He's Built That Way. Youngster nabs the reckless fly That flutters round astray; Pulls off its wings and other things, Because he's built that way. At school be dips it in the ink And thinks it jolly play To see it crawl o'er books and all, Because he's bullt that way. Or else he puts it on the drese Of maidens trim and gay, To leave its tracks upon their backs Decause he's built that way. He spits it on the cruel pin Aud leaves it there all day And leughs to see its misery, Because he's bulit that way. He plucks their wings to make them kick, lu agony’s display; Picks out an eye, don't wonder why, Because he's built that way. The only plan to make him see The fiy dou’t think it play, i Is take a strap and show this chap i Just why he's built that way. i It's hard to tell when he begins \ His promptings to obey, Just wu Was ever built that way. l by a lad, with all his bad, | A QUEER COURTSHIP. Dick Nasu paced slowly forward and backward on the river bank in front of | the boat-house, Ile was an honored | member of the Shaddock Boat Club, | and was very popular among the boys, fie had always lived in Ce, a city of | about twenty thousand inhabitants, | pleasantly situated on the bank of the | Missis : Dick hived with his mother and sister ouse where his father had died fifteen years before, The family had | once been wealthy, but after the death | of Mr. Nash they met with severe | financial losses, and after the two chil- | dren well educated, it was found that there was little or nothing left, This matter worried Dick not at all, | for he bad recently been admitted to the bar, and, as he expressed it, was | now ready to piteh into business, His | good physique and excellent mental | qualities were backed up by that rare virtue, gommon He did not sigh, as do some young men, for downy | beds and flower-strewn paths through | life; but as combativeness was one of | the strongest elements in his make-up, he ratherc ted difficulties, and sighed onquer. for words to ¢ had determined Lad been sense, to scale the | a name and fortune; conse- ly he looked poverty unflinchingly | He had two loved onea to mother and his sister Mable: hence he became Lhe ever-to-be- | n with an aim in hfe, ust at this time that a great | Dick's circumstances took | on the death of an uncle, he immediate possessions of a usand dollars, news came to him in a letter, ning, J as he was leaving 12 h After perusing it, he sought out his mother, and, handing her the important missive, said: “Here, ! is something that y £1 Fanmnp in Lie Lace, work for iad just WE, mother, nterest you and Mab and no doubt » you very happy; but as for me, it wked she foundations from une der the castles I have been building, ! and caused my ambition to wilt,” Leaving her, he made his way to the boat-hiouse, and tis there we find him | in meditation deep. Ilishat was thrust far back oun his head; his hands were exploring his trousers pockels; while from his lips (if one must tell the truth, for Dick was no angel) protruded a cigarette, from which tloated wreaths of sinoke. A stiff breeze stirred the water and played pranks along the shore, while the smoke and ashes from Dick’s cigarette were whirled in every | direction. Although not a condition of the will, it was mentioned as a special request of his uncle that Dick should go abroad at once and spend a year or two in travel. ing before settling down to business, It was this matter that was troubling the young man as he strode along the | river bank, “What the dickens do 1 want to go abroad now for,” soliloguized he, *un- less a wedding trip I'd better | marry at once, and, as the saying Is, kill two birds with one stone. But | there is only one girl for me-—Millie | Denton; and I might just as well ask for the moon, There is little chance | for me where so many others have fail- ed. However, she is well worth trying for, and I'll start on a new plan, I'll make ber think I care nothing for her, | and see if 1 can make her the least bit | jealous,” | Dick had just come to this conclusion when, ou looking up, he beheld the ob- | ject of his thoughts coming toward | him, “A good time to begin,” thought he. on Millie came tripping along, her gold- | en hair tossed about by the wind; her cheeks were rosy, and her blue eyes sparkling, Dick appeared not to recognize her at | first; then, looking up, and favoring her with a little stare, he exclaimed: “Why, it’s Millie!” “None other,” said she, “What brought you here?" “Oh, I am looking for some one.” “Some one who belongs to the club, 1 suppose?’’ “Not exactly, although he is here a great deal.” “Well. you won't find him.’ “Why? ‘ Decause there has been no one here for the past hour but myself.” “Why don’t you ask for whom I am looking?’ “Perhaps I don’t care,” lazily. “Oh, but he is just splendid!” “Who 1s splendid!” “Ha! bal” laughed Millie. “I thought you wanted to know all the time, so—'’ “Bat 1 don't!" 1 “Do not mterrupt me! If you insist upon knowing—"' : “I don’t—"’ “It is my black dog, Towser!” “The deuce!” exclaimed Dick. “Why, Dick Nash!”’ “What is the matter, Millie Den- ton?’ “Isn't deuce a swear word?” “A mild one,” “Don’t you know that you oughtn’t to swear in the presence of a lady?" “Yes; I suppose I must beg your pardon?”’ *“Yes, I think you ought to, if only to teach you better manners.” “Well, do you insist upon it?" “Oh, no! But—" “Then you do insist; so here goes.” Taking a large handkerchief from his pocket, he spread it carefully on the grass at her feet; then, assuming a w:08t comical position and expression as he knelt upon it, he Leg wn: “0 fairest of thy sex!” “You silly goose!” laughed Millie, “If you don't keep still I won't apolo- gize ut all! Once more, then—O fairest of thy sex, I have committed an unpar- donable “Hear—hear-—-hear!’ The volce came from the direction of the boat-house. The speaker was Ned Morgan, and he and Fred Dailey were ¥ “Well, old fellow,” continued Ned, the conservatory, if we are to be- but I in head, and the Mississippi throbbing at your feet Songs you "OT say, now, I don’t think this quite Here when-.."? had not made up my mind.” “You run awuy, boys, while " said Dick. through.” “Come, Millie," up and say yes." “But suppose I say no?" “Then I will never rise again, and I wish you ache awfully you know." said Dick, “hurry by a vision of you in your very uncom- fortable position.” ‘That settles it,” Towser will from us Come, Millie.” Leaving the others they started pursuit of the favorite. As soon they were out of si get away as “Well, I'm glad it’s all settled.” “What is settled?” asked Millie. “Why, our engagement.” ““‘Ha! hal” “What are you la “You, of ighing at?” course, 1 don’t see how “Why sbouldn’t 1? Are youcrazy?" “Not I; but 1 had made up my mind to marry you, and as we were engaged fair and n the presence of two witnesses, I dor’t see how you are out of it.” solid, ir going to get el do.” “Well, how?" “I shall have you put in the asylum.” “Just because I want to marry you?" “You don’t want to marry mel” “It’s the dearest wish of my life, Mil- ’ lie, believe me, At Then why didn’t you ask me decent- “Tl why didn’t k me decent ly, instead of jok about so serious a ing ing “Well, to tell the truth, Millie, I thought that I would essay something Then dear she was to him, and begged her to he was soon to take, as well voyage through life, “Why, Dick, you take my breath quite away.” “Well, hurry up and breathe agaln, Millie, for my heart has stopped beat. 0s swer [ crave. “Oh, Dick, you are too funuy; but I suppose if you insist-.."’ “1 certainly do iusist! “Well, 1" “Go on!" “Well—your heart may beat again.’’ “My dearest Millie- “0 Dick! Weare on the street, you know!" “Well, what of it?” allowed Te have it sald I embrace me in public, “Why, who was embracing you, 1 young men to “You were!” “I didn’t touch you!” “But you were going to!” “No, I was not; but 1 suppose that “Dick Nash!" “Never mind, Millie, we won't quar- rel over it, any way." A month later Dick and his bride board a ship. other reason than that in their great happiness they love to recall the day from which it took its birth. Signed Newspapers Contributions, Signed articles have been commen- ded, partly because they advertise the signers. One thing in connection therewith has been overlooked, namely, that the greater part of the bard workers in the newspaper offices get no advantage out of the custom. Take the work or the exchange editor, for instance. 1 maintain that h he may never write anything but - lines, yet as much inte and instinct is called for by his work as if he spent his time In writing reports and special articles. How Is he to get any credit for his work and introduce himself to the people outs side of his office? TI answer that he has no opportunity so desirable as the political opportunity, ~Donnelly’s cipher will soon be laughed out of sight. No one believes that Bacon could have written Shaks. peare’s plays any more than Charley Hoyt could have written Sardou’s A Fairy Tale. A vagabond, with bare feet and hair floating on the wind, passed along the street before the palace of the King, As if the sun took pleasure ‘in shining upon him, he had more light and joy upon his rags than the noble dames and gentlemen, grouped in the court of honor, had upon their sating, brocades and velvets, “Oh, but she is beantiful!® eriad he, suddenly stopping before the palace, where lie saw the I'rincess Rosalind taking the air at her window, And really it was Impossible to find any- thing on earth more beautiful than the princess, Immovable, with his arins raised to- ward the lattice, as il to an opening in- to the heavens where they entered into paradise, he stood there and would have remained so all night if the guards had not chased him away with their hal- berds and their hard words. He went with bent ing steps, Everything was dark before around him-——the sky, the trees, the flowers—since he could no longer Rosalind, He thought the was dead, He sat down under an oak the entrance to the wood and began to ery. ‘ “Why see are you so unhappy, my load of dried fagots. woman? ing for me." the bag. At the and threw off Ler load was no longer an old most beautifal fairy. + Mi, good fairy,” of fagots, woman, but a eried the vaga- my misfortune! I bave seen the daughter of the feel that 1 can love no other woman,’ “Well, what ing her husband? to any one,” “Oh, my bare feet, prevents your becom. She is not betrothed “No matter; that is no reason why you should not be loved “l wish to be the most powerful the princess that I adore.”’ “No be iL”? said the fairy w with a sigh, § with a golden rod she touched him on r, and straightway the beg- gar was changed into a magnificent prince, dazzling in silk and jewels and mounted on a splendid charger at the head of a troop of pian wl courtiers and pro’ ith: or » v1 » ih goigen aliaol WILITIOrS WwW ing his rank. So greal 4 prince ceived at any Rosglind treated him with t tinguished consideration, very hour of the day and night he wught of Rosalind, When he saw Aili is always well re- The father of he most dis- ars b std COU the light, Yet there was one thing that troubled him; she whom he loved so dearly did nearly Nevertheless his devotion; she was silent and melancholy, upon the King took good care not to refuse so desir- able a husband for her, i marry the most beautiful the world, Alas, this great joy was of short du- ration! On pain of disobeying jrincess in day fell fainting into the arms of her declared with sobs, and wringing ber hands, that she would never marry- that she would kill herself before she would marry the prince, her, cried: ‘‘Cruel one, back those words which kill me! “Prince, nothing can overcome my I will never marry you.” “What! punishment? Do you doubt my love for you? to adore you? read my heart you will find a way to remedy my woes, Give me hope, princess, or.l shall die here at your feet.” He was carried away by his love, am said anything and everything that the most violent grief could inspire ina breaking heart, Rosalind was touched by his entreat. ies, and said: “Unhappy man, if my pity instead of my love can be any con- solation to you I give it most willingly. I am much more inclined to your en- treaties because 1 endure myself the same torments that you suffer.” “What is it you say, princess?” “Alas, if 1 refuse to marry you itis because I Jove another without hope a young vagabond with bare feet and hair floating on the wind, who passed before the palace one day and regarded me with tender, loving eyes, but has never returned. Him only will I marry, but no other,” Overcome by amazement and despair the prince heard the soft voice of the ity Whisper: ‘ y wish has become thy punish- ment.” Ofttimes granted prayers prove Curses, tec A strip of two.ply Fete the sr oui, i to ground, is one modes of protecting the mice and rabbits, Do not keep more stock than can comfortably wintered, A small he well cared for will give better jain ataryn toed tat 1a pustially Sugiee. The color of pure Devon red, varying from a rich dark chestnut, APR SR — A HUMAN MAGNET Articles of Metal Adhere, Late in August Jast, while taking a vacation in a courdry town, 1 heard of a case that was causing considerable discuss’on and wonderment among the people, Lovers of the mysterious, who are always ready to attribute any mani. festation at all pecubiar to supernatiiral agencies, were indulging In various wise speculations as to the true nature of the case, The child is termed a *“*human mag- pet” by the believers in and practicers of magnetic rubbings, while the Spirit- ualists declare the child a chosen me. dium, My curiosity became aroused, and I asked permission to see the won- derful prodigy. Permission was granted, and 1 saw the child at two different times, mak- ing my visita some days apart, a pretty, delicate child, Dolly C,, aged three years and six months, an only child, blonde, with a pale and rather | waxy compiexion. Her manner of Last February the phenomenon I de- was first noticed. | ing with some spoons the mother was surprised to see her arranging them on | her finger tips, where they hung with perfect ease. She will place the Palmar lift from the holder, one by one, with- out otherwise touching them, untii a spoon is suspended from each finger tip. | against each other she about the room without dropping them. I examined the case in various ways, First, 1 tried four teaspoons with a magnet—one pure silver, one pewter, one triple-plated and one single-plated, or washed, | spoons were not washed of the 03 | ally raised, while the | was raised entirely clear table, the child to exercise her | power of prehension upon. Each one | was suspended with equal ease except the one of pure silver, This one was | | the bowl was considerably flatter any of the other three, Dut after ranging it upon ber finger a few times she in it *'st "” “4 ¥ eg aT 3 lightest in weight, ana Ar- succesded making it tick, able MOIS spoon-bowls, I found a very appre resistance in taking i HE would hang from UU of the and chin with as much securitvas from the fingers, Thinking the adherence e due to an excessive clammi- the skin, I tested ls surface with my own finger tips, Not Ose ei ior dit might { ir ness of any, and, to make sure 1 it deceived by my own sense of touch, 1 ; and chin carefully and water and dried with towel, I found no perceivable differ- ence in the adhesiveness, The child pick up a steel needle, that is 80 sensitive to the magnet, nor would a penny ‘‘stick” to the fingers, chin or nose, I could over nothing un- usual in the shape of the finger-tips, The skin was soft and velvety to the touch, and I could be sure of clammi- ness nowhere except on the pinna. discovering Was nd had the hands, n« ) washed with soap a warmed 5] could not of sx when I saw her, and her A Hindoo Story. “n— When a base man has arisen from obscurity wo eminence he is ashamed of his origin, and ungrateful to the friends who assisted him to rise. A story, told In India hundreds of years ago, sons, in a forest once lived a holy Muni, whose extraordinary austerities had given him unlimited power aver nature, Ie was also a kind-hearted man. One day he saw a crow carrying off a little mouse, Ha bade the crow give up its prey, and then he reared it with grains of rice. One day as the mouse was playing near him, it saw a cat, and in terror ran up the Muni’s leg. “Poor mouse,” sald the Muni, ‘‘be thou acat,” And so it was [uss now inspired terror, but felt none, until Puss put up her back in horror. “Poor pussy,” sald the Muni, And 80 it was, “Who is afrald now?’’ thought the dog. prowling about, the dog came “Poor dog,’ said the Muni, “be thou a tiger.” of im only a pet mouse. “Ah! there is the saint and the tiger | that was once a littie mouse,” Upon this the tiger began to reflect | lives everybody will know from what a low condition I sprang. Therefore, 1 | must get rid of him.” But the Muul, seeing tiger ready to spring on him, said: ** Wicked tiger, be thou a mouse agaln.’”’ And so 1t | was, Presently the mouse was picked {by a bird, and never | again, up came down arms —— A —— The Laird and the Queen. While in Perthshire recently Queen | Victoria requested an old laird to visit her, and when he did so very graciously received him, thanked him for coming and then explained why | she wished to see him. “I {to know,” she “the exact where the pretender landed, She was allowed to proceed Instantly the old upon her shoulder, 10 pretender, said, spot and’ no further, laid hand saying: “He was madam; he was our cing.” ‘1 beg your pardon,” said the queen, kindly; “I ought not to have used that word, 1 should have said i Then, by +} ¢ $id Cael $LIN 1 ! } sh Prince Charles Edward.” way of humoring the gruff old Jacobite, she added: **You know that 1 too, have Stuart blood inmy veins,” “Yes, know it,” was the Hand were t not for that vou would not be where repiy, : you § 1 unbent and 1 hey ing it went to Lis heart an softened his stern spirit, long together, and they friends, On the queen's urn | castle where she was staving she said to her host: “1 have ju<t met one of the { most honest men in my reaim.”’ i The Weather and the Choloe, feet and hands, The little patient's mother also told | lady, of nineteen years of age, and *‘al- This but have no reason fests the same singular power, case 1 did not see, and her whole family are known to be truthful and honest, I have been thus particular in giving all the available points in the family history of the case, hoping thereby some lar phenomenon, oo A Famous March. Looking through history, -we find that though in all other particulars the art of war has made wonderful strides, fully equal to modern soldiers, the most wonderful feat in marching was accomplished by the ldncients. In the sefond Panic war Hannibal waited at Canusium for his brother Hasdrubal to bring him reine forcements from Spain. Facing Han- nibal was a Roman army Consul Claadius Nero, while opposite Hasdrubal sas another Roman army | under the Consul Livius, In fact, { quickly and secretly to Livius, and join | ing forces with him, they hurled them- selves on Hasdrubal ang defeated him, Claudius then at once marched back again before Hannibal was aware of his brother's defeat. Now, the di tance between Canusivm and Serra Gallica, the place of the battle, by the best au- thorities, is given at the least measure- ment at 225 miles, The march was made in six days, or at the rate of over thirty-seven miles a day. But this march is an exceptional one, and, if believed, must stand out like so many other of the wonders of the ancients, A Sacred Race. Cooks of old were considered a sacred race; even their fingers were consecra- ted to the deities, he thumb was de- voted to Venus, the index finger to Mars, the middle finger to Saturn, the next to the sun, and the little one to Mercury, Jmagiaatioh has so hath le do with pleasures of the palate that im- udence, conceit, and boastfulness Were d to be necessary qualities to the os Hear one est cook: ‘I may say I have di the prin. ciple of 1mm ity and flat the odor of my dishes would recall life into the nostrils of the dead.” Bechamél claims ed that with a sauce he had invented, a man would have no compunction in eating his own grandfather. in the of the back is the arma and fouldiog them behind, There are some people who will not people who like close-fitting boots, ete. | There are others who will moist, “sultry” day for the purpose, when all articles fitted must be looser {than are required in cold, dry | weather, There are days when almost | nobody looks well, and there are “becoming” days, as everybody knows, { when the atmosphere, or some unknown influence in the wind or weather, re- | pews vitality; or in some unbecoming | way makes most people look pinched or sharpened or lL | knew his London well, and be sald: “I {drive through London streets, and | everybody 1 see looks ill and ugly. The | wind 1s from the east. Idrive through | the streets In a southwest wind, and | only nine-tenths of ihe people look ugly land Hl. The objects 1 see are differ- ent, and also 1 see them with different eyes, Tell ~—— not hastily to reject a | man who is injudicious enough to make | her a proposal in a northeast wind; nor beg him to call again when the wind is the other way, ——“——— vas mies ihey Captured the Doorkeeper. os——— The Giddy Gusher attended a meet- ing of the Women’s Rights women at Odd fellows’ Hall, and this 1s an inci- dent that she relates: In the back of the hall three irreverent young men were giggling in their hats, There was a tierce and masculine-Jooking woman at the door. She was dressed in black broadeloth of a clerical cut. The spea- kers on the platform beckoned ber up and evidently told her to get those three men to leave. The nondescript mdled up to them and began: “The ladies request" “You cant be an advocate of those queer doctrines,” said one young man. “You're much too young and pretty to be mixed up with so ancient a 5.” Old broadeloth simpered. “Why you are the only preity woman here,” per- sisted another of the trio, “low on earth did you get into this thing?" said the third. “] can’t say I am init. I was in- duced by some friends to attend this session; but I feel I'm out of place,” said old Minerva, “Sit here with us," one, “You can tell us who the speakers are. Do stcp sere a while,” —~Juite an inal trim for a a or FASHION NOTES, — Large plaids are preferred for lit- tle girls’ ginglmm dresses, and these are trimmed with plain-colored ging- ham, or with over-embroidery cut into tabs and epaulettes, --Polonaise costumes entirely of wool are trimmed with moire sash rib- bon ten or twelve inches wide, which is arranged as a girdle and sash, and also eut up to form a vest and revers, — Pear] and crystal dress garpitures are intermixed with gold. Silk cords and beads in white and gold will be used to trim costumes of while wool, crepeline and India silk for summer Wear. ~ Many of the new waists are plain on the shoulders and plaited at the waistline, This is a pretty way of using bordered goods, as the edges are straight, and the selvage may be used ~— A costume of striped wool, re. ranged so that the stripes went around the figure; the stripes of the front ~The combinations of colors in this season’s millinery are somewhat dar- ing. For instance, a bonnet of reseda aerophane displayed a huge bunch of of light hnatireuse, —A charming red tulle bonnet, with had no other trimming but numerous red beetles, which appeared 10 be most naturally creeping over it. A bronze crepe, with strings and brim of velvet, has twigs of the most natural appear- ance arranged all over, with a tuft of them at one slide and a bunch of A crown. — Young ladies who affect English styles in dress are clinging to the re- vived fashion of wearing Garibaldi} blouses, a fancy now the rage in Lon- don. These are made of Boulanger red and dove-striped French flannel, or a stripe of blue and cream, blue and The blouses are more shapely than the original Garibaldi, and have a in also a one side, knotled in front, fastened with a gold stud; soft silk sash atl — Not only do French milliders per- fume their artificial flowers, but he ing one particular flower, and using its correspondiug perfume, lias lost none of its psestige. Yrench flowers are still perfumed wilh the odor of the blossoms they so wonderfully and per- fectly imitate, and this season the deli- cate and exquisitely fragrant trailing arbutus Is used as a corsage bouquet, the artificial flowers being most mi- These pink-tinted blos- suns are perfumed with the subtie and dainty odor which belongs to the nat- -The furore for lace garnitures re- mains unabated, and the demand for tory of the lace trace. Among the countless varieties which now fleod the Swiss, Oriental, point are the most popularly used. In nov- elties are shown fiouncings of the most tempting and original designs, these of “skirting’’ width, and showing on deli- cate net foundations the most exquis- laces, ferns, web-like sprays of fine flowers and follage—the effect surpass- produced by machinery. —The newest color of the season is a cowslip-green. For a wonder the nage exactly conveys the idea, for it is the exact tone of a cowslip stalk. At night it becomes the most delicate amalgam of yellow and green. A tab lier of this as worn in Princess George, bas roses in relief at the hem formed tional designs above in gold and pearls reaching to the waist. The fronts for tea-gowns are arranged to reach, blouse<like, to the neck. A most ex- cellent design had a net foundation, with stripes formed of gold ambour, outiined with heavy silk cord, which at intervals was twisted Into a circular scroll, Most of the gold braid and thread is good, pure me'al. ~—New ginghams are as soft and as old checked and barred patterss are re- served for simple dresses, Fine checks in black and white, pure indigo-blue and white, szure and white, and gray and white, are always in demand for summer morning dress with trimming of white embroidery. The lace-striped and figured ginghams are seldom seen in these conventional patterns. They are shown in all colors, in stripes of various sizes, and plain goods for combinations or for costumes of stripes of two widths, or solid costumes of hair-line stripes or plain goods. The fancy of the wearer, or more often the fancy of the dressmaker, decides this matter, The colors of these zephyr cottons were never lovelier than they are this season. Exquisite tints copled from the pinks seen In old Meissen china, and pale turquoise blues are shown fu stripes of two delicate tones of the same color, one but slightly paler than the other, and these stripes glide by side with a band of or a stripe in the ecru or unbleached i ii if : 5 : ; ! i : £ i / 3 oil SE ; i : | E Z PH i gif i x 3 i ; i § : E i £ 5 : SEY § 5 E i # i § f
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