EUGEHE WEEKLY GUARD EUGENE OREGON. That shoe trust will pinch. There la no man so deep but that be tías at least one shallow spot. An appropriate wedding precent for a bachelor is a copy of ''Paradise Lost.” Borne men resemble pyramids broad at the foundation, but narrow at the top. Young Indies and promlaaory notea ahould lie settled when they arrive at maturity. A man should not lie Judged by an occasional exertion, but by his every­ day actions A Montana reader asks If dentists have a right to pul! a patient's leg. No; but they do sometimes. There are exceptions to all rules. No doubt It Is true, as the women declare, that men are all alike, excepting your wife's first husband. A lovely young thing has escaped from under the Sultan's wing, ami threatens to lecture In this country. Perhaps she'd compromise on comic opera. One of King Edward's daughters con templati« matrimony, but she has not fully decided as to the man. Bhe can probably have her pick and no ques­ tions asked. Gen. Chaffee urges American army officer* to employ goisl tailors on their uniforms so as to set a useful example In dressluesM to the privates. The fact that the American army captured San­ tiago and Manila In Its shirt sleeves and without Lt* laiots blacked must be 11 vol down If possible. I*etli-leucy In the teaching of hand writing in the common schools of the country receives vivid Illustration iu the fullure of many possible winners In the land lottery of Oklahoma. The pen­ manship of numerous registered appll cants was so bad that their names and addresses could not be made out. Uncle Nam does many generous things for bls old soldiers, but now and then be is guilty of a small act. For In­ stance, be kept *25 of a soldier's pay thirty years ago to offset possible de- llclencleM In the man's clothing account. The other day the soldier received a check for the *25. Is lie not entitled to Interest also? France Is the only great nation In Europe that has had the strength of mind ami of purpose to establish a re­ publican form of government. It Is the only nation on earth which has made successful attempts to solve the prob lem of the equal distribution of land, Its percentage of pauperism Is the low- eat in Europe, its percentage of Invid ual efficiency In production Is the high- eat among the great nations. Whether we need more battleships or more cruisers appears to depend large ly on the question w hether, ill the next war, we shall have more need to catch and capture the enemy's merchant ves­ sels or to meet and fight Ills men of w ar. A cruiser Is a fighting vessel only a little more lightly armed ami armor eil than those classed as battleships, and with somewhat greater speed. In the great majority of sen tights she could give quite as goand came to the throne al last, but he lived for only ninety nlue days. Then she became the Ih.wagei Empress, and a nom-nlty. The Dowager Empress of t'hlua has been tar from lM-lng a nonenity, and the KmperttMf Frederick's widow would have preferred not to 1 h > one. but the fates were against her The stories told of the unfriendly or (trained relations existing between her and her son. the present Emperor. doubtless are to a great extern without foundation, but It la .-ertain that their relations wen- not epeetally cordial It Is doubtful whether she could exercise any Influence w hat­ ever over him For more than ten years, while her mother was still reigning over a great kingdom, am! was wltnesa Ing from time to time tbe manifesta­ tions of the growing affection of tier people, her daughter was living out- aide tbe world of action, wltb -ut luflu PALMER, WHO GAVE A MILLION DOLLARS TO HIS OLD EMPLOYES m e and without popularity. There Is g.Hnl reason to believe that in her cas» royal lineage and high station did not bring much happiness with them. Her career was not what she thought It was going to I m - when she married the Crown Prince forty-three years ago. Evidence produced from the libraries of this country that fiction la losing some of its overwhelming popularity la followed by testimony that the same phenomenon is observable Lu England. A London correspondent of tbe New- York Evening Post quotes one of the principal British publisher* to tbe ef­ fect that novels and romances are giv­ ing way la-fore "bellee-lettre*, travel books and Issiks on practical subjects." The change apparently Is even more market! iu Eugland than It Is on this aide of tbe Atlantic, for the correspond­ ent goes on to add: "Novels that have sold a hundred thousand copies in America are selling only five, six and possibly up to ten thousand here." But whichever country may I m - leading In this Intellectual reform, there can be no doubt that a movement of the kind would I k - most desirable. Most novel reading Is worse than a mere waste of time. It weakens the power of mental application, wrecks the memory and forms a disastrous habit of Inattention. It Is no more an exercise for the brain than sitting In the stern of tbe boat Is exercise for the bo>wlng a straight furrow Is a much more Intellec tual employment and one quite Iw-yond the capacity of the habitual and omniv­ orous novel reader. The confusion out It. things that fill the air unquestionably have considerable Influence on vegeta­ tion In the cities. Electricity, Inde- pendent of its uses for lighting pur- poaea, has a bad effect on vegetation. “The overcharged condition of the earth, because of the electrical currents that are constantly finding their way back to the point of generation, cannot be healthy from a viewpoint of vegeta­ tion. The construction of large build­ ings Interferes with the natural flow of air currents, ami the plants of a city are. In a measure, smothered because of a lack of proper aqd natural ventila­ tion. The flower loves and craves the kiss of the breeze. Tbe Joints of the oak must be loosened by the heavier blasts. The dead leaves must I m - blow n away In order to facilitate the growth of the bud and the twig. liead bark must be shaken from the limbs and tbe trunk In order to Insure a healthy growth. 1 might go on and multiply these Influences Indefinitely, but it 1s not necessary. Every man lias observ­ ed the effect, for we have seen the toughest of plants, plants as hardy as the oak. wither ami die In cities on ac­ count of these very Influences, and tlie matter at least affords a vast field for botanic speculation, and. as speculation Is the forerunner of solid, logical, phil­ osophic deductions, much good may grow out of these musings.'* “No, ITu not with the Cullman com­ pany any more," auld a man with tbe unmistakable cut of u railway man to Frank Kennedy, the "night manager.” "Must have got onto your graft hey?" said Kennedy. "Yep. We all get caught some tdme or other. Nome manage to hang on for a longer time than others, but it always ends tbe same way. Off cornea your head, and another man is on tlie run In your place." "I thought you and the si>otter on your run stood In together all right?” said Kennedy in a sarcastic tone. “Yep, we did. But the company put a new man on the run and 1 didn't know him. lie made out that I should have turned In about *15 more than I did, and hence the lay off. But I never Sociologists and business men have told you how I fixed the spotter, did 1? been declaiming for thirty years against Now that 1 am out 1 don't mind telling the tendency of young Americans to de­ you. You see, the conductors on tbe sert the country and flock to tbe cities. Pullmans, if they are so disposed, can All the arguments advanced, all the make a few dollars on tbe side. Of vivid picturing the dark slrtunity one night to let two or sources, drifted by common Impulse to three berths and keep the money, pro- the cities. There was reason for this viiled u ‘spotter’ dhl not board tbe Shows How Our Aneeaors Cooked. drifting cityward that was bred In the train. “You can well Imagine that we al­ I'rof. N. Trojanovfc, of Belgrade, has bone. The Immigration movement that liegan In the '(Ml's, and that carried thou­ ways kept a pretty good lookout for for several month* been making in­ sands of people from the Eastern and these gentlemen. Tbe porter on the vestigation with the object of aster Middle Western States to the Isolated cars always stands Iu with the con- tabling the exact manner in which food farms of the Far West, aggravated con ductor and gets Ills bit of whatever la was cooked In Europe In primitive ditions that had prevailed in all farm­ made. If any one we are a bit « lis­ times, and he has now arrived at the ing districts. Houses were often mere ph-lous of gets aboard we have to keep conclusion that tlie general practice excuses for homes. Families camped tub on him. The porter will wait until was to place the food In a pot and to down in localities where they hoped In he 1s In his Is-rth and asleep and then warm It by means of red hot stones, due time to become possessors of com­ bring out bls satchel to the end of the says the New York Herald. Nuch a pot fortable homes. In their eagerness to car and open It. If the mau is a spot­ w as usually made of the bark of a tree, possess land many Immigrants failed to ter. there Is always evidence of it Iu Ills and two or three sticks ran across It for the pur]MMe of holding the stones In measure properly or prepare for prevail satchel. "On this particular night that I sjH-ak proper position. When a meal was to Ing conditions. There were disappoint­ ment. loneliness, and a longing for tbe of I was uneasy about one of my pas­ be prepared the pot was partially tilled conveniences, comforts and privileges sengers. 1 got the porter to get the fel­ with mean ami water, nnd then In the low's satchel and when we opened It vacant places were put the red hot of modern life. Denial of these led to a sure enough we found that he was a stones. The food was quickly warmed migration toward the cities, and the rullman inspector. That's what tbe iu this way and it was eaten before it circumstances of life In many rural company calls them; we always called grew cold. communities Justified It. Grandually In various parts of Nervfa primitive there lias come a change. Wherever them 'spotters.” In the morning I went up to Mr. Spotter as bold as brass. pots of this kind ari- still used. In mortgages have been lifted country 1 had seen him putting down some fig­ other parts of Europe, notably in Mace­ homes have taken on an air of comfort. ures in a little memorandum book, so donia, pots formed of the bark of trees The young people w ho thirty years ago 1 asked him: ‘Well, ho« much do you are also used, but the food In them. In­ looked In vain for the advantages of stead of being warmed by means of hot city life In country neighborhoods now make It?' "He tried to come the Innocent dodge stones. Is thoroughly cooked by a tire find them at their doors. The mall that on me, but I wouldn't have it. 'I know which Is lighted over them. mine once a week In the old time, comes you.' says 1, 'and you're a sjiotter. I’rof. Trojanovlc has made a collec­ now every day. The extension of the Don't give me any blarney about It, for tion of these pots, and he regards them rural delivery system carries letters and I went through your satchel last night ns of peculiar Interest and value, since newspaper to the homes of farmers Just and know all about you.' Well, he al­ he is confident that In old days about ns they are tarried to homes In the cities. The building of trolley lines most had a tit. It was then bls turn ( every nation in Europe cooked Its food to be scared, for If the cou>|Miiiy ever In utensils of this kind, though he brings villages ami farms closer togeth­ found out that lie was known lie would thinks It quite probable that a different er In the matter of time. The better be hunting a Job Iu a jiffy. But I soou method of heating the food prevailed organization of country schools ami of iu each country. teachers’ Institutes puts the education put him at his ease. "I’m afraid,' I says, 'that my returns al privileges on a par with those In the Homething of n Difference. city. Fashion Itself has changed. The won't tally with yours. Hadn't we bet­ "Sir," he said to the malinger of the well to do people of the cities are look­ ter fix them up?' "You're *10.75 short,' he says. 'I'll store, “I w ant to w arn you against that ing countryward. The wealthy are In­ have to report It.' clerk at the ribbon counter. I under vesting money In country establish “‘Oh, no. you won't,' says 1. 'If you stand lie has a wife In tbe East and left ments. People tired of the Incessant activity and the stress ami noise of city do. I'll have to let the company know her on account of his bad habits, and life nre longing now for the quiet and your satchel was gone through with, his character, sir. his character----- ” The visitor lievnme emphatic and ex­ ntr of the country. This reaction given and then where will you be? "He saw the point, all right, ■ltd we cited. new value to many farms. It acts new I would "I beg your pardon," Interrupted the standards for country boys and girls, then fixed up a compact that If always manager; "you were saying something keep my mouth still he would ami the fact that city people admit a liking for the country may do for the keep hfs eyes shut when aboard my al»out his character." He did. and I have had a good "Well, sir, they say----- ” young |Hs>ple of the country more than train, for three years. But this new graft “Ah, quite n difference, my dear sir; all the arguments that have been My friend, such thrown at them for the last quarter of man queered me." — Chicago Inter quite a difference. Ocean. people aa you may establish a reputa a century. tlon for a man. but you can't touch his UNHAPPY CITY PLANTS. character. A man's character Is what PHILADELPHIA MILLIONAIRES he Is; his reputation la what people say Many Forces " hieh Conspire to Re- terd The r Growth. he Is. Good day. sir.” Quaker City < la nu I •'», W hose Fo*ses- "I have liven giving some study lately sioas Amount to M),000,(M>A And the young man at the ribbon If the city of I’enn were to atari a to the question of affording better pro­ counter Just kept on working and Philadelphia millions Ire's club, there tection to the vegetation of cities," said didn't feel a breeze Denver Times. would I h > eligible for inembxvrshlp la a lo< al liotaiiUt several days ago to a Whore Matches Were First Made. this extraordinary organisation it? men New Orleans Times Democrat man, The oldest match factory In the and twenty-three women. In other "and. as a result, I have found myself wort!*, 140 men and women lu this out In deep water, but still with a rath world Is In Sweden. Matches wen- placid Quaker city own more thau *1. er Interestin* aerlea of facta to deal made there long t-efore the old. roughly tuav.tuur apiece. Nome, of course, own with. At first I had no Idea where the trimmed splinter of wood tipped with Hue of thought would lead me, and sulphur was discarded with the tinder considerably more. The richest man In tili* Philadelphia when 1 l-egsn to figure ou the various boxes for which they were used. In millionaire's club la Wil. lam We (bi­ Influences which teud to arrest the twenty five years ttie export trade of tuan. He I* said to tte worth ionic growth of vegetatlou In the cities they Sweden In foreign matches Increased «Imre tmtween *75.OOO.<|OO and *l<)0.- simply multiplied with startling rapid to 10.000,000 boxes a year, and still It (MUMN> the alight dlffervu, e of *25 . Ity. My own observation* have con­ ahould not be forgotten there was a one way or the other not appearing vinced me that these Influence* not tn matchmaking In the garden of Eden, to worry Mr. Weightman Mr. Weight­ frequently give birth to a flora so much and that many millions were lM>m man made hla money In war time*. He at variance with the original aa to therefrom and hare gone Into all the countries of the earth. Nagtnan Four­ sold quinine pill* to the Government. make a new classification necessary. “In the first place there Is the mat­ ier. HI* wealth I* of the aolkl sort real estate. He la said to own more real ter of noise In all Its forma and the vi­ Population of the Earth, bratory rumbling* which go with the estate than any other man In Ptilladel At tbe present rate of increase the various activities of an augmented t>'p phla, arid, luckily, to have selected Flowers need sleep. Trees population of the earth will double it property which la now tn the very heart util lion sleep All forma of vegetable life must self, It Is said. In 1M0 years. of the bualneaa district. at regularly recurring Intervals l>e al­ When you think you are fooling oth­ John W.xnamaker come* next In the lowed to lap*»- Into a rendition of re­ ers, and they let on that they are be­ Hat of real estate holdings, and I* aa d pose els- some radical change will take ing fooled. It may be for the purpose of to be worth atsiul *lo.'•*'. ed to express myself more eloquently. “Good-by,” she said; "you are a rsry good doctor to me,” CHAPTER VII. I was neither in good spirit* nor in good temper during the next few day*. My mother and Julia appeared astoniah- ed at this, for I was not ordinarily as touchy and fractious as I showed myself immediately after my sojourn in Sark. I was ashamed of it myself. The new house, which occupied their time and thoughts so agreeably, worried me as it bad not done before. I made every possible excuse not to be sent to It, or taken to it, several times a day. It was positively necessary that 1 should run over to Sark this week—I had given my word to Misa Ollivier that I would do so—but I dared not mention “HALF ASLEEP.” such a project at home. My mother and Julia would be up in arms at the first Yes, there were very few possessions syllable I uttered. "And friend?” I added. “And friend,” she repeated. What if I could do two patients good in that light trunk, but the first glance For the next few days I waited with at one stroke—kill two birds with one showed me a blue silk dress and sealskin stone? Captain Carey had a pretty little jacket and hat. 1 lifted them out for some impatience for Miss Ollivier'» prom­ yacht lying idle In St. Sampson's har­ her, and after them a pair of velvet slip­ ised letter. It came at last, and I put it bor, aud a day's cruising would do him pers, soiled, as if they had been through into mv pocket to read when I was aLn* all tbe good in the world. Why ahould muddy roads. I did not utter a remark. —why, I could scarcely have explained he not carry me over to Sark, when I Beneath these lay a handsome watch and to myself. It ran thus: “Dear Dr. Martin—1 have no littl* could visit my other patient, and nobody chain, a fine diamond ring and five sover­ eigns lying loose in the box. commission to trouble you with. Tardif be made miserable by the trip? “That is all the money I have in the tells me it was quite a mistake, his moth­ “I will make you up some of your old er taking a sovereign from me ea h seek medicine,” I said, “but I strongly rec­ world,” she said sadly. 1 laid the five sovereigns in her small Slie does not understand English tnouey; ommend you to have a day out on the water; seven or eight hours at any rate. white hand, and she turned them over, aul he says I have paid quite sutlicieBt If the weather keeps as tine as it is now, one after another, with a pitiful look on to stay with them a whole year longer her fuce. I felt foolish enough to cry without paying any more. 1 am quit» it w ill do you a world of good.” over them myself. “It is so dreary alone,” fie objected. content about that now. Tardif says, too, "Dr. Martin,” was her unexpected that he has a friend in Southampton a ho “If I could manage It,” I said, delib­ erating. “I should be glad to have a day question after a long pause, “do you will buy my hair, and give more than know what became of my hair?” with you.” anybody iu Guernsey. So 1 need not “Why I asked, looking at her tin- trouble you about It, though I am sure “Ah! if you could do that!” he replied gers running through the short curls we you would have done it for me. eagerly. “I'll see about it," I said. “Should you had left her. "Good by, my good doctor. I am try- "Because that ought to be sold for it:g to do everything you told me exact- mind where you sailed to?” "Not at all, not at all, my boy," he something,” she said, “I am almost glad ly : and I am getting well again fast I answered, "ao that I get your company. you had it cut off. My hairdresser told do not believe I shall be lame; you ars You shall be skipper or belmsniau, or me once he would give five guineas for a too clem for that. Your patient. head of hair like mine, it was so long, both, if you like.” “OLIVIA.* Five Olivia! I looked at the word again ts "Well. then. I replied, "you might take and the color was uncommon. me over to the Havre Gosselin, to see guineas would not be half enough to pay make sure of it Then it was uot her surname that was Ollivier, and I was still how my patient's broken arm la going on. you, though, I know.” She spoke so simply and quietly that 1 ignorant of that. I saw in a moment It's a bore there being no resident med­ did not attempt to remonstrate with her how the mistake had arisen, aul how ical man there at this moment.” innocent she was of any deception in the The run over was all that we conld about her anxiety to pay me. ' Tardif has it," 1 said; “but of course matter. She would tell Tardif that hrr wiah. The cockle-shell of a boat be­ longing to the yacht bore me to the foot he will give it you back aguin. Shall 1 name was Olivia, aud he thought only of the ladder banginf down the rock at sell it for you, mam'zelle?” of the Olliviers he knew. It was » “Oh, that is just what I could not ask take that had been of use in checkinl Havre Gosselin. A very few minute* you! ” she exclaimed. “ You see there la curiosity, and I did not feel boun-J to put took me to tho top of the cliff, and there lay the little thatched nest-like home of no one to buy It here, and I hope it may it right. My mother and Julia appearel uiy patient. I hastened forward eagerly. be a long time before I go away. I don't to have forgotten my patient in Sark al­ All was silent as I crossed the stony know, though; that depends upon wheth­ together. causeway of the yard. Not a face looked er I can dispose of my things. There is Olivia! I thougbt it a very pretty out from door or window. Mam'zelle'* my sealskin, it cost twenty-five guineas name, and repeated it to myself with I'k casement stood a little way open, and last year, and It ought to be worth some­ abbreviations. Olive. Livy. It was di®- tbe breeze played with the curtains, flut­ thing. And my watch—see what a nice cult to abbreviate Julia: Ju. 1 had called tering them like banners In a procession. one it is. I ahould like to sell them all, her in my rudest schoolboy days. I won­ I dared not try to look in. The house every one. Then I could stay here as dered how high Olivia would stanJ he door was ajar, and I approached it cau­ long as the money lasted.” side me; for I had never seen her oa her "How much do you pay here?” I inquir­ feet. Julia was not two inches shorter tiously. "Thank heaven!" I cried within myself aa I gazed eagerly into the cot­ ed. for she had taken me so far into than myself; a tall, stiff figure- neuhe» tage. counsel that I felt Justified in asking slender enough to be lissome, nor w»‘‘ She was lying there upon the fem bed, that question. proportioned enough to be majestic. “A pound a week," she answered. half asleep, her head fallen back upon she was very good, nnd her price was . the pillow, and tbe book she had been "A pound a week!” I repeated, in rubiea. reading dropped from her hand. The amazement. "Loe* Tardif know that?” above I visited Nark again in about ten day whole Interior of the cottage formed a “I don't think he does,” she said. picture. The old furniture of oak, the “When I had been here a week 1 gave to set Olivia free from niy embargo upo neutral tints of the wall and celling, and Mrs. Tardif a sovereign, thinking per­ her walking. I allowed her to walk a i the deep tone of her green dress threw haps she would give me a little out of it. tie way along a smooth meadow pad­ eut into strong relief the graceful shin­ I am not used to being poor, and I did leaning on my arm; and I found that • was a head lower than myse'.f—» • ing head and pale face. ! not know how much I ought to pay. But tiful height for a woman. I hat '“• I suppose she became subtly conscious, she kept it all, ^pd came to me every Captain Carey had set me down at t as women always *re. that somebody's WMk for more. Wa* it too much to Havre Gosselin, sppoin ing to tn**> eyes were fixed upon her, for she xwoke pay?” the Creux harbor, w hi-h was exat y fully and looked up a* I lingered ou the "Too much!" I said. "Y’ou should have the opposite side of the islasd. Iu door sill. spoken to Tardif about it. my poor child.” ing over to it—« distance of rather n "Oh. Dr. Martin!" she cr ed, “I am *o "I could not talk to Tardif about hi* than a mile 1 - t glad I" mother,” she answered. "Besides, it friends, Emma and Maria Brou.ir ~ "1 am come to see how my work is go­ would not have been too much. If I had “You here again, Martin exeat ing on. I »aid. "How is the arm. fir*’ only had plenty. But it his made me so Emaa. of all?” anxious. I did not know whatever I - j M “Yes." 1 answered; “Csptain C*W I almost wished that mother Renouf or should do when it wa* all gone. I do not me down at the Havre Goasel •lin. ani i» Susanne Tardif had been at hand But know now.” Creux" Miss Ollivier seemed perfectly composed, Here was a capital opening for a ques­ gone round to meet mr st the je.ai "You have been to see that a* mu h SO aa a child. She looked ilk* tion about her friend*. one with her cropped head of hair, and "Y’ou will be compelled to communi­ son?” asked Maria. “Yes,” I replied. - frank, open fac*. My own momentary cate with your family,” I sail. "You "She is a very s.ng lar y,v 8 ' embarrassment passed away The arm have told me how poo. you are; cannot she continued; “we think h- r »tap- was g> ng on all right, and *o wa* moth­ you trust me about your friends?” er Renouf s charge, the sprained ankle. "I have no friends,” she answered sor­ cannot make anything of her , ‘irr« “We must take ar* you are u q lam*," rowfully. "It I had any, do you suppose is no doubt poor Tardif means to tn her.” I sa I You must promise me not to I should be here?" . . .... -I t~i "Nonsense!" I ejaculated hot y. set your foot on the ground, or In any “I am one." I said, "and Tardif is an­ • ivs Tanlli your pardon. Maria, but I *'1 way rest vour weight upon It. till 1 glr* other.” to kn.«» bi» joj leave “ “Ah. new friends." she replied; "but I credit for sense enough l- "That mean* that you will have to mean real old friend* who have known positlon." I bad half an hour to wait tn Cvime to see me again." she said; "ia It yeu all your life. like your mother. Dr very difllcalt to come over from ' Martin, or your cousin Juila. I want harbor. It* great cliff* rt* ng « G:irrn«ey T* * somebody to go to who know* all about tne. with only a tnnnei bored “Not at alt” I • DiWrrtd, ’It It quit* me. and say to them, after telling them them to form an entrance to a treat to me." everyth.ng. keep'ng noth.ng back at all. island within. My rage bad p«' n?r fare grew T»ry grave, ** |f Have I done right? What else ought 1 ed Itself away before the y* ht »aa thiahia* ng ef some unpleasant topic. to hare doner N > n-w friend could an­ sight She looked ! it at me earnestly sad quee- (To be coot la ned ' swer question« like those.” tioniagly Wa* there lay reason 1 conld bring "M*y I speak to you with great plain­ forward to Increase her confidence in Tb* early circB* calti»** t1»* ness. Dr Martin?*' eke sexed. me? I thought there was. and her friend I boy a quarter.