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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-04
ALittle Thief,

Mrs. Plumb, across the alley, thinks
her yellow cat, Buff, the most know
ing cat in the world. begin to think
so, too.
was sitting ut my upstairs window
this morning when the milkman came
an1 left milk in bowl on the table on
Mrs. Plumbs back porch.
Buff was summing himself under the
table, and never opened his eyes till
the milkman was gone. Then, as
quick as a wink, he hoped up on the
table and began tapping the milk,
often stopping to look around at the
window, as though he feared his mis-
tress might see him.
Two or three times he seemed to
think he heard her coming out, and
he jumped down and curled himself
under the table us if he were asleep.
Rut no one came out, so he hoped
up again,
He ate till he had enough, evidently,
then he jumped down, washed himself,
and lay down to sleep. Just then his
mistress came out.
She looked sharply at the milk, as
she took it up, and then at Buff. And
would you believe it! that cat open
ed his eyes and began to stretch and
yawn as though he had been asleep a.
week, then followed her into the house,
mewing to befed!
Later in the day, when my window
was open, heard Mrs. Plumb say to
her husband
ave must get new milkman, He
cheated us shamefully this morning."
Buff was near by, and seemed to me
he looked as though he UNDERSTOOD
but he, said never word. Wasn't it
too bad?-Youth's Companion.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-04
Lincoln's Inauguration Car.

L wonder now many OF our nttle
readers can guess the fate of the car in
which Lincoln rode from Springfield to
Washington to his Inauguration
way back in 1861? None, dare say,
for it has fallen from its once high po-
sition to that OF a sleeping or bunk
car for Railroad Fence gang"
which traverses the country in every
direction, building fences along the
various railroads. And you may be
sure that wherever they go and this
interesting fact is made known-and
the men are proud to tell it-this car
receives much attention.
So when this "gang" were building q
fence on a road running into our town,
Belmond, Iowa, and their cars stood
switched on side track-this one car
that bore our beloved president to
Washington on that momentous oc-
caslon, was an object not only OF Gu
rious but loving attention.
The car, of course, looks somewhat
antiquated, with it's small windows,
outside shutters-and other equally
out-of-date belongings-more like an
emigrant car than the palace touches
that are now open to the common
people.
On the outside of this car is painted
the name OF the fence company. In
side it has two double tiers of nice
spring hunks accommodating some
sixty men. Everything looked neat
and wholesome-ands so did the other
three, dining, cooking, and living-room
cars.
But couldn't feel quite reconciled to
the fate of this car-which, at this
late day should, / think, possess
enough historic interest to be preserv-
ed as relic. Wouldn't it be very
proper to have this car restored, II
possible, to it's original condition, and
be on exhibition at the Worlds Fair?
How a Little Beetle Got Something
to Eat.
The one I am speaking OF is very
small, and its name is Sitaris. There
is kind OF a bee which makes cells in
the ground. Now Mrs. Sitaris put
an egg just at the entrance of one OF
these cells, and it was Matched one day
in October. When the little STAIRS
came out of it's egg, he had six strong
legs. He did not use them at once,
but took long nap until April, sleep
ing all through the cold winter.
When the spring came, he began to
stretch himself, and ran anxiously
around his little prison, looking for
food. He must have been very hungry
after-such long sleep.
Now the father-bees come out OF
their cells before the mother-bees, and
when little STAIRS saw a father-bee
coming out, he jumped on his back
and rode on it very safely till moth
er-bee came, and then ne jumped on
her back. By and by mother-bee laid
an egg, and little thief Sitaris jumped
on the egg and sailed around, as If on
raft, in the honey which mother. bee
had left for her child.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-04
A Geological Game.


The names OF all the company are
written on slips OF paper and put into
a basket. Each person then chooses
either bird or beast, and writes its
name on a slip of paper, it's size and
color on another slip, and its habits
on third; these slips are all to be
thrown into three different baskets,
appropriate for them. After this one
OF the party draws q slip from the
first basket and reads it aloud; he.
then draws a slip from each of the
other two baskets and reads them.
There may be great deal of amuse--
ment in the qualities that chance to be
thus placed against the names of
Brown Jones or Robinson. The
animals names are left to the end of
the game, when they and their various
sizes and qualities and habits may be.
appropriately sorted.
"Foolsoap."
Everybody knows what "foclscap'"
paper is, but everybody does not
know how it came to bear that name.
In order to increase his revenues,
Charles /. granted certain privileges,
amounting to monopolies, and among
these was the manufacture of paper,
the exclusive right of which was sold
to certain parties, who grew rich, and.
enriched the government at the ex.
pense OF those who were obliged to.
use paper. At that time all English
paper bore the royal arms OF water
marks. The Parliament under Crom-
well made sport of this law in
every possible manner, and among
other indignities to the memory OF
Charles 1T was ordered that the royal
arms be removed from the paper, and
that the FOOLS cap and bells should be
used as substitute. Wien the Rump
Parliament was prorogued these were
also removed; but paper OF the size OF
the parliamentary journals, which is
usually about seventeen by, fourteen
inches, still bears the name of "fools--
cap"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-07-04
Oertie's Friends.
Lady Dufrerin, in the sweet old som

Lady Duiferin, in the sweet old song,
has told us that
"The poor make no new friends,
But oh! they love the better far,
The few their Father sends"
A touching "loca" in the Detroit Free
Press shows wildly enough the tender
pity which the lowly feel for each other
in sorrow and suffering. A passer
through Clinton Street one day OBJ
served a little Irish boy hiding in a
doorway and crying. A sympathetic
inquiry brought to light one OF the
most beautiful stories everrecorded OF
the sick poor.
In q wretched cellar, little girl ten
years old lay very ill. The window
panes were broken-it was march, by
the way-and variously stuffed. For
one pane the supply OF uphols, cry had
given out. The wind and the boys
looked in easily. just within range OF
curious eyes the cot OIL sick child
was stretched.
The gamins of Clinton Street dis
covered her plight. One little fellow
dropped an orange through the broken
glass; q plaintive voice thanked the
unseen giver. Such acts of mercy be-
came the fashion in that poor neigh
borhood. Every day saw the cubs OF
the street cuddlinglike cossets outside
the window.
Wisps of evergreen, swept out OF
florists doors, broken flowers thrown
away, offerings of fruit with the decay
ed part cut off-every delicacy for the
sick that the resources OF Clinton
Street afforde d went through.
that broken pane. One little fellow
begged a bunch of frozen Malaga
grapes from dealer, to whom he
offered his ragged cap in payment.
One day the boys said, "Gertie
dead" and the street-boys became
the mourners behind the hearse OF the
starved and frozen child.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Effect of Surroundings on Children

81 need new carpet for my dining
ROOM" commented woman recently,
.'but / tell the children while they are so
careless at table the old one will do as well.
1t is Wilton worn to canvas, and on oc-
casion the maid actually takes a scru bbing
brush to the grease spots" "Why, do you
know" replied her companion, 81 have
bought new one on purpose to improve
my children's manners while eating. They
greatly admire the freshened room, and it
is a matter of pride with each one as he
gets down from his chair to see how few
crumbs be can leave"
This is whole sermon in itself. Chill
dren are peculiarly susceptible to the
beauty or otherwise of their surroundings.
They may not be able to voice it-may not
be conscious of it even, but it has none the
less potent influence on their behavior.
81 used to notice." said an observing per-
son once, Sin family which visited quite
Frequently, that when my call was confined
TO chat in the library, lovely ennobling
room full Of books and Sunshine, if the
children were visible at all they were ex-
ceedingly mannerly and charming, while
on the occasions when / would 90 down in
formally to the home luncheon or dinner
their behavior was quite different. The
room was dark and sunless and the be-
longings good, but with all freshness worn
off ! finally attributed the change in the
childrens conduct TO their different en-
vironments. Her Point of View in New
York Times
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
A GHerV.

Why is it that only the homely, unat-
tractive girls receive praise for their viz
tues2 There are just as many good pretty
girls as there are ugly ones, yet one seldom
hears much about the good deeds of pretty
women.
Yet how much more credit could pretty
women deserve for doing acts than ugly
ones. Nobody expects much of pretty WON
en-. They can be selfish, tyrannical, almost
anything they like, without being blamed
very much. while the ugly girl must be
good to be endured by her fellow creatures.
Still it's rather hard for the pretty WON
an who practices a few virtues never to
get credit for them.
/ was struck by this recently when the
name of girl came up for discussion, and
number of racy stories were told about
her. One man, who had known her all his
life, said that he liked her anyway; that at
her home she nursed the sick, and the
wants of the poor were relieved by her gen
brosity. had heard stories about this girl
Tor many years, and this was the first kind
bne. Ii the girl had been homely she'd
have had no temptation; she would have
led sedate life, and nursing the sick and
[eeding the poor would have been ali to be
said of her. But the pretty girls short
comings were blazoned abroad and her
kindnesses untold.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
A Sick Selfish 1yan.

A thoroughly selfish man is a nuisance
under any circumstances, but as an invalid
he is intolerable. During his convalescence
woe to his wife, if he has one. His couch
or easy chair is as a throne, from which be
dictates to his household as an absolute
monarch to his serfs. No consideration
has be for their tired muscles, their brains
dazed for lack of sleep, their spirits faint
and weary with fruitless endeavors to
soothe his causeless irritation. He pets
himself, he commiserates his own condi-
ton. he signs as he surveys his attenuated
visage in the looking glass, but not jot
of sympathy, not a grateful word has he
for the wasted watchers to whose nursing
he owes his fife whose love, stronger than
death, has rescued him from the grip of
the Destroyer.
Is such creature worthy of the tender
care he thus undertakes and contemns'
Well, that is a family question which must
be left to the decision of the self worshiper's
nobler half, and it is not difficult to guess
how she will decide. Somehow or other
your exacting, pitiless men generally
marry gentle, patient, loving women. and
the amount of contumely and ingratitude
which a gentle, patient, loving wife will
bear uncomplainingly from brute of
husband" is beyond all computation.
Byron makes his barbaric hero Mazeppa
say that time at last sets all things even;"
but we suspect that it will require goodly
portion of eternity to even up" all things
with a selfish husband. York Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
An Advertising Scheme.


cts mighty hard work getting any free
advertising out of you newspaper people
nowadays" sighed the advance agent of a
mammoth allied circus as he passed a
stack of coin over the business Office count
er the other morning.
space is space" replied the affable
cashier, as he made out a receipt.
II don't know why it is" continued the
A A retrospectively, ''but somehow edit
ors don't seem to bite as they used TO-.
Same on the eastern coast too. noticed it
particularly on little snap worked way
down at Galveston"
GLOW was that?"
"Well, you see, / was on my way to that
city by steamer a week in advance Of our
show when l struck great scheme l
bought two dozen empty pop bottles and as
many steaks from the steward. Then got
lot of arsenic from the medical stores and
rubbed it into the steaks. put some OF
our bills in the bottles, tied steak around
each and dropped 'em overheard as we en-
tered the harbor. Ny calculation was that
the sharks would swallow the meat, be
poisoned, float ashore, would be cut open,
the bills found and the whole thing be writ
ten up by the reporters in great shape"
''How did it work."
Like charm-my part of it, 1 mean.
Nine sharks altogether stood in with the
show, but every time one came ashore got
note from every editor in the place pro-
posing to write the thing up, with snap
camera cut of the shark, at the regular
rates"
pretty mean, that"
mean! Those fellows could give Shy
lock cards and spades. The only paper that
referred to it at all was one we gave sixty
four free passes to. The day we left town
it remarked that our show was enough to
kill blind nigeer-let alone sharks. "-San
Francisco Examiner
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Wearing Iaces.

A woman who is known for the taste
Ind grace with which she dresses herself
bays that high breeding is shown by the
way in which a lady adapts her laces to her
occasions. The woman who knows doesn't
put on at fifty laces which are suitable
'bnly to twenty-five. She distinguishes be-
tween the seasons and the hours of the
fay. La the morning she wears Valen-
fienne. In the winter she wears point
'Alencon. With delicate summer muslin
she chooses light soft lille and arras laces.
|She puts on duchesse with rich velvets of
an evening. Lastly she subscribes TO the
creed of Ruskin that 1.-The real good of 4
piece of lace, then, you Will find, is that it
Should show first that the designer of it
bad pretty fancy; next, that the maker of
t had nimbie fingers; lastly, that the
wearer has worthiness or dignity enough
70 obtain what is difficult to obtain, and
Common sense enough not to wear it on all
occasions. New York Recorder.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Growth of the English Languaxe.

1t takes child several years to acquire
1000 words. The average illiterate person
never uses more than from loo TO 1000
words. Intelligent persons, even those en-
gagged IN the learned professions, do not
make use of more than from 6,o00 to s, 900
words all told, although there are properly
belonging to the English language over
Do, 600. OF course this is exclusive Of the
Latin technical words, which are not, prop
erly speaking, English, although they are
used as q part of the language
There is a large number of words which
until recently have escaped the attention
OF photographers. In the text of the En-
cyclopedia Britannica there are &c, 900 words
which have never been formally entered
and defined in any dictionary. In the Cent
ury Dictionary there are 20, 90 words found
in no other. This fact shows the unreslized
wealth of the English language And, by
the by, here Is statement which IS not
without interest. There is not today any
man living who is sufficiently learned 10
write one average page of the 1000 pages
Of the Century Dictionary. DIR. Cones il
Chicago Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Thackeray and the Snowman.

Thackeray, who lost his mother when
about five years Of age, was taken in
charge OF by his aunt, Mrs. Richie, who
WAS alarmed on finding that her husbands
hat fitted the boy. She accordingly took
him to Sir James Clark After an exam
ination the popular physician said:
Don't be afraid; he has large head,
but there is great deal in it."
Thackeray had not only large head,
but he was tall and large altogether. He
used 70 tell his Own story OF the travelling
Snowman whom he found one day sitting
disconsolste by the roadside, because he
had just lost his giant. Thackeray asked
whether he might do for the place. Crit
ically and seriously the Snowman exam
ined him and said:
Well, you're nigh tall enough, but I'm
afraid you are too hugly "-Londoa Tit
Bits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Such stufY as Dreams Are Made OF.

The materials of dreams may Be en
Enumerated as memories of waking sensa-
tons, memories OF waking thoughts and
new sensations received in sleep, whether
from without or within Dr.. Gregory
mentions OF himself that having OF one
occasion gone TO bed with a bottle Of bot
water at his feet he dreamed Of walking
up the crater Of Mount Etna AID feeling
the ground warIa under him He had a:
al early period Of his life visited Mount
Vesuvius and actually felt strong seosa-
ton OF warmth in his feet when walking
up the side Of the crater, Ard be had more
recently read Brydons's description OF
Mount EtnA
On another occasion, having thrown OF
the bedclothes in his sleep, be dreamed Of
spending winter AZ Hudson's bay and Of
suffering distress from tbs intense frost
He had been reading 3 few days before ,
very particular account Of the state OF ths
colonies during wintes.-CasssiFs Maya
xsne
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24

Managing the Little Ones.


Babies grow so fast they change almost
from day to day, and the little trick that
YOU think not quite pretty will be forgot
ten tomorrow or a day later, if you say
nothing to the baby about it, but induce
him to stop it simply by attracting his at
tention to something else. The whole Sc
cret of training" baby is to furnish him
amusement, or lee him find it for himself,
and in case he finds something amusing
that it is best and wise he should not have
iraw his attention to something else and
uuietly let the other attraction disappear.
Don't imagine he will think you are
afraid to correct him; be has not the least
Idea on the matter at all, and does not
realize that he is ''managed;" he simply
knows he is having good time. By and
by, when baby is old enough to understand
causes and effects, and you first explain
your reasons to him, then if he does not
Dbey it may sometimes be necessary to slap
hand; for as soon as child Is old enough
10 understand what you tell him, and the
reason why, he must not be allowed to
realize that he can disregard the parents
command.
Make as few rules as possible. Never
make rule or give command unless It
is necessary and wise to do 50; but when
done, then gently but firmly enforce 1t.
On the other hand, give praise and kisses
Nor prompt obedience Let the child over
hear you telling papa that he Is just splen-
did boy to obey; that you always know
when you tell him not to do a thing that
he will obey you, and slyly watch the eff
feet. 1t will please the little one and help
Dit to obey you in future. Never rule by
.'don'ts." Praise the little ones all you
can truthfuily, and find fault as seldom as
possible.-Hall's Journal of Health.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
a ished Artist

Among the really distinguished artists
n the woman's world is Miss Ottilie Bode.
pr London, who is the proud possessor of
he golden star given by the Drawing
fociety of Great Britain and Ireland. Be
bides being gifted painter of flowers,
landscapes and figures, she is an accom-
blished lingulst IS well French. German,
Dutch and English are equally familiar to
per. and in her little salon, whose walls she
esas decorated with lunches of wild flowers
Ind trailing vines. she discusses the latest
bowel in any language or the latest sci
fntitic or philosophical work in any tongue
.-Exchange-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Women and Literature.

Mrs Lyman Abbott says the letters she
receives as editor Of a department in q
magazine devoted 10 the interests of women
bring her sometimes to the conclusion that
women look To literature nowadays as the
kood-for nothing Of a family used to be
abled To look TO the ministry as the last
csort of the individual who has received
20 training for any occupation. and has nc
special aptitude in any direction He who
fould do nothing else can preach. and she
Who can DO nothing else imsgines she can
make living by her pen.-New York Let
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
- ridiculously small cost, all the pes5
concerts and operas.--Cor. New York Sun.
Motions Of the Earth.

Astronomers agree upon three motions
OF the earth; the rotation on its axis in one
day of twenty-four hours, the revolution
around the sun in one year Of 1854 days,
and very slow gyratory motion OF the
poles around the outside of line at right
angels to the plane of the ecliptic, and
coinciding with the line of axal rotation at
it's center in q. sos years.-Current Literac
ture.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
Antiquity of Familiar Anecdotes.

Some Of the stories that were told Of
Abraham LINCOLN had a rage in Athens in
the Fourth century B. C, when they were
told of Alexander the Great: and some Of
the stories commonly told of General But
Ter have been associated with smart persons
SO far back that they shade Of into demon
oloGY.-Boston Trarscrint
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24

Never use any coloreu IT basting,
S it often leaves stain 4 long, slender
3eedle is the best for basting. No person
An learn TO fit well until she learns to
aste well, asing moderately short, even
bitches. In removing basting threads,
Ilways clip the thread, as pulling it
'tretches a garment out of shape and
rinkles it, and on velvet frequently leaves
! mark
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24

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milhen da..srz ia<rsssss ia rxa aaS f@k-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24

In purchasing canned goods it is a safe
Fule TO observe whether the head of the
ban is concave, a bullying appearance being
Indicative of decompositior
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-24
The Formation Of Companies-The Last
Sunday at Home and the Girl He Left
Evolution, Revolution, Dust and Decay.
copyrighted by the Author.l

NE June orning,
when l was a boy, Cap
tain Eben La&ham came
TO our house, and the
first gossip he unloaded
was that "them stories
about finding gold in
Californy was all true.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-09
Eneonrnr. ii.e Edltnr.

As a rule the editor gets n thousand klcAS to oHe earess. Ouce in a while ae gets n kind word, aud his weather beaten, stnrm-rarked heart warns to the inucrtnost core. Most people are afraid to tell an editor when he writes an article that pleases them for fear of making him proud, VIC suppose. but
 If they lina anything That does not ac- cord precisely with their views they hant him up and tell him of it. pshaw! dear frlynds, don't think you will spoil Inc editor by giving him an oeca- sianal word of cheer any moro than yun will spoil your daughter by compli- menting her upon piece of patchwork she has finished. Cf course you could beat the job yourself. but that don't deter you from heap,ng words of en- couragemsnt on the child. It has done it's best. So you could doubtless beat the average editor running paper. Of course you can. The man does not live who cannot beat an editor at run ming a paper. The editor is willing to acknowledge that you eau. iio otly does 1t because you have not tune to, but this tact need not deter you from giving him a word of encouragement occasionally. - Ex.