The Penn's Grove record., 1882-06-10
Our Young Folks.

stAuu, TepOTUe0 fTOm IHulb, uOes no
seem to be an isolated one. Domestic
animals have many times played the
part Of the dog of Montargis, in reveal
lag crime, and wicked men need tC
hide their deeds from eyes that are
not human, in addition to their ordi.
nary secrecy. In England, not long
ago, some foot-pads attacked a travel
ing musician, injured him severely
and robbed him of all his money. The
musician had several monkeys, all OF
which were killed except one. That
one escaped by climbing a tree. A
soon as the robbers had disappeared,
the monkey came down the tree and
ran to the nearest house. Its antics
and cries induced a man to follow
him to the spot where the musician
q Afterwards some men were ar
rested on suspicion of the robbery.
The monkey was brought bt fore them
As soon as the little animal saw the
men, he began to scream and leap
toward them, which convinced the
officers that the prisoners were guilty
Of the crime.
HOLD ON, BoYs.-Hold on to your
tongue when you are ready to swear,
lie, or speak harshly.
Hold on to your hand when you are
on the point of punching, scratching,
stealing, OF doing any imp eper act.
Hold on TO your foot when you are
on the point of kicking, running off
from study or pursuing the path of
error, shame or crime.
Hold on to your temper whel you
are angry, excited or imposed upon,
or others are angry with you.
Hold on to your heart when evil as
socrates seek your company, and in
wife you to join in their mirth, games
and revelry.
Hold IN to yeur good name at all
times, for it is of more value than gold,
high places, or fashionable attire.
Hold on to truth, for it will serve
you well, and do you good throughout
eternity.
Hold on to virtue-it is above all
price to you at all times and places.
Hold Oh to your good character, for
1t is, and ever will be your best wealth.
The "TRADINa" RAT.-An animal
whose instinct teaches it to give guild
pro quo should be capable of business
education. The last candidate we
should select for such schooling is the
thievish rat; but now we learn thai
there are rudiments of honesty and
fair dealings in one species of even
that animal.
A curious statement is made about
the trading rat, which is one of the
unique and interesting animals met
with in the Rocky mountains. The
miners OF the region declare that al
though these rats enter houses, camps
and mines, and take things that do not
belong to them, they never take an
article without leaving something in
its place. They conduct a trade, and
hence their name.
They enter DWELLING at night and
steal anything they can find, carrying
away spoons, knives and forks, but
invariably leaving a chip, stick or
stone in place of each article taken
away.
The miners look upon the uncanny
dealings of these precocious animals
with superstiti N almost amounting
to awe, and tell many wonderful
stories of their fnesse, and the length
TO which they carry their dsprsda-
| lions, but the predominant quality
| with which they invest them is the
aculty of trading or exchanging al
luded to.
Do FISHES SLEEP Formerly 1t
was the received opinion that a fish
never slept, but lately this opinion Las
been changed in consequence OF sach
facts as the following:
In one division of the Berlin aqua
rum were about q dozen carp that
| commenced in October TO act curl
ously. From time to time the majority
of the fish, occasionally all OF them,
would assume a crooked position and
remained so for hours, or until they
were disturbed.
When worms or other food were
thrown into the water they would
spring up to seize it, and Immediately
resume their old position. These fish
we're often very particular IN choosing
their restipg-places.
Some would examine carefully will
their hands the surrounding rocks
and stones, then slowly turn them
selves over on the right or left side
and either remain quiet or swim
away to seek some other place.
Other fish would lie on the gravel
resting on their head and tail, in tn
form of a bow. One carp always stoo'
i on his ntdu win II uOAy Va
water-a veritable wonder of balancing
that showed the capabilities OF its fins
1t was easy to arouse most of tn
Ash by means of food or of a noise
but some of them slept SO soundly tina
it was only possible to disturb then
by hitting or shaking them re
psatedly.
The lidless, always-open eye OF tn
fish makes 1t difficult to d~istinguis
its sleep from it's periods of ordinar
rest, but this last experiment was COZ
elusive
The suggestion that this behavior
the result II illness Is answered &
stating that this h bit of sleep was OF
served nearly every day for moi
> than six months, and during all thu
time the fish ate regularly, and wei
free from any appearance OF sicknes
A NEW method of illumination
adopted In a lighthouse of New Sout
: Wales, consists of IN arrangement 4
= | fha nae of yaa In clear weather and II