| Show TRAINING COLTS COITS T S ingersoll berea ohio a practical cai cal man now more wore than eighty years of age but who has broken a good many colts writes as follows colts aro are taught in the first place while white I 1 am their friend I 1 must bo be their master and they must obey this lesson ia Is some times hard for them to learn especially as ast I 1 used to break colts in former years when a young man then if the tho colt coll didlot did pot come right nigh tu up p to the chalk the first time it was abas abused ed by the whip I 1 was most unmerciful in my dealings exercising no reason or good judgment which are the feces necessary sa ry attributes of character to bo be called into requisition by the trainer of colts colta these two talents togge together thel with patience I 1 have made use usla of in my later years in training colts till I 1 think we have them in pretty good use when required many friends often say you are too old to break colts why h a man nearly eighty years sears earsom a of age to think of breaking such wilds it seems quite absurd get killed by them by and by my reply has been I 1 am better qualified to break colts ahyou as you term terin it than when I 1 was edunk it ItI is halx half the work now that thatis it was waa forty years ago I 1 dont break any iny colts now I 1 train them I 1 dont like the term of breaking colts I 1 use them treatis treating trea tib them something ng as I 1 would a ya young child never punishing them for a ignorance I 1 seldom use a whip in my early catly tr training dining the first exercise with a colt after he lie has carried harness till lie he is not afraid of it is to put lines to the bits hits and over the buttocks and running thern them through the breeching to keep them up I 1 go behind and attempt to drive him this sometimes makes awkward work but pat ienco and reason and good judgment must now bo be exercised tor the colt will wilt now mut gut cutup up all manners of prank s sometimes rearing in or r kicking up do n not ot hojka iohd the reins leins re an fn az 8 very t tight lg i t humor him until he finds he tiu can cannot u 0 t get away nor rid himself of his harness andas and as he betsa little litlie tired he will begin to yield 1 J get my colts accustomed to the bits by driving them around with the hu harness aness oll oli 11 always ways let iet lettinga the traces dangle about th their air legs as muchas possible to get t them h em used to having anything hit their heels heel without being fri frightened gh toned 4 at tit hit it I 1 should have said bonore before b that w h ile lle I 1 am driving them I 1 talk to them a great deal they will soon learn deammy my language if they are inclined to back I 1 gently pull on the lines say back back charley if that is his name ivhon when they choose to go forward I 1 say go on when I 1 want them to turn round I 1 gently pull the lines on the side I 1 wis wish them to gurn turn and say come round charley always speaking his bis name when I 1 think it safe cafe to put him between a pair of chills with two wheels I 1 first let him see it and smell it leading him around it lifting up the chills and letting them kii kli fall fail till he sees that irwill it will not hurt him then I 1 pull wlm him between the chills and let him stand a while before I 1 drive him by driving awhile in this vehicle until I 1 think it safe I 1 put him before a lumber wagon and lie he will soon bo be manageable at ordinary work E er r tim THE FAMINE IN ix INDI AThe bombay overland mall mail brings advices advises to sept S the famine in orissa was fearful the board of revenue has ceased to publish the number of reported deaths the calcutta correspondent of the times says a cry has gone goff up for sir john lawrence to supersede sir C bendon or at least to send the sanitary commissioner to orissa so near to calcutta ha has the famine approached that a missionary has received a large grant for the southern villages ho he says it will be impossible to relieve a fiftieth part of the flerin su r around calcutta for the next two marahs tenia telia TELEGRAPH FAC SIMILES mr field has brought out to this country a number of very interesting specimens of the system of telegraphing now in operation between paris and lyons alyous and bifia a and bordeaux by which exact copies of the message are produced at either extremity of the lines solely by mechanical ch anical means the message is written on prepared paper covered with a lead surface which is a nonconductor of the electric fluid the writing or drawing in it the ink furnish ed led for the purpose changes the points touched by it to the opposite electrical character the pendulum is swinging g at each end of the circuit iu in unison tinis its its upper end is divided into info points bay eay like a fine tooth comb the message being passed over these at one end sends a currant to correspond with filth the writing or lines and anti produces an exact copy of the or original orinal inal inai upon the prepared paper held to the vibrating pendulum in the distant gity city thus a fac fay simile of writing and signature is i s furnished without any skill shill of the operator A drawing of the likeness of a thief or absconding im clerk is reproduced with minute faithfulness patterns of machinery patterns tor for for bonnets hieroglyphics messages in chinese or in an unk unknown novin tongue are copied with as little trouble as the simplest letters of a familiar familial alphabet some notices of this have hime been given in foreign journals but no mere verbal description can convey a full idea of the wonderful process the tee i hibernian who insisted some years agoy t hat that the telegraph operator should forward ills lils photograph over the wires to his sive sweetheart etheart was only a d little ahead ahad of his age since this can can cau naw now be done without the slightest trouble troubie provided the likeness be taken on the proper r material mst mit erial i IMMENSE jsn PUBLIC WORKS ty franca FrAN cn in a letter to the london coming star the paris correspondent of that journal writes Drain lug yng on a gigantic scale is being carried on in france no to less than three hundred and fifty thousand square acres are unde undergoing r in this salutary process govern government m e nt geh has haw 43 devoted seven millions to carry out the works the staff officers of the civil engineer department deportment have further farther furthermore moro surveyed yeda a superficies of orfice nive five hundred hund reth rett thousand square acres the reclaim reclaiming hig big of which wll wil not cost less lesa than thirty four millions the tho most im important t public works now in hand however are the embankments of which the immediate object is to prevent tr various rivers from overflowing their beds and thus causia causing the frightful inundations which w bic ble have within the last few years caused so much damage to the country works of this nature have been set on foot in sixty four departments part ments ten millions have been set apart for defraying the necessary expenses nin nineteen eteen hundred river louizes courses will thus be dammed up the total length of the embankments re required ul ed measuring ago eight thousand english miles it is much tat taa th the tha are dit of the country population two 1111 thirds irda of tho the ax ex pense penso of these works yorks will be defray defrayed ed by the panties parties government beh beb calle called d on to subscribe in districts ho population is 6 of af the poo poorest rest nest description I 1 11 i farmers LEAGUE MAMIE an aso association clation under this title lias liar been beeh organized at jaek Jack jackson soh sob amador county the object of the organization is 18 to procure sueh such amendments to the existing laws of ortho the united states in irr regard to the public lands as shall be necessary to adapt them to the circumstances and wants of the people in the mining districts of california it is expected that the ohe public lands willbe soad within a short time and it ft is contended according t to 0 the present resent law not one man nian in ten will rave gave have the first right to purchase his own improvements cal erx Eix express tress press bears nears AMONG tire THE APPLE aiple TRUES fourteen bears have been killed recently in Alba aiba H the burnor burner says they have been quite bold three of them committed the offense offence of visiting a fa farmers r m ers ens orchard when discovered one 0 of f them had ascended a areg tree treo and was deliberately shaking ond oil the fruit while the other two were gathering if it up one b bear bean ear was killed in conway centre near the town house GOOD CEMENT cellene gutta perch percha a ed in chloroform so as to make fluid of the consistency of honey produce produces i a good cement when spread it will vili dry in a few mom moments ants but it can be softened by heating small patches of leather can be cemented on boots in such a manner as to almost defy detection and some shoemakers employ it with great success for this purpose it is waterproof roof resisting all the elements but beat heat |
