2 THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, AUGUST 16, E. M. 300 (1900.) height from the floor of entrance to adjoin those of the Capitol, and for tip is 555 feet 5£ inches. It is the the convenience of members of highest work of masonry in the Congress, the books which they BY MRS. ELIZABETH DAVENPORT. world, and is exceeded in height wish to consult are sent direct from only by the Eiffel Tower, of iron, the reading room to the Capitol [CONTINUED FROM LAST W E E K .] R est on, em balm ed and sain ted d ead , 984 feet high. D ear as th e blood ye gave, through a tunnel connecting the June next visited the j u n e 29.—I - d .— a u j a v - Mu' No j ioua footsteps h ere shall tread June 3.—We visited the Corcoran two. The tunnel is of brick, 1,275 seum of Art, and as we stood there The jlfcr|,age of your grave. Ait Gallery. The gallery was feet in length and 4 by 6 ft. interior. admiring those fine pictures, “The . Ho™ Show,” by Kona Bonheur, The Arlington Cemetery ,, .urel, founded and endowed by the late 3ook-carrying trays pass through v “I* uv arm” » scene, by k v her ain one of the most beautiful locations William W. Corcoran in 1869, as a the tunnel, making the trip from and the her sis- ter, Augusta Bonheur, we noticed a , of this earth. 1 he surroundings gift to the public, “for the perpet one point to the other in from two ’ 6 j • • seem to impress people with the ual establishment and encourage to three minutes. gentleman and lady admiring the .‘ w , , , . i solemnity of their visit. W e had ment of the fine arts.” It occupies July 6 .—This morning I was pictures * as well ,, as the , pleas- . pictures, and, aim to i our g great pleasure * ... Mr the surprise, a building of Georgia white marble. shown through the Capitol. This and surprise, found that it was Air. ura, of r meeting there a man and , anu b u i prise, .vu Above the entrance is the inscrip pudding is distinguished for its Til Ford of Salem, Oregon, and , . ” . r , t ? i w r, „r wife, formerly residents of Oregon, tion chosen by Mr. Corcoran, “Ded commanding situation and majestic his sister, r. or - arre were pr^8ent at the interment icated to Art.” We then visited proportions; for the dignity, grace Portland, Oregon After a Plea9’ i of lhe * who fel) at the battle of the Pension Building. It is an and beauty of design; and the ant visit and a look together over d diffioolty immense structure, covering an adornments and decorations which that fine art gallery, Homer invited ° t »bo in locating Lawrence \anvaulken- area of 200 by 400 ft. The building peautify it without and within. them to his home for dinner the *“ * , wag completed in 1885. Some no 7rom an elevated site on Capitol ,, , , burg’s grave, having the uumber next day, where we all had an en-, » „ v „r with us. Lawrence was a Silverton tion of its magnitude may be had Jill, 97 ft. above the level of the iovable visit. Homer has one of; u * from the fact that at the inaugural river, it overlooks the amphitheatre • t ? » a bov, the loveliest homes in East Orange, J at which 1 place he had many warm friends. I plucked gome balls which are held here, 18,000 of the Potomac, and is a conspic a beautiful location and a well- wild dowers and pressed them for people have been gathered within uous feature of the landscape from arranged house and yard. I here his loved ones at home. As I it. The floor space is filled with miles on every side. It is set amid are elegant pheasant parks and the stood there I thought of the broken rows upon rows of cabinets, in which rounds, whose extent and arrange finest and largest variety of pheas hearts whose quivering lips asked are filed the hundreds of thousands ments add much to the architectural ants in the world, four fine and me, when I started east, to stand of documents relating to pensions. effect. valuable horses, one an Arabian. by the grave of their boy if pos So perfect is the system, that within The central buildng iis con Last, but not least, he has two sible; and so {complied with their five minutes after inquiry the entire structed of Virginia sandstone, beautiful and intellectual children to bless his home. Our visit with \ Whila 8PeakinS °f Arl‘" f recoid of a pension case may be put painted white; the extensions Among the 2,000 are of Massachusetts marble, white. Homer and family, though pleas ton cemetery, I must not forget to before one. mention the General Lee mansion. clerks here may be noted many an In the afternoon we visited the ant, must end. I took the train at 4 p. m. for the historic city of It stands on the brow of a hill, old soldier, wearing in his coat White House. The prevailing Washington. My husband goes a whose slope stretches away a half- lapel the bronze button; and there characteristic of the White House southern route to visit friends in mile to the Potomac, 200 feet be may be seen, too, many an armless is a stately simplicity. In situa- California, and I take the northern low7. The view here has been sleeve. ion, in character and in surround July 4.—We took a ride on the famous for a century. Lafayette to visit relatives in Olympia and ings, one reflects that the White steamer down the Potomac, and was a frequent guest at the Arling Seattle, Washington. I arrived in House is becoming as the home of ton home. From the porch the visited Mt. Vernon, the home of Washington at 10 o’clock p. m., the President. From the vestibule view is one of the rarest I ever be Washington. The house in which took a cab and was driven to the one passes through a corridor to held. Below flows the placid Po he lived was built in 1743, by Law home of Robert Stenuer (a nephew the magnificent state parlor, famed tomac, and the hillside is adorned rence, his half-brother. On the by marriage) and his wife, Eva as the East Room, the only one with flower beds, a profusion of death of Lawrence and of his only Kirkendall-Stenner. usually shown to visitors and used ornamental shrubs and trees. daughter, Washington inherited June, 30.—We took a little ride for receptions. The apartment is the estate, and came to live here July 2.—We took a carriage ride through the city today, taking a 40 feet wide, 82 feet long and has a soon after his marriage in 17o9. and visited the noted places and hurried view of the streets and ceiling 22 feet high, from the panels Here he managed his farm until mansions of the city, including the noted buildings. In the evening of which hang three immense called to the field. To Mt. Verron different legations, the Talmage chandeliers of cut glass. The eight we visited the White House he returned after Yorktown, and home, the old Ford theater, where grounds. The impressions people carved mantels are surmounted by again after his terms as President. Lincoln was assassinated, and the mirrors, and in the wall panels are have on entering this city are as varied as humanity itself. I have Dewey home, besides the homes of Time and space prevents further hung full-length portraits of Wash ington, Martha Washington, Jef often heard that it was one of the various other noted people. We description. July 5.—We spent a few hours ferson and Lincoln. The White loveliest residence cities in the went to the Bureau of Engraving House was the first public building in the Government Printing Office. and printing, the Smithsonian In world, and people seem so delight erected at the new seat of govern This is the largest printing office in stitute and National Museum. The ment. Washington himself select ed with the city of Washington, I the world; about 3,000 people are ed the site, laid the corner-stone naturally expected a feeling of Smithsonian Institute was estab 13, 1792, and lived to see ecstacy and delight, but from the lished and has been maintained on employed. It is a four-story build October the building completed. It is told first look over those ancient build an endowment by James Smithson, ing of white brick. On the first that, in company with his wife, he ings, those marble statues and mag an Englishman, who, iu 1829, be floor are the presses, all are opérât walked through the rooms but a nificent parks so perfectly kept, a queathed his entire property to the ed by women, except two; second few days before his death, in 1799. mantle of sadness and depression United States of America to found floor, the composing room and pri John Adams was the first occu seemed to envelope me, and while at Washington, under the name of vate offices; third floor, the bindery; pant, in 1800. In 1814, in John Quincy Adams’ term, the house nature and art seem to vie with Smithsonian Institute, an estab and on the fourth floor, folding anc was fired by the marauding British each other in showing their gran lishment for the increase and dif sewing and the completion of books. troop9, and only the walls were left deur to the passing stranger, I fusion of knowledge among men. Work was begun on the new offioe standing. With the restoration, can’t say I like the city. It seems The original fund of $500,000 has several months ago. It is to be an the stone was painted white to ob to me that the fate of the nation been increased to $700,000. We imposing structure of red brick, literate the marks of the fire, and, outside of official usage, it is as the has hung, and is still hanging. next visited the Washington mon- and will take three years to com White House that the Executive over that old, ancient White House umeut. It is au imposing shaft of plete it. In the evening we visitée Mansion is universally known. and the great Capitol, where the white marble, rising from an eleva- the Library of Congress. It is one The surroundings are worthy of father of our country proclaimed tion on the Mall near the Potomac, of the most magnificent buildings note In front is historic Lafay freedom when freedom came from It is seen toweriug against the sky ever beheld. As we enter the front ette Square. On one side is the Treasury; on the other, the State, the hearts of a true, patriotic peo- long before one reaches Washing- door, thousands of electric lights War and Navy buildings. Con pie. Today it is simply a form and ton, and in the city its tremendous beautifully-polished white Italian certs, open to the public, are given a phrase which means little. height confronts one at every turn. marble columns and stairways greet in the east grounds by the Marine July 1.—We visit the Arlington Go where you will, it is an ever- our vision. The net cost of the Band on Saturday eveuings from cemetery, the resting place of prominent feature of the landscape. building, exclusive of site, was June to September, inclusive. THE END. 11,276 of the patriotic sous of o u r, The monument is an obelisk; its $6,032,124.54. The Library grounds Notes From fly T ravels. country. A little on to the left, the large gate you pass through to enter the grounds has this inscrip tion: