Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-09-17
CEYLON AND ITS LEECHES.

beyond the last.
CEYLON AND ITS LEECHES.
Our Charley has been poorly, and the doc
tor sent leech to put on his chest. 1t would
have done him great deal of good but you
should just have heard the outcry Master Char
ley made. Any one might have thought it
was crocodile instead of one tiny leech.
should just like to have him see the land
leeches of India. In Ceylon, from whence we
get so much coffee, the little folks have their
legs covered and smeared with oil and tobacco,
and planters wear what are called "leech ga-
ters," to keep the thousands of little black
blood suckers from devouring them for they
are not kept out Of fsight in bottles and jars, as
they are here, but, are on the watch among
grass or jungle, ready to pounce out and fix
themselves on passers by. So sharp and hun
cry are they that they can be seen watching
for victim and if they get sight of a man
or horse coming along, they all make move
and come after him, lay hold of his wriggling
foot and ascend his legs. They are so small,
that perhaps he may not notice them at first; ;
but presently he finds himself streaming with
blood, and fringe of these little horrors
hanging round his ankle and over his boot, if
he be European, and wear such things
"What dreadful place to life n!' you
say. Oh, no! Ceylon is a most beautiful
country, though must say that they have a
wonderful variety of biting, stinging, disagree
able creatures.
Some things would amuse you to see. Fancy,
for instance, the travelling fishes, that go
crawling and tumbling overland from one
part of the country to another. Sometimes
hundreds are to be met with wandering from
one part of the country to another, along a
hot and dusty gravel road. They are lively
kind of fish, about six inches long, called, l
think, the Anabas scandens. The people
catch them and keep them in chatties, or pots
Sometimes they are found in trees; though
what they expect to find there don't know.
1t certainly seems queer place to look for
fish.
Then there is every variety of snake, even
to the great python, big enough to crush and
swallow deer (the natives say an elephant)
at meal.
The Singalese (people Of Ceylon,) who
think it wrong to take life under any circum-
stance, when they catch venomous snake,
weave basket Of palm leaves in which they
enclose their enemy and then set it afioat on
the nearest river, to sink or swim, as the ser.
pent God may decide. When the natives 60
out of an evening they carry stick, with
ring or bell at the end, to warm snakes and
other enemies of the same kind to keep out Of
the way-Little Folks.
HospIrAL1rY.-One day Tommy rushed
into the kitchen crying out, "Mother, mother,
| there is an old woman down in the road sit
ting on a log shall 1 set Pompey on her?"
"Set Pompey on her!' said his sister, "what
forw
"Oh! because" answered Tommy, looking
a little ashamed, "because-perhaps she is a
thief"
"Go out, Esther, and see if the poor woman
wants anything. Perhaps she's tired with a
hard days travel among the mountains, !"
said the mother. Esther ran down the green,
and peeping through the gate saw the woman
sitting under the shade of the oak tree.
"Should you like anything?" asked Esther.
"Thank you," said the old woman; 81
should be very thankful for drink Of water. :"
Esther scampered back to the house, and
soon procured some cold water from the we'll,
and hastened with it to the poor traveller
81 thank you," said she, after drinking.
"It tastes very good. Do you know what
the Lord Jesus once said about cup of cold
water !"
Esther was SILENT
IL will tell you. He said, Whosoever shall
give to one of his people cup of cold water
only, in the name Of disciple, he shall in no
wise lose his reward May the Lord bless
you, little girl, as am sure do"
And happy feeling stole into the child's
bosom at the old woman's words, for the bles-
sing of the poor upon her.-Children's Friend.
SEVENTY PAIRS OF HANDs.-The variety
and number of needles made in these days
are wonderful the surgeon, harness maker,
book binder, felt worker, saddler, glover, en-
broiderer, and housewife, each wanting need
les of all shapes, and sizes, and lengths. And
when you think that each needle has to pass
throug Oh seventy pairs Of hands before it is
finished and ready for use, you see what pains
is taken to reach excellence in very small
thing.
Seventy pairs of hands to make needle
and each pair necessary to make the needle
perfect. If only one pair refuse to do their
part the whole would be q failurc-not
needle would be right.
You see it is painstaking in little things and
in small parts which leads to excellence and
success. We are apt to slight bits of work,
thinking it is no matter and Of no account.
But it is not so. The detail Of plan must be
faithfully carried out in order to make the
plan a success. If the parts of the work are
all we'll done, the whole will be complete, and
only then. -.
And it is just so in making and moulding
character It must be well done in parts, faith
fully finished in bits, in order to make COM
plete and beautiful whole.
Always be sure that all the small and com
mon work which you have to do is thoroughly ly
done 1t is faithfulness in little things which
makes you reliable in great things.
B9- A false witness shall not be unpunlshed
,d bo tbot snaaknth lies shall DeriSh