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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
THE GREAT wALkELiN.
How He Got the Timber for the Roof Of
Winchester Cathedral.

How He Got the Timber for the Roof of
Winchester Cathedral.
Have you ever heard of the Great
WallSclin who built tho cathedral at
Winchester, and how he got the timber
which Is still in the roof of the cathe-
dral? 1t is rather an odd story and
will tell 1t TO you, as it was told to me
by the verger when i was ut Winchcs-
ter-and told, indeed, while we walked
in the loft among the very beams and
rafters in question.
William the Conqueror was a king
who loved his trees, and would hardly
part with any of his timber. When
the bishop was building the cathedral
he came to tho king and asked leave to
cut wood from the forest of Hempagc,
to finish the noble work he had carried
on for many years.
"Wood from my forest of Hempage!
Nay, that you cannot have" said King
William.
''But, sire, how can / make roof for
my cathedral without timber? Win
your majesty grudgc the trees of the
bishop, fearlessly.
The king did not want to yield, but
bishops in those days were formidable
enemies, before whom many a king had
trembled. The bishop urged his
claims, and may have even used
threats, until at length King William
said: $50, then, my lord bishop, and
take as many trees as you can fell in
day-7but no more" Tho bishop went
gladly, and coming to his domain,
which was like little kingdom, over
which he had absolute power, he
mustered his liegemen and retainers
for a grand wood-chopping expedition.
At the bishops palace hundreds of men
were daily fed, and he could bring
thousands in the field in time of war,
for everyone in his see was subject to
him-''in mind, body and estate" He
must have summoned all his subjects
that day, for never was such wood
cutting known in England.
To the forest they went in an army
and chopped from the rising of the sun
till night descended, and at the end of
the day not tree was left standing in
the wood. Not tree? Yes, one was
kept sacred from the marnuding AK be-
cause under it's boughs St. Augustine
had preached to the Britons in days
long gone by even then. The Gospel
Oak, as it was called, still stands, pro-
tectcd by an iron railing, the sole relic
of the ancient forest which the bishop
of Winchester laid low ''for the house
of God" Truly the bishop was
muscular Christian" For all l know
he laid aside his robes and inter and
welded the AK that day himself. He
was firm believer in exercise, as an
other tale will prove.
The cathedral is not the only monu-
ment to this great man. With his enor-
nous revenues he founded and built
college ut Oxford, called the New
college" 1t was built before America
was discovered. He also endowed the
famous boys school at Winchester, and
made many rules whereby the safety
and health of the scholars were to be
secured. One of these was that the
boys should walk to the top of high
hill, some distance from the school,
three times every day. There is a
/ worthy pastry cook living near the foot
of this hill, who until recently, when
the rule was abolished. used to go up
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


The modern ten and fifteen-cent
monthlies are said to be creating their
own fields and not to be interfering as
yet, in spite of their enormous sales,
with the prosperity of the older and
more costly ones.
-Rawlinson, the famous Babylonian
authority on cuneiform inscriptions,
was not a graduate of any college or
university. His scholastic education
was derived from small institution at
Ealing, small town in England.
Mrs. M. A. jackson, the widow of
Stonewall Jackson, who now lives at
Charlotte, n. c., has recently under
taken the editorship of a prominent
monthly magazine published at Rich
mond, Va, and will make the interests
of the cotton states and international
exhibition special feature of the pub
LEGATION.
-Tennyson would not talk about his
poetry, but once intimated that he re-
garded the lode on the Death of the
Duke of Wellington" as containing
more inspiration than some of the 9TH
ers. He once said that he did not ex-
pect much of the Charge of the Light
Brigade" and was agreeably surprised
at its reception.
Don Marcantonio Colonna, head of
the family, who is hereditary prince
assistant to the papal sea, performed
his duties for the first time at the re-
cent celebration of the anniversary of
Pope Leo's coronation. Until his
fathers death last year, Prince Colon
ma held an Office at the court of King
Humbert; he was obliged to give up
all relations with the Italian court on
assuming his hereditary charge.
Prince Bismarck, although an old
man and man of the world, has not
quite lost his naivete. There is some
thing refreshing about his statement:
During my diplomatic career tried
to stick to the truth. Now and then
was obliged to deviate a trfle from it,
and that was very painful to the old
man Emperor William ~. He always
blushed, and i could not face him, but
would look quickly away" This state
ment throws clear light on both men.
The successor to the throne of
olam, frlnce SnOW1u mana NaJlraVuQn,
who was formally invested as heir-ap-
parent at the Siamese legation in Lon
don on March s, is only sixteen years
of age. He is a bright, attractive
youth, who is becoming an accom-
plished linguist, and who will return
to his native land a thorough European
in manners and address. He is quite
popular with his English schoolmates.
Mrs. Isabel c. Barrows, of Boston,
is said to be one of the best woman re-
porters in the world, If not the best.
This distinction is due not only to her
quick wit and ready pen, but to the
fact that she is conversant both as
writer and speaker with some six or
seven languages. At the time Of the
Columbian exposition Mrs. Burrows
was in Greece, but was sent for by one
Of the Boston papers to report the do
ings of the parliament of religions, her
linguistic knowledge proving of espe-
cial service in that capacity.
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Awkwardnes, md spurs.

1t is pitiful to see n man who cannot
ride and whose feats are necessarily
confined to beaten track, appear in
spurs. If he were going for walk it
would not matter, for then he would
only cut his boots. But 1t is to be
dreaded that, before his return, he will
have lacerated his horse, and, If he
should chance to tumble or, scored his
brand-new saddle. 1t may be doubted
how far it is advisable even for first
rate riders to arm their heels, as a
mere point of dress, on all occasions.
A good horse will do his best without
having his sides wounded When he
finches either he is not properly asked
or he distrusts himself Nevertheless.
the spur has many uses, of which he
who understands them certainly ought
to avail himself.-The Arabian Horse
Mai. Gen. Tweedie.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
cHiLpREN IN CHINA.
They Are Taught 60 he Polite snd 20 y
we're Their Ancestors

They Are Taught 60 he Polite snd TO Bs-
we're Their Ancestors
The children Of the well-to-do Chi
nese, In the winter, and in the north Of
China, wear quaint froclfs Of silk, of
satin, or Of brocade, made thick and
warm with q padding of cottonwood,
and deity embroidered, and garments
of fur. In the summer they wear thin
ner silks and lovely Chinese crepes.
Almost every Chinese child of high
station carries fan. Fans are tho
rattles of Chinese babyhood. A Chi
nese nurse diverts her young charge
with views of her swiftly-moved, gayly-
painted fan. With that same fan sho
cools for him the torrid air of the Chi
nese summer; and when he grows
strong enough to walk, and totters
about, with Asintic masculine arro-
gance upon his wcll-dcvclopcd yellow
legs, his apple-fnced mother, II forced
to criticise his momentary mode of life,
is very apt to score his yellow shoulders
with her pink perfumed fan. Though,
to be honest, Chinese child Is almost
never struck.
Many Chinese children who have
scarcely garment, and rarely have an
ample dinner, have fans, and are expert
in their use, for in China the manner in
which a fan is carried, opened, used and
moved is almost as significant as it is In
Korea. The nakcdcst Chinese boy will
almost be sure to own kite. Chinese
children are as slSillful as japanese chill
dren in kite flying, and are almost as
fond of it as are the children of Siam.
1t is more than religion with the Chi
nese to obey as their ancestors have
obeyed, and in all things to follow in
the footsteps of those ancestors. This
held China together for centuries; but
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norso THAT Remembers sunday.

A Maine man has horse that knows
the day of the week. One Sunday he
hitched up, and, having assisted his
wife into the carriage, got in himself.
He was busted for q moment in arrang-
ing the robe, and before he had taken
up the lines the horse started out of
the yard into tho street. The man was
going to church, and as the horse took
that direction, he decided to let It go
without guidance, to see what it would
do. The route WINS altogether different
from weekday driving, but neverthc-
less the horse went straight TO tho
church, turned up to the church door and
brought the carriage In position ut the
church steps. Since then no repeats
the performance every Sunday, but how
he knows tho day h mystery.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE TRuANTs.

Two little maids with pout and frown.
Wandered away from Pleasant Town"
They'd grumbled at this and grumbled ut that.
They'd teased the dog and worried the cat.
Till IN ugly old witch on broom dew down
And chased them into Sorry Town"
Two little maids with never q frown.
Wandered the stroots OF Sorry Town"
With eyes SO fearful and hearts so sore.
They wandered about from door to door,
Till at last on o curbstono they sot thom down.
And wept for the joys Of Pleasant Town"
Each little maid with smile. not frown,
Wandered back to Pleasant Town."
With eyes so smiling. but feet so sore.
They went and knocked at mothers door.
And when she opened with awful frown.
She beheld two truants from Pleasant Town"
Minnie M. Striclxier. In Womankind
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
Jack Hare, Not Jack Rabbit.

If you say jack bare to Texas cow
boy, he will laugh at you, and then ask
If you mean Jack rabbit" But your
name will be the right one, even though
every man, woman and child in the
land of Lcpus callotis calls him rab-
bit, and shall to the end of time. But
whenever or whatever you call him.
yon must do it quickly, or lie win be
out of hearing. Some cay the jack bare
Is all cars; but that IL not literally
true, for his make up includes pair of
uncommonly good hind legs also. His
ears are from Eve to six inches in
length, but his hind legs often measure
across q township. In point OF size,
this species has the greatest length Of
head and body of oil the American
hares, measuring from twenty-five TO
twenty-cight inches; but II Is moro
slendcrly built than tho polar hare
w. T. Hornnday, In St. Nicholas
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27
MODERN PAINTERS.


Igazc with rapture und with awe
On the eternal hills.
And 10, upon the rocks read:
Take Harkcr.s liver pills."
Iturn to where the setting sun
Sinks grandly In the west.
His dying beams fall full upon
jerks Gladux are the best"
Mark yonder frowning precipice,
Adown itS dizzy sleeps
A mountain stream In foam and spray
A dazzling vision leaps
Alack the advertising fiend
Has climbed the giddy height,
And painted on the topmost crag:
Go. buy your boots Of Wright"
Nestles in yonder lovely vale,
Amid It's orchards green.
A farmhouse white, with bursting barns,
In truth peaceful scene.
A poet here might hope to dwell
Safe from the rude worlds strife;
The biggest barn is covered with:
Mortal, insure your life!"
You meet him IN the frigid zone.
On midas coral strand,
And where the Sphinx, with eyes OF stone
Looks out DER Egypt's sand.
Alike in desert solitude
And in the citys rush,
Where'er the foot OF man has stood
He journeys with his brush.
Mrs. NJ. p. Handy in Harper's Magazine.
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froze stiff, md locking for all the
world as ifehe come out o. the grave
yard, what with the snow on his clo'cs.
] remember tho first words he said.
afore he could git his breath scarcely
You see, he'd lad 'em in his mind all
the way:
"'She's here, Is she? Oh, good God!
swell, never seen n man clean
crazy as Abe was when he looked round
that room an see t Ady want there.
1t seemed he'd ben off at work up to
Moses Pratt's an didn't reach home till
after dark. what with the state of the
roads, and when he fin1y got there,
half dead hims elf, he found her gone.
His first notion was she'd got scared
an corie up to my HOUSEWIVES all he
could think Of. poor man. Well,
nothing would do fer't then but |
should go back with him. He wanl-u
some woman thar to tend to her an
thaw her out when he fetched her in
that was what he KEEP a-sayin'. There
was kind of let-up fer spell, an
he took Josiah's old bulls-eye, an some
how or other we made out to git over
to his house; went on all tours a good
part o. the way, an every minute he'd
call: 'Ady Ady! or blow an old tin
horn he had, until, declare, couldn't
but think o. Gabriel-it sounded so
wild-like tibet awful night.
"Well, when got thar, you don't
know how the place looked; there was
the lamp lit, an set close to the win
dow, jest as she'd put it, an the tea
kittlc over an bilin, an good hot
supper stood on the back o. the stove.
Twas midnight afore Abe come in
ag'in, an out thar, an every oncet in
about so long I'd go to the outside door
an ring the big dinner bell, SOS to give
him his bearings. There was her thin
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27

yourself comfortable; it's quite story.
You haven't forgotten Lyddy Ann
Close?"
mo, indeed! Close by name and
close by
"Well, so she was. my dear, all o.
that an more too, as she got older"
assented Mrs. Warren with n click OF
her needles "Isra'l was jist the same
way. Wy, one winter when hay was
sca'se and brought good price in mar
ket, he sold all his'n and wintered his
cattle on apple-brush-made out to
keep 'em alive, though they did come
through with no more fat on their
bones than that old clo'es-hoss yonder.
He'd got 'em so they'd eat anything
that want with more fur fire-wood,
guess Yes. Lyddy Ann was terrible
scrimpin'. She used to put pieces o.
newspaper under the plates SOS not to
get spots on her tablecloths-saved
wearin 'em out washin', she said.
"Well, as started to tell you, one
summer-must ha' ben about the time
you was married-Lyddy want feelin'
right smart, an Isra'l he was rheu-
maticky, and what with one thing and
another they was so put to t for help
they got bound girl out of an orphin
asylum, Ady. they called her, an she
couldn't ha' ben more than seven year
old. Do anything? Wy. many's the
time I've seen her stood up to the tub
on soap-box, washin' clo'es for the
hired men. when her arms want
bigger'n pipe-stems; him! You'd be
surprised to see the things that child
could do. She was kind o. meechin' at
first, but she soon grew out o that, an
by the time she was thirteen there
wasn't job about the place, indoors
or out, Z you couldn't set her at-she
cd harness, or milk, or scrub, or
sweep, or cook as well Us grown
woman.
''She wasn't never real stout, either.
Pritty? Well, dear, l don't know If
you'd call her so. She had clear-lools-
ing brown eyes and hair the same color
rolled back off her forehead, an her
skin was thin an flushed up quicl1-I
al'ays think that gives anyone kind of
pretty look. But the particular
thing you'd a noticed about her was
the wishful. hankerin' way she had-I
do knows i can describe ii. Wy, the
first time went over an seen her,
thinks says l, we'll! if you can't be cos
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27

now the reluctance of the Chinese to
make use of methods and implements
of war that were unknown to and UNI
used by their ancestors threatens to
make China, if not nation of the past,
ut least q nation torn and dismem-
bered.
Courtesy is one of the first lessons
taught to the children of China. Al
most every Chinese child, rich or poor,
is taught how to address his parents,
his superiors, his fellows and his infe-
riors. Except among the very poorest
classes q considerable portion of each
day is devoted by the child to the study
of etiquette. Boys and girls are edu-
Gated together until they are about ten.
Then, unless the poverty of the family
Is such that they are obliged to assist in
the struggle for bread, the boys go to
school or have tutor and the girls are
taught at home by goyerness.
A large proportion of the Chinese
are born, live and die on boats.
Strangely enough, none, or nearly
none, of them can swim. But almost
every Chinese child is an expert fisher.
and exceedingly fond of the sport. Fish
and rice form very largely the diet of
every Chinese child. Except among
the very poor the children and the
women eat apart from the men.
The children of the weather. people
eat considerable poultry and unlimited
fruit. Among the poorer Chinese the
girls are taught to cook, to do all sorts
OF household work, and to sew roughly.
/ have eaten some delicious dinners
cooked by Chinese girl of twelve. In
deed, cooking is the great national tall
ent of the Chinese.
The boys of the poorer classes are
taught one or more of a thousand ways
of earning living. l remember one
merry little fellow who lived alone with
his grandfather, who was blind and
lame, and the small fellow q think he
could not have been over eight, per-
haps not 50 old was the real bread
winner of the family. They had
hatching-establishm small hut
with very low roof, on which the sun
in summer beat down fercely. Near the
hut was good-sized pond, divided by
boards aid stakes into small sections.
On the floor of the hut they hatched
ducks eggs, and when the ducklings
were sufficiently Matched they were put
aGoat upon the pond. People came for
miles, bringing from q dozen to some
hundreds of eggs. Those eggs were
wrapped in coarse napkins, put on tho
floor of the hut, and left there until tho
sun had done the natural work of the
mother duck. The process, II rcmem-
Der, took the better part of month.
have seen the floor of the hut COM
pletely covered with eggs. But it was
said that tho small boy never made
mistake. At all events, his customers
seemed satisfied to man that they in
varinbly received the result Of their
own cggs.-Pal1 Mall Budget.
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HUMOROUS.

Noah Count-"Well, Hedison, any
new conceit on hand?" Inventor
Eyes my sons home from school,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
-Robbins-"Higbee is n genius"
Bradford-"Can do anything, l sup
pose?" Robbins-"Yes, anything ex-
cept make a living. Truth.
My landlady's daughter has wheel.
And down the street she flies;
Meanwhile the dear old girl herself
Gives US pneumatic pies.
Cincinnati Tribune.
-"Chollie is changed man. lie
sent ten dollars to the mission in China
last week" "He must he changed in
deed, or he could never make ten dol
lars go as far as that!- IIarper's Ba.
Ear.
You say, parson. it's never toe
late to quit drinking and reform?"
That's what l say. 1t is never too
late" swell, then, there is no hurry,
SO / guess I'll wait awhile. Texas
Siftings.
Helm the next world we must
give an account OF every idle word
spoken in this" Shc-"rhen Heaven
must be happy place; there will al
ways be so much to talk about. Dos.
ton Transcript.
II suppose you will be out agar
tonight" remarked Spor.ington's wife
severely. IL willw he replied with
feeling, unless manage to hold bet
ter hands than l got sast night
Washington Star.
--She-"Everyone in town says we
are going to be married" He-"Well,
it's. true, isn't it?" She (sobbingly)-
at can't be, Frederick. You must be
deceiving me. If it were true every.
one in town would say we are not go.
ing to be married. Truth.
Tho coming woman--will she leave
Her seat and ofIcr 1t
Unto man who boards the car
And has no PLACE to sit?
Or will she read a newspaper.
Or tumble with her wrap,
Ungallantly permitting him
To hang on to strap?
Kansas City Journal.
lyon say you are never sick"
inquired the impresario. II never had
sick day in my life" replied the lady
who was ambitious to go on the ope-
ratio stage. "Then, madam" replied
the impresario, II must discourage
your hopes. You can never become a
great prima donna. "-Chi.ago Record.
81 had to face the wind MI day."
said the tender boarder, and do be-
lieve my ears were bitten by the frost"
Are you sure it was not done by the
teeth of the gale?" asked the cheerful
idiot; and the new waiter girl snicls-
cred so that she was retired to her
original job of washing dishes. Gin
cinnati Tribune.
Elevator Wit.-The elevator boy In
the big fat was airing his views to a
passenger on the proper conduct of
children. what do you know about
it?" laughed the passenger; you're
not married, are you?" We'll, no." rc-
piled the boy. ''but I've brought up .
good many families in my Time" and
then he gazed up the elevator shaft
with rnp.urous expression. Detroit
Free prcss
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winter remnarnturn..

Glasgow in Scotland, Moscow in
Russia, and Alan on the Pacific coast
of Asia are ut about the same distances
north OF the equator, but The average
winter temperature OF Glasgow is 1873
degrees above zero, Of Moscow 14.7
above, and OF Alan IL degrees below.
Yet many still cling to the idea that
the GOODNESS Of winter weather de-
ponds chiefly on distance north q
south Of the equator.--N. Y. Sun.
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the steep path after the boys with trays
of his wares, and no doubt found q
good market among the tired little fell
lows. How they put the walk in three
times l cannot imaginc-think of it,
girls and boys, sometimes when you
are disposed to grumble at errands
around the block.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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ABE'S ADY.
by DORA Il. GooDALE.

HE little house
on the bac X
d? w G l /,
now, I'm real
z ! a d y o u
a S k G d - ex-
cl a | IN c d Mrs.
Warren, look
ing up at her
niece by mar
riage, who was
spe n di ng a
week with her.
"Ye s, t h at IS
new sence you
were here-but
come! Take the
stripe d back
chair and make
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-04-27

s'I'IL HAVE TO BE GETTIS' WAGES now"
setted, mex bes' things to have some
thing to cossct; an not long after
took her doll that used to be Maria's.
1t had a wooden head, an the body
was made o. cloth, stuffed out with
bran. but, land sakes! ] never see that
child kiss it that didn't expect twas
goin' to kiss her back. She was kind
o. motherly even then, poor little cree
tur. an she'd double up over it as
you've seen eve standin' oyer its
lamb in the fence corner come a cold
storm in spring, Well, by and by,
when she got too big to play with
dolls, Isra1 he was rnisin' a colt, an
it's my belief she TUX more comfort
with that dumb beast than lots of folks
do with their own kin Wy, to see her