OCR Text |
Show 53 THE DESERET EAGLE, l?ov Young 3?coplc. THE ARAB CHILDREN HELP TO TAME THE CAMELS. There are two kinds of camels The Bactrian, which lives in Turkey and some parts of China, has two humps oa its back. The dromedary lives io Arabia, and has only one hump. The baby dromedaries are about two feet high. Tuey grow so fast that when ibiee weeks old they are of en three HOW feet high. Camels, waen fu 1 grown, have to carry very heavy burdens over the hot, sandy deserts of Arab a. They are so tall that they mast kLieel down to be 1 aded. When the In lie droun-dariare about two weeks old their owner begins to train them for their iuture work. He mikes tnem line 1 down every day for several hours. He covers them with a piece of carpet so mat you can only serf their head and neck. He puts heavy weights along U;e edge of the covering, to prevent t jclu from gritting up. Tuts is done cxery day for four months. After tins training they are all put together in o a large enclosure. The little Arab children then become thsir teachers and keepers. It is a pretty sight tj see them, a day, going to feed the li tie came s. Iu one hand tiiey carry an earthen vessel lill d with camel's milk, diluted with water. In the other the carry a liny switch. Afier the hui.gry little camels havj emptied their Dows of milk the children give thjin a touch on the legs with the switch. 1) wi . Tht y ar e they all drop ou thir knew-wry easily trained and si odedient. In a few days, at only a biirnal from the switch they will kneel or lie. down, just as their keepers wish. The education of the little dromedaries g es on week after week, and mouth after month, until the little Arab children and the little. canidN become very fond of each other. Our Little Ones. es h-iu- I have read of a sailor boy who did onal debt from litt'e wars had been run not learn to swear as so many boys do up from OO.OJO.OOO to fcVW000,OiX). when they go upon a ship. An old Having taken his seat, it occured to Christian sailor noticed this, and said him to ask. 'At what rate do you travel?1 'Sixty miles an hour, sir, to him one day : 11 Why is it I dou't hear you swearing including stoppages,' is the answer. Then when shall we reach Centauri? as the men all do?" ' It is against the Captln's orders,' Iu 4S1((i;?,000 years, sir.' " answered the boy. "Is that so? I never hiin heard give The News for January orders not to swear. What did he say is full Kindergarten of interesting news relating to about ii?" of the cause iu its He said, Thou shalt not take the the progress home phases. name of the Lord tby God in vain; lor philanthaopic, publicand It is thoroughly reliable and is the the Lord will not bold him guiltless that popular organ for latest information taket'j his name in vain.1 " curreut though, progress "Oh, I understand what Captain you regarding aud news of the movement that seeks mean now. I see that you go by the to raie the nition throught the childthe Biole) good (oieauing ren. It has a staff of ten volunteer Stick to tnat as loug as y.iu live, my editors whose names alone prove the boy, and you'll never go wrong. and practical aim of That boy never gave the ollkers of the comprehensive the attractive little magazine in its ship any trouble. Neither was he ever. t ff oris. rude to to the passengers. For trie boy missionary How much better it is to take little who will not speak the name of his children from demoralized homes and Father in heaveu lightly or carelessly, useful train tium into is sure to be careful to do his duty citizens tuau to support them iu whereever he is placed. Bit the boy s. prisons, or who takes Gods namein viiu is certaiu reformatories,women are giving their noble not be very selllsn and "Swear Many time and generous men their money to Plants. not at all, establish kindergartens which prove never failing helps in the reformation of the indolent and criminal classes. A TRIP TO A FIXED STAR. ' log-bo- ok self-supporti- ng poor-house- m-a- n. "-O- live Dr. Divid Gill, lecturing recently on "Fixed Stars " hit upon the followii g adroit method t) illustrate the dist ance to Ccntauri. T.ie doctor said, as reported in the Boston Globe: "We saall suppose that some wealthy directors, lor want of outlet for their energy aud capital, construct a railway to Ceutauri. We shall neglect, for the present, the engineering dillioultes a mere detail aud suppose them ove'-soand tne railway open for tralllc We shnll go further, and suppose that the directors have found the of such a railway to have been peculiarly easy, and that the proprie- me You can make up your ml ad that living is a sirauge thing in this world. If you put it together just as it is uiven out, it scarcely looks as if it belonged to the same piece. It sounds positively wicked if you tell of it. Dusting aud divinty prayers and pie crust, kindling lires of coa1, love ajd mercy mix themselves up together strangely. Joseph's coat was of many colors so are God's love and gifts. const-lie-tio- Njar Yankton is the most remarkable family on this continent perhaps in It consists of father, tors of interstellar spacs had not been the world. children, and exhorbitant in their terms for right of mother and twenty-fo- ur uot yet oO way. Therefore, with a view to the mother of the brood is THE BRAVE SAILOR BOY. encourage tiallb, the directors had years old. She is a Nnrwegl-i- woman A great many boys are anxious to made the fare txceedmsily moderate, and her husband a Hoosier. Tne childm sailors. Trtey thivk it would viz , lirst class at two cen-per 100 ren were born in triplets, and the oldest be a liae thiag to spend their lives ou a mile?. take advantage f lot is under 12 years old. All of them great ship, tar out on the oceat . But these facilities, a gentleman, by way of are boys but three, one set of triplets The are a sturdy-lookituo&e vvlu try it are s ioa sorry of iti-iprovidirg himself with small change being all girls. lot of youngsfers. The gentleman choice ; for they li jd it a very hard lile for the journey, buys up the national indeed. debt of England and a few other coun- who fas started in to become the father farmer This tries, ami presenting himself at the of his coun ry is a Many sailors are very wicked, seem very Strang ; for they kuo at tnat ollice, demands a first class single to who is remarkably proud of his progeny, trie art' alwas iudaug r. 1:. is certainly Ceutauri. For this he tenders in fie says ii the go(a! Lord continues to he may yet be able vuiysad to hear them swearing ami payment the scrip of the national debt smile upon Dakota with a full comt-aL- y Sam cursing, when we knov that next hour of England, which just. covers the cost to furnish Cincle of soldiers. The Democrat. of his ticket; but at this time the nati the may riiud a vvateiy grave. b-- c 1 s D.-siriig- to ng well-to-d- o |