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Wherein lies the force and essence of these definitions unjust, oppressive and restrictive? Unjust signifies that a balance is unfairly held, or power ir regularly and arbitrarily applied. Op pressive means that power, however obtained, is used to keep down, to prevent fair play, to keep in bondage. To restrict the working of National laws In these directions assumes that there are natural. laws of general appli cation which form part of the people's birthright, and that sucli laws can be robbed of their force. To forbid such restriction is to require such natural law to be given play. One of such laws. emphasized in the anti-Beef Trust de cislon the other day, is that each man has the right in modern society to carry his wares to an open market governed by the ordinary rules of supply and demand. Every man has the right, it is true, to sell or buy or forbear from selling or buying, where, when .and how he pleases, but this right shall not be so usQd as to prevent his neighbor from the exercise of lhat right also. There fore -the-right to combine for such for bidden practices is also denied. The open market is so maintained for the. general good. It is not Implied that there shall be no rise or fall in prices But by the give and take of open salft and purchase a market price is arrived at by which, by common consent, men govern themselves, and Is an agreed basis for dealing. Such a process establishes what is to be paid for pro fessional. mechanical and untrained service, and is also the foundation of the price for all distribution and pur chase of both raw and manufactured material. The rise and fall of the market price Is regulated in the case of mechanical labor by other considerations The first is the available supply too many men competing for work infallibly re duces the average price. The second is the quality of the labor governed by the cost of the training the worker has had to pass through, and the earning power of such labor to the employer. A third factor Is the force of associated labor when an injury to one is re sented b5' the other workers in his trade. A fourth consideration is the need of the employer, bound by con tract or by pressure of other circum stances in other words, the emergency of the case. It is argued that in this age and time the success of any uprising of labor for higher pay and better condi tions depends for stfecess on the appeal to the public sense of right and justice A case can hardly -be recalled wherein the strength to win a labor cause has not turned on this satisfaction of the pubttc conscience in favor of the trade or men involved: No less for labor than for capital is it essential that right be demonstrated in any struggle. And ia.bor and capital alike are bound, in the eye of the general world, by parallel necessities. If capital is depending on injustice, so may be labor. If capital relies on oppression, the definitions given alone show that labor may be in no better case. If capital is Impeached for restrictive conditions of its opera tions. labor mas be shown to merit sim liar condemnation. In judging, then, in any controversy, let us remember that an Instructed public conscience and opinion carry far more weight than court or jury. All depends, then, on which side of the disputed matter has the clean hands. "When claims of either capital or labor are submitted which cross, offend, aye, outrage the sense of justice of the average citizen, let us not waver, led by impulse only. Let us settle to our own satisfaction bow tho scales of justice should hang. Pos sibly some of the thoughts now sug gested may serve to guide to a right decision. No man, no class of mon has the right to ask for public support on an utterly selfish basis. And all questions between capital and labor more or less closely touch the interest of that public to which both, employers and employed belong. In many cases it might well be that a temporary gain to either side would react disastrously on them from the public damage resulting. KEEP AT IT, MR. M'CUSKER. Mr. McCusker is discouraged; but the reformer who is inspired by the true spirit must accept the objurgations of a. hostile public with philosophical calm. The public Mr. McCusker has been con tending with prefers dirty streets to clean, unattractive buildings to sightly, and a defiled landscape to an undis turbed vista of green shrubbery, shape ly trees and close-qropped grass. "When a great blank space is found on the unoccupied wall of a brick building, Mr. McCusker's public hunts around for some enterprising tobacconist who will pay a dollar a month to be permitted to inscribe thereon a huge sign of the Buzzard cigar. When a vacant lot Is found between two stately dwellings. the McCusker opposition erects thereon an ugly board fence and decorates it with illuminative posters advertising the gastric virtues of Beanman's Chew ing Gum, or the persevering Industry of Kaskanets, which work while you sleep. The proud citizen who seeks to impress a visitor with the beauties of our growing city does very well when he takes him to Council Crest, or The Oregonian tower, where distance lends enchantment; but so surely as he boards a street-car and escorts his guest around the town he finds not a little trouble In directing his vision away from the things he should not be permitted to see. Gullies filled with ill smelling debris, sidewalks blocked' with store boxes, signs menacing the pedes trian, building litter left in the streets, pavements torn up by careless con tractorsthese and others like them are all offenses which the Civic Im provement League (composed once of numerous, now of only a few, McCus kers) wants to get rid of. Civic improvement is a noble pur pose, uome was not bunt in a day, and, when it was built, there is credi ble testimony that all its buildings were not fireproof. It is discouraging to think that Mr. McCusker is discour aged, even when he says he intends to turn the great labor of reform over to so public-spirited a body as the Cham ber of Commerce, of which the presi dent is Mr. Wheelwright, a citizen of many good Ideas, and the will and abil ity to carry them out. What the pub lic wants that part of the public which wants the rest of the public to tidy up is for Mr. McCusker to keep at it. and keep Mr. Wheelwright at it, and everybody else who can in any degree contribute to the general renovation. When j'ou stop to think of it, there are clean streets, fine yards, beautiful parks, stately buildings, smooth side walks, and even attractive signs, in Portland; but there would, not have been except for Mr. McCusker and his kind. HOW THEY GET THE 31 ONE Y. Those who wonder why the Legisla ture makes such heavy appropriations immediately after going to Salem from constituencies that are clamoring for economy or retrenchment, may perhaps understand the reason if they will prac tice the old. rule to "put yourself in his place." Most of the members of the Legislature have an earnest purpose to decrease rather than Increase the rate of taxation. They perhaps expect that the appropriations will grow as the state grows, but they have no intention to swell the burden of maintaining the state government more rapidly than the taxable wealth of the state in creases. They believe in spending money when it is needed in some useful public service, but they have no desire to waste the people's money. But consider the situation that con fronts them as soon as they reach the State House. From the opening of the session until Its close, there are scores of men and women urging appropria tions for this purpose and that. Invcs tigating committees are sent to visit the several Institutions and the Logis lators are cordially received and royally treated by the officials in charge. The good work the institutions are doing is demonstrated in a most convincing manner, and the utter inadequacy of the buildings and furnishings is shtfwn No room is left for doubt that the in- stitutions are admirably conducted upon a miserably small pittance from the state. The Investigating com mittee returns to the legislative hails blushing for shame that the great State of Oregon should be so niggardly In the support of its institutions, and a report is made accordingly. Before the ways and means commit tee each demand upon the State Treas ury is presented in a most plausible and convincing manner by persons who are familiar with the matter In hand and who have but one immediate end to accomplish to get the .money. These persons are honest in their arguments for they have so long viewed .the mer its of their claims that there can be no question in their minds that the state is in honor and duty boVind to give what is asked. These arguments are all that the committee hears. Upon this showing the appropriation bills are made up, and when any member on the floor of either house has the temerity to fight a single dollar of the bill as submitted, the members of the ways and means committee stand ready to repeat the arguments they have heard in support of the several items. It is up to the Legislature to decide a ques tion after hearing full arguments upon only one side. How different it would be if the tax payers should send a lobby to Salem Jus Imagine for a moment a state wide organization of property-owners sending to the capital a chosen band of men Informed upon public questions and instructed to keep every appropria tion down as low as possible. These lobbyists could secure petitions enough against appropriations to cover the walls of both Senate and House of Rep resentatlves, and enough more to bury every member under a moss of protes tations direct from the dear people. Picture if you can an organized lobby in behalf of the taxpayers with mes senger boys rushing hither and yon delivering telegrams fromhome against this appropriation and that, and warm hearted, glad-hand experts embracing Senators and Representatives while whispering in their ears the confiden tial information that the sovereign peo pie of Oregon, the real bosses of the great governmental machine, want this appropriation reduced and that appro priation cut out entirely. When lobbyists for the taxpayers go to Salem and hand out Hayanas, glv elaborate suppers and perform the .part of good fellows; when representatives of the people who bear the burden min gle In legislative halls to threaten polit ical death if the wishes of the people be not observed; when arguments for an appropriation shall be met with well-drawn arguments against then shall we 'have smaller appropriations. or, at most, expenditures increased only in proportion to the Increase In tax able property. FOREST PROTECTION NEEDED. Frank H. Lamb, a prominent timber- man in Washington, is at Olympia en deavoring to secure the passage of a law for the protection of timber from forest fires. Among a large number of measures of questionable merit which ambitious lawmakers are endeavoring to place on the statute-books, this much- needed law stands .out clear and bright. In advocacy of the measure which he desires to have enacted, Mr. Lamb presents to the Legislature some inter esting statements regarding the Im portance of the" industry which he seeks to protect. He shows by authentic fig ures that the forestry products of the state exceed In value annually those of any other of the state's industries, and yet he points out the fact that, while the Legislature appropriates large sums of money for agricultural, fisheries, mining and other industries, no pro tective measure carrying an appropria tion has ever been passed for the bene fit of the great timber Industry. The State of Washington has a won derful heritage In her school and grant ed lands. There has been no such crim inal waste of this heritage as has marked the disposal of Oregon's grant ed lands, and today there remains In the state more than 840,000 acres of land, nearly all of it being timbered. This land Is conservatively estimated to be worth today approximately ?12, 000,000, hence it is easy to understand the necessity for some protection against fire. In the big forest fires which swept over the state In 1303. more than 51.000,000 worth of timber was de stroyed, and in the counties of Clark and Cowlitz alone the slate lost 5200.000 worth of timber. The passing of such large areas of timber into the posses sion of big holders like the Weyer- hneusers.- and other milling syndicates, is in many respects a matter of re gret, but were it not for the personal interest which these big concerns have In Washington timber, the loss by fire would be much greater than It now is. It Is reported that one of these timber syndicates last year spent more than $10,000 In the State of Washington In protecting its holdings from forest fires, and that the expenditure thus made in cluded no email sum that was used in extinguishing fires and patrolling ad jacent state lands. The fact that indi vidual owners in protecting their own timber holdings are forced in a degree to extend protection to the lands of the state does not discharge the state from the duty of aiding in this protection. and some kind of a law to check this ruthless destruction of Washington for est wealth should be placed In operation at the earliest possible moment. This Is a matter in which Oregon has more than passing interest, partly be cause our capitalists and millmen are heavily Interested in Washington tim ber, and partly because, no matter how careful our own forest rangers may be. they cannot prevent our landscape being smudged over with a pall of smoke tor several months in the Sum mer and Fall if" there are no like pre cautions taken by the State of Wash ington to prevent forest fires. Wash ington's state lands are worth many millions more than those of this state, but thus far there has been no expendi ture .whatever with a view to preserv ing the timber, and unless the Olympia Legislature takes some precautions to prevent a repetition of the destructive work of former years, visitors who come out to the Lewis and Clark Fair will have no better opportunity for viewing the snowclad mountains of Oregon and Washington than would have been given thenf at home. GROWING PRESTIGE OF GULF TORTSl The Gulf ports continue to show enor mous Increases In export trade, while New York, which by long years of su premacy in oversea shipping had grown careless, now sees her trade slipping away at an alarming rate. This trade is not getting away without a protest. A conference of some of the largest representatives of the greatest, com mercial interests in the city was held in New York last week, and It was pretty generally admitted by the frightened New Yorkers in attendance that con tinuation of present conditions would Tesult in withdrawal of the large boats of the regular lines of the Atlantic ports and the transfer of export busi ness to the Gulf for shipment by tramp steamers. The steamship men present at the meeting 6tated that, if the tramp steamers were to secure .such a large proportion of the grain that is exported, it would be Impossible for the compa nies operating the large passenger craft, to continue to do business, as. It was the grain traffic which formed' a foundation for the cargo that enabled them to operate steamers for the high class passenger trade. The New York Journal of Commerce says that present conditions have been brought about by "a rate-cutting which was based upon no legitimate economic or traffic principle, but had for its de liberate purpose the 'grabbing' of all that could be seized of the transporta tion of grain Intended for export and carrying it away to the Gulf ports." This is probably an accurate reflection of New York sentiment regarding the Gulf ports or any other ports that would have the audacity to divert 'traffic away from the jig port. The Journal of Commerce suggests that the Eastern railroads and the business or ganizations of the Atlantic seaports .have the remedy in their own hands. "They only need . to work together," says the Journal, "to drain the current eastward 'y low charges until that flowing South shall dwindle to .an In significant stream, unless the railroads in that section shall be content with their legitimate share and adopt civ ilized methods for securing and main taining It." But New York is only partly right'on this great question. The view taken Is strictly a Manhattan Island view, which on all topics is somewhat re stricted. The Gulf ports have out stripped New York in grain shipments for a number of reasons besides rail road discrimination. They are drawing traffic from a new and rapidly develop ing section of the great Southwest, which Is much nearer to the high seas by way of Galveston than by way of New York. Not only this new section, hut a large area of country lying far ther north, which formerly depended on the Nor,th.AtIantia-pjar.tSfcfor an out let. Is now shipping by a 'downhill haul to. Galveston and Ngw Orleans. It is not Illegitimate competition for these roads to divert this traffic to new routes having an economic advantage, and it will continue until the New Yorkers can devise some method for offsetting the advantage of a downhill haul. It is not of the slightest concern to the Kansas farmer whether his grain goes to Europe on a palatial liner out. of New York or an ancient tramp freighter out of Galveston, so .long as he receives full market value for IL New York has been protesting for many months against the growth of the shipping business of the Southern ports while her own shipping has been de clining. And yet never a protest was uttered without the accompanying as surance that her roads were In a posi tion to make lower rates than those serving the Gulf ports. It would seem that the time was ripe for the arrogant Borough of Manhattan to make some tangible demonstration of her merits by winning back some of her lost trade. Falling to do this, it will become more apparent than ever that the Southern porta and the roads by which they are served possess economic advantages which are not overcome by the adoption of resolutions. - Practical considerations are upsetting poetical, even in the Mediterranean. With reference to the sale of American agricultural machinery in Cyprus, Con sul Ravndal forwards the annual re port of the Agricultural Department of the Cyprus government. The author of the report wisely says: I must confers that from a poetical point of view the dulcet sound of the bells of the scythe of the Cyprlot reaper cannot be com pared with the continuous, monotonous thrump of the thrashing machine, and that the suifo catlnc atmosphere which surrounds the thrash ing machine and the whirling and dizzying motion of its parts cannot inspire the artist like the view of the oxen drowsily moving round the thrashing floor and dragging the thrashing boards over -the corn. But the poet and the artist will agree with me that by pictures and poetry the granaries of the farmer and the Government are not filled. Mr. Armour is said to have secured the ser.'ices of some of the men who aided him in the overthrow of Joe Lei ter's great wheat deal, and has them rustling wheat to be used in bursting the boom which John W. Gates has started in the cereal. Mr. Armour may repeat his Loiter success in the present deal, but If he should, it will be unfair tQ award too much of the credit to the men who aided him in his Leiter deal. Conditions are vastly different this year from tho.se In existence seven years ago. A weak foreign, market will aid the Armour campaign, but John W. Gates as a daring lighter, wtth prac tically unlimited capital behind him, is a more dangerous adversary than Joe Leiter ever was. The State Senate insisted upon hav ing four days to devote exclusively to the consideration of House bills, and yet was not able to dispose of the mass of work thrown upon it by the House. Had the Senate yielded to the request from the House that the old limit of two days be restored, there would have been fifty or more House bills left with out final action thereon. When the Legislature meets in 1907, the hold-over Senators and such of the Representa tives as may be re-elected should see to it that a stringent rule is adopted to prevent crowding too much work Into the last week of the session. An order for seventy-five locomotives, has just been placed In Philadelphia by the Japanese government, which will expend 51,000,000 for these alone. The locomotives are to be shipped as rap idly as possible to Corea, where the Japanese are busy on the construction of the railroad from Seoul north to the Yalu River and south to Fusan. A line running east to Gensan, where sev eral skirmishes with the Russians took place early in the war. Is also being constructed. This will be a purely strategic road for some time, but the other lines will have plenty of commer cial traffic from the start. Mrs. Jennie Michel, the aged Indian woman who died at Clatsop Saturday, was nearly as Interesting and pictur esque a character for the Portlanders who annually flock to the seashore as was the late Princess Angellne to the Seattleites. The old woman clung so closely to the traditions of her race that she mingled but little with the whites, but she was never on unfriendly terms with them, and a large number of her Summer acquaintances from all over the Pacific Nor.thwest will hope that the Great Spirit has carried her soul to hunting grounds as happy as any that await "white folks." There appears to be no way to require the trunk lines of Oregon to exchange traffic with small Independent lines on equitable terms except by . legislation. To that end the Legislature has passed the'Killingsworth bill. There was trou ble in getting the measure! through, be cause the great Oregon railroad sys tem objected to it; but largely through the urgency of Its author it passed the- House, and it was effectively cham pioned in the Senate by Mr. Malarkey It la a proper bill, and it will help, per haps. In the necessary work of building small railroads throughout the state The trans-Pacific steamship rate has been cut to 54 by tramp steamers offer ing space for March loading. As there Is an unusually large amount of ton nage in Pacific waters. It Is not im probable that the idle tramps now, as so often In the past, will make the rates, which must be met by the regu lar liners. The law of supply and de- -mand, whether It is applied to ships or the cargoes which they carry, is bound to make its presence felt sooner or later, wherever the highway is open to carriers of all nations. The local-option people regard their law as the Republicans do the tariff they admit that it should be revised, but they want it revised by its friends. And, like the Republican majority in Congress, they will not revise it if they can help it. Accumulating interest should largely increase Mrs. Chadwick's hidden mil lion before she gets a chance to use it As New York worries' more about her police than about her crooks, why not abolish the force? Across the Styx. Houston Chronicle. "Who's that big. pompous fellow with chin whiskers and the protuberant bris ket?" "That's a Napoleon of Finance." "And that theatrical-looking chap?" "A prominent Napoleon of Managers." "And that noisy, low-browed Individ ual?" "A Napoleon of Pugilist." "Apd who's the little, quiet fellow- in gray?" t , . "Oh, him,? That's. Napoleon." NOTE AND COMMENT. Tsl An has presented her portrait to this country, and the President never blinked when he referred to it as a. token of her friendship. x x New York has been reformed so often that there can be little left of the original form. Colonel Cody's wife refused to be buf faloed. The Grand Duke Sergius was killed on his way to a bath. Verb. Sap. Guatemala is about to have a bit of a rebellion. Costa Rica is worrying over her boundaries. Venezuela is cutting di dos. and Colombia is still sulky Time to hand out Spring medicine below Can cer. Referring to the war situation In Russia, several exchanges say that "peace is in the air." The Nihilists are doing their best to keep pieces In the air. The Spanish bomb-thrower who was mu tilated by the explosion of his own device In Paris. . was . an engineer hoist by his own petard to the satisfaction of every one but himself. And look at the advertising Kansas is getting. The Janesvilla correspondent of the Mil waukee Sentinel tells a great Btory of woman's devotion. He says: "Miss Mamie Harris slipped on the sidewalk while on her way to the Opera-House last night and dislocated her arm. Rather than in terfere with the pleasure of her escort, she a'ttended the performance, sitting through the show without making com plaint, and did not Inform any one of the accident until she reached home, three hours later." We confess to a faint sus picionunworthy, perhaps that Miss Mamie wasn't so'desirous of making her oscort happy as of seeing the show. Here is a Missouri problem set by the Kansas City Star: A man wanted a'tlcket to Olathe and only had a 52 bill. It re quired 53 to get the ticket. He took the 52 bill to a pawnshop and pawned It for 51.50. On his way back to the depot he met a friend to whom he sold the pawn ticket for 51.50. " That gave him 53 Now, who's out that dollar? Mrs. Chadwlck has salted away a cool million, even If she's in a cooler. . General Ma 1b causing trouble again. In this case Kuropatkin represents Pa. The Atlanta Constitution says that Dr. Wiley is not yot prepared to say whether pink salmon made of Michigan carp dyed with cochineal is superior to pink salmon made of Florida catfish dyed with ani line. Says the Washington Post: California has the tallest trees In the world. but Oregon certainly baa the tallest llara Praise from a connoisseur. "Of the. three brides now offered to King Alfonso." says a European paper. "the daughter of the Archduke Frederick Is approved by the Queen mother. Prln cess Maria of Mecklenburg Is preferred by the Kaiser and the Princess Patricia of ' Connaught Is favored by tho Spanish Cabinet." The poor fellow's own prefer ence doesn't seem worth mentioning. The shotted veils which are to be the fashion this Spring are said to Injure tho wearers' eyes. That won't affect tho fashion, however; woman would rather lose her sight than be a sight. Says the Kansas City star: A corpu lent negro woman came into the oflico of Judge George I. Griffith, of .the South City Court, In Kansas City, Kan., this morning and inquired for the "Jedge." "What can I do for you?" asked the Judge. "Is yoh runnln foh Judge ag'ln?" she asked. "Yes, I'm trying to get the nomination," the Judge replied. . "What's the 'sldcration foh votes dis yeah?" "What!" almost yelled the Judge, be ginning to understand . the drift of tho conversation. "Ah means." explained the negrcss. "is votes wutli one dollnh or two dollahs dis 'lection?" "Aro you aware that it is a serious of fence for a person to sell his ..vote?" sternly demanded the Judge. "Ah don't 'zactly undahstan' yoh lang. wldge, Jedge, but ef yoh means yoh ain't buyin' 'em, dat's all right. Ah believes you'se no polltlshun, nohow." And with this contemptuous parting shot she left the office. WEX. J CULPRIT NOT TO BLAME. "I'd Kiss Her Again," He Said to the Judge. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Feb. S. "Well, couldn't blame you so much!" Judge Marshall Brown, of the Allegheny County Criminal Court, this afternoon made this remark to Ollle Reagan, a young Pittsburg business man, who stood before him. charged with the henlous crime of kissing Blanche Charles, a neat and buxom blonde miss of the fashionable East End district, and Annie M. Winter, a fetching brunette. The remark of the court was brought about by nn answer which Reagan had just made to the court, "Let's settle this," the court said. "Did you, or did you not kiss Miss Charles, as she alleges?" Reagan gave one look at the beautiful Miss Charles, then rose and said: "Your Honor. I did kiss her; and it wasnt the nrst time, eitncr, tnat "You never did before!" shouted the blonde member of society, blazing up. "I surely did kiss her before. Judge. One night when I took her home I kissed her." "Don't you feel sorry for the way you treated the young lady?" asked Judge Brown, who was young once himself, and not so long ago, at that. "No. Judge, pardon me; but I'm not sorry, and I think r would " "Do it again, I suppose you meant to say?" said the court, glaring at the crim Inal. "Your Honor, I would do It again. It got the chance." "Well, I don't know that I would blame vou so much!" said the court, as he clanced at Miss Charles and Miss Winter, and discharged the case, putting two- thirds of the costs on the two young women and one-third on Reagan. Tho kissing had taken place at the home of "one of the young women, and in the presence of a maiden aunt. Most Popular Names. Ivansas City Journal. British census reports of family names give In England and Wales 233.605 Smiths. 242,100 Joneses, with Williams. Taylor, Davl.j and Brown fol lowing in order. For Scotland, Smith leads, followed by McDonald. Brown Thompson. Robertson, Stewart and Campbell. Murphy Is ahead In Ireland there being 62,600 of them; then come Kelly, 59,900: Sullivan, 43.600; Walsh 41.700; Smith, 37,000; O Brlon. 33,400 Byrne. 33,000: Ryan. 32,300: Connor, 33, 200; ONeil,-29,U00. und Roilly, 20,000. GREAT ACTORS EDWIN By Arrangement with IN the history of the stage there is no J name which is regarded at once so ad-, i mlringly and so affectionately by Amer icans as that of Edwin Booth. In the naturalness, versatility and power of his acting. Booth recalled the traditions of David Garrick and raised -the standard of the American stage higher than It was ever held before or since. Besides being a great actor, he was a simple, sincere, modest, charming gentleman. And then, although brother of the man who com mitted one of the most terrible crimes in the country's history, he was through and through a patriotic American, bmau won der American theatergoers almost wor shiped him living and continue to admire and love him dead. Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin's father ; was. although en able actor, half crazy throughout his life and almost wholly so toward the end of it. Among other ec centricities he had a fondness for wander ing off into obscure streets or woods or locking himself in his room when In the midst of important engagements and not being seen for days or weeks. Edwin was but a boy when he began to travel about with the old gentleman to restrain his freaks and keep him in order. One night. In 1S31. when Junius Brutus "Booth was stepping into his carriage to drive to the National Theater, in New ork. where ,he was billed to play "Richard III." he stopped abruptly and said to Edwin: "I can't go; I'm too ill to play." Edwin begged him to go on, but he oh stlnately refused. "Play Richard your self," he said. Edwin had already done minor parts in "Richard III." He had every line of the play at his tongue's end. But he naturally hesitated to become sub stitute for so great a Richard as his father. However, when he roached the theater the manager also urged him to try the part. and. arrayed in his fath er's costume, the lS-ycar-old boy was soon spouting his father's lines. Mean while Junius Brutus Booth had slipped into a scat in a dark corner of the house and was enjoying the play. The youth must have played with some of the. In telligence and fire which distinguished him later, for the crowd applauded and gave Jilm a curtain call. But Edwin Booth was yet to have many severe struggles and conquer many dif ficulties before he should become the first of American actors. He played for awhile in Baltimore for 56 a week. Then he went West and roughed it among the miners of California, trying usually with Indifferent success to get them to ex change their gold for his "Richard III." and often "Belvldera Preserved." He was often "broke" and sometimes near star vation. Once he tramped T0 miles across the mountains to reach the place of his next engagement. From California he went to Australia. In Hawaii, on his way back.- ho played ' Richard III" be fore King Kamchameha IV. In the later '50s he returned East, and on May 4. 1837. made In Boston his first great hit. His part was Sir Giles Over reach, and be played it with a natural ness, a zest and an energy which at once established his reputation as a great ac- tov. He next filled a successful engage ment in New York. Then he went to Philadelphia, where he and Charlotte Cushman increased both their reputations by appearing together in Shakespearean roles. Booth was now 25 years old. but he had begun now to display those brilliant qual ities which were to afford almost con stant entertainment to American theater goers for more than CO years. To those who first saw him after his fame was established his personal appearance usu A DICKENS BALL FOR LONDON. A "Dickens ball," with a group of the descendants of the-famous novelist repre senting some of his most noted characters is to be held at the Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington, under tho auspices of Prin cess Christian, of Schleswlg-Holstcin. Every one attendfng will represent some Dickens character, but the chief interest will center in the party headed by Mrs. Henry Dickens, wife of the eminent King's Counselor,, who is a son of the nov elist. This party, numbering a dozen, will be made up entirely of those bearing the name Dickens, all of them being de scendants of the author. The grandchildren of Charles Dickens will represent the chief characters In "The Old Curiosity Shop," including Little Noll, Mrs. Jarley and the Little Marchioness. The Dickens family group will dance a Sir Rogcr'de Coverley together. Tho ball promises to be one of the most striking novelties of tho year, and prom inent London hostesses are. ndw making up parties in which the characters from one novel will be chosen. One hostess has already arranged a largo party to represent the characters in "The Tale of Two Cities": another, numbering 30. will appear In the charac ters contained in "Nicholas Nickolby," while a third party Is taking Its costumes from "Martin Chuzzlewlt." The most popular character at the ball will be the, fat boy from "Pickwick." There are numerous Sam Wellcrs, Dolly Vardens. Mrs. Gamps, Mrs. Bardclls and Micawbers. One lady will wear the costume of Little Dorrlt, tho original of which character is, by the way, still alive, being 90 years old. Old prints and drawings are serving a3 fashion plates, and every effort is being made to have the" costumes accurate. The proceeds of the ball are to be de voted to one of the London hospitals. A Century xf Great Men. Truth. From 1730 to 1S30 Is the most memorable period in' modern histry. Six great men made their marks Napoleon, whose chief feature was ambition; Nelson, courage; Washington, independence; Wellington, thoroughness: Pitt, statesmanship, and George Stephenson, Ingenuity. Washing ton and Stephenson have done tho mosf for mankind. Wellington enjoys the re spect 'of all. Pitt has our admiration and Napoleon will forever excite the wonder of the world. Napoleon endeavored to remodel Europe; George Stephenson suc ceeded In doing so! Washington and Ste phenson together had independence, ob servation and ingenuity the three qual ities which are of tho most service to humanity. Pope Leo Xlll's Barber. Tew Romans have been so often inter viewed as Pio Centra, who died tho other day. He was for some years a hatter, patronized by the cardinals: his unusual skill as a barber at the same time com mended him to Pope Leo XIII. whose con fidence he gained more and more until he was appointed as his chamberlain and adviser alutante dl camera. He knew all the physical frailties of the Pope, and provided for his comfort as no one else could. In this position he acquired wealth' and fame. After Leo's death he was re tained in the Vatican, but In a subor dinate position. Church Built by Government. One of the most interesting buildings ndw under construction in this country Is the chapel of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. In Its general plan the building Is something like a Greek cross. The main floor Is a circle S3 feet 4 inches. In diameter, with tran septs increasing the clear width on the main axes of the building to 116 feet S Inches. The outside diameter 13 130 feet? The main building Is 64 feet high, and 1s crowned by a double -dome supporting a lantern rising to a total height of 192xfcet 3 Inches above the ground. AND ACTRESSES BOOTH the Chicago Tribune. ally caused surprise. He was short: his manner, while graceful, was extremely quiet and reserved, and hfo eyes bad ha bitually a dreamy look. His features were quietly intellectual his face, in fact, was that of a poet and there seemed, no tire or dash in him. But when his calm features laughed with the merriment of Benedick or bespoke the hate and subtle cunning of lago. or darkened with the jealous rage of Othello he became a wholly different man. and the quiet, im aginative, unobtrusive actor was, lost In the comical, the vindictive or the furious eharactjr which he so realistically por trayed. It Is doubtful If since Garner thero has been an actor who surpassed Booth in easy naturalness that greatest of all histrionic qualities -or in versatility. He was. perhaps, a trillc small to play Othello, but he seemed almost equally ad mirable as Bc.nedick or I.ear. as Petru chio or lago, as-Romeo or Shylock. He ran the gamut pf human comicalities, foibles, follios and passions. Unquestionably the role he played beet, however, was Hamlet. Of all the Hamlets, small and great, who have fretted their little hour upon the stage, probably he was the greatest. His conception of Ham let, says William Winter, was that of "an entirely noble person overwhelmed with a fatal grief, which he endures for the most part with a patient sweetness which is deeply pathetfc;. but which some times drives him into delirium, and muse inevitably cause his death." Booth's dreamy, moiancholy and imaginative na ture singularly fitted him to interpret; the character of such a person. He him self, like the melancholy Dane, was "aat- . I 1.1. ,..), n mni.Kli4 cr, A rr , Iiiimuu ttit.ii actinium cv uiuiuiu icnun.jr Inherited from hi? erratic father and In- creased by the murder of President Lln I coin by his brother. John Wilkes Booth i and the deep pathos and powor with which he played Hamlet left an inefface- able impression upon the mind of every i Intelligent person who ever saw him in. j that part. i S r 1 r.- 1. t tlnltl. I WJH-L, n (it'll Duutii ia (iiciiii in pmu- more, he was stabbed witn a dagger which, by mistake, had not been blunted, and hod to play some time with his arm ' in a sling. When playing in Chicago one ; eveninc in Anril. 1S79. a lunatic, named ' Mark Gray, shot at him from the audi torium. Gray was taken to an insane asylum and Booth had the ball extracted 'from the place where It had lodged In the scenery, and Inscribed: "To Edwin Booth from Mark Gray." A more serious incident was the destruction, by fire, of the Winter Garden Theater In New York, of which lie was a part lessee, and in which were all his costumes and many priceless relics. Booth's Theater, which was built on the old site -of tho Winter Garden Theater, bankrupted him. In 1S60 Booth went to England:, and in later years he played successfully In that and other European countries. One of tho most charming and characteristic feat ures of his life was tho close and last ing friendship he formed with his busi ness partner. Lawrence Barrett. The great actor's last appearance took place In Brooklyn, on April 4. 1S01. His last sickness was long and ho suffered greatly. But he never ceased to be kindly and cheerful. "How are you. dear grand pa?" asked a little grandson, as he was dying. "How are you. yourself, old fel low?" was the faint response. " Booth's influerfce on the Drama in Amer ica was wholly for good. There can be but few Booths. Geniuses cannot rea sonably be expected to appear oftener on the stage than elsewhere. It seems not wholly unreasonable, however, to re gret that so few American player:? carry Into their art the exalted Ideals and high purpose by which this great actor always was animated. S. O. D. ODD BITS OF OREGON LIFE. Expert Opinion. Salem Journal. Money may talk, but small change whis pers. The Right of a Mayor. Paradise Corr. Aurora Borealis. We have all kinds of music in Paradise since the Mayor got his new organ. Promising? Mitchell Sentinel. A. J. Chapman, ohcof the promising young men of Richmond, was doing busi ness In town Saturday. He ordered tha Sentinel sent him for a year. Sounding a Note of Warning, Myrtle Creek Mall. The City Marshal took care of a coupla of cows that were violating the ordlnanco this .week. There are more to be cared for unless done so by the owners. Passersby Appreciate It, Anyway. Yaqulna Bay News. The repairing of the sidewalk leading up to tho Episcopal Church was a much needed Improvement and will bo duly ap preciated by pedestrians passing that way. A Hero. Moro Observer, Benjamin M. Brown celebrated his 6StH birthday Sunday at his home In Kent. The evening before, Mr. Brown received from his best girl a cigar about 12 Inches long, made out of Oregon-grown tobacco. Mr. Brown smoked on this cigar all day Sunday and has also been smoking on 1C through the week. Men Smoke, Women Do the Work. Prlneville Review. A stag party long to be remembered was the smoker at the club Saturday eve ning. By 9 o'clock the rooms looked like a foggy day on tho Antelope Hill. A scrumptious lunch had been provided by the ladies, and at about U this was brought forth and promptly cleaned out. Every one smoked and smoked and smoked, grunted with appreciation and smoked some more. Flinch was the prin cipal game of tho evening. Maybe Jim Wasn't in a Hurry. Weston Leader. Jim Licuallcn'has other talents besides being a farmer and stockraiser. Notice able among them is his ability to atcer a toboggan. The other evening for a few hours he endeavored to guide a tobog gan loaded with Normal School lasses down the local slide. After upsetting a number of times, plowing nearly all the snow off the hill and wearing out an extra heavy pair of gum boots, he managed to reach the bottom of the hill with one load. , The Fire Demon in Our Midst. lone Proclalmer. The people of lone were alarmed last Sunday morning about 9 o'clock by the. ringing of the llrebell. People were run ning in all directions, but llnally the. place was found, which proved to be the resi dence of John Cochran. Smoke was pour ing from every crevice of the upper story, and everybody thought surely the house was doomed. Four men hauled the heavy fire-engine a block over the frozen ground, and then othors helped. Upon investigation it was found that a son of Mr. Cochran had thrown a pair of overalls against a stovepipe which en tered from the room below, and that they had been consumed and the floor slightly charred. Character of Piano. Ohio State Journal. v The girl next door says her piano' Is an upright, but it sounds as If it were, dead toi honor and lost to shame. :..