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THE SUNDAY OREGOmAK, PORTLAND, MARCH 2, 1902, ID FINE SHOW OF PAINTINGS RARE COLLECTION BY AMERICA!? ARTISTS AT LIBRARY. Loaa Exhibition Under Auspices of Portland Art Association, a Great Success. The loan exhibition of paintings by American artists was opened last night at the Portland Library. The display Is under the auspices of the Portland Art Association, which has been fortunate In securing an attractive and artistic col lection, and has shown great taste and skill in selection and arrangement. The rooms were thronged by enthusiastic art lovers, who were unsparing In their praise of the art association for Its admirable work. The exhibition will be open till April 1. Several Portland collectors of works of art have bought almost exclusively the productions of American artists, and the finest of these are to be seen at the library. In the hall upstairs the eye is attracted by two large paintings, one "An Upland Pasture," a beautiful landscape showing a group of cattle beside a quiet stream, painted by William Hart, and loaned by Mrs. W. S. Ladd, and the other a soft toned sea picture called "Repose," painted by Edward Espey, the young Oregon art ist, who died in 18S8, three years after painting this fine picture, wrhlch was ex hibited in the Paris Salon in 1SS5. In this painting are some cross-marked sailors' graves at the top of a cold, gray cliff, and the moon Is rising over the sea, while a faint pink glow in the gray sky shows that it is not long after sunset. In the west room are the oil paintings, and here era pictures "by George Inness, Alexander Wyant and Homer D. Martin, the great trio of American Iandscaplsts, who stand at the head of American art; paintings by "William Keith. Chllde Has sam, J. Francis Murphy, William T. Rich ards and a score of other well-known art ists. "Moonlight," a picture by M. F. H. de Haas, one of the first Americans to paint the quiet beauty of the sea, is loaned by Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett. A number of Venetian scenes by W. Gedney Bunce, Whose pictures are characterized by quiet ness and softness of coloring, are loaned by "William M. Ladd and Miss Falling. One of the finest paintings on exhibition is "The Open Sea." by William T. Rich ards, one of the greatest of marine paint ers. This picture Is very simple in com position Just broad, wide-swelling green waves, with no tall-masted ships in the foreground to mar its, breadth and free dom. The picture is loaned by Mrs. W. S. Ladd. "Lake Au Sable." by Homer Martin, is a quiet twilight lake in the Adlrondacks, with soft gray clouds above, through which Is seen a blue-green evening sky. This fine painting Is loaned by Miss Fail ing. Among the other Martin pictures on exhibition is a "Church in Normandy," a delightful composition, in which a church is darkly outlined against the luminous pale-green twilight color of the sky and an Autumn landscape, both of these being loaned by Mr. Ladd. "The Little Harp ist." a dark Italian child with a harp, is a picture by Eastman Johnson, who is famous for his genre paintings depicting American life. This picture was lent by Miss Falling. Five pictures by Alexander Wyant, one of the strongest and best of the American landscape artists, are hung on the library walls, and are owned by Mr. Ladd and Mr. Wilcox. Of these numbers, 48 Is a email and very exquisite composition, in which a dark tree is seen against a background of sunset sky. In charming contrast to this Is No. 47, which hangs above it, a landscape in cool tones of green and gray. William Keith, the great California land, scape 'painter, is represented by some of his finest work. "Into the Mystery" is a woodland picture, which in its depth of rich coloring is very characteristic of Keith, many people declaring It to be his masterpiece. In "Piping Down the Val ley," a woodland scene, also by William Keith, Is seen a shepherd boy piping to his sheep. The sun Is setting, and the pic ture is wonderfully beautiful In the warmth of its coloring. "Into the Mys ttry" is the property of Mrs. W. S. Ladd, and "Piping Down the Valley" is also loaned by her. Another fine Keith was loaned by I. N. Flelscbner, and Is called "Aftor tho Rain." In this cool blue and green toned picture are pools of water In the tall grass, and the very ground looks water soaked. Mr. Fleischner also loaned a painting entitled "A New England Road." by Chllde Hassam. At the side of the read is an old man ch'.pplng wood, and in the distance Is a farmhouse; but the com position Is so mixed and the technique so absolutely choppy that it really re quires study to see either road, old man or farmhouse. Snow pictures are manifestly difficult in treatment, but in "The Icecutters" and a "Snow Scene," by J. Aldcn Weir, the difficulties are overcome in a masterly manner. In "The Icecutters" the trans parency of effect is particularly beauti ful. Mr. Weir Is also one of the few art ists who paints flowers successfully. These paintings are loaned by C. E. Ladd and Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett. Tw pictures by A B. Davics who does genre work almost altogether,' are The Athlete and the Dancing Girl" and "The Princess Desiree, both of which be long to C. E. Ladd. In the first of these the warmth of coloring and depth of at mosphere were much noticed. "The Prin cess Desiree" being especially valued for the fine drapery of the gown of the little girl, who is sitting in an arbor with a tortolse-ehell cat upon her lap. "The Sculptor and the King," by George de Forest Brush, is one of the best known of the paintings on exhibition, and is a great figure painting, wonderful in its study of color and expression. The pic ture was exhibited In the National Acad emy, and received the first Hallgarten prize of 1SSS. It is the property of Miss Falling. One of several fine paintings of E. F. Couse Is a landscape. "At the Spring," which was painted last Summer on a Western ranch, and is owned by Mrs Guy Willis. There are two pictures by George Inness, who Is known as the greatest American landscape painter. One Is "The Castle Gondolfo," owned by Miss Falling, and the other a landscape, owned by Mrs. W. S. Ladd. The earlier work of Inness. among which was "The Castle Gondolfo," showed much studied attention to detail, but in his later work much of this was eliminated, and his pictures became strangely beautiful in their simplicity. In the east room are the water-colors and pastels, a small but exquisite collec tion. "Mother and Child," a sunny-haired peasant woman with a baby In her arms, is a pastel by Clara T. McChesney and Is loaned by W. M. Ladd. There are also a wind-blown California hillside, by Will lam Keith; a Spring scene, by William Hamilton Gibson, and "Apple Blossoms," a dainty Spring picture by J. Appleton Brown. Venetian Lace. Chautauquan. The stamp of perfected elegance which all Venice lace bears Is the result of its having been evolved in a period and en vironment of luxury and constantly wid ening art development Primitive needle women display no art ingenuity in getting beyond the simpler twisted effects In thread work. The product of native In dians, of Syrians, of South Americans, and even of the Mexicans. Is all flat Twisted threads forming meshes similar to those seen in veilings and with a "star" ground, are the sole resource of these workers, to whom even the open buttonhole stitch as an embellishment Is unknown. Though often most complex in design, the early laces of Italy and Spain were equally flat until the workers began to imitate with the noeedle the raised and knotted effects of the hard ret lcella or bone laces of Greece. Once the method of applying the buttonhole stitch became known among them, however, the experimenters among the more enlight ened workers of those countries, and later of France and England, were untiring in testing the possibilities. Soon this stitch became the basis of all Venetian laces. It was used for the making of every portion of the pattern, Including the plain and ornamental brides that connected the closely placed bit regular motifs; for the cordonnets or raised borders and edges, and even for the fllllng-in stitches. DEAD MEM'S EYES. The Retina Does Not Retain Image Last Seen. tke Philadelphia Record. Wonderful as are many of its achieve ments, science is often distinctly disap pointing. Charles Dickens was never rec spontaneous combustion of the rum soaked Mr. Krook was Impossible. To the day of his death the great novelist TO SAVE W.CJ.U.TEMPLE MRS. HIDDEX MAKES APPEAL NORTHWEST WOMEX. TO Repadlatlon of Trust Bonds Sharply Criticised Inside Facts Abo at the Controversy. VANCOUVER, Wash., March L To the Edltor.)-Owlng to the fact that the Union Signal, organ of the National W- C. T. U., refuses to allow space in its pages for any announcement, report, or even paid advertisement. In regard to the Tem perance Temple In Chicago, we hope The Oregonlan will give us the opportunity to appeal to the women of the Pacific Coast In behalf of this great enterprise, to which Miss Wlllard dedicated her 59th year the closing one of her life. Doubtless every member of the W. C. T. U. is familiar with the early history GIFTED MEMBER AND WORKER OF THE SALEM WOMEN'S CLUB. MRS. CAROLINE BRISTOL-KELLIHER, SALEM, March L Mrs. Caroline Bristol Kelllher. a member of tho Salem Women's Club, probably has greater scholastic attainments than any member of a similar organization on the Coast and perhaps in the United States. She is a graduate of Cornell and a graduate in medicine and law. After completing a common school course at the place of her nativity, near Troy, N. Y., she took a four-year course at the New York State Normal School at Albany, graduating from that Institution in 1S80. She thtn taught school one year, ana cared for her Invalid mother three years, at the same time pursuing and completing the four-year course in the Chautauqua Lit erary and Scientific Circle. In 18S4, by a competitive examination, she se cured a $500 scholarship at Cornell University, and entered immediately as a student The four-year course in science and philosophy was completed" in three years, and Miss Bristol received the degree of bachelor of phi losophy with honors in 1887. By reason of her high standing at Cornell she was given a scholarship at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and, after three years of study, she secured a diploma from that institution. Her excellence In her college work secured her an appoint ment for one year at the New England Hospital for Women and Children at Boston. In 1891 Miss Bristol took the civil service examination In medll cine In the State of New York, and because of her high standing 92.2 out of a possible 100. with a minimumof 70, she was immediately appointed a member of the medical staff of the New York State Hospital at Ogdensburg. This position she filled for two and a half years, at a salary of $1200 per year. In 1S94 she was transferred to the State Hospital at Wlllard, N. Y., where there were then 2300 patients. Wlllard is near Utlca, the seat of Cor nell University, and during her 18 months' sen-Ice at the hospital there Miss Bristol finished one year of the Cornell law course. In the Fall of 1S95 she was promoted to the position of lady assistant on the medical staff at Long Island State Hospital, in Brooklyn, with a salary of $1500 per year and maintenance. She filled that position for 15 months, during which time she attended a night law school in New York City, and graduated In 1S96. The class of which she was a member was composed of 140 persons, mostly men. A prize of $100 was offered for the best oral examination In law, and Miss Bristol succeeded la capturing thls prize. During the last year of her law study she also took a course in stenography and typewriting, and Is an expert in that line. In December, 1895, she was married to A. T. Kelllher, a Maine lumber man, and In 1895 refaoved with him to Michigan, where Mr. Kelllher had extensive lumbering Interests. Mr. Kelllher had already been admitted to the bar In Maine, and secured admission in Michigan on his credentials. Mrs. Kelllher at the same time took the Supreme Court examination, last ing two full days. The examination was conducted by leading lawyers and Judges, and In accordance with a more stringent system of rules that had just been adopted. Mrs. Kelllher was one of the first 42 who had passed the examination under the new rules, many having failed, and she had the dis tinction of attaining a higher standing than any other of the 42. In real property, equity and contracts her standing was 100. In December, 1896, the family moved to Gladstone, Mich, where Mrs. Kelllher practiced medicine for three years. At the same time she looked after much of her husband's business, handling as much as $200,000 In one Winter. Believing that the timber industry In Oregon ' has a marvelous future before It, Mr. Kelllher came to Oregon In 1900, and has since been extensively engaged In buying timber lands. Mrs. Kelllher Is head of the department of science of the Salem Women's Club, and. during the absence of Mrs. A. N. Bush, she has conducted the work In the department of literature. She does her own housework In 0s family of four, and finds time for from one to three hours of hard study every day. She Is master of five languages. Having made a special study of history she Is perfectly familiar with the political history of every civil ized nation. She is a charter member of the Salem Women's Club, and Is said to be one of the most quiet and unassuming of the many zealous work ers in that organization. k doubted the thoroughness of scientists. The Coroner of Rochester, N. Y., Is keen ly disappointed over the failure of science to photograph from the retina of a mur dered Jeweler the Image of the murderer, who must have been the last person to make an Impression on the retina, Mr. Llnkerlng, a photographer of 35 years' experience, was employed to do the work with powerful magnifying glasses, but all that could be made out was a small elongated blot The Coroner had counted positively on conclusive evidence as to the identity of the murderer. The popular fallacy that the retina, or sensitive inner surface of the eyeball. of a dead person will retain an. Image of tho object on which the vision was last directed Is of ancient origin, and it has persisted in spite of th.e positive state ment of scientists that the thing Is Im possible. Although no Image ever has been found in a dead person's eye, story tellers refuse to relinquish so valuable a scheme for the detection of fictional mur derers. Even Kipling, with all his orig inality, finds use for it In the story of an English officer's suicide In India. The officer had seemed to be troubled by the vision of some horror, and when he was found dead a doctor took a kodak and, without the use of microscopic lens, ob tained a negative of the retina. On this he saw the unspeakable horror. It is easy to understand that the fal lacy had Its birth In the fact that the eye Is fitted with a lens, and that the Image of an object Is impressed on the retina. The mistake is in assuming that in case of sudden death the Impression doesnot vanish. The eye has been used as a photographic camera, and by the application of potash alum the retina has been made to hold an Image. Unfor tunately for perplexed Coroners, however, nature does not treat the eye with Dot- ash alum, and the Image of the murderer of the Temple. Being present at the Na tional W. C. T. Ui. convention in Nash ville, when the plan for its building was presented and almost unanimously In dorsed by the delegates, and also pres ent at the several succeeding conventions, when, as one of our affiliated Interests, reports of its progress were hailed with great satisfaction, I have been pained to hear of the persecutions which have fol lowed the noble-minded trustees and the brave minority that are stindlng with them for the payment of the Temple trust bonds, and the final ownership of the building. I believe it Is my duty to bring the facts as I know them to the attention of my sisters: , The Temple, which was erected for the W. C. T. U.. and contains Wlllard Hall, where every day wonderful scenes are witnessed of the power of God to save the perishing and which Miss Wlllard called "the greatest enterprise uoon which we are adventured," will when paid for bring in an Income of about $100,000 a year, which will be used in car rying on temperance work along lines which Miss Wlllard established. After Miss Wlllard's home-going, there was a demand from all quarters that the Tem ple be made her memorial. This demand was so urgent that the National officers could not resist it They undertook the work, but refused to Join the trustees In their plans for securing the building. They started a method which anticipated raising money for the purpose by a citi zens' committee outside white ribbon lines. The call was not Issued until about the middle of AprIL The 1st of July, or 10 weeks after, the National officers called an executive committee meeting for July 15" to stop any further efforts to raise money for the memorial. Their excuse for this action was that the public did not respond properly, and the task was hopeless. This public state- that of the trustees, also, which would have been a great success if the National officers had joined it and not called a halt Just as the work of raising the money had well begun. The trustees knew from the unjust statements made before the executive committee that any and every method would be used to get the delegates to the National convention In November at St Paul to drop the Temple as an affiliated Interest These fears were more than realized. Influence from headquarters told on the several states when the time came for the election of delegates. The Tem ple was not only dropped as an affiliated interest, but the $300,000 Temple trust bonds were repudiated. The history of the past three years has been one continued effort by the Na tional officers to stamp out every at tempt on the part of the trustees and the W. C. T. U. women who have under stood the status of affairs to save the Temple and make it Miss Wlllard's memorial. We believe that a majority of the women of the rank and file do not know what has become of the enterprise, and have supposed, because of the silence of the Union Signal, that no effort was being made "to pay for it. Our women, having great faith In each other, have been slow to believe that their National officers, standing at the head of an or ganization which, because of Its Chris tian spirit, has been a world-wide power for good, could stoop to the contemptible methods of opposition which have made our noble-hearted Mrs. Carse's burdens almost greater than even her brave spirit could bear: After the St Paul convention, the Na tional officers issued and circulated a leaflet stating their action In opposition to the Temple enterprise. That leaflet Is still being sent out especially to those who made considerable gifts to the Tem ple. Complaints have been sent In to the trustees from these persons, saying that they have received documents most mis leading in character and full of misstate ments. In reply. Mrs. Carse, In the Tem ple Appeal, says: "We hope every friend will get his or her mind free from the thought that we are In danger of losing the Temple. There Is nothing to hinder us from owning aiM making It Miss Wlllard's memorial. If all friends will stand shoulder to shoulder and send In their offerings as the Lord has prospered them." All over the United States February 17 was observed as Frances E. Wlllard memorial day, when collections and of ferings were made for the organizing fund. In these meetings the W. C. T. U. have been honoring the memory of their pro moted leader, and by their contributions will help extend the Influence of the work that was so dear to her heart, but let her last request be not forgotten, the redemp tion of the Temple trust bonds, nor her thrilling speech In Buffalo, when she said: "Now we are In debt, not legally, but morally, to the bondholders. I shall never rest what time I live till that debt is paid. I stand by the Temple, whatever the results to me. If It were voted here to do no more for It, and I were not elected. I should go out and beat the bush to get the money, exactly the same. . . . T dedicate the little I have they tell me my home might sell for $16,0001 dedicate it to the Interest of the bondholders. I have nothing on earth that shall not go Into that enterprise. I pledge myself to the bondholders, and I know Mrs. Carse does the same." It Is not easy to understand why those .who are not willing to aid In the payment of the Temple debt are so unwilling that others shall pay It if they can. Let us examine Into the spirit of this opposi tion, sisters, and condemn it as Christian women ought Some of us are verily guilty because we have silently witnessed this struggle going on between those who, like Mias Wlllard. have felt their moral obligation in regard to the Temple trust bonds, and the National officers, with the Influence they have commanded In the National organization, against any and every attempt which has been made to pay off this Indebtedness. If we are morally In debt to those bond holders, a thousand St Paul resolutions repudiating that debt will not free us from It, and I believe the time has come when every member of our W. C. T. U. should take action on this matter. I write not as one without faith nnrt hope and confidence In the Christian prin ciple which governs our women. I be lieve that they will respond to this call to duty as soon as they understand the situation. I shall be glad to give further Information In regard to this question to any who will address me. We must unite to remove this blot upon our beloved or ganizatlon. MARIA L. TRENHOLM-HIDDEN, President Frances E. Wlllard W. C T. U. fMMMMAMMiVMM OREGON AT CHARLESTON. Fruit Exhibit Descanted Upon Commissioner Georgre Slocnnt. y soon disaDDBATR from th rtlnL nt Mm -.-. . ". -S T'irHm "icui, ui tuurse, not oniy ruinea tneir own -- pin "wnjcn, was & very poor one, butl Charleston News and Courier. Oregon's fruit exhibit at the exposition is one that excites much admiration. This display Is one of the attractions In a space occupying 12.000 square feet In the annex to the Palace of Agriculture, which is taken up with forestry, agriculture, min ing, wool, hops, flax and many other re sources besides the fruit Mr. George I. Slocom, one of the Commissioners from Oregon, told some interesting facts rela tive 'to fruitratslng in his state, which showed that this particular Industry is not only carried on now with much profit but it has greater future possibilities which will result In rich returns for the producer. "We have soil and climate," said Mr. Slocom to a reporter for the News and Courier yesterday, "for all kinds of fruits, with the exception of a few of the tropical fruits. With us tho apple Is king. This name, however, can almost equally be applied to our prunes, plums pears and cherries, but only locally, whfle our apple la a fruit that visits the'nooks and corn ers of the United States, Alaska and Eu ropean countries. The long distance of travel does not deteriorate its fine flavor or solidity." Mr. Slocom then took tho renorter through the exhibit showing the largest and most beautiful plums ever grown any where excepting In the Northwest There was the greengage, the ess plum, a very large and yellow variety; dark rich blue and many others which bear abundantly. There were Italian prunes of enormous size, which are dried and exported In tralnloads yearly from Oregon. "This fruit," continued Mr. Slocom, "ha3 proven of great benefit to soldiers In foreign lands and Is highly recommended by many physicians, who declare It to be a preven tive of scurvy. As to its palatable quali ties, that goes without question, for the present demand from leading commission merchants show It Is by no means a loss on the market We have thousands of acres In orchards and one of the most beautiful sights imaginable la to ride for several miles In the Spring through sweet blossoms of apples, cherries and pears. I have walked through a cherry orchard when not a bit of sky was to be seen, birds were singing and the warm Summer day was turned Into a seemingly blinding snow storm by the falling of the white oiossoms." Mr. Slocom then showed Royal Anne cherries, as large as good-sized English walnuts. "There Is no special growth," remarke4 Mr Slocom, "for exposition pur poses, but the usual and ordinary produc tion. The Oregon cherry is fast finding its way Into distant markets In candled form and dried for various uses." There were pears of large dimension, and Mr. Slocom said that It is not an unusual thing to have these ripening late In the fall and gathered In midwinter. "Here are some applies," said Mr. 8Io com, "that were raised at the foot of Mount Hood, at an elevation of about 4000 feet This little valley Is nearly 20 miles long and from two to four miles wide. It Is nearly all planted in apples, while other fruits, grapes and berries, grow abundant ly, This Is called the Land of Beulah. Some call It a Garden of Eden, and in fact all who visit the place soon run out of ad- 164, 166 AND 168 THIRD STREET, PORTLAND, OR. REMOVAL SALE CONTINUED Owing to wet weather our temporary store, which is being built for us corner Fifth and Yamhill Streets, will not be finished until about the 15th. Our GREAT REMOVAL SALE will be continued, with every effort to reduce stock .to lowest possible point. Those who take advantage of this sale get unparalleled returns for their investment. Remember, this is not a sale of odds and ends or job lots, but en tire stock of desirable merchandise at from 10 to 25 per cent cheaper than equal qual ity of goods can be bought elsewhere. MEN'S UNDERWEAR, 25c A great bargain in Men's Cotton Ribbed Shirts and Drawers. These are well made, me dium weight, all sizes, and were bought to sell for 40c each. Sale price, each GOOD CORSETS, 43c These are splendid wearing Corsets, made of good quality material, heavily boned, latest models, short and medium lengths; the best 50c Corset ever offered. Sale price HANDKERCHIEFS, 5c 200 dozen Ladles' fine quality Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, in plain white, colored bor ders or embroidered; these are sold regu larly at 8c, 10c and 12c. Sale price GINGHAMS, 10c 200 pieces Toile Du Nord Ginghams, every piece this season's production, choice styles and colorings; other stores ask 12c and 15c for these goods. Our sale price VVAISTING5, 22c 500 yards fancy stripe Waistlngs, dark and medium shades, with bright-color stripes, very latest novelUes. Good values at 40c yard. Sale price DRESS GOODS, 20c 42-inch Granite Dress Goods in all the popu lar dark colorings. These were formerly sold at 85c yard. Sale price LACE CURTAINS, 77c 45 pairs Nottingham Lace Curtains, handsome patterns, 3 yards long by 40 inches wide; excellent values at $1.00 pair. Sale price.. 250 43c 5C 10C 22c 20c 77c WASH SILKS, 29c 500 yards of Imported Wash Silks in all the popular colors, latest styles. This is a great bargain. Sale price PORTIERES, $1.71 Tapestry Portieres, 3 yards long, 42 inches wide, satin finish, large assortment of col ors. Regular price, $2.25. Sale price SHOES, $2.17 Men's Vicl Kid, Box Calf and Calf Shoes, light and heavy soles, good styles, all solid leather, the 82 . 50 grade. Sale price SHOES, $1.79 Women's Vici Kid, Box Calf and Kangaroo Calf Shoes, light and heavy-weight soles; neat styles, good fitters; the regular $2.00 kind. Sale price PETTICOATS, $2.45 Ladles' Moreen Petticoats, in colors only, made with two corded ruflles, faced with sateen and velveteen. Regular price $3.25. Sale price JACKETS, $1.00 Balance of Ladles' and Children's Jackets, Capes and Shirtwaists reduced to one-half regular price. We will sell about 50 Misses' Jackets, in sizes 14, 16 and 18, worth $3.50, $3.75 and ?4i50 each. Sale price COMFORTERS, $1.26 36 fine grade Comforters, covered with Sllk oline on both sides, filled with clean, white cotton batting, worth $1.75. Sale price WALKING SKIRTS, $1.90 50 Ladles' Walking Skirts, stitched flounce. Sale price 29c $1.71 $2.17 S1.79 $2.45 $1.00 $1.26 $1.90 VWVVVVVV4AVVVVVVMMMSVVVMVVVV Jectlves to fittingly express their admira tion for the surroundings. Why, you can almost reach out on one side and touch Mount Hood as it rises majestically over 12.000 feet to the blue heavens, a mountain of perpetual snow." From a large painting of Mount Hood here exhibited the exact location was shown of this charming val ley, nestled beneath the mountain crest, and just at the snow line. "And here Is tho grand old Columbia River, several hundred feet below, and for 100 miles up and down you can see It winding and widening Its way through gorges and val leys. Then Mount Hood Is not the only snow-capped silent sentinel keeping watch o'er the happy and contented Inhabitants, but Just across the river Mount Adams rises in all its glory, which adds still more grandeur and sublimity to the enchanted spot. Those who have traveled the world over have freely expressed their opinion that the Columbia River Is the most picturesque they have ever eeen. "Oregon has many orchards In the pla teaus among the mountains, out of the reach of pests which Infect the fruits In many places. Here the horticulturists re ceive largo returns for their time and la bor, and the people are always healthy. As 'a fruit country Oregon cannot be ex celled. Trees bear within four years. There Is seldom a failure, and even then what we call a failure some states would consider a good crop. The "Willamette Valley, the Rogue, Umpqua and Grand Ronde valleys are each known through out the markets of the world for fine ap ples. Quinces, crab apples, apricots, grapes and other fruits were shown; then the varieties of berries and strawberries which had ripened in Oregon during December, cranberries as large as big marbles, and Mr. Slocom told of young men, old men and boys clearing several thousand dollars yearly for a few months' work. "While being thus Interested in Mr. Slo com's interesting description of Oregon as a fruit state, of Its immense exports and rich returns, and the many advantages of this particular Industry, the reporter for a while lost sight of tho wonderful display of grains, grasses, clover, flax, corn of marvelous growth, potatoes weighing six to soven pounds, a turnip of 23 pounds, staples of wool measuring 17 Inches from 9-months-old lambs, sections of trees nine feet in diameter, a "stick" which meas ured 74 feBt and squared 3 inches. "And what's this?" was exclaimed, as the reporter oaught sight of some beauti ful shining mineral specimens. "Only a few little samples," replied Mr. Slocom, as he picked up a gold nugget and said: This mine madn m!Ilnnnlrp nf its nwnnro within two years, and the principal owner j was a newspaper man. too." This last re mirk completely overcame the scribe, and a hasty retreat was made the reporter, however, promising to return to Oregon's display at a later date and learn some thing more of gold mining, cattle-ralslng and general farming, all of which Is car ried on. extensively and with great profit In the great State of Oregon. Kforxa la Cfaarcb. Muaie. Catholic World. A. short time ago I heard at a cathedral Wagner's "Pilgrims' Chorus" as an oper atic "Tantum Ergo." What would the artist think of this treatment of his whole life's effort to teach men that "nothlntr is good without respect?" The cathedral Is less inartistic, though more profane, that gives us a benediction scena from Donizetti very well sung. But who would think he was In a church that cared two straws about what the Holy See wills as to "profane" music when he listens to the Interesting maiden of Braga's "Serenade," (dreamy violin obllgato and all)? Having tried to pray, in spite of distractions, the congregation Is Invited to adore with "Tantum Ergo" to Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Lost Chord," and is forced into the memories of the drawing-room, for bidden by common sense, by artistic fit ness, and by the ChUTCh that sits In Rome. What is she? Who is she? What Is her word worth? We can hardly think too much on these things. Do we really think she would like the mild domestleltv of "Home. Sweet Home" for "Vltam sine j termlno in patria?" Another large church lately launched its worshipers Into that I sentimentality. Nona of, the old Roman I spirit there, my masters! Ireland Is a dear country "Irlanda, Irlanda, cara Irlanda, semper fldele" but she Is not Paradise. "The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls" immediately after the elevation! What is "the land that Is very far off," where "mine eyes shall behold the King In his beauty"? Are we educating our souls for the natural or for the supernatural; are we at peace with this world; are we for forgetting sin while alive and for twad dle and flowery rather than prayers, when we ore dead? What would Rome think of the Americanism of "Yankee Doodle" played, and played quick, at the offertory at holy mass? The present writer heard It, at a church served by religious, with in the last year. A MOST URGENT NEED. 'The City Shond Not Go Longer TViih ont a Flreboat. PORTLAND. March 1. (To the Editor.) I beg pardon for this intrusion. I de sire to briefly give my views upon the question of late freely discussed In your paper "Shall we have a flreboat?'' There Is but one answer to this question, "Yes!" And why? We have about 14 miles of river front to protect. Our docks are lined with river boats and ships ships at anchor In our harbor; four costly bridges upon the river connecting East and West Portland; expensive docks, warehouses, mills, factories, foundries, etc. all now are unprotected, or compara tively so. Not alone on our river front, but from it a conflagration would spread and destroy our city. A running Are down or up either side of the river has no check, as there are no bulkheads to check It. If our present charter does not warrant or Justify tho city In constructing a flre boat, I would suggest, In view of the ur gent necessity I might say, demand for better protection, that Interested citizens pledge the amount required, and await the action of our Legislature, which will surely enact the proper law. My convictions upon the usefulness of a flreboat, when Chief, prompted me to put on a temporary flreboat, which, in my Judgment, was by far the most valuable apparatus In the Department. This was accomplished at but little expense, as wo owned the steamer Vaughan and the big Sllsby engine and all equipments that she was fitted out with. For reasons un explainable. In my Judgment, she was taken off, which left the river front and harbor unprotected. How often this use ful apparatus could have been used and thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of property saved by her I leave to tho intelligent public to say. The flreboat that would be the best for, us would differ widely from what would' be a suitable one for San Francisco. Se attle, Tacoma or Astoria. Nothing but a combination of an ice and flreboat would be suitable here. The Willamette River Is at times frozen, over solid from bank to bank, and an ordinary flreboat would bo useless at such a time, and It is Just tho time that we are most likely to want her. She should be of low construction, with plenty of power, and propeller (no stern; wheel, to break In Ice or drift), so that she could run at full speed through any Ice that ever comes to us In the river, and run under all bridges, except the Steel Bridge, at ordinary water. With such a boat we could protect all parts of our river front from Swan Island to Ross Isl and, at all times, and under all circum stances, remove drift from our bridge piers, and break up all Ice blockades. Tho leading hose from such a boat could bo run back for blocks, thereby giving valuable assistance to the land operating department. JOSEPH BUCHTEL. Lincoln's Birthplace for Sale. HODGENVILLE. Ky.. March 1. Tho birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, near Hodgenvllle, te advertised at Sheriff's sale for taxes. A few years ago the place promised to be a property upon which the Government would spend thousands of dollars. But it was bought by a commit, tee of Eastern, capitalists, with the inten tion of making It a public park. This project fell through when the cabin In which Lincoln was born was carried to Central Park, in New York City. The place has been uncared for, and has grad ually gone down until Its value Is not more than enough to meet the taxes on It. AGE OF EXPERT: SPECIALIST FOR MEN The ability of a Physician is measured by the CURES he makes, and not by the number of dis eases he treats. wk I (JF v 5; I Bt7 v ONLY Professional ex cellency can be obtained only by the Physician who concentrates ail his faculties on a single c I a ss of diseases. A great many people do not seem to understand the difference between the general practitioner and the medical expert, who has devoted his life study to three or four diseases. They seem to be under the impression that any physician cures every disease with equal success. It Is an every-day ex perience to have a patient say: i have tried nearly every remedy sold by druggists for my trouble," and the Invariable verdict is. "No benefit." An other will say: I have been, treated by several fam'ly physicians in my neighborhood, who thought they could cure me, but the results proved other wise. CONTRACTED DISORDERS OF MEN, Acute and Chronic, made a particular specialty. DR. TALCOTT & CO. 25i awTs! iTSSir third 8an Francisco office, 897 Market St