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8 ETCHINGS BY PIRANESI ARE ON EXHIBIT AT THE ART fv& - z. '" , U n y I -------- . 9srsc3 g: : (MA f life! ' d JT X exhibit! r battista ! tlon of etchings by Glam- Pirancsi, a Roman arch itect who was born in 1720 and died at Rome in 1778, are now being shown at the Art Museum on Fifth and Tay lor streets. The exhibition is thor oughly representative of Piranesi'a Unexpected Reunion of Lawyer and Client JuilKe Cameron KecogruiEes Culprit bo PleadM ;ood Cbarapter as Mun lie Onre Defended on Bnr . Blnry t hurgf. THERE was a very unexpected reunion of lawyer and former client in the Municipal Court yesterday forenoon. Frank Williams, accused of being a vagrant and shady character, was de fending his reputation for honesty. He said he had never been in trouble uefore and was merely hunting for work when arrested. "What did you say your name is?" Judge Cameron asked. Williams. Frank Williams." said the accused man. "Are you sure you've never been in trouble before?" "Sure I am," said Williams in a puzzled way. ' He must have had forebodings of impending disaster. "The last time I saw you, your name was Duffy and you were in very serious trouble," said the Judge. "When was hat?" demanded Williams, trying to look dubious, but succeeding only in appearing alarmed. . "Four years ago," said Judge Cameron, "when I was your attorney and you were on trial for burglary." Williams said nothing more. He saw his poor memory had gotten him in a trap and he took hLs medicine niceljr. He was oot found ullty at the time, but work which shows masterly skill and artistic merit, while .detail of orna ment and. sculpture are wrought with delicate care. . ' Today Piranesi Is known as a pre eminent engraver of large architec tural views of Italian buildings and later he was caught at Walla Walla and given three years for robbery. The fellow was arrested late Tnesday night in company with Mike Moody. Moody was armed and attempted to shoot Patrolman Vessey. The officer was quicK in disarming him and no shots were flred. The men were covered and made no at tempt at resistance. Both were held by the Court for sentence. VICTIM OF A SUGGESTION Apprentice Cuts Throat for Treas ure He Believes in It. PARIS. Jan. 25. (Special.) Disap pointment caused by a melancholy fiasco has driven a young man mad, and a crazy attempt to extract from his throat a treasure which, in his sane moments, he had believed to be there, has had disastrous consequences. He now lies in a Paris hospital with slight, if any, chance of recovery. He was a light-hearted youth, apprenticed to a locksmith, and so cheery that he used to sing all the day over his work. In an evil hour one of his companions said to him: "You have a marvelous voice, and when a young man posseses such a treasure in his throat he does not remain long a poor apprentice. I am sure that if you could only get to sing at a concert you would make your for tune." 'The hint was sincere, and well meant, the the youth really had a good, though untrained voice; but unfortunately It led him to attempt to soar aloft before he could safely fly. The worua uttered THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAJf, PORTLAND, JANUARY 2t, 190S. ancient ruins as they appeared in the Eighteenth century. Naturally the archaeological :.cuvity of modern days have wrought many changes and the views are therefore of much interest. The views of the Forum, then known as the Campo Vaccino, and those show by an admirer sank deeply into his mind and he was continually pondering over .them, visions of a grand success haunting him imagination. Great was his pride when, after many attempts, he managed to obtain permission to make what he regarded as his debut at a small concert hall. It may have been nervousness, but when the moment to which he had been looking forward so eagerly arrived his voice failed him; be made such a lamentable exhibition of himself that laughter, jeers and hisses resounded from every corner of the music-hall, and without even try ing to recover himself and his voice he fled from the place. The next morning, after having passed a feverish night, he said to his mother, a poor woman dwell ing in the Belleville district: "I have a treasure in my throat. I have been told so and I am convinced of it Dear mother, we are rich." There was no idea of his going to work that day, but his mother could not re main idle, so she went out, leaving him alone at home. When she returned in the evening the first thing that she beheld was her unhappy son lying on the floor in a pool of blood. 'In his delirium the apprentice had cut his throat to extract the treasure which he believed to be in it. He was promptly conveyed to the nearest hospital. ; Buy Centralia Coal Fields. CEXTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) I Wtsler & Sons have recently purchased the timber and coal rights on 200 acres about two miles from town. The developments thus far made show veins of lignite coal that sur passes anything yet found . in this neighborhood. ing the Arch, of Titus half Imbedded in a wall and lacking many parts since restored to it, are illustrations of this. As another example one of the etchings Is the square of St. Peters' before the revival of modern independ ence, instead of the ancient equipages New Books in Library I play on the lanfding at the Public Library may be found in the refer ence room the fine illustrated volumes of cartoons by Gilray, Rowlandson and John Doyle's Political Sketches of H. B. A bulletin that is attracting' much attention is posted in the circulating room a list of 100 "best novels." This list is the result of the collation of 11 different lists compiled by various au thors and libraries. While the reader may take exception to some of the nov els, it is very suggestive. The list of additions follow: -- BIOGRAPHY. Gosse Father and son; biographical recol lections. 190T. Hamilton Emma, Lady Hamilton: from new and original sources and documents; ed. by Walter Slctael. Ed. 3. rev. ,1907. Lever Charles Lever, his life and letters; by Edmund Downey. 2v. 1006. Lowell Life and letters of Charles Rus sell Lowell. Captain Sixth United Slates Cav alry, Colonel Second Massachusetts Cavalry and Brigadier-General United States Volun teers; by E. W. Emerson. 1907. . DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. Chart Story of Dublin. 1907. ; Gould A book of the Pyrenees. 19u7. Low A vision of India. 1907. Shaler, ed. The United States of America: a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manu factures, commerce; and Its work in litera ture, science, education and self-government. 3v. 1894. .FICTION. , Jennings Under the Pompadour. Atorrts Th pagan' progress. . of that period, the up-to-date electric cars now ply to the very entrance of the historic spot. . In the collection are 103 etchings, which represent the most brilliant specimens of Piranesi's skill. The burin, an Instrument of tempered steel, . Mott To the credit of the sea. . Rideout Admiral's light. Tarklngton His own people. ; Wilkins The fair Lavinia and others. FIND ARTS. Baker Color-correct photography. 19C6. Morae Venetian Iron work. 1907. Shoemaker, comp. Humorous dialogues and dramas. 1906. -- Street Good bridge; a classification and analysis of the' best plays as played today by the best players. 1907. HISTORY. Davidson Reference history of the Uaited States, for high schools and academies. 1892. Fling, romp. A source book of Greek his tory. 1907. Helmolt History of the world, v 6. 1907. McMaster A school history of the United States. 1897. Polltovskil From Llbau to Tsushima; a narrative of the voyage of Admiral- Rojest vensky's fleet to eastern seas; tr. by F. It. Godfrey. 1907. Woodward A short history of the expan sion of the British empire, 1300-1902. Ed. 2. 1907. LITERATURE. Christmas anthology; carols and poems, old end new. 1907. Drummond The habitant and other French Canadian poems; 1907 Gummere The popular ballad. 1907. Kellogg, ed. How to celebrate Thanks giving and? Christmas. 1894. Nicholson, ed. British -songs for British boys. 1906. MUNICIPAL AND STATE REPORTS. Boston. Parks. Dept. of Annual report of the board of commissioners. 1902-1907. Chicago. Civil service commission Twelfth annual report. 1906. Chicago. Electricity, Dept. of Annual re port. 1908. Chicago. Finance, Department of Annual report. 1908. Chicago. Fire dept. Report of the fire marshal to the City Council. 1906. Chlcasro. Health, Dept. of Biennial report. 19W-I906, was used by Piranesi in the execution of Wis plates as well as the etching needle. The different prints have been loaned the. Museum . by William M. Ladd. Miss Failing. Mrs. C. J. Reed, and Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett. L In the same room where the etch ings are shown, is a case containing Chicago. Mayor Annual message: and an nual report of the department of public works to the City Council. 1906. Chicago. Park commissioners. Annual re port of the South Park commissioners. 1906. Chicago, Police. Dept. of Report of the general superintendent of police to the City Council. 1906. Detroit. Controller Annual report. 1908. Indianapolis. Mayor Annual message, with annual reports of heads of departments of the city government. . 1905. . , Iowa. Public instruction.' Dept. of Bien; nial report of the superintendent of public instruction. 1903-1906. Iowa. Public instruction. Dept. of Iowa educational directory for the school year. 1906. KansaB City. Mo. Comptroller Annual re port. 1906. Kansas City, Mo. Education, Board of Annual report. 1906. . - Nashville, Tenn. Annual report of depart ments 1906. ." Nashville. Tenn. Education. Board of An nual report of the public schools. 1904-1905. New Jersey. - State sewerage commlssibn 'Report to the legislature. 1907. New York (city). Education, Dept. of Annual report. 1905. Philadelphia. Mayor Report. 1906. Philadelphia. Public education. Board of Annual report. 1908. . Salt Lake City Sixteenth annual report of the public schools. . 1906. RELIGION. ' Genung Hebrew literature of wisdom in the light of today; a synthesis. 19u6. SCIENCE. . French ss Tves Stereotomy. Ed. 2. 1906. Hull Volcanoes, past and present. 1904. Iddlngs Rock minerals, their chemical and physical characters and their determination In thin sectlona 1906. Keazie Man, past and present. 1900. . SOCIOLOGY. ' Balch A manual for boards of health and health officers. 1907 - Chancellor Theory of motives. Ideals and values in education. 1907. Dealey Our state constitutions. . 1907. MUSEUM a loan collection of objects of art, or' iginals and reproductions. The exam- , pies of brick from the Coliseum and t from the Baths of Caracalla are In-; structive as . they aid the visitor to form a clearer Idea of the appearance . of the Roman ruins shown in the Pa ranesi collection. Direct legislation record, March. 1893 Dec, 1803. v.5-10. Dunmore Ship subsidies: an economic etudy.ot the policy of subsidizing merchant marines. 1907. Hamlin, comp. The act to regulate com merce and acts supplementary thereto, in- dexed and annotated. 1907. Haynes Representation in state legisla tures. 1900. Jordan College and the man; an address to American youth. 1907. . Marx & Engels Manifesto of the commun ist party. 18SS. Merritt Federal regulation of railway rates. 1907. USEFUL ARTS. , American society of civil engineers. Transactions. 1906-1907. Forel Hygiene of nerves and mind In health and disease; tr. by H. A. Alkins. 1907. Graphic art and crafts year book. 1907. Harper The utilization' of wood waste by distillation. 1907.. Hiscox. ed. Henley's twentieth century book of recipes, formulas and processes. 1907. Kellogg The art of massage; its physio logical effects and therapeutic applications. Ed. ' 4. 186. New Jersey.' Health, Board of Public bealth laws. 1907. BOOKS FOB CHILDREN; Church The Odyssey for boys and girls. Greene Pickett's Gap. Houghton Telling Bible stories. International postage stamp . album. Ed. 20th century. Pier Harding of St. Timothy's. Potter Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Soott Ivanhoe. Shackleton & others Strange stories of ths ' Civil War. , Tomlinson The War of 1812. China at Telegraph Conference. ! PEKIX, Jan. 25. China has appointed 1 delegates for the first time in history to j represent her at the next International ' Telegraph. Conference.
