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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH belongs to Gloucester, where, three POSSIBLE, BUT UNLIKELY Celebrate Birthday of or four years before the Stockport No sane man wants a billion dol. Oldest Sunday School venture was launched, the first mod- lars, but it is possible that he may . The worlds oldest and largest Sunday school has just celebrated Its pne hundredth and fiftieth anniversary. This is Stockport Sunday school, which has been carried on continuously since the seventeen-eightieand in the same building since 1805. It was founded by the Methodists, and hundreds but was nonsectarian, of thousands ' of youngsters have At one time its been taught in membership was over 6,000; even : today it is over 3,000. But Stockport, though it may claim to possess the oldest Sunday school still functioning today, wasnt quite the first in the field. That honor s, it ern Sunday school was inaugurated not be able to avoid accumulating it. by Bobert Balkes, a printer, and Rev. Thomas Stock. Reading and writing were taught along with the Bible in the early years of the scheme, and the first teachers were paid. Before that both Luther and John Knox had made experiments with Sunday schools, but the real beginning of the great movement which we know today was the Gloucester experiment of Raikes and Stock. London Answers. Morning... Headaches Plenty of Retail If his religion makes a man be- x OR YEARS Ive have, what more can you ask? TOE RIEWIHKIDIUSE DQdDTTEIL using Milnesia Ive felt like a new person. Havent had a cold either, because when you get rid of the acids you dont get colds. ' A Distinctive Residence BEAR Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington, D. C. WNU Service. AN Imaginative child could be transported from a visit to an American toy shop to the midst IF of an Australian eucalyptus forest, and there shown for the first time the Australian native bear, or Koala, climbing among the branches and nibbling the leaves, he would be hard to convince that the teddy bears he had been Inspecting had not been brought magically to life; for the Koala, with his round body, short arms and pointed nose, Is the living prototype of the Jolly toy bear that helps make Christmas morning merry in many an American nursery. Koalas are found In eastern and southeastern Australia, but do not occur on any of the neighboring islands or In the western half of the continent They were probably once the most common animals in the Australian bush, but about 40 years ago a widespread epidemic overtook them and they died by thousands. They also were hunted extensively for the sake of their warm, thick fur, and as a result are now extinct in New South Wales. A few hundred are still to be found in Victoria, In carefully protected localities, and a fair number remain In Queensland. Little is known of the nature of the disease that so nearly exterminated them, but study Is being given the subject now, with a view to preserving the remnants of this formerly numerous species. The Koala Is one of the most Interesting of Australian animals. He has a thick, grayish-colorefur, a prominent black nose, and stands about two feet high. A good specimen weighs about 30 pounds. He is one of the most Inoffensive animals imaginable, doing no harm or damage to anyone or anything. He Lives In Trees. Essentially an arboreal and mainly nocturnal animal, he spends his time in the branches of certain species of eucalyptus trees, where he feeds at night upon the tender young leaves. If approached, he will sit and stare at the intruder with a surprised expression, and only If danger threatens he will climb to the topmost branches. He Is rather Inactive, especially In summer, and often sits In the fork of a tree, sleeping the daylight hours away. The adult males are fond of perching themselves on a dead limb at the top of a tall tree, from which they appear to enjoy their survey of the surrounding landscape. They have five toes on each foot, and each toe Is armed with a curved, needle-sharclaw. .The toes are in groups of twos and threes, the two claws being In the form of a double thumb. They are thus enabled to climb easily and also to grasp the branches of a tree and pull them down for the purpose of feeding on the leaves. Even an iron telegraph post offers no obstacle to their climbing powers, and they have been seen sitting among the wires on top of one, although It Is difficult to say what motive took them into such a position. A tall flagstaff seems to present an Irresistible temptation, and even on the windiest of days they climb such posts to perch on the top. The leaves of certain kinds of the Australian eucalyptus (gum trees) form their staple diet, although occasionally they feed on the barks of certain trees and on sphagnum moss, perhaps as a tonic or medicine. They never drink water In a state of nature, but are apparently able to obtain enough moisture from feeding on the juicy gum shoots from which the commercial eucalyptus oil Is extracted. Make Delightful Pets. Koalas are such quaint and attractive little creatures that they are much in demand as household pets. They roly-pol- y d . p , are very easily tamed, but as they grow older they are careless of the fact that their claws have a needlelike sharpness, which will easily penetrate the thickest and strongest cloth. Although when living in the bush they take no liquid, in captivity they quickly acquire a taste for weak sweetened tea and starchy foods. This depravity Is the cause of their undoing, for if given such things in mistaken kindness they soon begin to lose condition and in a few months die from indigestion. Even when fed only on eucalyptus leaves, they are difficult to keep alive In captivity. Because of their unique Interest and the difficulty of keeping them alive in confinement, and because of their now decreased numbers, the Victorian government strictly forbids their capture. But, in order that they may be seen under normal conditions, they are gradually being established in suitable places, where there is an tbundance and variety of their natural foods. r it Is now possible, within a run of Melbourne, with its more than a million inhabitants, to see the Koala in his native gum trees, and it is hoped, Iirough he exercise of strict protective measures, to preserve this interesting little animal for posterity. Joey" Reared In Pouch The Koala is a niarsupial, having a p uch in which the single cub Joey,"' in the language of the bush after t rh in a very immature state, is shel-- t d and fed for some months. When' aiiut six inches In length. It gradually lc.nhs the pouch and spends its time in its mothers arms, not clasped by tin' mother, because she needs all her toi for hanging onto the trees, but. clii.-into her thick fur by means of g Its ' wn sharp little claws. This Is the nsn..i position of the young until it is big uough to look after itself; but if dan threatens, necessitating active cllmii ng on the part of the mother, the quickly clambers around upyoui on hm back, so as not to hamper her There it hangs on securemove:, ly wtrif she climbs to safety. Koalas are, as a rule, silent, but when lightened or annoyed will cry very much like a child. 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