The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-06

VENICE BY MooNLIGHT.-Thc glory
of a full moon in a cloudlcss sky is
especially appropriated to Venice.
Paris shows her fuirest in gay right
ness ofsunny May. 70 Rome most
fifty belongs the solemn splcndors
of the days decline. Naples is best
seen when the morning laughs over
Capri and touches the smoke col
umn over Vcsuvius with CLEAN of
gold. But the most exquisite mem
DRY one retains Of Venice is OF thesa
charming moments when one floats
beneath the moon and stars, when
the soGtcniny shadows and mystar
ious light rob the old palaces o.
every vestige of desolation and de-
cay, when Venice is the faircr be-
cause of the shining night, and night
shows at its loveliest because it
shines over Venice. recall one
such evening, when our gondola
glided over the path of silver flung
by the full moon over the waveless
water The Church of san Giorgio
rose dark in the background against
the dusky luminous blue of the
sky. a band of street musicians,
rode in Il barge hung with colored
lanterns, filled the air with songs. The
scene was as unreal and as beauti.
full as though we were living in an
opera. And when the singers
changed their strains from "Santia
Lucia" and "Addio bella Napolin
to the "Miserere" of Trovatore,"
there stole over us a sense that all
this had happened before, that the
music and the moonlight and the
wondrous scene around were all
part and parcel of our past exist
ence. In front of yonder palace
we had seen "Mafilo Osini" tear
away the mask from the face of
'Lucrezia Borgia." We had noted
'Iago" and "Othello" in close CON
verse on yonder square. "Bassanio"
had Toasted his friends but yesterday
in yon sumptuous mansion. And
still the music filled the air and
the moon and stars shone overhead,
g 9, ii itwus al.,no dream was
Venice.-Lucy Hooper
"NIiss Edith, do you like sailing?"
said Fred Silverly to his blushing
"Oh, think it is perfect lovely"
replied Edith.
"What kind of Il craft do you
prefer to sail IMP"
"Oh, a smack by all means"
They sailed III the "arlor.-ken-
lucky State Journal.
TEACH THE COLT TO WALK FAST.
One experienced in the manage
ment Of horses tells us that any
colt may be taught to be a fast walk
er by II little continued care in
handling. \ fast walk in Il horse is
the most valuable gait that training
can acquire. 1t is valuable in
pillow horse, in a team horse. and
particularly 50 in Il driving horse.
Some horses will trot along very
well until they come to ascending
ground, when you wish to relieve
him by letting him walk up grade.
He then falls into a show, lazy walk,
that is very trying to the drivers
patience, but Il well-traincd walker
will step off briskly at the rate of
four miles an hour, and the driver
feels that he has been detained but
very little by letting his horse walk
up the hill as he starts off ut his
usual trotting speed, being relieved
by the change of walking up the
hill. Colts should be trained to
walk fast before there is an attempt
made to improve them i'll any other
gait. This may be accomplished by
commencing very young and lead
ing at walk by your side, urging
speed little by little with
out letting it break into trot but
this must not be be continued long
at long at a time, so as to weary
or tire. One or two short lessons Il
day will soon show wonderful
improvement, but after lessons will
be required to prevent a relapse.