The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-04-04
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A whispered word may touch the heart,
And call it back to life;
A look of love bid sin depart,
And still uuholy strife.
81 have a theory about the dead Ian
gusges," remarked the last boy in the form.
Al think they were killed by being studied
too hard"
Boys are the greatest philosophers in the
world. They don't argue-one wouldn't
stand an arguing ooy-they act Action to
them is second nature. and they love it.
They positively forget natures wants over
it. There are really few lazy boys in the
world, and if ever 8 sculptor wished to re-
given very youthful, as true "street
boy"
You do not wear the So ne kind of collars
and neckties and coats that your grand.
fathers wore when they were boys, but the
same kind Of hard work and honesty and
truthfulness are necessary for you if you
would succeed rs most of them succeeded.
You can 90 from Boston 10 New York 8
good deal quicker than they could, but you
can't reach the goal of true success without
travelling the same hard, slow old road Of
uprightness and industry. Fire burns and
ice freezes as in their day, and lack of
training, and business gambling, and rum
and bad company are sure to lead 10 ruin
Gus failure ever Wide Awake
Sidney Smith, Theod ore Hook, and other
noted men, gained fame because Of the
readiness with which they made jokes and
OF hand rhymes. Their wit was quick,
"like AtalAnta's heels" Bat there is little
lad in certain Western town whose wit Is
Just as quick. Among the visitors at the
house Of this lads father was gentleman
who recently was quite i'll, thereby losing
much flesh. The other evening his friend
called, and as soon IS be entered the sitting
room, the little lad exclaimed:
"Papal mammal
Here comes Mr.. Finnegan;
he used 20 be fat,
And now he's thin again"
The Rev. A. @. Hurd, Of Tsftville, CT,
hiss pet canary which has been trained 10
supply itself with water. In the corner of
the cage Is q well formed Of glass, in which
minuture bucket about the size of lsdy's
thimble is kept. A wooden platform covers
part of the water cylinder, and a thread
from the bucket runs over tiny pulley snd
is permanently attached to the perch close
by. When the bird feels thirsty he proceeds
to the we'll curb, seizes the thread in his bill,
and carries the slack to his foot on the perch,
which he uses to hold the line while be gets
new hold, repeating the operation until
the bucket is pulled up, when he drinks.
The operation is performed gracefully, and
the bird, after shaking his thirst, INDUCES in
q jubilsnt song.
Thurlow Brown said: II once killed
birds in my wantonness-God forgive me
merely to test my skill with the rifle. But
| received bitter lesson. While once
passing through the woods 1 carelessly
fred at bird, caring only to discharge my
gun, so az to make nay next fire sure. /
wounded a bird which sat upon the fence.
felt guilt stricken st once, and tried to
catch it. Failing in that l thought il
could load my rife it futtered across the
field, where l followed it, and found the
painting sufferer at its nest, and the blood
dripping upon its youngl Ny cruelty
flashed upon me in ali its nskedness, and /
cringed under my reflections like guilty
butcher as I WAS"
The largest telescope in use lie the great
reflector of the Earl of Rose, at Psrson-
town, ireland. The speculum Is six feet in
diameter, and has a focal length Of about
ffty-fve feet. The largest and most effec-
tive refractor telescope in the world now in
actual use ia the one in the Naval Observs-
tory in Washington, constructed by our
countrymen, Alvin CLARK 81 Sons, Cam
bridge, Mac. This is theinstrument which
has been rendered famous by the discovery
of the two moons OF Mars. An instrument
of one inch greater aperture has just been
mounted in the Imperial Observatory 81
Vienna, the one at Washington having