The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-10
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Work for some good. be it ever so slowly;
Cherish some son s flower, be il ever so lowlyi
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer TO thy God.
Keep your ears open to all that is worth
hearing, and closed to ali that is not.
Some boys inherit good fortunes, but no
boy ever inherited a scholarship, a good
character or a useful life.
Remember one thing when you are flying
your kite, or engaged in any other out-of-
door or indoor exercise-keep your mouth
shut You will not get half so tired, you
will hold out much longer, and your throat
and lungs will be stronger.
That was q clever boy who, when he was
given five shiliings to dig up his aunt's gar
den, hid atwo-shilling piece in it and told all
the boys in the neighborhood. The next
morning the ground was pulverized two
feet deep.
Many of our readers have heard of the
Snez Canal, cut through the isthmus from
the Mediterranean to the Red Sea- Yet
they may not know that many hundred
years before Christ canal was cut through
from the Nile to the Red Sea wide enough
for two ships to pass. This was called the
Canal of Rameses, because it was dug dur
ing his reign. 1t cost 10000 lives and
countless treasures of money.
There are three Indian girls a. the Gov
eminent school for Indian children in Vir-
ginia who were given doll each for Christ
mas presents. Before the girls went to bed
that Rlght they were seen conyersing in q
serious manner, as if determining some very
important question. After the talk, each
procured piece of board, and, placing a
doll on it, snugly tucked handkerchief, as
blanket, around its feet. They were put
ting the dolls to bed, just as in the wild
country from which they came, their moth
ers tuck up papooses for the night.
There is a species of monkey that can hy
even better than the flying squirrel This
monkey is the colugo, or iemur, and is found
in the Islands of the Indian Archipelago.
The limbs are connected by a wide men,
brsne that looks like great hairy cloak.
| When the monkey Is crawling along the
limb of tree, it doesn't look as though it
could fly, but everything changes if the ami
NAL is disturbed. Then it darts TO the top
Of the tree, out on the end of branch, and
dashes off into the air. The four legs are
stretched cut at full length, and the men,
brane between them serves as parachute.
These monkeys can fly about as fast as
man can run, even with two or three little
monkeys on their backs. In Van Diemsn's
Land, there is flying mouse; and in New
Holland, a frog of peculiar kind can fly
several hundred feet.
Among the curioeities of VIRGINIA City,
Nevada, are teams of dogs and goats. These
are attached to small wagons and are driv-
en- by boys, who make daily rounds in some
of the streets for the purpose of collecting
ashes and so on. Both goats and dogs soon
become SO well trained that they know all
the stopping places and almost as much
about the business as the boys themselves
Sometimes two goats or two dogs are driven
tandem, or one ahead of the other, but gen.
orally there is only one animal to the cart
Sometimes the natural disposition of the
dogs to Join in fight causes amusing scenes.
Hearing the sound of battle, the dog for
gets all ABOUT his cart and runs away, up
setting the vehicle, spilling the load and
throwing the driver into the street.