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A TRAINED EOHSE. 00 becamencccssary to upload the ten horses, since it ia at least eight feet from the deck of the ship to the surf. And just consider the fuss that ia being made among the owners of the horses wondering how to get them ashore, when without any talk or bluster our ■ beautiful, inteUigent, trained creature, who has been taught to obey when it was ordered by its master, did leap down into the sea followed by his trainer. Thus soon he was on terra firma, hours before the oth- er horses were swung over the sides with block and tackle. Do you wonder at the surprise and admira- tion of those viewing the scene on board? "And not only the docDity of the animal attracted attention lut also the practical executive ability of our young soldier. It was he who first landed. By his energy the necessary crafts were got alongside the ship to bring the horses to land, and then his tact in handling the na,tives who manned these rude affairs, at once stamped him as a leader of men, and from that day he was a marked man. Every boy or girl who reads this and who is de- sirous of making his mark in the world, should ever remember that the world admires him or her, whether young or old, who does. The dreamer may have the best thinldng madiihe of aiiy human in; the lihiverse, but unless this thought sets in motion. th«  hands and legs' to do things, it availeth naught, and this partly innate but highly cultivated faculty of Alpnso is;,.jtvhat; Vf^?;^^ b|i& fp'^o??- , P® W** iu>t l^Vt btitewr-rdii^itD: assist, ^o.;^i^^' if it was not his duty. Did jrbu ever hear "I vvb^ji't" snappishly ex- claimed by some young person when requested ta