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JOB PRINTING Magazine Section.—Tillamook, Oregon, June 7, 1906 Taft. She is rather proud of the fact that she has never studied abroad, and also that she has been able to meet all the expenses of her artistic edu Evelyn Eongman of Chicago cation herself. Terrible Destruction of the City Sculptress Is Already Famous. by Violent Earthquake and Flames. The best known work of Miss Long raided Fifteen Thousand Dollar Prize. Irve Bronze Doors at Annapolis al Academy Has Attained Fame rough Her Figure of “ Victory ” It. Louis Fair. ■en the new bronze entrance doors li Annapolis Naval Academy are lleted and hung in place there will I another monument to the skill unerican women. Colonel Robert ■Thompson, who presented these ■s to the academy as a memorial ■e class of ’68, stipulated in making ■offer that the design selected for ■doors should be awarded by compe- ln, the winner to receive a prize of loot). There were thirty-three com- itors for this prize, an unusually L number, and the designs submit- [ are said to have been of a high tree of excellence. The votes of all t jurors were cast for the model pre- Ited by Miss Evelyn B. Longman, of icago. man is the bronze figure of "Victory,” which was carved for the Festival Hall at the St. Louis World’s Fair. For this she was awarded a silver medal. At the close of the fair the original was brought to the Chicago Art Insti tute. A bronze reproduction has been purchased by the Union League Club and will adorn the entrance to the club rooms. Another one of Miss Longman’s works which has won commendation is a bronze figure of “Death,” which she recently completed, and which is to be placed on the Story monument in the cemetery at Lowell, Mass. Fire Results in All Parts of Metrop olis—Geological Scientists Say No Connection Between Quake and Vesuvian Eruption. It was during the repose of early morning; the Springtime sun was casting its golden rays over the Sierra Nevadas 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 WOMAN CIVIL ENGINEER. tre of San Francisco, and in a tenth of the space of time required to describe the event, falling walls and Are com Granddaughter of Mrs. Stanton Has bined to work on the metropolis of the Offer to Go to China. Pacific the most appalling natural ca lamity which has occurred on this Miss Nora Stanton Blatch, grand continent since the landing of the Pil daughter o£ Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan grims. The that has been ton, is now a member of the American accomplished destruction is almost incalculable. Society of Civil Engineers. She is the The inferno of flames which burst forth first woman admitted to membership, I simultaneously in various parts of the and, it is said, there was not a dissent- city was rendered still more terrible by the repeated quakings 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 the flames to intensity and became a deadly agent of destruction. The general dismay of the populace 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 the inde scribable 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 the least. Injurious and menacing. But America is a cemented nation. The disasters of one Bectlon 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 the 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 the other California cities and towns which have suffered with the metropolis of the State. No Connection With Vesuvius. MISS LONGMAN’S STATUE OF “VICTORY” CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Miss Longman’s design has two pan els representing "Peace” and “War.” On the peace panel is a figure symbolizing science, an old man in an attitude of deep thought, explaining a difficult problem to two students 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 be the reason for the existence of the navy. Under her draperies 1 b a»coat of armor, and with one hand on a cannon she points with the other to the distance, where masts of ships show the destination of the marching figures in the back ground. In the upper panels of the door arc festoons supported by shells—of oak leaves over the war panel and olive over that of peace. In the lower panels wreaths of the same leaves inclose tie names of naval heroes. In the transom is the dedication to the class of '68, and above the transom is a group rep resenting Fame—two laurel-crowned figures on either side of an altar-like pedestal, with an inscription to John Paul Jones, whose bones are to reBt in the crypt of the chapel. The pedes tal is surmounted by a tripod, from which issue flames, symbolizing endur ing fame. ing opinion offered when she was pro posed for membership. Miss Hlatcb was the first woman to get a degree of Bachelor of Science in civil engineering at Cornell University. She took a four years’ course, finish ing among the first five of the class. Since her graduation she has been draughtsman in a big bridge concern. She is now considering an offer from Coming as this disaster did, practi cally coincident with the Vesuvian ca lamity in Italy, many persons suppose that there was a direct 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 scientific phenomena respon sible for such earthquakes and vol canic disturbances. Great earthquakes, says Mr. Walcott, in the already hardened shell that sur 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 of a vast weight of sedimentary deposit brought down by rivers. For example, the Mis sissippi River 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 resting 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 the depositor of vast weights of sediment in the Pacific waters near San Francisco. Greatest Natural Disasters History. Pompeii and Herculaneum de stroyed by eruption of Mount Vesuvius A. D. 79; more than 20,000 lives lost. Earthquake in Constantinople, thou sands killed; year 557. Catania, Sicily, 15,000 persons killed by earthquake; year 1137. Syria, 20,000 killed by earthquake; year 1158. Cilicia. 20,000 killed by earthquake; year 1268. Palermo, earthquake, B.QQ.O lost; year 1726. Canton, China, 1,000,000 lost by earthquake; November 30, 1731. Kuchan, North Persia, 40,000 lost; earthquake; year 1755. 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, 36,380 lives lost; May 27, 1883. Eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, 79 killed; year 1880. Isle of Ischia, earthquake, 2,000 lost; year 1883. Charleston, S. C., earthquake, 41 lives lost; August 31, 1886. Bandalsan, volcanic eruption 1,000 killed, July, 1888. 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 fire. THE SURGERY OF THE AN CIENTS. 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 ears, 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 lest 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 Burgeons 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 1604. A century later an artificial hand was Impressive Ceremony Incident to Construction of New Capi tol Buildings. President Roosevelt and Speaker Cannon, Both Masons, Are Princi pal Actors—$10,000,000 for Sen ate and House. When President Roosevelt, on April 14th, laid the cornerstone ot 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 Work Progressing Rapidly. Rome and Greece crowned with mag nificent buildings In which met the Although the digging of the trenches solons of ages past. for the House office building was be This new building occupies a square gun less than a year ago the structure and is about a hundred yards distant 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 the stone contract first, by authority of the House Building Commission. It is cal culated that both buildings will be 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 Masonf® order, the occasion in every way har monized with the spirit of the cer®- mony directed by the Virginia jurlsdfo- tion in laying the cornerstone of th® Capitol. 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, also under construction at the opposite end of the plaza, are being put up to pro vide for the members of the 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 Award to Woman Unprecedented The award of this prize to a woman is said to be an unprecedented event in the artistic history of the country, and a bright future is predicted for the young sculptress. “I consider Miss Longman 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 Longman was born In Win chester, Ohio, her father. Edwin H. Ixtngman. being a musician and an ar tist Drawing was 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 Lorado Taft, who invited her to enter the Chicago Art Institute as 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 she came to New York, where she soon after became an assistant to Mr. THE.CAPITOL PLAZA AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN NEW BUILDINGS ARE COMPLETED. China of a place in one of the corps of engineers organized by that country for the development of Its railroad system. The offer came, too, from a young Chinaman who was taking a graduate course at Cornell while she was there, The graduate student was sent here, it Is said, not only to in- crease his technical knowledge of en- glneering. but to obtain for bis 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 keep fresh for two or three months. The flesh of the ostrich itself is edible, being not unlike veal in flavor. 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, 1886. Volcanoes occasionally cause shaking of the earth's crust, but the disturbances occasioned by pent-up gases seeking 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 so will the earth as it grows colder. This contraction would unavoidably cause a disturbance 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 t? 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 Ixjwe, in his Discourses on the Whole Art of Chirurgery,’ gives representations of artificial legs. About the middle of the same century Falcinelli, a Floren tine surgeon mentions the use of ar tificial eyes of silver, gold and crystal painted in various colors. 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. of the House and buildings. Senate office 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 latter may be ready to put in place next Fall. It Is estimated that the two buildings together will Involve an 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 in design, without pediments, domes or other accentuated points to prevent their detracting in any way Let this **1900** Gravity Washing Machine do your Washing Free.
