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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAE. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. AFRIL 3. 1CC7. 3 ?: v;: king j ' Of SIAM ; TO VISIT ; LONDON ' , , , 'r-.-l. .-rvvrPrrrnT : : : CESrTW" By 9. Uili lMll'. ' AX) ED Londoner are looking far I ward aer!y to th approaching visit of Phre Peramlndr Mall I Chulalonfkorn, the kins of 81am. J . , which la now. timed for th mtd- 41a of . Mar. Eaatera monarch ev elwey mora Interesting to tba crowd thaa European royalties. Eastern . ruler ara . different. They , look auterent. "They woar gorgeous tmlmeat - And whco they atlr abroad they Soot mtl and almpor and Jrk their head Uka automatons when peo ple cheer them. No king can look die nlfled Solas that Doeky potentatea aa-, eupt hemaa aa a matter f course, and . treat It with a lofty tndlfforenoe aa be- oomaa men who regard theroeelve aa a . fclgher order of creation real king, and net figures eda' , ' '.'. There 1a no sovereign In the world who la acouatonied to. receive more ab ject homage than hi majesty of Slam. He possesses a moat Imposing atria of title. Among other things ba t su rreraa arbiter of th ebb and flow of tides, brother of tba moon half-brother of tba inn, and owner of four-and-tweaty golden umbrella. Whenever be take aa airing In hie 'own domain bla faithful subject proatrat themselves a he paaeea by, no matter how muddy the street may happen to be. Wives Kneel Before Him. Even the hlrheet In the land. . when they approach hie auguat preeenoe, muet do ae on all four. Hla favorite wtvaa ikTe to kneel before him. Ilia brother do likewise. So King Chulalongkorn la not likely to be much Impressed by a crowd that keep on It leg before him and shoot and waves hats and hand kerchiefs at him. He won't bob his )ead until hla neck aches, aa European klnga are expected to do when they show themaelre bo th pnbllo. , , . As king of Slant, Chulalongkorn ha a much easier billet than the oocupanta of European thrones. He l Invested with power aa autocratlo a those of ths ecar of Russia, but hi Is a paternal despotism which ta not tempered by aa . eassinatton. Siamese folk don't .brow boiaba, and noae of them bay - yet reached that stag of enlightenment which monaroh are regarded a costly superfluities. Chulalongkorn ta not re quired to lead th atrenoooa Ufa. H can take thtnga a easy aa he please. - 111 Income I something like HO.tOO,. POO a year. HI gorgeous royal palace st Hmnrkok Is . a wafisd and battlement9d rlty within a city. Behind tba line of rot -very warlike sentries who guard It massive rate is contained treasure far , In excee of the loot rbtalned by 'th areatest feat' Wf robbery committed In modern times th sacking of the anmaer palace of Peking In I860. It 1 really a double p4- . ace an outer and ' an Inner pal ace. . Into th latter no European of the mal sex ha -ever penetrated. It contain about 4.000 women and one man. . And M.at man la th- king. The Siamese call th place Kang Nsl (The Inslds), and so sacred la It held that etiquette forbids any open allualoa to IV Harem Submerged in Lake., The most extraordinary feature of the Kang Nal I th submerged barea, situated In an artificial lake. It la built x entirely of glass of variegated color, the plates being Joined together by an Insoluble cement. It 'j ornamented , with quaint turret and minarets. When not In uae It float on the surface of CtlULAl-OKGKOJN. : KING OP cSLAl th lake. When the king desire to take hi ease within It, accompanied by hla harem favorite h enters the sin gle door, which when cloeeC is air and water tight. '.- ' . At a Bignal certain valve are opened and th house of glass descend to th bottom of th lake.- Th arrangements for supplying fresh air are perfect. - In the hot summer weather It affords a o llciously cool retreat, and there Chula longkorn l accustomed to while many Idle hour away, rejoicing doubtless that Pat did not summon him to reign over a progressive and civilised people., That famous saying of Shakespeare', . "Un easy ilea tb head that wear a crown,' doe not apply to him.' , . In accordance with eastern custom, he ta a much-married man. He has a score two of official wtvea.. and nobody knowa Just how many hundred of what might be termed courtesy wives, though In Solomon' time they war known by another name. Of 1st year th only trouble he ha known ha come from bla wtvea- And that was hi awn fault. He 1 an educated mu. Woman Rights Bother Him. -: In an evil hour h conceived the no tion that aorne of hla wtvea would make more agreeable and entertaining com panions if they were given a smatter ing of education In the European sense. 8o several governess were imported ii from: England to enlighten :' them. Among them was a lady who held ad vanced view on th subject of woman's right. Th harem 'offered her a gor geous field for proselytising. And ah mad th most of It. Before shs we. found out and packed back home the mischief had been done, th seed of discord and discontent sown. Several of the wlvee were sighing for. a larger apbere than 'he Kang Nal afforded them and there were all sorts of ruction. - On day en of them staggered the brother of the moon and half-brother of th son by telling him to hi face that he was a "mere man,' and that ahe wasn't going to kneel to him any longer. Chulalongkorn acted wltr decision. Hs started a vlgorou. Investigation and weeded out the wives who had been In oculated -with the domentlc peace-destroying notions. !Th discarded onea were by a special favor permitted to marry oou.-t official. They were readily appropriated, for It I regarded In Blum a a great privi lege to wed any on "who haa been an inmate of the king's harem. Some of the official subsequently had cause to repeat of their . eagerness, but . that did KING CJlULJMJCmGKOJSJ, GQJQGSOUS JZOYAL IPACS AT V not bother the king a bit, for he waa th undiaputed boa of hi own barem once more. ....,.. . . .. Queen Is Beautiful. His No. t wife. Sow Pongai, who Is designated th auprem queen of 81am, was not among those who espoused th pernicious doctrine of feminine equal ity. Great hope war entertained at one time that Chulalongkorn would bring her along with him, but It asem h hasn't don aa She I a petit crea ture with feature of th Japanese type, oval and ollve-eomplexloned. flashing black eye and pearl-white teeth. Very fetching ah looks la hsr rational dress for, not -to speak Irreverently of her majeaty, ah possesses ahem neither limbs that would make th fortune of a ballet girL At a Lord Mayor's reception at th Guildhall none of th grand la dle In th land would attract half a much attention. She la always accom panied bv a bodyguard of a dosen la dles-ln-walUng. ; no Eur pan queen, probably, la so rich In Jewelry as th supreme quesn of Btam. Bh ha a hug safe or casket, the , handicraft of a London firm. In which repose marveloua necklet pend ants, bracelets, anklet of dlamonda. ru ble, amsraids and pearls galore. Th second queen owns a scarcely leas Infe rior casket and each Of th other wives has her own speclal horde., . . Th national Jeweler ba a standing order for I500.S00 worth of Jewelry to be delivered to th king svery year, frrach of which la distributed among th favor ites of his harem. But at own oolleo- tlon of Jewel and bljoutsrls far sur pass that of any of hi consorts. With in th last fw year it haa bean en riched by th pnrohas of many of th rarest and moat costly gem that have appeared In the European market HI Jewel repository 1 eald to occupy th entire wall -space of tb royal bedcham ber which is itself, in many respects, a work sf art. ; - Mantle 'of Stat Priceless. ' ' This thron of atat la ascend ta magnificence - only to th marveloua peaoock throne of Persia. It Is largely composed of gold end studded with pre cious . stone. HIS 'mantle of atat la without doubt th most costly garment In th world. It I of great antiquity and Is handed on from king to king, each on adding to It som bejeweled embellishment. It is literally covered with seme. So valuable I It that ala armed oldler mount guard ovar It day and night. It Is supposed t be donned only once a year when hla majeaty pay bla respect to th portraits of his an aeator. Th royal palace, originally construct ed by European artisans, something over 10 years ago. Internally presents a Strang mingling of European and barbaric aplendor. Chulalongkorn ' ba don much to modify ths. latter.' No fewer than 19 rooms have been fitted up with troula Qulass fnmltur spe cially sent out from England. ..' Th great drawing room. In particular, ba been dealt with la a moat ooatly fas ta lon, tb furniture being In solid Span ish mahogany and having th Slam ooat-of-arms worked spon each article. Th royal whit elephants, which are always associated In th popular Imag ination with Btam, are not yet entirely a myth and a memory. Inasmuch aa four or flv ponderoua, drab-colored beasts may stnl be aeon ta th royal stables. but they are not now used for atat eeremonlala. How far eon tact with western civili sation has modified Chulalongkorn' re ligious view nobody know, but nomin ally, at least, he adhere to th state' religion, which I a decadent form of Buddblam on which many superstitions have been grafted. Th hug palace 1 girdled by a holy ' rope which haa been blessed by th priest, and Is, therefore supposed to form an affective barrier agalnat ff.l fiendish host whose special prey Is royalty and It multitudinous offspring. It I th Slameaa custom ta rar de mons by demona. somewhat on th prin ciple of setting a thief to catch a thief. The demona employed are huge and hid eous effigies. The priest wanted Chul alongkorn, when he ascended the throne, to permit the erection of two of thee monstrosities outside the palace gate. But they eompromlaed on the holy rope. Opposite ths palace, on the western bank of the river, atand a tempi knowa aa Wat Chang or th "Temple of Dawn." which the king attend for publlo ' worship. Th warden are two gtgantlo atone figures, male, and fe male, wearing nightmare masks. And, the king, skeptical though ba may be to their efficacy, deems It prudent to. maks aa obeisance, whan he passes them, ' . ,..,., Second Visit to England.' . f He ha visited England onoe before. That was la 1817. He wasn't feeling particularly comfortable at that time, for France waa threatening to gobble up the biggest portion of hi ktMcdom. and ha didn't shjw himself muciTAev' r - ..''.'" uni tii.. ujb chief purpose of hi visit waa to get England' to block th French game. On that occasion be paid a visit to the queen at Windsor" Castle. He was as-! signed to a magnificent ault of room a I on - th nrat floor, which corresponds to what American would call th sec ond floor. But desalt their sumptu ous furnishing It beoam apparent that nia a u any majesty was tar from com-, fortabl In thean. Then th truth leaked' OUt. . "r . - . , . It t customary ' la Slam for the1 monarch to aleep at th top of th house, "nsarsst heaven." and that any body ahould occupy apartments' nearer th realma of the blessed than himself did not accord with hla notion of what waa dua to hla rank and dignity. So ne we snirtM to n attro room and though of necessity, it was a far meaner apartment, he waa mora than pleased 10 mas ine enanga. Wanted Corey's FiancssV J i During his absence from Bangkok th crown prinoa, Samdatch Chowfa Vajira- vuaa wui rnetat a regent. - He was educated in England and la supposed to be a highly cultured young man. It may be regardsd perhaps ss proof of bis acquisition of distinctly . English, taste that h fell violently In love, a few years ago, with Mabel Qlliroan, th American actress, who Was than appear log In th "Casino Olrl" in London. H wanted to marry her and make her ni -no. l queen" when h ascended th throne. She didn't fancy the noal. tloa and subjected the love lorn prince to a deal of Mdioui by publishing hi lore letters. Bh 1 soon to marry Mr. Corey, tb multl-mllllonalr president of the United State Steel trust As his wife b will have a far better time no doubt than ah would get head of the crown prtno' household. ' But h won't be able to wear bloomer. HsV VIK VOU MAY, PAY TWE1NTV-FIVE PER- CENT DOWN AISD TEIN PER CENT PER MONTH J V Robert F. Scott, for years clerk in the First National bank. First and Washington streets. Is now en roura to Eorops on tour of ths world, havin, th In OoMfieltt nrrjmrjted him tA Inveat tlih in It mtnrV mtiA ht Ml. . u:. - i. . .1 I t.:. k.u:. tii m -i . receiving the handsomt fortune of $105,000 in spot cash. A few days later ha resigned his position, put his affairs In shape for a prolonged absence, and on April 1 cava uo hia apartments st tha Newcastle. Third and Harrison streets, where he p on a toar of ths world, having rellnauishcd hla noairinn sti fire Anrti filled for years, is told In few words. Shortly after the discovery of gold ia Ooldfleld, Nevada, hs became interested In that region, and took pali . Portland, leaving a place ia the great bank that bo had years ago, when ths shares of the now world-renowned Mohawk mine almost went begging at VA cents each, bis faith in Ooldfleld prom Th reason of Mr. Scott's departure f rom pains to post himself on its possibilities. Two had lived for previous seven years, and left th city on what he intends to be a trip around the world. Hia first stop was in southern California, from whence be intends to proceed to Mexico, then csst via Niagara Falls to New York, from which port ne wiu iasc passage lor burops ana on to tne tioiy iena, visiting all tne Mohammedan countries, and belors returning will ss fsmoua Thibet, Central and South America and all other points of interest on ths habitable glob. The gentleman ia about 40 years of fge, at all timea reticent, frugal in hia habits, and he figures that he has mesns enough now to provide for his maintenance the rest of his life and all on an investment of 1150. But you are probably now inaulrlnt Vhst of M V I ara not Interested ia Mr. Scott," But you are interested ia knowing that you may do the same thing Mr. Scott did. He didn't whine around and wonder if it would come out all right. Not a bit of it. . Men around banks do not lo business in that way. , He Would Have Worked 87 Years and 6 Months at His Salary of ?IOO Per As it la, it tost bin six weeks' labor, for which he re- ceived a fraction less thaa $3,000 per day or almost ss . v much per diem aa he previously had', received for 2tf : year' work, ;. ;.,'s:;;vr. ' -vf-lc. ) .- r THE BUTTS BOYS CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY. INC, HAS 100 ACRES OF GROUND IN . GOLD FIELD JUST AS PROMISING AS THE MO .HAWK WAS AT THE SAME STAGE. . ' " , ' These flv daima of 20 acres escn were located by th Callahan brothers ia th infant days of Goldfield. , W i; Induced them" to permit us to organlxe a company to do- ": velop th pivpetty (they not having the means them.' selves and absolutely refusing to sell) by awarding them 75,000 of the million shares, and that thia development might be thorough, ample and complete to raiae. ths',, J : mesne, ws placed stock upon the market at 10 cents per ' share, and never before in this city's history waa ths paper . of a mining company sold so freely. Thousands of dollars ' have been paid into our treasury, and money is ttiH com. Ing in ia great quantities, but our assay now show an ors , so rich that we do not feel justified in longer maintaining eur initiatory prices, therefore,: ,.. . On Sunday. May 5, Our Shares Will Do Advanced " ;; To 15 Cents- ; '0. ) . And Butte Boy mining stock at 10 cents will forever b a thing of th past. Ws hay told over and over again the money to be made in mining stocks whea the propo- , sition haa been a legitimate one. In our esse, it wss most , ; largeour acquaintances and friends that, made pur, en- vterpriae ths nnqualifisd success that it haa been. We' told them what ws hsd in Goldfield. They believed us. ' They bought our shares and enabled us to proceed with ' greet energy with the development of mine. No. 4, where cut first shaft is being sunk, and now we have sufficient' funds on hand to carry out all our desires, the result of . , which we feel confident, will be the establishment Of the ' fact that the Butte Boys wOl pay Just as handsome profita as the celebrated Mohawk ia paying now. Money In vested in the stock of that mins hss brought to thousands ., . of others just aa rich returns aa that received by Mr. Scott.. 5 T ; Wouldn't Yon Like Some of This? ', $5 invested in Ooldfleld Mohawk aharea at first hand would now be worth. $3,400. , , w, v : f 10 invested ia Goldfield Mohawk shares at first bands : - would now be worth $6300. ' ? - - , v . ,$20 invested in Goldfield Mohawk shares at first hands . . , would now be worth $13,600. ; ,.-... ' . . $40 invested In Goldfield Mohawk shares at first faanda 7 " would now. be worth $27,200. n - ' ; .. $80 invested in Ooldfleld Mohawk shares at first hands . ' , 1 would now be worth $54,400. ' ' v ? ; , ' $100 invested in Goldfield Mohawk shares at first hands ' would now be worth $68,000. , , , -;T $150 invested in Goldfield Mohswk aharea at first hands " would now be worth $105,000. i v ' ; ,i -: $200 invested in Goldfield Mohswk shares at first hands would now be worth $136,000. : . , ' ' $400 Invested in Goldfield Mohawk shares at first hands , '' would now be worth $272,000. - " - $500 Invested in Goldfield Mohawk aharea at first hsnds , would now bs worth $340,000. : - - $1,000 invested in Goldfield Mohawk aharea at first " handa woud now be worth $680,000. ' , v . $2,000 invested in Goldfield Mohawk aharea at first i, ' hands would, now be worth $1,360,000. - , ' r v; These Figures Are Absolute Truths Shares rosy be turned into cash at sny time, fast as ' '.. Mr. 8cott turned hla into money. The 'same rich harvest may be garnered by any on as waa reaped by this bank dork. .' ; ..'.,.- ,',' v ; y - ;;.-r-;.. Suarcholdtri of the Cntte Boj& Kliie Will Be Lbylnj Like . --77. Experiences Within the Next Two Yean 7 ' "But If you want to tsks'advantage of this' offer, do so some dsy this week. Next week will be too late. If you cannot afford anything more, put a week's wskse into . Butte Boys now, then later reap the big harvest that will -result from the seed you have sown, even sparingly aa f. you have done. Do not be content with life-long poverty. . ', You don't have to be. Here ia an escape from it, and w . ara perfectly willing that our friends shall shsrs in the,' distribution of th wealth bound to come from the Butte Boya mine., -, - y i y?. . , , '.. .t x.-. ' ' Make Checks Payible to the Company - ' 7 7 Persons remitting money by mail for Butte Boys stock srs requested to mske ail checks, express or money or ders 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 th secretary may always be kept free from error. , . , , -,. ,v. , : . !, :, WE HAVE THE CREAM OF ALL GOLDFIELD LOCATIONS AND YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT IF YOU WILL THE BUTTE WS0LIDATED1IWIMG ; ? ; Capital $1,000,000 in 1,000,000 Shares at $1.00 Each Fully Paid Up and Non-Assessable , INCOHPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF OREGON 7. 77 -:7'' Wcathcrly Dulldlnsr. 360 East MorrlsonStei Cor East Third, Portland, Ore., Phono East 773 ; OFFICERS AND, DHUtCTORS DR. M. O. M'CORKLB, President. .....Portland, Oregon' GEORGE W.BEVER, Vlcs-Pres. and Mgr, Portland, Oregon F. A. M'KECHNIE, Secretary..... Portland, Oregon 0. W. WEATH ERLY. ....Portland, Oregon D. W. PAIRCLOUGII Portland, Oregon CHARLES MAUT2 . ...... Portland, Oregon
