Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-03

Never mind 1t IL your task seems lowly,
Never mind IL your reward comes slowly.
Keep your conscience clean aud white.
Keep your courage strong and bright,
And you'll surely win the fight; then do it
II you're good for anything you'll show IL
Never fear but that the world Will know It
Just pursue your quiet way,
Make the best of every day,
Do your duty while you may, iad-do IT.
m. Il. SANFORD, IN Golden Days.
The Baby King.
The anecdotes current about little
Don Alfonso are simply innumerable,
and, appealing as they do to every
mothers heart, go far toward in
creasing the popularity of the throne
throughout Spain.
He is exceedingly frank and unre-
strained in the expression of his opin-
ions, especially when they concern the
personal appearance of his lieges, and
although extremely disconcerting to
the parties Immediately concerned.
they constitute source of delight to
everybody else. It was only with the
greatest difficulty that his mother was
able to impress upon him the necessity
of abstaining from making remarks OF
this character in an audible tone Of
voice at church. Her Acknowledgements,
however, bore unexpected fruit. The
King manifestly took it for granted
that the instructions to remain quiet
and silent during divine service APP
piled to others as well as to himself.
for shortly afterward, when the royal
family and the court attended mass in
state at the Attocha Church, little Don
Alfono suddenly interrupted the
preacher in the midst of his most i'm
passioned and eloquent peroration by
commanding him, in shrill and pip.
ing tone of voice, to be still, and not to
make "such noise in the church"
Juven liza.
LITTLE HAROLD for the first time
saw tame rabbit twitching its lips as
it munched cabbage leaf. "Oh, look,
mammal" he cried; "the rabbits wink
ing at me with its nose !"-Kdte FIELDS
Washing tom.
Mrs. JoHssoN = You bad boy
(whack; ant yo' ashamed to decebe
your mudder so? (Whack.) Yo' only
hab one mudder in this world, sab !
(Whack.) Cuffie-One mudder's huff /!
-NetU York Continent.
A KIND-HEARTED lady found a
youngster crying against wall on
Race street. whats the matter,
bubby?" she asked. And hubby an
swered: "How would you like to wear
your longlegged brothers pants cut
down SO the bag of the knees came out
at.your ankle ?"-Philadelphia Record.
"SAY, Fred" said lad, who in spite
of his youth takes good deal of inter-
est in diplomatic matters, "let's play
diplomacy" II don't know how"
"I'll show you. The first thing fol-
you to do is to go into the parlor and
I'll go into the dining-room, and then
well write letters 10 each other."-
Washington Post.
Pupils who learn @by ear" without
thought as to the meaning of things
contrive to, afford good deal OF
censry vesrctivr Al !. ssrsu'ss~s-usEl0os
asked one of her boys: What is the
meaning of topaz" a topaz" said
the boy, "is where the mules walk
when they're drawing a caral-boat."
THE Bangor Commercial prints o
story of an Auburn girl who is likely
TO make an excellent newspaper re-
Porter in the natural course of events.
She came home from the grammar
school and asked her mother to help
her with a composition upon certain
assigned topic. She sat down to write
and her mother began to dictate the
composition word for word. "Oh, that's
not what want at all !" exclaimed the
<..1 - he 70 ~ ax.1
/ will embellish them"
RITA is little woman who lives in
Brooklyn. She cares faithfully for a
nurseryful of dolls, though of them she
loves best the rag baby. Rita is only
3, but she looks forward to the days
when she may be charged with the re
sponsibility of living dolls. She has
made up her mind already what names
to give her little people of that faint
and far off generation. IL shall have
lot Of girls" she says, @and call Ell
A, b. G, ID, and so on, right froo the
letters" "And your boys?"t "Oh, il
/ have boys" says wise Miss Rita, "I'll
Just number 'em one, two, free; frees
enough for boys. "-New York Re
corder.
A WONDERFULLY precoc1ouS 0-year-
old girl listened, apparently taking nc
notice. the other afternoon, to con-
versation between her mother and Q
visiting friend. The ladies were dis
cussing the financial straits of young
married couple of their acquaintance,
and both freely wondered and express
ed their displeasure at the conduct oil
the wife's parents in the case. The
condition would be so much anchor.
ated, they decided. if Mr.. and Mrs.
S., living alone in wealthy, luxu.
rious home, would bring the young
people under their roof, and thus they
cliatted over the matter. That night
little Ida aroused her mother neat
midnight. She hurried to the crib in
the next room to her own to find the
child wide awake and evidently full OF
absorbing thought. Il can't sleep,
mamma, said the youngster, because
I'm afraid when / grow up and am
married you'll be like that other lady
aud not let my husband come to live
in your house." The astonished mother
quieted her little daughters anxiety
BY promptly promising In any circum
stances TO receive her future son-in-law,
after which young Ida sunk into
peaceful slumber. -Ne,C York Times.
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