Tárogató, 1943-1944 (6. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)
1944-02-01 / 8. szám
16 TÁROGATÓ HOME There is a land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o’er all the world beside; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air; ,For in this land of Heäven’s peculiar grace, The heritage of Nature’s noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? Art thou a man—a patriot? Look around! Oh, thou shalt find, howe’er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy Home. —James Montgomery. ALEUTIAN EAGLES The bald-headed eagle, which is quite a familiar feature in some of our landscapes, is much more numerous in the desolate and barren Aleutian Islands than anywhere else upon this continent. One reason for this is that it has few enemies, and the man with a gun is scarce enough. These northern islands are treeless, and the eagle has learned to nest upon the ground, usually choosing a rocky nook with a fair elevation for the nest. But in these islands the eagle is not protected as with us, and anyone who wishes may shoot the royal bird. In Alaska and the near-by islands the eagle lives on what he finds on the beach, varying it occasionally with what he may catch as live prey. —“Onward”. THE RAFT ON THE SHARK’S BACK Eight American sailors never want to see a shark again as long as the live. For twenty days the men tossed about the Caribbean on a tiny raft after being torpedoed. Sharks found the bottom of the raft an ideal barnacle scraper, and night and day the sailors were annoyed by the huge creatures rubbing their backs against the raft. Then one of the men, a Texan, had a bright idea. We are useful to the fish, he said, and they can be useful to us, in fact they can save our lives. He collected shirts and wove a fishing line from them. He fashioned a fishhook from the precious tin-opener, and with this contraption they soon caught a small fish. Then the Texan made a six-foot sea anchor rod into a hook, and with the small fish as bait, threw it overboard. After that it was just a matter of hauling in the big sharks, f killing them, and eating shark meat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! The next thing the men thought of was to make a sail out of the remains of their shirts, and by this means they travelled one hundred and fifty miles until they were rescued alive and well—thanks to the unwilling co-operating of sharks.—-The Children’s Newspaper. ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER Text: “All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked”. (Ecclesiastes 9:2). He maketh the sun to shine on us all, On the just and the unjust the rain; And sickness or health may be the lot Of the good or the bad man the same. Riches and poverty, sorrows and joys, Birth and death come alike to us all. — It’s how we meet life that counts the most, Whether we rise to the test or fall. One may know ill yet learn much of love And show in return only sweetness; Another may sink in a slough of despair, Grow bitter and never learn meekness. The very same wind that blows over a dump May blow over a field of clover, — It’s what is beneath that gives to the world The foul, or sweet-scented odor! P When the spirit of God dwells within the heart All things work together for good, — And the “fruits of the Spirit” are yielded again, Far sweeter than scent from flower or wood!-—Pearle Burgess Bland. In the “Northern” type of locomotive recently acquired by the Canadian National Railways, streamlined steam-piping lowers the resistance to the flow of steam, thus increasing the tractive effort and resulting in fule economy.
