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) i LOVE. THE CAPTAIN. Leve ton me a captain alarch-i-g with the men; but a whippoorwill waa singing- A la rush-Kin filled the (ten; And "Haltr cried Love, the captain, "Aad reet ye, merry men!" And lost In r.111 and daffodil il vanished down the glen. HI weary soldiers rested Beneath the stars that night. With sunflowers tall (or sentinels By lily-tents of while. And wild the war-notes ringing Called Love to lead the men: But a whtppoonMH was sin-ess-; -A thrush-sop-? sited the glen. AtiSuta Constitution. THE WONDER BOAT Across the bay from the village is '.he farm of old Peter Hogeson. From :he water it extends up a steep slope :hat a little further north becomes a ?liff, but Peter and his wife are from :he highlands of Norway and a per pendicular farm is their choice. A rotten little pier juts into the bay and m the little plot of level ground they have built after the fashion of their fathers in the old country. It looks Ike a small village, for, besides the main house there is a sleeping house )f two stories, a cook house, a dairy, i cow barn and the shed where Peter 3ufids his boats. The two main houses Jre painted white, with pale green trimming, and they are surrounded by I curiously carved fence of black wal nut tortured into strange devices. At the pier a fleet of skin's always rides; Dme are old and half full of water md some are glisetning with fresh paint and gliding, for Peter loves to build boats, and in the winter he hews ind shapes all day In his shop, making i strange build of boat that has a high prow, carrying an emblem and a Jurious keei of intricate curves that Is traced with ribs of bent wood. Peter's wife is a sour old woman, who is forever nagging her husband to leave his boat building, that he loves, to work on. the farm labor that he hates. They live a lonely life, rowing aver to the village only to buy their necessities or to sell the scanty pro luce of their stony acres. They have do neighbors, for behind their farm is i forest of hemlock and spruce and to Che right the cliff raises its rocky shoul lers. One day when Peter was trading at the village store he heard some Nor wegian sailors talking of the World's Fair. The crew of the schooner Ar row had seen the buildings as they were trying to beat Into the harbor, and even their rude hearts had been thrilled by the beauty of the domes ind gleaming facades as seen against :he red evening sky. "It wasa de new Temsalem w'at de bible tole about," 3ig Olaf Hanson said, relapsing into English he was proud of his command ver It. "I am going to dat fair if 1 af to schwim dere!" Peter listened to the talk and askeej when this great air was to begin When he had heard he went out and Hewed his groceries in the stern o hit ; boat. The glo"ies of the fair had itlrred his sluggieh old fancy; and av he rowed home In his high-prowed i green skiff a flash of Inspiration camt ! lo him. He would build a viking boat and take it to Chicago the idea war i til his own, for he had not heard of that other ship which was to come from Norway. When he had tied the painter to tn sier he ran to the house to tell his wife what he had heard. She was seated by the window knitting a coarse gray sock. The living room was so clean that it recked with the odor of yellow soap and whitewash. "Take off youi ihoes!" the old woman screamed af ter husband came In, his boot heels fc ving their print on the white flour He went out and returned in hi locking feet. "Everina." he said, "have you heard of the great fair In the i .uth In Chicago?" "I read something about it In our paper," she grunted they took the Scandinavian Gazette, for they spoke little English and read none. "But what la that to you, old fool?" The old man moved about the room In his excitement; his faded brown eyes were bright and his wrinkled cheek showed a touch of color. "I am going to build a beautiful boat." he Tied, "a viking boat and I am. going to take ito the fair There I can sell It for much money,' he added cunning ly, knowing that the hope of money would interest his wife for himself the Joy of planning and building would fee enough. "Too are a dreamer," she retorted scornfully. "You will build a wonder be.it you are always building boats that fall to pieces or rot on shore." For a moment Peter was abashed. Il wag true that heretofore there had si ways been grave defects In his boats that made them safe only in smooth weather, but he waa ever dreaming of me perfect boat that could ride out say storm. He had not been born a kullder he had picked It up after he was grown, bat he cam from a family waa had been shipwrights as far bach their annals ran. la a minute he was cheerful again. "I will build boat," he said stoutly. "I will viking galley, for I. remember the model that used to be In my tiaadThllm-a bowse at Aardel. He tM taM me that It waa very old and XZ3 exactly Mae the long ships of Um CJs mr grandfather waa a ',r" aaaa aad a builder of otaneh f AT- i . "ZJ for grandfathir was, but you Vtt toad grJbei. If yeu make y tO rod got to Chicago? Will 'in to row H, a m the otd ' - tJi MNwl Erie ., . -i win sew a square s:i. as my grandfather said the later vikings used. I must have my boat ready by the time the Ice 1 off," said Peter, un mindful of his wife's sarcasm. "I will paint it white with blue trimmings and have a golden prow, and It will ride like a gull on the waves." He fell to dreaming of his wonder ship, and his wife knitted In silence until the fading light obliged her to lay down ner needles. Through the long Wisconsin winter Peter was busy tn his shop. He set up a small wood stove that kept out the bitterest of the cold, though the wind came In at the cracks and pinched his lean old body. He had seasoned tlm ber laid by, and before the snow fell he had hewn hia first rough model of the viking ship. A thousand stories came back to him, and when he closed his eyes he could see his boat filled with yellow-haired giants whose great strokes sent it shooting across the water like an arrow. V'hen he went to the store he talked so much of his viking ship that his hearers shook their heads and said among themselves that his brain was quite turned by this boat building. On March 1 he walked across the Ice to the village to buy his paints. His wife had cried out at this extrava gance, but he paid no need and carried home his buckets of color and his brushes. He painted the body of the boat white. The wooden shields that hung alongside'the sides' as the vikings had hung theirs were blue, as were the prow and rudder post. He had to be content without the gilding. He looked at it In an ecstacy of admiration. He touched it tenderly and sat for hours gazing at the graceful curve of the keel and the bold upward sweep of the prow. To his simple mind it seem ed the most beautiful thing he had ever seen and he had made it. He longed for the day when the Ice would break up and he could launch his boat. When the bay was yet filled with floating cakes of Ice he slid it down the runway that sloped from his shop into the water, then he tied it to the pier while he set the square squat sail that he had sewed laboriously In the evenings. He loosened the ropes, the sail flapped, tbn filled, the sharp bow cut the water like a knife, and the boat flew away from shore. He guided with the rudder placed at one side of the stern and made a long tack toward tlu village pier, for he wished to beat out Into the main water of Green Bay. His heart exulted. He feit as if he had .rested some beautiful living thing, and he had vague magnificent dreams of the fair as he glided along no need of rowers straining at the oars when his sail carried so gaily. He avoided the ice cakes and went on past the vil lage, flying before the wind like a witchboat. He shifted the rail and beat toward the passage between the cliff and the island. Suddenly the wind changed and the boat refused to obey the awk ward side rudder and drove straight toward the rocks under the cliff. The old man tried to f;wer his sal!, but II pulled away from him and fluttered md snapped in the wind. The tioat went on toward the rocks which ehowed In rough points above the sur face. The keel grated and boat listed 'ar on its fide. Peter fell Into the water, but it was not more than thigh deep, and he wad th heach. Then he looked back ind his heart grew like lead his beaU Iful boat was being ground to bits by he sharp-toothed rocks. The mast mapped and the square sail lay spread m the water; the gay wooden shield? were loosened and floated on the waveB. He shook his net and curbed In wild oaths the rooks that were beat 'ng apart the work of his hands. Once he wadd out and snatched one of the shields and held It to his breast; then he sat down In despair and wa tehee" the breaking up of his wonder boat. Now and then the waves washed a bli of wreckage at his feet, hut when he put out his hands It floated from his reach. He rat there until It was dusk, forgetful of his wet clothes and all save his loss. Finally he arose and walked along the cliff's base until he came to a path which led lo the top. lie went up slowly, and when he reached the top paused. His farm was to the left, but he turned Into the deep woods where the pale birches shone faintly in the dusk. Searchers found him the next even ing In the deep woods, wandering with stumbling and feeble steps. He had not eaten or slept and was likely to drop from fatigue. He went with them willingly enough, and when they took him home bore the reproaches am complaints of his wife without reply. When he spoke it was sensibly and without any of the violence of the de mented, but when his he!ovd boat was tor to pieces on the rocks the light of reason had been forever ex tinguished from his mind. He spent his long days in his shop building boats that have always some fatal defect that renders them unsea worthy, for the defective brain make boats that are like unto himself. But the old man tolls on. dreaming of the day when he shall finish another won der boat and sail away to the White City, for he has never learned that the World's Fair Is a dream come true end vanished. ' None of the energy of an electric cur renj travels along the wire, but enters Into It from the surrounding non-conductor -and begins to be transformed Into heat. The amount crossing sue cosairo layers of wire decreases until by the thaa. the center la reached, where there Is no wtognetle fores. It has all bsea tranaforwted Into heat. "afto. Met! Tou'ro looking well." "Tea; rat took tag for a Mlow that owe aw twaaty." i TO OMAHA. O, wondrous tlty of the plain. Where ,me the red man pitched his tent. Where savage war cries o'er the slain. To trackless wi.ds their terror lent. Now all is changed from pathless wood. atom oeauteous scenes before ua lie Where lowly frontier cabins stood Our pennants proud on mansions fly. Here magic wand has spent Its might. Ah! Pamce in truth arise. Here groined arch tn heavenward flight And turrets climb unto the skies. Her golden court here Ceres holds. Pomona htre her empire sways, Heie Flora In her ample fi,:.,s Kenewa again her ancient days. Fere art has built her latest shrine. Ard lavish re.urs her treasures forth. Here wealth of field and wealth of mire Are garneied up from south an.' north. Here rathers strength to Freedom's caupe. Here peace and stately order reign. Here loyalty to self-made laws. Here Justice rules the wide domain. lIOWSHi: FOUND A HUSBAND A Story of True Love and Real I'anlalnoiiH. 8r TTbp:kt m-RKt'sa. of Omaha World-Herald Ten years ago .Miss Jennie Haverly lived in Taylor county. Iowa, and sup ported her widowed mother by making pantalooons for a wholesale firm in St. Joe. By the death In Boston of Mrs. Hav-! ?rly's brother shi! came into possession, of several thousand dollars, and at once decided that the daughter should be ( allowed to complete her education. The giving up of school had been a matter of deep regret to Miss Jennie, 1 for fne had made an enviable inwi ir. ill her classes.and was more ambitious along Intellectual lines than perhaps any of her se hoolmates. But she toeik up the work of bread-winning cheer- fully for her mother's sake, and fol- lowed it without Interruption until the change In circumstances, two years later, made it possible for her to re. turn to school. I While she was working on the last ' pair of trousers that she would be re quired to make and chatting with a' chum. Laura Engleman, over past ex-i perlences and plan's for the future, Lau ra remarked that It would be interesting to know where the hundreds of gar-; ments that Jennie had made were sold I and what kind of men wore them, add-i Ing: I "Why not put your name and ad- dress on a slip of paper in the pocke-t of this pair and request the purchaser to let you know who he is?" Jennie laughed, thought a n and said: "As this is my last work yearn, thint. of the kind for at least a f-iv I should like to do that very but I fear it isn't Just proper to ink unknown man to write to me, o'ld might be uneler the cmburrasing lice?tiity of anew erlng his li-tt t. Some gaj young m n wi hM lat:c having my name and addiOH as an excuse tor anneiying mo in various way." "Jennie, do see this?" exclaimed Laiira. to our nonsense. ' "But. perhaps." replied Laura, j "these penta loons will fall into ;h" , hands of some good old grandfather, away down in Texas, who wouldn't harm a hair of your head and so ileli he may be glad to remember you In his will." "I don't care anything about his will, but you have aroused my curl.islty re gaidlng the man In the case or In the pants.if you please, at some futuro date and this is what I will do" Ct'RIOKITY VICTOR. Jennie took a slip of paper fro.n the desk at her side and neatly wrote: "To gratify the curiosity of th maker of this garment will the pur chaser please send his name and ad dress to bog 2354. , la." The name of her postofllce, which Is here left blank, was, of course, given. The note was carefully folded, and, concealing a tinge of nervousness be hind a light remark. Jennie deposited I the paper In the right hip Pocket of, me now nnisnea tnougnt or ins mailer again uiuu year from the nest June. The trousers were sold to retail merchant In Northeastern Ksn. sas, and after remaining In his store for nearly a year were bought by a young man whose name la this story shall be Melvln Underwood. He bad Just been admitted to the bar. aad It waa with a part of the proceeds of his Brat law suit that be purchased this article of wearing apparel. The east waa Mtterly fought. Inch by Inch, tag sppoelag counsel bemg aa attor. aey of long egperteooe aad state rep. oraHoa tlaasi wssd waa the gait, aad i - ., . ..... In dc'.ng so leaped at once into loca. prominence. The other lawyers who were present at the trial, the newspa. pers and his friends spoke in the most flattering terms of his management of the case, and within two weeks he was ' re,alned ,or "lf do"n u,t of mort BUYS THE TROUSERS. ' One of these eases necessitated s trip to Omaha to procure evidence which he could not get without coming here. He arianged hurriedly for the Jour ney, and after starting to the depot, noticing that his trousers looked rather i-hHhby. he stepped Ints the store of a friend and bought tre pair made by Jllss Jennie Haverly. whore chum. Miss .aura En gleman. be It secretly known to the reader at this time. I none other than th cousin of Melvln Underwood. Now Jennie and Laura chanced to arrive in Omaha on a shopping expedi tion the same day, a few hours in ad vance of I'nderwood, and were passing down the south side of Farnam street when that indlviduil emerged from the Paxton hotel, where he had Just dressed up for the flist time tn his new pair of pants. Both cousins expressed glad surprise at the unexpected meotlnit. and Laura at once Introduced I'nderwood to her friend. Miss Haverly. The young attorney had been In so- jclety go little during his boyhood en th farm and while hard at work In college that he never failed to fe,l exceedingly awkward and to blush painfully when Introduced to a maldi-n lady. The sodden meetlnf of his cousin. with whom he was not well acquaint vl. of jlseif threw him comewhat off hi immine, and 1 ti6 lime hf ha.-! bowed his acknowledgments to Miss Haverly he was sr comnletely on,,., menta ly tl at Ms hn Is and feet erred dreadfully out of j,ace, and he knew not what to do with either of them. The perspiration, however, which bj pan to come tut freely on his face, ucgeMe-d employment for one hand, and he reached for his handkerchief. As he pulled It from his pocket the note with which these young ladles were .it one time so fa miliar dropped to Tie pavement. M!s. Haverly saw it fall, picked II up and handed 'it to I'nderwood with the re mark: "You dropped tril.." "I""'"J J, THE PLOT THICKENS. n sooner had she let go the slip of paper than the horrible truth bunt i uPon her. A glance at the man's ; clothing maile her doubly sure of it. and Fhe instantly became tenfold werfe diwoncertcd than Underwoeid blm"!f, who was now looking In astonishment and confuion at the message on thi slip of paper. "Lejok at this, I.aiira," he said as he recognized the name of her home town. "What does it mean?" "Jennie, do se this," exclaimed Laura with Irrepressible laughter "In't it funny that we she.uM bp pres ent at the opening of .thin note and that i my oejuwin should buy the last pair of "What a ridiculous outcome trousers that you made? What a ridiculous outcome to our nonsense!" Hut the out;ome was by no means fully apparent at this time. lt was well that Laura remained suf ficiently sclf-po(.e-ved to carry on the 'conversation, for the confusion of I'n derwood and the embarrassment of Jennie were teo muih for Intelligible utterance of any kind on the part tit either. Eae-h was distinctly con j sciou.j of an Intense desire ' Just i then to be at least a hundred miles . t.-om the other. Tills was the first i thing they ever had In common. T,aura explained the writing of the note, and the making ef the panta loons, to I'nderwood, and he left ab ruptly, saying that he was a trifle I late In meeting an important appolnt j ment, but that he would see his cousin In two or three weeks, as he had ar- rm n mtA in tnuba ton Itifsk Inwa an4 mn(led Btoppnf . ffW da , w-(t hfr faml)y BtanWBt ,. ,U(J to hlmiM.f ,,, to Miss Haverly the possibility of their meeting again, and both very much hoped that a second meeting might be avoided. , Miss Haverly went so far as to say plainly to Laura aa soon ss Underwood had gone that she greatly preferred not to see him at the time of his rijlt. and she repeated the statement ten days later, but found It Impossible to dismiss the young man from her mlad. SUBTLE POTION AT WORK. , Underwood, too, discovered while a route to Iowa that he had aa Increas ing dread of the- possible meeting aad resolved to keep away frosa bar f he could. But he still carried that troublesome slip of paper containing i sample of her pennmanshlp, and hough he couldn't tell why, he bad taken It from his pocket not less than half a doaen times every lay since meeting Miss Haverly and Uudled It carefully, never having the ourage to destroy it, ss he fully In ended doing. Something in the graceful fashion of he letters recalled a beauty in the irl's face over which he liked to tin wr in fancy. Laura kept an exe'ellent cabinet phot ograph of Jennie on her piano and at 1ve different times while Cnlerwoo'' was the guest of the family she came Into the parlor and found him alone looking intently at that picture. Khe very considerately did not appear tc i.otlee what he was doing. Neither did he comment at all on the fact thrft he- asked a number of questions about Jen nie and seemed anxious to listen when ever rhe was the topic of conversati in. The only time during his vlKlt that l'nelerwoed saw Miss Haverly was at church. Sunday. She sang In the choir and sat so that he got a good view rf her. A solo by l.er was. he thought. the most beautiful music he had ever heard. At his suggestion he. and Laura left the church Immediately at the clo".e of the service, and the dreaded meeting did neit occur. A QUEEN ENTHRONED. From that hour, however. Miss Hav erly was enthroned in his heart, and he was ever oonse'ious of her pr?iencc there. Professional conqusts. hither to the pinnacle of his ambition, now paled Into nothingness ok he thought of winning her love. Without that, whatever else he might accomplish, his life would be a miserable failure. The brief reply 'Tome" eelvei by retiirn mall. ne went nome. tried to think the matter over calmly, and promptly wrote her that her fae-e and volte had singularly Impressed him, and as he found it impossible to get away from the Imprepslon he woulel esteem It a very great favor If she would consent to a correspondence by which they might get better ae-qualnted. His request was politely, but unc-on-dlltonally declined, though she re-greite-d her action as soon as l.cr let t"r was mailed. Three weeks later Miss Haverly vis ited a classmate at a Kum-as count) seat, not far from Underwood's: home and learnfel. much to her surprise, that he was at the place, engaged In the trial of a cate In whii h the whole eTeiimntlOTty -r-tfu llikrtrfitti. Many ladles were attending the trial. and Mi.s Haverly was glad when her friend fUgge.ned going. They crowded Into the packeel couit room opd re tnalned through on entire se'Knlin, but I nderweieid. eibllvious to everything l.ut the litigation, was not aware of Miss Haverly's presence. She quickly decided that, however poorly h" might app'tir In society, there was one ple In which he was master of the (Itu? lion, ana mat was in a court room. Whether examining a witner or id dreeing the court he seemed to have his bearings perfectly, and the impres slon he made on her mind and heart that morning was as deep and lasting aa the one he had received in church a fw weeks before. It was most fortunate for Underwood that circumstances afforded him an op portunity to knock vigorously, but un consciously at the door of her heart while his energies were dlrect-d In an entirely different channel, for if he had been pleading directly for the chief place in her affections there would have been nothing but awkwardness and confusion and broken sentences to recommend him. Now, however, -he taw him at his best. He won his case at law and his cae at heart by a single effort, but he war ignorant of the latter victory for a whole year a year of terrible mlfglv Ings and darkness, though of profes slonal success; a year In which hie heart was all hers and her heart ail hie but each knew only half the truth WELCOME ADMISSION. Just twelve months from the date of his former letter Underwood wrote Miss Haverly again snd, with due apol ogy for thus sddresslng her, ststed that the Impression to which he had pre viously referred still clung tn him with Increasing force, msklng his desire to see her so strong that he must exprear It. Would she permit him to visit her? The brief reply, "Come." wss received by return malL Three days later he was on the wsy to her home, having the mistaken Idea that his entire future happiness de pended largely on this visit, and being, consequently, so excited that he paced up and down the car aisle from the time the train started until his des tination was reached. He tried desperately to control him self and appear at ease as soon as he came Into the presence of atlas Hav- etly. but failed at tori for thrse-daar- ters of an hour. She was ibe only wit ness, however, and a most sympathetic one, thoroughly aelf-possesred now and able after a while lo make him forget his hands and feet and to lead him Into a conversation which she found really entertaining. The next afternoon end evening they took a long drive Into the country snd mada considerable progress in getting" scqualnted, but he regarded their courtship as only be gun, snd thought It far too venture some to say anything yet that would re quire her in any way to commit herself. But he didn't sleep a wink that night, so wrought up was he over the day's blissful experlemes, and Just before leaving on the morning feillowlng, fully as nervous as on the day or ma ar rival, he broke forth In spite of an Iron clad determination to keep It back, with the story of his love in a tejrrent of words, asking In conclusion for her hand in marriage. She told him of her presence at the Kansas law suit, the winning of her love at that time, and her willingness now to marry him after graduating at college three years hence. It was a long, long three years for both of them, but they were very nappy In anticipation of future Joys. Letters passed frequently between them, and he vltited her every two or three months. For a birthday present each year she made him a pair of panta loons, and he always found a specimen eif her penmanship, not Intended for public reading, in the right hip pocket. His bashfulness in Boclcty passed rap Idly away, and when the wedding day arrived he was the calmest person present and the proudest man In the state of Iowa. Laura Is his favorite cousin, and he continues to thank her mtist heartily for the part she played In the writing of Jennie's first note U him. W bat It Coals U. S. For Flap. There are ive million flags male In America each year. At present most of these are alV.iat or used ts personal adornment. Kince the war the flag In dustry has received quite a boom, and at the lowest count every persem in five has In soma shape or form the star-spangli-d banner. Flagmaklng is the sole support of over five thousand men, women and children in the Urlled States. The fac. torles are principally In Philadelphia, where the flrnt flag saw birth, and Ir New England. The first Old Glt.ry that made glatj the hearts of Americans was made In Philadelphia by Hetty Hews, and was flung to the breeze June H, 1777. At the battle of lirandywlne the first shots were fired under It. ar.d the first ship to sail under its grueeful folds was the Hanger, commanded by Paul Jones. Krane'e claims the proud honor of be ing the first nation to salute Old Glory. On every ship and at every army post of the United States the flag Is raised at sunrise and lowered at sun set. During this ceremony every man and officer rises to his feet and uncovers his head. An offle-er step forward when the flag is low -red and catches It In hl arms. The folds of that prejd flag must not sweep the ground even for moment. The flag figure at an army or navj cotillion is the prettiest on the pro gram, anel very much of a wallflowei feels the young wcrr.an who Is not on the floeir at this time, for every oirieei Is sure to ask hla favorite partner tt dance wttn nm uooVt 3.i 1ih. The saddest and most Impressive flaf ceremony Is at a soldl-r's funeral. Hi Is "wrapped in that glorious shroud' and for him Is sounded feir the las time taps lights out. He Is laid awa; to sleep until the ai gel trumpeter shal sound the reveille. How to Get Well Without Doctor. The Public Health Journal furnishes the following suggestions in the way e preventives for everyday ills: Try cranberries fe,i malaria. Try a sun bath fer rheumatism. Try clam broth for a weak stomach. Try cranberry ptultlce for eryslpelss. Try gargling lager beer for cure ot sore throat. Try eating fresh radishes and yell-w turnips for gr.vel. Try swallowing scllva when troubled with sour stomach.. Try eating onions and horseradish tt relieve, dropslral swellings. Try buttermilk for the removal of freckles, tan and butternut stains. Try the croup tippet when a child Is likely to be troubled with croup. Try hot flannel over the scat ef neu ralgic pain, and renew frequently. , Try taking e-ed liver oil In tomato catsup if you want to make It palata ble. Try hard cld-.-r a wlneglassful three times a day for ague and rheumatism. .Try taking a nap In the afternoon If you are going to be out late In the evening. Try breathing the fumes of turpentine or carbolic acid to relieve whemplng cough. Try a cloth wrung out from cold wa ter, put around the neck at night, for a sore throat. Try an extra pair of stockings outside of your shoes, when traveling In cold weather. Try walking with your hands behind you If you find yourself becoming bent forward. Try s silk hsndkerchlef over the face when obliged to go against a cold, piercing wind. The chief characteristic of fashion's present show Is Its Infinite variety. He modified and graceful designs and out. lines, and endless styles, affording an unlimited choice of models autted to any peculiarity of form, face or fee. tan.