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r1 tWV,lV MAGAZINE SECTION. LAKEVIRW, OREGON. TJIUJiSl .. MAY 17, 1906. PAGES 1 TO 4. SUCCESSFUL SCULPTRESS. Mtsa Jlvvlyn Longman of Chicago Awarded Fifteen Thousand Dollar I'rUe. i To Carva Bronx Door at Anaapolls Naval Academy - Hat Attained Tame Through Her Figure of Victory" at St. Louis Fair. Wbcu the new bronze entrance loom (if (lie Annapolis Naval Academy arm completed and bung In pla-e tluro will exist another monument 10 the tk 1 1 1 of American women. Colonel Robert M. Thompson, who presented those doom to the aradeiny ns a memorial of the class of T,S, stipulated In making the offer that the di'Slu neleeled for the d(Kra should be awarded by compe tition, the winner to receive a prize of flG.OOO. There were thirty-three com pel Hon for thin prize, an unusually large number, and t ho designs submit ted are unld to have been of a IiIkIi ileKren of rxcellenie. The voteH of all five jurors were runt for the model pre. nenteil by Mlits Kvelyn II. UiiiKinun, of Chicago. MISS LONGMAN'S STATl'K OK "VICTORY" CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Miss Ingman's design has two pan els representing "Peace" and "War." On I lie peace panel la a figure symbolizing science, an old man In an attitude of deep thought, explaining: a dilllcult problem to two Hludenta of the acad emy. On the. war panel patriotism Is represented by a female, figure, (sym bolical also of the home, the protection of which Is assumed to bo the reason for the existence of the navy. Under her draperies Is a coat of armor, and with one hand on a cannon alio points with the other to the distance, where masts of ships show the destination of the marching figures lu tho back ground. In the upper panels of tho door arc festootiB supported by sheila of oak leaves over tho war- panel and olive over that of peace. In the lower panels wreaths of the same leaves Inclose tte names of naval heroes. In the transom Is the dedication to the claws of 'ti8, and alxive the transom la a group rep resenting Fame two laurel-crowned figures on either side of an altar-like pedestal, with an inscription to John I'atll Jones, whose tiones are to rest In the crypt of the chapel. The pedes tal la surmounted by a tripod, from which Issue llames, symbolizing endur ing fame. Award to Woman Unprecedented. The award of this prize to a woman la said to be an unprecedented event in the artlstle history of the country, and a bright future Is predicted for tho young sculptress. "I consider Miss Ingman to be one of the most promising of our younger sculptors." said Mr. Daniel C. French, whose assistant she has been for the last four years. Miss Ixingman was born In Win chester, Ohio, her futher, Edwin H. Ixmgman, being a musician and an ar tist. Drawing wag one of her childish amusements, and she began modeling without instruction In the art depart ment of Olivet College. Her work there attracted the attention of Ixirado Taft, who invited her to enter the Chicago Art Institute aa his pupil. She did so, and during the first year paid her ex penses by doing library work. Then she was made an assistant Instructor In the school, and a year or two later aba came to New York, where she auon after became an assistant to Mr. MMm mm) Jit T'x! f X:. .VVvfe) ff Taft. She la rather proud of the fact that. she ban never (it udled abroad, and ft I ho that she him tieen able to meet all the expenses of her artistic edu cation herself.. Sculptress la Already Famous. The bent, known work of Miss Iing man U the bronze figure of "Victory," which wan carved for the Festival Hall at Hie Kt. IxiiiIh World's Fair. For thin she. wan awarded a allver medal. At. the close of the fair the original was brought to the Chicago Art Instl tnte. A bronze reproduction baa lieen purclwiHed by the I'nbin league Club and will adorn the entrance to the club rooniN. Another one of MIhs Iuigman'H works which has won ciinnncndmlon Is a bronze tlgurn of "Death," which she recently eonipletod, and which lit to be placed on the Klory monument In the cemetery at Iitvcll, Mass, WOMAN CIVIL JiNGISlUSR. Granddaughter of Mrs. Stanton Hat Offer to ()o to China. MIhs Nora Stanton Illatch, grand daughter of Mrs. Kllzahclh Cady Stan Ion, Ik now a member of the American Society of Civil ICnglneer. She Im the flrnt woman admitted to membership, and. It Im snld. there wan not a dissent- AT THE Ing opinion offered when she was pro posed for membership. MIhs lllutch was the first woman to get 'a degree of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering at Cornell University. She took a four years' course, fln'sh ing among the first five of the class. Sluco her graduation she has been draughtsman in a big bridge concern. She Is now considering an offer from V.'.i.rillr " China of a place In one of the corps of engineers organized by that country for tho development of its railroad system. Tho offer came, too, from a young Chinaman who was taking a graduate course at Cornell while she was there. Tho graduate student was sent here, it is said, not only to in crease his technical knowledge of en gineering, but to oUtain for his coun try the best engineers to be had. He watched Miss match's work closely and offered her a place. An ostrich egg weighs about three and a half pounds. It is less delicate In flavor than a hen's egg, although perfectly eatable. It is a curious fact that ostrich eggs will keop freBh for two or three months. The flesh of the ostrich itself is edible, being not unlike veal lu flavor. SAN FRANCISCAN HORROR. Terrible Destruction of the City by Violent F.arthuualce and Flames. Fire Reaults In All Part of Metrop olis Geological Scientist Say No Connection Between Quake and Vcsuviaa Eruption. It was during the reposo of early morning; the Spring-time sun waa casting Its golden rays over tho sierra Nevada and striking down Into the peaceful, slumbering valley of the Sacramento. All the Western Hemi sphere was at peace with the elements. Suddenly there came an awful growl ing and crashing beneath the very cen tre of San Francisco, a.id In a tenth of the space of tlmo required to describe the event, falling walls and fire com bined to work on the metropolis of the Pacific tho most appalling natural ca lamity which hag occurred on this continent since the landing of the Pil grims, The destruction that has been accomplished is almost incalculable. The Inferno of flames which burst forth simultaneously in various parts of the city was rendered still more terrible by the repeated qnaklngs of the earth, by which the rescuers were In mo mentary danger of being buried with the dead beneath the falling structures The very earth itself our own mother earth proved as treacherous as a deadly snake, and the usual ocean breeze, by a strange perversion of na ture, hauled around to a point where it fanned tho flames to Intensity and became a deadly agent of destruction. Tho general dismay of the populate was augmented by the constant roar of dynamite explosions, made In a vain effort to check the progress of the flames. The vast pall of smoke that blotted out the sky did not tend to alle viate the general anxiety. Yet, In such surroundings, calculated to Inspire uni versal panic and madness, there were performed numberless feats of heroism that will remain on the scroll of time as Illustrious proofs of the nobility which Is hidden beneath the surface of ordinary life. Cool heads and brave hands, with stout hearts behind them, performed their work of rescue In the very face of death, and even tho lnde- scribablc horror of the earthquake was overcome. San Francisco, a rich and proud city, has been swept by fires before and has, phoenix like, arisen from her ashes. Moreover, she has more than once experienced earthquake tremors which were, to say tho least, injurious and menacing. But America is a cemented nation. The disasters of one section bring together In one grand sympathetic bond the Inhabitants of the others, all anxious and insistent upon holding out the helping hand and voicing words of sympathy to the af flicted sister. States, cities and towns throughout tho entire Union have of fered unstinted assistance In the way of money, food, clothing and medical attendance, with which to relieve the want, not only of San Francisco, but also tho other California cities and towns which have suffered with the metropolis of the State. No Connection With Vesuvius. Coming as this disaster did, practi cally coincident with the Vesuvian ca lamity In Italy, many persons suppose that there was a diroct relation be tween the two. This Idea, however, is logically contradicted by Director Charles D. Walcott. of the Geological Survey. Mr. Walcott holds that there is no possibility of a connection be tween the earthquake and the Italian volcano, for these two are entirely dif ferent Bcientlftc phenomena respon sible for such earthquakes and vol canic disturbances. Great earthquakes, eays Mr. Walcott, , iiUjjHl I i - ft THE CAPITOL PLAZA AS IT WILL APPEAR are never caused by volcanoes, but by faulting plains. This is particularly true of both seaboards of the United States. Mr. Walcott and other scien tists of the Geological and Geodetic Surveys agree that scientifically the recent disturbances were caused by conditions identical with those pertain ing during the earthquake which de molished Charleston, S, C. on August 31, 1880. Volcanoes occasionally cause shaking of the earth's crust, but the disturbances occasioned by pent-up gases pocking to escape are felt only locally. The cause generally attributed to earthquakes Is the gradual cooling of the earth, which is known to still be a molten mass Inside. When any object cools it contracts, and bo will the earth aa It grows colder. This contraction would unavoidably cause a disturbance .JF . In the already hardened shell that siir rounds the Inner mass. That shell must give way at some point. Aside from the contractions of the earth's surface, another cause Is given that might affect the changing of the sur face of a given part of the world. This cause Is the accumulation Vif a vast weight of sedimentary deposit brought down by rivers. For example, the Mis sissippi Itivcr Is entirely made up of the deposits of the streams washing down from higher lands. The weight of that deposit would be difficult to calculate, and renting upon a portion of the earth's shell, might occasion Its sinking. This theory is held by some scientists in connection with the Cali fornia disaster, for the Sacramento River Is tho depositor of vast weights of sediment In the Pacific waters near San Francisco. Greatest Natural Disaster of History. POffipeil and llerculancum de stroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius A. D. 79; more than 20.00') lives Ioft. Earthquake in Constantinople, thou sands killed; year CG7. Catania, Sicily, 15,000 persons killed by earthquake; year 1137. Syria, 20,000 killed by earthquake; year 1158. Cillcla. 20,000 killed by earthquake; year 1208. Palermo, earthquake, 6,000 lost; year 1720. Canton, China, 1,000.000 lost by earthquake; November 30, 1731. Kuchan, North Persia, 40,000 lost; earthquake; year 1705. Lisbon, city ruined by earthquake, 25,000 killed; November, 1755. Aleppo, destroyed by earthquake, thousands killed; year 1822. Canton, earthquake, 6,000 lost; May 27, 1830. Calabria, earthquake, 10,000 lost; year 1857. Island of Krakatoa volcanic erup tion, 3C.380 lives lost; May 27, 1883. Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 79 killed; year 1880. Isle of lschla, earthquake, 2,000 lost; year 18S3. Charleston, S. C, earthquake, 41 lives lost ; August 31, 1886. Bandalsan, volcanic eruption, 1,000 killed, July, 18S8. Island of Hondo, Japan, earthquake, 10,000 killed; October. 1891. Venezuela, earthquake, 3,000 killed; April 24. 1894. Gautemala, earthquake, great loss of life; April. 1902. St. Pierre, Martinique. Mont Pelee. May. 1902; loss of life, 40,000. Vesuvian towns destroyed by erup tion of volcano. April. 1906: 400 or more killed. San Francisco, April 18, 1906, earth quake, followed by Are. Tim SURGERY OF THF, AN CIIWTS. What is known to modern dentists as bridge work was familiar to the Etruscans, as extant specimens attest, according to an interesting article in the British Medical Journal. Plaster enrs, noses and lips were common among the Indians, where the cutting off of these features was a punishment much In use, and Greek and Roman veterans who had lost a leg or an arm in war tried to make good the de ficiency by artificial substitutes. It is stated further: "What Is said to be the oldest artifi cial leg In existence is now in the mu seum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. It was found In a tomb at Capua. Pliny speaks of a Roman warrior who, a century and a half be fore the birth of Christ, wore an arti manipulate a sword. In the Middle Ages artificial limbs sometimes re paired the disablements of war. The 'iron hand' of Goetz von Berlichingen was an ingenious piece of mechanism made for that famous knight in 1504. A century later an artificial hand was '. .if VW'- ' m,---- ... - - . . WHEN NEW BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETED. worn by Christian, Duke of Brunswick. Ambrose Pare devised artificial limbs with movable Joints, which were made for him by artificers, of whom Lor raine, a locksmith, was the most famous. Pare devotes a special chap ter to the means of repairing or sup plying natural or accidental defects In the human body. He describes ar tificial' eyes and noses, an artificial tongue and an artificial palate. At a later period Father Sebastian, Car melite monk, made movable arms and hands. In the earlier part of the sev enteenth century Peter Lowe, in his 'Discourses on the Whole Art of Chirurgery, gives representations of artificial legs. About the middle of the same century Falclnellt, a Floren tine surgeon, mentions the use of ar tificial eyes of BllVer, gold ami crystal painted In various colors. K LAYING CORNERSTONE. Impressive Ceremony Incident to Construction of New Capi tol Bnlldings. President Rooseyelt and Speaker Cannon, Both Masons, Ara Princi pal Actors $10,000,000 for Sen ate and House. When President H0O8CTCH on April 14th, laid the cornerstone of the new office building for the House of Repre sentatives, it marked the beginning of Improvements on Capitol Hill which will make that section of Washington comparable with the ancient hills of Rome and Greece crowned with mag nificent buildings in which met the solons of ages past. This new building occupies a square and is about a hundred yards distant PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. from the south wing of the Capitol, with which it is to be connected by an underground passageway, through which members of Congress may pass back and forth from the legislative hall to their offices. There are 410 office rooms, providing a room for each Representative in Congress and Dele gate, and leaving vacant nineteen rooms for a future growth in the mem bership of the House through a reap portionment of districts or the admis sion of new States. The House annex and the Senate office building, arso under construction at the opposite end of the plaza, are being put up to pro vide for the members of tLe National Legislature, quarters absolutely needed for the efficient transaction of public business. The great growth In size of both branches of Congress has caused the Capitol building to be en larged, but this was only sufficient to provide the necessary space for the assembly halls of House and Senate and the committee rooms, the latter in many cases being small and badly ventilated. Under present conditions individual members (unless they hap pen to be chairmen of committees) have no offices and a badly congested condition exists. Realizing the need of one great legislative centre where Senators and Representatives may concentrate their activities and be comfortably quartered, Congress three years ago authorized the construction I of tho House and Senate office buildings. Senate Ceremony Next Fall. The House annex was started first and Is In a more advanced stage of construction than the Senate building, though the cornerstone of- the layer may be ready to put in place next Fall. It Is estimated that the two buildings together will involve gin outlay of about ten million dollars. In size and design they are identical; they occupy positions balanced In their relation to the Capitol and are planned to fit into a general architectural scheme. The height of the buildings has been re stricted that they may not overpower the Capitol, and they have been kept simple tn design, without pediments, domes or other accentuated points to prevent their detracting in any way J V L. .4 from the effect of the Capitol Itself. The exterior design for the buildings Is classic, suggesting in its general di vision of parts the Garde Meuble In the Place de la Concorde, Paris, while the pavilions are modeled on those of the Colonnade de Louvre. Architecturally the front Is divided into two parts, the lower corresponding to the first story of the building constituting a "rusti cated" base, on which, extending through the second and third stories, Is the colonnade surmounted by its entablature and balustrade. It is be lieved that the effect of the two flank ing buildings will be to give unity to the whole scheme and to emphasize architecturally the great beauty of the Capitol, all of the lines leading up to and centering in Its dome. Work Progressing Rapidly. Although the digging of the trenchea for the House office building was be gun less than a year ago the structure Is now up to the first floor line. To hasten the work Elliott Woods. Super intendent of the Capitol, directed that construction begin before all the speci fications and contracts were complete. This was done through letting out tbo stone contract first, by authority of the House Building Commission. It is cal culated that both buildings will to ready for the Sixtieth Congress. In accordance with Masonic tradi tions, the ceremony was conducted In the open air, in a simple, unostenta tious manner. In every detail it corre sponded as nearly as practicable with the historic ceremony in which Presi dent Washington participated. The articles placed in the cornerstone were largely identical in character with those deposited In the original Capi tol stone by Federal Lodge, and, aa both President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon are members of the Masonic order, the occasion in every way har monized with the spirit of the cere mony directed by the Virginia Jurisdic tion in laying the cornerstone of the Capitol. 411" mm,. . JiH .w" ' Let this "1900" Gravity Washind Machine do your Washing Free. An nnneii eowar.rcalied QrTlty, help ran thl WUhiOK machine. Bj barnfwBing thii powtr, we make It work for too.Tou urt the waaner br hand, then OraTltr power take bold and doee tCehurdeat part. And It makes tbjs machine turn almost as easy aj a MrTi-le wneel does. " Uravity, too know, Is what makes a stone roll This ro'nchlne has 1nt boon lnrented and we call lttbe "19uo" Oravny WanLer. There are alula on the Inxlde bottom of the trcb, Tb(Me alata acta paddlM, to awing the water In the flame direction you revolve the tub. You throw the sollod clothes Into the tab first. Then you throw enough water over the clothes to float them. Next too put thebearr wooden eoror on top at ths Clothes to anchor thein, and to press them down. This cover has aliiU on Ita tower side to sjrlp the etotbes and hold them from turning around whsa sue tuhturus. Now we are all readv for qnli-k and eny washing. Vou grap the apnxbt hanille on tbu side of the tub and. with It, you revolve the tub one-third way round, then gravity pulla It the other way round. The machine must have a little help from you, at ereryawinir, but Gravity-power does practically all ths hard work. Vou can ait In a rocking chair and do all that the washer requires of y"u. A child can run It easily full of clothes. m m - m When yon revolve the tab the clothes don t move. But the water mores like mill race throqgh the plnthoii. " 1 be paddles on the tub bottom drive the soapy Water THHOUOH and through the clothes at every swing of tbe tub. Back aud forth. In and outof every told, and through every mesh tn tbe cloth, tbe hot soapy water runs like a torrent. This Is how It carries way all the dirt from the clothes, In txutu si x to ten mlnntpa by the deck. Jtarivesthedirtoatthrons-h the meehes of the fnbrloe WITHOUT ANY MUBIUNO. -without any WgAR and TLAKIfrom the w an ti board. It will wub the Uneetlace tubrlc without breaklnr thread, or a button, and It will wash a heavy, dirty carpet with equal eaae and rapidity. Fifteen to twenty garments, or Ave laree bed-sheets, can be Washed at one time with this I'MO "Gravity" Washer. A child can do this In six to twenty minutes betfer than any able witsher-woman could do the clothes In TWICE the time, with three times the wear and tear from the washboard. ess This Is what we SAY, now how do we PROVE ltt We send auy reliable person our lf0 '"Oravity' Washer free of chante, on a full month's trial, and WS even pay tbe f reliiht out of our own pockets. No cash deposit u aaket, no notes, no contract, DO security. You umy oe the washer fonr weekst onr ex pense. lOouTLTd It won' t wash as many clothes In lOUa boars as jrou ran wash by hand In KliiHr hours, you send It back to the railway station, that's all. But, If, from a month's actual use, yoa ars) con vinced It saves HALF tbe time lu wastiinif, does the Work better, and does It twice as wily as It oouM be t..n K kon.1 - Sun .t.a ... ...'I , ! . 1 uen you man usuiceuts a wees tin i i ..... Bemeiaber IhatMlueuU Is partof wl'tt the, ma chine saves yon every week on your o u. or ou a WarwTmiiTh's labor. We Intend that ths IU0O ' Oravlty- Washer shall pity for Itwelf auu thus Oust you nothing. " " . . . You dou' t risk a cent from first to last, and you don' t buy It uutil you have had a full mouth's trial. "Rs havs sold approaching naif a million "Wis" Washers on a month's free trial and the only trouble) We' ve bad has been to keep up wll hour orders. Viould we afford to pay freliiht ou thousands of these machines every month. If we did uot positively KNOW they would do all e claim for theuit Oau you afford to be without a uiaclnue that wm do your washlug In HAIJf '1 UK I'lMK. with half the wear and tearof the washlKwrd, when you cau have that machine for a month's free triul, and let It rAi FOU f t.HU.Kt This offer may be withdrawn at auy lime it overcrowds our factory. Write us TODAY, whlls thenffer Is still open, en while ou ihluk of It. Tbe postage stamp Is all you Slsk. Write me personally ou Ibis offer, vis. ; L f. Illeber. Uulieral Manager of "IUKI" Washer Company. sSi Henry bi., lllnghaiutou, N. I, ur u Yuuge bt, Toronto. Oauada.