Eugene Weekly Guard. ♦--------- CAMPBELL BKOM., Proprietor»* --------- ♦--------- EUGENE ...................... OREQQN. Observe the promotion of Wu Ting- fang and never make fun of the luun who asks questions. Along comes the ax trust. It will be followed by the hammer trust. Then what will the ki.wker» do? There to a rumor in Vienna that Leo­ pold "Is suffering from a mental aber­ ration." Agntria Is catclihig off to the »eVS. The defunct peanut trust B ight have Kieran tl>tota«ceff lutoer F<« wa wonder tk«t E«*l»ad Is falling tieblud In the mad raea for wealth! kt Uas bara found that antitoxin will cars rattlesnake tutea. it len t likely, howevtw, that the new cire will make much headway in Kentucky. What It matter If tba Mlwouri Valley klian.opatble Asaoelatkwi did puis a resolution coisleuiuing the kiss? Who cares for biasing tn borne patbic dotte«, anyway? Tba s ar >en nt end ent of tba putai* schools says giewl spellers art l«sn and nue expert to be equal to four or Uve cents a mile, which is more thou the cost of fuel. When tines for exceeding the speed limit nud dumngos for nrrideuts «>*■"'’ ».<• V’S-hfwned burine are added I m «port, It will be seen •y eitiacn must Mill cou­ th a special train. ralMlng,” Bishop Potter modem lati tucdtoval- be had l*x-n .'idled tn only thre*> faults: yon , yon cannot hear la Ik, it ho In It.” When the ulta Is why church gw -lino, let the diaputantn ok lulu the matters of nevosi few nnd ventila outa have town taught to do something, lie shouM have horn trained niouH priiethrwl linns evia while hv wits mah lug a «badar of himsnlf. If be deveh.pud a peculiar aptitude tur binguiigva. mime particular Helen.-, or high art, the« It might have beva well emineh tn enrounme hiui In evwy pa albir manner to broaden and* till him «■tf. He, like many others, baa been taught to make u show and scatter, aud In Ita» day and tima tin* tost state of aueb graduate Is wnrae than the brat. Captato Otto »vvrdinp, the Rwrdiah Arctic . a plorar, who retururd fieni th« polar reghina ittorat the win« time a. Hubert bl l*wtr>. has been Im eat rd by King tbatir of Sweden with the grand cruse of St Olaf, and by Kmprror Will turn with the FmNatoo Order of the Omwn of the first etnee la addition, a gatm-iun iff pil't a year has been settled upon him tn Hwedt-n. Ibis la the way thir) rerognlHe achievement io Europe When I‘vary receives th« honors snd re Wards he dewervew we will make note thereof One thing that lbs ceusu* telle IM In that the I nd In ns are out "Oly not Jia appealing but that they actually kaie tncretiHcd X'.'dt) aline ItMi. Tlsste tba Juggle with iigiu'cs any. alto, that tk< re are quite as inam Indians In the couti try to-day as there were when It Wns dlseoveriil. Taking this Into consilient tie» with the wnrs Uiey have gone Uirough. ara only wlUi the white men. Mit botwven thciaeelvcR. w. shall have to readjust our previous pinions and sell» «ivied go that a.ter all they are a ptvtty tough, enduring nation. Tourists In Swltxerlaud will aoon have a choice of sensational expert eneea. If they do not care to climb Mont Blanc, they may make a "sub merged excursion" In a submarine Itoat in Lake Geneva. The boat will travel twenty five miles under water and a mile and a half on the surface, tick eta for the trip will cost twenty five dollars, and each passenger will re celve a life Insurance policy for twen ty five hundred dollars. The guaranty of Insurance Is not. pernaps, so leas soring as it was meant to tie; but ns a whole the proposition conveys a pleas Ing suggestion that submarine voyages are ceasing to be exper.mental and be coming safe. President Patton of Princeton deel.ir ed before bls recent resignation that our national conscience Is m Imminent danger on account of the great desire for luiu^ and wealth which la pervad Ing this country to the detrimrut of all other ambitions. It cannot be dented that prosperity has Its perils and that a dulling of the conscience as to the Beans and methods of gaining wealth mules and horses In camp near Asn Butt«, and that there were only about LEARN TO SHOOT A Rii LE. I Is not tbe least among theta. It la 25 men in charge of them, the leader doujdless true that the mere published of the Warm Springs band was elated .Militiamen Appreciate the statements of tbe vast sums of money Canadian and®ost no time in selecting 50 of hfs Value <>f Good Markemanahip. J a<*cumulated by certain individuala In bravest men and setting out with The lessons of the boer war have not these days and tbe still vahaf r aiuoU'its -been lost upon the Canadian militia. them on the warpath. Follett adopted g^ireHcnted lu the capitalization of eer(I^ 2k-íal «V the Warm Springs head dress iyid. al­ ‘The iflperlority of the Dutch as rifle ------- V |> -À tflin trusts and "combines.” have tlie k shots gave them an ligsueasurable ad­ though he needed but little painting, TÀ1 I . . . lie also did this out of an abundance effect upon some minds of arousing d.s- vantage over the British Invaders In • > ■ ’ M of precaution that the Snake warriors content, luonl/Bnte desire, and reckless many occasions aud cost the Imperial •W ’ ’a might not discover him and wreak ambition. The corollary of all this army the lives of thousands ofbrave vengeance upon the Lord of The Des­ I spired in him through sympathy for would seSdu to be uot to make an eml men. The Canadian government is CHAPTER XII. I the invalid under his roof. It was hi* ert for the betrayal. of prosperity or even of large accumu­ therefore encouraging the development As stated at the beginning of this A CokWiact. intention when his earning's were suf­ lations of wealth, since these thl««<. on of markmansblp to an extraordinary WL*n. Hammersley entered hl# ficient to take some one into his con­ Story, th« Snakes were the most cun­ the whole, work foff good rather than degree. The result Is surprising. Ev­ home he found three of the cwwboys fidence whom h« could leave in ning and most treacherous Indians of evil, bat to press forward more stren- ery village In Canada sports a ritto who had started in pursuit « Egan charge of his invalid friend whito he the desert. They were feared and Uoutoy than ever in the development of dreaded by all other tribes and were and bls b*nd of warriors to rec-1*- Was away, as it would require con­ rarely ever caught napping on th» higher Ideals among men. lu the en­ range and every province is a school tun« Th- Berti* ___ _ Lyto __ „ v . lial followed siderable time to 1 *ok after the de­ for sliArpshootes. It Is not • f td but forcement of souud morals «ml pur« th« Indi«'.« to 0 pcint opposite tails of the matter, even should he war trail. After recovering the ad­ ” wle «’id ■— ’«tol - come to his, religion, by Which men «!*• taught that has seia-d ui>oo the c«ua*ito:u witff a traira»’!”« «be successful in getting * starting ditional band of pontes for (he sup­ ---------- posed murd?r of Bertha Lyle. Old Egan the nuthiffi and most «ndarii;g liappi- firmoeu tltat pr.guises t« bar« ou m pi«< a tbs night imfora to secure hi-. point. But n< w that h« l-«d three colhtogues had only 4one 50 miles away and de­ Ono w tn as come* not thrvQgh riclin*. l ot deliido siatDp opou tbs po »liiir«» and army Is drvrkqdug luvo a Pgb’mg ato- suit He had played a clever ruse on the Hammers 'ey coaebidefl that it wa business In the Xo malting for toe <5*»v tomeat <>f tba when of.pow <1 io artuies trained Io >be • bil« b« returned tv e»cort her in’ ■ pt him«elf. «nd «t the gome tin;« do is es deep obi u> lioto of war. IaueriM an army 'amp. .1 little detective work by "pumping’'. Sntk» woa nSver kaown to stop at spiritual natur«.—Lsaito'« W«e*iy. On the previous right when lb ' Lionida» Liggett, the cook at th« Stone anythin* short of accomplishing au of 5 Canadians Invading tbe A eorreapoiMÁe«t ut tito B>sknn*n filled Htatva. every man of them ea- trappw kad left Berth* concealed □ House, whoai it «*« thought knew end. The Chief knew of the es­ trangement between the Lord of Tho ealK atteutlu* to th« renmrkato« Im pabto of doing execution that Cron jo tbe opening la the rimrocks two of more than he had «ver divulged. De«ert and the trsppr and rumor tke Indian »earihin« party had come The third. Julian Byrd. w«e to r«- ¡irovenicat lu th« tu»ch«nlc*l au 1 artis­ an rlo rifle rang* was Indulged in by men low gutteral like murmur« of the Ind­ transpired. They iana Indlcatsd tha’ they had pasted The following morning «very per fully. that it would b« doubtful if the were lttae.>4 "somethlug fearful sud from every part of Canada. wonderful to heltold" as compared wrth »hot for three days. The result forms on to the north. Rut ah* had «om* •rm get about to perform his re- trapper would permit the girl to go to her uncle snd he decided to take his tbe averofe juvenile volume of the an Iwtereeting study for tbe Ameri­ difficulty In flndng h-r way back and sp«< ti»a portion of tbe compact. chance« at least In getting the re­ she had not felt lure of findng the jireaent. year. in spite of the enormous cans. More litilto’ eye »hots were made trapper again, who wa« now diligent­ ward for putting her out of the way CHAPTER XIII. than any otlwr, and tbe entntordinary ¡ocrea»« In the number nnd variety of before the Lord of Th* Desert learned ly searching for her, until ahe ran childreu's book«, the Illustrations in record was made of mu a »ingle shot a’moit Into hi» arm» Jim I.yle’» itory. of the escape, and then he would take most e«-t from the sturdy any circumstances until hi« ri turn, the elder brother of hi« Inheritance among hi« large number of scalps immigrant ing generation. Even the imprvvem«ut wtirriorH who so king defle.1 oM Eng end proceeded cxutlou»ly on foot. and of the Lord of The Desert’s sub­ torn from the heads of While approaching • secret passage he had found one that com- In lUustratiotM» aud binding. bt»w«vec, tand's nona, but these marksmen aiw that led to bis envern, in the earlv sequent attempt to put him out of the women pared with the color of Bertha Lyle’s lu not so reiuarttal/l« as the iuervaue ivipylng th«* ntyle of fighting they we<-e morning, he heard th« ride shots and way. They had seen an advertise­ hair and rushed on to meet hig engage­ ment in a New York paper stating In tbe numtier of juvenile books xnui»- taught was ao effective by the liwrs. immediately «»»ended to the «urr.mit that William Lyle had inherited a ment with Follett and received the ally put upon the market. Au exam­ Iu truth, tbe fighting force of Canaiin nf the rimrock« to rm i^hnoitre. When reward without question, as the read­ ination off tbe putatober»' annouo w- to-day, with the extraordinary profl- he discovered whst had taken place er already knows. tuents shows that the list of new juve­ eleticy with t he rifle. 1« a formula Me he supiKMed that x band of cowboys He had joined the main marauding party at Ash Butte and sent couriers nile tesiks to considerably larger titan thing, regardless of any support they had taken lodging In his quarters, as to his other war parties to join him that of new fiction for adults. Mtwt nf might receive from tbe mother coun- was their custom, snd that the there for a few weeks celebration. He tbvH» volutnr« Hod a profitable market, try. England, k Is now claimed, cau lang having attacked tho place whit« men were defending it to only had 36 men with him now and for th» pultllshlng ut children’» books draw »liarpsbi< rs enough from Can best of their ability. these spent their time in various huu proved to l«e a pnifitalde Irranch of aiia within a year to overwhelm any view Having a greater object In ways; tending the band of horses, a th» trade. The next generation will ordinary Eurofaan army. with than the ordinary warfare little independent scouting and hunt­ he a geuecuGon of otunlvorirtoi reader», They will It» almost wholly men who, Indiana, b» signaled both ¡sides to de­ ing, but mostly in the Indian's favor­ if a multiplicity of juveuile books can when In the held, will coadiwt them­ si«t and while the white men ll id Si> ite pastime of lounging about camp. educat« them into that liablt. Wheth­ selves as the boers did. Besides the out of respect for t’ e trapper’s Judg Dan Follett knew the lay of the country as well as any Indian of the er this to a desirable cousuiumatkiu Is Lee Metford wrvlce rifle, they are lie- ment. the Indians did so because it desert. There was not a foot of it another question. It la by no means coming equally expert with the six was the best thing for them to do. It was late In the forenoon when that he had not ridden over time and certain that the phenomenal Increase shl|>htherla. Whether the vigor intended for the and mete out punishment to him. Cod liver oil token lutevuslly will in­ No theftter. w««Jt polnta go to the brain or the crease th* weight evenly, provided it Require ao umbrella in bed when It praatrated invalid concentrate« all This had boo* the sole desire of the dove not dMugree with the stuuiach uf cripple and trapper for many years, rain». torce upigs this organ, or whatever end they had been working together the pvraoa tab Lug IL starved dog«. be the cause, this often proves Ten aillllo« pray to carry out ’he plan prompted by the true, Hammersley needed counsel sole desire that Justice be done. Ten million Ill used mutas. For Blight's disvia« »at meat once a and. while the daughter was brish* Ten thousand thunderstorms, Tho cripple had long since paid do/; take fdeuty of fruita, milk, soups and possessed extraordinary Intelll- tho penalty of his crime and while he Teu inilllou cockroach««. The Canadian gave him a stunning blow. and Vrgeialjew Avoid all Intoxicant*, «ence for on» so »mine, ho decided No dralnsge fir«t to commit the experienced father. related the circumstances with some sud lak» aft«r meals a tabl>*spufuJ of embarrassment his conscience was Twinpi'ratur« 120 degrees in the Hnvfnff provided temporary quar- i emulsioo of cod liver oil. now at ease for the part tie had taken return to the Warm Springs camp in * shade. t«ra for the young woman and re- it. the swindle, except that he desired round about way so as to throw the Peopl« brute«. qu«st«d tha cowboy« to remain ttn- If the doW nf mm II vs I s excessive dur see tho real heirs in possession of Piutes off the trail, should they at­ til h* could emiault with them i on to Rtore« dirty. their Inheritance. tempt to follow. They therefore drove Ing tdvvp wash the mouth out tbres I matter* of Importance the tranprr Teu tnlllh'D c*’« Io back yard, But the part of tho story that made away In a southerly direction. Out of time« dally with ta>ruiyptoi one part, qulrflly «tol« «way to the invalid ’ s «even colon» mwx and water four »»arts. After meals take Th» consultation lasted sev­ tear* come to the eyes of Bertha fol- an abundance of precaution the stock tl e room a eapeiti« mmfasted as follows' Hu! Six bird« do all tb« singing for eral hour« but when ho returned It lowed this. On the return of Jim and were driven far in advance of the pbats of strychnine, oos milligram; co tony • Id not take Ion ’ tn begin tho plans The Lord of The Desert to their main band of Indians, Ten young ranch where row stands the great warriors were assigned to this duty No cattl«. ffo-med Ho wnt «traieht to Bertha Stone pbtiMpbatu of Imo Utt «co centigrams. House the brothers grew and Dan Follett and the chief and 40 No telephoO« **• *cqu8l«t«d b'’r Witk tho fact th'it Hulpbata of quin me. tares -eat grama more distant oth«-r. warriors acted as a rear guard. < >ne st< amer a week. b«r f«(h«r «111 '.|•.•od and then con- S' ar elv a civil from each "Pretty easy work!” remarked Fol­ word ever passed bo- Irish liar Just left my seryl*«, duet«d her to nfs pre«< nee. Tho < >ue Tbe uothresh of I r ' i I s should 1w check «r«ne that followed fs doubtless fa tween them nnd Martln was contlnual- lett to the chief in the latter’s tongue, won ’ t re eogags her. •nd I ed by drinking a glaA ut milk with a for the half breed knew all of the B'lllar to th« rr«i«n Due* Ghrc ftp« One mad d ig, at present ouCSi.l.* my to sav that they wore Indignant would him a stunning blow across tho head the prk and then iaw It smothered "My tips to servants ou the Ocearflc door. be putting ft mildly, They had never with a branding Iron which he had and flash up alterna’ely. It was evident to them that the amounted to >13,” said a traveler who suspected treachery in the mvst°r carried Into tho cavern. He WToated No | physicians. lous disappearance of James Lyle and the blows until he thought his victim Piutes were signaling to other war came over with J. Plvr)>ont Morgan. No gas. now that tbe wi ked Lord of The was dead and dumped his body Into parties of their tribe, and they had "The ?«<'* 1» to give $2.60 to the table light. Ne electric < Desert had been proven guilty and a crevasse by the wall of the cavern wasted no time In doing so. it had st«viard. $2 50 to the bedroom «tew Une pineapple and ten oranges which tnd also conspire I tn have the child It was the following day before James only been a few hours since the rafd ard. $1 t«> the bathroom steward. $2 my maid buys up. Lyle regained consciousness aqj (he was made and yet the Piutes had as­ murdered by tM! Egaa they were to the check steward. $2 to the amok Une lunatic asylum (more needed). The snow and sleet had blown in from cended this high peak and started ready to attempt anythlBc ttig room stew ard. $1 to tlie shoeshine But. oh, churches, chapels, till you further fact of tnotr long chase and above almost covering his body, Hie their signal Area. steward and $5 to the chief steward. can't rest. Adventists. High Church, the loss of their comrade fn the cans* hands and feet were frozen, but not­ It was nearly noon the following this condition h'* day before the raiders stopped for In cnse he has performed special cour Iaiw Church. Narrow Church, Broad did not soften thetr tempera, They withstanding climbed out of tho crevasse and half- rest and to prepare a meal. They tesles. As thew special courtesies Church, and all sort» anil conditions. would have gone straight to the walking and half drageing himself, he were wanting on my trip. I cut the Won't you come next summer with stone house and deliberately XfJI I started for tho ranch to Inform his had just passed through a canyon and had entered another nt-’teau. A look Martin Lyle and his colleague. Fr.l- chief steward out aud gave the deck me? __ ___ of ____ the rim- lett. Bit Hammersley impressed brother of the murderous assault of out was sent to the top steward $1 bvciuw he took excellent the Frenchman. rocks near at hand to make obaerva- them that there win other wo;K mor* care of me. reserving the beat place He arrived late at night fn a blind­ ttons. He had barely reached hfs On the Stair*. Important Just at this time. for my steamer chair, etc. I saw Mor­ CHAPTER 1. The cowboy of the Oregon desert ing snow storm nnd was about to en­ station when he made hurried sig­ gan give the chief steward $100, and It "Sh-sh!” she whispered. "I thought of those days, like the cow bo - of th*t ter the house when ho saw the nals fh-t r,nt th» whole < sr p fn tur­ win generally understood among tlie I beard m'tue one on the stairs.” section today, was a man of IntolH Front hman and his brother in earnest moil. Two bands of mounted Piute help that all would fare In proportion. genre. Some of them may have been conversation, and hoard the French­ warriors were apnroaching from dif­ "Shall I go »•"«?" he asked. man give the details of his own mur- I guess he gave the table ste««rd "No! No! What If some one should guilty of some hss'y committed of der an J si aw _ his brother pay hlLi ferent diretions at a rapid speed— fa^T like a cow ai d. Go and «re Dan Follett riow became the most He had no other motive than fe»et from 1 am Epateln and you are Stoialtto”— , In the bouse. Hare som« 1 I Ing out • great wrong and piinlsl©« trib«. the depredations of the greater active man among them. When Dan told the chief that Nashville Atuertc^^ I you.’’—Chicago IL i ord 111 I * great crim«, anl «11 of lh< )w*« tn Old Egaa had * large numb«r Of i © ‘ (To bs eonususdj _Cs)F KIE' ¡3 O O O î VV hite Slave to S tvage Bush A strange experience w»> . Seph J. Gill, one« a resident of lyu, who died recently on »hipb. “ruuk’ was buried at sea. ftt. .o a l »“d many years nBUi ago, and unJ PI**M dead, his wife married aaaln* raised a family, and. acting *“** reported death of bls flr»t wh * ,. h * had also again married. Had h\GU1 to reach his old home in Ilroo. .* Uvei lyn “ th« reunion probably would haw J. -a uu- paralleled In fact or tletlou Gill’s adventures in AUst’ralla W1)nU scarcely sound credible If present^ . a dime novel. He left N. w Y * *■ Australia lu 1886. After bl, arrival * word of him found its way to hl. , “* iouM relatives for four years y while he was given up as dead. F*“’ years later news reached Brooklyn IT atlves that he was alive, aud «om.,2. respoudence followed. Gill was the son of the late Thon, (.ill, n Brooklyn soap manufactun? His mother, Mrs. Isabella um , Greene avenue. Brooklyn, and a broth er. Thomas Gill, are still living U’ Joseph Gill left New York to look after some mining Interests In Four years luter the family rWe|Z: word from the United States con»ul^ Sydney, N. 8. W., that J. J. Gill wealthy miner, and four compatuo^ had been ambushed and killed by him, men In the interior of Australia. The Information, from such a «owe was accepted without question. iMri went by and no word was received receive from Gill. Ha. was mourned as dead. His wife, whom he had last !a 1886, married again In 1893, some three years after his reported death. . g» Gill had two children by her first bi*, bund, f.he Is now Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Brooklyn. Meanwhile Gill was living as a slave among the bushmen In Central Austrv Ito. It appears that four companion, with him at the time of the captur, were all put to death, but Gill w„ lowed to live. He was kept as a slave. He forced to do the most menial work bj tils captors, and altogether he ledslif, uf horror. So far, however, had he been removed from civilization and n close was the watch upon him that I for years no opportunity of escape pr* I sen’.ed Itself. lie was, of course, coo. I pletely shut off from all communl*. I tlon with the outside world. I Filially, however, after twelve long I years of slavery, and sixteen yean of I absence from the United States, GIU I succeeded In escaping and making bls I way to the coast and civilization. I He escaped with his life, and llttl, I else. His property was gone, hla An* I trallan friends liad died or moved a»,y I He determined to remain In Auitnlli I and mend Ills broken fortunes beta I returning home. He sought lnformtta I through a detective agency, and after I some delay was Informed that hli wtf« I was dead. Thereupon Gill married In I Australia. Ills second wife audicblld I survive him. H In March of this year Gill ip!n I souglit Information of Ills relitta, tht B time with more success. Hcrrotetrom ■ Australia to Inspector Mcl.autbllx of ■ the Brooklyn police, to ask If bit broth-1 ers. were still living. Inspector Mo H Laughlin found and notified tbefamily. H Some correspondence hnd pawed be-■ tween the brothers, when Joseph J. Gill H wrote that he was about to visit lui ■ family In Brooklyn. I It Is a notable fact that most of’.I* subjects of King Edward VIL w Hindoos. It has been observed that * oa< hair turns gray five years sooner 2« a woman's. Copper money In Franc« Is to t* gradually replaced this year bj **»- ininuin bronze pennies of a pile?’*'0’ color. There are 2,655 counties In the Vfit* ed Stntes. Texas has tbe largest diw ber, 246, nnd Delaware tbe snultot number, three. Accordlug to official central statistics recently issued, eight Ji®* dred tffns of snails were sold I d ¡’»' a during the year 11401. As a rule, dwarfs live much I odi * than giants. The latter usually «'• «W weak constitutions, their blood _ latlon Is sluggish and they have bril’ bout's. The Gulf stream flows at the rtte^ about two and a half miles * d S''5- Five miles is exceeded la sotue $■** and the rate varies much with tlons of weather and tide. M. Ilamard. the French sculptor * Just completed In Paris tbe nwd«U‘ statue of Marshal Rochambesu ■' ‘ presented to the city of Waik-ng*0* : a companion statue of will be ready to send to the I»* States In April. Cows are scarce In Labrador, cause it is difficult to keep the® a extremely cold weather. Th* a* J procure their milk for the then kill their cows. The rm In barrels, where It freezes »n turns sour throughout tbe ent- son. When one wishes to ns» be h*s simply to go to the b« cut out * slice. Lsst winter, during a ’pell*b«t** Ing weather, at a quarry !n ,t I Scotland, a large •,*’ne ’ sisrU tons bad been drilled or •—«tol w pen the tbougbt “: he severe fr» Water was poure.1 !d‘'’ holes, and It was found of days that the block of F*“ broken Into pieces.____ All Corner». , .V the earth Is rv«£ learned professor, toe on it.” .... nr«* "Think not?" «P^le up _ "How about the corner and a thousand otk<_ k.ir ’>* Next to naturally ■ 7 fM,rto comes a gift from I jto* needs curling not oDcfi week to "stay Ito"