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THEY CONSTRUE THE LAW.
The Members of the Supreme Court.

800 feet. The cottage is a twO-story and
attic building, with wide verandas running
around the front and sides. 1t is made of
clapboards and shingles. and has cost all
told about $4,000 1t contains over score
of rooms, and 1t has most elaborate SyS-
tenn of subsoil drainage. All the sewerage
from the house runs off into great tank
400 feet away from 1t. 1t is here reduced
to pulp, and by means Of siphon and a
large number of subterranean drains car
ried off into the soil. The house itself is
lighted by electricity. and one OF its proml-
nent features is big hall, with number
of large rooms opening into it.
Speaking OF blue-blooded Justices, JUS
tice Stephen j. Field can trace his ances-
try back to the flood. One of his grand
fathers was in the revolutionary army as
a captain, and his father went to school
with the father of William M. Evarts
His three brothers all became famous,
and the family has for the past
fifty years been one of the most
noted in the country. Justice Harlan
belongs to one of the oldest families in
Kentucky and his father was Attorney
General Of that State at the time of
his death. Howell jackson is also blue
blooded. and Justice Brown comes
from one OF the Brown families
of New England which is noted
for its famous men. He was born at
Lee, Mass, and l am not sure. but | think
one of his connections was John Brown.
the rev0utionist of 1774-75. This man was
sent to Canada by our forefathers to exclt 9
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WASHINGTON. Oct 2.-Justice William
B. Horn blower, the latest addition to the SUI
preme Court, is a little man with big
head. His body is no larger than that OF
General Joe Wheeler or ex-senator Ma
hone. but his head is bigger than that of
Tom Reed of Maine. He does not weigh
over 125 pounds, and his Supreme Court
gown requires only half the cloth that it
takes to fit out the giant forms OF Justices
Gray, Harlan and Stephen j. Field. The
Supreme Court Is rapidly changing. Six
years ago there was hardly little man on
the bench. with the exceptions of JUS
tees Bradley and Blatchford. Now the
heads of the Justices, as they rest
against their high chairs behind the
long desk, run up and down like the
teeth of an old saw. and the ponderous
dignity of the court seems to be passing
away. Chief Justice Fuller himself is a
little man. He is no taller than Horn
blower, and his legs are so short that he
has TO prop his feet up with a stool in or
der to rest easily in his chair of state. He
forms striking contrast to the two men
who preceded him. Salmon p. Chase was
feet tall, and you could not have put his
great dome of head into peck measure.
Morrison r. Waite weighed more lhan 200
pounds, and his every NJ 0tlon was heavy
and dignifed. Take Chief Justice Fuller
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Supreme bench. There is no softer snap
In Uncle Sans gift than that of the Su-
preme Court Justice, and a skeleton ap-
pointed TO the Supreme bench Is liable to
fatten up and last generation.
Take. for instance, Chief Justice Taney.
lie was as thin as rail when he was ap-
pointed and he seemed to be Just on the
edge of the grave. No one Thought he
would outlast two months, and when he
was appointed fifty-nine of the leading
lawyers OF the United States laid their
plans to become his successor. He lived
just twenty-Seven years after that time,
and be died at 81. Just before he was ap-
pointed a lawyer wanted to get him to try
case. The case had been in the courts
long time and two of the lawyers had died
on his hands. He called upon Taney, but
said nothing about the case. He was asked
why be had not employed him. He re-
piled, II would as soon think of hiring
corpse. That man won't live six months"
1t was the same with Judge Bradley.
He seemed all skin, bones and brain. but
he held on Tor year after year, and, though
appointed at 81. spent more than a score of
years on the bench. Few Judges have had
such long terms as Justice Field. Justice
Miller served twenty-eight years. Chief
Justice Marshall thirty-fuur and Judge
Story of Massachusetts the same time.
Bushrod Washington sat ON the Supreme
bench thirty-oDe years and johnson of
South Carolina served thirty years. All of
the present Judges have right to retire at
70, but they will get their $4,000 year as
long as thev live. They now have private
secretaries in addition to their salaries,
and everything is done to make their
work easy for them. Their expenses
are as great or as little as they choose to
make them. They can go into society or
not, as they choose. and whether they
spend their salaries in entertainments or
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the people to revolt. He went around
pretending to buy horses. bat in reality
talking up the revolution which afterward
resulted in the war of independence. He
afterward went with Ethan Allen on his
expedition TO Canada and he was for a
time under Benedict Arnold. He did not
like Arnold and left him, prophesying that
he would prove traitor, as he did. Justice
Shiras comes of good Pennsylvania stock
and bis mother was the daughter of the
Rev. G. l.. Peabody, one of the most ia
nous preachers of his day.
Some queer things have happened to the
men on the Supreme bench. 1t is strange
that justices Shiras, Brewer and Brown
should have gone TO school at Yale at the
same time and in the same class They
graduated together in 1853 and Shiras won
the Hadley prize of that year. 1t is strange
that Justice Stephen j. Field and Justice
Brewer should both spend the earliest part
of their lives in Asia Minor and should
come together in the highest court of the
land. Stephen j. Field went to Asia Minor
when he was Is years old to visit his sister,
who had married a missionary, and he
stayed there until he practically acquired
the oriental languages. He is now one Of
the best linguists on the bench, and he can
speak half dozen different tongues and
read more. Justice Brewer was born in
Smyrna, the same place to which Stephen
j. Field went. and not more than year or
so after he left. His father was famous
missionary, who was the first one OF the
American preachers to volunteer to go to
Smyrna. He established the first news
paper that was ever published in that city
and he introduced schools and the printing
press. He was a graduate of Yale and a
writer. as we'll as preacher, editor and
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foreigners imbued with the heredIty of
q: habits almost antagonistic.
Not until mankind is made over again
and the clock goes backward will it be
otherwise. The traditions and training
= Of centuries, and thousands of years from
:. the time the race emerged from savagery,
eI from arbOreal anthTopoid ancestry, are
:: copiously illustrated in the organization Of
..SQciety. Perhaps the world would be
;. -huIpdrum and vapid without the variety
=whicb follows upon snObblShneSs, pharisa-
ism; pride, SNUG seli-com placency and
arrogance. For let US see how the fabric
:of.sOciety is artieulated into puppets for
:the stage of life. and how they all take
part. in little drama Of their own until
they are snatched up and bundled out of
sight to make room for their successors.
In mOnarehial countries, such as Eng
land, an almost infinite gradation runs
from the monarch on the throne, the
pfinees around il, the nobility, the gentry,
the professional Tespecta bilities, the mid
die classes, the merchants, the small deal
ers, the artisans and the lab0rers down to
the sweep, who is too black to be chummy
with anybody but the flOuTy baker. The
feeling of relative superiority Is ngrained
soon, if not innate, and is sustained by
many precious privileges, 10 obtain which
there is much rivalry and for which money
bags smooth the way.
- The sovereign is at an awful distance
from a subject. When you see her Ma
jesty on her way to open Parliament, part
of a long procession to mark her dignity,
: sitting in a glass-paneed coach and bow
ing TO multitndes who hurrah and who
have never seen her before and may never
Rgain, you perhaps think her exceedingly
: gracious and eondesceDding. Bat it is
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deferred to Queen Elizabeth. the stern dis
cIpinariaD. Mr.. Gladstone, the greatest
EDgis hman the British Parliament has
co., tained, is not 81 cOmplaceDt. but he
comes no closer. Polite as she Is, the
Queen is pretty shire wdly suspected 10 re-
gard him much as Queen Mary regarded
John Knox-as az infiiction fastened upon
her by providence for some inscrutable
reason. He is c0urtly and does his duty
| consttutlonally, down to the writing OF
preclS Of parliamentary business in his own
hand, and very distantIv introduced. as if
1t were letter to the Emperor of China,
and not from statesman who was In Far
lament before she came to the throne.
When you glide away from the throne
/ the horizon OF society is sensibly lowered,
and yet there are many steps down before
you eommingie with the swarming multi
tude. There is that enlightened and pro-
found concentration of haute noblesse, the
House OF Lords, which contains a few able
men, but not one of towering greatness 10
political breadth and leadership, and only
has solitary example illustriouS beyond
his conten Doraries in science-a very cx-
ceptIonal peer, who is quite an anomaly
maSquerading in the hereditary chamber.
| Why should there be any respect paid to
this motley assem- blage on paper-rarely In
cOrporeal presence-of Dukes, royal, quasi
royal by bar sinister and intrigues, Mar
ouises, Earis, Viscounts. Barons and
Bishops?
Personally there are perhaps fifty, not
more, who could begin a career at the
lowest stage and go upward high. For one
who can do that there are ten who are
noneptites in mental qualities, badly edu-
Gated, untutored of books or by experience.
without craving for intellectual distinction.
who frltter away their lives in dawdling
existence of pleasure and sport, and spend
an income from entailed estates which
comes to them without exertion or sacrifice.
Instead of being hereditary solons. they
are hereditary examples OF everything
lawgiyer should not be. Some of them are
drunken, vicious, lcentious, ignoDle 10
every fiber; male drabs who have run
through their money, sQuandereG their
estates, robbed their creditors, cheated at
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aim. The House of Lords only represents
feebeness and degeneracy. Imitation
goes on In the lower ranks. The DUKES
servants sneer at the tawdry state of Lord
Bareacres' households; the tradespeople
vaunt their customers according to the
character of their coach; the very work
people of manufacturer who has become
peer stand in awe Of him, although they
have had many glass of beer from his
father as beerh0use tenant and have paid
for it in coppers. That manufacturer also
came over with the Conqueror, as did all
ite about their history. 1t is surprising
that nobody landed with julius Caesar.
1t is impossible in an OLD country to
shake off this stupid veneration for the
aristocracy. The blind infatuation per-
meates all classes but the aristocratic
class itself. The eyes of the noblas are
opened. They are conscious at least of
one another's imperfections and saw so
bluntly. Tho Prince of Wales and his
merry jousts are not tabooed. Perhaps
there is no more scandal connected with
the aristocracy than with other classes
we'll arded with money and not less. Let
the reflective reader consider their oppor-
tunities, their wealth. the slavish defer
ence paid to them as persons of capacity
long and had an enjoyable life. even in
history, which is lenient about their repu-
tation, forgets their vices and preserves
their virtues. Thew are an anomaly. but
they may persist in power and influence
and long be upheld as the apex of society.
All depends upon themselves. As to
snobbery, some fetish Is essential to
human happiness. In lieu of nothing
better the mob goes Iampantly wild over
boxer and makes Sullivan Zero in
spite OF his cups and brawls. But why,
oh why, will beautiful. bright and intel
lectual American women wed arist0crats
with titles and weigh down the scales with
their dowers as il personal worth were not
preponderatlng sacrifice? There is snob-
berry here also, passion for vain things,
notoriety and frippery. and in the end
folly has Its gathering OF Dead Sea fruit.
TOD HILL.
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only form, bit of the drama of royalty
10 ruling Its subjects and taking care OF
itself. Save with her family and lew
royaf relatives there is no intimacy that
warns the sovereign into positive friend
ship for subject.
Ihose who give her Majesty constitu-
tT0nal advice, or who are commanded to
dine with her-think of it. commanded !
are almost reminded of the times when
the clergy sat below the salt, and retired
before the pudding arrived.
It is. "a pretty sight to see her Majesty at
Il public function laying a foundation
stone or unveiling another monument to
''the ever-lamented Prince Consort."
There are great men present whose every
WORD is read and weighed. Her Majesty
knows them. They have been at her
councils as Cabinet Ministers, and have
pepned those speeches put in her mouth
for public enlighte enment But she does
not.hold out her hand and promptly recog-
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teacher. It was he who married the sister
of Stephen j. Field. and it is curious
thing that uncle and nephew thus sit side
by side on the bench of this the highest
court In the land. 1t is queer that Shiras,
Field. Brewer and Hornblower should all
be the sons of preachers and strange that
Hornblower should have been educated in
the law by his uncle. Justice Bradley, and
so soon succeed him after Bradley's death.
| see it stated that Justice HornblOwer
is the youngest man, with the exception
of Justice Story, who has ever been ap-
pointed to the Supreme bench. This is a
mistake. Horn blower is 42 and Judge
Story was ten years younger at The time OF
his appointment, and William johnson,
of South Carolina, who was appointed by
Thomas jefferson, was only SO years of
age. He stayed on the bench thirty years,
and if Hornblower lives that long he will
get Just $500, 600 out of Uncle Sans treas
ury. Among the other young Justices Of
the Supreme Court Bushrod Washington,
the nephew of George. took his seat on the
Supreme bench at sc years OF age,
and he stayed there for thirty one
years. Thomas Todd of Kentucky, who
was appointed at 42, being exactly the
same age as Justice Horn blower, remained
nineteen years, and Joseph A. Camp
bell of Tennessee was also 42. living
only eight years after his appointment.
while Benjamin R. Curtis of Massachusetts
served only elk years. As 10 the present
Justices. Harlan of Kentucky was A
when he was appointed. Gray was 90,
Brewer 80. Brown 81. and Chief Justice
Fuller 55 when they first took their seats
on the Supreme bench. Justice Field was
At. and lie has been on the bench for thirty
two years, which, at 1000 year. would
equal $500. 1000.
There is no telling how long man will
live after he has been appointed to the
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cards, played the blackguard on the turf,
and are loathsome spume, occasionally
looking for their dinners to balet-dancers
enamored of title. They are very black
sheep, it Is true. In large flock, but as
they are countenanced, it would be pros
titutiOn and dissertation OF the rights OF
the noble orders to drive them out.
1t is the title which carries honor in the
opinion of society. Can a man with title
be wicked or vle? Preposterous! Among
plebeians dissolute lives exposed are
stamped upon, but dissipation and WORTH
lessness are only biemIshes venlal in the
aristocracy. In the other European coun-
tries the nobility have been freely stripped
of the cloak Of veneraton which surrounds
them. Especially is this the case in
France, where peers are in no special
favor politically. But in England the peer
Is still power and exercises social In
fiuence of very far-reachlng character.
That is why peers and the scions of peers
are an exalted class. looked up to and imi-
tated by a snobbish world. When an
engineer becomes renowned and wealthy,
when merchant or banker has gathered
in millions, brewer has amassed a huge
fortune and founded a family estate, he
looks wistfully at the House of Lords as
the goal toward which one who has been
so successful should go. And by and by
he does if he shows friendliness to one or
other of the great political parties during
times OF election emergency. In this pro-
sale manner Lord Brassey, Lord Arm
strong. Lord Masham. Lord Hindlip, Lord
Bass, Cyril Flower and numbers of others
have entered the gilded chamber and got
the heralds t. hatch out an escutcheon
about as apocryphal as those of most of
their lOrdsbips who came over with the
ConQueror.
There are eminent men in their lord
ships house, but not many. The discern
ing reader will not fail to perceive that if
he were to meet the commonplace indivi-
duais on the street whose portraits are
herewith presented, with slight touch of
caricature. he would not turn round TO
take a second glance. but would pass them
by as commonplace and ''homely."
Lord Salisbury. burly, bushy-b bearded
heavy weight, who stamps along with the
tread of the typical John Bull. is very
solemn, mostly from i'll health and an ap-
petite for cynicism; but he. at least. has
cerebral solidity, and attends to the work
of the nation in foreign affairs when he
has the chance. He is, as it were, taking
along by the hand another notable peer,
the Marquis Of Ripon. Yorkshire Robin
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the Cavendish family. which has played q
prominent part in English history from
William the Thirds time. The founder of
the family was a barber or something else
as useful. Being born to greatness, The
Duke (as Lord Hartington) has been in
many Cabinets, and is quite familiar
enough with Downing street to fall asleep
at the deliberations of his confreres, as he
was very much in the habit of doing iu the
House of Commons. He is of upright
character, very rich and very influential
over vast area Of country, yet, withal,
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: At one of her meetings in San Francisco
Mrs. Ormiston Chant dwelt upon class dis
tinctions as one of the hindrances to the
elevation and advancement of society.
People speaking one language. claiming
the kinship Of one nation, assembling for
worship in various churches of one Chris
'tianity, are yet so far apart that they
might bs Just as intimate were they
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The Hot Water Cure.

"You are very fond of Coffee" said
New York landlady to the new boarder.
when he passed up his cup for the third
time. Not at ALL" he responded cheer
fully, "but my doctor has recommended
me to try the hot water.cure for dyspepsia"
Texas Siftings.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08

CHOLERA. Surgeon General Wy
man, Of the Marine hospital service,
telegraphed the United minister at
Constantinople, asking for affirmation
or denial of the report that Cholera ex-
lists in that country and today received
the following reply: The first case ap-
peared on May Goth at Bagdsd and 1t
began spreading among the Arab settle
ments. Numerous cases are also re-
ported and twenty deaths per diem at
Bassorah. 1t has lately appeared at
Red sea ports. (Signed) Newbury.
Charge d'affaires." DR.. WymRn does
not anticipate any danger from the dis
ease unless II should work it's way into
Alexandria or the Red sea. Should IL
reach there great precsution will be
necessary to prevent its admission into
European countries.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08
CROSSE W.. CROSSE.
Papers Filed in Divorce Suit Two
Days After Marriage.

June 9Th Georgia Comstock. of Salem,
was married TO Henry Crosse, of Polk
county.
June 7th H. J. Bigger, as attorney,
filed In the circuit court a petition for
her divorce. 1t alleges that for forty
eight hours they had lived together az
man and wife.
That In that time he had procured
her arrest and imprisonment malicious
ly, accusing her of false pretense and
Crosse fraud, and obtaining deed Of
100 acres of land in Nebraska, that she
had been discharged from the criminal
court, aud that he had suhjectsd her to
personal indignity rendering life bur-
densome, etc.
Wherefore plaintiff demands decree
dissolving the bonds of matrimony
with leave TO resume her name as
Comstock, and costs, etc, and such fur
.her relief as may be- equitable.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08

REMENyI HERE.-The great violin
ist, with two ladies and manager. is
at the Hotel Willamette and will play
at the Y. M. G. A. hall this evening.
He looks very much like Uncle Charley
Claggett, but is not quite 80 handsome.
He has bought new white shirt TO
appear In tonight, and rs he Is the
greatest violinist living none should fail
tn hear him. He is In his happiest
mood, and can never he heard TO better
advantage.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08
THE HOP CROP COMING.
Uncle Dave Guthrie Fools the Spray.
ing Machine Dealers.

hop vines are spinning over the tops
OF the poles, growers are working day
and night, saDguine Of the biggest crop
on record. The various spraying ma
chine men have had q hard time selling
Dave Guthrie Of Polk county q hop
louise exterminator. He refuses to be-
lieve bis yards are lousy and the other
day he played quite trick on them.
Uncle Guthrie got lot Of black gnats
and other little flies and the winged
aphis and they declared those were the
prolific female hop louise that could lay
a million eggs minute. But he only
chuckled tD himself and has not bought
asprayer yet, though he says he Is not
throwing off on spraying at all.
When the lice get a good ready and
the weather is right they will be on
hand. They won't have to be notified
by the weather clerk. II the combins.
tion is just right they can ruin any hop
yard In few days.
The sprayer men are saying that the
lice are coming on too slow to sell ma
chimes. Some say rainy cool weather il
good for lice; others say the sun is what
breeds them. Uncle Dave says that II
is In the shade that lice multiply. The
sea breezes turn up the leaves of bis hop
orchard once day and the lice don't
get foothold.
There is no doubt there is good
foundation for lice In the country and
they will appear thick with half @
chance. Better be ready for them.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08

LADlES.-When you wish to enter.
tain and want something fine for your
table, please remember that the BLUE
FRONT has just received from the eel.
ebrsted american Biscuit Co." a large
invoice Of HIGH CLASS biscuits aud
waters among which are the following
High Teas, Arrow Root Biscuit, Bis
cult Butter Scotch, Albert Biscuit,
Cracknells, Pullman Waters. Oa,en
Waters. Saline Waters, Vanilla Waters,
Dainty Chips, Cream Waters, Lemon
Waters, Graham Waters. Jelly Waters,
Cream Sodas, Snowflake Sodas. English
Sodas, etc, cts. Above are guaranteed
the most dslicately favored Baked
goods.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-08
THAT LIcENsB ORDINANCE.
Proposition to Tax Every Business
In the City Of Salem.

The city council IL considering an Or
dinance Of o very sweeping character.
Some time ago the present licepses sta
tute Of this city was referred TO COM
mittee for purpose OF revision, as II has
some grave defects.
In addition TO saloons, suctioneers,
hotel runners, backs, bill posters, now
licensed. license Is required as follows
per year.
Laundry, s25, hotels and boarding
houses, IS to $40.
Druggists, grocers, butchers, jewelers..
hardware, stoves and tinware, lumber.
clothing, furniture, boot and shoe, all
kinds of retail or mercantile business
Is to SIS.
Livery stables. $40 to SIS.
Real estate dealers, $40.
Telegraph companies, 800.
Contractors, $40.
Ice cream, IS.
Bicycles and Musical Instruments.
$40 to $40.
Dry goods, $35.
Engines and boilers, SIS.
Express companies, 500.
Meat peddIers SIS per quarter.
Fish and vegetable peddlers, IS.
Insurance agents, $50.
Lunch counters, SIS.
Wall paper, $40.
Opera houses, 500.
Produce or provisions by car load
SIS car.
Telephone companies, 800.
Undertakes, so.
Merchants not mentioned, $40.
The committee of which Geo. F.
Smith is chairman meets this evening
to consider the ordinance In detail.