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Tnlvrrsilty of Berlin, ortirlnated
the cbrm for the maklnn of a irreat
worll map on which the United States
Croloslcal Survey la working-. Nine of
the 52 heeta of the American section
are complete. Each represent .40
xiuare miles. This map la to be railed
the International one-mllllonth map.
because Its scale Is 1 to 1.0i0.00. It
will consist of about 1500 sheets, each
:9 by 39 Inchea. Nine of the great na
tions of the world are working on the
DM p.
rlmtho Kstrada has been elected Pres
ident of Kcuaitor. succeeding iteneral
A I faro. The President of Kcuadnr Is
elected for four years like the Presi
dent of the I'nlied Ktates. but the Vice
President of Kcuador, while elected for
the same number of years. Is not
ehosen for the same term. Klectlona
are held every two years Orst for
"THE DEAD CHRIST"
Sermon by Walter Benwell Hinson, Minister of White Temple.
HT WALTER BKNWELL HINSON.
Matt. mlvll bX
TO most or us the solemn moment
has already come, of standing by
the bedside and watching the
spirit slip from Its moorings Vut
In the great orran of eternity.
Into t lK.se shadowy realms tin-plen-cd
by the ee of mortal. And the
nnoilona of that awful -solemn hour are
quite beyond expression. Tot may they
help us to realise the fa-clings of Christ's
sheep when their shepherd wss smitten;
of those wondering ones who wmtched
their lrd amid the gloom of Uulgotha.
And as we read of darkening skv, shiv
ering temple, rending and yawn
ing graves, we understand how. In the
asierp of so wild a storm, the Disciples'
trust wavered and their hopes were shat-
tered. As they saw those hands once
powerful to I lie conquering of disease,
and sin. and death nailed to the tre-:
Diose frrt that 'trod the wild waves of
t:all!ee during the night watches, spiked
bv Romans, those eyes that wept over
jTUxalcm's doom, that looked lovingly
on the children, and yrt biased like
Kinal's llghtninss to the burning up of
Irreverence and gullL as they saw them
filmed in death: as they saw hi brow.
om calm and peaceful, spittle stained
and blood marked, and as they heard
those wild words or thirst and desola
tion Qulverii4c through the affrighted air:
what cold aloom must have- settled
down upon their crushed hearts. And
as the darkness deepened and the wind
moaned like the wailing of lost souls
haunted by their sins, we ran under
stand how the thick rail breaking off
the bods and flowers, was Illustrative
of the wreckage of their hopes, while
the raging of the elements portrayed
the stormy emotions that surxed withm
their spirits. And as the grim cross
seen through the gloom when the light
ning shone spread Its arms as though
In menace, we can readily believe It was
a restless night In Jerusalem.
For who could sleep w'fh those wild
rrles of Christ ringing ever like storm
bell, on a ro. kh.iund roam. Those Dls
riplrs. the sons of thunder. Impetuous
and jealous of their lord's glory; An
drew, who ome told Fe!er. "We have
f-xind the Christ." but now felt that he
lad lost him; the favored three who
were wltneews of his glory when be was
IransHsitrrd on the mount: Peter, whose
denial was causing him grief unspeak
' M out there In the mi'inlght gloom:
Un. throush whe soul the sword had
laed as the Lord's head fell on his
bosom and her 1-ist hope died: the 5lag
dalen. In whoso heart seven devils had
given place to an all-absvrhlng love to
Jesus; Nh'odemua. who remembered an
other night when he approached the
great teacher, hut whose memory bofe
no record of night so dark as this: Jo
seph, the Arlmathean. In whose tomb
the mighty dead slumbered; the Cen
turion, whose arfrlghted horse bore him
ri.ar the cross aa the death cry rang
o'er the raoh: Calaphas. the haughty,
who planned his destruction; Illate, the
feeble, who declared him Innocent and
yet handed him over to death: Herod,
who mocked and ridiculed him: the many
whrse eyes had been opened, whosa ears
had been unstopped, whose tonguea had
been loosed, whose sick had been healed
- and whose sins had been pardoned by
' this mighty Christ: the mob thai had
shuddered at the lightnings and quaked
la the darkness, and that fell that by
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Tresident. then for Vice-President.
Thus the Vice-President serves through
hair the terms of two Presidents. The
Cohitres meets every year at Quito. It
Is organized much like our own Con
gress and the President, like our Pres
ident, has the power of veto of Its acts.
Georite Tyler Is one of the most
prominent and enterprising of the
theater managers In this country. Next
season he will be the manages of the
New Theater. U IH not be the New
Theater next season, but will go under
some other name. Mr. Tyler Is the
managing director of Uebler & Com-
I pany. and on his past record he ought
to make a success with his new ven
ture. The failure of the New Theater,
under Its present management. Is due
In a great measure to the slxe of the
house and the poor judgment of Its
managers. Mr. Tyler is well known In
Europe as an enthusiastic motorist.
Henor Don Joaquin I. Casasus. form-
this murder they had opened a dyke
throush which the tumultuous waves of
remorse would assuredly rush: for any
of these for sll of these there would
be no sleep that night. And the San
hedrim, those leaders of the people, who
led them nearer to hell that night than
they had ever been before: the roolish
cercmoniallats. who reared derilement In
the Gentile court, but who Blew the holy
one or Israel; for them there was no
slumber; for early In the morning they
sought to cover up thetr crime and
make the accursed triumph doubly sure
by procuring the watch and scaling the
tomb: for had he not said. "I will rise
again."
Of causes for unrest they had many.
For their victory as they themselves
fcareil was but seeming: their success
a mere name. He was dead that was
certain. His eyes had widened In death
and his body lay motionless and cold.
He was In the grave; the rocky tomb
of Joseph held him In Its embrace. He
was dead they knew It. the soldiers
knew It. Jerusalem knew It. anil the
most sanguine of Ms disciples dared
not deny It. He was dead of that
there was no doubt.
But would he stay dead? Of that
there was much doubt. And In that
doubt lay one cause of their agitation.
Their reason bade them fear his resur
rection. True, no dead man had risen
among them, and no dead man could
rise, so they might argue. But this
victim said. "I am the resurrection."
and words like those were never heard
before. And beyond denial He raised
the maiden, the young man of Naln.
and the long-burled Laxarus. And If
death could subdue him It was the only
power that ever could. For he walked
on the waves, and hushed the storm,
and rebuked the evil spirits, and ban
ished Satan. In the home of Jalrus.
at the gates of Naln. mid the olives
of Bethany, he proved himself death's
master. And for death to' hold him
now, was for the weaker to hold the
stronger, for the master to be captive
In the hands of the vassal. . Once be
fore they had murmured. "Could not he
who opened the eyes of the blind have
caused that Laxarus should not have
dledT And now their guilty hearts
kept whispering. "Could not he who
lifted others from the grave fulfil his
own prophecy, and after three days
rise again?"
Conscience, too. troubled them. Con
science whose lash Is worse than l!ns
slan knout, whose rehu ..e Is direr than
the lightning and more awful than the
thunder's roll. Conscience, that makes
cowards or us all: that made David
quail under Nathan's chiding; that
made Belshaxxar'a knees smite to
gether when God Almighty wrote on
the palace wall: that made the swarthy
cheek of Festus pale' as Paul reasoned
of righteousness: conscience bade them
think of their sin and of Its probable
results.
These men were In the grip of the
supernatural. They had seen strange
sights, which to their evil hearts were
facts of menace, and a prophesy of
coming III. There are more things In
heaven and earth than are dreamed
of In our philosophy: and among these
things by us unknown Is the strange
force of the supernatural exercised
over us. So on that night they feared
the dead Christ with a mightier fear
than they had ever felt for tbe living
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erly the Mexican Ambassador to the
United States, Is being prominently
mentioned as the next Minister of
Finance In the Diaz Cabinet. He Is an
eminent jurist, and has been prominent
In the affairs of Mexico for many years.
Charles R. Crisp will hold to Speaker
Champ Clark the relationship that
Asher C. Hinds held to Speaker Can
non. Mr. Crisp will be clerk at the
Speaker's desk, and his hight-hand
man 'on parllmentary procedure. He Is
a Georgian, and the son of Charles F.
Crisp, Speaker of the House when the
Democrats last had control.
Griswold Thompson is one of the
most prominent society bachelors of
Sew York and an aspirant for the
leadership of the smart set of the
metropolis. He Is known as a very
good dresser.
Christ. And whatever else the Sanhe
drim may do. it Is certain they will not
watch the sleeper In Joseph's tomb.
For ceremonial defilement' would not
have half so much to do with their
avoidance of that tomb, as the gloomy
forebodings which surged through
their hearts as tTiey thought of their
guilt and the strange effects that
might follow It. And many a man
started in the dark that nislit haunted
by the crucifixion, and fan. lod that
amid the gloom he still saw the eye of
the Christ fixed upon him; and many a
would-be sleeper turned restlessly, and
imagined that In the moan of the. wind
he still heard those cries of anguish
ringing through the air. And the very
trees, as they moved In the blast,
looked like crosses; and the cry of the
w-atch. that all was well and the morn
ing dawned, was a hideous mockery:
for how could all be well, or how could
the morning rise, with such an accursed
tragedy In their midst. And 'so to these
guilty men those sons of the dark who
sought to hinder the day-spring's vis
itation to these men racked by their
own fears, the very elements would
carry an appalling message: and the
rushing storm would sound as terrible
In their ears, as would the sweeping
wings of 13 legions of angels of whom
Christ had spoken.
Thus early In the morning they take
precautions as well they might for
their crime was blacker than the mid
night- They had slain the benefactor.
andThelr guilt was Inhuman; the elder
brother, and henceforth they are fratl
cldes; the great king and men will call
them regicides; the Lord of light and
glory, and with hated breath and bowed
head the ages will call them delcidea.
Well might they take precautions
after slaying such a Christ. They
sought to kill him from the Nazareth
hill, but he escaped; they tried to stone
him In Judea. but he passed through
the midst of them unharmed: they fell
before Ms majestic presence In the gar
den, so how could they be sflre of him
now? They had better make fast the
tomb. For If they succeeded in holding
him then by proving Mm raise they
evidence to an extent ftielr own Justi
fication; but. should that prophecy con
cerning the resurrection be fulfilled,
their crime will stand out In hideous
distinctness, and their folly be as ap
parent as their guilt.
So they set a guard and rolled a stone
a sealed stone to the door of the
sepulchre, as so many have done since.
For men slew Stephen that they might
seal the sepulchre. Herod killed James
and Imprisoned Paul for the same rea
son. O Jerusalem, by opposition fierce
and deadly roll a stone! O Roman
Julian, seek his overthrow, until at last
on battleground thou dost toss thy life
blood skyward, admitting the victory of
the pale Galilean. And Spanish Philip
will launch his Armada, and Slxtus of
Rome will bless It. and declare It Invin
cible: but In conflict with Christ It shall
evidence Its vulnerableness and be scat
tered by the winds, and pierced by the
rocks, and drowned by the Infuriated
waters and Voltaire shall roll the
stone of criticism, and prophesy that
Christianity at the close of the nine
teenth century, would be but a fact of
bygone days, a matter of history: but
we dwellers In the dawning of the
twentieth century behold bow foolish
a prophecy was all that Idle nonsense.
And Paine declared that with his ax he
had desolated God's Eden, so that
scarce a tree remalnd: and Ingersoll
foretold a civilization too enlightened
for the mytha and sophistries of Chris
tianity. And so many have cast a stone
at that Judean sepulchre thst a per
fect cairn has been thereby erected: but
for their wonderment and shame, above
the stone an angel bas recorded, "He
la not here: he Is risen." The corn of
whest remains alone unless It die; said
the King. And he has died; he laid
down his life for the world's sin. but
he will rise again for the Justification
of his redeemed people. And so on that
third morning, as the sun fringes the
horizon with silver, the ground thrills,
the seal Is broken, the stone moves
away, and he lives, the friend of sin
ners lives.
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal.
Christ hath burst the sates nf hell;
Death In vain forbids him rise.
Christ hath opened Paradise.
He said. "I will rise again." They say.
"he has risen." When the sun set on
Calvary, they thought it had forever
disappeared: but it has risen again to
set no more for aye. So tell Calaphas
he is no victor, but a foolish, worsted
plotter: tell Herod ' the Christ he
mocked, and hatred, is alive again: tell
Pilate that hand washed In water is of
no avail, for the victim is now vic
torious. And go to disconsolate Mary,
to the mourning Magdalen, to the dis
heartened Pater, and to the bewildered
John, and teil all those scattered sheep
of the Shepherd's resurrection; of the
folded grave clothes; and. the empij
tomh. Tell them
The I.e.rd is risen indeed
And death has lost its prey.
A German theologian has forcibly
said:" "The resurrection is Gods Amen
and the Hallelujah of humanity." As,
indeed. It Is. For by ralslnp Christ
from the dead, the Father set his seal
to the work of human redemption; and
can now be Just: and the Justltier of all
who believe. And that resurrection is
our great source of joy for if Christ
be dead, our faith is vain, and our sins
nniin. Rut now Is Christ risen irom
the dead, and become the first fruits of
them that slept, and the Redeemer of
his chosen. For so closely are our sal
vation and the resurrection connected,
that It Is only because
Our Immortal Saviour lives.
TUmt ail Immortal life Is sure.
But Christ Is risen, and ascended to
the right hand of the Father. And he
holds the Keys of Hell ana ueam
Therein do we rejoice!
Jesus lives! henceforth Is death.
Hut the fciite of life Immortal:
This shall calm our trembling breath.
When we pass the gloomy portal.
Jesus lives! our hearts know well
Nothing from his love shall sever:
Life, nor death, nor powers of hsll.
Tear us from his keeping ever.
Progressive Burns Is Now
Attracting Settlers
Tboajrh WHbeat Railroad Comnee
tloa With Outside World, Harney
t'eaaty iewa la to Fore la Bnal
aeaa aad Kducatlonal Lines.
BT J. W. LIVINGSTONE.
W-DREST GROVH. Or., April 15. (Spe-
r- clal.f Recently the writer took
trip from Forest Grove, near Port
land, to Burns, In Harney County, to
find. that he had traveled more than 1000
miles to get there and back by the short
est feasible route, without once crossing
the borders of Oregon. In the Journey
toward Burns we had first 25 mi lea of
up-to-date electric railway, . then 860
miles of standard steam road, then some
SO miles of narrow-gauge railway through
and across the mountains, and lastly Al
most 100 miles by old-fashioned stage
coach. The trip In that direction
seemed to take one back by stages Into
that period of history when the horse
did the work now done by steam or elec
tricity. ..'
The trip is a long and costly one and
few can take It merely for pleasure, al
though the all-night stage ride over the
mountains and an auto ride back from
P.urns were full of pleasurable excite
ment. To ride 90 miles by night in an
auto that speeds through the great for
ests, across sage brush deserts, up rock-
walled canyons and over mountains a
mile up in the air gives the traveler
thrills of delight.
Just now the Hill and the Harriman
systems have opened a way into this
great central empire. Now reg
ular passenger trains speed up the
hitherto impossible Dei"cliutes Canyon
and push on Into the very heart
of this great Central Oregon. Through
this double gateway the Hill and the
Harrlman trains will pour In an army
of sturdy men, coming to conquer the
difficulties of the pioneer. The rich
soils of volcanic ash will yield ever-Increasing
harvests of grain, stock, sugar,
fruit and wool. Irrigation will make
the sage brush desert yield richly the
products of field, garden and orchard and
render Central Oregon one of the gar
den spots and noted granaries of the
world. The rich mines of gold and cop
per will be developed by Incoming capi
tal and men will harness tbe great fall
ing streams to run factories, propel elec
tric trains, furnish light and warmth for
homes and provide illumination for city
streets.
The City of Burns Is even now a hun
dred miles from the last outpost of even
a narrow-gauge railway, and yet this
little town of 1200 could put to shame
many a city more than 10 times Its size.
In an educational way the little city
has an excellent county high school and
In addition has Just voted bonds for
$35,000 to erect a separate public school
for the children of the grades. A village
improvement society has done much to
make the streets attractive and the yards
and gardens are carefuly kept. Around
the County Courthouse is a beautiful,
velvety green lawn, as fine as that found
around any public building In Portland.
The mothers of the community have
purchased at a cost of several hundred
dollars a roomy children's playground.
At the county fair last October the
writer saw a tasteful model of this play
grouttd. fitted out with graveled walks
and grassy lawns and handsome shrub
bery and bathing pools and teeter-boards
and merry-go-rounds.
In that fair house was a magnificent
and finely mounted collection of all the
birds and animals of Harney County.
The National Government has reserved
as perpetual breeding grounds for water
fowl Lake Harney and Lake Malheur.
Here millions of inland end ocean water
birds make their Summer home and rear
their young. On the great plains and
In the mountain forests and canyons of
this county dwell many specimens of
animal life now becoming almost ex
tinct on the American Continent. At
least one pair of all birds and animals
of Harney County has been secured and
mounted with all the skill of the taxi
dermist's' art. This priceless collection
will grace the hall of the county high
school when a fine and spacious building
Is erected In the near future.
One entire afternoon of the fair was
devoted to contests and games by the
children and to educational and Inspira
tional addresses on what can be done for
the betterment of rural schools and the
Improvement of country life. The ex
hibits In the fair house were arranged
artistically and they showed most clearly
that the land in that vicinity can cer
tainly grow excellent alfalfa, gra'n, root
crops garden vegetables and fruit. This
exhimt Intact Is now traveling In the
Great Northern's advertleing car to show
what can be done In this line by Central
Oregon.
The stock parade proved that cattle,
sheep, swine snd horses of first grade
are reared In Harney County. The auto
mobile parade mustered up nine hand
somely decorated machines. The little
children came as the climax, for. on the
last day. the greatest Interest centered
In the baby show. Six beautiful girls
and several sturdy boys entered the con
test. The traveler who has looked out upon
the wonderful panorama of the great
Harney Valley and visited the attractive
City of Bums will have no doubt that
the proposed irrigation systems and the
coming railways will make all Central
Oregon a region of prosperous, happy
homes.
fCCTte P S Mamie'. Eaater bonnet, with flowers white upon it, O L-.
h - Wfll be shown in church today; t 'f?r C -
OthTwomen, sneering, will say, with smile appearing. - 2MML ,
"o, before you lade away, - f T"
Mamie,1 fT'
vfwr you're the sweetest ever; k nv
2E So glad to have met you, my dear.
3 With your last Easter hat." JL r tiliM-t'
Howueer!-J. M. Coleman.
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The Legislative History of Naturalization In
the lotted Slates, by professor Frank
George Franklin, of Albany College. Or.
l.SO. The lAilverslty of Chicago Press,
Chicago.
A short time ago, an American-born
young man asked a young man who
had been born in Germany: "How
many years had you to wait in
this country, untIK you became
a voter and fullfledged citizen?"
"Five years." Huh," said the patriot.
In a disgusted tone, "I was born here,
and they made me wait 21 years. You
only waited five."
Of course the naturalization law, as
regards time for voting, has been
changed since then, but this is only a
sample of the sort of talk that occurs
on the subject,' and any light shed on it.
ia welcome. Professor Franklin's book,
"The Legislative History-of Naturaliza
tion In the kfnited States." was written
when he was (working toward his de
gree of doctor or philosophy In the Uni
versity of Chicago, and this was his
thesis, which is a timely and able con
tribution to the sparse literature on the
mi Meet at issue. It is also a learnea
and painstaking presentation of a topic
which should be more understood than
It Is today, and Is a faithful mirror of
manv Congress debates. It is shown
conclusively that our naturalization
Iowa were lone and anxiously consid
ered in Congress, and that some of our
forefathers who wished a law enacting
21 years' residence before .a loreigner
could become a citizen, were more uis
trustful of foreigners than our state,
men of today.
Professor Franklin has consulted
quite a mass of authorities in preparing
his book, which starts at me nevuiu
tionarv War and continues to the open
lng of our Civil War. The book consists
of 300 pages, and possmiy me mui
teresting portion consists of the descrip
Hon and leeislative work of know.
nothinglsm. The chapter heads are:
The Revolutionary period; the conven
tion of 1787; the acts or loa.
1802, and 1811; an act concerning evi
dence: expatriation: the act of 1824;
the beginning period and heyday of na
tive Americanism.
There nre no fireworks In the book
just scholarship wedded to plain, legal
facts. The last paragraph reads:
"Several hopeless efforts to amend the
naturalization laws were made In the
House from 1857 to 18S0 . . . Mar
shall also sought to Introduce a joint
rouiutlnn to amend the constitution
Finally, a bill by Morris, to amend the
naturalization laws, was reported by
iinmtnn from the Judiciary commiixee.
with the recommendation that it do not
pass; and it was laid on the table. Then
came the Civil war, ana me eu i i"
American party.
Prnfesor Franklin has been at Albany
College for two years, as professor of
history' political science. ojurins
the past year. Dr. Franklin has been
dean of the college, and while President
H. M. Crooks has been In the East
working for the college, or. iraniciin
has had charge of the institution and
has managed its affairs with conspicu
ous ability.
Reminiscence, of the Geneva Tribunal I by
Frank Warren Hacketu Houghtou.
Mifflin & Co., Boston, and the J. K. am
Co., Portland.
Portland people have a vital Interest
In this book, from the fact that it con
tains interesting memoirs of the Geneva
convention that settled the claims aris
ing to Federal commerce, through dam
ages inflicted during the Civil War per
iod by the Alabama and other Confeder
ate cruisers and because of the legal
services rendered the United States gov
ernment by the late ex-Mayor William!,
of this city. In the settlement or these
claims.
Mr. Hackett was private secretary to
Caleb Cusliing. who was the senior mem
ber of the American counsel for the
United States "before the tribunal of ar
bitration, created under the treaty of
Washington. D. C. to dispose of the
Alabnma claims referred to. Mr. Hac
kett therefore had every chance to hear
all that was going on and his message
is an important chapter in the gospel
of the doctrine or international good
will between this countcy and Great
Britain. How near we were to war, es
necinllv throush the overbearing tactics
or Sir .Alexander Cockburn, "a short,
nervous man Willi a neau line a ouuei.
and the eve or an eagle." Sir Alexander
being the British representative all this
Is clearly shown, unce. air Alexander
said: "There are men here not edu
cated, in the law, who, are now examin
ing questions about the great laws com
mon to nations ror the first- time. It is
Impossible that they should not be bene
fited by the help of counsel." A clash
of angry dissent was narrowly averted.
Trouble also loomed up over what are
known as "the indirect claims."
It is pleasing to be told again that tne
decision ultimately went in favor of the
I'nited States, with damages fixed at
$15,000,000, a sum which Great Britain
paid, that the arbitrators refused com
pensation for their services and that
each government joined hands in giving
each neutral arbitrator elaborately
worked silver pieces. The book extends
to .377 paues and the appendix to 35
pages, with an Index conveniently ar
ranged. The Obvious Orient, by Dr. Albert
Bushnell Hart. xi.BO. D. Appleton & Co.,
New York City.
Dr. Hart is Eaton professor of the
science of government in Harvard Uni
versity, and this excellent, easily-understood
review of hle describing the Pa
cific -Coast and the Orient, is dedicated
to William Cameron Forbes. Governor
General of the Philippine Islands, "the
Instructor of his former teacher." which
is a pretty way of putting it. The book
written in descriptive, graphic ami
almost newfipaper style the best style
in the world to reach the people. The
record Is of trips actually made, and is
therefore entitled to respect, accordingly.
Oregon receives adequate mention, and
it gets a whole chapter to Itself. Port
land, Is -"thought by the coast people
to be a kind of accidental Philadelphia,
staid, aged and conservative. Nobody
can deny that Oregon apples have a
beautiful rosy texture, nor that the com
plexion of the girls is very similar, it
would appear that the high quality both
of the fruit and of the young ladles' com
plexions, is due to the moist climate. . .
In the 'direct' method of electing ' of
state Senators, as in everything else
in the etate. The Oregonian newspaper, of
Portland, took a lively part. The Orego
nian Is a public institution like the Hood
River Valley apples or the referendum;
It is far and away the best newspaper on
the Coast, edited in the staunch manner
of the old New York Tribune, the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican, or the Boston
Transcript. Considering what the San
Francisco papers are (or rather are not)
and the weakness of most of the papr rs
of Washington, the continued success of
The Oregonian. is striking; in general,
it is on the side of progress. Otherwise,
the state is as yet intellectually Iif.tlu
moved, except by fts institutions of
learning. Oregon Is a strong, hardy and
progressive state, which is certa n to
hold a larger place in the councils of the
Nation, then it has yet attained."
Unusually interesting is the au'.hor's
review of the Philippines. He thinks
that the one big issue in doubt in the
Orient, is not Japan, but China. Taken
.-ill in all, the book is well worth read
ing and its optimistic, healthy epir'.c is
83 bright as a silver dollar fr-M'i from
the mint.
Comfort Found in Good Old Books, by
Ucorge Hamlin Fitch. Sl.r0. Paul Elder
& Co., San Francisco, Cal.
George Hamlin Fitch's friends, and
especially on the Pacific Coast, are many,
and they and the general public will be
Interested to know that his new book,
named above, will be issued early next
month.
For 30 years. Mr. Fitch has served as
literary editor of the San Francisco
Chronicle newspaper, and his weekly
signed articles on the book page of that
paper have been a jrreat Influence for
good In the selection of books that are
really of use to the world. He has also
enforced the doctrine of the importance
of cultivating the habit of reading great
and good books in time of trouble and
sickness, and for its usefulness In broad
ening one's view of life.
Recently, how little did Mr. Fitch
know tiiat he was ministering for his
own spiritual good. His only son died,
very suddenly, and it was then that Mr.
Fitch turned for earthly consolation and
companionship to the very books he had
named as friends. This list of subjects
will show the scope of the volume:
Comfort Found in the Good Old Books,
the Greatest Book in the World the
Bible, Shakespeare Stands Next to the
Bible, How to Read the Ancient Classics,
the Arabian Nights and Other Classics,
the Confessions of St. Augustine. Don
(inl-rote. One of the World's Great Books.
the Imitation of Christ, the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam, the Divine Comedy, by-
Dante; How to Ge the Best out ot
Books. Milton's Paradise Lost and Other
Poems. Pilgrim's Progress, the Finest
of All Allegories. Robinson Crusoe and
Gulliver's Travels, Old Dr. Johnson end
His BoswelL
A Man of Two Countries, by Mrs. Alice Har
rlman. Ttie Alice narnman v-o., b iuia
City and Seattle, Wash.
It is of passing interest to know that
A Man of Two Countries," and writ
ten by Mrs. Alice Harrlman, who -is
known both in this city and Seattle,
Wash., Is selling well. It was reviewed
in these columns some little time ago.
Mrs. Harrlman has had a new photo
of herself taken in New York, and the
above picture is a reproduction of it.
Mrs. Harrlman is one of the very
few woman book publishers in the
world, and her many friends are glad
to Hear that she Is prospering in the
business, and that she has been the
means oi making known to the public
several new Western writoVs. She has
published, with pleasing success, sev
eral books of peculiar interest to Ore
gon and Washington readers, notably
"Marcus "Whitman, '. Pathfinder and
Patriot," by Rev. Myron Eels, D. D-;
"The Superintendent," a story of the
sawmills of Washington, by Irene
Welch Grissom, of Kalama, Wasn.;
"The Diamond Spider." a religious
fairy story, by Eleanor B. Butler, of
Walla Walla, Wash.: and the nnvel
noted at the head of this notice, "A
Man of Two Countries." Mrs. Harrl
man Is now writing the book for a
new comic opera on female suffrage.
The Adventures of .lames Capen Adams,
ICear Hunter, hy Theodore 11. Hltlell.
Illustrated. l.r.o. Chiirles Scrlbner'e
Sons. New York City.
Rather a remarkable circumstance.
Here is a book with wiiat appears to be
an old. cover, but a new lace and a 1911
look about It. The explanation is that
the book contains the adventures of a
mountaineer and grizzly bear-hunter In
California prior to our Civil War, that
the account was actually published in
San Francisco. Cal.. at the outbreak of
that historic conflict, but in the hurry
and confusion of that time, was little
heard of. It ceased to be in the '60s.
Tile present edition is new and the
story told is an astonishing one of the
peaceful Yankee who was born in Mas
sachusetts in 1807 and eventually be
came a mighty grizzly-bear hunter in
California. The telling of it all will more
than delight the average boy. and please
adventurous men. The reading has gen
uine thrills in it.
The Interpretation of HIlor,T, by Max NV-
dau. (2. Moflat, Yard & Co., New York
City.
A thoughtful book for an educated man,
a book that is bound to cause profitable
discussion. The -belief is taught that his
tory is. only to a small extent included
within written history, end that behind
all appearances am! all delusions, the
real meaning of history is found to be
the manifestation of the life force in
man. Such topics are discussed as: ''His
tory and the writing of history; the
customary philosophy of history; authro
poniorphlc view of history; man and na
ture; society and the individual; the psy
chological roots of religion and premises
of history", and the question of progress.
The pages amount to 41!), and the trans
lation from German into English is tho
work of M. A. Hamilton.
The I'HMdnz of the Con federate, by R. Wal
ter Townsend. lio cents. The Ncale Pub
lishingr Co., Washington, D. C.
It will interest former soldiers of the
Confederacy who are settled in thi
region to know of this book, which lias
special interest for them.' 20 pages of
high-class, eloquent poetry suggested
by the decrepit appearance of Confed
erate veterans who recently marched to
unveil a monument to Confederate dead
from Robeson County, X. C. There are
six stanzas, and each one begins with
the phrase: "Aged soldier, thou art
dying."
Government and Polities in the United
States, by Dr. William B. Guitteau. 1.
Houghton. Mifflin & Co., Boston
Chief above all its many attributes
of excellence, this book is up dae,
liberal and correct, so far as can be
determined. It is a great, big lamp on
civics, and is designed to meet the
needs of secondary schools. Its authar
Is superintendent of schools, Toledo, O.,
and the illustrations are representa
tive and othelWise first class. Oregon
receives suitable mention.
(ilnniourle. hy William Samuel Johnson.
l.-'o. Harper & Brothers, New York City.
The tendency to writo novels largely
in English accompanied with phrases in
French with no translation appended,
ought to be frowned upon. Here is a
case in point. Unless one understands)
French it is not possible to apprehend
to the full what this novel affecting life
In Paris is about. "Glamourie is abrupt
and staccato, and plainly the work of
one not used to novel writing.
The Soul of the Indian By Charles Alex
ander Eastman. $1. Houshton, MlfTlin &
Co.. Boston.
A sympathetic and successful endeavor,
by an Indian, to show the Indian as lie
Is, mentally, freed from prejudice and
legend. The book is really excellent
prose-poetry.
A Study in Alexander Hamilton, hy Fon
taine T. Fox. SI. Neale Publishing Co..
-Washington, D. C.
A well-balanced presentation by a
Louisville, Ky., lawyer, who estimates
Alexander Hamilum. one of the fathers
of our Republic, as a giant in intellect,
and a moral weakling in character.
Two on the Trail By Hulbert Footner, Il
lustrated. $1.20. Doubicday, Yago & Co.,
Nw York City.
Splendid realism and fine dialogue. A
novel of the Canadian Northwest prairie
land. JOSEPH M. QUJSNTLN.