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The Ohio Democrat. minim & whiti:, publisher. LOGAtf. s : OHIO. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU I fiooit'hyo, Rooil-byol It Is tlio Bwootost tik'tiltirr Tlint fulls (rnm mortal litis on motlnl cnr, Tin wenkno-B nf our Immntitcivo ccn chsIiik, Tno promise tlmt it lovo moro Htruut; la nciir Mny Goil bo Willi Yon t Wliy do weeny It when tlio tonrn arc Blurt litis? . . Why tnuit n wont so Mvpetbrlnproiilypnln? Our lovo noeins nil sulllolent 'till tho iitrtlie, Ami then wo feci It till Impotent unit vu In. Mny flotl ho With Voul Hotter thnn earthly present. o'en the ilt'nri'Ht Is tlio i;t out blessing tlmt our p.irtlnp) hrhiKi l'or In tlio loneliest momenta (toil Is ncnri'Ht, Ami frnin our sorrows heavenly oomrotlB hpilni;, If (toil bo With Us. liooiMiye, (xooit.byo! Willi Intent btoath wo miy It, A lomicy oLfnlth nml hoiu nml lovo; l'nrlln;; uiiixT i-omu o ran not lnnu delay It, Hut, line In Iltm vo hope ' meet nltovc, lftioil bo With Us. O mny lln buMo nml hlessnutl hoep you over, llu ho la ntron:r to linttlo with your rocs; Wlioevrr Inn llu lovo enn fnll you never, Anil nil .unit' need llu In Ills wisdom lcnous, Mny God Ins Willi Voul Oooil-byo! 'TIs nil wo lmvo for ono mini her; Our love, more strong thnn ilontli, Is help less -till, l'or nnno run tnlio the burden for nld hrotln-r. Or shlulu, except by nriiyor, fiom nuy III; .Mny (ioil - Willi Voul .. tlra;ttict,ii) Al. Louts Magazine. SHE HAD HER WISH. Littlo Bixby "Was Allowod to Dio for Hor FrioDtl. "It's pot to bo done, ftisl its well ns Inst, Car'l'no!" Car'line, :i young anil not itncomi'ly woman, despite Iter rags nml grime, nn bwered listlc-sly: "Well, Ilm. I s'poso it'll hov lo be its you say." Shu was s tting on tlio dcoayod door sill of ;in old stone house. Dirt, Hqtuilur and shiftlossnuss woro everywhere ap parent, and she anil Jim fitted tlio'r on rironmuiil p -rfectly. Down in a corner where a fence once had been was a wild rose-bush, and close beside i(, with ono of the da nly dowers in her hand, Kit a dirty, unlovely child. Car'lino turned her 'dull b nek" eyes toward hor, ami Jim, who was it thick-set, animal-faced man, followed her glance. "Shu aim a handsnuio one, is she, Car'line -our little daughter? sho'sgood fur nothin' but to eat an' git Into m.s ch'ef giucrally. Now, It's jist as plain as daj we've got all wo can do lo lake kriu- on our.-elvcs an' old mammy. We've got to git out of this blianty old Saturn's is goin lo tear It. down over our heads old mcnl lie is! an' 'taint convenient trav ling with a bnby with out a nui-Msgal." He 1 'Uglied at his facellousncss, but was vexed to lind Car'line unrcsoon tive. "So I'll take her to a b'g boarding houso where she'll havo good livin' at the uxpenso of rich folks. Co mo here, I say!" Thu child scrambled to hor feel, fear manifest in her every motion. She stumbled over a stone, but. though hurt, P c'ued hcr-clf up without a wli nipcr. Tlio man caught and held her roughly as -liu came near htm. shrinking piti fully away from h's grasp. "See here, Car'l.no, Ihoy'll th'nk wo ar keer'es to hor. Givo us a rag an' Fomo wa'er. Now you go put her duds together." Ho dabbled tho littlo so'lod face w'th the rag, then wiped it with tier dirty dress. "Now yon avo clean as a button just fit to rav'good-byo to your mammy." He 1 fled her to his shoulder. "Haint got no duds, oh!' Well, I didn't think she'd need a Saratogy trunk. Say good-bye to l'or, Car'! no.'' The something that served Car'lino for a heart felt n strango thrill as she looked up ut tho frightened fnco, saw the pleading, outstretched hands, heard the wailing "Mammy! mammy!" "Host sot her ilown, Jim; slio scorns tcr feolbad'b'Hitit." "No, Car' lino; horo goes to tho boardin'-Iiouse. Save your eye-drops in a bottle, Car'line!" Tho woman turned shortly and went into Iho house. An old crone, seeing her, looked up and quavered: "What's goin' out"' "Jim's took the young ono lo Iho poor-house," answered Car'liuo, sul lenly. " Xi "I declare, Lady, if you have not cast your choc! Whoa!" and Violet Fonn, springing from her phaeton, ran back to pick it up. Shu returned flushed and smiling, and took the pretty bay pony by tlm bridle. "It's a 'coincidence, Lady, that there is a blacksmith just hero. I might as well have it set right away; but I believe you aro in collusion with the smith." There was nothing tiding in tho littlo roadside forge: business was dull, and tho smith sat on a log basido a collec tion of old wheels, reading u paper. Hit was thin and undcrsied, quite uuliko tlio brawny, traditional workman. Ho looked sharply up at Violet, and Iho turn-out. briskly rising, as if work were a relaxation. "It won't take long," ho said, as ho took Lady from tho thills; "but you might go over to tho house and set till 'tis done. Here, Pete, coino work tho bellows!" A Dandy-haired boy .started up from covert, and Violet btrolled aci-asH thu road to tlio yard, where a limpid .spring bubbled bun a'h a grand old oak. A dipper hung on its trunk, anil taking it down, shu drank tli'rstlly. "It Is thu best wider 1 ever tasted," sho said, as thu ri'-hung thu dipper. Then t-lip saw near hur a ragged, b.irr-footcit girl who, leaning on a spade, was watching her iu astonishment. "What n forlorn, unlovely croa'uro!" sho thought; then she Mailed nnd Vio let's smile was rarely bwcet on hor. "How do you do?" she sad, pleasantly. "How do you do?" s.ild Iho child, solemnly. "Air you a-vislt'ii'?" "Oh no: I uin having a bhoo put on my horse. Tho rod-rimmed, light-lashcd eyes continued lo inspect hor to boberly that fclio smiled again. "I should think spading wiih hard work; why doon't your father do it or homebody V" "Why, ho nint my fnlhorl" cried thu child, notlil ug towards Hi bhop. "IIu's Nato Kulloy. I only Hvo hero. I haint gof no folks!" bliti looked us if who hail no folks ooor h ng' -In her tailors and grimo. "Poor chlldl" Violet said. Hor look seemed to till) child liko a caress; shu oanio a littlo noaror, us if moved to toll tbo Blioit, Iwrron history Of hor lifo "You hoc, I comr fiom lliy poor-'itp. I My folks put mo thoro when I wor not ' threo o.u-old. Mr folks wns loo poor to keep me. Miss Kulloy took mo out'n tliu iioor-'iiH a spell ago." "What Is your nanioP" "My uttino s Hlxby tlint was my folks' namo. To tho poor-'us they called mo littlo Hlxby. I'm short fur ago, but I'll grow." "How old aro yon?" "f don't know; Miss Kolloy knows." "Well, what can you do for Mrs. Kol loy?" Tho freckled fnco brightened. "1 kin tlo cons d'blo jobs. I scrubs an' milks, an' churns, an' forks tho manure, an' spade, an' woeds gard.ng, an' washes, an' loiuls 1 aby, an'' "You poor, poor child! Violet broke In, Impulsively. Vlo'ol's chief fnull was her ImpulslviMiess, her fr ends eaid. Then she aked what was cortnlnly a ory Irrelevant anil odd question. "lllxby, ilid nnj hotly over kiss you?" "No, ina'nin, "'shaking her head pos itively. "Did anybody ever toll yoij they loved you?" "Lovo mot" cried ltiby; hor lono was a proto-t. Then suddenly her chin quivered anil she said: "Nobody loves mo; I hain't no folks!" "Poor thing!" and Violet's soft hand smoothed tho shock of closely cropped hair. "1 hov tried to be a good g'rl to Miss Kclley," sho said. "1 allorsdo j stwhat I'm told, but thu chUlcrn tull lies about me, an' Miss Kollov shu says I nint until my a ill, an' 1'etu broke tlio olito bowl I never totched, an' hi) sa d 'twas me, an' sho whip'ied me orful, an' shot mo til) in tlio gran'ry with tlio rats all n'ghl, and hero tho tears came into her eyes. Tho blaoksm th's hammer had ccasod its clinking, and ho was spoii, with his apron on", er tically examining the phaeton, while Polo fed Lady out of llu shop. Meanwhile a llcsh.v, hard-featured woman came out o'f the hotisa down to Vio'ct. "I seo Hixby is a-talkin' to you. U'xby is a bad g'rl; sho tolls lies. Shu isn't wulh her salt," tho nasal voieu continued. "It was tho worst bargain I ever made takin' such a. erect ur from the poor-house. I've done a good ileal fur her, but I'm s'c' and tire I. I'm goin' to lake her back lo the po-r-huuse. I says so to my man last n ght. Out sho gooi, Nat.'," says I, "bag and baggage!" "'Tis-n't truo'" sobbed Hlxby, tho tears st earning down Iit checks. "I hov tried! I hove dona all sho tolc mo." Impulsive V olet! fho turned and placed her hand upon tho girl, anil said: "I th nk I can make tills FiUlo girl use ful; I will t-ike her homo with .no!" Mrs, Koll y stood as ono paialycd. Tiii.s was a sequel of which she' had novor dreamod. Her tin cat of taking Hkhy ba-k to tlio poor-house had be n niT ! idle vaporing. Hixby's "salt" had bo u rated very'h'ghly. llixby gasped: astonishment over whelmed hor; hor world seemed falling into chaos. She hardly know how slut went and got her sun-boii'ict sho had littlo else to gather up. Sho had novor had any posossions, unless it was a bottle-shaped gour.l and somo valueloss old but o s. "I niu.t k'ss the baby!" sho cried. "You sha'nt nuithor!" sa d Mrs. Keller, spitefully; "you sha'n't touch him!' Ho crowed on the llonr, a pudgy littlo Ih'ng; It ) had never b.ou unkind to Hixby, and sho loved him. "(jood-bye, Jimmy," sho Fa'd, de vouring li in with her eyes. Then slto crossed Mr. Kolloy's threshold for tho last timo. Another pago of her llfo was otided. "I nover was so surprised in all my t Fenn's mother to hor life." said Violet protty tlaugliter- n-Iaw, Llic, "as wlien Violot brought littlo Hixby homo with hor." Surpr'scd was a mild statement, for sho would not lmvo been mora astound ed at tin irruption of Goths nud Van dals on their charming lakc-sido vil lage. Hor household was small, and ran as if on voivot. Sho had two sorvants, John and Alar a, who had boon w'th her for years. Ui.tby was certainly not needed, and thoro would bo much d.tlieuity iu adjusting her to lu-r proper position. A rreat niaiir inolo-h Us olovated thoni- solvos into mounta ns boforo tho rood ladv discovered that, after nil, things wont on about as usual, and Hixby was Iho most tractable and eager to servo of dopomlcnc cs. "I really can not see how you can suffer such a miserable creature about," s.iid Kl so, whos) idol was self. "Sho has that miserable, low-down look I despise, nnd her freckles aro as b g ns cloak-wheels, and her foot is a most fearful anil wonderful thing. Give hor nu no't and she'll tako an till. Sho has a chance, too, to make up all sorts of llos lo imposoonyourcr dul.ty. Mother Venn, you are too good; that is the trouble with you! You will find her out bv and by for a sollish, ungrateful thing." "Koally, Klise," said Mrs. Fenn, driven to speak in behalf of Violot s protugo, "sho is bettor than sho looks. Sho tloos not Ho 1 do not th nk her stories never cltnngo' and she is tho most obedient little th ng, and shu picks up faster than you would think; Maria has taught her to lay tho cloth nicety al ready, and shu knows what a napk'in is for; nnd shu has learned tho Lord s Prayer. Think of It, shu had never prayed in tier life! hor religious ideao are tho crudest possible Sho said it seemed to hor that Violet must bo God's wifo tho clay she brought her horo." "Shocking!" said Eliso, crossly. "I do not fco, mother, how you tolerate her for a moiuont." Hut how changed was Bixby's world what a largoss of happiness life had brought her! Sho was not a demon strative child; Violet oven tl d not know how sho rejoiced and kept continual jubilee. Sho had fairly gaspcil for breath when taken to her own room. It was a small hall-bod-room, with a sunny, white-eurtiiiuud window, cool matting on tho iloor, nnd a pretty oak set. Was this hers this that seemed like Iho p.ihioo of a king? Kyory thing so exquisitely fresh anil in-lit, and a charming engraving of n cherub smiled down on hur from the tiut.id wall. It was Heaven! Sho was not lit, hut sho would try so hard to bo worthy. Ycarspassod ono, two, three, four yoirs that brought littlu change to Mrs, Fonn anil Violot, but worked wonders with Hlxby. Sho was no longer a white heathen, but was ono of (ho most olllelont aids lit thu iloiueatlu machinery. Onu (Spring Violet wont lo Now York to visit friends, and Kllso tunt over dur ing her nbHjnco to borrow Hlxby, Sho hau long ago found out that Hlxby was a faithful soul, and cxeollent to look after children, In fait, hur littlo ones were so fond of her that thoy wero re Icwi and intractable under tlnlr French &oiie'a peppery rule, and now that Mar gnorilu lind gone oil' iu a hull', (hero was no altornatlvo but HKby, So Mr. Fowl, amiable soul, itout her oyer they only 11,'cil la'f a mile npnrf a 'd Kllso found, as thu always did, her dlllleultles Binooth d bv otlu v't. Hlxbr had been thero Ihieo wooks, when John t'o- n, as he was always called, lis name being sunk In (hat cf his mistress, caino pulling in Into ono morn ng. ills news was situ, imiss V olet nan coino nonio tno prccctung evening; she had boon taken ill on hor tourney, aim nail gono r gin io ueu on her nrrlinl. Mis. Fcnn sont for Iho doctor, who pronounced her suffering from a virulent caso of tl phtlierla. Ho told It brokenly, the tears running down his imlly chocks. "Airs. Fenn ain't strong enough to stand such n strain asthis'll boon her," he said, forlornly. "I went for Mrs. Jasper to como an' holp 'tend Miss Vio lot. but sho don't caro to coino on ac count of the disease. And Miss Crupps was s'ck, an' tlio poor ch'Id needs watching nnd tend ng ovcry b'ocd mlnut1, an' Maria has to 'tend to tho house." Eltso listened, dimnyed. "Violet tliwn w th d phthorla! Whoro d'd sho take such a d scaso? How did she got UP Did you say sho was all pur- )lo and swollen, John? Have you boon y horP D d you daro como horo with out be ng disinfected? You can carry disease 'n your clothes, your hair! How dared you, John? Go right out on tho stoop.'and talk to mo through Iho win dow!" 'I havo not been near poor Miss Violet, ma'am, only as I drovo her home last night from tho d 'pot." "Oh"' satl Klise, s muwliat calmed. "Poor Violet! Poor mother! How awful, how terrible I" At the galo John met Hixby, w'th her Hock. They wero in thu gayest poss bio spirits, nnil'hold up for his' admiration long dandelion cli lins, but ho was in no mood for trifles. His news, abruptly told, struck Hixby like a boll from a clear skv. "Don't say my Miss Violet is dying, John!" Then, without anothor word, sho sought Mrs. Maurice. "You must get somebody in my place,1 ' sho said. "1 am going homo to Miss Violot." "What nonsensical talk!" said Eliso, who was lovely in hor pallor. "Mother sent down word that you wero not to come home. I need you with tlio chil tlr n. It would bo very mean for you to go away now. Resides, you will tako thn diplilh' ria; it's a dangerous diseas', and if you get s ck, who is roing to tend ta vou? Listen to reason, Hixby:" "1 can't li'ten to such reason," said Hixbv, m a choked vo cc. "I can't toll you flow I feol, ma'am; you wouldn't understand. Miss Violet took mo from hell, and gave mo Heaven!" Tho in tensity of her speech shocked Elise. "What blasphemy! Stop talking. This is uub arable, Hixby!" "And I'd lay down my life fur hor!" continued the girl, with" Dashing eyes. "I've novor had no chance yet to do fur them. Oil, if Jesus gave His life fur his enemies, can't I ribk mine fur mv friends?" "Hush, Hixby!" said Elise, petulant ly. "You doii't know what you aro talking about. Go back lo tho chil dren. '? Rut instead of going obediently back to tho littlo ones, Hixby got her "things and went disobediently' down tho street. Mrs. l'cnn, pall tl, wan, kcopiug sleepless watch over the ch Id dearer to her than lifo, looked up astoni lied, as R.xby softly colored tho sick room. Sho wavod her back. "Violet is very, vory sic'. Do not como by her, Hixby; 1 do not want you to tsuo tlio disease." "I am not alrald of it. I only want to do fur her to help you. Fur Iho dear Lord's sake, lot mo hov my chance of do ng, ma'am!" A solemn warfare with death was waged for hours in that hushed room. Without wero biid and b ossom and goldun stilish no, tho merry laugh of child remind song of birds, tlio humming ofbeos, asthcy s pped ncotar from white and pink potalcd blooms. Within was ceaseless vig 1 and agonizing prayer, anil a vain, so it scorned, hope uga list hopo. No one knew the moiuont when tho real crisis came, and tho dread angol sheathed tho sword upWted to smito, but slowlv dawned iho blessed certain ty. V lolot wou cl live. "Xou must sro down into tho jrarden ! and get somo fresh a'r, Hixby' said Mrs. Fenn, irontlv. "It seems to mo 1 you havo not really eaten or slept for days. 1 shall nave to givo you an opiate." "Yes, do go down, Bixby!" pleaded Violet, from iier couch. Sho lay thoro vory fair and frail, so glad to bo back from tho portals of death, so thankful to God for bestowing on hor her lifo as a gift for thu second time. Her com pluxion was as fresh and fa r as a babe's; hor cyos woro la, go and luminous. "Dear, g-)od Hixby! How invaluable you havo G en!" H xby obeyed without protest. Onco out in tlio Miushinc, she thought sho would tccl hotter; her head ached, and elasticity scorned to havo loft hor sturdy limbs. What a b. nut. fill world it was! j Sho stopped to look at tho cactus, a ma- ot gorgeous crimson bloom on tho terrace, and bent over tho moss- pinks in tlio border. Thoro woro robins nesting in tho elms; she hoard tho bocs droning in tlio cherry-blossoms. Tho world was beautiful, and life was swoot. I Sho wanted lo lie down thero on tho soft turf, and feel tho brrozo cooliu hor cheek; sho longod to, liko a very child. She would Ho down just a littlu while, then go back lo Miss Violot. Old John, coining by a whilo lator, haw her htdl resting thero. "This w.ll novor do, child," ho sa'd, shaking her. "Tlio ground is damp. If you aro'slcopy, go in iu tlio houc." Sho looked up nt him, with strange, dull oyos, then closed them heavily. "You must get up, Hixby!" ho said, authoritat voly. Sho minded him stupidly, and was led docilely to her littlo room, nud placed iu the b.nl from which shu was novor again to rise. Sho babbled in her do Iiriuni of old, child sh soonusand suffer ings, and wits again a sorvant of serv ants, a defenseless, homeless ilrud'ze, "No ono loves mo; 1 Ipiln't no folks!" bho cried, siuitlngfuoblo palms, Sud truth not to bu denied! Tho depth and Mvculnoss of human lovo had novor been revealed to hor. Sho lind been be friended, lielpod, but loved, novor. Hut alio had loved. Could sho havo dono moro? The prosont took shnpo with tho past. Sho babbit d of Miss Violot. "Can 1 1 die for hor. Lord?" sho whis pered. "It don't mako fur mo." Thon sho talked of tho roses. Dinks, the cue- .tus, tho dandelions starring tho grnssos, "l must go homo," sue said, confused ly. "Whoro Is my homo?" Mrs, Fenn bout over hor, burdened with svinimthv. "Hero Is homo, Hlxby, Don't you know maP Hut thu girl looked up and beyond hor, To human kiudnoas sliu was rni. sponsivo now, Thu crumbs from tho earthly tablu whieji had lillml hur with tiich fulness of coutent wuru us. uothlng lo the feast of wh'cli sho stiortl would liartiikc. . "Such a beautiful fnco!" slto whts perod "such a beautiful fncol" ino rapt smuo u citorcti, inueu, tno eyes that saw a glory not of earth grow mm. wtuo wxiiywas ujaii. iiionyn- ret Hammond Eckcraon, in Youth's Com panion. WELL-TRAINEO HORSES. How to limplre Oil in with Conllilcnoo and Iti'Mirct for Mnn. Thoro should ho no "breaking" In tho management of horses, unless tho nnt mals nro so oxtromcly vicious that thoy must bo reduced to subjection by a thorough tl scipllno and breaking down of their spirit and Will. Training by ensy tlogrees from tho early Hie of tho colt and kind and winning treatment will do all that is nojilod nnd will pro servo tho natural spirit and notion of the horse, ami at tho same timo makn it obed'cnl and anxious tb dons tho owner desires. Kindness is novor thrown away upon a sagac oits animal like a horse. A whip is a dangerous thing In tho hand i of any person who is not able to control himself In snlto of nnnoyanco and opposit on. It is tho means of spoiling many horses and of arousing a spirit of ill-temper and opposition in them. No wotulor, when wo think of tho unreasonable perver.iity, stubborn ness, ill-nature and rovcngofiil cm 'Ity so often indicted upon a young horso, which has no idoi whatever of what la required of it, and is wholly confused by Iho contradictory and unintel 1'giblo onlois shouted out to it in a lltrcalcirng anil aiviry manner, and in terspersed witli spiteful lashes of a cruel whip. All this spoils tho nn'mal and teaches him precisely what is not wanted, and is m sehicvous which is to oppose tlio will of li s muster. It takes timo for a man lo learn all ho should Know anil to b.i brought un der the propor discipline which makos him a useful member of society. How much pationco then should bo ocrciscd in tlio training of a young horse, which cannot bo considered complete until he is well advanced in years. It is only a small part of tho education of a horso to teach him to submit to tho control of a halter, to wear harness, to draw load-, and exert all his strength patient ly and quietly, to understand our lan guage and obey orders spoken. There aro many m s'takes to sol right, and th ngs that are forgotten to bo roloarn cd. and tho most important thing of all is to roinovo from tlio memory of tho animal tlio m stakes of his owner, and to u n teach him what ho should novor havo learned. To romovo from tho animal tho instinctive fear which ofton loads it into mistakes or dangers is also a part of its education which is only slowly acquired because it is so often nuutrnlircti by unforscon acu dents or unlhought of c'rcumstanccs. Hence a young hoi so is novor sure, nml can never bo dr.veu w th safety un less tho oyo and tho hand of tho owner aro always ready to tako instant meas ures to correct what-may happon to go wrong at any moment on account of this imperfect and unfinished cdncat'on. It is for this reason that god judgment. ,k!ndnc5S and tact aro always needed in tho management of young horses. Such an animal is not much unlike a young man who for want of exper'enco will niako many ln'slakes, until along train ing uiakoi him familiar with much of tlio common occurrences, of daily Lfo, and ripens his judgment, so that ho can take udvantago of circumstances or bo warned in timo to guard himself against dangers. No horo can bo completely trn'ncd and educated until it is n.no or ten years old. At that age, if it has been well used, it has learned to depond wholly upon tho mastor's judgment nnd control, and is not alarmed at any thing that may happen, if tho voico of tho owner is heard anil his hand is felt to bo still in control. A young horso driven for tho first timo closo to a locomotive, hissing and snort ing, and perhaps blow ng tho whistle and dashing past the animal, can scarcely bo held by tho utmost force of thu owner standing at h s licaJ, but mny dash over h.ni and cscapo nnd break cveryth ng to matchwood. Rut an old horso wh'ch has completed Its education and lias learned to fool ini- "licit confidence in his drivor will stand w.tlio t any ciiort to orcaK nway. ai- mumju uyuij iuww mj m, ..... Willi insimciivu iiii-uu ui inu uunuuwu and terrible nupar.tion, and it will do th s w thotit bong hold, if the owner w.ll stand nt its head and encourago it with kind words and command to stand still. This may bo often scon, and is a very usual thing with horses which havo boon trained carefully by thought ful and judicious ownors. Such n horse will stand with poricct miietnes3 if an aslo or wheel should break, or tho orceching should givo way and a car riage should como into his hind quar ters going down lull, and will often do this of lis own accord, understanding that it is tho owner's business to attond to tliis and having learned that tlio owner will set all this right if ho will onlv stand still. Thoro is groat comfort in working or driving a horso of this kind, and it is nothing moro than the result of a rea sonable and successful education com pleted by sufficient oxporionco. Tho tra ning necessary is only tho rosult of a systematic co,irso oi treatment do Pinnlncr with tho weaned colt. Tho young animal learns a groat deal by going Willi inu nam ill ii luguuu nurit in the field and on tiie road, and boing usetl, with it, in tho stablo, to tho regu lar handling. Our colts havo always been used to a regular brushing with tho dam, and to go wherever sho goes about tho farm. After having b.-on weaned, we think it an excellent plan to put tho colt in a stall near atrithor niaro, or with a horso, old and steady anil good-natured, and lot tho two run togetlior in a small lot or pasture This gives thu young colt confidence, and with porfoct quietness and kindness to it it losos, or never acquires, tho four of its owner, which is so apt to produco what wo are apt to call vice anil ugll nosb. AT. K 'JHmc. Ono of tho legal luminaries in thlrt city has a bwect tooth of pronounced typo. Not long ago ho was taking din nor. nnd when iho coffee, was served druw tho sugar-bowl to his plate and began to drop in tho lumps, at tho same t mo carrying on a spirited conversa tion. A friend saw fivo lumps disap pear in tho cup of oofleo, and fearing that tho lawyer was absent-minded sug gested to him that ho was spoiling his coll'eu. "Oh, not nt all. I always take ton lumps in my cup," was tho roply, and the conversation and the sweeten. ng process was resumed. i'roviilcnca Juur nut. , i A bed-mom should never bo nom bnr, tho brighter Iho b t or, Whilo scrim ourlnlns with antique latu bimbr and Insertion tiro likuil for chumbur win dows. Tho walls should bu of n, light tint, tho picture!! roatful and pleasing. Exchange, CORSICAN BRIGANDS. Until Hunilltft Who Aro rrnlrotml by tlia I'cMnntry nf tlm lulnnil. The faot that an ont'ro batlnllon of "chassotirs a pled" has bocti recently nrdorod on a military oxpod Hon against a single- fain ly of banditti In Corsica his again called nttent'on to the singu lar slate of affairs exist ng In tbnt quar ter of tho French Uopiiblic. Tho namo of Ill's pugnacious ininlly is Uoltacoco'n, and comprises inorothnli fifty persons, old nnd young, woman and children. This Is not tlio first mili tary expedition that has been sent against thorn, nnd they havo led tli.s lawless existence for over thirty yours. Thoy only marry nniong each olhor, nnd even tho youngest members of tho tr bo know "how to luntllo a gun. Thoir boldness is amazing, nnd they ofton visit A'nco o in ills gui'so, but tho Inhabitants aro so afraid of thoni that they niver, or scarcoly over, report thoir Fnovomonts to the au thorities. Through tho fear thoy in -spiro tliuy aroablo lo obtain provls ons and ammunition, and when tho "gendarmerie" get on their trail they are nvariably warned by friendly vlf lairors. Tho conllgural'onof tho island is also of groat assistance to the band Is; in faot, it would bo almost impossible for tliuni to lead tho wild l.fo of outlaws elsewhere than iu Corsica. Impene trable forests, precipitous locks nnd un oxplorcd caverns render tho task of t nek ng these outlaws a work of tho greatest, difficulty and no littlo danger. It must be borne iu mind that Iho Corsican banditti i!o not resemblo tho-u of other countries. Iu nearly every casu they have taken to tho forests to nven'ju somo poiv-onal wrong. Hatred in Corsica is keen. It seems to spr ng from tho soil, Hows In tho blood, and is handed down from ono generation tj another. Each individual feels it to ho his m.sslon to administer justice accord ing to Ills own ideas. In spito of tlio inPuoncn of the French, tho Corsican character still vela ns many of its orig inal features and tho peaceful villager will direet a br gaud on his way, warn h m or tlio dangers' that threaten him, and even defend him in tho hour of need. For th's reason it has been impossible to stamp out brigandago by means of local militia. Tlio Corslcans tilled lo enrso tlio bandits, but in reality thoy feci kindly toward them. This, no doubt, ur ses from tho fact that, 'deadly w apous boing carried by Iho rntiro populat on of tho island, murders aro common, and the assassin 11 cs to tho luounin us and finds refuge with tho bandits. Perhaps tho only measure that would lav tho axo at tho root of tho ovil would bo iho passage of a decree forbidding tlio wear ng of deadly weap ons. Could such a law bo enforced it would go far toward effecting tho moral legeneiation of Corsica. Detroit Trib vnc. m LEARNED WOMEN. Tho IIIrU l'rl(- Willi ll Tlicy Ooiiornllj-l-ny fur Their DMIni'lliin. No k'ntl of p.-s'tigo to a degree by mere osani'nation, however rig d, could ever havo done for Scotland what her truo system of graduation lias d. ne for her. By it sho grounded her sons in knowledge, honored them with her mark of approval, btaniped them with hor own seal find let lliein go forth into the world to develop theki ow. edge they had gained and apply it to tho r own wants and natural progress in the paths tl.oy had chosen as their own. Had Scotland admiltul her daiight rs to tho snmo privileges from th i fiibt, what an incalculable bjon she would have con ferred on li inanity. She would have proved by the best experiment to what extent women may rival men, and what is the true part of woman in tno work of tho world when she is loft free to learn as thu may w II. The prcsont systora, alike injurious to men and Woino.i, migiil th.n never h.tvo been de veloped nor the insano rivalry born of it. Tho present system is not graduation. The degroo obtainc I under it is not, str ctly, a degree at all. It is mere conveyance in a rapid, dangerous and wh.rl ng sort of manner to t o crest of the mountain of learning, not a steady journey to that cio-.t by well known paths, with good guides as conductors through eicry stop of the way. To women this rapid modo of ascent would bo ha anions if they could become, by long training, of tlio same strength and capacity with men; if, that i3 to say, they could divide into two distin t classes of their own sox tlio ono de termining to bs masters out and out in any dcpartmtnt they may choose. Iho other giving up ail such oxc usivo de sires and resolved to follow tho old, old task of link.ng themselves to tho al ready stronger sex and becoming tho nui s ng mothers of tho com ng genera tions that are to succeed them. Undo any circumstances, under any drtorminat ons, tlio pro -en t stia'u after extreme learn ng is nioi tal. Women, thong.) thoy may givo up every thought of matrm6nv, nro unequal to thest.nin, nnd ha 1 butter lvmniri unequal. For mon to strive, in a few short months to nt nin as much knowledgo as will en ablo ti'om to satisfy a body of spcuialist oxaminors, overy ono of w horn would on It s own subject pluck thu other, is ma I enough. For a woman to get ready to meet tho-o oxaminors nntl sat isfy oach oxaminor so perfectly that the whole shall cotnblno to say sho Is por foct, sho shall havo a degree, she Miall havo honors, tho hall bo supplied w tli proof ilint she ha gone through an or deal which wo might not have gono thro gli ouiv elves liad wo como up for it, is inadao s extending inlo sin. Longman's Murjuzine. Ono of Malno's cranks is Kilns Gove, of Lew ston, who thinks tlmt ho is tho Saviour. Ho is over sixty, has long whlto hair and board, wears a long coat and capo of bright ted, a tall white hat w th a broad white band and flowing ends, white trousers, ami moo ensins. Ho also carr'es a whlto umbrel la and a very gorgo uis hoi-bo-blanket for colli wouthor. Ho makes mi occa sional dime by Koll'ng his photograph, on tho back of which is this inscription: "Kllas Gove, Lmnnuoi tho rnnco ot Po.ice, Jesus Christ, who baptize I him. f-olf with tho n'd of tho Holy Ghost, and is tho sou of Dorothy Juno (lovo, who translated his spirit from God." Jos ton Utobe. Tho St. Louis cattle synd'eato, which attempted to drive forty thousand head of cattle from tho West Into llrlt-ii-ii Cnltiinb'a this summor has met with iLsastur. Tho unusually dry season, re sulting In poor feed anil source water, comb'ned with cold, dry, plorulngwlnds in Montana, played Imvoo with tlio cat tle, wliloli died by hundreds, so that the di'lvo was abandoned. It Is not llkulv that two hunched head of the stock will ljvo until tho spring. Thu loss will be two hundred ami fifty thousand iolIrs. HI. Jiouin I'est, THE NOISY DRUM. Vlttt to u Town Whi-rn Tlioiinil of Tlieia liirful Instrument urn Mnilr. , 'ho casual visitor woitM never sus pect that tho quiet rural village of Granville, Mass.( sonds out Inlo tho world thousands of no'se-tnnklni; in struments, cheap, it Is true, but noiiu tho loss wolcomo to tho avcraio boy. This placo can practically bo called tho center nud heart of tho drum-ninking buslnes?. It turned out 200,000 last year. It was In 1851 that the Idoa of cngag'ug In tho drum-making business first stiggo-led itself lo a Mr. Cooloy. Ho had been to Pittsflold, whoro a rola tlvo of hl, Samuol Cooloy, was making a few drums iu nn old b.trn. Disgusted with tho business, Snmiiol Cooloy was about to throw It up; ho offered itlohls nephew, John, with tho remark tlint thoro was doubtless inonoy in it. Ho tuni'ng to Granville, J. P Cooloy broa hod tho sub, cot to his frlond Noble, whom he found a ready listener. Thoy wont to work, niado a drum, which Is st 11 cherished nt tho old shop, look it to Boston, showed it, rc re cd orders, and coming bnc't Invcslo I 4.60 In mntorinl, and thus started probably tho blggost concern of its kind iu tho world. Tho first year, 1861, they built n littlo shed and altogether turned out 160 drums ma nly of ono pattern. Year by year thu business increased, thoir quarters had to bo enlarged, thoir holp multiplied, and to-day 1'25 m n unit women aro kept busy turning out daily about. 1.2J0 drums. Within tlio last fmir years business has greatly dovo'oped. Tho old-fio-h-ionod drum with wor don baricl, wh'ch wns formerly tho only k nd In tho market, is being rapioly supplanted by tho neater and 1 ghlcr model with a tin hair 1. For tho manufacture of tho latter tin of various colors is employed, blue and red predominating, though tho larger quantities aro matin of a brass iniitat on. This tin comes in shaets of two sizes, 14x20 inches and 20x28, tho f heels boing packed in cases hold ng 112. Thoe sliects nro Hist sent to a knife, which cuts them into various lengths, from which drums vary ing from six nntl one-halt inches across tho head to tliirlcon inches aro made. This dono tho strips aro each punched with a hole, then secured and tightened togetlior. Hoops aro placed on tho Insido rims nnd tho barrel is then ready to receive tho sounding sk'n. Tills is general y a sheep sk n, wli ch Is hticichcd tightly across tho hoad above and below from the outs do by lio'ips. Thesi skins nro tent to tho fac tory all ready for u o from England. It S'.'oms with all their notions and mulf- f)lex ideas oven mag'nntivo Yankcos iavo not b.cn ablo to prepare success fully such i-kins from Amo.-ican slicop. Consequently all aro imported from Livoipool. Thoy como in hogs-heads holding from 50 to 120 dozen, and cast from is 1. 75 to 82.60 per dozen. Noblo & Cooloy expended for , kins alone last ye n- Srf.OOJ, using mainly the hlghor p.'iced kind. Provious to using tho skins they aro stretched nnd dried by st nm iu'llio w ntnr and the sun in sum mer. Heforo bo tig st, etched over Iho tl, um bai rcls they aro onco moro moist ened, gjncrally in a so.utiou of pure water or water slightly tinctured with ammonia. Then remains tho tighten ing of tlio drum hoop'. Th's is dono c thcr by strings or rods. Tho first ni o diagonally, leather tighteners boing in serted to stiil't n tho sound skins. Tho rods nro hooked on ono end and screwed nt the other. Of this latter kind tho cousuiupt on Is over six times that of tho old-fashioned. The wooden drums dilfbr but slightly from tho above. Tho barrels in this caso aro generally bass or white wood, occasionally oak. Tho stay hoops aro of oak or beech. Refore tho strip of wood can bo used it needs to undergo many processes, among others bo ng bend.ng, planing and bweating. The first drums made used to bo boiled in open tanks and tho limit that could thus bo prepared daily was less than fifty. Tho introduction of machinery and more perfect methods has increased the daily product on, so that 2,000 drum pieces is considered noth ng more than ono man's fair day's work. It Is interesting lo watch tho continu ous process by which a log, roughly hewn from tho forest, is transferred to a drum barrel. Tho machines wh'ch affect tills transformation nro various. Tho most impoi taut is that which doos tho si eing. Tho log, no matter how thick, is placed between the tee h of this huge machine, usually bo ng reduced to inrco icct in longiii, aim inu slicing uu gins. Tho kn fu receives it. and as tho log revolves Iho picco slic d Is received on a wooden cylinder and then rolled up. Sovcuty-tivo thicknesses mako ono inch of the log. If, then, tho log is three feet through, one revolution will yield a picco nine feet long, anil the total length sliced from tlio log would extond over a mile. Cutting machines furthor reduce this huge sheet to the desired length. A core of six inches thickness is left, which s taken out of tho jaws and split into drum-sticks or ten-pins. The veneers are heated, thon bent nnd aro soon ready to bo shaped as,a drum. Thoro aro also plan ng and t-ajid-papor machines, nil run1 by water powor. Tho strips aro put through the bender from threo to six at a tlinc. Tho sticks nro smoothed by rolling in rovolv ng bar rols, tho process being continued for threo or four hours. This about com pletes, tho manufacture of drums, each part bo'ng distributed among ono hun dred anu twenty-flvo workors in tho factory. Springfield (Alas3.) Cor. De troit .t'rec Press m m m Fracturo of Hotel Dishes. llotol mnnagcrs hero say that the fracturo of dishes china, glass and earthenware is a moro serious item of oxponso than any outsider would sup pose. Although they mako it a rule, for their own protection, to charge broken dshes to Iho servants when thoy aro plainly careless, tho rulo does not relievo tlio hotels from serious loss every year. Tho groatest amount of breakage is in handling nnd washing; dishes may not bu actually broken at first, but thoy aro constantly nicked and cracked, and, after that, soon, go to nieces. Largo houses, liko the Fifth Avontio nndWIudsor Hotels, in Now ork. sustain a loss of fullv 810.000 annually in th's way, indopundont of what the sorvants pay for. Managers sny that it would bo fifty per cent, greater oxeopt for the system of linos imposed on the domostics, who aro made by It loss liocdless. Any house holder can judgo, from the destruction of dishes in Ids own kitchen, what It nuibt bo iu a groat hotoi. Ar. 0. Times- Democrat. "Then vou wouldn't adylso mo to buy a boalsl'lu saok this wlnlor, would you?" nskod Mrs. Shuttle of her Job. "I'm not going to iidvlbo mi thing about it. You lmvo a bank account, 1 be lieve?" "Hut so lmvo you." "Oh, yes; but thpru Is tho point. 1 wouldn't Imya after tho bqnlskln-sacli favor had swept over Iho household." Hartford 1'ost, PITH AND POINT. Tlio chnngo in a dog's oyos ns h goes from light to darkness, or vlco ersn. occupies lllrro sooonik 'I his In tho timo wlien you want to jump tlio plekot-fenco. Detroit Free I'm. it is Iho slllv man who sllngi nsido his paper with tho comment that "half of it Isn't worth reading." Tho w!-;o man roads tho other half. 2Vifidw;) Call. Lost Ills Address. Who In rich? And who Is tmppyf. Who would bo ton I out with lens? Iot UH HI 0 IllH nHIIIO IS 1111111" In lVhnw, we'vo lost tho mini's lulttrosil Washingtqn Critic. Business man: "Beon off again, eh?" Dlmn-musoum man: "Yes. I am nearly dr vo i lo tlenth trying to got attractions; nover saw sue i a scarcity of fivnks." Rus'ness man: "Well, I heard tho other day of a man In Dnkoti who walked seven y-llvo miles to pay a bill." Omaha World. An old gonllomon in Roltlmoro who used to bo troubled bv young men sitting up w th h s daughters until it , late hour, s 'ttlctl tho callers by nppear- -f . ing promptly at cloven o'clock and giv ing each of them a ticket to a ton-cont loilg ng-housc. Ho novor scolded or acted in an emphatic manner, because thoro wasn't nuy neod of it Washing ton Critic. "What wns it that ma said to you whon you camo in?" whispered young Hobby to Fcatherly, ono of tho guests. "O, s mnly that sho wasdolightcil tosoo mo; that was all, Hobby." "I'm glad of it," sad Hobby, and a look of genu ino relief camo over Ills face, "causosho said this morning sho hoped you would not come." N. Y. Sun. P HARAOH'S HOUS E. Homo or tlio llollr itrornlly tJolloctnl nml I'nririirilnl Ituropp. It Is but a month or two ago that peo ple of an arohcological turn of mind wore delighted with tho tidings sent homo by tho Egypt Explorat'on Fund of tho discovery of Pharaoh's House in Tahpanhcs. An necount of tho wonder ful old ruin and its reliques of a past civilization lias boon alrcadv given: but it may interest ninny to know that a number of antiquities havo boon col lected and sent home, and havo recent ly been on viow at Iho Archaiologieal Inst tuto at Oxford Mansion. It will bn remembered that tho ru'ns wero as much those of a military fortresses of a. royal residence, and thu ob'ects recov ered aro almost entirely those which would bo likely to bo found in either of two such places. Tho Hist th ngs of interest arc tho foundation deposits, from under tho four corners of tho castle, which con sist of small vosols. littlo tablets en graved with tho namo nnd titles of the royal founder, Psamnioticlius I., speci mens of ore, etc. Tho ehiof articles of jewelry aro o.ir-rlngs, rin , amulets and ongravod stones bear ng traces of Greek workmanship, hav ng probably been manufactured by Greek jowolors in tho town of Tahpanhcs, or Daphne. Numbers of small wu glits havu been turned up wli lo dlgg ng among the ru ns m hioii it is thought were for weigh 'ng tho gold and precious stones previous to purchase. Home, too, has loft her mnrk among tho charred remains of this ancient stronghold, and somo lings w'th names inscribed upon them, and ten gems of good Roman work, proe an inter course with that nation. Thoro is a lit'lo silver shrno eiso in which is a beautiful staluet'o of tho Egyptian war potl, Moiitu. Possibly, it may havo onco been a talisman belonging to Pharaoh Hophra. A silver ram'sliead and gold h.iudlo complete tho list of thu most mportant speoitn- ns of jewolry. Among the domoitio Ire isures nro a long kn fo, font toen inches long nnd quili) fiat. This comes from Pharaoh's kitchen; so also do the small frving pans nnd somo bowls, bottles, dishes, plates nnd cups, all of which date from H. C. 550, and wero probably used dally by tho royal hoiisohold. An old brasict nnd some ring-stands have also been brought home. From tho butler's pantry com amphora) stoppers, stamped with tho cartouches of Psam motlchusl., Nccho, Psanunct chus II., and Aalimcs. These woro clay stoppers, sealed by tho inspector, anil then plastered over nnd stamped with tlio royal oval. Ten spceitnonts of theso Mr. Poire has sent homo. Arrow heads a swor.l-handlo and part of tho lihulo, a horse's bit. of twtsleu pattern, somo spikes from tho top of a Sa.-d'nian mercenary's helmet, knives and lancos, nn I somo Iragmonts of sealc-iirmour. show that the o.d castle had onco been a military stronghold. This'is but an outline, showing tho kind ot specimens found among thu runs of El Kasr el Bint el Ynliudi (Iho t'atlo of the Jew's Daughter), and serve to add to tho innumorablo proofs if proof wore ni eded - of the advanced civilization of the nno'ont Egyptians. It is bol'cved that thoso autiquitcs will eventually bo div ded between tho muso um nt Houlak (Cairo), tho British Mu seum nml tho Museum of Fino Arts at Rostor V, S. lumbers' Journal. WORSHIP AT SEA. An Impri-Hnlvo OnUir of Ui-rrios AVIilili Hun lli-oii In l)u for Muny Yeurx. In lino weal hor servico will bo held on dock, with tha deep bluo waters heaving to tho horizon from cither side undor tho awning, the captain, bare headed, at tlio tablo or capstan covered witli the en ign, and thu sailors ami pa Mongers gathered about, reverent iu attitude and hourly in vo'co, offering a hundred varlot es of countenances in tho shaded atmosphere, through which tho breeze, r.vscd by tho motion ot thu vessel, hums pleasantly. Hut this is not all. A hundred other consldora t ons such as tlio voice of Iho waters mingling with the notes of tho singers, Iho sense of tho intln to depth beneath the vcs'cl's keol, thu Idea of the little ness of human life in the great melan oiioly sol-tudo tend to emphusizo tho boloumity of the oe.-nslon. And always under-running tho singing, pulsing hard iu any into vat of silence, Is tho throbbing of tho englnos liku tho fevoied, bound'ng heart of thu ship, n. courshi" of life-blood through every part of the big, powerful structure. Else where Mr. Htissull aptly likens this action of tho engines to the labors of some mighty giant, "breathing harshly and heavily, ofton with u fierce h'sslng through ids clinched teeth, as though tlio burden of his tremendous task grow at moments too heavy for ilm, nud ho expondod his Impatience In u wild and bitter sigh." It is Impossiblo for tho most indlll'uroul nature not to bo moved ut such a time, anil one who lias fooling and imagination must lind it an oxporU unco never to bo forgotton, Tho order of oxovo res, It is curious to observe, iu st.ll practically the siimu that it was hundreds of years n;o, in spito of all the changes that havo occurred in do yotlonal methods throughout the world. From lilarli HtMcU's "A Yotjajt to ie Gyic,"