EUGERE WEEKLY GUARD.
BUGENE
.
ORBGON.
A msu ate a bowl of yeast to win a
bet. and la rejxjrted io be all puffed up
over bls success.
A farm has l>een discovered in Texas
on which there Is no oil. A stock com
pan y has been formed to promote It.
An ostrich tried to eat a collar button
and died. Tbe goat Is alxiut tbe only
thing now remaining for tbe collar
button to overthrow.
J. l’lerpoot Morgan called on King
Edward recently, thus permitting tbe
latter to see what a man who can run
things without wearing tossels looks
like.
A Chicago woman alleges she can't
live with her busband because he has
a wooden leg If all that's said by
wives is true some of them are married
to men with wooden heads.
Vicious tend» ncles In children, if un
checked. develop alarmingly, and tbe
career that Itegina In mere loaferism
and the bullying and plaguing of neigh
bors Is liable to end lu prison. Corporal
puulabment may no longer lie adminls-
tereil In the Institutions of the Slate,
but tbe law does not reach Into tbe
home, and a g<»xl spanking Just at the
right time and place may save a shoot
ing later.
The real wealth of nations Is not to
lx* computed by statisticians, who can
do no more than make rows of figures
represent ng what they Judge to lx* tbe
value of Ita material possessions and
resources and foot up tbe Items to a
grand total. The character and capa-
city of a nation rather than Ita stores of
wealth, whether In one form or another,
make and keep It great. The editor of
th«* London Statist a few days ago ob
served that the natural resources of the
!'nlte<l Htates do not wholly account
for Its present keen Industrial rivalry
with European nations. He keenly re
marks that the red men bad tbe same
country ami the same resources, though
they never seriously competed for the
trade ami commerce of Europ«*.
It may or may not lx* true that Klug
Humbert's assassin, Hrescl, was tur-
tn red by bls guards, Probably lie was
But no
not dealt with very gently
amouut of mere physical suffering
Which his keepers conili have lnt!lcti*d
without running the risk of kill
lug him could havt* been worse
than that mad«* necessary by the
very nature of Ills sentence. He was
in solitary confinement, with nothing
to do ami Just sufficient f<s><! and exer
cise to make It lnt|s>sslble for him to
sicken and die. The human mind can
not get along without occupation and
remain sane. To be placed In a small
ehainls*r with only atom* walls to hs>k
at would soon »hatter the strongest
nerves. To la* confined thus with the
certainty that tin* contlneinent Is for
lift* probably would lesult In partial or
total derangement for almost any per
son living Italy considers tin* death
¡a-nalty too severe a measure for any
crime, but It may well be doubted If
tin* few minutes of terror liefore gulllo
tin«* or sinffold Is not a less fearful
punishment than th«* slow process
which ilrovi* Bresi-I to madness and
then to suicide.
The refusal of tbe Neeretary of War
to remit the |>enaltles ln>|HMed by court
inartlul on the rowdy West Point ca
dets will do much to enforce the whole
some reign of discipline and gissi order
In that Institution. Illa course Is ap
proved by the Presldi nt. United State*
Senators of the highest Intluenee Inter
ceded unsuccessfully 111 behalf of the
cashiered cadets. The offenders must
take their medicine, some In expulsion,
ionie In sus|s'iialoii for different |>erl<sls
ami others In loss of rank. The |s*iial
ties ap|s>ar to bave ls*en ispiltahly dia
tributisi according to the demanda of
juatlee In each case. If the egregious
violations of discipline nt the militar)
academy limi Isen condoned the stu
denta there at school to learn the dutlisi
of a soldier the first duty being obedl
enei* would have been corrupted by a
taint which would have been virulent
throughout their future careers. They
never would have unlearmsl the bad
lesson. The education of students at
Weet Point la to tit them for the future
duties of commanding officers In the
army. If they do not learn first to obey
they never w ill learn to command. The
outbreak at the schisi! waa nothing less
than mutiny. The mutineers were just
ly punished.
It Is reasonable to suppose that the
first auc«s*aaful attempt to travel by
automobile from New York to Chicago
will cause otlxr itutoinoblllsts to make
similar experiments until the iwrform
auce w ill cease to lx* rvganleti as tin
usual
1 be Chicago gentleman who.
with hl* wife xml a machinist, enjoys
the honor of establishing the recon!,
sutvoxled in coverlug tbe distance lu
less tliau eleven «lays, while the time
actually consumed In travellug waa
only about ninety eight hoiira. In oth
er words, the automobile, if It had pro
ceede«! continuously, would have cov
er,->l the distance from New York lu
only a little more than four days. Tbe
»ureess of this experiment may lx* tak
en both as a sign that the American
n*a*lways are proliably Improving aud
as another Inducement for continuing
tbe g«Hxl roads movement. If the Jour
ney - an tw made now In approximately
ten days, allowing for stoppages, break
downs an«! delays due to Imperfect
roads, the time robed Ills should lx* re
diM'vd much further when liw roads
have !>een brought to tbe staudard of
perfection of European roads.
With
cheap and rapid automobiles, gtxxl
roads and well appointed Inns lining
tbe route, what woubl a few hundrad
miles matter to th«- traveler bent on woo
ing the <*oun«ey ?
Sarah Hern hl rd t, Wboee Ignorance of
family Iff* lu America la aa great aa her
artistic fame, baa undertaken Io give
her fellow couatrymen her Ideas of fe
male e4u<-atkMi on this able of the At-
laatlc. Bbe begins by making the grat-
pare them American corn products *•
Ifylng admission that tbs American I
free food certainly re«-elv«xl more than
woman lands a very different life from
their share of attention, and It I’ u°l
her French sister. It will be uewi
—
Impossible that thoussntl» ot new corn
throughout tbe millions of horn«-» on
TENANTS OF A BUSY OFFICE eating recruits were made by tbl* ex
this continent to learn from our recent
BUILDING IN CHIOAGO.
hibition.
visitor that "lu America home m-tircely
The national food crop of Germany
exists. People live In hotels or employ
and Russia la rye, while that of I rance
housekee|iers." This 1» so many leagues
I Is « lint, that of China ri«*e atxl that of
from the truth that It merely provokes
Jndla millet. Corn cannot be ral'i to be
a smile, but what do our readers of
| our national food crop exactly, for we
the gentler sex say to Sarah's asser
are heavy raisers an«! consumer* of
tion that tbe Amerleau «roman "mar
wheat, too, but we esn raf»e corn at a
ries as late as possible," aud that while
Tbe smallest postal district In the cost that enable* us to sell it tn com
In Europe tbe girls make liaxte "to
world Is under tbe roof tbe Monaduuck petition with ntxirly all the national
escape from tbe family hearth urn! get
Buildlug at Jackson. Dearborn aud food* of other countries Thu*, from
devoted to study, or reading of some
married," In America the girls ar«* "In
CHAPTER XIV.
Vau Bureu streets, in Chicago. The tiie standpoint of actual nourishment
kind. For several weeks nothing was
no burry to enter tbe bonds of tuatri-
Mary returned home and a
days
building aluue couiprlaes a separate aud obtained front the fuo«la, we can sell
later waa »elicited to take charge of a allowed to interfere with this arrange
m >ny. because to them marriage brings
distinct district In Itself. At tbe same corn in Russia cheaper than the peas «mail select «bool. But Mrs. Mason ment, but st the end of that time the
an obligation from which th*- unmar
quiet of Mrs. Mason s hou»e was dis
ried are free." It would lx* interesting lime the volume of business there Is tbe ants can raise their rye, and in !■ rance thought it best for her to return to turbed by the unexp“,-‘.«xl arrival of Aunt
largest
of
any
of
the
substations
or
Mount
Holyoke
and
accordingly
she
de
far
cheaper
than
the
farmers
can
pro
to know from what shallow gossip
that of duce their wheat It Is fair uud«?r these cline! Mr. Knight's offer, greatly to his Martha and Ida, who came up to Chico
alxmt American family life the divine eveu districts In tbe city, save
pee for the purpose of iuduciug Mrs. Ma
lu this circumstance* to suppose that the more disappointment, and that of many other*.
tbe
Board
of
Trade
station.
son and Mary to spend tbe coming winter
but lax Sarah derived her stock of mis
One
morning
about
a
week
after
her
information In regard to American Immense 17-storied structure, which general introduction of our coru among return she announced her intention of in Boston. At first Mrs. Mason hesitat
of 4«jo the poorer clas*e* of Europe will mean
homes and American girls. So far as covers the small ground area
visiting her mother'* grave. ''I am ac ed, but every objection which either she
our girls are concerned. no one has ever feet long by 70 feet wide, nearly tl.UUO a corresponding increase In the demand customed to so much exercise, ssid she, or Mary raised was io easily put aside
known them Io show any backus rd |x-ople «K-cupy 1.200 rooiui. When It for It as human food. At present we "that I can easily walk three miles, and that she finally consented, saying she
would be ready to go about the middle of
news als>ut assuming tlx- obligations of Is conxldered that the population of ship our <wn to all parts of the world, perhaps on my way home I shall get a
November.
.
the married state. It is only a ques many towns covering many miles of and the nativ«*« of Europe. South ride.”
Mrs. Mason made no objection, anil
CHAPTER XV.
tion with the great majority of them «r*-a do not reach that figure, some America, Central America. Australia,
“Come this way, Mary. I'll show you
of meeting the desirable atxl desired *ou<-eptiou of the population of the Africa, Canada, China, Mexico ami the Mary wa» soon on her way. She was a
rapid walker, and almost before she was
mate. Iust«*ad of marrying as late as Mouadnock Building may be had. The West Indie* have abundant opportuni aware of it reached the village. As sue your chamber. It'* right here next to
mine," said Ida Selden, aa on the evening
possible our girls are a great deal mor«* -ouiparlxon is a striking one, aud ties to discover Its virtues as a human came n.-ar Mrs. Campbell's the wish nat of her friend's arrival she led her up to
prone to marry In haste. In spite of serves to show what a large number | forxl. It Is «julte evident that the propa urally arose that Ella should ac«.ompany a handsomely furnished apartmeut,
the ancient Injun ctlou alsmt repenting of |xx>ple can lx> crowded Into a small : gan«la movement in the Interests of her. Looking up. she saw her sister in which for many week* had borne the title
at leisure, than their cautious aud space. It Is also an example of the corn has already borne fruit. M e are th«* garden and called to her.
of “Mary's room.”
"Wha-a-t?” was the very loud and un
nanny brothers. The Amerleau girl, economy lu ground space that has come tol«l by Ute atatlsticlans that during the
"Oh, how pleasant!” was Mary's excla
guhled by au instinct that seldom falls to be necessary In this commercial age. last five years our exi>ort* of corn have civil answer which came back to her, and mation, as she surveyed the room in
her, regards the fresh bl«x>m of early And «»ut of this wonotny has couie tbe averaged 173.81S.301 bushels per an- n a moment Ella appeared round the cor which everything was arranged with such
wornanlxxxl as the most faM-lnatlng system of skyscrapers that the larger ' num, while during tbe five years Itefore ner of the house, carelessly swinging her perfect taste.
straw hat and bumming a fashionable
Mary was too happy to speak, and,
possession of her sex. It Is the charm cities and es[x*( lally Chicago, have lx*en that date the annual averag«- exports song. On seeing her sister she drew
dropping into the easy-chair, she burst
of
corn
were
only
40,054.603
bushels.
forced
to
build.
that brings the suitors to her side lu
back the corners of her mouth into some into tears. In a moment Ida, too, was
The Monaduock postal district was This shows an Increase of some 254 thing which she intended for a smile, and
droves >ui she can choose. After ft has
sested In the same chair, with her arm
pass«*«! she knows that, save In excep established last y«*ar, though a money per cent.—Harper’s Weekly.
said, "Why, I thought it was Bridget around Mary's neck. Then, as her own
t Iona I cases, tier matrimonial fate will order, stamp, and registered letter sta
calling me, you looked so much like her eyes chanced to fall upon some vase*, she
be sumnxxi up in the aged spinster's tion was established there more than KINO OF ITALY’S DISCOVERIES. In that gingham sunbonnet. Won't yon brought one of them to Mary, saying,
two years ago to meet the demands
come In?”
prayer, ‘Good Ix»rd. any man.”
“See, these are for you—a present from
Why Victor Emmanuel la Unpopular
“Thank you,” returned Mary. "I was one who bade me present them with his
made by that section of tbe down-town
with His Civil t ervanto.
going to mo/her's grave, and thought per compliments to the little girl who nursed
district. Prior to that time the deliver
COU.FGF GIRL WHO FOUND
There Is an element of the unexpect- haps you woulii like to accompany me.
him on board the Windermere, and who
STEALING FASCINATING. ies of mail in the building were made e«l about King Victor Emmaneui which
"Oh, no,” said Ella, in her usual drawl cried because he called her ugly!"
by carriers working out of the rentral
ing tone, "I don't know a* I want to go.
Mary's heart was almost audible in its
An irresistible craving for excitement station ut tbe f«x>t of Washington Is beginning to render him noloso ta
I was there last week, and saw the mon- beating, and her cheeks took on the hue
Is held res|H>n«lble for the thefts com street, on the lake front. They would bore; to certain class«-« of his subjects.
I ument.”
mitted by Mabel Lawren««- Burt, the have to route their mall at the main I suppose all the world over civil ser I "What monument?” asked Mary, and of the cushions on which she reclined. Re
turning the vase to the mantelpiece, Ida
vice
clerks
are
more
assiduous
than
daughter of itii Edgerton. Mass., lawyer, office uml then i-arry it to the Monad-
I Ella replied:
came back to her *ide, and, bending close
who wns arrested at Northampton. mx-k Building. The rapid increase in any others in their efforts to render
"Why, didn't you know that Mrs. Ma- to her face, whispered: “Cousin George
Mass., for stealing Jewelry to the value the volume of mall overburdened tbe their positions sinecures, but in Italy j «on. or the town, or somebody. had told me of you years ago. when he first
of $3.i«>0 from her fellow students at carriers to such an extent as to cause they reach the acme of perfection in I i-ought a monument, with mother's and came here, but I forgot all about it, and
Smith College. In her confession after tlx* frequent use of auxiliary service, this respect The other morning Sig. father’s and Franky’s and Allie's name* when we were at Mount Holyoke I never
1‘rlnettl, minister of foreign affairs, ! on it?”
suspected that you were the little girl he
and th«* expenditure of money I d car went, as usual, to tbe Quirlual for the
Mary, hurrying on, soon reached the used to talk so much about. But a few
fare allowance In transporting the royal slgnatur«- to various documents, graveyard, where, as Ella had said, there
days before he went away he remindeil
heavy mall« from the central station
which the king signed without com «food by her parents' graves a large, me of it again, and then I umierstood why
handsome
monument.
William
Bernier
to the building. In order to relieve ment until be arrived at one for the
he was so much interested in you. I
the situation an investigation was augmentation of the staff of the for wa* the first person who came into her wonder you never told me you knew him,
made, resulting In the rwommendntion eign ottl«*e. " I'bls,” he said, to tlx* sur mind, ami a* she thought of all that had for, of course, you like him. Y’ou can’t
by Su|x*rintendent Garrity to Postmas prise of the minister, "you may leave; passed between them, anil of this last help it.”
proof of hi* affection, she seated herself
Mary only heard a part of what Ida
ter Gordou that the four carriers serv I d«*slre to look Into it,” an«l there the among the tall gras* and flowers which
ing In tlx* building from the main office matter ended for the moment, says the grew upon her mother's grave an«i burst said. "Just before he went away.” Was
lx* transfernxl to the Monadnock sta Horn«* corres|K>n«l«-nt of the I’all Mali Into tears. She bad not sat there long he gone, and should she not see him af
ter all? A cloml gathered upon her brow,
tion. and that th«* malls lx* dispatched Gazette.
ere she was roused by the sound of a I and Ida, readily divining it* cause, re
footstep. Looking up, »he saw before her plied, “Yes, George 1* gone. Either he or
to them by wagon uieeaenger. This
The next morning his majesty went
recommendation was approved by Post out alone atxl on foot, arriving at the I the young gentleman who the jear pre father must go to New Orleans, and so
vious ha«l visited her school in Rice Cor George, of course, went,
master Gordon. Th«* building thereupon foreign office alxmt
Isn't it too
o'clock, and be
wax made a separate district and the gan a tour of illscovery, we may call It, ner. Seating himself respectfully by her bad? I cried and fretted, but he only
»Me, he spoke of the three graves, anil pulled my ears, an«i said he should think
carriers were transferred. Tbe sched In search of some one to speak to. At askeil if they were her friends who slept
ule of the wagon service was arranged last, in a small room toward tbe nxjf there. There wa* someth:' g so kind anil I I'd be glad, for he knew we wouldn't
so as to make close connection with he came upon a lone man busily en- affectionate in his voice and manner that want a six-footer domineering over us, and
tlx* carriers' deliveries. It provided for gag,-)! In ndllng a cigarette. "Ah!” Mary could not repress her tears, and, following us everywhere, as he would
surely do were he at home.”
sixteen dispatches «lally fn>m tlx* cen said the klug, "you are already at yhur snatching up her bonnet, which she had
Mary felt more disappointed than she
she
hid
her
face
in
it
and
thrown
aside,
tral office to the Monadnock Building work; pray what are the regulation
was willing to acknowledge, and for a
again
wept.
and twenty from the building to the morning hours lu this office?” "From
moment she half-wished herself back tn
For a time Mr. Stuart suffered her to Chicopee, but soon recovering her equa
central offitte, except on Sundays, when S to 12,” stammered tbe unhappy man.
weep, ami then gently removed the ging
the number Is only Hire«* to atxl two wishing bls bad luck had not le«l him ham bonnet, and, bidding her hand be nimity, she ventured to ask how long
George was to be gone.
from tlx* sub station and district.
so early out of bed. "And what hour, tween bis. he tried to divert her mind by
"Until April, I believe,” said Ida; “but
lu
the
building
Tlx* carriers achedule
may I ask, can I hope to set* your cata talking upon other topics, asking her how anyway you are to stay until he comes,
provides six deliveries every day ex- logues?” "Alxjut 11," tlx* embarrass- »he had been employed during the year, for Aunt Martha promised to keep you.
«■«■pt Sunday, and Is so arranged as to )-<! clerk replied, too coufuMsl not to tell atxl appearing greatly please«! when told I don't kno«v exactly what George said to
euable tlx* men to begin their deliveries tlx* trutli. “oh, well, go on with your ; that she had been at Mount Holyoke. her about you, but they talked together
Oliserving at length that her eyes con
practically the same time as they did smoke, and tell your chief of my visit
stantly rested upon the monument, he more than two hours, and she says you
the arrest tin* girl declared the value
when serving from th«* central station. « lien he «■oils’»." which, of «tourse, waa spoke of that, praising its beauty, and are to take music lessons nml drawing
of the trinkets did not attract her so
lessons, and all that. George is very fond
In these six «lellverles the carriers dis- done, causing dismay to reign supreme asking if it were her taste.
much as tlx* danger of detection, which
trlbut«* on an average 2fi.fkX) piece« of In th«* bri-asts of the 3lM*-<xl«l clerks thus | “No,” sai<l she. "I never saw it until of music.”
fusclnated her ami caused her to repeat
The next morning between 10 and 11
mail dally In tlx* great office structure. «•aught napping. Meanwhile tlx* minis lo-day. ami di^i not even know it was
her crime time and again as she noted
the doorbell rang, and in a moment J«n
At least 7S ix*r cent of the mall re ter was caileil and dryly told that In [ here.”
th«* efforts to discover tile thief She
"Someone wished to surprise you, I ny Lincoln, whose father's house was
knew she was doing wrong and that de celvtxl here for delivery Is addressed stead of Increasing the staff of the of
ulare say,” returne,! Mr. Stuart "It was just opposite, came tripping into »he par
without
room
number.
Th«*
difficulties
fice
it
might
lx*
Just
as
well
to
see
that
tectlon meant disgrace ami p«*rliaps a
manufactured in Boston, I see. Have lor. She ha«l lost in a measure that ro
tundity of person so offensive to her
term In prison, but she could not resist ami delays that woubl naturally grow those already there did their duty.
; you friends there?"
out
of
this
«-omlltlon
can
reaiilly
lx*
mother, and It seemed to Mary that there
the Impulse to steal articles that would
Mary
replied
that*
she
ha.l
one,
a
Mr.
Mrs
.Albert's
Petticoat.
Is* missed ami i-ause efforts to l><- made «een. Tlx* carriers who serve I he dis
’ Bernier, to which Mr. Stuart quickly re was a thoughtful expression on her fare
A
Scotch
newspaper
prints
an
anec
for their recovery. Siu* told her father trict are old ones, however, and have dote ao characteristic of photographers joined. "Is it William Bernier? I have never seen there before, but in all other
that on one iwcaxlon she stole a dlu reduce«! the apparent drawback to a In general that no oue «-ould doubt It« hear«! of him through our mutual friend, respects she was the same affectionate,
George Moreland, whom you perhaps merry-hearted Jenny.
tiMHid ring Ix-louglng to her roommate, minimum. Seldom Is a mistake made authenticity:
"I just this minute heard you were
j have seen.”
and then, tilled with remorse. replactxl In the distribution.
here, and came over just as I was,” said
On one of the first visits of the late
Mary
felt
the
earnest
gaze
of
the
large,
I.ong
training
and
service
In
th«*
pos
the ring before* Its absence was noted
Queen Victoria and Prince Allx-rt to dark eyes which were fixed upon her she. After asking Mary if she wasn't
Within twenty four hours six* again tal di*partment have made these car beeside, a photographer from Aber face, and coloring de«a>ly, she replied that sorry George had gone, an.l if she ex
stolt* tlx* ring. Six* declares her steal riers adepts, establishing a system that deen was orden*d to Balmoral to photo they came from England in tbe same ves pected to find Mr. Stuart, she said, “I
here, ami
Ing gave her a mental exhilaration Insures accurate delivery of mail to the graph them. In u«>wlse embarrassed sel.
I suppose you know Ella is
breaking everybody'» heart, of course.
which was enjoyable, ami that after I xtnoiis to whom It Is addr)*sse«l Every by the august pair, he arranged them
"Indeed!
”
said
Mr.
Stuart.
“
When
I
tlx* first offense It was Impossible for old or new occupant of tlx* building Is to his satisfaction, cante«! their heads return to the city shall I refresh his mem She went to a concert with us last even
ing. and looked perfectly beautiful. Hen
known to them. And when a new per
tier to stop tlx* practice.
and plucked at their garments with a ory a little with regard to you?"
Soin«* of her friends believe the girl son comes Into the building, no matter free hand, an«! then retire«! behind his
"I'd rather you would not.” answered ry says she is the handsomest girl he
e«er saw, and I do hope she'll make
Mary. "Our paths in life are very dif
to lx* a victim of hyptmtlsni. Others how humble or high In |x>«ltlon. he gets black curtain to s«*e If they were
something of him. but I'm afraid he is
think she Is mentally uubalaiKsxl aa the his mall promptly. Such names ar«* proper focus. Immediately after in ferent; an«! he. of course, would feel no only trifling with her.”
a Interest in me.”
result of an accident about a year ago. secured by the carriers on their re
If there was a person in the worl«I
ham! appeared waving, and to their
“Am I to conclude that you. too, feel
when six* receive«! an Injury to her sp,x-tlve» ti«x>rs and added to tlx* list.
whom Mary thoroughly detested it was
immense amusement, the order «ante:
no
interest
in
him?"
returned
Mr.
Stuart,
Those
who
lenv«*
tlx*
building
are
also
head that remlered her unconscious s*-v
"A little less white petticoat, Mrs. anil again his large eyes reacted ou Henry Lincoln, and her eyes sparkle«!
and flashed so indignantly that Ida no
era I hours. Two prominent physicians kept up with and their mail Is for Albert. If you please!"
Mary's face with a curious expression.
have re*ported that Miss Burt Is suffer ward«*d to their new aildresses. In fact,
But she made no reply, ami. soon rising ticed it, an«l secretly thought that Henry
Lincoln woubl for once fiml his match.
Ing from mental derangement and th«* district, though small In nn-n. is a
up said It was time for her to go home.
A Youthful Calculator.
After a time Mary turne.l to Jenny, say
••••••«
separate ami distinct posterth*«* In It
should rroelve treatment
A little girl who had been studying
self, and the Mine routine Is found
Vacation was over, an.l again in the ing, "You haven't told me a won! about
fractions, when told by her mother that
halls of Mount Holyoke was heard tho —about William Bender. Is he well?”
Itemarkable Tree in Germany.
there ax In tin* central office. It only
eggs were II cents a dozen, called out to tread of many fret, and the sound of
Jenny blushe«! deeply, and, hastily re
Naturalists In Germany are much In «llffeni In degree. Chicago Tribune.
Hob, her younger brother, "You don't youthful voices as one by one the pupils plying that he was the last time she saw
forested In a wonderful old tree which
know how much that is apiece, and I came back to their accustomed places. him, started up, whispering in Mary's
has been discovered near Homburg
CORN POPULAR IN EUROPE.
do."
For a time Mary was undecided whether ear, “Oh, I’ve got so much to tell you—
ft Is an oak, and la notable not only on
to
return or not, for much as she desired but I must go now.’*
Itotiert thought a moment, and an
Ida accompanied her to the door, ami
account of Its great bulk, but also for Illinois' «treat Cereal In Gr.twing I»e-
an
education she could not help feeling
swore«! proudly, "Yes. I «Io; you get a
mnn«l Arrow the I'ond.
the fact that lit the base of the trunk
delicate about receiving it from a stran asked why Rose, too, diii not call. In
cent
apiece
for
nine
ami
three
for
noth
It was over ton years ago tliat au at
ger,' but Mrs. Mason, to whom all her her usual frank, open way Jenny answer
It is entirely hollow. The trunk. Indeed.
in'." Youth’s Companion.
thoughts and feelings were confided, ad ed. "You know why. Rose is so queer.”
Is not more than eight or nine feet high, tempt was ma«to to |x>pularlzt* Ameri
Ida understixxl her, and replied, “Very
vised her to return, and accordingly the
but It la more than twenty feet In elr can corn In Europe by t«*achlng foreign
Th«- Pttpe's Gohlen Itose.
first dqy of the term found her again at Well; but tell her that if she doesn't see
cuintoronc«*. Molli«* Idea of the aixe of nations bow to cook amt prepare It In
The golden rose which tbe Pope gives Mount Holyoke, where she was warmly fit to notice my visitors I certainly shall
Its Interior may I* gathered from the various ways, and the consumptive de every year to a royal lady distinguished welcome«! by her teachers and compan not be polite to hers.”
mand
has
stcmllly
lu«
’
reaae«l
ever
»luce.
fact that four peraona recently found
This message hail the desired effect, for
for loyalty loth to the Pope and to the Ions. Still, it diil not seem like the olden
The ■‘coru kitchen" at the Pari* Ex|x>-
ample room lu IL
Chttrch of Rome Is mad«* of pure gold, time, for Ida was not there, and Jenny * Rose, who was daily expecting a Miss
Kiug from Philadelphia, felt that nothing
In winter the old oak looks very Imre sltlon last summer was on«* mote effec and Is valuetl at $10,000. There Is a merry laugh was gone.
Patiently ami peraeveringly through the would mortify her more than to lx* neg
and gaunt, but. according to peasants tive nx’dxxl of txqml.xriling a cereal golden rone In the center. In which th«*
In the nelghtswboiai. who have known which lu this couutry Is «'onsl<lere«l Pop«* pours balsahu this being sur year ahe studied, storing her nnn.i with le«ted by Ida, who was rather a leader
among the young fashionables. Accord
It for many years. It regularly puts equal to any ral««xl. Before tbe de rounded with smaller rosebmls ami useful knowleilge; and when at last the ingly. after a long consnltation with her
annual examination came, not one in the
part
ment
of
agriculture
sent
Its
first
forth new twigs and foliage every
leaven, all of the purest gold, am! chis senior class stoo.1 higher, or was grad- mother, she concluded it best to call up-
spring, so that, ancient and decayed representative abroad, nearly a doaen eled with exquisite workmanship.
uateil with more h mor than herself. Mrs en Mary. In the course of the afternoon,
years
ago,
to
show
Europeans
how
to
though Its trunk may be. It la ne vert he
Mason, who was there, listened with all ch.in. ing to be near the front window,
leas crowned and surrounded with prepare «-urn products, th«-re was a
a parent's pride ami fondness to her she saw Mr. Selden's carriage drive
The Mavage Itaehelor.
masses of green leaves, just as It was vague Idea pre« alent In most foreign
"A man who will leave bls property adopted child, as she promptly responded sway from his door with Ida and her
In the days of Ita youth. The people iMUDtrlea that Indian tualxe w:u« g.xxl to his wife only on condition of her not to every question. But It was not Mre visitor.
enough
for
pig«
ami
cattle,
hut
ti^t
fit
Mason * presence alone which in.ited
"Now ia my time," thought she; and
of Homburg are very proml of this nat
marrying again.” said the Sweet Y onng
Mary to ,lo M well. Among tbe crow«i without a won! to her mother or Jenny
for huiuau brings «o ent. Even the
ural curiosity.
Thing, "la as mean as he can lx*.”
of spectators she caught a glimpse of a
p«H>rvst pea«auts of Northern and
"Oh. I don't know," said til«* Savage race which twice before she ha«l seen- she threw on her bonnet ap«i shawl, and
t*)>utlx*Hi Europe refu««*d to touch th*’
io her thin French slippers stepped
Tbe Mutxle Amrriean Joke.
Bachelor. "Perhaps he Is a friend to om-e in th«* school room at Ri«-e Corner
aero., the street and rang Mr. Selden's
•'DM you ever hear the Joke about the •ora, although It couhl bn obtaln«xl mankind."—Indianapolis Journal.
and once in the graveyard at Chicopee doorbe 1. Of course she was “so disap
•heaper than the rye an«t barley which
guide In Rome who showed some trn«
Turn which way she would, she felt rath pointed not to find the young l.dies at
elt-r* two skull* of Kt. I'aul, one «« a they ate «lally lu one form or another.
er than saw how intently Mr Stuart home, an«!, leaving her card for them
le*ng*-et Weal In the Language.
boy and the other as a man?" n«k«xl an It was the t«*«tlmony of Mr. Murphy,
The longest won! In the English lan watched her. snl when at last the exer tripped luck highly pleased with her own
American of a German frleml. who the department's pioneer agent In the gunge Is “I'ronut ltranaubatantlatlon- else* were over, ami she with others cierernem,
clalme«t that he ba«l a«x|ulre«! the real Interest« of «ora. that the prejudice IsL" a Jointed won! of twenty eight let ar«se to receive her diploma, she invol
11* and Mary were enjoying
agaiust «*atlng corn was so gr. at that ters "Transti!»ntanttattonal»h*nesa" is nntarily glanced in the direction whence
New England tense of humor
‘ ,h” 'l,T' Un,il’
she
knew
he
net.
F.*r
sn
m.t»nt
their
"No." «aid th«* German. Ix-amlng In It was almost lni|x*rible In some pl a re* the next tongvst.
eye« met. and in the expression of his sixllenly upon an organ grinder and
to
induce
the
|*x>r
people
to
ret
,-oru
snt!ct|*atIon of a g«xxl story "T«*ll It
•h“ "•*! »n approval wanner than words
prtxlucts a lieu «iffered to them free
About the Itlght and I *-n Hand.
e ■ tightened ,n*l ran. upsetting the ear-
me at once, mein frlen«!. >lat joke."
There was quite a marked contrast
The right band, which is more sensi
That night Mary sat llone in her room page and «Iragging it *,me di.tanre. For-
F.«. u* ,b'*
bet wren this early retvptton of our Uve to the touch than tbe left, is has listening almost nervously to the sound tunately Ida was only bruiaed. but Mary
Flr*t Sheep But the
«ng folk* are corn and the way the rorn dalnfle« sensitive than the latter to tbe effect of every f«.*t«tep. ami half starting up
au*rere CBt
head
•o giddy atei thoughtless' They don't whli'h the Parisians an«l visitors ate s.> of beat or «■old.
if it came
n-sr
h-r door. Bat
Rut for
for certain
rert.in fit?’ a
h
fri
ht
h
r to
__
„
_
m» n* Mr Stuart did not think proper
consider the future:
m“ ,rbo
P»*"ing
eagerly at the expoeitton were dlspoeed
to ci * ! *“'* *bile Mary waa ronfi.lently
Ad.titlon
to
self
an.l
subetraction
Nr«x»u<1 Sheep Oh* well, my de < r. of last summer. All the corn «lei
dellca
y«>u <*au't expect a young lamb ta «JH-nd clre that were turned out of the "corn from others comprises route men's sole
ting him he was several mileo on immediately came to the reeme; «nd
hi« waj bon me.
R- «‘¿ 7 *W<** *°
Bitty
all 'ta time thinking of roast mutton:
kitchen” were* devoured raodily by en knowhxlgv of arithmetic.
1» a day *»r two Mary returned to Chic- Bender was anpporting her and gently
Puck
ger six! apprev latfve visitors, and pien
The ocean has Its u»««s; therefore opee. but did a,w. like Elia, lay her booh* k
from b,>r
the thick
In nailing ■ IH It U i g«*o«l plan t* ty more of sat tipi«*« would have met a t>x'ts are wrottf lu «allmg It a watery ••1 W and coo»1«!er her odmatico finished bralda of her long hair
'
Who
ia
ahe?
Who
la
aheT'
aaked the
like
fate
had
It
been
pooaltde
to
pre
waste.
Two »r three heura ea<h mornlM
clinch the liar.
“«ger retell of tbe group around; but
RECEIVES MUCH MAIL
'U ' *
< '
’“
ao one answered until »
man. ¡«.uing from uDe ,)f "u/< rw-.
ble salooas, came blu.teria»
J**
ing "whit the row wa* ' * ®P'
Upon seeing Id», hi,
in.tautly, »nd he ordered th.
"stand back.” .» the
n
bi* way forward until he c,
of Mary's face.
Whew: Bill." Mid he
flame, the pauper, isn’t it’” ,'iU M
It was fortunate for H.»— .
th.t Billy Render'. ar,u.V.7.
use. otherwise he might h*». „to** •
hi* length upon the si,l,.w,lk ' .“‘'••«W
Billy frowned angrily upon hinT.2’*
fierce whisper hade him bew«. »
us « h I Mi** Howard'» name B,
*
the horses were caught, another?“'*
procured, aud Mary, »till
Billy B«-nder, wa, «arefully
*
and borue back to Mr Selden', k
*
Many of Ida'» friend», he.ri^
accident, flocked lu to see ,ni)
after the young lady who «»»
Among the first who calle.1 wu t'“1
Upton from Chk-opee. On her w.,»
she stopped at Mrs. Campbell’. ,*
she was immediately beset by V *”
know "who the beautiful ,„uni
“
that Henry Lincoln had so her<i *'*
saved from a violent death—dr»»»/“"J
out from under the horse,’ hee!?’" *
Lizzie l«x»ked at her a monieni ia
prise, and then replied, "Wh« u’’’
Campbell, ia it possible you don't’ Jn
it was your own sister?"
It was Henry Lincoln hitntelf .h0 u,.
given Ella her information, without,
ever, telling the lady'» name; iaj
when she learne«! that 'twas Ran
was too much surprise,! to an,wer ¿J
Lizzie continued: "I think you ar( |,kZ
ing under a mistake. It was not i?
Lincoln who saved your sister'» life J,
a young law student, whom yon perh»i
have seen walking with Geon, u "
land.”
Ella replied that she never saw Ge»»
Moreland, as he left Boston befoi/?
came; an«! then as she did not ieem ,
all anxious to know whether Miry «■
much injured or not, Lizzie »<>on tookhj
leave. Long after she wa, gone gy,
alone in the parlor, wondering why Hr»,
ry shouhl tell her such a falsehood u»
if he really thought Mary beautiful, p»»
simple Ella! She was fast learning u
live on Henry Lincoln's smile, to beliaw
each word that he said; to witch nm.
ously for hi, coming, and to weep if
stayed away.
(To be continued.)
MAKING GIRLS
HAPPY ON FARMS
Mrs. Meredith Tells About the Schott
for Farmtra* Wives In Minnewta.
What the W«*st Is doing In tbe wij
of training girls to live happy live» on
farms was very ably shown at Hunt-
Ington hall. Boston, recently by Jia
Virginia C. Meredith, precept re»« of th<
school of agriculture of Minnesota um-
verslty.
Mrs. Meredith has herself eondueted
a successful stock farm for many yetq,
and she believes thoroughly In the
farm life for young jx*ople.
“The farm home,” she said, ’1i to
my mind tbe ideal home, and I in
glad to say the thought In our tcbool
is always to «silicate the girl for tbs
life she will have to live.
“At first we had only boys in tit
school, but when these, noticing tbit
their sisters and sweethearts needed
to learn Just what they were lean
lug. begged us to take girls, too, «
did so, ami now for four years we
have been training farmers' daugle
ters to make happy farm homes.
"Our girls study side by side via
the bdys the different breeds of Utt
stock and tbe various development!
of plant life. A farmer's wife need!
to know how to tell a shorthorn from
longhorn, and what season Is best ta
planting çorn.
"We have been hearing in the put
much about the man's desire to get
away from the farm. The reason ta
his restlessness lies In the dissatisfac
tion of his women folk with farm Ufa
They needed to be taught that It »u
Interesting to make a farm home.
"We give our girls special wort
adapted to women in the home, sort
as cookery, which extends through tbt
three years, dairy chemistry, aud plait
life. Butter-making Is not drudgeff
to the girl who understands tbe wij
of it, and sewing is rapidly ceasing»
become a lost art now that girls rt
that
patterns are compreheniiNi
things and not Chinese puzzles.
“The girl Is taught, too, about tel-
tiles, a most Interesting subject fro«
the farmer's standpoint; and she it-
tends lectures on household art it
which suitability Is shown to be tbs
desideratum of a purchase of furniture
"The application made In our school
of mechanical drawing that of deslp-
Ing model farmhouses—will hare 1
great Influence on the coming
home of Minnesota. When the present
generation build houses they will I»
convenient ones.”
An Amusing Trick.
An ingenious trick has turn«! fl
which can be played with either mat«-
es or tooth-picks—the latter prefer»!»!?
You simply take up a buni’h of
or tooth-picks, anywhere front
J
two dozen, and, holding them t.gb-J
In both hands break them in the
Then throw them on th»'
say,—
“The man who gets the last oneP*J’
for the cigars.”
At the same time you take out
pi«*ce.
That makes It absolute;
tain—as there must then neeeeearw
i;i ixlil number In tlx- ?i e-tbai
companion will get th»* last pl«*
Is curious to s»*e how often 'LI* -
may be played before the vie'» -
begin to understand the princ
a*
which It Is worked
Photographing Jewelry-
Photographing jewelry Is »a ex
way of protecting It. though
lively few American women '->»♦_*
precaution. Iu Eugiaml 'be ' u'" f
wearing jewelry In p
much more prevalent than 1«
York.
Pictures of English « '
wealth and position usually dlsp
_
entire contents of their J*well3,
and their tiaras, stomachers *n«l n***'
inspi«*^
la«*es
are
frequent!/
as
*
enough to be serviceable
(.v stol* »
of ¡«lentificatlon were th)
•o keep**
though thieve* rarely dare
brief««'*
things Intact for even tbe rg '»•’»*
American
women own pc,«« *
jewelry are not likely '*’
’ '
- V
photographs of It. uno t* •
pecfally taken. And that 1
has so far been oboerved u ■''"
“Chines »
MWtl»
In China funeral proce**»'11
right of aay in the str«*'* ,n<
fie must make vr«J <’®r 'L*-•