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Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
A MINERS LUCK.
He Came Pretty Near to Making q
Big Strike.

He Came Pretty Near to Making q
Big Strike.
ut Is mostly all luck in the mining
business" said Il. A. Frederick. Klon-
diker from Seattle, '.and that gold is
where you find It is surer proposition
than any specifica ton of mining ex-
pert. Let me give you couple of in
stances. In the winter of '97 l was
working near Gold Hill in the Ell Do
RADIO district and one Sunday was at
the cabin of DR.. Carper of my town,
who was treating lame shoulder
had. After the professional part of the
call was over, the doctor and l. who
are old friends, were talking of mining.
he being in it himself more than doc
toring, and / told him we ought to go
over on the opposite hill, next to a
claim worked by a man named Lam
caster. and stake off couple of claims.
But he would not have 1t my way at
all. and insisted that if there was any
gold there. somebody would have claim
ed the territory which did not have
stake on it except Lancaster's. lis
tened to him and we didn't stake a
claim, but in June following the doctor
paid $4,000 for four claims, each 100
feet square. on the same site, and out
of thirty-two square feet of one of them
he took $4,000, and he is still working
them. That same year, at Christmas
he was feeling pretty good, and the day
before Christmas he told his brother
and couple Of men who were working
fnv hi hot hn Tor 70 rr;x-r
Christmas present, and they could go
into the mine and get painful of dirt
for whatever 1t might be worth. The
three took him up. and went hunting
for the richest dirt they could find. One
of them didn't want to act the hog. he
said, but he overcame his scruples and
got into the richest ground, as the
others did, and when they had panned
their selections, one man got $32. one
got $113, and the brother hit 1t for $164.
Think of that for painful, when a man
can get rich at it if it pays him a dollar
a pan regularly. The pay streak in this
mine is seven feet thick and in places
the gold actually glitters in the gravel"
"But am getting ahead Of my story.
On the following Sunday l was with
the doctor again. and called his at
tention to another unoccupied hillside
where he could stake claims. and again
the doctor turned me down. He insist
ed that was throwing away my right
in the district to stake claim in that
locality. and for second time listen
ed to him. On the same spot that sea-
son luckier man took $4,000 out Of
his claim and afterward sold 1t for $780,
600. The claim, finally got did not
lose me any money, but didn't get any
big winnings. as 1 might have got If
my luck and my nerve had been with
me."-Washington Star.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
FREAK RoMANcEs.
Last Years. Crop Labeled Love Stories
for Convenience.

Last Years. Crop Labeled Love Stories
for Convenience.
A woman in New York had her iance
arrested under a charge of theft and
then married him.
The New York papers told of wife
in New Jersey who was divorced by her
husband and is now in the employ OF
his second wife as cook.
A woman in Cowley County, Kansas,
recently sued for divorce from the man
with whom she had lived for thirty
years because he did not love her quite
enough to give up the use of tobacco.
An Atchison man Is suing his wife
for divorce because he found her ex-
amining mourning styles. Another
man In this same county sued woman
for breach of promise.
There is a colony of men and women
near Mason City, Iowa, called the
Amana Society that is bound to strict
rules of celibacy. Two members, how
ever, fell In love and were married.
A st. Louis woman pretended that
she was her husbands sister that he
might secure divorce and marry an
other.
A man of Independence, Kan, made
his fifth trip to the altar with woman
who was on her third.
Another New Jersey story is that Of
q mother who kidnapped her son on the
eve of his wedding and the two are still
recorded as missing. A man proposed
while in bathing in Atlantic City. The
two were married at once on the beach
in their bathing clothes.
1t was told in August of titled Vien-
ma woman who learned of her sweet
hearts death while dressing for her
wedding. Three days later she married
another man.
A bridal party entered London
church while 1t was on fire and insisted
on the marriage being performed In
spite of the flames and streams OF
water.
A week or two ago the knot twas tied
for a Kansas man and Missouri wom-
an ON the Atchison bridge. the preach
er's teeth chattering with cold as he
read the service.
An Englishman who had emigrated to
Australia sent his sweetheart money
ioI ueE pdSsdSc. ne met hei HHuSDahU
at the gangway. She had married
passenger on the steamer.
- A Newburg, N, Y, girl was faithful
while her fance served nine-year SEN
tence. The two were married at his
release.
For fifteen years Polander in New
York paid court and swas finally ac-
cepted. The day before that set for
the wedding she married bis younger
brother.
An engagement that extended un-
broken over period of fifty years end
ed in marriage at Napoleon, Ohio, in
September. The man was 80, the wom-
an r.
One of the scandals of the year was
the case of William Sloan. who mar
ried Miss Rose L. Edwards, of Boston.
He was to be best man for his friend.
George III. Boeck, but stole the bride.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
COOP EFFECTS OF SINGING.
A Valuable Form of Exercise for Per
sons with Weak Lungs.

A Valuable Form of Exercise for Per-
sons with Weak Lungs.
Many medical men are now recon-
mending their patients to study sing
ing, which is most salutary exercise,
both by virtue of its influence on the
emotions, on the respiratory move
ments, and on the development of the
lungs. Nothing better shows the bene-
fetal influence of singing In developing
the chest and warding off lung diseases
than the freedom from pulmonary af-
fections among professional singers.
Moreover, their general health is ex-
ceptionally good, and this Is probably
in a large measure attributable, not
only to their necessarily careful plan
Of living, but also to the exercise Of
their calling. Some physicians main
tain that for defective chest develop
ment, and in chronic heart trouble,
singing is an unequaled exercise. The
singer should be clad SO as to allow abb
solute freedom of the chest movements;
there should be no construction of the
neck or waist; the collar should be low
and ample, and If corsets are worn,
they should be roomy and loose. One
error into which singers, and especially
amateurs, fall, Is to practice too much.
The length of time to be given to the
exercise depends much upon the char
acter and condition of the voice. Speci-
fic rules cannot be given. Melba, when
asked how many hours of practice a
day she would advise for pupil, said:
'No hours for a beginner, but min
utes. 1, myself, never practice more
than one hour day, and usually much
less" DIR. II. Holbrook Curtis consid-
ers forty minutes or an hour of actual
voice practice daily is quite sufficient
to develop most voices. This time
should be divided into periods Of ten
or fifteen minutes each. Regularity,
and not long practice hours, which only
fatigue the voice and wear 1t out, is the
greatest aid to advancement. The voice
develops very gradually, and any at
tempt to force Its growth is fatal mis-
take.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
Candy for the soldiers.

Candy of good quality, consisting Of
mixed chocolate creams. lemon drops,
cocoanut maroons and acidulated fruit
drops, has been added to the regular
ration of the American soldier. One
New York firm has shipped more than
fifty tons Of confectionery during the
past year for the troops In the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico. The use
Of candy as an army ration originated
In some experiments on the diet Of the
troops conducted by the German gov
ernment ten years ago. They showed
that the addition of candy and choco-
late to the regular ration greatly i'm
proved the health and endurance of the
troops using it. Since that time the
German government has issued cakes
of chocolate and a limited amount of
other confectionery. The Queen for
warded five hundred thousand pounds
of chocolate in half-pound packages as
a Christmas treat for the troops in the
Transvaal. American jam manufactur-
ers are considering movement to add
jam to the army ration, it having been
found wholesome for the British army.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
One Reason Why.

'I'm not surprised" remarked the
debonair dry goods drummer, "that
those people down in Kentucky don't
drink any more water than they do.
have just heard from customes of
mine in Eminence, pleasant town not
far from Louisville, that well-known
citizen there, who has been troubled
for long time with a hacking cough,
had severe spell of coughing the other
day and raised two square blocks of
some kind Of hard substance. His SON
sent them down to Louisville chemist,
who reported that they were blocks of
limestone, caused by the limestone wa
ter the cougher had been drinking.
may add that the cough doesn't trouble
him any more, but just think of the liza
bility a man is subjected to down there
of having his bronchial tubes and his
alimentary canal macadamized from
Dan to Beersheeba. I'd rather drink
moonshine than run such risk as that.
| shore would"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
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0O7 HEN the sun of August begins
WN to redden the green out of the

001 HEN the sun OF August begins
WM to redden the green out of the
foliage the veterans of the civil
war in thirty-ffth national encampment
will assemble in the State where their
order had birth. Not in the city where
the original post of the Grand Army
of the Republic was instituted, indeed,
but in the borders of the State where
the idea was first promulgated and car
ried into effect. Next August the vet
Grams will meet in Chicago, but the
army, once an appreciable proportion
of the grand army which dropped the
sword for peaceful pursuits, is fading
away with the lapse of years.
Boys in years and animation when
the smoke of the big guns curled about
Fort Sumter, nothing but gray boards
remain. to-day. Veterans then have
long since passed over the great divide.
Nine years ago the army was nearly
twice as strong as it is to-day. 1t Is
fitting indeed that as the day draws
near when there will be no Grand Army
left these who still cling to life should
return to the old homestead in reunion.
Born of the consciousness of son of
Illinois, native to the Prairie State, it is
fitting that the Grand Army should
meet again in the State that gave birth
to the designer of the order.
Thirty-fOur years will have passed
away when the next meeting is held
since the first national encampment
was held in Indianapolis. Half dozen
States were represented in that gather
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
Thetr Remarkable Record,

1t would be well If all families could
point to as creditable history In point
of freedom from domestic broils as that
of Deacon Kendrick, of Dashviile.
The good deacon and his wife were
celebrating their fiftieth wedding ami
versary. A large concourse of rela-
tives and friends had assembled at the
old homestead, splendid dinner had
been served and eaten, and the speech
es, without which no anniversary of
this kind Is considered to be complete,
were in progress.
"In all these fifty years, my friends. -
said Neighbor Brown. in the course of
his remarks, "as / have been told a
hundred times and believe to be true,
our venerable friend and his wife have
never exchanged a cross word. Is it
not so, DeaconY
Yes, that's true," replied the deacon.
"Is 1t not SO, sister?" asked Mr..
Brown, addressing Mrs. Kendrick.
"Yes," she replied, with a twinkle in
her eye. "Abner may have given me
a cross word now and then, but I've
never answered back"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
Character In Red Har.

Red-haired women are ardent and
vivacious, especially If with it they
have hazel eyes, In which case they
have a bright and quick intelligence.
They have great deal of natural felic-
ity for study, and good memories. Red
hair with blue eyes shows the same
warmth of character, but not so much
intelligence; bright golden hair, of a
rich, deep color and of crisp and wav-
ing texture, growing thickly on the
head and somewhat low on the brow,
shows an ardent, poetic and somewhat
artistic temperament. 1t is the sigma
ture Of Apollo, the sun. People with
red-brown hair which Is very thick, and
redder over the ears and at the temples
than on the head, are courageous and
energetic. This sort of hair gives sense
of color in painters, force of language
and eloquence in poets, and power in
musical mposition.-Woman's Home
Companion.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
90 MuSter Of the VeterdnS u

Adjutant General; D. C. Mcneil OF
Iowa, Quartermaster General; w. A,
Pile of Missouri. Chaplain.
Gen. Hurlburt administered the af.
fairs of the army for one term, then
giving away to another son of Illinois.
the one who had attained the highest
rank and greatest fame attained by a
volunteer officer, John A. Logan. Gen.
Logan became chief of the army in
1868. He signalized his administration
by promulgating an order setting apart
May 80 as memorial day. He issued
his famous order No. II on May 5. call.
ing on all survivors of the war to deck
the graves of all fallen comrades with
flowers on May 80. The ceremonials. to
be observed were left to the individual
posts, as up to that time no ritual had
been adopted for this purpose.
Its Struggles and Success.
In the early years, In common with all
fraternal organizations, the Grand
Army of the Republic struggled for
life. But with over 100000 volunteers
to draw from it was merely a question
of time when no city in the land would
be large enough to handle all If all
should meet at any national encamp-
ment. When the high mark was
reached the army comprised about so
per cent of all the survivors of the war
eligible to membership. Losses from
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
why Not Live Forexer2

Old age results from the body becom-
ing too heavy and clumsy for the mus
cles and sinews which are necessary to
healthful activity. In all the food we
eat there is certain proportion of lime
So long as the muscles are actively en-
ployed this lime is worked out of the
system. If the body becomes inactive
it accumulates about the joints and
makes 1t more and more difficult to
move them. Some of 1t gets into the
muscles themselves, making them hard
and inf1exible. This is the reason why
heart disease proves SO often fatal to
old people. When the muscular valves
of the heart cease to work freely there
is danger at almost any time Of fatal
results. If any man could exert enough
will power to make himself take GER
tain amount of exercise every day, bar
ring accidents, he would live forever.
OF course, a man might accidentally
acquire fatal Illness, and in that case
he might die in spite of his dumb-bells.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
His Character

The old hiring fairs are still held in
some rural districts of England There
is a story of an old Gloucestershire
farmer, who, seeming a likely lad at
such a place, opened negotiations with
view to engaging him.
Hast got character from thy last
placer" the farmer asked
NO." replied the boy; "but my old
gaffer be about somewhere, and l can
get he to write one."
Very WELL" was the reply, "Thee
get it and meet l here again at 4
o'clock"
The farmer and the boy met at the
appointed hour.
Hast got thy character?" was the
query.
The answer was short and sharp:
''No, but l ha' got thine, and I bean't
a-coming."
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02

various causes kept pace with gains for
ten years. Then gains exceeded losses
until 1890. Then the old fellows COM
menced to pass away with startling
speed.
The Grand Army commenced to grow
rapidly early in the '7Os. By the close
of the decade departments had sprung
up all over the land. The membership
was equal to any single army COM
manded by any general but Grant dur
ing the war. In 1890 the muster rolls
showed 4O9,781 members. Last year
but 2S7,981 veterans admitted adher-
ence to the regulations. The losses from
death are on the increase. Losses by
honorable discharge are not as heavy as
those by the final discharge.
Chicago must prepare to entertain
100000 guests during the last four
days of August. For the first time In
generation the national encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic is
to be held in the city by the lake, and
preparations are already under way to
make the occasion outshine any ma
tional gathering ever held by that great
orga anization.
approximately 10000 veterans of
the war are still alive out of the 1926
600 recruits enlisted in that great strug-
GLE" said Secretary E. A. Bigelow, OF
the Executive Committee, having the
management Of the encampment in
charge. "Of that number it is estimated
from the rosters of the various divis-
ions of the G. A. R. that 100000 reside
in the territory west of the Alleghanies.
north of the Ohio River and east of the
Missouri-that is, in the territory d.
rectly tributary to Chicago. They will
come to this encampment-men who
did not go to Philadelphia or Cincin
natl or a half dozen of others-will
come to Chicago. And we will make
them welcome"
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
Opal and Bad Luck.

The superstition associating opals
with baleful influence is all the talk of
Hagerstown. Katherine Reimshue, a
young society woman. became engaged,
and her fiance presented her with an
opal ring. She was superstitious, but
finally accepted the ring. Her uneasi-
ness grew into fear that the stone por-
tended some calamity. Her lover Of
ferd to exchange the ring for another,
but she declared the mischief was al
ready wrought. Shortly after receiving
the ring she was sitting before an open
fire warming her hands. Suddenly the
stone burst. Within month after the
bursting of the opal her lover died sud
denly.-Indianapoli special to Chicago
Tribune
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
a REMARKABLE FINANclER.
A Chicago Man Whose Liabilities
Amount to Over $5,OOO,OOO.

A Chicago Man Whose Liabilities
Amount to Over $5,OOO,oOO.
A Chicago man remarkable in the
world Of finance Is Francis P. Owings.
He is remarkable not for his vast
wealth. but for the enormous debts he
amassed, his liabilities amounting to
exactly $5,564,917. The fact that he
owes this huge sum makes the situation
more notable than If he had accumu-
lated the amount in the same period, a
decade. While it is. to the majority,
hard matter to become rich. 1t is grant
ed that 1t is easier of accomplishment
than to get so deeply in debt as has
Owings.
The story Of the man who deals In
debts so splendidly and who has failed
on the most magnificent scale yet
known is part of Chicago's history.
Francis P Owings Is the man who orig
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02


DR.. Detwefler has lived In Reading
thirty-six years. When starting out in
life he made vow that as he pros
pered in his profession or business he
would give certain percentage to the
cause of religion and charity. He has
done so. More than ten years ago he
made another vow that whatever in
come he might derive thereafter from
his practive Of medicine would be given
in these good causes. The amount Of
money he has given since then aggre-
gates tens of thousands. Although to-
day not considering himself an active
practitioner, his receipts from his pro-
fession last year amounted to probably
$40 month, all of which was or will
be donated to religious and charitable
purposes.
During the Spanish American war he
contributed $225 for the purchase Of
Bibles and testaments for the soldiers.
and he paid for much other religious
literature that was sent to them.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
A MODEL ESTATE.
The Splendid Seat of the Late Million
aire of Westminster.

The Splendid Seat of the Late Million
aire of Westminster.
The peculiar characteristics of the
late Duke of Westminster, the richest
man in England, were well shown on
his estate at Eaton Hall. This estate
Is beautifully situated partly in Wales
and partly in England, the River Dee
running through it.
. One of the Duke of Westminster's
hobbies was good roads. He had one
Of the best road engineers in the king
dom In his employ, who was continual
ly experimenting with material and
machinery for road-making. The hun
dred odd miles of driveway on the es-
tate are by far the finest In Europe.
None in Great Britain or France equals
them. The cyclist can actually ride ten
miles at time without seeing loose
stone the size of hens egg. Most of
them are built of clay and cement
foundation, on the top of which Is laid
q mixture Of crushed stone about the
size of a walnut and more cement.
This gives a surface SO smooth that
after a rainstorm washes away what
little dust there Is the top is like
asphalt, only more level and without
the undulattons SO often found in
asphalt roadway. Other parts of the
highways are composed of macadam
without cement. but forced into place
by the weight of twenty-ton rollers
operated by steam. The system has
been an object lesson which highway
builders in her Majesty's domain and
on the continent have studied with
profit. The road-making has given en-
ployment to a force of 300 to 400 men
constantly. Just how much has been
spent on the roads at Eaton Hall can
not be exactly estimated, but it runs
up to over $1,OO0,0OO. However, his
grace utilized them but little, going
over his estate on his private railroad
line. When built, about ten years ago,
this was one of the most extensive pri-
vate lines in the world. 1t was laid out
with a gauge of three feet. The rails
weighed twenty-five pounds to the
yard. The engines averaged about five
tons each, and under full head of
steam carried the owner over his place
at the rate of eighteen miles an hour.
The road is thirty five miles long. The
main terminal station is covered cor
ridor at the hall. The Duke could step
from his library into this corridor, get
aboard the train and come back to the
same place in three hours, after visit
ing the principal centers of interest.
Unless he wished to leave the car and
walk around at some of the stations,
he could take the trip bareheaded and
in evening dress, as the cars are heated
by steam in cold weather and lighted
by gas. Most of the rolling stock was
used by the guests and the workmen
about the place. as the Duke found
that he could transport the farmers.
gamekeepers, gardeners and others
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02
ONE OF THE NEW MAIL WAGONS.

with a narrow cover. The collector
may sit on a stool behind the mail box.
When he jumps from a cart to open
a street box the stool, by the operation
of a spring. drops out of the way.
The men who collect the mail receive
the same salaries as letter-carriers,
with an additional $500 year for buy
ing horses and wagons for collecting
mail. These new wagons cost S75 each.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-02

here and there by steam and save time
and money by 1t. When man had
work to do at point twenty miles or
so from where he had been employed,
the train could save half day or so
in carrying him where he wanted to
go. Up to the time of the Dukes death
a regular schedule was in service.
Trains were run each way over the
road at least twice day, and extra
ones when NEEDED. The owner had
special consisting Of miniature
palace car. 1t was elegantly upholster-
ed and had an Office, smoking COM
partment and most of the appoint
ments of the American private car
except a sleeping compartment.