The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-04

supper. lt is very kind of you. I
valued the pair very highly"
And she showed them the mate To
~, which she had taken from Nefertsu.
nut the messenger had two or three
ideas of his own, so he answered:
II the sli per belongs to you, surely
IT will tit your foot "
The young lady then could do no
better than to attempt to nut il on
but her great toe was too large. and
pull and push as she might it would
not go on.
Thou hast young and handsome
slaye-pcrhaps the shoe will fit her."
said the messenger looking ut Nefertsu.
hndin spite of all she could saw he
knelt down and slipped on the dainty
slipper, which fitted her exactly.
we salute you as the bride of our
king, the messengers exclaimed; and
they mounted her in a go den chariot
and carried her to Rameses. Beauti-
tul and dainty asa white lily She stood
before the king, with her pearlv feet
clad i'll the wonderful glass slippers.
When Rameses saw her he said:
''She is as beautiful as the golden
goddess Isis, whose statue is in tho
great temple"
And he wooed hereve as Thothmes
the grandfather wooed the dark eyed
Nitaker of Thebes. What better could
Ncfertsn do? She married him. and
there was n great wedding. There
were professions to the temples and
costly sacrifices made to the gods.
AS the bridal party went to the
temple the daughter of Nefertsu's
mistress went out to see the show.
She was sorry for it ever after. for
dove picked out her eyes so that she
was always blind. But Nefcrtsu
had SO much pity for her that she took
her home TO the royal palace and made
her chief lady of honor. though all
she could do was 10 sit and with AN
ostrich fan keep the flies from the
queens face. Philadelphia Times.
a Wonderful Time Keeping Automaton.
One of the most wonderful time
keepers known to the horoloSists was
made iii London about 100 years ago
and sent by the president of the East
India company as a gift to the emperor
of China. The ease was made in the
form of II chariot, III which was seated
the figure of a woman. This figure
was of pure ivory and gold
and sat with her right hand
resting upon tiny clock fastened to
the side of the vehicle, A part of the
wheels which kept track of the flight
of time were hidden in the body'of
tiny bird. which had seemingly just
alightcd upon the lady's finger. Above
was canopy 50 arranged as to con
ceal Il silver bell. This bell was fitted
with miniature hammer of the same
metal, and, although it appeared to
have no connection with the clock,
regularly struck the hours. and could
he made tn repeat by touching a dia.
mond button on the lady'> bodice In
the chariot at the ivory lady's feet
there was golden figure of dog,
and above and in front were two
birds, apparently dying before the
chariot. This beautiful ornament
was made almost entirely OF gold, and
was deliberately decorated with pre-
ciouS stones.
How the Gorilla Walks.
The usual pictures of the gorilla do
not represent him rs have seen him.
lie has not only Il crouchng habit.
but he walks on all four of his legs.
and has the motion Of most quadru-
pcds, using his right arm and left leg
1T the same time, and alternatcs with
the left arm and right leg. II is not
exactly Il walk or u trot, but Il kind
of.ambling gait, while the chimpanzec
uses his arms as crutcheS, but lifts one
foot from the ground Il little in adj
vance of the other. They donot place
the palm Of the hand on the ground,
Uut use the back OF the fingers from
the second joint, and at times the one
have described above seemed To
touch only the back of the nails, but
this was when She was scarcely NOV
ing at all. | am now preparing to
photograph some of them. and ] think
can give II more reliable picture Of
this animal than have ever seen
heretofore. McClu Magazine
Responsible for His Mother.
A minister of prominent New
York church, who was about To leave
home for II few days, was bidding
good-by to his family, says the Boston
budget.
When he came To- Bobby he took
the little fellow in his arms and said:
well, young man, | want you to bea
good boy, and he sure To take good
care of mamma.
Bobby promised. and the fathcr'dc-
parted. leaving him with a very large
and full appreciation of his new and
wcighty responsibility. When night
came and he was called to say his
prayers the young guardian eN-
pressed himself as follows:
30 Lord. please protect papa, and
brother Dick. and sister Alice. and
aunt Mary, and all the little Jones