The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-01-07

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A 0enius.
BIN Macoavern was genius In quiet sort
OF way:
Bome nne morning he'd be famous $50 his
mother used 70 say).
Re could nx . clock. and fiddle. and lot OF
other things
Ana he made himself "gitar" and could
twsng upon the strings
He could pick out "Annie LAURIE. and the
chords Of Belle Mahone."
And would sit and sing 81 evening in soothing
with his dreamy sare dires.ed to pale son,
esoent star.
While he MIXED tho mournful music from his
primitive guitar.
Well. tho years went by. and somehow BIZ
remained about the same.
Though his mother died believing no was on
the road 70 fame.
ain was full Of dreams and notions. but
achievements seemed 70 lag;
Bin was fonl Of A ise HolemAn. but rs mar
Red 'Mantha Brag{
Stn he picks out annie Laucie-" and tho
chords CT Belle Mahone,"~
AID he'd sing them 10 tho babies in soothing
undertone:
And perhaps. sometimes OF evening, % he
twangs his OLD guitar,
Williams vision is directed to pale souesccnt
star.
sohos,-Dsy Memories.
Edward Everett Hale, writing of "A
New England Boyhood" in the August
Atlantic. devotes q paragraph to the
prizes which were to be gained at his
frat school--to which, by the way, he
went, at his own request, at the ripe
age of years lie still has q life of
William Tell which was given him as
prize His brother received copy
medal, ITO the most amiable,' (which
am sure she deserved" adds DR.. Hale,
though the competition extended to
the whole world"
These were the great prizes" he
says. In IN old desk were number
of bows made of yellow, pink and blue
ribbon. When Saturday came every
child who had been good through the
week was permitted to select one OF
these bows, choosing his own color,
and to have it pinned on his clothes,
under his chin, to wear home.
'Hf, on the other hand. he had been
very bad, he had black bow affixed,
willy nilly. l hardly dare to soil this
page with the tale, but there was an
awful story that boy, whom will
call Charles Waters, unpinned his black
bow and trvd it in the mire of the
street
"Bnt hasten to add that in that in
nocent community no one believed
this dreadful story. Indeed, it wns
whispered from one to another rather
rs an index Of what terrible stories
were afoat in the world than with
any feeling that it could possibly be
true.
1T is certainly q little queer that in
after years one remembers such trifes
as this, and forgets absolutely the
weigh tier matters OF the law; how he
learned TO read and write; how he
fought with the angel of vulgar frac-
tions and compelled him to grant
blessing; how, in a word. ono learned
anything of Importance.
but 80 it is, and thus, as I have
said. have no memory Of any time
when / could not read as we'll rs can
now. Dear Miss Whitney must have
taught us well, or we should have re-
membered the process more sadly"
Not Ia Practice X
In the time of the French Revolu-
ton, when n number of workinGmen
had met together in club. talking
about politics and religion very noisily
and angrily, a chasseur, Brucker. who
knew the character of the French peo-
pie we'll, and the good effect which u
few sharp. bold words often had upon
them. mounted the tribune and made
q bold confession of the Christian
faith.
Instead of making any apparent i'm
preston for good upon his audience
however, he was heaped with mockery,
sarcas,ns and sneers, and ut last re-
tired TO corner, fully believing he
had wasted his breath.
To add TO his discontinue, another
orator assembled the tribune who tried
his best to insult poor Bruckcr.
HE has just been making great
parade OF his faith" said this man.
What 10 that to us? Are we not all
tMristians9 Undoubtedly. but we have
NO need to initiate all their follies.
Fer my part, I am Christian. but not
In practices.
At thcs, words Brucker rose ana
asked the orator:
Citizen, ''what Is your trader
~ am q shoemaker. citizen" was
tho reply.
"But not in practicer' rejoined
Drucifer. Ws
There was burst OF erica and
braves. Brucker's success was COM
plcte, and the shoemaker orator was
obliged to descend from the tribune,
and reserve his eloquence for another
occasion. s
sunspots and Thunder-Storms.