Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-25

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Grassy uelub anu Singing Dhuss
We must add with pleasant words .
Kindly acts, that all may say
The longest IL the happiest day.
Anna NJ. Pratt In Youths Companion.
BoY's TuNNY COMPOSITIONS.
A newspaper recently printed this funnj
composition, which was written by Jap
anese boy, and was sent to the paper by
the Engiish teacher In Japan to whom il
was handed by the boy. 1t was On the
whale.
1.-THE whale live In the sea and ocean Of
all the country. He Is large and strong
in among of kinds Of all fish, and its length
reach TO ninety foot from seventy foots,
and It's color almost Is dark, and he has
q large head. When swim In the up water
he is 30 large as Island. When struck the
water on angry he Is so voice as ring great
deal thunder. II he danced make the
storm without winds, and also blow the
water almost lay down the fog on the
weather. His the form Is proper To live
for his front legs make hire and afterlegs
Is no, and the tails Is Hire that open on
the ND waters, and the mouth have no
leaves, but have leaves that Is hard mar
row beard as with horns. His bodys
though is fish, but he is not fish, but
is creatures. His leaves is named whales
leaves. The men make the everything
with it. Every years to seven or eight
month from four or five month, the whaler-
men catch on the sea or ocean. He may
live on the sea Of North-sea-way or five
island, OF Hirado on Higen Country in
Japan. Written by T. Hirakawa
Up. S.-The tell of the whale is more
but but do not know fully to tell"
SHOOTING BEAR.
In the History of Athens County,"
Ohio, Joseph Bobo elates an adventure in
which his father took leading part. He
and one of his neighbors, Mr Shidler,
found hole in the rocks which they
thought might conceal bear. Mr.. Bobo
lighted torch and started to explore, while
Shidler stood outside ready to shoot if
Bruin tried to escape.
Father went into the cave about twen-
ty.ive feet, and was on the point Of CIV
ing up the search, when suddenly bear,
which had been crouching behind rock.
rose up and struck the torch with his paw.
The torch fell to the floor and was extin-
guished.
Father didn't wait for ceremony, but
got out of the cave rs quickly as possible,
and told Shidler what had happened. All
remained quiet, and after waiting awhile,
father lighted another torch and went in
again to shoot the bear. He proceeded
cautiously, and the moment his eye fell on
the bear he fired, but only wounded the
animal.
"Bruin uttered tremendous growl and
father saw him coming. Quick as thought
father threw down the torch and lay fiat
on his face The bear rushed for the
mouth of the cave, clawing viciously at
fathers head and body as he passed over
him, but Shidler was ready for the brute,
and when he showed himself at the hole,
gave him an ounce Of lead that settled him.
Fathers wounds, though not serious,
were bad enough to leave scars for the rest
of his life. The bear weighed 800 pounds,
TOYS OF BABY KINGS.
The directors of the Grafton Galleries in
arranging their admirable exhibition Of
- Fair Children have not forgotten to in
alude in their collection specimens Of the
,oys and toy books of bygone days. Here
you may see what playthings the Egyptian
children used ages and ages ago, SO far back
even as b. G. $500. More curious even are
the dolls Of ancient Thebes, made out of
fat pieces of wood, almost shapeless and
entirely unlike their elegant, well-modeled
successors Of to-day. Coming to compar-
atively modern times, the exhibits become
more Ineligible and interesting. The
beautiful miniature toys in silver, of the
time of Charles l., fireplace, fire-irons, and
kitchen utensils on which the most careful
workmanship has been lavishcd, or the ex-
quisite dolls tea service in the same prec-
ious metal.
In another case will be found an old Nu-
remberg feeding bottle, made Of glass, en-
graved with coats Of arms and having q
highly ornamental gold or gilt top and
nipple. From Nuremberg also comes
baby's rattle made of silver (45l). The
little gloves worn by an infant who was
christened in Watford Church in 1880. The
infants bells Of the time of Louis XIV
and the miniature knife and fork and
Italian rattle in the same case are interest
ing. A greater interest attaches. especially
in the eyes of that great poets many wor-
shippers, to the coral and bells used by
Shelly when an infant. Re-
corder.
VERY CURIOUS BIRD.
II child was asked what ability bird
had which was not possessed by other
creatures, he would probably reply, :" the
power to fy." So bird who could not
fly would seem TO him contradiction; yet
there is such bird. and he is called the
penguin, says the Boston Standard.
The penguin does not fly, but he can
walk upon the land and swim in the
water. He swims in the water as duck
does, and his pictures show him to look
not unlike duck swimming. But upon
the land he sits in peculiar upright
position, with his queer little apologies for
wings tucked close to his side. Penguins
inhabit the southern seas and assemble to-
gether by thousands, sitting in stiff rows
along the shore, or walking in the strange
upright position. The penguin subsists,
as might be expected, upon fish, which he
swallows whole.
The penguin makes no nest. The mother
lays but one egg at time, and carries this
about with her under her absurd little wing
or under her leg, as some naturalists say.
In this style she takes good care of it until
the baby penguin appears, when both par
ents go out and fish for his sustenance.
With two parents working for one child,
the baby penguin should be well provided
for, and he probably Is.
There are many varieties of penguins,
their habits and appearance being much
alike. They are very noisy birds, making