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TRIBUTE TO THE HORSE. Tn an eloquent trihute to the horse, written by that active friend of animals, Mr. George Foster Howell, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. and published in a recent issue of the Ledger- Dispatch, Norfolk, Va., occur these pectineal paragraphs: "On the batilefiehl the bane faces the enemy as bravely as the most h. rata soMfav that ever carried a bayonet, and win n shot and shell tear ami read his powerful ho.ly he gives up his life for man without a whimper lie utters only the groan of the dumb ami speechless. It was he who delighted the hearta of kings, princes and potnnlalia He is the useful servitor not only of loyalty but of the lnimMcst human creature, be be peasant or even pet Idler. "One torment of the horses life is the average thoughtlessly cruel l.oy who drives the grocery wagon. The youth no sooner jumps on the wagon than the reins are given a hard. sharp slap on the horses hack ami lie is kept going at high speed. When he wants to stop he hauls up the lines so suddenly and so violently as to almost pull the animal down on its haunches. Many of these irresponsible youths licat the horse with the whip, and the welts thus made are always silent witnesses of the boys cruel nature, but the grocoryman is too busy to know or to ease what happens to his horse, so long as he can sell groceries and deliver the goads. "In dealing with the horse, let us put ourselves in his place. I,ot us practice the golden rule. Suppose you were the horse and the horse the man, how would you like the haras to treat yon Answer that question honestly and the whole problem of justice and mercy to the horse and to all other animals is instantly solved satisfactorily."
