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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

born in Rhode Island, in $780, In 1856
he had succeeded to the management
OF the print works, established by his
grandfather, and continued by his
father and uncle. In 1860 he had been
elected Governor of his State. In Sep
tember of that year he had headed a
deputation from Rhode Island to the
dedication of the statue of Commodore
Perry in Cleveland. It was then that
ne first met Miss Chase. 1t was case
of love at first sight, and on Nov. II,
1868, they were married, ali fashionable
and official Washington being repre-
sented at the wedding. Mr.. Sprague
had just been elected United States
Senator from Rhode Island.
i The honeymoon was spent In Provi-
dence. Mrs. Sprague cast her eyes over
her husbands broad ancestral acres in
that town, renamed the spot Canonchet,
and proceeded to replace the old man
sion with a splendid new palace. 1t
still remains an unfinished Aladdin's
palace.
Possibly 1t was the headlong extrava-
gance of the wife in this and other mat
ters which made the first rift In the
matrimonial lutte, but, In fact, the two
were utterly dissimilar in taste, in
character, in ambitions. Mrs. Sprague
took far more interest in her fathers
political future than in her husbands.
She devoted herself to the former with
even more assiduity than before her
marriage. With the wealth at her COM
mand, with her brilliancy, her tact, her
unfailing charm of manner, she easily
remained the center of attraction in
Washington society. All these gifts OF
fortune were utilized in the effort to
make Salmon p. Chase President of the
United States.
Chase, who had left the Democratic
party on the slavery issue, was willing
to become candidate of reconstruct
ed Democracy, and in 1868, when the
national convention was held In New
York Mrs. Sprague opened up quarters
there in the interests of her father.
Every effort was made to bring the
man and the platform into harmonious
relations, but failed. The convention
would not go far enough to suit Mr..
Chase and the latter was unbending.
He did not long survive his disappoint-
ment. In 1870 he suffered paralytic
stroke and In 1873 he died.
His death precipitated rupture be
tween Mrs. Sprague and her husband.
After that event she became less cir
cumspect I'm her conduct. less reticent
about her domestic troubles, more ex-
travagant in her expenses.
Finally the husbands remonstrances
eliminated in request that she should
name some friend In whom she had
confidence and whom he might take
into his. She suggested Roscoe Conk-
ling. The husband was staggered.
Conkling was his enemy, politically as
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
A Method of One Painter.

G.. f. Watts, who Ia now I'm his
eighty-third year, constantly exposes
his canvases to the full rays of the sun,
to let the light burn into the wet paint
and dry with it. He believes there
need be no fear of fading after pro-
cess that so severely tests the coIors.
Mr.. Watts uses no maulstick. his
brushes are of great size and hard
ness, and he has always been NOR,
fond of stippling than of delicate brusl
work, often pounding the color into his
canvas to insure permanence. He has
rarely worked directly from the living
model, but modelled fragmentary stud
les in wax and clay for the particular
parts of the figure required In his pict-
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
HOW TO TRAVEL.
Information for the Public.

In selecting your route to the East
you cannot afford to overlook the ad-
vantages and comforts offered by the
Rio Grands Western Railway in con-
ection with the Denver g Rio Grande
and Colorado Midland railroads. 1t is
the only transcontinental line passing
directly through Salt Lake City. and
in addition to the glimpse it affords of
the Temple city, the Great Salt Lake.
the salt palace, and the picturesque
Utah valley, it offers choice of six dis
tinct routes to the East and the most
magnificent scenery in the world. A
double daily train service and through
Pullman palace and ordinary sleeping
cars. freeareclining chair cars and a
perfect dining car service are now in
operation via these lines.
For pamphlets descriptive of the
"Great Salt Lake Route" apply to ].
D. Mansfield, general agent. ,253 WASH
ington street, Portland, Or.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Among the attractions of the Paris
| exposition next year Is to be an arti-
fetal volcano. which will eject flame
and smoke, and simulate the flowing OF
a stream of incandescent lava. The
volcano will stand on the bank of the
| Seine, and will be 32S feet In height.
While the framework IS to be of iron
and steel, the exterior will be covered
with turf, trees and shrubs, and by
shaded paths visitors will be able to
! ascend to the crater at the summit
Although tobacco first became known
to the civilized world through the dis
covery of America. where the natives
cultivated and smoked 1t, yet about
two-t thirds of the worlds yearly prod
uct is now produced in the Eastern
Hemisphere. The total product is esti-
mated at 1,9o0. ZOO, 900 pounds. of which
America produces 650,O0O,O00. Cuba,
whose tobacco Is reckoned the finest Of
all, produces only 62,OOOOOO pounds.
being far exceeded in respect to guam
tity by the State of Kentucky, whose
product is put at 1856, 5,000, 900 pounds.
The common belief that steel and iron
become brittle and more liable to break
when subjected to great cold Is contra
dicted by the results of experiments
made at Cornell University. 1t has been
shown there that the strength of steel
and wrought iron is least at tenn
perature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit. and
that it increases when the temperature
either rises or falls from that point. At
500 degrees above zero and at 60 de-
grees below zero the strength is in
creased about 20 per cent. The elastic
limit also rises slightly with increase
Of cold.
In view of the rapid disappearance of
the herds OF elephants which formerly
roamed In Africa. and the limited num-
ber Of those animals remaining in Asia.
DR.. r. Lydekker calls attention to the
enormous supply of ivory which exists
in the frozen tundras Of Siberia, and
which, he thinks, will probably suffice
for the worlds consumption for many
years to come" This ivory consists of
the tusks Of the extinct species Of ele-
phant called mammoths. The tusks of
these animals were Of great size, and
places in Siberia, where the frost has
perfectly preserved them, and In many
cases has preserved the flesh of the
animals also.
A table in Science shows that Canada
leads all other countries in the extent
Of her forests. She possesses 799, ,23O,-
720 acres of forest-covered land, as
against $50 ,OOO, 900 acres In the United
States. Russia is credited with 49S,-
24O, 900 acres, about 100000 more
than the United States. India comes
next with 14O,OOO,O0O acres. Germany
has 4,347 900 acres, France 23,486, 45O
and the British Islands only 2,695, ,O00
The table does not include Africa or
South America, both Of which contain
immense forests. 1t may surprise some
readers to learn that the percentage Of
forest-covered land is larger in several
European countries, Germany for In
stance, than in the United States.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
A FAMOUS BEAUTY,
DAUGHTER OF A GOVERNOR
+ AND WIFE OF ONE.
Mrs. Kate Chase spraRue, Once the
/ Social and Political Queen i'm WASH
inRton, Died In Observation-Disclosures
/ of Her Interesting Career.

The death of Mrs. Kate Chase
Sprague, wife of former Governor of
Rhode Island and daughter of the late
Salmon p. Chase, at one time Governor
Of Ohio, Secretary Of the Treasury and
chief Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court, which occurred at Edge
wood, near Washington, not long ago,
closed a highly dramatic career.
She was born In 1910, the only daugb-
ter of Salmon p. Chase and owing to
the death OF her mother she early be-
came mistress of her fathers house
hold. Her father, the most famous
member of a family whose scions had
already gained fame at the bar. on the
bench and in the Protestant episcopare,
was already one Of the leading lawyers
In Cincinnati. when. in lS49, coalition
Of Free Sellers and Democrats sent him
to the United States Senate. At the ex-
piration of his term, In 1855, a some
what similar coalition elected him Gov
ernor of Ohio In 1857 the Republican
party returned him TO the gubernator-
lal seat.
How much of his advancement ne
owed to the personal popularity of his
daughter Kate cannot be estimated. It
ls certain that before she had passed
out OF her teens she was spoken of not
pnly as the leading belle Of Cincinnati,
but as one of the most astute politicians
In Ohio Between her and her father
there existed love that was little
short OF mutual alteration. All the lit
tie girls ambitions seemed to center in
him.
Just as she was reaching the maturi-
ty of her charms her father became a
great figure in national politics as can
didate for the Republican Presidential
nomination, in 1860, and Secretary of
the Treasury In Llncoln's cabinet a
year later. In the latter position he
won a reputation second only to that of
Alexander Hamilton. At the height of
his power he established his home at
Edgewood, where his daughter has just
died. Here the most illustrious men OF
the nation, the most distinguished wis.,
itors from abroad, were always vel
coined. And here Kate Chase ruled su-
preme over crowd of admirers.
A little prior to this time she had met.
William Sprague, the man who was to
become her husband. SpragEe was
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Dinnjs McGuir..s whisky.


Mcagher was full Of anecdotes ct his
to be lost. He said he was leading hts
men to the front in one of the seven
days battlec when an aid rode by and
announced the news that our army had
carried a certain strategic point and
several colors. Dye hear that. boys?"
shouted Meagher sour men have won
the day and captured the enemy's col
ors!' "Just as said that" remarked
the general. "a private who was p.ung.
Ing along out Of one muddy hole into
another looked up at ME and said: .Ah.
Ginral. I'd rather have pint of Dinnis
McGuire's whisky now than all the
colors of the rainbow."-Donahue =
Magazine.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
ouearnasa of Men.

It's wise child that knows Its own
father when it sees him out in COM
pany.
It doesn't take much of man to
tell how a thing ought to be done. The
one who does and does it deserves the
praise.
The man who goes to church may
not enjoy the sermon, but he generally
goes home with a good appetite for his
Sunday dinner.
It is claimed by some people that
badness indicates great brain power,
but the makers of alleged hair restor-
ers keep on getting rich. Chicago
Times Herald,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

ton, and the Standard Oil Company,
probably the greatest corporation in
existence, still makes millions each
year out of the sale Of kerosene OIL.
Twenty years ago, when electric lights
were put on the market, the prophets
foresaw the immediate ruin of the gas
business. This prophecy in turn has
been falsified, though the electric light
mense importance. Each new illumi-
nant seems to make a field for Itself,
without encroaching seriously on its
older rivals
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
RACE OF THE lLLuMINANTs,

Seven Com pctitors for Popular Favor
Are Now in the Field.
Acetylene gas has the greatest illu-
mtnating power of any of the illumi.
nants. The electric arc light stands
next, ineandescent gas third, and the
incandescent electric light fourth. Gas.
oil and candles follow In the order
named. When gas was first put into
practical use in 1905 1t was predicted
that lamps would be at once aban-
doned. Yet many people still prefer
lamps to any other method of tllumina-
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
No skull for an lrish F.,r.

In Ireland recently quarrel had
taken place at fair and culprit was
being sentenced for manslaughter
The doctor, however. had given evi.
dence to show that the victims skull
was abnormally thin. The prisoner
on being asked If he had anything I'd
say for himself, replied: mo, yer hon,
or, but would ask was that skull
for man to go to fair wid? 2"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Mastication does not senarata f,s

Mastlcation does not separate fresh
bread. bat condenses it into a soft,
dough, glutinous mass. very difficult
for the saliva to affect. In weak
sromachs. the saliva-coated ball, like
any foreign body, irritates the stomach
and brings ON indigestion. If the per.
son is strong and has plenty of outdoor
exercise. the new bread is finally di.
gested. but the effort of digestion is
greater than it should be, and is liable
to overcome the strength and produce
more or less trouble. Stale bread is
more 'crumbly" and does not stay to-
Eether SO firmly in sticky mass. ~
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

1t appears that Miss Enid YandelI is
not the only woman sculptor member
OF the National Sculptor Society. In
addition to Miss Yandell the society
includes Mrs. H. Fl. Kitson, of Boston,
and Miss Bessie Potter. who. like Miss
Yandell, now lives in New York.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
It has been found that the !,

1t has been found that the pain
caused by the sting of nettles is due
partly to foInic acid and partly to a
chemical resembling snake poison.
Our nettles are comparatively harm
less, but in India. Java and elsewhere,
there are varieties, the painful effects
Of which last weeks, and in come cases
months, like snake bites.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, has
received from the Dutch journalists
five large bound volumes containing all
the accounts of her coronation that
were written by the foreign journalists
who attended it.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
The Best Man Wins.

Prize fighting may not be a pleasant sub
of man to hold the championship for any
length of time. How unlike the great
champion of health, Hostetter's Stomach
Buffers. which has for fifty years cured
constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness and
liver trouble.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
t1onal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustaehian Tube. When this tube gets in
named you have rumbling sound or imper-
tect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infiamma-
tlon can be taken out end this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
catarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed
condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
r. y. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The National Council of Women OF
Holland is now fully organized, having
adopted constitution and bylaws and
elected officers. Mrs. Klerck van Ho-
gendorp is president.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
CURIOUS PHOTOGRAPH.

Picture of Man Turning a Hand
spring Caught by Camera.
Here is curious photograph. The
figure in the cut is pictured apparently
helping Atlas to support the EARTH
with the weight Of the world upon his
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Are You Goinx East2

ld34yl~ If SO, you should see that
Rock Island your ticket reads via the
;fI(IY; Great Rock Island route.
and you will get the best.
Pullman palace sleeping cars. elegant
reclining chair cars Free and library
buffet cars on all through trains. Best
dining car servicesin the world. Popu
lar personally conducted excursions
once a week to all points East. For
full particulars call on or address any
ticket agent, or A. e. COOPER.
q. A. P. D., G. R. !. & p. Ry., 246
Washington street, Portland, Or.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Easy Ricyc.ine

The Sultan Of Morocco has 3 some.
what imperial method of amusing him.
self with cycling. A couch is rugged
up between the wheels, and on this the
monarch reclines, studying the cyclom.
eter and the compass, while his attend
ants pedal foT him.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

What are known as "tidal waves''
have nothing to do with the tides, but
are supposed to be causd by earth
quakes. They do not. therefore, ap-
pear at regular intervals.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Nine. Melba caught cold at boat
ing party on the Thames not long ago,
and had to give up singing at Mrs.
Ogden Goelet's party, where she was to
have been paid $4,000.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The Princess OF Wales has made such
loving hobby of music that she plays
with much skill the piano. harmonium
and either.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Many animals in desert regions
never have any water except the dew
on vegetation. A parrot in the Lon
don Zoo is known to have lived 90
years without drinking drop of water.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

According to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or 224.0O0 pounds, or equal
to that of 88 elephants or A4O bears.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

You meet man every now and then
who does not control his own vote,
but who can tell you just how your
own ballot should be cast,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The most costly piece of railway line
in the world is probably that between
the Mansion House and Aldgate sta
tions in London. which required the
expenditure Of close upon 10000, 900
per mile
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Mrs. Tower, the wife of the Ameri-
can ambassador, has the reputation of
being one of the best gowned women
at the Russian court.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

liant spot In the sc-named crater OF an
electric arc, but, sdazzlingly brilliant as
1t is, it is but one third as bright as the
surface OF the sun itself,
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The women who have interested
themselves in the case of Mrs. May
brick are greatly disappointed that Mr..
Choate had failed to obtain favorable
action on her case.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Only 55 per cent of the blondes
marry. while 70 per cent of the bru-
nette sisters engage in matrimony.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The women say that short skirts are
bound to come, and that men must get
used to them. As If the men objected!
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George w. Lott, Fa-
bucher, La. August 26, 1895.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Recent Investigations has shown that
bright green line characteristic of the
spectrum of the new gas, krypton. is
almost identical with the spectroscopic
line that characterizes the aurora bore
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Climate, Scenery and Natures sani-
tnrium.
Scenery, altitude, sunshine and air,
constitute the factors which are rapid
" making Colorado the health and
pleasure grounds of the world.
Here the sun shines 357 days of the
average year, and it blends with the
crisp, electric mountain air to produce
climate matchless in the known
world. No pen can portray, no brush
can picture the majestic grandeur of
the scenery along the line of the Denver
s& Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado.
Parties going East should travel via
this line which is known all over the
world as the Scenic Line of the world.
For any Information regarding rates,
time tables, etc., call on or address R.
G. Nichol, general agent, 251 WASH
ington street, Portland, Or, or any
agent of the o. R. & N. Co., or South
ern Pacific Company.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Within the last 20 years 5000
houses in Dublin have been closed for
sanitary reasons.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Mrs. May Preston Slosson has been
appointed chaplain of the Wyoming
state penitentialy at Laramie.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

ere Permanently Cured No fits or nervousness
ItiO after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $500 trial
Arch street, Philadelphia Pa.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

France employees over 5000 women
in her civil service, telephone and tele-
graph offices.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Improved Train nuu,pm.n,.

The o. R. 8 N. and Oregon Short
Line have added buffet. smoking and
library car to their Portland Chicago
through train, and dining car service
has been inauguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepers. Direct connec-
ton made at Granger with Union Pa
cific. and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
lngton and Idaho to all Eastern cities
For information, rates, etc., call on
any Q. R. & N. agent. or address W.
II. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent;
Portland
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

A blacksmith in Grass Valley. CAL,
decided to close his career on the an.
niyersary of his birthday. at the very
hour of tho day when he was born.
He waited until the clock struck IL.
and then committed suicide.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

For some troubles a German physi-
clan has discovered new and simple
remedy, which consists in massage of
the liver by holding the breath at the
height of inspiration and breathing out
slowly.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
6OIu Uy DrugRISLs, I0C
Halls Family Pills are the best

1t is announced that Italian expert
ments on vegetable life with Roentgen
rays have shown that the effect is iden-
tical with that of sunlight.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

The Princess of Naples is said to be
the most beautiful member of reign
ing family.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

When people become indignant, they
nearly always abuse the wrong man.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29
Hoods SaaJabMiz
-l--------------------
{ An Explanation.
EGzi3sl ,JlslzIfE5

cit strikes me this ice water is
dirty,', said Cincinnati hotel guest.
"Hullv geel" exclaimed the bellboy.
as he looked in the pitcher, II betcher
de porter forgot ter wash it. Chi
eago Evening News.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-09-29

Never ask questions Of man who Is
very busy, or Of a woman whe has pins
In her mouth.