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I F ; AVE WRITE- frequently . abouCthe German eni---
peror; it ig because he ii not only a very important
but a jvery interesting figure,, a-leading actor in
the -world'a drama. - He has ome good and admirable
" qualitta srno r donbr;"mrmler -and Tnanrimrlie has ; some
-others,' as it appears; that render' him a proper subject
for the world's criticism. - - , ' ; .
' Germany is about as civilized a . country as any. . It
j leads in higher education, and in common education it
ranka 'high. fts people " are . intelligent, industrious,
progressive and patriotic ; They are more or less at-
tacbed torthefr- form of gorernment-nd to-.their heredi-
j. tary and divine.righ" ruler.- But
--mnenTKtnlyrjTaKenatenheir
their sore reign, but to inspire in
lor foreigners, tney are laughing at him. - k;
Recently an Englishman was riding on" a irain,' and
-awithotrthe" remotest thought f "ntajeatatt jjeleidigung"
began humming the air of a songilerr1i"rieighbor in
i tiat.touched him on the . shoulder
if a poKeemaw heard him hawming
BOttlv. he would be arret teJL'
Instances of, arrest and actual imprisonment for Con
siderable periods for thoughtless and by no means
TniticiwrtixlaiTialiiunt and lemarks i elating to the
icaiaer or some memoer oi tne royai
ou, one oMhe-nofeantHMhheiha-piwlH4 Governor Crramberlam-haa-been a l(b4ighV-'-W-lew
ltnEijf -touian ,ho said-tthit the
fast. . What would hare been done wit5 the offender if
"he had said that the emperor ijode too1 slow can only
be conjectured. " : ,.; ' J: ''
Bat th most remarkable case was reported last week,
.when njempioye.joLihe.Jcaiaex'aJiotisehold at. Potsdam
"wm sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment for profane
and opprobrious language addressed to a favorite mare
' of the imperial stables. For the profanity, if uttered in
lhe-prsence-rairettr
served punishment, but it seems that the offense was
- In addressing hi objUrtionscrthdDeastiCertamly
-this will strike tha average reader as distinctly humorous.
' . But the German emperor is making himself unpopular
in degree at home and ridiculous abroad,, at least in
this democratic country, by his squeamish sensitiveness
.regarding the least bit of criticism of or raillery regard
' ing himself or his family. The German, and particular
ly. the Prussian, press is becoming bolder every. week
. in xriticism or sarcasm, though care
name net names.
Instead of being the greatest figure
emperor, supposes JiimselLjb,beotLasJliedesirethe
C world to consider him, these frequent punishments for
aere , bits , ot innocent losamg '
and really deserved, criticism, are proving him a man
of such overweening egotism and sublimated notions of
himself as to show him forth an ill-balanced and un-
symmetrical figure. .
JWELLMAN'S COMING DASH
WALTER WELLMANhat gone- to 1 Paris . to
superintend the construction' of the big air-
i ship in which he intends
, dash for the North Pole. He expects to be ready to
... :make the. start in Julyand ihewodd:wilUookeagerly
for wireless messages Jym the travelera through the air.
Wellman'a success depends on a good many factors
that cannot be calculated on .in advance, but the' first
andthechietiiielisthe. capacity of his airship Jo fly
or travel , for a long distance, and its .dirigibility. , That
T 'tnch a machi'ne. TWt an impossibility was pretty -well
"demonstrated by Captain -Baldwin "anHhfs aeronaut,
Beechey, at the. Lewis and Clark fair last summer,, but
, . a flight of many hundreds of miles is a somewhat dif-
-f eretrf propositinav-TiffertgjuweveTr-Mt-egrfc abeatment
than in. kind. Iran airship will fly
. 10 miles all right, why not 100 or
Mr.Wcllman hasJiad experience
it not a novice in an eniflxrisc. of. this kind. He has
familiarized himself thoroughly with former pole-hunt----ing
expeditions; he has studied reports of currents and
temperatures, and is well informed on far northern con-
ditions. Skeptics, remembering the fate of Andre, never
.to be lenown in detail, thinfcjhit Well man is undertak
1 ing lheJmpossible, . but many things once thought 'to
be impossible have' been ..accomplished," among-them
-some of the commonest things of everyday life,' such
as thei-telephone. Then- Andre's - vehicle ; was nothing
like Wellman s, who thoroughly
. absolutely guide his ship and in a
aend it beyond doubt to the very
earth and there 'view the prospect
Capturing Wolf Bounties,
:"Frbm the: twtroit KwS. 1
t The : method . by which a Martiuett
county wolf hunter - aecured Hi in
bounty waa to bury, a quantity of meat
in the snow of the earl winter, and
above the meat to place trapa, which
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'"" ware also wrwred hr auow In the
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In due time the meat ' ripened suffl-
- clontly to give hint of its whereabouts,
and was-then Bought by the wolves.
' which digging downward. aprurg4he
. traps and the bounty. One, more eun
' tilng than his fellows, avoided the trap
- by tunneling under it and aecurtng tha
. , bait without exchanging his hide for 1U
4 ' The rwthod of catching wolves by
trapping la a fait one. but what ahall
. Lbea!d of the VAnee man who, cap
tnrlng a female wolf, taught bar to be
rnme deeoy for tha gallants of nor
tribe - With - a long bata about - her
' nek made fast at one end. she was al
lowed a wide range of captivity. She
sang "for rompany. and when admirers
appeared flirted deaperaVftly with them.
. The wolf slyer took position outside
f hla cabin door. in(ae jawa the stem
tit a cob pipe, aeroas' hla knees a long
renga rifle. A sneaking gray form from
the woods, a coquettish salutation from
the oapllvei the eraelr-of a rifle and the
Malls of a bullet forged earn link tn
tiie rhaln of tragedy that placed 1115
la tha purse ot tha oabineee. aa the
CsttOui iaoi avaaka, .fb gaj, da-
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fidence in success
iguorantly or altogether for. the sake of notoriety.
If the pole is
must be by this
draft, postal ; notea.
acceptable. In 1 and
time that
The word used
the kaiser 4s doing
made use of auch
them contempt . At
Simon?
For some years'
and m a .aubdued
wherejrnsmoaaomebcy
Tffr;"f '"t'S.
itthough tvtr-w
wouldn't it have"
Mr) Gearin is -
Then would Mr.
lamny are numer
emperor-rode too
ther.citirrn-of
Mr, Simon "eeporwmrobabry-rTnisc
him. It. is important, if tree. :. . .. ' -;.
as before some
ticket straight?
generally understood, has not always done.
was in a humorous
annoying'Teporter." : - - - 7 r -
HE Baker
,is usually taken to
ia Europe, as the
or. wild, momentary
gontan vanishes
The morning
to secure the
TO THE POLET
shortly to make a
LlayliJi.heJ:iiP:.roore.JL.RepubIkajia
to the people to
and. can be guided
Really, ' politlcl
l,W0T
ing out Men.
in arctic travel, and
books will close at
believes that he can
from tomorrow.
short space, of timejirr: Multnomah county who have not registered. , Every
north end of the
o'er.". He. will have
that hi name is
ceiver who stood for this treachery
waa a fast friend to her ckptor and
aeemed "Ato "enjoy tha havot wrought on
the chivalry at her race. . -
- Why the Jury Paid the Pine. ,
i r rum urn. w num. -
rfiiArTxa correspondent -Uns,-h6an
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obatinate Juryman waa circumvented by
hla fellow Judges of the facta The of
fense charged was assault with intent
to murder. After the Jury had been out
about two hours if returned the fol
lowing verdlcrt:. "We,, the jury, rind the
defendant guilty of aggravated .annault.
and asnees his punishment at $25 line
and herewith pay tha Una. ;t
' On inquiry aa'to the meaning of the
last clause of tha verdict It came out
that eleven of the Jurors had agreed that
tha defendant -waa not guilty, but tbe
twelfth doggedly bung out for a con
viction for aggravated aasault and would
not consent to a punishment less than
a fine of :a. Finding 1t a hopeless
task to" bring over tha obatinate one to
their way of thinking, the eleven finally
decided to agree with him and "ehtpped
at enough, to pay tha fine. .,' .. .
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''.','' . Juatiflablt. :
"-'"'''yvBi the Kansas City tar. -' ! '
. tils domestic trouble are almost un
pleasant enough to justify John Alex
ander IK) wis 14 movitf to Pittsburg for
jio ice to cut through or climb over; only to sail awiftly
of Iroien, desolation until hia goal-is
" Any auch expedition is spectacular) and cannot fail
to arouse widespread interest. None of the former ex
peditions possessed the -element of novelty, daring and
defiance of fate, wluch cast a romantic glamour upon
this of Wellman'a. Andre's fate wag foredoomed, for
an ordinary balloon, which he had ho
power either to propel or guide, and so he was looked
upon as' a foolhardy though brave adventurer and was
given up tor lost as soon as he disappeared trom sight.
But Well man's enterprise is teeming and throbbing with
success and is rendered all the -more
Of the adventurer s well-known and
journalist, and a northern investigator
anybody can succeed in this way, it
seems that he certainly can, and when, he expresses con
we . cannot suppose - that he speaks
ever to be reached by man, it apparently
method. It is impossible for a ship,
however constructed, to push its way through the Arctic
ice, and to-trvel over it-on- foot, as Captain Peary is
planning to do. is a task improbable of accomplishment.
The air has no .barriers. The temperature can be en
dured. If Wellman'a ahip can and will fly, if it does
not -break down beyond .repair if he can guide it if,
and if, and ifhe may really reach'the pole and return,
ii hi contemplates, ."within . - few . weeks.-,': There are
several big-ifs,"-but none of them nor al pf them to-:
gethermay be absolutely insurmountable.! . ' ,
5 MR. JOSEPH j SIMON'S LITTLE JOKE.
ON.' JOSEPH SIMON was quoted the other day
-"themomingaperarsaying that irir high
Oregon should be freed from the
blight" of having a Democratic governor, aenator,
mayor of Portland, district attorney and sheriff in Mult
nomah county. ' - : ' ' v.
in reporting his expression of "feahy
to the party'', was "blight. . We "doubt' whether Mr.
SimoriTwho if i"very""coot-headed andlevel-headed man,
an-expressiont ii he did. It must have
Mr. Simon has been associated in
business, with Senator Gearin; we cannot imagine" Mr.
Simon "hpnesfty-and sincerely Saying that Mr. Gearin as
a senator from Oregon is a "blight."-- If so, how, why,
yjTnitsd TiUMl llll'lnlnr ihiit it urii
aIblMC:.,ou.J3rrjtuiu liow vyvw.U hs nvc liked it? M
been quite as nearly true as to say that
'blight' - ''' - "'"T: - k.zz: j-zz:
Simon please explain to an interested
public lor he is an inlclligcht, promuient and iniluen
tial citiren wherein the election and administration of
Oregonha dilCfnexedlhjs1,except
Why and how is Judge Hailey, on the. supreme bench,
-"blight" ff' Wouldn't Mr.-Simorr take -a-as-before
judge who always voted the Republican
which, by the way, Mr. Simon, it is
mood and was "monkeying" with an
; ROOSEVELT, AND GEARIN. - v
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City " Democrat said : "The . Ore-
gonian's foppositiontothe election of :Mr;
Gearin as -United States-senator is on the ground
that he is a Democrat, a 'poor excuse' and a 'flimsy
objection.' Which is the best," asks the Democrat, "to
have in the United States senate, so far as carrying out
the president's rate bill policy is concerned, Mr. Gearin
orMrrrFerakerfr1squif--earttthatthepresident
feels that Mr, Gearin is a betterj-friend to his policy
lhan is Mr. F6 rake IV So the llimsy excuse of the Ore-
mt4hm air..
paper, squirming under-this. true presen
tation of. the case, resorts, as usual, to duplicity and
pettifoggery. It says Roosevelt "will make no attempt
election of .iJearin. No, probably he
will not; tj v.friiTdririT hfpmpff "fnf-him to do so; hut
which does Roosevelt prefer, underall 'present circum
stances and conditions, Gearin Or Aldrich, La Follette
or Foraker? ,; '.. : ! -..'
, As we suggested the other day, the present president
of the United States is more than half a Democrat, if
it-comea-to auestionofajrtiesr Hjhpracyajlvex
cept aT toThy free i w adead
issue occupies exactly Bryap't position.
-rTh fact is that parties are disappearing being dis
integrated the people are hunting foi- men. .'Roosevelt
is one, whom they'like and trust, with"all his Impulsive
crat; La Follette is another man whom the people
trust. So is Gearin. So is Chamberlain. It is an insult
insist that they should vote for a. party.
Is being put aside
sick -
Every 7 voter of Oregon-owes 'the Juty of voting in
the coming election.' Not only are important offices
to-be filled, but measures of grave consequence are to.
be Submitted to popular vote. There is scarcely a citi
zen of the state who would not be affected in so trie
way by some, one of the measures to be voted upon, if
they should be enacted. It becomes,' therefore, of im
perative importance that all voters ahonldregfster-who
did not do so before the primaries. The registration
S o'clock Tuesday, May 15, one week
There are' still thousands of citiaeos
one of them should make it his first business to see
on 'the..roll.j.-lr:V.:t.'''
Tha Engliah Police.
Samuel Merwln in Buoftesa Magaalne.
- Of all tha departments of tha city
(Manchester. England.) the qrte, next
to the tramways, of which a stranger
sees the most is the police. And in the
4 auiklng eomparlson with our Amert -
vn iivuoii 01 pwtice -wore, in Man
chester, aa In "London, the policeman is
always tha -servant of the public. Aa
In London, he carries neither club nor
revolver. His- duties are very nearly
the aame as those of a New York of
ficer; Jt Js In Ma method of doing hts
work that the striking difference Ilea.
He ia always quiet always neat, al
ways reapectful, even deferential, In hla
treatment ' of : the public Such; over
bear! ag manners aa we sometimes see
trt New TOrk policemen would not-be
tolerated in Manchester or In London,
for that matter, r Graft tn the police de
partment -is : almost unheard of. - Tha
laws tin this subject spring but of a
lively public spirit, and are meant to
be enforced. ... ... ,
Journal a Lively Paper, :
From the Donsmufr News.
O. W. Claxton, traveling representa
tive of The Evening Journal, Portland,
Oregon, arrived here Wednesday night
to Introduce, that lively newspaper in
northern California. The News welcome
The Journal tnaa In tbto ttrrltorx.
SMALL CHANGE
Jsrjreekt Xrom..tiidAjI
, ' e e ,
Eat more Oregon prunaa. -
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Only aeven days more In wshlr-h tn r.
wicr, . .. t
how tne .jetty work will gq ahead
The artd-clraretta laer ahnuM be' an.
forced. ; a-.'.. ; , . .
Btnf f - rsh "- from nea own srerdm
taetea better. ... v.
It tha eost; of llrln aoea tin. aa
should wages. -.' .
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Anybody can borrow money when he
doean't need ir.-r.,....--r-v.,, ,
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At least and at last Standard Oil baa
been made to-talk. u. i v.-.-
a uuttiuur air ananrunsHTtrg
aa, much aa poasibla.
The man with money to iura seldom
geta warm aoough to do e,o. - ,
"Smith shot In tha end." aara a val
ley paper.. Tea, the head and. -
A political platform la never broad
enough for a politically wabbly man.
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The "Made In Oregon' movement Is
eaJoulatd to help everybody In Oregon,
Jnplter Pluvtua aeama to need nrodk
ding and waking up pretty often thla
year. ' -
Of course you want to hear Rurn.
hardt even 1f you know ah will glv
you a pain. ' -.; ; . ,
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The earthquakes in Ban Francisco oc
curring sines the big temblor war no
great snaaes.-
e . e
"LowrHffta-y-
bme""Benatbr-wo
years hence Salem
Journal. . What
about Fulton? -
The aoientlfto term 'for tba cause of
a.nnquaaas is xrawiti" But-n la a
auit that man cannot, corraot.
seex reelection. He baa been, aenator
nearly, six yeare too long Already. .
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The man with tha murk rake will
We'8rec6me'aaelrt
ana poetry aa tna nan wit 11 tha Hoe.
ThereTaaoma - evidence thaT women
are. becoming eenalble enough to vote;!
most or tnam-wnor gOTioraebaek riding
now rida astride. . ... ... .. . ...
The back talk of the Standard Oil
company to or about the president la
narly to produra a fayorabla lmI
preaslon on him or do the octopua any
gOOd. -,.- ,..--:,,.-.-,,.-..,.-"
- We could name- alleged newspapers
publish nothing but patent medicine ad
vertisements, most of them noxious nos
trums.'.- . .c .-. r .;":" - - :
:
flon-tn-Law LongWOrth will not be re
nominated without a a harp contest on
tba part of a. prominent Cincinnati law.
yer, who doeen't regard his action aa
lese majeste. :,
A sister of tha king of Spain, married
last January- to a Bavarian princeling,
has left him on account of drunkenness
and other misdemeanors. But what
could ba expected of people brought up
tha way they-were?..4-... ,.'.
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OREGON SIDELIGHTS
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Bumpter expectr to prosper thla year.
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: Estaoada woodworking factory-very
Imay .. , -
Baaeballlata getting busy
Qregon. ,.. , . J. .
all rover
An JElgln child died from the effects
of tick bites.
, .. ' a a ' 1 '
'brltWKemanlinr
ta progressing. :- -
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- Clatskanle mills are-preparing te in
crease their capacity. 'U-' ... ' , .
..- Dayton ia a. good - point for
densed milk factory.-
.Tillamook lumbermen want Iota more
water to get their logs down,
1 PandeTTona have ruined more than
- En gene merchants are tired of their
green trading stamp bargain a
- a e .
Lota of laborers' wanted (n Oregon,
tn -railroad building. In. logging camps
and on farm a.
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Toledo' Reporter: It will be well, for
our farmers to remember that a few
fat hoga next fall will ba worth mora
to them than politics or politicians.
"K'1:,..' ', .e ,.e . .
There is bright promise that the
Polk county,- oil wells will now v be
opened. A place near Monmouth of
100 acres baa been leased and negotia
tions are on for optlona on nearly all
tha land in the oil sone between Mon
mouth and Dallas. ",. ; i.,... '
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North Tamhlll Record: ' It over there
waa a town that needed a Jaw taxing
dogs. It surery-la thlg one." It aoema
that nearly every family has from on
to three worthlesa brutes running on
tha streets. If they were compelled to
pay' for keeping tha nuiaancea there
f51W4 - Jc2l?,,
robabiy b rawer aepu -
e e : ! C
' A writer. In tha Corvallt Times hav
ing aald that Harrlabwg (wet) was
dead or asleep, the BulletlnTeeponds:
During "1101 Harrlaburg Improved in
all lines more than It had dona for
years paat and each and every business
man reports large gains 1rt the amount
of bustnesa transacted. Three business
houses were erected and all are now
occupied. A 110,000 school house was
built and Is fully occupied; nip resi
dences war erected beside sjjeor of
oiners rsouub
e -" -'.
.Port Orford, aaya tha Tribune, la "jbst
now receiving considerable - attention
from ahe outside world r"ut nothing
to what It will in tha future, when the
railroad shall have coma, and the poa
slbility.of lta deepest of all coast har
bors baa been grasped by basinea man.
Port Orford, In' competition against
oveiTirne'f Itrrlnt' was selected by a
board of our highest engineers aa the
place to build, a. breakwater, and money
was appropriated, to begin - the - work.
The 'time u at hand when U ca no
longer b delayed, . v
WOMAN'S WONDEREUL
; ENDURANCE t
.'. By Clara Morris. . .
"Uld "you" avtr- aea an elderly' mala
creature swan .out hia .chest' while ad
vising those present ot tha advantage
of thoroughly- understanding women, as
he-T-ehem) as be doesT - And probably
he la alt tha time a stranger to the char-
aoter of the wife who baa rested In hla
breaat for SO years or : more. - ' .
Hla bearara will be apt to amlla a bit
knowing that he ia a wonder who cornea
to understand one woman. And when
one thinks how seldom a woman, under,
standa herself, there is little that la
derogatory id tha failure of tha mere
man. But whan now and then you find
woman Who baa a perfect self
knowledge who can calmly cast Into
tha acajee her weaknaaaea, her folblea
and fasciae, and '. make them - balance
evenly with her. oharma. her ambitions
and bar wilt aha will win In the game
ikf ll Mssaaai1 J s-. laaalaaan
with marked cards. For if aha can read
her d I moult self, man's mind and -mo
tive become primer-like In simplicity.
Mora delicate of body, aha la often
lacking in physical oourage. 8ba will
not unlaee her babe la there rush Into
burning building. ' She la frequently
afraid . of : tha dark; aa she . la always
arraid of a burglar, ..... Tet aha prods and
peera under her bed every night know
ing that if. aha aver , find what aba Is
looking for aba will surely drop . dead
with fright . v .: . :
Generally religious, she la. alwaya
superstitious as dark Africa, ttsalf.- Lite
la a long struggle to control and ateady
tormenting nerves. Cursed with a vivid
imagination that lenda a murderous
edge to all anxiety or suspense; giving
a hundred torturing ahapea to a trouble.
that the mi sees singly and- alone--r
on, never grudge a woman her success.
whatever form it takes, for rest assured
aha baa paid Ite prlce -to"thr tast-f arth-
ing. - . j-. . :; -
But to ' ma even beyond her - great
morat couragr-ts the wonder and-mar-)
yaijiiwomaj ajwer ot endurance.
Let us turn, for example, toward tba
stately, self-contained woman, with the
unspeakably melancholy face, over there
m ltuaia..lhe caarlna that round peg
of liberal ml ad ..and advanced u ideas
crowded' unfittingly into the square hole
is waa bad tiuuuali. Uul
what of tha unsleeping terror of her
life today? Ah. ho would bo an ; at'
toundsd man who could measure the
height the width and tha depth of her
ailant and 1 1 ran A.
Practical, generous, warm-hearted and
beautiful: establishing against much op
position schools for the daughters of tha
poor)-- nursing. enalterlng, feeding. ... the
sicHTJoor mahTaveonderdf-th-f
coldness of .the populace toward the
lovely woman , who -.. untiringly served
them. Often people aald: "There must
ha some powerful enmity" working se-
The high young courage of All x
ot Hesse, who had come Into that aad
and sombre land aa fiancee to Nloholas,
and ready to - accept the Greek church
aa bar; owr"accordlhgTd "Unwavering
precedent ' waa greatly tried in recelv.
Ing 'Instruction"., from the most power
ful, anaa seat -th eaar In art that mighty
empire tha f terrible Pobedonoateff.
f eared and hated by all, the pope of
tne ureeg church.
One ot the -declarations to be made by
the princess waa her abeolute belief that
all of her race outside the pale of the
orK -cnurcn were condemned to eternal
punishment of flraj etc. The girl balked?,
the church magnate was arrogant be
came even threatening.' " - ' -Then
- it waa that Alia splendidly
dared. Even in heri weakness, hsr lone
liness In a strange land, rather than
dlahonor the memory - of tirxr-beloved
dead aba flew to the bedside of tha dying
1 AlexanderhegglugiJm to forcelhaXn
haughty prelate to modify the church
language for her, saying passionately:
"You want ma for your aon because I
am my mother's r daughter you have
aald It often! Would I ba her daughter
If t could stand before the altar and
vow her noble aoul was rightly in overrating-torment?
I - will not do It
theugh-yotteen(nnbckdiagracadr'to
my own homer And " the - emperor,
knowing death stood between him and
tha rage of Fobedonosteff. commanded
the emission of the disputed question
tbd answer. -
It waa a mighty victory, but the
young girK so soon made, empress, had
for'her'ifoe Th "mow werful Tnaiirifi
the empire. Ho had aent out from every
church a doubt of tha caarlna'a loyalty
to the religion of tbe land. Every ac
tion of hera waa distorted to something
unworthy. '. When the girl babies fol
lowed one after tha other,: he set iq
motion, the Idea that a.curse .wea . upon
her the church a curse for her ain
against it; and th humble. devouijshl
bl bellevedL-her-toerTrTieretie-hypo-C
rite7 and began to hate her; and worst
oT-aarata-tiatnnoont-ltttl -brood
.of baby daughters.
so ahe anffered, be assured, most of all
probably - when carefully, . tentatively,
her wily foe suggested that she ba put
away by the ctardlvorced, because ahe
bore Mm and tha country no heir.
. The dislike of the ladles of the court
she won, because in heradellcate -health
aha requested them not to smoke in her
sitting-room shs doe not smoke her
self. Therefore they found offense in
tha request which they twisted Into a
reproof. - ..- 1 .... . ,:
Thus, -through mere trifles,'- her life
grew harder; but all things changed at
the . eomlng of the man-child, who- was
from hi birth strong" as i giant In hla
power to . protect and bring honor to
hla proud and aad young mother. - . .
And: since then what woman " on
earth today live such a life of mortal
terror? .If a chair falla In a distant
room, bar blood must turn to water In
a vary ecstasy of fear the thought
of explosives never being out of her
mind. A strange fee makes her quake.
Tha very walla and Iron gate and bars,
meant for protection, must sometimes
seam to. her imagination mora Ilka a
trap, in -whlch she and her loved ones,
like - mice, are simply waiting - for the
ordered extermination. - - : .
- Longing passionately for a time of
rest In the old quiet home of her girl
hood,' sh U not permitted to leave the
country. But oh. tha point of anguish
vii reached the ether day," in the tak
ing to prison of spies who have lived
tn the heart of tha family life within
that prison palao." Sp1awho--have
looked with ateady eyas Into the im
perial face; have smiled and accepted
kindnesses, and romped with the bright
and trusting little tots, staggering un
der the titles of grand duchesses. -
' Poor Imperial mother! Whose last
ray . of trust In human loyalty must ba
gone! Who seea now a would-be pois
oner In any quiet person. Who hears
explosion In every .ebund. Who won
ders, aa her laughing brood go forth
for .exercise, - If - their guard - may not
turn and slay them are they return.
Who. f ancle shs see the shadow of a
circle about the tiny head on her breast,
and ask herself If It meana martyrdom
or the. Imperial erewaot .Mother- Ru-t
Sla.--'.-'. '-.-., . 4 , ..
. And-h teat ot the wdYld looka on
aad wonder .why the long and cruel
strain of nnsleenin terror baa not
broken her utterly in body and mind
Bhe la Just an example. In a high place,
or a woman's power of endurance 1
;TrcwiSAND-CtAftK:
On Jack's creak. Idaho. - "
May 7 Weahkoonut and his party
left and w proceeded up tha river .with
ina brother of Twleted-Heir aa a guiaa.
The Kooakooakee la rising faat; tha
water la clear and oold; and as all the
rock and shoals are covered, naviga
tion 1 safe, notwithstanding tha rap
idity of the current - The timber be
gins about tha neighborhood of Colter's
creek. ' and consists chtsfly of long
leaved pine. After going-four miles we
reached a house of six families, below
the entrance of a email (Bedrock) creek.
where our guide advised us to cross tha
river, aa the route waa better and the
gam, mora 'abundant near" the mouth
of the Chopunnish. . We therefor un
loaded, and by means of a,rhgle canoe
eroaaad to tha south alda in About tour
Indian of ona of the hosea'nobrough'r.
two canister of powder, which hia dog
had discovered underground In . a bot
tom some mile below. - Ws Immediately
knew 'them to be the' earn w had
burled last autumn; a' h had kept "them
safely, and had honesty enough to re
turn . them,' we rewarded- him Inade
quately, but as wall -aa wa could, with
a steel for striking fir. We set out at
I o clock and pursued a difficult atony
road for two mllea, when- wa left the
river and .ascended the hill on - the
right' which begin to resemble mountain.-
But when w reaohed the height
we saw before us a. beautiful level
country, partially ornamented with long
leaved pine, and supplied with an ex
cellent pasture of thick grass and
variety of herbaceous planta, the abun
dant production of a dark, rich oiL . In
many parte or tha plain, tha earth is
thrown up into little mounde by aome
animal, whose habit-- moat reaemble
those of tha salamander; but though
these track ar scattered "over all the
plainj from the Mississippi to tha' Pa-
ciflo, wa have never yet been abl to
bbtaih'a sight "of IheTanlmaTTiself. A
we entered the- plain, Neeshepahkeeook,
the Cut-Nose, overtook ua, and. after
accompanying ua a few mllea turned
to the right to visit some ofjilr people
wno were garnering roots in 1110 piain.
Having--croeeed the- plain a little tor the
outh ot at, WB assTBTTTT
(Jarli'il creek. ix varda wide, which
emptle. Into tsi Kooakooakee. We ai
canded thla little stream for a mile and
camped at ' an-Indian establishment of
h ou sei7nwnsfir-TB -nav peerr
recently evacuated. Here we were Joined
by Neeshepahkeeook and tha ' Shoaho-
-neho-'had--tnterpreted;'toror-onth
6th. From the plain, we observed that
the apuraIof2IllJCkJ!.nro
still perfectly covered with enow, which
the Indiana inform ua 1 so deep that
wo ahall -not be able - to pasa before
the next -full' moon that la, the flrat
of June;-though other place the time
roTcrosilrTg iklTritra VlerTmilsJno;
To us. who are deslrou of .reaching
the plains of the- Missouri if, for no
other- reason, for . the purpose of en-
oy4eg agood - meal thla - Intelligence
wa by no meana welcome, and gar us
no relish for the remainder of the horae
killed at Colter's meek, wlihli formed
out. supper aa, partof Which had . al
ready been our dinner. Observing, how-
ever, some dear, and a great appear
ance, of mora, we detrmtnd" to, make
an attempt to get sqm of them,
There was a most succetaful home
coming at the Hetllg theatre last night
when John Salnpoll a,nd Lillian Law-
thaea w
play In th house In stock, when it was
celled the Belasco, ' appeared In "The
Christian." It seamed aa If (all tha
stag people's frlenda had. gathered for
the occasion, and there 'was vigorous,
cordial applause when each of the fa
vorites first appeared, while Mlaa Law
rence. i. glvenaeveraU buaheiaof
f lo were,
Miss Lawrence made a lovable Glory
Quayier jonn Bampoiia - a careful,- con
sistent, powerful, melancholy John
Storm. Mtas Lawrence looked handsome
last night and her gowna war becom
ing and elaborate. She haa the aame
pleasant .mannerismsj-laughs-rt h me
girlish laugh, and makea the same
lightning transitions, with th old trick
of pausing a -moment to let the audi
ence catch . up with her.""- Throughout
the' evening's entertainment she wa
never dull.'
8alnpolla haa conceived John' Storm a
inae-f heavy-oanseef -dutyT-and,-axi
ceptjnat ne etarteu m rather too
- rlou - - - nioor In the prologuergavean
intelligent convincing interpretation . of
the part There were occasions jwher,
nis aciing was almost great, hi rich.
powerful voice helped -the part wonder-
nrnyr
With one Or two exceptions." the sun-
porting company waa adequate.- Mr. D.
1L Eyers contributed excellent acting
as the lovable blg-souled Mrs. Callen
dar, and Ethel India, a winsome young
woman, piayea tne distressing role of
Polly Love with rare sroorl taata.
liam Dill waa himself as rather Lamp
lugh, and Burt L. . Xing as Lord Rob
ert Ur waa a nasty aa tba part re
quired. ,.'",,
In general - the production 1a ', wall
dreaded and adequately mounted. Some
on auggested that Mr. Whitney- who
Play' Horatio Drake,, got the-worst of
It in tha grab for costumes.
'Th Christian" nlava tonlrht an
tomorrow night ' :
The Final Burlesque, t ;
Th California Girls, who opened with
musical farca at tha Baker lha.tr.
yeaterday foi tha last week of burleaque.
are winsome anrif who wear-a variety
of handsome costumes slngr well and
appear to advantage In la number of
pretty ballets. Th makeup of th pro
gram. 1 along stereotyped line. Th
musio is. much th same, a haa been
heard in almost all th production' nf
the . aea son, liberally "eprrnkled -wtth
those! time-worn tunes, "Tn the Shad
of th Old APPl'Tree," "Llndy" and a
few others that th . burlesque - and
vaudeville singer , . refuse . to let die
peacefully in their old age.X Tha per
formance move along with a vim and
snap that make up for much that . la
lacking In other respects. ' .(!
: As merriment maker four comedians,
a Dutchman, an Irishman and two box
car tourlata, keep the audience in laugh
ing, good humor from the beginning to
the end of th performance. Misses
Russell, Hood,, and Do " Forest sisters,
constituting tie California Girl' quar
tet, elicited . iuch applauae from th
audience laat night A swinging chorus
sung -while pretty girls ar swinging
high-out -ever the heads of th audl
enceand a company of military leasts
arrayed In glittering uniform to rep
resent the soldiery of the United State,
England, Franc and Spain form a pleas
ing ellmaxto th nrst act, in 0410
ha lltl to boast of save a pretty de
scriptive ballet entitled "Th Dance of
th Hour," performed la artistic man-
.J" TM'PLAY'r: ;;;J '
WHAT WILL THE NEW
DANCE BE?"
Ben Teal Is tha Nw Tork World.
What will th new dano bet'
That la a hard queatlon to answer
But I can say truthfully and with car
tainty that It will not be th coon danc -or
tha Indian dano next season. Araer-
lea la completely surfeited with the
wild Cakewalk or th odd Indian dance,
clever aa either undoubtedly J. . It
want something new. Just aa the slap,
dash musical comedy, so long popular. "'
baa gone the way of all things, and the
public 1 demanding something wtth.--mor
of a plot and mor sense, so It ia v
with stag dancing.- It must.be Intel-
lectual aa well aa attractive., and clev
erly rehearsed stepa will not do. - Th
dancer muet show that she thinks "with"
her head as well a wtth her feet
i Dancing aa a Ane art . aunk . Into a-
somewhat innocuous ' desuetude since
th time of La Lole Fuller with her--"akirt
dance." Carmenclta and ntarn.
seems to be mm Ina Intn It. I
tw ioi wona. in fari everv one
la talking ot -th beautiful dancing of ,
Mile. Reglna Badet a exemnlifiaii in
th. production of "Aphrodite.': t th -
Opera Comlque. Berlin haa a-ona rtutt
wild over the "dream danoea"" of a "vailed "
"countess," and New Tork haa reaeritle-'V
aet the seat of approval 00 the oriental
postuiing Of Mis Ruth St Denia. The..
dances ar entirely dissimilar, and the
mpuia.niy 01 each in It particular
sphsre indicates nothing of a concerted '
effort to revive dancing In Its hlgiier '
en. - . i -
Thai" thr. youna woman slih .a -
Widely different dancing method should -
beeom popular at th asm time merely
how that America, aa well aa feu rope,'
la glad of the opportunity to see. some- '
111 his new ana artistic.
-Th Hindu dance of Miss St. Denln
are well known through the wlda vogue
sne is naving in oclety...Sh.eurrounda.n
herself with tha mysticism of tha far
eaetj perfume,- incense, "priests" and -
me iixe, ana ner oancea eOnalst or
rh ythmloal motions -of the- bod y w It li-
-aflarceJy--aW'movmrt--othefeetIn"'J
on dance she represents the coming to :
life of a sacred .statue, Rhada, and In, '
another that has become Very popular, '
ehe represent the motions of a cobra.
Miss -gf.- Denis I very beawtlfurand -
vary oriental. .
The French dancer.- Mjter. Bsrtet,"' an- " '
MtOBrWfi a liHtirrinsf flam against ...
a wall. Into which ah see ma tornerge.
Gradually she take eiy life,-apd finally
step down,, going -litter, an, intricate
dance, bow lively, now Impassioned, now
, , . . - f . - ne- ..
Arletocratle- Berlin has - a' new erase,-
a sleep danoevwhoae ldntity-Ja-keptj.
a profound secret, and who dances with.,
umnr aaya sneuwi,,
straits, whose brother 1 exploiting her.
Be this a It may, th countess .appeara r;
evrv evening to ;alect circle or no-
tablea, many of them from" th court.
playa music grave or gay. the oountess
following tha strains 1 with appropriate
motion.- Doctor have been summoned
- j. .k.. ia r.trtrt whether t.La
countess is really In a state ofTrunc 0f7
not -They ar all certain ane is. r-ills
also a spiritist medtuntra"--!-mm
i-heen atrletlv prohibited by the
emperor, the eourt" ladle' muet Vcrr
oareful that notmng iea oui. i -rumored
that, to aplrita chiefly sum
moned ar thos of deceased Prussian
royal t lee. and' th - opinionw of -thus:
great - dead -r'"bT tiO' moan favorable ,
on th doings of their, ilvlng deacend
ante. ' ' - rJ":'- ". .. -i-'- - . -j i -
The popularity of . these-artistic
dances la an indication that the-public
1 tired of th rough. . uncultivated
"coon" 'aance-wttrt-wblob It haa been
...rfetterl. Just aa the coon sonr ha
given way' to prett tar, daintier- numbera-
In all nu a Ira I rjroouctiona. aa wn
4 denoe-muat- gtvwaytO-aometHliig .more
artistic, Thla l an inaiceuun i
ture on the part of the public, of a
nearer approach to real art, and la most
welcome. ia:.? , '.
1 Thr ia more of the poetry of motion
In the dancea of St. Denla than In the
mot intricate "atep" danclng-of th
eakewalk brand. Tlili sort of danci-t-na-
-tha new sort. I mean, appeal- the
higher senses, - and makaa - you think. .4.
It. interprets beautlfut things, and can
be aa expreaaiv as musio or poetry.
Bo, aa well, does the beautiful "dance
nlastloue" of Mile. Badet make a move
Jjrelghttreettorye
whe do not understand its Signiricance
the. beauty "of her poses "will appeat.
Such dances a Mile. Badet need at-
preacnt descriptive, synopsis on' the pro
grama, perhapsbut the time, will come
when audlencea will become so used to
their Interpretation that-theywill or-low-them
clea ri f. " - '- ' 'J,' 1 ''
-la all tha jmualcaL4roductlona"That I
am "tdTTnaW-rur tin Cuuilny-sessnn I.
am tfvlr.a to - approach this in my
dances, .which, will be more posturea and
picturea man actual aancing, a wc un
derstand It. I am aura other producers
a f ec0mln gTQ theT!me way of thtiiH"
Ing. and that tha stage. In the next
season or two, . will show an entire
change In tha matter of dancing as In
troduced Into musical pieces.
. ' The Qneen'a Invocation.
'".'''X From M. A. P. .' , ";:. "'
K very pretty story Is being told of
th queen, who a hort tlm ago con
sented to be godmother to a little daugh
ter of one of her nelghbara aod friends.
at Bandrlngham. s : , -
After the-ceremony was over, the
queen asked that ahe might be taken' to
th nw baby' nuraery. .Cpon arriving .
there she walked to th big window.
and taking a. diamond ring from her,
finger, wrote on the g la tar r -"May
God'a blessing reat on this bouce .
and all in It" - '
ner by a scor of girls in flimsy butter
fly costume.
The . show closes with a one-scene
burietta, "The Great Whit - Way," th
special feature of which is the opening
choru Introducing th musical goblet .
anetalllo win glaasss, with which the
girl play In chimes, "In the Shade of
the Old Apple Tre and other familiar -meTodles.
. ; A" Ho wer balTr ah j- mm- -tary
drill participated In.bv girl at.
tired in th costume of Roman aol--dlers
ar: pleasing feature.
"-- Rousing Melodrama; ';l ;
At th Emplr th Mack Swain com
pany opened laat nlgtit for a Week'a En
gagement in "Th Inside Track." giv
ing a production ot mor merit than
usually ta aeen at a melo-drama house. "
Thla-waa primarily because of the
presenoe In th ist of Frank Fanning
th popular leading man who headed, the
Empire stock company the -latter part -of
laat aummer. ' Fanning, in the role
of Harry Denbigh. th wayward aon
aowlng bla wild oats, gave- an Inter-,
atrhg and ympathetto portrayal 'and
a th recipient - of round - of an-
plause. Cora King Swain gav a erd-
Itabl performanc as Vlnnl Foster. ,
Th play Itself I too' well known to .
admit of daacriptlon. It I presented in
a manner well worthi the price of d.
mission.-'- Tha play rune throughout th'
week with the usual Saturday matin,
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