The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-21

fivcs with his parents 1T ~ Old Bergen
road, Jersey City. is Il hero in the eyes
OF his companions. AMI IN fact, in
the eyes of the whole nrighborhOOd.
He spent sixteen hours in Il swamp.
sunk waist deep in the miro. Il prey
10 mosquitoes and faint with hunger
and thirst, anu yet he lives to tell the
tale. Frank left home before dark
on Monday night 10 make an invest
ment ar candy store couple OF
blocks away from the house.
1t is thinly-scttlcd ncighborhood.
but Frank had often gone To the store
before, and his mother WAS not afraid,
more particularly rs he is Il bright.
intelligent little fellow. After buy
ing the candy. Frank fingered around
awhile, and before he was aware dark
ness had settled down. Then he start
ed for home. bui in some manner.
which he is unable 10 explain. he went
in the wrong direction.
He walked along merrily enough M
til he found himself getting away from
the houses. Then he turned back.
but was unable Ia find any road or
street or house that WAS familiar To
him. In little while he realized that
he was lost He continued walking.
but did not meet any person from
whom he could inquire the way.
Down McAdoo avenue he went toward
Newark Bay.
Near the foot of the avenue there Is
Il deep marsh. which was Inundated
by the storm of II week ago. There
was no light. not even Il star, to guide
the little fellows footsteps, and he
plunged into the marsh up to his
ankles lie screamed for help and
struggled. but the harder he struggled
the deeper he sunk info tie miro. AMI
I'm short time he had sunk To his
waist.
Then he ceased struggling. ana de-
voted himself Ia alternately crying and
shouting for help. His shouts were
wasted on the air, as there was not
Il house within sixth of mile OF
him, AMI no one ever goes down
through that part of McAdoo ave
nue. after dark.
The poor little follow. although near
" exhausted by his cries and struggles
to free himself did not abandon hope.
When the wind began to blow Il gale
and the pouring rain drcnch him Ia the
skin. Frank says he thought he was
a .'goncr" His hands were kept busy
killing and driving away mosquitoes
until the strong wind blew them
away. He remained in the swamp
prisoner all night, AMI the next day
until about noon, when two boys us
covered and rescued him He was
almost unconscious from exhaustion.
During all this time Franks father.
the fifth precinct police and party OF
Mr.. Bathcr's friends were securing
Grccnvillc for the missing boy.
-. Ina
searching party remained out Ill night.
When one of the boys who found him
reached the Bathrr house. with little
Frank I'm his arms. covered with mud
and slime. Mrs Bathcr claspcd him To
her breast and covered his face with
kisses. The little fellow was soon
washed and cleaned. and, after
good breakfast. was put To bcd.-New
York sun.
Tomb of Alexander the Great.
In an out-of-thc-wa nook in the
British Museum the sght-sccr Is con
fronted by dust-cOvcrcd object.
which at first sight would be taken for
gigantic milestone. But II is not
corn grinder. neither Is II cast OF
an Eskimo hut, nor of "Montezuma :
watch" On the contrary. II Is one OF
the most sacred Oriental relics in cN-
istence-the tomb of Alexander the
Great. The reader who takes IN in
terest i'm the curious points of history
will remember that II has been said OF
Alexander that he was born In Eu-
rope, died in Asia and Is buried In
Africa" He was born ut Pclla, Mac
edonia (Which is in Europe, of course),
lied near Babylon. ASIA and was final
iy buried at Alexandria. Egypt. Pre-
paratory to removing the remains
from Babylon to Alexandria a solid
gold coffin was provided and filled
with honey. In this costly receptacle
the body of the conqueror was ten
derby laid and conveyed across the
deserts to Alexandria, distance OF
over thousand miles This curious
funeral pageant, led by sixty-four
white mules drawing the immense fu-
neral car Is said to have been COM
posed OF over 1000 persons, including
some 5000 slaves.
At Alexandria the golden coffin was
deposited In II circular Tor, MS DIR.
Clark's account says, n cistern- |
shaped'D sarcophagus of green stone
and enshrincd ut the great mosque of
st. Anthanasius. 1t Is hardly to the
credit of the British Museum officials,
or TO the British people, that this
tomb liz now on exhibition at their
great repository of curious relies, es- |
pecially when we consider the manner
OF means used TO obtain possession OF
IT. The tomb was first violated by
Selencus Cibyfactes, who carried
away the gold coffin and left the con-
querTz's bones In badly junlDied
mass at the bottom of tie .omJ. -