THE COURIER.
LITERARY NOTES.
With "WolF Thompson in the Wood.
Ernest Seton-Tbompson, the artist,
naturalist and author, is to contribute a
eeries of roost interesting articles to the
Ladies' Home Journal. They may be
called an autobiography of the author
ot "Wild Animals I Have Known," as
they will recount hid experiences and
encounters with all sorts of voracious
animals that inhabit the American
wilds the most interesting features of
a life filled with exploit and adventure
The articles will be illustrated by Mr.
Thompson's own drawings ot his friends
of forest and plain.
Will Bradley's Unique Commission.
Will Bradley has accepted a com.
mission from the Ladies' Home Journal
for a series of illustrations that will
attract the greatest attention. There
are to be eight of the pictures showing
a woman's day in her home at break
fast, in her boudoir, on the lawn, etc
Mr. Bradley will gown the woman in
costumes (appropriate to the different
periods of the day and to the occasions)
of his own creation, and decorate and
furnish the house with draperies, wall
papers and furniture of his own de
signs. The drawings, while having a
strong pictorial interest, will have great
er value in showing women how to
dress with artistic effect irrespective of
the decrees of fashion, and the method
by which the most artistic effects in
home fitting and furnishing can be
secured.
Miss Wiltons' New Novel.
Mary E. Wilkins has just finished a
new novel, which has been seemed by
the Ladies1 Home Journal. The social
life of a small town is her theme. She
reveals its romances, its humors and its
tragedies with that charming realism
t which characterizes the writings of
this popular novelist.
A Year of Romance.
With its November issue, The Cen
tury Magazine begins a Year ot Ro
mance, during which many of the most
famous living writeru of fiction will con
tribute to the magazine short stories,
novels, or novelettes. The reception
accorded "The Helmet of Navarre," be
gun in the August number, indicates
that the proposed departure will be a
popular one, and with such names to
conjure with as Rudyard Kipling, Mrs.
Burnett, Bret Harte, Lew Wallace,
Weir Mitchell, Miss Wilkins, Winston
Churchill, Howells, James, Harris,
Cable, 9tockton, Page, Anstey and Ian
"Maclaren to note but these few the
conductors of the, Century are pretty
sure to mtet the tastes of all lovers ot
fiction.
A CHINESE POFS RAVEN.
The shade ot Poe, who in his day
took satisfaction in impugning plagiar
ism to several American writers, includ
ing Longfellow, might possibly feel un
easy did it know that an English jour
nal professes to find the source ot his
most famous poem in an ancient Chi
nese writer named Kai Yi, who lived
about 100 B. C. The Chiowe poem,
in which the reader will observe that
the Mongolian bird is more voluble and
more given to philosophy than Ihe
American, is (according to the London
Oatlook) as follows:
"One day, wben the sun was declin
ing, a fuoiao flew into my room, and,
perching in the corner where I was
wont to sit, appeared to bo quite at
home.
' 'This strange, u n canny thing coming
to associate with me, I wondered what
might me the reison.
"Opening a book to seek a solution of
the mystery, the oracle responded:
'When a wild bird enters a dwelling, it
portends the human occupant must go
forth.
"I ventured then to interrogate the
bird itself:
"If I am to go forth, pray tell me
whither. If to better fortune, announce
it to me; it to deeper calamity, make
known the worst and shorten my sus
pense.' "The bird raised its head and flapped
ita wings; its mouth could not articulate
a word, but it heaved a sigh and I ven
tured to interpret its meaning:
" 'AH things,' it seemed to say, 'are re
volving in a whirlpool of change. They
go and return, but their transformations
no words can express. Good oftea
springs from ill, and evil lurks in the
midst of good. Joy and sorrow meet at
the same gate; woe and weal together
dwell.' "
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Commencing Saturday,
October 27,
MY GRANDPA.
My gran'pa is the goodest man
He don't scold a bit, an' can
Tell about the mostest things
Ever was, an' when he brings
His chur out by the big tree,
An' takes me upon his knee
Tells about the fun he had
When he was a little lad ;
Of the big day's work he'd done ,
Of the races he has run ,
Of the jumps that he has made ,
Of the games that he has played ,
Of the fish he caught one day,
Of the way he used to play
Town ball better than the rest,
How he alius beat the rest ,
I jis like to hear him tell
Of the things he does so well,
For no matter what he does,
He's the best that ever was;
He could jis do things the best ;
Gran'pa alius beat the rest .
Gran'pa was the strongest man
Ever was, an' so he can
Tell its' how he used to throw
Other fellers 'fore they'd know
Anything, when they would try
RassTin' with him. Gee! if I
Only knowed how it was done ,
Mcbby I would have some fun.
But my gran'pa, he could do
A whole lot of things that you
Couldn't if you tried your best ;
Gran'pa he beat all the rest .
When I grow to be a man , -ni
be like him if I can,
An' when fellers fool with me ,
They'll be glad to let me be .
I jis like my gran'pa, an'
I know he's the goodest man
To a boy the size of me ,
When he takes me on his knee,
An gits out some sugar-plums ;
I'm so glad when gran'pa comes ,
Like to hear him tell how he
Used to be'a soldier. Gee !
How he made the foe skip out,
When they found he was about
How he chased them up the hill
Guest they must be runnin still!
Vasn't that a jolly sight?
Gran'pa alius won the fight .
Tain t no matter what he does,
He's the best that ever was;
He could jk' do things the best;
Gran'pa alius whipped the rest 1
The Cosmopolitan
We will place on sale the largest cash purchase of
Trimmed Hats ever before attempted by an' Lincoln
House.
469 is the sum total of this lot, which was pur-
chased for one-third their actual value.
They have been divided into four lots at four prices.
! $1.98, $2.00, $3.00, $3.50
And consist of Turbans and fancy shapes trimmed in
Velvets, fcmks, yuuls jf-
and fancy feathers. CL4
It's the greatest
bargain opportunity in
Trimmed Hats ever of-
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