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LEFT BOOHO 112 BOOTH has important industries, including the the Bear Driver. It is situated between nianufSui^ of storage batteries, hats, Corona Borealis on the E., and Cor K^e sHkfand rubbtr. The town has Caroli, or the Greyhounds, on the W. Dronze, bim, c j^ contains 54 stars, including 1 of the first magnitude, Arcturus, 7 of the third, and 10 of the fourth. Its mean de- clination is 20° N., and its mean right ascension is 212°; its center is, therefore, on the meridian on June 9. BOOTH, AGNES (MRS. JOHN B. Shoeffel), an American actress, born in Sydney, Australia, in 1846. She made her first American appearance in New York in 1865, becoming later Edwin Forrest's leading lady. She assumed numerous famous rdles with success. She died Jan. 2, 1910. BOOTH, BALLINGTON, General of the Volunteers of America, born in Brig- house, England, July 28, 1859. He is a son of Gen. William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, with which body he was officially connected until 1896, when he seceded and founded the Volunteers, a religious military body organized in the interest of the unchurched masses. He has been repeatedly appointed Gen- eral-in-Chief of the organization. Is the author of many well known hymns. His wife, Maude, ably seconded her hus- band's efforts, and was very popular on the lecture platform. BOOTH, EDWIN THOMAS, an Amer- ican actor, born near Belair, Md., Nov 13, 1833 ; the fourth son of Junius Bru- tus Booth (g. v.). When 16 years of age, he made his first appearance on the stage, in the part of Tressel, his father acting as Richard III. Two years later he himself successfully assumed the part of Richard in place of his father, who unexpectedly refused to fulfill an eve- ning's engagement. The following year the two went to California, wtiere the son remained for several years, visit- ing Australia meanwhile. Meeting with little pecuniary success, in 1856, he re- turned to the Atlantic States, and from that time forward was recognized as a leading member of his profession. He visited England (1861-1862), and in 1864 produced "Hamlet" at New York for 100 nights consecutively. In 1869 he opened a splendid theater in New York, whose building cost over $1,000,- 000, but which involved him in pecuniary ruin. He revisited California in 1876, and in the spring of 1877 was able to settle with his creditors, having earned during the season over $600,000. Booth visited Great Britain and Germany in 1880-1882, and was everywhere received with enthusiasm. He died in New York, June 7, 1893. DANIEL BOONE a public library, an opera house, and other public buildings. Pop. (1910) 4,930; (1920) 5^372. BOOBO, one of the Molucca Islands in the Indian Archipelago, W. of Ceram and Amboyna, belonging to the Dutch. It is oval in shape, 92 miles long and 70 broad. Though mountainous and thickly covered with wood, it is productive, yield- ing rice, dye woods, etc. Pop. about 15,000. BOOROOJIRD, a town, Persia, prov- ince of Irak-ajemi, in a fertile and well cultivated valley. Pop. about 25,000. BOOT, an article of dress, generally of leather, covering the foot and extend- ing to a greater or less distance up the leg. Hence the name was given to an instrument of torture made of iron, or a combination of iron and wood, fastened on to the leg, between which and the boot wedges were introduced and driven in by repeated blows of a mallet, with such violence as to crush both muscles and bones. The special object of this form of torture was to extort a con- fession of guilt from an accused person. See also Boots and Shoes. BOOTES (bo-e'tes), in astronomy, a 'jonstellation called also Arctophylax. or