Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIX, Number 31, 2 August 1890 — Our English Column. [ARTICLE]

Our English Column.

"/n Youth prcpart for Manhfiod." I

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Une'e Phii wjll tcsl \outo-day it>out somc animals whk.h vou boy* and girlj may harc heand of, and pi<*fur« of whieh tou have tecn, but whieh not many of you bave a!ivc. Have any of you bcen to a plaee calJed "\Voodward's Girdcns", in San Fnnci*co? If voo hive, then you h*ve *een <«n whieh wild animaU ot ali kindi arc kept. to show to pcrsons who pay for scemg thcm. But those wild f and heie.e, aniT»a's cannot do any harm, be<ausc thcy arc kcpt in stTo«ig cages. Jn»t think of !iving in a country where such ficrce animaU run iroond a* thev plca?>e in the wocm}s and mountiins, plain* and villeyi' Mawaii nei roav be i smi!l country, but # it ii a pretty safe one to live in. When you chi!drcn ramble around in the wowls you do not have to waieh for wild beasts who arc waiiing to kill and eat vou. When you tumb:e around in the manienie k"» s ' or P uslj th f ough the thick bushes, you are not afraid ot !>eing bittcn b> poisnnous snakes. You are not afraid that the housc dog will #o mad somc hot day and bite you to your death. Kut it is not so in olhei countries. Wi!d l>casts are the curse of that great country, India. They dcstroy every year morc than twentyfive thousand men, women and ehil dren of that country. I'hink of that ! Wild beasts dcstroy every vear as many pcrsons in India as arc now living on the whole Island ol Oahu! Read this acc.ount that is printed ir an Eng'ish newspar>er: "During the year, twenty two thou sand one hundred and thirty-four pcr s >ns wcrc killeei by snakcs; nine hun drcd and twcnty eight by tigers; two hundrcd and twenty two by wolves one hundred and ninety four by leo pards; one hundred and thirteen b) bcars, fj!ty scven by elephants; twenty four by hyenas, and elevcn hundrcc and si\ty nine by othcr animals, sucfc as scorpion.s, boars, crocodilcs, mat dogs antl foxcs. I n thc samc ycar nearly sixty thou sand tame animals, like cattle» horses goats and shecp were killed by thes< wild animaN, tigcrs and !copards kill ing thc most of them. At thc samc time, in 1886, twenty two thousand wild bcasts f and fou hundrcd and seventeen thousan( snakcs werc ki!ted by the inhabitants Hcrc are some stories that I har< found, and I wil! put thcm on th< De*k for you to read. "A mothcr onee found her littl< child pUying with a hve rattle-snake •*Pittv worm, pitty worm" the chil< said. l'he mother was in very grea fear for hcr ehiUi. It the snakc wa made angry her boy's danger would bi doul)lcd. S>o she cal!ed very quietly "Kddie, don't disturb the pretty worm but eome and get a lump of sugar tc fccd it with." Thc child crcpt softly away from th< snakc and to hts mothcr unharmed She sn«tchcd him up and carned hin to a plaee of safety; then she seized 1 eluh and killed thc snake.'' Now read this about a bc»r, and an other small boy: >( A bear onee enter ed a house, and hclped himself to a pieee of meat whieh hung near thc door. A little wiy off a small boy had gone to sleep on a pile of wool, wiūle his still younger sister was playing at his feet. Secing the girl move, the bear wcnt up to her and sniffed her all over. °Nicc doggy", said the child fearlessly. "O, Fred, wake an' sce thc big doggy!" When the litt!c fel!ow opened his eycs the grii2ly was nosing about his head. He started up and slapped it in its faee. The animal ran off. Perhips it thought it was funny to be slapped by a sraall boy whoon he could have killed with a blow from its big p«w. The bear trotted off towards the fence, and the smil! boy ran iftcr him. "You get out 0' bcre ! you get out !* shouted the boy His mother looked up at that insunt, and was greatly ter* ri6ed at what she saw. There was a great bear squeeiing througb thc fence, and her boy was kicking him from be* hind "You keep out o' hcre, or you'll fare worse oeit time", he said, and then he turned to his mo<ber and said, M Did you see me send that old dog about his business ?" Tbe next «tory h abot« a fight between a man and a bear. The mtn wma a famous wrestler, and iras aa strong aa a bulL He was an Eoglishman who waa work on a plantatioo io Bengal You know where that is. BUIy waa the name he went by. One day Billy went a bearshooting with some piinien. They were qq

V platfonni bt»lt *»n the branchts cf trecs oo tbc edge oi a \iccp guUy. Miny oUnutK>n wwtaxn «ere beatiog tbe bosb to dmre otit tbe bean. Biily had left hts pl»tform ia the tree ami was talkii>g, when some ooe shouted, "Look oot, yoo beggars, there's a bear'" A great she-bear, witb her cob rushed through thc bushes. Sbe eame close to Bil!v, and woo!d hare kt him alone, but jast then a honter shot at her and broke ber U>wer )aw Tben witb a growl sbe rose up and went for He started to run, but hts foot

caugh; io a vrac, aod down b« fell, ami the fcear «ras on hirn. It coa!d oot bitc him, bccausc its jaw was brokco, but thc got Biiiy in a ctosc bug. and rolled ovcr and ovct w»th h»m »o bcr arms. Herc BU.ys knowlcdgc of wrcstling hclped biro. He twtsted his long lcgs around tbe io that sbe could not tcar him with hcr claws. Then with bis fist be pounded thc bear*s face and ribs. If tbe othcr huntcrs had shot at the bear tbcy might have hit Billy, so they could do nothing. Ovcr and over rolled Billy aod the bear, gctting nearer and ncarer the edge of the precipice. Bcfore Billy's fnends could run forward and try to save him, ovcr, and down the precipice |Went Billy and the bcar. The hunters looked over the edge of the precipice, and saw a black mass fall out ot sight down the ravine They never e.xpected to see Biilv alive again. But thty found Billy alive, sitting on the carcass of the bear ! The bear fell first on the sharp rocks and thus saved Billy from being all smashed up. Though he was ver>- mut h bruised, he soon got as well as ever.