-r -- - 4A THE SUNDAY ORBGOTJ3f. FOXTULXD,- APJtlL 1, 10. I (I Ml .VWNw yyWV Aj arouad th room occupied by Plus X.. -who JT I f f jf'TOXV X ? -."r-" tSi' " -3LV J f cycle to- school, the Pontiff sighed" and T AWrfl0mm fP ?l;f r-' WfertJ&l I to school every day. and went barefooted J ZN I I VmmmZ X r ns&fHo r--L-.( , - . 'T-" -rr rK35& I In. order not to wear out ray shoes." One I iO 7 ? JISb W W Wi I J 4?.V.rT& 'wfA.1 TlV OTSW I haatfet of Hieae near Venice. She does I I f 'f' XII Ml VJT tagfa (yjllli I v :-H0 ' l?$rT?. S I her own work In the kitchen of her small I Ar I HL JSV jLAlAkV I V t ii HM" l ' " ,- - . -JVfc I hostelry, and the nieces of the Pope are I f fx&9 gTfc I I I '"' f f X I V , . , . k "foWwWBmAJh?: i- - - I the waitress therein. ' " TO TJf VATCAtf I WHiJ. ri i tic solemnity. The titanic proportions of everything-, and the age-long story that Is woven In the very wooC of It. appeal to the senses In a way that can neither be resisted nor explained. Vatican Has 11,000 Rooms. Adjoining- St. Peer's is the Vatican, the home of the Popes and the largest palace In the world. That this extraordi nary structure I a worthy neighbor of massive St. Peter's may be realized from the statement that it contains 11.000 rooms, has 30 magnificent halls, nine galleries, seven grand chapels, 20 courts, eight state staircases and 330 smaller ones, besides museums, libraries and archives. It is in deed a treasury of art. It Is said that the contents of the Slstlne Chapel alone are worth & billion dollars. "Who could estimate the price that Michael Angelo's Lost Judgment or Raphael's Transfigura tion would bring If they were offered, for sale? While no combination of circum stance can be conceived that would lead to such a possibility, if the contents of the Vatican were ever offered for sale, there Is not a. fortune In th world large enough to pay the price they would com mand, t The tremendous extent of tho Vatican as well as the Incomputable amount of treasure It contains. Is shown In the story about & room which for some reason was walled up and became lost for centuries. After a long search entrance to It was gained through a window overlooking the roof of the Slstlne Chapel, and the rare decorations on its walls were again brought to light. If la known that some valuable frescoes are hidden by wooden wainscoting in another room once occu pied by a luxurious cardinal, and It is not unlikely that other art treasures have been loat entirely in its labyrlnthln ex tent. Naturally the greatest Interest centers - Pope Longs for Old Haunt. Sis Uollneeo has three other sisters who have moved to Home and taken up their abode near the Vatican so they can se him at Intervals. .Neither of these estimable ladies can read or write, which fact was brousht out not long ago when an American lady requested them to write their name In her autograph album. At the time of his election the Pope was so unwilling to assume the high office that It took the Cardinals several hours to induce him to accept, and only then by convinc ing him that it was the will of God. It Is said that ha has never become re conciled to his confinement in the Vati can: that often when walking in the gardens he pauses long to look toward Venice. The old man is homeattck for his familiar haunta. He cares little for the pomp with which he is surrounded, but yearns for the call of the gondoliers on the lagoons and the flutter of the pigeons In St. Mark's. The pontiff rises at A. 1L, devotes 4a minutes to saying; mass, after which white skull cap similar to the one which the Pope always wears, and he exchanged with her. These caps are made .by.. a certain, sister in one of the convents,, and he is changing- them s constantly that they arc distributed all over the world. TVhat His 'Holiness Said. The news of the election of Plus X was received with general favor in the United State3 on account of the accompanying- reports of his genuine modesty and simple traits of charac ter. His appearance bears out this Im pression. His benign and" kindly man ner makes a direct appeal to your sympathy and respect. He looks older than he appears in his photographs, but seems to be in good health. He re ceived me in a room adjoining- his li brary, and my first thought was that It all public men were as easy to con verse with, how much more satisfying the professional Interviewer's work would -be. Before Caking- my leave I asked Hla Holiness it there -was anything- he would permit ma to say to my readers for him. He replied: "I have the great est admiration for your wonderful re public, and the highest esteem for tho Acaerlcan people. 1 am proud of the great body of Catholics there, and will always counsel them to be thankful for tho religious freedom which they have. I am also thankful to non-Gath-ollcs for the courtesy which they "nave shown to the holy see. Say that I send my love and blessing- to all Amerloans. irrespective of creed, and that I ear nestly pray for a continuance of the harmony and prosperity which they now enjoy." Upon leaving- one cannpt help but MESSAGE FROM THE POPE TO AMERICANS, CONVEYED THROUGH MR. HASE3N "1 have the greatest admiration for your wonderful republic, and the highest esteem for the American people. X am proud of the great body of Catholics there, and -will always counsel them to be thankful for the religious freedom which they have. I am also thankful to non-Catholics for the courtesy which they have shown to the. Holy Sec. Say that I send my love and blessing to all Amer icans, IrrcspcctlTe of creed, and that I earnestly pray for a contin uance of the harmony and prosperity which they now enjoy." he has breakfast, and then receives the secretary of stjrte. From 10 to 1 he re ceives important personages in private audience. After luncheon he holds more private audiences, and from 3 to 5 receives pilgrims. During- each week hundreds of people fill the big- reception-rooms at the Vatican to kneel be fore him and kiss the sacred ring- he wears. Many who cannot make the pilgrimage to Rome send their cru cifixes and charms to be blessed by him. I saw a party of girls from Phil adelphia kneeling- before him, and each of them had across her arm a dozen or more crucifixes and rosaries which belonged to devout Catholics in America. One of these girls produced a , turn for a last look upward to the win dow where the lonely old man of the Vatican keeps his vigil. What a big thing he represents! He is virtually a prisoner in his huge palace, yet all the world comes to see him. He Is with out an army, without territory and without a voice in the councils of the nations, yet ho rules 225,000,000 sub jects with the gentle sway of spiritual sovereignty. As you go away the bells of St. Peter's begin to clang, and you realize that it Is the hour of vespers; you realize that the message of those bells not only rolls across the fields be yond the yellow Tiber, but reverber ates around the world. FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ROME. March 14. (Special Correspond ence of The Sunday Oregonlan.) The story of the Roman Catholic Church !s a colossal subject. Once when I asked a priest lo tell mr something about It. the old man plucked a bit of foliage from in overhanging tree and said: "My son, the record of the church runs through the history of the world like the veins that ntersect this leaf." It was a good simile. Us origin is said to have been the words or Christ which are quoted In the eight tenth verse or the sixteenth chapter or Matthew: "Aud I say unto thee, that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." This Is the RUthorlty for considering the great apos tle the first head of the church, and why each successive Pope Is called the heir Df the fisherman. When we read what the first followers pf the new sect had tondure, it seems that they could not have fared worse if the full tury of hell itself had been directed against them. Peter and SO of his successors were destroyed for tfeelr faith. For 250 years not a stBgle head of the church died a natural death, and countless thousands of their followers per ished with them. It is not an extrava frant figure of speech to say that Rom vas baptised In the bleed of the feufkders cf Christianity. No barbarians ever 5e rrteed sere cruel method e terture than rere inflicted upoa the martyrs of Tibe rius and 2sero and Domltian. Then Con stantino put the crucifix upon his banner and the emblem of th crosa started on Us Journey aroundihe world. The Travels tf the Cross. The migrations of the emissaries of the new doctrine soon spread to all lands. It is told that wiille Gregory the Great waa strolling in the market placo in Rome one day he noticed some slave with fair skins and pleasing appearance. "When told that they were English he aaid. "they must be aaved." So the monk Au gustine and his 40 companions were sent the ChrlBtlanlxe England. We hear of St. Remy In France and St. Boniface In Germany. Priests accompanied Columbus on his voyage and planted the cross on all the shores he visited; friars marched with the legions of Pls&rro in South, America, and with Cortes la Mexico. The travels "of Father Marquette in America are more familiar still. Other followed In the wa!se of these Intrepid pioneers. and at this, time more than a, "million priests are admlnlsterhiK the fcactioas of the faith throughout the world. .Leo XIII considered that he was the 2Sd Pope, but since his death five names have been discarded from the lUt. owing to the doubt e-f their being authentic, ao that the present Incumbent may be re garded as the 386th la the Use descending from Peter. The Popes have sprung- from aU walks or life. Slxtu V erded rheefi. Lee X oame frem a family who were ai&aiera et Fteresee beca of their riches, Adriaa VI waa the sea of & ship carpenter. Paul V was a noble. Sixtus 2V was a waif, and the present Pope was a peasant. The reign of Plus IX was the longest of any Pope, and that of Boniface VI was the shortest The former ruled for 31 years, and the latter but 15 days. Character of the Popes. Volume have been written about the personalities and excentrlclUes of ''tbe Popes. Sixtus V was so aggressive that he changed the face of Rome and the world In five years. Plus IX waa auch a chronic speech-maker that he delivered 411 addresses In little more than four years an average of two a week. Gregory -vvx was hard headed and opposed the construction of railways because he be lieved that mechanical Industry would de prive many people of their means of live lihood. Macaulay says that Leo X oc cupied himself with cameo. Jewels, an tiques and new sauces. Nicholas V was fond of books and had a passion for building. Leo XIII was cold, calculating and scholarly, and accomplished much by his masterful diplomacy. The private character of some of the Popes has been assailed, particularly that of Alexander VI, who was In power when the news of Columbus' discovery of America reached Rome. There are so many churches in Rome that to visit them at the rate of one a day would require more than a year's time. These vary In size from the small chapel capable of accommodating only a few persons, to great' St. Peter's, which Is so large that once when the Roman army went there to attend mass, the as sembled rank and file fell so far short of filling the vast edifice that when the Gen eral arrived he looked about him hastily and concluded that the army waa late There are 1X000 persons In Rome who devote their whole time -to ecclesiastical matters. Sacred Relics la Home. The wealth that la Invested In the churches Is almost beyond estimate. They are decorated with fhe beat works of the matters of sculpture and painting and hardly one of them bat has its sacred relic, more highly prized for lta tradition than for lta Intrinsic value. Among the latter are Included the steps from Jerusalem where Christ received hi sentence from Pilate, a pillar agalaat which the Savior used to lean while he was expounding the GOpei in the temple at Jerusalem, sev eral columns from Solomon's Tempfe. two boards from the in-eager where Christ was born, a portion of the crown ef thorns which he wore when crucified, and the swaddling clethea la which he was wrapped when his pareata fled to Egypt. There are acneiars was aeabt the reau Inenesa of these relics, but the multitude raises no que (Ilea ceaceralag- their or! gin. There are emegh miracttfoe s4rJ connected with the cltvrcfces ef 3teic ta fill several volumes. One of the most popular of these traditions Is that con cerning the basilica of Santa Maria Mag Kiore (the Greater St. Mary's). A. wealthy , Roman couple who were childless re solved to leave their money to tho church and prayed for some intimation as to how tbey should dispose of it. One night they dreamed that they should build a church on the spot where snow would be found the next morning. This happened In Au gust, the hottest month of the year In Rome, so a fall of snow at this time could only happen by miracle The next morn- i Ing the ground on the Esqulline Hill waa covered with snow, and a plan of the future church waa traced thereon. The structure built pn the site selected In auch a strange way waa completed In 36) A. D.. and Is still referred to as "Our Lady of the Snow." The date of the reve lation was August S. and the miraculous snowfall is annually commemorated on that day by showering white rose leaves from the dome during high mass. St. Peter's, the Giant. St. Peter's not only dwarfs all the other churches of Rome, but ranks as the giant edifice of the world. A famous author likened the surprise occasioned by the first view of its lowering proportions to the feeling one would have if he met a man 5 feet tall. Figures and compari sons can only partially portray the real magnitude of this colossus. It covers six acres. Its saala aisle is an eighth of a mile long and its dome la a twelttn of a mile hlgn. If St. Peter's were flooded, the largest ship that sails the ocean could ateam up the central aisle and Its masts would scarcely reach above the top of the high altar. If its capacity were taxed to the utmost, a congregation of S0.O people SBigbt aaaeaablft within Its walls, and more could wait outside within the enclosure of the colonnades. In the lofty dome there Is a mosaic of St. Luke with a pen in hla hand. From the great height the pen seems of ordinary size, but in reality it is eight feet long: On account of Its agel and because it shelters the burial place of the apostle fpr whom It was homed. St- Peter's hha bees 'called the parefit church of Christen dom, whea X era's execuUoaera led the old fl?henanaway to his death, he waa so Inarm that he could not carry hla cross, aad they crucified him where he fell beneath lta weight. The old chroni cles state that a few weeping Christians knelt there in the yellow sand that same night to pday. and men have been go Ins there to worship ever since. First a lit tie caaped. marked the sjwt. then a larger structure covered It for 1W years. & sally to give way te the present toweriag pile, which was cewmenced 4fe years axe. Great ts44 and great wealth were expend ed ia rearing this salgaty cathedral, aad maay f the earth's great dead are astees in lis frieadiy shelter. It is kaBewed by seh sacred aaaeeMtfeM that aH who en ter tartaiiUy feel the spirit 1 Ks aujes- G pods Manufactured in the State of Oregon Woolen Products Are languishing Because State Demand Is Lacking-. (Article II: Written fcr the junuractarerir AssocUtlan by Edith I. Jilies.) BETWEEN 22.OOJ.000 and 25.030,000 pounds of wool are raised In Ore gon annually. In the raw state this represents a value of approxi mately J4.000.000, and this Is a very conservative estimate. In the finished fabric. Cloths, suitings, woolens and blankets, its value is approximately J 10.000.000. The weaving; Industry, one of the most desirable that a country can be blessed with, is practically a cipher In Oregon, compared with what it might be. It is appalling to state that of the 23.000,000 pounds of splendid woola produced In this state annually, only 2.530.000 pounds are utilized by the mills within its boundaries. t This means a loss in money value to Oregon of something- like J5.000.JOO. for the finished woolen product la worth more than 100 per cent more than the raw. But even graver losses result. It means tho less of a very large and ex ceedingly desirable population, such aa Is necessary to large and success ful weaving- operations, and a tremen dous losa in prestige which the pro duction and distribution of high-grade fabrics would give to the state. Liko its numerous other products. Oregon woola are high grade. But when they go to Eastern mills their identity is lost. Mixed with other woola, good, bad and Indifferent, they are reduced to -the level which results from such mixture, and In many Instances to the added indignity of adulterations. Oregon possesses every advantage for the weaving of fine woolen goods and yarns and of accomplishing it eco nomically. Water power is plentiful and well distributed, atmospheric condi tions are unexcelled and the pure snow waters abound. "Cut a bale of wool in two," says an expert weaver, "weave one-half In the east and the other half In the west of England, and I will tell you with ray eyes shut, from the feel of them, which piece came from which part." This for the reaaon that tQ8 West of England Is endowed with sun kissed anow waters, delightfully soft and entirely free from alkali, such aa abound in Oregon. England aenos the product of her looms all over the civil !xedworld. Her entire area la only 5S.00O square miles She has a teeming population and nu merous other Industries and must de pend upon Australia in a great mea sure for her woola. Oregon with her area of S7.2T4 square miles, with thou sands of acrea of It waiting for flocks but already producing 23.093.039 pounds of wool, utfilaes herself only 2.503.000 pounds. The market in Ore gon, Washington. Idaho and Utah alone for materials such aa Oregon Is oapable of producing is now worth an nually $10,000,000. Of this epportanity Oregon now avails herself to the ex tent of a beggarly $643.39 aaaually. if It were asserted that the people were deliberately sending 53,88,939 or 519, 000.009 out of the country, a cry of dis loyalty would go up from all aides, and vigorous and most Justifiable pro teats made. And yet the blame for this tremendous leak ia the wealth ef the state la due almost entirely to the apathetic attitude ef the people them selves. Xowhere can a dry goods or tailoring establishment be f easd -where the demand for Orege-caaae materials is anything more than caanaL A few loyal spirits deawad it: eccaateaal gas tern visitors laauire fer it frem .curiosity, but the raak aad -ale, the people In whose power It Is to make or destroy tho market for any commodity, purchase what is put before them without seeking to learn its origin. They are perhaps buying fabrics made from Oregon wools but not made in Oregon, and mixed with materials which seriously impair their quality. For be It known Eastern manufactur ers must overcome the freight rate across the continent both coming and going in order to compete with our home product. Ic is in the hands of the consumers to build up this wonderful industry. Every householder should demand tho goods from Oregon looms for every use to which it can be put In the home or out of the home. The demand should be foe aa worthy an article as the East can produce. And it can be made right here and now- Tho possibility for do ing this has been fully demonstrated by competent and practical weavers, and the minute there Is a market for It. It will be produced. The "Made in Oregon" mark should be upon it, and a serious penalty laid for the use of this mark except upon Oregon-made goods. Oregon's matchless wools can he kept from adulterations of any character whatever and a superior quality of goods made and sold for what is paid for the Eastern fabric, with fair profit to manufacturers. If the people want Oregon to go ahead; it they want a larger, readier market for their product, be it of farm, factory or mill, let them waken to their ability to aid in upbuilding other Industries, without "extra effort or ex pense to themselves, and to the Im portance of doing so. If the 23.003.000 pounds of wool now raised In Oregon were converted into woolen goods, from 7000 to 8000 weav ers would be given employment. The wages of weavers are high and they would put an Immense amount of money into Immediate circulation, re sulting in large gain to all other Indus tries and trades. This, of course, can not be accomplished at one stride. But the beginning can be made and it can be made right now. If serious and de termined demand is continued for "Made In Oregon" goods, dealers will be quick to meet it, and the weaving Industry once established upon tho sound basis that it should- be, foreign markets will open. We do not want to accept an Inferior article, we do not avant to countenance the making of It here. We want the best in the world, made In Oregon, and we want the peo ple to profit by the larger benefits which will result. Office Cat for Rebate. ' iWorld'a Work. A. fertile-minded agent, now one of widest-known life insurance officers in the country was trying to sell a client a policy on which the agent's share of the first premium was $1.50. The client desired the policy, but ho wanted a rebate of tiooo, and this the agent was willing to give. The agent was casting about in his mind for some method of hiding the rebate, when the office cat they were In the client's office chanced to rub purringly- against hla leg. He looked down vat the cat and his method was ready. "What a beautiful Angora cati" he exclaimed gravely. "My wife loves cats. She'd be tickled to death to have that one. I'll give you 51000 for It.r The client assented and the policy was taken. 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