Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-07-12
YOUTHS COLUHy.

YOUTHS coLuxS.
Three good Lessons.-"One OF my irsl
lessons" said Mr.. Sturgis, the eminent
merchant, "was in 1918. when l was
eleven years old. My grandfather had
fine flock of sheep. which were care
fully tended during the war of those
times. was the shepherd boy, and my
business was to watch the sheep in the
fields. A boy who was more fond OF
his book than the sheep was sent with
me, but left the work to me, while he
lay under the trees and read. did not
like that, and finally went to my grand
father and complained of it. shall
never forget the kind smile of the old
gentleman as he said:
"'Never mind, Jonathan, my boy; if
you watch the sheep, you will have the
sheep
that p l said to myself. i don't expect
to have sheep My desires were mod
crate, and . fine buck was worth a
hundred dollars. could not exactly
make out in my mind what it was, but
| had great confidence in him, for he
was a judge, and had been in Congress
in Washington's time; SO l concluded
it was all right, and went back con-
tentedly to the sheep. After l got into
the field could not keep his words out
days lesson: Thou hast been faithful
over q few things, will make thee
ruler over many things l began to
see through it. Never you mind who
neglects his duty; be you faithful, and
you will have your reward
"T received q second lesson soon
after came to New York as clerk to
the late Lyman Reed. A merchant
from Ohio, who knew me, came to buy
goods, and said: Make yourself so
useful that they cannot do without
yOu.' took his meaning quicker than
did that of my grandfather.
"Well, / worked upon these two
ideas until Mr.. Reed offered me a
partnership in the business. The first
morning after the partnership was
made known, Mr.. James Geery, the old
tea-merchant, called in to gratulate
me. and he said: You are all right
now. l have only one word OF advice
to give you: Be careful who you walk
the streets WITH That was lesson
number three"
And what valuable lessons they are
Fidelity in all things; do your best
for your employers; carefulness about
yOur associates" Let every boy take
these lessons home and study them
we'll. They are the foundation stones
of character and honorable success.
6iarne's VOyage.-Among those who
followed Eric to Greenland was one
Heriulf. q bold and skilful navigator.
HIS son Bjiarni, or Biarne, as he Is most
commonly called, was also an intrepid
sailor, and worthy descendant OF the
Vikings. Returning from q voyage to
Norway, Biarne found that his father
had gone after Eric to the new land.
This impetuOus youth, without more
ado, and without stopping to unload
his ship, Immediately set sail INTO the
West, to find his father. He and his
crew missed the southern point OF
Greenland, and, after many days OF
fog and violent wind, driven they knew
not whittier, they came in sight OF land.
The country was fiat and well-wOoded,
but Biarue knew that it could not be
Greenland. He looked in vain for 1.-THE
high ice-hills,n which he had been told
to expect. Though his men grumbled
nightly, he would not go ashore, but,
sailing on the wind, as only the North
men then knew how, he kept on with
the land on the larbOard (or left side
of the ship. After two days and two
nights of yOyaging, they approached
land again. 1t was low and wooded ;
it was not Greenland. Keeping on his
course, with a southwest wind, Biarne
made land a third time. This was an
island, as the young Viking found by
sailing around it, and it was high and
mountainous, with snowy mountains
Standing out to sea, with the south.
west wind still blowing, Biarne sailed
for three more days and nights, when
he made the coast of Greenland. lie
found his father well established at
point called Herjulfness. or Herjulfs
Cape.-St. Nicholas.
A Turret Ships Armament. - The
harbOr of New York was guarded by
the Roanoke, which has four turrets
and eight guns: but most of the other
turret-shIps have only two turrets each:
The turrets are armOred with solid
iron plates, eleven inches thick, backed
with wadding; and the guns which
lIltN COuldlu WClku tWChly sOhSs
A twenty-five ton gun, you may be
sure, is a terrible instrument of de-
structiOn but don't suppose you can
guess the immense weight of the shot
which it will throw. A hundred pounds
seems great, but the actual weight of
each shot fired by the Roanoke Is four
hundred and forty pounds, and thus
the eight guns fired at ence would pour
three thousand five hundred and twenty
pounds of steel into her antagonists
sidei
Think for a moment of the effect OF
such vOlley on the most heavily
armOred brOadside vessel, - how 1T
would make her reel and groan like
great beast struck at the heart Think
of the thunder that such a weight
would cause, and the terror 1t would
carry to an enemy!
And some of the British turret-ships,
| like the GlattOn and the Thunderer,
even carry guns which throw shots
weighing six hundred pound each.
Little Children.-PeOple who habit
ually put children out of their hearts,
and close their doors upon them, have
no idea how much comfort they set
aside - what pleasure, what amuse-
ment. OF course the little creatures
meddie with things, and leave the
traces of their fingers on the wall, and
cry and bother" a little; but, when
one gets into the way of it, as mothers
and other loving relatives do those
things become of minor importance.
Children are such pretty things, and
do such funny things, the touch OF
their little hands is SO soft, the sound
of their little voices 80 sweet, their
faces are SO pretty, their movements so
graceful and comical, the whole family
goes baby mad. and it is no wonder.
No book was ever written that was
half as interesting as child that is
learning to talk and to think, that is
developing from a tiny animal into a
being with a conscience and heart.
Judgment rendered.-A fond father
sent his young hopeful of four into an
adjoining room to get q book. The
boy came back and said it wasn't there.
"Yes, it is, my son." said the father,
''it's on the table," The boy went back
and reported again that there was no
book there. The father got impatient
and sent another child for the book,