them quartering- wide, .Nor g-ues what Hp is this That presses on her stately. side ' Its biting- Jcdas kiss. Till with a joar that fright the stars. Her cracking- timbers rend. And lurid smoke and flaming spars In one red storm ascend; Whcse booming thunder dro-arna the cries Of myriad soula in pain: Where tosssd on turbid traters lies My quarry, torn in twain. . NOTE AND COMMENTS Brains; Where to Find Them. It Is resorted to the editor that Mr. Mc intosh threatened to come over and beat the editor's brains out with a club. W don't know Just where he would- start in on the editor to perform a miracle of that kind. A fact we don't know that the editor has any brains; but what is it all about, anyway? csi on earxn is iic wrathy about? Tllla moc'k Independent. Just think of the trouble, friend Mc In knowinsr the tight place to whe, Tou might waste all your pains In locating my brains. By neglecting a crc. at my be If people will live In the East thev mti expect to fresezc. Mint hold-up Is more tionular tn Baker City than a mint julep. When an "Horstryllan". mob gets after blm, Dowle must wish for a chariot oi fire. White kids must envy yellow kld3 tht exejtement of a second New Year's cele bration. It is pretty "tough" luck to be deceived Into accepJing a robber's protection against robbers. v. We nqtlce that -'Buster Brown" suits are being advertised. ' What has "Happy Hooligan" done? where complaints and subscriptions will Via ntr.Ati.ru1 . . - t i t Speaking of yellow Journals, tho Tilla mook Independent Is printedon' canary colored paper this week. Even the minstrel trouDe of the local option people wouldn't draw a3 bitr a crowd as a whisper ot "free beer." When Port Arthur really is cantured those papers that have been taking it every day since the declaration of war will have to make their assault upon St Petersburg. Considerable indignation has been aroused in Germany by the Emperor's declaration that "Impressionistic cut" Is "gutter art." Gutters in Germany. It ap pears, are kept nice and clean. Issues of the Baltimore papere after the fire have been received IriMfortland. Fire Insurance companies' ads. are the most prominent feature. A furniture firm advertises desks at "before-the-flre" prices. Among tho pearl3 of wisdom scattered before its readers by the New York Com mercial Adv we mean Globe, Is this: Much amusement is being caused in South Africa by tho adoption by ladles of. young calves as pets. Calf love is nothing new. According to the New York Tribune', the Emperor of Corea Is advertising for a dentist, to whom he offers a two-years contract at $3G0 a month, $30 a month for rent $5000 for the purchase of instruments, and transportation to Seoul and back. As things are at present It would be moro advisable for the Emperor to advertise for a competent undertaker. A curious fact is noted in the last num ber of the London Spectator received here. The owner of the estate of Audley End has the right to present the man of his choice to the mastership of Magdalene pronounced Maudlin', by the- way College, Cambridge. This would be an eiJ2l3t f opportunity for Rockefeller to pvif in a coal-otl man, for the cost of Audley End would be a trifle compared with the de mands of President Harper. Captain Anderson, of the British steam ship "Columbia," appears to have Im mortalized himself by calling, "Boy, bring mo some cigarettes," while the Japanese and Russian shells were bursting round his vessel. The Columbia was la Port Arthur when the Japanese began their attack, and, not being desirous of playing tho part of the Innocent bystander, slip ped out at once. As to "Cap" Andersqn and his cigarettes, the Kansas City Star thinks that they will thunder down tho ages together with Nelson's "West minster Abbey or victory," Lawrence's "Don't give up the ship," and Farragut's "Damn tho torpedoes, go ahead." An amateur minstrel show was to ba given In West Cornwall, Conn., and the hall was packed with an eager crowd. Just before It was time for the curtain to rise, one of the end men appeared and announced that ex-Postmaster Stev ens, who was one of the end men, had bought a pair of women's hose, but through some mistake only one stocking had been sent, and the performance could not proceed until her could get another.' Every store In the village was closed, and finally, after a prolonged wait, a young woman In the audience tossed a long red stocking upon the stage. Great applause greeted Mr. Stever.3 when he appeared wearing one black stocking and one red. The only subject of speculation in this In cident Is. Did the young woman get a. cold foot? WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. Teacher What Is the meaning of the word "acclimated? Little Willie Hennypeck Why er er that is when people have been married so long that they don't zalud it any more. Puck. He Did you make this bread, dearie? She Yes love. "Well. I'd rather you wouldn't do any more work like this, dearest." "Why not, sweetheart?" "It's too heavy, angel." Yonkers Statesman. Smartley I believe I can find the south pole, DumWey How would you go about it? Smartley By following the revolutions in South America until I reached the apex. Butte Iriter-Mountaln. "James!" cried the busy merchant "call a meE.onger boy, quick." Sir," replied the bright office boy. "I wouldn't be guilty of a lie lHce that- I was a messenger boy once myself." Philadelphia Press. I -srosder why people say, 'As smart as a steel trap'?" asked the very younjr man. I never noticed anything so remarkably smart atont a steel trap." "A steel trap, my boy," reHed the sage from Sagevllle. "Is smart beeaufe, like some pepple, it shuts up at the preper time." Chicago Daily News. The servant handed Mr. Ilighmore a let ter. It. -13 from Harold, the oldest son, who wa In college. "Anything new in it?" arked Mrs. Illghmore. "1'ea." said the father of the family In an agitated voice, as he glaneed hastily, over the letter. "He doona't sale me for any money." Chicago Tribune. ' "Johnny !s areix imaginative child," said the fead motlBr"But Willie is more prac tical. When WRle decides that he wants anything he ta out to get it-" "I have noticed that difference." answered the un feeling bachelor. '-Johnny sings, T want to b an aaffel.' but Willie smokes cigarettes and skts cn thin Ice." Washington Star. "Brawnjone must have had a Jiard time reocntly. All six of his children have been very Hi. I believe." said Smithers. "Why, I hadn't heard a word ot it," exclaimed With ers. - "When- did he tell you ?" "He didn't." replied Smithers. "He simply remarked that all the toys he gave them for ChrUtmas are still in good condition." Cincinnati Times-Star.