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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27
IT IS A TERROR
awful MONSTER rs SEEN OFF TIE
COAST OF NEW JERSEY.

Sighted by Four Persons Who are Positive
of the Fact and They Testify that it had
the Form of q Snake with Head Like
that of an Alligator-Length of the
Monster Is Estimated to be at Least One
Hundred Feet and 1t Goes Through the
Water Like an Express Train-Details
of the fright.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27

KANSAS CITY AND RETURN.
One fare for the round trip via the
Missouri Pacific railway. Tickets on
sale Sept. 80 to Oct. 6. Ticket office
ia North Main street. d1O7.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-27

their and thoroughly reliable They are fur
efeen
shouldco resl
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

lily to speak to, and I had not q thought
to ever see one of them again until
reached the other side, and when I
saw this lad come in l almost thought
it was my old self come back again
Eyes, brother, George Is very like
you were when you babe us good-by
and marched away TO death, as we
have so long supposed. We can never
thank God enough for Els great mercy
in bringing you home once more"
"And. dear Unclo George, you will go
with us tomorrow to decorate the poor
soldiers graves, and then come home
with Us and stay always, won't you?"
said Nellie, slipping her hand in his
Tho tears filled his eyes, but before he
could speak his brother answered for
him: Eyes, Nellie, Uncle George has
come home to stay. Weshall never let
him leave us again until God calls him
to better home"
Then Nellie said, as she twined her
arm around her fathers neck: "Oh,
papa! won't this be glad Memorial
day!"-Mrs. r. L Moody, In Western
Rural.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

You must arrange your flowers and put
them in water 80 they win keep fresh,
Nellie"
eyes, mamma, I WILL" and Nellie
worked busily and lovingly with her
treasures, while Mira Gordon, her
mother, worked busily with her sewing.
This little cottage home was In . lovely
little valley In the foothills of the giant
Rockies" nesting there like some
tiny birds nest beside the clear little
creek that came singing and dancing
over the rocks. Mr.. Gordon had come
here from an eastern home, seeking for
health, and Thought no better place
could be found than this fair nook In
the hiila .lt'lopkod 70 be ali alone, but
over the hills Rs1jout two miles away
M busy little town. Nth ehurch and
Ylkool and stores, and still nearer was
the cemetery where Nellie wohld go on
the morrow to- decorate the graves
Mr.. Gordon and his cighteen-year-old
son George were absent for the day, and
Mrs. Gordon and twelve-year-old Nellie
were getting everything ready Tor Dec
Grafton day. They had been too busy
to notice q change In the weather until
suddenly startled by . loud peal Of
thunder. Nellie sprang mp and ran to
the door and was surprised to see that
= heavy shower was near, the clouds
were very dark, and an ominous rosr
drawing rapidly nearer.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
The Troublesome Khedive.

The khedive is not wise ruler, per-
haps not even an endurable one, but
still it Is in his name that we English
govern; and to have to be perpetually
limiting that he must be deposed, or
even his house superseded, is not pleas
ant-not a process which, however,
necessary-and we are not denying ita
necessity-tends to diminish the Eng
lish civilians drawback in governing
their disagreeableness to tho upper
classes of the governed. They get
along with the proletariat we'll enough,
for the latter like justice and light
taxation, but the gentry, who feel
throttled by our infexibility and
"priggish" desire for European Justice,
cannot reconcile themselves to our au-
thority. They fret, and their titular
ruler frets, and those whom they influ-
ence fret, till, whenever there is a jar,
rumors are circulated Of approaching
revolt, and alarmists talk Of massacre,
and half Europe looks on, thinking
that though the English govern suc-
cessfully. they govern without amiabil-
ity or consideration for feelings,
which the continent holds to be ex-
ceedingly important. The khedive is,
we do not doubt, a forward person; but
we do not know European prince
who, in his position, would not be boil
ing over, or who, If a weak man, would
not be tempted to give little pin pricks
to his aggressive tutor whenever he
saw that that was safe.-London Spec
tator
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
TOMMY AND TooDLE.
The Reason Why Pug Dog Solo I.itrio
Girls Doll.

The Reason Why Pug Dog stoio n I.itrlo
Girls Doll.
"Tomrny, where Is Toodle?"
Tommy sat up on his hind legs and
hung his paws bcseechingly. That wns
his way of saying: II don't know
where my dear Toodlc Is myself, but If
you win find her for me viii be very
much obliged"
Tommy is q pug dog and Toodle is
his dolly. He loves her as much as If
he were littlo girl; its mistress has
never allowed other little boys to laugh
ut him for playing with doll.
1t was his mistress who was asking
him about Toodlc now; she was prot
ty young lady named Miss Fanny.
Tommy" she asked again, this time
very slowly and solcnnly, ''whcre Is
Toodlc? Poor Toodle. Tommy doesn't
love Toodlc. Where Is Toodle?"
Tommy sew sho was not going to
find his doll for him, SO he gave q sharp
little bark Us he got down onto his
four legs again and ran out of the
house.
1t was IN the summer and he was liv-
ing in a cottage on quiet seashore
where tho front doors stood open oil
day long. Tommy knew all his neigh
bors and now he trotted over to the
next house. There there was O
little girl named Mabel. Mabel was
playing with her doll Amy. She was
bigger and prcttier than poor Toodle,
who was only rubber.
"Havc you seen Toodlc?' asked
Tommy, but Mabel had never learned
dog talk, and she only dropped her doll
and began to run away, crying: tom
nly's barking ut me, Ira 'fraid."
Then Tommy did q dreadful thing;
he picked up Amy in his teeth and
broke for home with her Us hard as he
could go, and when Mabel saw that she
began to cry in good earnest.
Tommy went straight to Miss Fanny
and showed her the baby he had kid
mapped, but he began to run again
whenever she tried to come near him;
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Mabel soon followed, painting and sob
bing out: Hell kill her! o, Miss
Fanny, he'll kill herl"
Don't run after him, or he will by
accident; no doesn't mean to hurt her."
said Miss Fanny, while Tommy walked
sedately out onto the back porch and
lay down with Amy still in his mouth.
"Do You know where Toodle is?r
said Miss Fanny, and Mabel under
stood her, and said yes. Toodle was at
their house on the garnet stairs, where
Tommy had left her. You see Tommy
had remembered leaving her there
when he went over and asked Mabel
about her.
"You go get her. said Miss Fanny.
"I1l watch him while you ore gone,
and he'll give up Amy when he sees his
own dollie."
And sure enough that was just what
he did; Amy was prettier, but poor
rubber Toodle with no clothes on was
the ono he loved. He gave one look
when Miss Fanny showed him to her,
and then ran and grabbed her in his
mouth, apd settled himself with her
just as you see him on the picture.
Miss Fanny photographed him.
"Isnt he naughty, Miss Fanny, don't
you think he is?" said Mabel, after she
had gathered Amy to her bosom and
made up her mind to play she'd been
carried off by Lion
"Well. he's an only child, you know,
and only children arc always spoiled, =
said Miss Fanny, but the truth was
she thought he was the sweetest dog
In the world. Chicago Inter Ooeon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHAT The LILLE SHOES SAID.

I saw two dusty littlo shoes
Astounding By the bed;
They suddenly began TO talk.
And this Is what they said:
Z" wc'ro just ns tired rs VIC ean DO,
We've boon most cverywhero;
And now our little master rcsts-
1t really Is not fair.
"a Hes had his bath and swectiy sleeps
'Twixt sheets both COOL and clean,
whilc wo are loft TO stand outside;
Now. don't you think 1t mean?
We've carried him from morn till night;
Hos quito forgot. that's plata;
While hero we watch, and wait and wait
Till morning comes again.
= And then he'll tramp, and tramp, snd tramp
Tho livelong summer day.
Row this Is what we'd like to DO
just carry him away,
Where no could ncvor GO to bed,
But stay up all the night
Unwashed, and covered DER with dust
Indeed! 'twould servo him right
Our Little Men and Women.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

else. If his bulk, says the Traveller
could be measured by his notes he
would weigh as much as On elephant;
but If his music could be measured he
wouldn't be bigger than q huintning-
bird. He is gentle except In his hind
legs, which sometimes have faculty OF
suddenly rearing up end kicking
things. This is his only means OF pro-
lection, but it is very effective and tell
ing, and no ono ever knows when or
where he will strike. 1t is always
safest TO stand In front of him unless
you are behind stone fence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
SCHOOL AND cHuRcH.

-Monsignor del Val, the son of q
well-known Spanish diplomat, is at
present the fashionable preacher in
Rome.
Mrs. Hearst, widow Of the Cali
fornia senator, has given s175,00O to
erect a girls school in connection
with the Protestant cathedral in WASH
ington.
M Felix Faurc, the new president
of tho uneasy French republic, is a
Protestant and deeply interested In
Young Mems Christian association work
in France.
II. G. Bulla, for seven years clerk
in the record and pension Office ut
Washington, has resigned to become
the pastor of Methodist church at
Roanoke, Va.
Miss Honeybus, n West Virginia
school teacher, had big boy pupil
chastised for kissing her without her
consent. The boy probably wanted to
earn whethera kiss by any other name
would taste rs sweet
Rev. e. v. Evans, rector of Trinity
P. T.. church, ST. Augustine, Fla, has
fallen heir to the title and estates of
his uncle, Lord Carbery, by the death
OF that relative, and has gone to En-
gland to assume possession.
The Church Of England Zenana
Missionary society has twenty-eight
ladies from England and Ireland en-
gagged in mission work ut their own
charges, and there are seven native
ladies at work without salary.
"A floating society of Christian En-
deavor has been organized on board the
receiving ship, Wabash, at the Charles
ton navy yard. Themembers on board
the Charleston, now at Japan, sent u
letter of greeting to be read at the first
meeting.
Rev. DIR. o. A. Bartholomew turned
the first sod the other day for the
foundation of new church in st.
Louis. 1t will be the seventh which he
has built in that city. The reverend
gentleman draws the plans, orders tho
material and superintends the con-
structlon himself.
Cardinal Steinhuber publishes a
history of the German-IIungarian coll
lege Mt Rome. The German college was
founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1852; the
Hungarian college was added to it fifty
years later by Pope Gregory XIII. The
graduates include % cardinals, AZ arch
bishops and 2S0 bishops.
The gifts of the women of the
Presbyterian church to home missions
from April /, 1904, to February /, 1895,
were Sa05,50o. These gifts were used
in the support of schools and work
among what is known rs exceptional
populations" Spanish and Mexicans in
the territories, mountain whites, etc.
The American board receipts for
March are $4,000, against S5a, 734 for
March, 1894. The total for seven
months has been 1868, 421, against S3s2,-
321 for the FIRST seven months of the
last financial year. The receipts for
the month show an increase of S1,916
in reglar donations and of S1,s69 in
donations for the debt, but falling
off in those for special objects and in
legacies. The total receipts show:
Decrease in regular donations, Sc, s27. A;
decrease in special donations, SECS. 81;
decrease for the debt, S22, 12s.4S; in
crease in lcgacies, S1o,323.53; net loss,
S1S.000O6.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
ENaLAND's FIRST coMMoNER.
A Position of Great Importance and Dig
nifty.

nifty.
The position of the British speaker Is
somewhat unfamiliar to the experience
Of other nations. He is the appointee
Of the house itself by free election, and
while he Is necessarily subject to re-
election at the opening of each new
parliament, his reelection has never
been even opposed, except on one oc-
casicn, during the long period of two
hundred years. Once elected, there
fore, the speaker practically holds
office till he chooses to resign. In no
case is British speaker ever likely to
be chosen from the ranks of very active
partisans; indeed. there is no such case
upon record. The government of the
day is charged with the duty of pro-
posing suitable candidate, and his re-
lection by the house would entail the
resignation of the ministry, but there
is no reason why he should even be
selected from the party of the govern
.ment. There have been cases in which
an opposition member of special per-
sonal fitness has been chosen, and it is
a curious fact that such course has
even become common in some of the
Australasian colonies, whose parlia-
mentary practice is scrupulously
framed upon the British model. TO be
the First Commonor of England," the
representative of the representative
chamber which actually rules the en-
pire, is of course an object of ambition,
and if suitable candidate can be
found in the government party he is
likely to be chosen; on the other hand,
it may be doubted whether it is possible
to point to any public position where
personal fitness enters SO largely into
the calculations of those intrusted with
selection to an important Office. 1t is
encouraging to find that the result has
been that dignity and impartiality have
distinguished the holders of the Office
for hundreds of years. Perhaps it is
equally important to find that the in
huence of these two moral qualities
has been found equal to the task Of
maintaining order and curbing excite
ment during centuries of national lie
where the coercive powers vested in
holder of the Office itself are sosmall as
to depend entirely for enforcement
upon the vote Of the house in each case.
-Harper's Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

Beauty Is worry good thing to have In
civilized portions Of the world, but II
may be doubted II any OF M would care
to DO conndersd beautiful By certain
jewellers In savage countriea For In
stance, tho Sandwich islanders judge
the beauty Of woman by her weight
The ex-Queen Ldliuolrnlnni = CON-
sidercd by many to be o very beautiful
creature, though we might consider her
very plain. This Is because sho 4 z
very heavy person Tho Chinese re-
quire beautiful ladies TO hnvc deformed
feet and black teeth. A girl must be
tattoocd sky-bluc and wear nose-ring
to satisfy o South Sea islander. African
princes require their brides TO have
thair teeth fled like those Of . ssw. =
Harpcr's Young People.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

'oh mamma! we are going to have q
hard storm wish papa and George
were home so as not to get wet" She
stood few moments watching the
clouds, then turned to look at her IA
vorite playhouse under largo tree
with clematis climbing over it so as to
form bower. George had made a
bench for her there. Mamma" said
Nellie, ''there is an old man on the
bench In my playhouse, and he will get
SO wet may go and ask him in till the
storm is over?"
Eyes, Nellie; run quickly, for the
rain is almost here"
The man did not stir until Nellie laid
her hand on his and shid: please, sir,
the rain is very near; won't you come
home with me till 1t is over?"
He started and looked at the child
and then at the clouds, and rising said:
Thank you, my child, will, indeed,
be glad of shelter. have walked fur
ther than ought, and sat down to
rest, and was thinking and did not
notice the storm, but could not have
reached town In time If had"
Mrs Gordon mot them at the door
and drew forward an easy chair for
the stranger. He thanked her cour-
teously, saying he was sorry to trouble
her, then all sat silent while the rain
poured and the thunder crashed Ill
most continually; but finally having
spent its fury, it gradually died until
at last they could speak and be heard,
and Mrs. Gordon said. "You are a
stranger here, arc you not? and one of
our soldiers, too, think" as she
glanced at his empty sleeve.
Eyes, madam, was soldier and
nearly laid down my life for my coun-
try. / gave all else but that"
1T was terrible war;" said Mrs.
Gordon, sadly, sand those who did not
go into it suffered, too"
Eyes, madam, many lost their near
est and dearest in that dreadful time,
but i think few returned as l did to
find nil they had loved dead"
THAT must have been hard to bear.
Thank God! that dreadful war is over.
Tomorrow is Memorial day, and we
shall go to the cemetery to lay our
tribute of flowers on our soldiers
graves"
II only intended to walk to the GEM
etery and back to town." said the
stranger, "but came to the top of the
hill, and it looked SO fair and peaceful
in this little valley that walked on,
and after sat down to rest began to
think of the past and forgot where I
was until this dear child aroused me;
but must be on my way back, for l
am not strong and night will overtake
me if l do not hasten"
Indeed, you must not think Of re-
turning tonight" said Mrs. Gorden.
"My husband will soon return, and he
would never forgive me if l let an old
soldier leave SO. He lost n dear and
only brother in tho war and it has
made every soldier his brother"
Papa and George are coming. nam
me-" and away ran Nellie to meet
them, while Mrs. Gordon fastened to
get supper ready. Mr.. Gordon soon
entered and greeted his stranger guest
cordially and Insisted that he stay till
the morrow, and they would take him
with them. At this moment George
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25

entered the room and the stranger
raised his eyes to his face, then sprang
to his feet exclaiming: my God! Who
are you? Speak quiclkr'
81 am George Gordon, (" said the young
man, wonderingly.
George Gordon, and you" he turned
to Mr.. Gordon.
~ am James Gordon"
"Where from?"
60, Ohio"
Sand I am George Gordon Of O.
als6."
The next moment the brothers were
In each others arms. It was long be-
fore any coherent word was spoken,
and then, George Gorden senior told of
his wound, and long imprisonment and
escape, and then weary months Of sick
ness when name and home were for
gotten, and then q slow coming back
to life and sense, and at last Of his re-
turn to the old home only to find that
his father and mother were both dead,
and his brother gone no one knew
where, bat II was thought that he too
was dead
"Oh Jamesi that was hard blow
after all the rest that had suffered, and
again + was sick almost unto death;
but after . time tried to pick up the
dropped stitches Of my life, but II had
been long, weary pull, nearly thirty
years since l have had one Of my fam
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
'ssuppress Dom Pune"

An old-time darby butler, such as
may be found occasionally in Philadel-
phia, uses grander expressions the
older he grows.
He was helping visitor the other
day to don her walking jacket and as
he noticed that she was still struggling
to push In her rebellious big sleeves he
suggested, respectfully:
''P'r'sps you viii hab de goodness to
madam. IN. Y. Tribune. q
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
SLOW TRAVEL.
An Incident of Early Packet Days on Long
Island Sound.
sls,ooo.oo


Before the advent of the palatial
steamers now plying through Long
Island sound the passenger and freight
traffic between New York and the
New England sea coast towns was car
ried on by line of sailing packets,
which made as notable trips then as
the Atlantic liners do to-day. The
packets hailing from the small towns
were usually of sloop rig, and build
more for freight than passengers. A
journey from Westerly, r. L., to this
city in one of the old sloops sometimes
meant q trip of six or seven days, SO
that the rural travellers of the town
would on their return have some yarns
to spin as lengthy as the trip. There
is story told of q party who started
under the most favorable auspices to
visit the metropolis, but met with head
winds and rough water all the way,
and seemed obliged to appear in town
with boards of weeks growth.
Only one man aboard was found to
possess q razor, and he absolutely re-
fused to allow it out of his own hands.
His unhappy companions then pro-
posed that he should shave them. He
agreed to this providing he be allowed
to shave one-half their faces at the
first round, and then begin again and
complete the job. The crowd nssented,
and soon they sat smiling and serene,
while the improvised barber stropped
his razor for second attack. Sudden
ly there was splash, followed with
by gosh, there goes the razorl" There
was mad rush for the perpetrator Of
the joke, who might have followed the
razor were 1t not for full-bearded pas
senger who came to the rescue.
The passengers failed, however, to
see anything funny in it, but it is said
thss those who met them on their way
to the nearest barber-shop on arrival
in New York enjoyed good laugh,
and that the excursionists had little to
say about the trip when they reached
home.-N. Y. Advertiser.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
Rather Painful rntroduction.

The happy faculty Of smooth, Inn
promptu speaking Is not possessed by
nnny. Tho lick Of II often places
speaker and subject at disadvantage
lecturer, who had bean
invited to servo 40 o substitute, fclt
some nervousness, knowing he was to
Oil the place Of moro noted man. This
feeling WINS not diminished when ho
heard himself thus announced by tho
long-limbsd, kecn-eyed western farmcrs
"This ere Is our substitute. don't
know what he can do. Time WA
short, an we he'd to take what ~
could git.S
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-25
JAPANESE WAR STORY.
low q Grave Little Euglcr Rallied Els
Flying Comrades.

How q Grave Little Euglcr Rallied Els
Flying Comrades.
Every war brings out stories of hero
ism that last long after many other in
cidcnts of the conflict are forgotten.
Boyish bravery in the heat and smoke
of battle in particular is always told
of, and seems to have more distinction
than that of the older soldier who is
trained to do his duty under al circum-
stances, MS the New York Times says.
Already from tho Japan-China war has
come q story OF brave little buglcr
that is likely to be told over and over
again. 1t was on one of the battle
fields, which have not been frequent in
this war, when the Japanese troopa
were somewhat panic-striclsen and
were rctrcating before the Chinese,
that the little bugler was mortality
wounded. Stricken and dying as no
was, the brave lad did not forget his
duty. He saw the brave troops flying,
and knew that the Chinese We're gain
ing victory. With splendid courage
he raised himself, and grasping HIS
bugle sounded a loud and stirring
charge" The troops heard and rnl-
lied under it's message, charged Valiant
~ in obedience to 1t, md the day was
theirs. But the little bugler had died
as they fought, and did not even know
that his effort had been successful.
His comrades knew, however, what he
had done, and they bore him from the
field in triumph, and already the ''uta,"
a poem of honor, has been written in
his memory, while his mother has ar
rayed herself in robes of state and
honor, and wound her hair with flow
ers, tho proudest woman in the empire,
that her only son should have thus dis
tinguished himself.