10. A PAGE OF PROVERBS. 1. False friends are worse than open enemies. 2. A quiet conscience sleeps through thunder. 3. Work ill done must be twice done. 4. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 6. A little leak will sink a big ship. 9. If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. 12. He that goes borrowing, goes sorrowing. 15. He who would thrive must rise at five; 20. Cut your coat according to your cloth. 22. None are so blind as those who will not sce. 23. A contented mind is a continual feast. 24. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. 25. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 26. Cats in mittens catch no mice. 27. One tale is good till another is told. 28. He gives twice who gives quickly. 29. Constant dropping wears away a stone. 30. After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile. ger parch-ing, drying up dang-ling, hanging loosely ran-dom, careless, hap hazard a scoop'd, hollowed out ge-ni-al, cheerful strewed thronged trav-ell-er un-stud-ied A traveller through a dusty road Strew'd acorns on the lea, And one took root, and sprouted up, Love sought its shade at evening time, And age was pleased, in heats of noon, It stood a glory in its place, A blessing evermore. A little spring had lost its way LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT MIGHTY AT LAST. 33 He thought not of the deed he did, Had cool'd ten thousand parching tongues, A dreamer dropp'd a random thought, But strong in being true. The thought was small, its issue great, It sheds its radiance far adown, A nameless man, amid a crowd A whisper on the tumult thrown,— It raised a brother from the dust, Ye were but little at the first, DR. MACKAY. By permission. C 12. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. Cey-lon, an island to the pre-vi-ous, the one be The animal in this picture is called a panther. You may notice that it is very much like a tiger, but has much shorter ears. It is perhaps most like the leopard; and, like both the animals just named, it is very fierce and very strong. From the tip of the nose to the end of its tail, a full-grown panther will measure about nine feet. This animal is found in several parts of India and Ceylon. It is also found in many parts of Africa, where it is regarded by some of the poor natives as a sacred animal, and, as such, not allowed to be killed. If you have ever been to the Zoo and seen a panther, you would feel glad that strong iron bars were between you. Those who have not seen one, will learn from the following story that it is by no means a pleasant thing to have one of these animals too near. A hunter was returning from the mountains one evening, when a panther met him. She sprang out from behind a rock, and came leaping towards him at great speed. He had just time to take aim at her and fire one shot, when she fell upon him and threw him to the ground. They both rolled over together among the bushes, his gun slipping out of his hand. He knew it would be useless to try to reach his gun, for she was trampling him under her feet, and tearing him with her feet and claws. His shot had struck her in the neck, and the pain had made her exceedingly savage. She growled and roared with rage, and rolled him over on the ground as if she would kill him. He was dressed in a stout leather hunting coat and hood, which no doubt saved him from being severely wounded, if not from being killed outright. Besides his gun, he was armed with a long, sharp hunting-knife, which at that moment was in a sheath by his side. If he could only get a chance to use it, the fight might not be so unequal after all. |