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ful care and attention. There seemed to be a happy under- 

 standing between horses and master. Feeding and watering 

 were always prompt, regular and generous. When out with 

 the saddle, in climbing the steep, rugged mountain trails, a 

 halt and rest was often necessary. If these were at all 

 prolonged, the cinch was loosened. No wonder those horses 

 were ready for the hardest climb, and stoutest pull, and it 

 was a pleasure to note the pride which all in the family 

 seemed to feel in these horses. I believe the horses felt the 

 appreciation. It is a united family, and the horses may be 

 counted in. 



The other man's horse had ribs — great, big ribs — twenty- 

 eight of them all standiug out in boldest relief. He also had 

 a sore shoulder. The feeding was not prompt, was not regu- 

 lar, was, I dare say, at times omitted entirely. This horse 

 did not seem in love with life. Were I his master I should 

 fear he did not love me. I am sure I should take no pride in 

 driving him. And I hope I should have disturbing dreams, in 



which the 5th " Beatitude " and the Golden Rule would play a 

 conspicuous part. I doubt if this horse was uncinched in the 

 rest times, as he bore his owner or other up the steep moun- 

 tain sides. " Old Don " refused to draw his load as he came 

 to the steepest, hardest climb. He seemed to say, "I can't 

 do it: it IS too hard." 



J wish again to repeat the lines of Eliza Cook : 



" Oh, if to us one precious thing 



\ot theirs — a soul — is given ; 

 Kindness to them will be a tiling 



To bear it up to heaven."' 



MUSIC IN THE HOME. 



I wonder if we all appreciate the added charm that music 

 gives to the home. Charles Darwin made the lamentable con- 

 fession that, whereas he, as a boy and young man, was very 

 fond of music, art and poetry, he gave his life so exclusively 

 and so energetically to scientific research that he lost his love 

 and taste for the other things. He did such grand work in 

 science that we may the less regret the atrophy of the other 

 qualities. He regretted this withering-up process, and said 

 that were he to live his life over, he would give time to culti- 

 vate these other desirable faculties of his being. Does not 

 the parable of the talent and the napkin urge us to round out 

 our being and lives by cultivating all our faculties ? I have 

 had a somewhat similar experience to that of Darwin, and I 

 also reeret it. In my early life I was not only very fond of 

 music, as I am still, ijut I quickly learned music. Hearing a 

 piece sung once or twice, would make me able to sing it cor- 

 rectly. My daughter now sings, and some of her pieces 

 delight me beyond expression. Yet. though I have heard 

 them sung a score of times, I can not sing them. Were I to 

 live life again, I should keep this music in my soul, rich and 

 full. I have missed much. 



Again, 1 know of several who seemed to have little taste 

 or aptitude in music, who, by study, have become fine musi- 

 cians. Music is so rich a gift and so priceless an adornment 

 in the home that its cultivation may never wisely be neglected. 

 It refines performer and listener. It gives the healthiest and 

 best recreation, the keenest and most wholesome entertain- 

 ment. If anything will fasten the love of children in the 

 home, and stay their footsteps from wandering away, it is 

 music. 



I wish all our home circles might be the center of fine 

 and oft-recurring concerts, that all the members might be the 

 more knit into one bond of love and good fellowship. 



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