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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
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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
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seem to impress people with the ual establishment and encourage­ to three minutes.
gentleman and lady admiring the
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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
,
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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: