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S3 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO, MARCH 31. 1907. SMRES 10 CEWTS MCH '- - ' 1 V " " " " "x"i ' " - " '; " V " , : r;, -WHY PEOPLE BUT STOCKS The following table shows the rata mil tn t etoca Hated aa the Mining Exchange at Ooldfleld dnrtaf Lb paal IS saoaths. The la araaa la the axles of tseee tocke oaly reflecte Ism lafieoat la tha vales a the Bunas, tumeas Entr'i developinent. Sooree of ether mine an alas suae a trials r'ns la Tain, bat lha 11 hi toe toot for aubjlcatloa. Tba Batta . Bon will ba la Ula eonipeny rt year. -Stock .. Jr. ajro. Now. osln. J,h 1.40 4 20 I.hnO 0"0 JimfW. ........... .W Mohawk .......... .... . , Sc. Ives atlaata Blua Ball Booth Colombia lit. surer Pick Triangle Ra4 Top Bs Commoawaalta ....... Lagana ... Red Top . Bio neu JO JJ .10 .25 .34 .15 jM .0.1 .01 .IS , oo .05 OoenhtnatJea free ) Sold Bar . Oolrirleld Ores Rend.. .30 (Mdflald Colombia ... M - t.M 17 00 1.1 ' -M .6 .OS 1.00 141 .84 .41 M 1.70 .00 .84 00 1.00 l.M 1.20 t,S.no M.lon.nuO 00.000 I.RSO.Ol) 420.(100 TMI.OOQ TAO.OtiO . i.wo.ooo SAO. 000 ,' S70.000 (00.0(4 1,570.000 t.ono.ona . 110.000 ' f.AftO.pnO soo.noo ' 1,150.000 1.UM.0U0 (42,720,000 fflEToVEBNMENT BUYS IT ' Tba eery aatal yredeeed that baa tba a am aunt (or lta market, aad tha only oaa tint sever ftactoatae la veins, la gold. This cannot ba aald of stiver, eoppar M area diaiaonde. Oold kf always la anuai aad taa aeadoct or .(old Balsas, whether la panla ar aeoaaerttr. ) Iwaja tba aama, tba goverBBseat eichsagtng tba ceased dollar for tba raw materiel at aar time. Aad baat at all, tba governoMat oukaa a tiaarsa (or ooroaire, Ownar W (old stork -have a boat every Uilnf thalr awa way. t Tba baadrada wba hav iaveeted la tha Batta Bora a torta wtU raallaa tbla whaa aar ailnaa ara handing tbaai tbalr drrideode each svonta. A3 EXPERT OPINIOI , (rreai tha fartfta If hear.) The Batta Bop Coaaolldatad Mining Company I a sterling ortaajaatloa, Ineorsorafed ander th law of On torn, tba principal office balac at Portland. Taa company owaa (Ira claims, embracing 100 erree or (roaad. Tba stork eonststa af 1.000,000 ahara at a par varae af (1 par ahara. A Dm I tad amount of tbla la offered ta tba pablto, and tba standing of tba bm bark of tba aatarprta la a paarantaa that tha ffer1n to a alt bar a wildcat faka Bar a Calami gallara sola la tba (roand. Tha pan 1 la allla( atork I almply ta obtata faada i . wklck U daaalop taa aampaay'a aaidlaia. wit "BOW WILL I KNOW?' " " It ta aa aetoal fact that aa Kaatara Oratoa' attoracp wba aaal la a ramittaara tor atoek of , tba Batta Boya aukea tola loqulrp: "Row an I to know wbaa thla atoek hv - maaaa ta nlaat Walt till It baa foa dowa ' ipln. aad tbaa aall for what It will brtntt" DtTldaad cbacka will ba atallad aaeb ahara. aokSar aaeb aaoatb, aad froaa tba faoa af tacsa . ba aaa pratty wall aacertala tba aaloa af hla ' aharaa. Tba troabla wltb.our trlaad la Baatara . Oratoa will ba that bis stork will aot ba oa tba aiarkat at aar raaaaaabla prlca. ror thai aama raaaoa Mohawk aharaa ara bamrrd for at $17 aaeb, wbaa tha first Bold at l4 caata. ' Tba boMar will aot part with tbam. Tba dlr. drada ara too bras. Tha parson wba lnast4 (2.0U0 la Mohawk stock aad bow aaa aall hla papar for tl.8ti0.000 la pratty llabla aot to ba warrylac aboat lta "(obis dowa affatn aad rbaa sallttic for what It will br1n(.M Tha fallow who pat (10 la Mohawk, which a) bow la do. awaa at (S.suu, will aot rorsat as aaap posiaa aa Batta Boy wbaa It ant ara tba Mohawk ta, aay, a yaar TDIS CBEESSTBE BEA2T Hn What tba Ooldflald Kawa af March Id baa to aay af a saw Blaa of that camp, that . had a pas tbraaph tba aaaao iiii taa , Batta Boja I paaalnc tbnath at tbla tlma taa atasa af daTalopmaot. la fact, all ailnaa, prsat ar aaaall, moat bars tha aama axpartaoea, aad whoa aim liar bufaara la raad aaeosralap taa Batta Boy 13 BMntha bancs, wa bnpa raadara af oar adrartlaraisat win raeall tha pradlctloa wa Biaka rMtbt bow, that by that tuna oar ailna will ha elaaaad tba oqoal af aay af that (rrat camp' propartlsa. Tba liawa aaya: "Tba Mobawk baa haratofora haaa aerovatad tha (Toataat known gold a. too hi tha world aad , tba CoatMaatloa Practloa was a class aaeond, , . bat dCTalopmsata of tba past wsek bara proroa -that tba rioraaea la aaaily band and aboaldara a bo to alt bar of tbam. A cocaenratlT aamplloc of tba ladfa In tba Uttla rka-aaea taaaa yaa- torday rataraed plaaty of (0,000 ara. ' Poor feat will ratora far Into tha tboaaaads aad tba raaaalnmf IS fast af tba hrtta wUl ablp bat tar ' tbaa 11.000 ta tba toa. Taa aalpkldaa la tha Tala ara rich, bat tba fra gold la rlrhar. It roa throarb tba rock la arary dlraetloa. and - aot hi Barrow aaana. It la a Jawel caakat la " a.ary aaaaa of tha ward. Tba first ablpataat waa Bud yaatarday to tha local redact loa ' works. It eonalatad af flae teas of spaelmsB. rock, .aatlmatad to roa (10.000. Thara ar 40 stars too raady to aaad oat, sad thla ab 1pm ant aloaa will ba aulflrtant to ooabwa a dlrldaad on, whlla thara has aot bsaa alala foot . of atopluc dooa. ... , HOW A JOURNAL MAN GOT RICH IN GOLDFIELD A True Story of tho Success of Henry Weber in the Lqnd of Yellow Millions He Becomes Independently Wealthy in the Last Three Years An Actual Experience That May Be V Duplicated by Our Friends Who Are Investing in the Butte Boys Goldfield Mines Henry W.eber, employed in the circulation department of The' Journal, when the. Goldfield fever broke out, is now one of the millionaires of that bounding wonderland metropolis. When Henry Weber departed from Portland he had no intention of engaging in.th,e banking industry in, Nevadaor. anywhere else on this mundane sphere. ' Henry had not enoufch money to buy an out-of-date overcoat at a Front street clothier's "clearance sale," and when he returned to this city to take in the closing two weeks of the Lewis and Clark Exposition he reported to his friends at The Journal office that he arrived in Goldfield on the brakebeam of the "unlimited express." Next day his tender hands were blistered with a pick handle, and then began his career of "ups and dpwns," but the latter soon became so infrequent that he soon forgot that such a word as "down" ever was a part of North American vocabulary. Cutting out most all of even the interesting "ins and outs and circumlocutions" of the months that followed jumping over half a year that was of extreme moment to Mr. Weber, we may say that he entered upon the seventh month of life in the greatest mining camp on earth, worth more than $10,000. The latter days of that first year found him up in the $50,000 class. At the end of the third six months he was in position to write his check for more than $100,000. .' . . - . .. ; -. '' , "I am worth a million now," he saidi when he dropped into The Journal business department, "dressed to kill." Addressing the manager of the advertising department, of whom he was very fond, he further remarked: "If you will return with me I'll see that you become a second Croesus." But the advertising man had but recently married Portland, and didntakeAIr. We8er 8eriously.NQwJj -anyf-PerrtlanaTnreitfesSTHefi and others are afflicted with when they recall how I could have had that corner lot for $60, and it has just been sold for 100,000. Henry Weber acquired a capital of $20 after hts arrival in Goldfield, via the pick and shovel route. , He invested this in mining shares. - Up went the -stock, and he sold his holdings -and invested the increment in other stocks. In all he handled thousands upon thousands of shares, and always sold at a lively advance from buying prices. When his capital had grown to $10,000, his sails were spread to the limit, and from that day to this the breezes have been brisk and fair for Henry Weber's craft. HOW HIS WEALTH ROLLED IN. ' " - The $10,000 speedily grew to $20,000, the $20,000 to $50,000, that to $100,000, and then he backed a couple of prospectors in developing their claim, taking an interest in the property, and the shaft they sunk led them into what appears to be almost unlimited thousands of tons of rich gold, ore. - From this claim he is receiving a monthly income of $5,000, and sometimes more, but his greatest rush to the million dollar notch was his constant pufchase of stocks when first. put upon the market, and selling them again when an advance of from 60 to a 1,000 points had been made. Today Henry Weber is one of the largest stockholders in Goldfield's greatest bank. - He has other large sums invested in solid securities, so that "whatever vagaries Dame Fortune may play upon the balance of hustling humanity, this sagacious young man will liaye no occasion to worry for himself. He has his pile, and is just smart enough to not attempt to "break the bank," or drain the bars of Goldfield. ' '. WE HAVE OPENED THE DOORS TO OUR PORTLAND FRIENDS. But everybody cannot go to Goldfield, yet he is a poor man or a woman of exceedingly modest ' means who cannot invest SOME money in" the" Butte Boys Consolidated Mining Company's sharesand on such an outlay reap a harvest great in proportion as that garnered by Mr. Weber since he migrated to the "Land of the Yellow Wealth." Five dollars invested in the Mohawk mine at Goldfield at the beginning would now draw down $3,400; $20 then, $13,600 now; $150 then, $102,000 now; $400 then, $272,000 now; $1,000 then, $680,000 now, and $2,000 at first, $1,860,000 at this time. This kind of business pays. Jt certainly paid Mr. Weber. Owners of Butte Boys shares-will find that" their good fortune will equal that of The Journal man. Crown Point mining shares, first sold at 10 cents, advanced to $1,875. One dollar invested in this mine at . the start, later pulled down $18,750, and $50 invested in its stock when first sold, afterwards netted the buyer $937,500. ., But. to step along a .little further, $1,000 put into Crown Point stock when it first was placed upon the market would have brought to the exchequer of the buyer, when the paper went up, $18,750,000. ; The Monstrous Sum nl Eighteen Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars! Henry Weber accumulated his million by Vuch business transactions as these fitrures surest. THE FACT IS.' WHEN YOU STRIKE IT RIGHT .IN A MINE, YOU STRIKE IT BIG. Think, for a minute, of the $574,968.39 paid the operators of the Mohawk lease at Goldfield for TWO carloads of ore 47 tons of rock MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS for what miners would call a mite. This wasfori February 9 of this year hot TWO months ago. These facts are ;what set people thinking. A hired man or a hired girl, receiving a wage of $50 per week, would, if he or she lived without eating and robed themselves in Adam's inexpensive garb, so that there would be no outlay for anything of what in these days are con sidered the necessaries of life, tuck away for themselves $2,600 yearly. Thus industrious and saving, at the end of 100 years of such existence, he or she would have accumulated a sack of $260,000. But if he or she would work continuously, abstaining from everything that cost a farthing of his or her earnings, , . AT THE END OF 600 YEARS HE OR SHE WOULD HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OF $960,000, Or almost as big a heap of riches as Henry Weber, formerly of the circulation department of The Oregon Daily Journal, salary $25 per week, has saved in less than three years and lived on the fat of the land while doing it. If Henry Weber had continued , with The Journal twelve hundred years longer and never spent a cent for anything, he would Jiave been nearly as rich asi he is now, but Henry chose the shorter cut. Several hundred of our friends have put on his shoes. ' ' ' ' - - ' , V THEY HAVE BOUGHT STOCK IN THE BUTTE BOYS GOLD MINES. , ', , ' T"t 'it t - 5 T? ' A '. 4 ! - - At- t A i - At 1 : . fl . . . , . . . . 1 ins 13 ine ocginning. .every inuiHtuon wc can jiunn vi .points 10 me conclusion tnai our properties wui rewara our8narenoKiers-just-as genet- ously as have any in the marvelous country in which they are central figures. We, have not an atom of doubt butt that there will be many Henry' vvcucrs in our ciass ui investors, ana, as we aireaay nave saia, none win rejoice wun greater gusio man ourselves as we pass over to tne fortunate friends the boundless bounty we feel confident is contained in the secret recesses of that portion of our Mother Earth- :WEARE"STTCirSEL14NG SHARES AT 10 CENTS EACH. THEY ARE FULLY PAID UP AND NON-ASSESSABLE. THEY WILL ONE DAY SELL FOR AS MUCH AS THE MOHAWK SELLS FOR NOW, $17 PER SHARE. These are sunshine days for the person who would make his pile without long years of labor and fatigue, and we are offering tovevery one that opportunity. - Each shareholder, is a partner, in. the mines. Our interests are identical. , Our prosperity is yours, Your prosperity is ours. y.-l ; v ?:' MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE COMPANY. , : Persons remitting money by mall for Butte Boys stock are requested to make all checks, express or money orders payable to the Butte Boys Consolidated Mining Company, and NOT to any member of the company. This rule must be rigidly adhered to, in order that the books and accounts of the secretary jnay always be kept free from error. . ... , - . . ; , - , - .. . THE BUTTE BOYS; G0NS0L Capital $1,000,000 in 1,000,000 Shares' at $1.00 Each Fully Paid Up and Non-Assessable Weatherly Building, 360 East Morrison Street, Cor. East Third, Portland, Oregon Phone East 773 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ' DR. M. O. McCORKLE. President... .. Portland. Orfon OEORQE W. BKVER, Vlca-Praa. and lift. Portland, Or. F. A. McKECHNIB, Becratary Portland, Oregon A. W. LAMBERT, Traasurar. ....... .Portland, Oreajon O. W. WEATHERLY Portland, Oreon D. W. FAIRCLOUOH Portland. Orcion CHARLES MAUTZ Portland, Orsroa . JUST ONE PLAIN COURSE Thara la bat aaa soars tt aorsoa la tha ana saaaful aeralupiaaat af a goli ar atbar ailar. ' BaTln( oatDilaa4 apoa taa loairloB. sisel as paaatbla, ol th alaaral, alak your aba ft ta whatsaa spta Is aacaaaars ta Baoatrata pay rack, tuaa rruaacut la taa dlraetkws mat tba formal loa e lha ara aad axparlaaea will suf aat. slarat tha prodost to tha aurfac and taaraachJ laat It. Tba ailsar caa tbaa. with alnoat aiathaaiatteal awararr, aaterailna tha nloatloa af hii pro party aad taa dirldaads It will pay tha sharaboldara. Thb) Is tba covraa balac paraaad by tha Butte Boja Oonaollilatad allaloaCoBBpany. All atUIrs at tha eonpaay ara brlat eoadactad with tha aama anaray and tarafulaaaa that aaeh BMmbar at tba dlractarats condocu his awa bualaaaa. Thara la bo myatary aboat aaythlaa batnf doaa bara. Oarythtag hi spaa and abora board. Wa bara bo rciia a( aserary. Wa aaiploy aoaa af the etraofa toraa at tba prof aaa tonal stock epecalator, latanded to bewilder th reader. Inataad wa print the (arte ta plain, oararalabad Bnfllah. aa that aU easy aadareusd o. . A HOME COMPANY WITlt SEAL MINES I Uurt flora roaaollil.aMl Utnln iVmm..1 (s eooipoaad at aar awa people oalshbora arery one aa honored and reeperted boaloea 7 man. ' Tbreofh Information aerurad froca J. hi. Ba, who early want to Goldfield froaa Fort- , land, members of the company learned that the 100 acree bow tha property of the eoaipaay was nad by two brotliera, Callabaa by aama. bat that they woold aot aall It oarrlirat. It waa auiceeted that they might be In dared to become ' Pari of a eoaipaay that could famish rands for tue derelopaieut af the lire elaima. Tbla waa finally accomplished, tbe brother betas allowed 7r.000 of the ll.6no.ona of atoek at wbleb ' the eoaipaay la eapltallaod. These are tha saea -waa hare the eontract far alnklng Ue shaft and making the croaerats, ao that the mine may , become a producer at tha earlleet time posalble. Baring 175. 0OO In Ureal In the proposition, ether ' aharaoolders will aadareUad the earnaatoe' with which they will proaecata tha work. No tlBM will ba lost. Not a mlaate will be wetd. ' V"r miaes are real. 1 aey ar aetaah . Mat . net ' COW MINING SHAKES ADVANCE , Ianomerable laataacea of ewaiaoue praflta ara reeorded ta mining hkttory. The mlnee of tha Comstock Loos haaa produced nearly $680,000. 000 la gold and allrar, and are a till makhig fortune (or the atoek holders. The atoek al tba arkm com pan lea operating there adreneed - from a few dollars ta fahukma price. Orowa Potat roaa to $1.87S per ahara; Baat aad Belcher from 60 eeats to 1.M0; California adraaeed frooi 11. M to fTdol Cooaotldated Virginia fruaa 11 ceats to 0S. 100 inreated ta LeBot atork . a few years are has elare bad raloe of S 260.000. aad bee paid nearly (40.000 to dlrl enda. Btoek af the Home Ulnlag Cmnpaay adTaaeed from 80 crate a share ta S2o per -ahara In acres awa the. Grmslte Haaotaln etoch adeaared from 10 cents to 79 par share to two years and baa paid over $14,000,000 divi dends. The Independent mine of Cripple Creek wa located aa a prospect to 1801. A frw year ' later, attar harlng paid aareral mlllkma la dlrldcnda. It was aold to an Enyllah eradicate for $10,000,000. Tbe original Tonopah Mine was located as a prospect la 1M1. It bes since pmdoeed $10,000,000 and Ira stork Is now selllug aa a baala af $15,000,000 for tha ntoe. There la now veer $100,000,000 worth af era actually blocked ost and In eight In tha prop- Tbe Iradrllle dlarrlct has prodnrrd In a eowiparatlTcly few yeers arer $oo.onn.0no. arty. Tha mlaea of Cripple Creek hare arorhiced S100. 000,000 la gold since ISM. Th LcRot mine waa aold entire la 1W0 fur 1120. It has elnre sold on a basis of $10,000,000, aad tbe etork adraaeed from t rente to $90 per ahara and paid aa high as $,000 per seat aa tha tint coat. MONEY IN MINING STOCKS ' $8 Inrratrd to Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at Tlnrr Sanaa wonia bow b worth SJ.eoo. $10 toraated In Ooldfleld Mohairk ahara at flrat handa would Bow ho worth $0,800. $20 tarnted In Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at flrat hand would now be worth 1 3,000, $40 Inrested In Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at -' flrat handa woold now ha worth tlT.fJiO. Inreeted In Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at flrat hands would Bow be worth $M,400. $100 In raa ted la Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at -first bands would sow bs worth t'ls.OOO. $100 Inreeted la Ooldfleld Mohawk aharaa at flrat handa would bow ba worth $103,000. $300 Inrested la Ooldflld Mohiwk aharaa at flrat handa would bow he worth $134,000. $400 tareated In Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at flrat hands would now be worth $273,000. . $1500 Inreeted la Goldfield Mohawk aharaa at . : flrat handa woold sow bs worth $340,000. $1,000 Inreeted la Ooldfleld Mohawk share ' at flrat handa would bow bs Worth fisO.OnO. - $3,000 toraated la Ooldfleld Mohawk ahara at first handa weald bow he worth $l.SnO,0m.- , Th a bore la the record of th Mohawk, and , ' aaa of tha operators af that great mine declareo ' that aar area: ar counterparts of his st tbs -aama depth from tba eurfaea af th ground, snd be can aaa aa reason wby ear mine ehoald not pro-re the equal of his la ererr respect. . We ahall rejoice. Indeed, when the time aha II - com that w ara paying (orb dividend to . our people that their atoek will be worth $1T par ahara, the price th Mohawk I aelllng for a t thla tlma. We bara many good fries iU among thoea who hare Inreated In our paper, and they will not be wbtt happier than our selves whaa they recelr tbalr plethoric cbacka. - New Books And Their Publishers . 9 THS COURT OF PILATar By Roa R. Hobb. Undoubtedly, aa tha Now Tork Sun remarks, tba morit Interesting period - In th world's history was tha tlma of Christ, and, tt Is tha least worked of any known period, becausa It's too dangerous for an author. There ar millions of people wfb ara familiar with every Una of saorcd and profane nlatory concerning that period, and tha limelight has been turned on so glaringly that tba least lips would apell very much Ilk duln (or u author." Ia tha present story Mr. Hobbe has eaj-efully avoided many of th pitfalls thst bar anarad tbe novelists writing of thla period. - who hav overlooked th fact of tba general and almost 'univer sal knowledge people hav of tha great biblical character of that tlma, H haa dealt sparingly with these people and whlla tha story centers around Pilate, this ruler who was made famous more through circumstances than through Individuality, Is encountered but- tsra or three times personally through ths book and the tale Is one rather - Incident ta the court than of it. But en really historical character flgurea in the book with any promi nence) and that Is Malchua, the servsnt f tha high priest, whose ear was smit ten by the a word of Peter and healed by Christ In th garden. He la the villain f tha story and whlla there may be no biblical foundation for tha part he took In Mr, Hobbe' storyr ba was In the ffldal poaltlon ta make auch acta poaalbla. The bare of the book was tha noble Ceatua, aemmd centurion of tbe army of Kama, and Is introduced to tbe reader, aa ba comas upon two combatanta, who ara- In aiorta.1 atrlfe ever tha Jewish tnaldea Myrla, whose name bad been lightly used by one of the duellata. Ceatua himself waa ia love with the beautiful Myrla. and admlnlstsred a'Just BvunisHmevtt ' apoa the offender and thereby Incurred hla ill-will and arouaed Ma malice which found aa opportunity la the aeer future to apend itaalf. This aama night Pilate baa ordered the effigies of Caesar which were upon the ensigna ta ba brought into Jerusa lem. This waa one of the forbidden things, and one of the strictest tenets of Jewish law, that na images ba al lowed in tha holy city, and therefore the spirit of unrest and apprehension was abroad. Ths author haa written a reallktlo description of thla night and pictured In vivid coloring the plcturea quenesa of tha Roman soldiery as thay bore aloft: tha ensigns of Rome while lurking here and there, .winding them selves, with sinuous ease and sinister intent, in and out, among tha shadows were the awe-struck but determined Jews. Then came tha clash in ths market plaea whan Ceatus commanded the Roman soldiers to halt In their carnival of slaughter which gave his enemy a chance to cry, "Traitor to Rome" and to carry the aocuaatlon to tha eara of Pilate. In tha melee tba father of Myrla was made prisoner, and whlla he personally plays a small , part in tha story his imprisonment gives large op portunities to both friends and -foes of Ceatus, and la an important part in developing the tale. The atory Is one entirely of Intrigue and plot, and is exciting and compelling. dui nnaa its greatest merit In Its fine character sketches. These ara bold In outline but not exaggerated, whether they be tha noble and beautiful traits f Ostus or Myrs, or the villainy and llcantlouaneea of Malehus or Paulina, tho woman of the court who was en amored of Ceatus. - " Th personality of ' Jesus does' not appear In tha story, which will some mendJt to the majorty of readera, who, even If not religiously Inclined, rather ehrtnk from so intimate a use of this holy name, and reaent It being uaad to exploit fiction. rh rates, the friend of Ceatus, and one of tha good wholeaome characters of the book, does tU bis friend of some of th wonderful works of the Naiarene, and of his cruel - condemnation by Pilate, but It Is only In way of relat ing ths current newa to his sick com rade. One of the most Interesting points in the whole book Is 'the fine1 analysis of the character of Pilate given by the author. It In no way conflicts with biblical history but it casts a new and illuminating light upon many fea tures of the life and dlsposlton of the nan. - Th style of the book la plain and forceful, with no attempt at ancient dic tion," or use of Incomprehensible terms. and la therefore entertaining: aa well aa Interesting, which cannot be aaid of tha large majority of books which deal with remote periods of time, and which are usually pedantio and nothing else. "The Court of Pilate" haa aeverail very beautiful Illustrations by B. Dl Franco and la handsomely bound. K. F. Fenno aV Company, prioe fl.SO. "A Vacation on the Mediterranean By J. B. Horner, professor, of history, Orepon Agricultural college. Tha friends of Professor Horner are legion and hla writing, aa well as his valuable aervlce to tha atata, are too well known to require an Introduction to thoee who will read, with pleasure, his little book. Tha book comprlsea atx lectures upon the following subjects: "K Day in Roma," "The Applan Way," "Pompeii," "Athens," "Egypt," "Jerusa lem." During his trip abroad Professor Horner waa an interesting correspond ent of Ths Journal, and many of hla lettera have since been utilized aln tha lecture room and are now embodied in this little volume. "A memento which pleasantly assoelates tba author's classes with ' some of the scenes that run ths Mediterranean" and ara pub lished In book form, by the classes In history In tha Oregon Agricultural college. t Professor Horner haa , viewed tha sights of past and present glory through the eyes of a historian and haa recorded them with the pen of a acholar and a student. He has tha reverential spirit as he looks upon ruins and reada their stories; he haa deep appreciation aa ha views the scenes of great events and contemplates their places 1n th history of the world, but he reproduces It all to his nadora In a bright, fresh and origi nal style, with telling comments which indelibly stamp the facta upon th mind, and leave an Impress which will bo a pleasure to remember. If one were contemplating a trip abroad it would be hard to find a mora trusty companion that this little books mark we do not say a guide, but a com panion, for it la in no aenae the former, but deserves the latter place. It can suggest where to go and then will chat pleasantly about tha place and people and will give you facts you Would never ftnd In your guide book, and have for. gotten, if yon ever knew since you were studying history. To tho stay-at-homes it la a little Journey almost without money and without price, and a most de lightful one at that Tha many admirers of Professor Hor ner hope this book la but a foretaste of a larger and mora detailed chronicle of bia entire trip, for It can ba easily seen that this la but tho outline etched upon a background of more extensive propor tions. A number of photographs of hlstorlo scenes Illustrate and make more attrac tive the present book, for which we pro. diet a large and growing demand. - ' Allen aV Woodward. Corrallia, Or. Price, 2$ cents. "Virginia Vaughn" By Margaret A. Richard. Price 11.18. "Tha Dolorous Blade" By Samuel Donald Newton. Price fl. "Nature Lyrics" By Martha Martin. Price $1.60. Thla la a new group of poems fresh and acceptable, just from the publish ing house of Richard O. Badger. They are grouped only because they have been published about tha aime time and not from any similarity in theme, unlfnrmltv nr fechnlnua. N "Vireinla Vauarhn" ia a book of something like ISO pages and Is a ro mance In verse. It is a simple, pathetic love story of the lives of an artist and a girl poet whose highest Ideals of true love and beauty were worked out in their own lives. . - , The little couplet on tha title page, by Bailey, is a fair Index to tha storyt "How doth tha book begin, go on and end It bath a plan, no plot; life hath none." The book haa some unusually fine passages, snd Is written with soft snd flowing rhythm, and In a pleasing style. It is divided into four books under the following headings: Friendship, Love, Marriage and Death, and the whole Is a book worth some study. "The Dolorous Blade" Is a brief ae count of the adventures of that good knight of the round table, ftlr Batln, called Ia Savage. The author bae woven Into poetic fnney the legend, or one of them, of the Dolorous Blade: "The lance wherewith our master's side were smote." ' The adventures of the Knights of the Round Table is a subject that, if ptfv alble, would have 'been worn thread bare by poets years sgo, but It isn't possible, and any . poem that Is a a, well written aa Mr. New ton's Is ' always sure of apprecia tive readers, for there is a romantic and chivalrous fascination about tba them that never (rows wearisome If well pre sented. "Nature Lyrics," the third of this popular group, will probably appeal to the average reader more than either of tha othera, aa It is what might figura tively ba called "a daisy chain" a col lection of happybrlght and cheery lit tle poems which might easily be reck oned aa flowers from their wholesome, fragrant atmosphere. Many of the poenaa ara translations from the Ger man poets, Uplsnd seeming to be the favorite; but many others are honored. The poems are really lyrics of nature, though some bear title of festal days, such as "Christmas Morning." "St Val entine" or "A New Tear's Eve." The poems are all short, a few ara in minor tones, bur the majority are In the aweet andf happy sounds of nature at Its best, snd all have more or less the sugges tion of the greater German-poet a In their style of expression. k "International Law and Diplomacy of th Rueao-Jspanese war By Amos S. Hcrshey. Ph. D. The Russo-Japanese war contributed toward tho settlement of many disputed questions In interns' tlonal law, but it gave rise to a number of new precedents, and to controversies which will materially affect tha future eonduct of International affairs. It furnished a particularly Interesting and Important field for the application of those principles governing the rlghta and dutlea of neutrals, to the growth of which the United States haa materially contributed. - Tho present work la a complete his tory. In narrative form, of the war from the polnC.of view of International law and diplomacy. That such a history is needed and will' be highly serviceable will not be disputed when one considers how many comparatively or wholly novel questlona of international import, such as the status . of wireless (teleg raphy, aroaa during thla conflict; snd how surely tho usages observed during this wsr will be quoted ss precedents in the next The book Is of Interest to the ordinary reader, aa - well as fo the lewyer and diplomatist; and noichapter will be scanned more eagerly than thst In which the relative position of Great Britain to Japan and to the United States is discussed. AmAn th, anhlju.f.had1fiaa the SaI. lowing will indicate how entertaining es well as complete Is th scope of this treatise: "War Correspondents. Wireless Telegraphy Snd Submarine Mines," "Russian fieltursa, "Quaatlons Relating to Contraband ot War," The Voyage of the Baltio Fleet." . 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