Animals Shed Tears

Many people believe that horees do niot weep, but those -rt-ho have had niuch to do with these faithful creatures kaiow that on eeveral occasions they will shed teai-s as well as express sorrow in the most heartbreaking ni.-iimer. In the west, where the har(Unos .of tlie ponles cause the riders to aliiinrt overlook the necessity oï providing tor their aeeds, it is quice oommon when the we ither is extremely cold to leave an uablanketed pony tied ii]i foi' two or three hours Avhen the temperature is nearly zero, and whil" its is traais'aoting business or getting drunk. In this ea.se the Bufferimg is evidenced by cries whlcJi are alanost like sobs, and i mistakabl-e tears ireezs on to the I clieeks like icieles. AVheii a horse ïalls in the Street and gets injured the shock geiierally numbs its senses so much that it does iot either cry or groan, but under tome conditions an injured horse will solioit sympathy in a most distinc-t manner. I remeniber a favorite. horse of my own, ■"rites a oomsii.-iuilrm, whlch trod ei i ti nail long enough to pierre its ïoct. The poor thhig hobbled up to me om three lega íund M'ied as nearly like a thild in trouble as anythtng I can describe. The sight was a very touehing on-e, as wás also the crippled animal's gratitude when the nail was pulled out and the wound drtssed.- New York Telegram. A commercial traveler saya lie is very particular as to the car he se: i ■ i s . "I travel thoueands of miles a year," he says, "md have made it a rule to observe in the accounts oí rallroád accidenta whii-h pars of the trains are most ol'ten demolished. The result oí experience- for I been in a dozen smashups - and obseivation is that the middle cars are saíest. I never under any cireumstances rule in the rear car. I avokl the car next to the baggage rais though this is s&lected by many as the sü'est. The greatesb danger at present in railroad traveling is telessoping. When a man has been in a wreek an.l afterward seen the engine o!' the coUi-ding train half wky oí tin' rear car, or rather wiiat is left of it, it impresses hhn niost forcibly. The baggage car is usually hcavüy loaded, and in the collision its welght, together with the ponderous engine, generally smashes the next car to splinters, whlle the central cars are comparatively uninjured. When a train is derailed the baggage car and next coach, as a rule, go over. The roadbeda of our grcat transcontinental lipes are so solid, each eeoíinii is so ca'ofully oxamined, the rolltag stock is so mueh improved, that a brokcn rail, broken wheel or ale, and like mlshapa are reduced to a minimum.'