The Tailless Cattle Of Florida

"I noticed yes te relay some cu t tl e hero in Jacksonvülo. and thoughtthat, aside from thcir lcaniíoss and diminutiva sizo, thc.c was soruething else peculiar about thora, and studied íor some time, íintil I suddinlv diseovered there wore gomo of theni miuus taiis; others looked as though thoy bad about half of that usefuï appendage cut off. In a country ("boro flies and mosquitoes are as pieuiiiul as they must be here I should think it 110 loss tban downright Ciuclty for pco]lu to treat the poor crenturcs in Ihis shameless manncv." My vemarks wore greotcd with a roar of laughter. "Bless your heart, my vounp' fi'iend, the pcople dou't do that; it's the alligators." 'Alligator?" said I, astonished. "Yes, the alligators." "How can that be?" "Oh, they grab them when they are feeding in the water." "And bito off their tails, I suppose?" "Yes, thoy do. You see they crecp up so quietly that the cattlo do not notice their approach, and the first thing tho animal is aware of is a jerk iu the rear. He tries to ;et away, but it is of no ase; tlic barder be pulls the tightcr the alligator holda on, until the appendaLre givcs waj', and the conquerorswims offlKippily.1' "Highly intcresting sight, I should Uiink" "Well, rather, as the question of ownership is oftcn highly disputed, t'.iough I never saw a case vet in wbich the cattl ; came off victorious,"- New York Tribune. Tliis is an unuíiially favorable seaooa iot Arlzosa tacioneu.