Half-Wayl
Sava yoo forgotten where we itood
I Between the lighta, thnt night of Spring,
Tho river rolling to the flood,
| So mil the bird*, they ilnreil not singT
Ho love wne over (tream'd liko tliii,
Beneath tho shadow* of tho park,
Between a whisper and a kiss,
t Between the daylight ami tlie dark!
Tboro hail been trouble—this wo* rest;
Thoro had been passion—this was peace:
The sunset dying in tho west
Made Nature sigh and whispers cocao,
I only felt what I had found,
You only knew what I would say;
But nothing broke the poero profound
Between tho darkens* and tho day!
How will it end? I cannot tell;
I asked it many months ago,
Before the loaves ol Autumn full,
And chang'd to Winter's wast" of snow.
Yet we stand watching at tho gate
Of summer-time lor promise—hark!
Ho love, 'tis nothing' wo must wait
Between tlie • lay light and tho ilark!
—Clement Seott.
A BITTER CUP,
Mr. Martin had just come in to tea.
It was one of those sultry summer j
evenings when the leaves hang stirlesa- i
ly on the trees, and the dull electric j
fires bla/.e along the cast, forcbodcrs of
. n
storm.
It li;nl been very hot all day, the
farm-hands had lagged at their work
on the lowland meadow, and all the
world's wheels seeme 1 to revolve as if
they were weighted. Mr. Martin was
very tirtsl, and, withal, a little cross.
Perhaps Mrs. Martin was tired, too.
She, poor soul, had been up since four
o'clock in the morning. She had wash,
cd. taken care of four cows' milk, pre
pared three meals for tho hungry
farm hands, been up in the quarry
woods to search for a family of ad
venturous young turkey-chicks, sooth- i
ed the sorrows of a teething baby, and
mended up the suit of clothes which ,
Betsey Blim, the tailoress, had declar
ed "not worth a needleful o' thread!"
because Thomas, her husband, had
sai l that "willful waste was wof il
want," and that there was a deal of
wear in the suit yet, if only there was
a stitch taken here and there.
But her cheek was pink and her eves
sparkling when Thomas came in, fur
all the heaviness in her heart and the
dull pain in her ha k, for little Esther
had come home from boarding-school.
Esther, the youngest sister of all, tin
darling of the family circh- from which
Mrs. Martin came—the pet fur whom
they all had seraped and pinched so
that she, at least, might have a "Boston
education."
* And Esther sat in the window-seat,
grown into a blooming young woman,
with bronze-brown hair lying in fluffy
masses over her fair forehead, porcelain,
blue eyes, and a dress all trimmed with
ribbon bows,
"Look, Thomas!" rrb*l Mrs. Martin
excitedly: "it's Essie! Essie come
home two days before we expected her!' i
• "Yes, I see," said Mr. Martin, in the
cold, measured tones which always
dampened his wife's enthusiasm like
so many drops of freezing water.
"How do you do, Esther? Ruth, what
are you putting cold chicken on the
table for? Corned-licef is plenty, lam
sure. You bad a great deal better
save the chicken for the men's break
fast Working folks have hearty
appetites."
"Esther is fond of cold chicken," ,
whispered Mrs. Martin. "And—"
"No one need want anything lietter
than good corned-beef," judiciously
pronounced Mr. Martin, "Put the
chicken hack into the pantry, and the
apple jelly with it. flood stewed goose
berries are relish enough for anybody.
We must economize in little things as
well as large ones, if we don't want to
end our flays in the poorhouse."
And Mrs. Martin sorrowfully obey
ed, while Esther watched her brother
in-law with large, grave eyes, betoken
ing inward surprise.
At the end of a week, Mr. Martin
addressed his sister-in-law with serious
purpose.
"Well, Esther," said he, "you've
been here a week now."
"Yes," said Essie, "I've leon here a
week."
"A week is a good long visit," re
marked Mr. Martin.
"It's long enough for some things,"
said Essie.
"Mrs. Martin thinks she would like
to have you stay," went on Mr. Martin,
after a puzzled glance at the blue, shin
ing eyes. "And although, of course,
every one adds to the expense in a
family like this, I've no objections to
giving you a home, provided you are
willing to earn it by hard work.
And—"
"Stop!" cried Essie, jumping up,
"I haven't asked you for a home yet.
And I don't mean to. And you are
only making me the offer because
Doctor Dorian says Ruth will break
down unless she has a strong maid
servant to help her with the house
work. But there Is no money that
i
would hire mo to make myself such a
' drudge as poor Ruth is."
"Hoity-toity!" said Mr. Martin.
'•Young woman, you don't consider
who you are talking to."
"Yes,l do," said Essie, with emphasis.
"To a Bluebeard, to a stock, a stone, a
man who is grinding his wife's life out
on the pitiless wheel of money making.
No, I wouldn't live as Ruth does, not
if you would put me in a palace!"
Mr. Martin grew green and saffron
by turns.
"Humph!" said he. "Fine ideas you
have got at this fashionable hoarding -
school of yours. Well, if you don't
like my offer, you're not obliged to
accept it. Re a line lady, If you please,
and see where it will land you."
Byway of answer, Essie inarched
out of the room with all the dignity of
a roval princess. She only stopped in
the kitchen long enough to kiss Ruth,
who was in the midst of a baking.
"I'oor darling," said she, "How I
wish I could carry you off with me.
For stay, 1 won't!"
"Life is hard work, Essie," said Mrs.
j Martin, beginning to cry, iu spite of
I herself; "and it's a woman's duty to
j help her husband."
•And I mean to help mine when I
I have one," said Essie, blushing bright
ly. "But not by wearing myself out." j
Mr. Martin shook his head.
"If Stephen Smith is foolish enough
to marry that saucy gipsy, she'll j
lead him a pretty life," said he. "I j
j wonder if she expo ts to sit on a
satin sofa all her days, with a rose
i in her hand, and lor hair frizzled, in
; that preposterous fashion, all over j
her eyes? But I warn 'em, they noil
never come to me for help! Esther j
has treated me with too much insolen e
for me ever to receive her again,"
i "I am sure sh<- did not mean any
thing." said Mrs. Martin, apologetically. ;
"Well, then, her words Is-linl her
meaning." remarked Thomas Martin,
grimly compressing his lips.
But Stephen Smith w.as apparent
ly undaunted by the possibilities of
ruin predicted by Farmer Martin, for
he married Esther and went to the
city to live, within three months.
"I give 'em just a year to come
bark here and eat humble pier* said
Martin, vindictively.
"Oh. Thomas; ib-n't talk so'" said
j his wife, "nail would think you
would be glad to have some c\ il
befall them!"'
"And so I should." said Martin,
viciously grin-ling his teeth together
•'That girl m-eds a lot of humbling,
and I hope she'll get it."
Three years afterward there c.aine
; one of those terrible droughts that
undo a fanner's life work in a sea ,
son, an 1 sweep awav his protects a
an autumn wind sweeps away a sere
forest. The cattle died, a pestilence
broke out am -rig the (lock of sheep, i
which Thomas M irtin had just bought: ,
; a high wind blew his best barn over,
and disaster stared him in the fa e on
every side.
"It's n i us" talking." said he. "I
cannot meet this year's Interest on the
mortgage. The pla e will have to go."
"Oh. Thomas'" groaned Mrs. Martin. 1
who. jMsir soul, now lay all day on a
hard wooden lounge, and groaned t -
.see how wofully she \sas ne*led at the
helm.
i "I can't help it," sai 1 Martin.
) "Everjthing is against me"
"It's only live hundnsl dollars," said
Mrs. Martin. "You might Iwrrow it.''
"Who'd len I to me, I'd like to know?'
said Martin, rememliering with a sigh
how he hal hardened his own face
again-t every humble suppliant in the
golden days of his prosperity.
"There's Esther's husband," suggest
led Ruth. "I've heard that he's doing
I well in Boston. And. after ail, Esther's
my own sister."
Mr. Martin's features contracted into
a hideous grimace, of all the bitter
cups which circumstances had held to
his lips of late this was the bitterest.
But it had to 1m swallowed. There
was no help for it.
"I didn't suppose Smith's folks lived
as genteel as this," said he to himself,
as a neat maid led hiin across an
octagonal vestibule, floored with black
and red marble, ami fragrant with
flowers, under the golden fringe of an
antique portiere, into a large, taste
fully-furnished room, where the sing
ing birds, the open piano, the low satin
sofa all betokened no lack of money.
Yes -Mr. Smith was at home. He
had not yet gone to the -.tore, ami pres
ently he caine In, waving welcomes to
the man who had married Essie's sister
"Lend yon a thousand dollars?" said
he. "Of course we can lend you a
thousand dollars. What is money for
if not to help each other with. Oh,
yes. We've a snug ltttle sum laid up
in the bank, and we live very comfort
ably. My business? Yes, It's tolera
ble, but it never got us all these things."
glancing at the soft arabesques of the
carpet, the graceful folds of the crini.
•ii n silk curtains, and the easel filled
i with proof engravings. "That ia 1117
wife's doing." * w -
"Eh?" said Mr. Martin, Btaring
around him.
"Yes," said Smith, with a certain,
quiet satisfaction. "Essie is an artist,
you know—a designer. She invents
patterns for the paper-hangers and up
holsterers. They are glad to pay her
ilfty dollars a week."
"Fifty dollars a week!" exclaimed
Thomas Martin. "Why that's more—
ilfty dollars is, I mean—than poor Kuth
made by all her poultry for a year.
Well, I never!"
In all his life he had never respected
Essie as he respected her now.
"She has money laid up," said
Stephen Smith. "And if she's the girl
1 think she is, she won't grudge it to
help Iter sister's husband in a pinch."
(all and bitterness- gall and bitter
ness! Hut, thought poor Martin, with
a sigh, how was Stephen to know all
that was come and gone?
Essie's light step, on the passage
way, sounded at this instant; and she
came in, dressed in a picturesque
brown linen blouse; her hair still shad
ing her forehead, like a fringe of doss
silk, alter the old, graceful fashion.
"Yes," she said brightly, when her
brother-in-law's errand was statsl to
her; "Of course you shall have it. I
owe you as much as that, I think,
Thomas, were it only to erase from
your memory that last scene of our
parting. I Tow deliant and insolent it
was, to-basure!" and she laughed tlie
sweet.-st of mellow laughter. "Hut I
insist upon it still, that my theory was
correct; a woman can work, without
I bc< oniing a drudge."
"I'erbaps she can," slowly and un
willingly admitt<-d Thorn LS Martin
' "perhaps she can' Hut it didn't use to
tie so. in my mother's days."
And he sighe 1 to think of poor Kuth,
broken down in the meridian of her
days, bv the. ruel ne that drive
the wife of an American farmer to her
doom. Was it his own fault? 1 '••r
haps it was.
Essie's thousand loan was the straw
whi h saved him from figurative
drowning. He paid the interest.
I>tight a new il.s k ..f merino sheep,
and weathered the storm.
And the next year w hen Essie came
to the farm t<> assist lmr sister, for the
tirst time she found Kuth sitting on
the piazza, and watching the little
jamb play in the sunshine with listless,
heavy eyes.
"Y'-s." said Kuth, "I can't work any
: more. Hut Thomas is very kind He
don't grudge the hired girl's wag.-s.
and he is always saying he wish.-d he
had taken more care of me in the . Id
1 times. Hut it's too late now-. You
were right. Essie, when you said you
wouldn't stay ■ ri here, and help with
the housework."
"Yes." said Essie, fondling the thin
hand, which lay on the arm .f the
rocking-chair, "I think 1 was right " -
//.fin For-*'. Itract*.
The Viceroy and the Itabj,
A characteristic anecdote is related
of the late Eord Lawrence, when its
the new Yiceroy of India he was re
turning to the country in which his
bc-t years bad lw-cn pass.si. He was
' in b id spirits, partly from scn-sh knev* ;
partly from the lack of friends and con
genial natures around him, partly from
the feeling of the hea\ v responsibilities
! which he had assumed in comparatively
1 weak health. A lady was returning to
; India with her infant child, which she
utterly neglected, and the baby took its
revenge ujszn the passengers generally
|by squalling day and night alike. They
complained in no measured language
to th" authorities. "Steward, throw
that baby overlioard!" was the cry
1 which came from many a tempest
' tot sis I and sleepless birth. Hut the
nuisance continued unabated. At last
the new viceroy, perhaps he saw in the
child, balf-unconsciously, a slight re
semblance to his lost Hcrtie, gave it a
large share of his attention, and would
take it for hours together on his knee f
showing it his watch and anything
that would amuse it. The child took
to him. as he to It,' and to the great
relief of the passengers was always
quiet in his presence "Why do you
take such notice of that child ?" Asked
one of them. "Why, to tell you the
truth," sidd the viceroy, "that child la
the only licing In the ship who 1 can
feel quite sure does not want to get
anything out of me, and so 1 take
pleasure in its society." How much
of the kindliness and simplicity of a
great nature is revealed by this simple
1 story.
Arelal Trips.
Two successful aerial trips have
l>een male by M. I'ompeieu with an
elongated balloon, and on the second
ascent a cfiange in the course of the
■ nir-ship wa< obtained by simply mov.
ing n rudder with which It had beeo
i prov ide<L
Turn s OF TIIE DAY.
An organization under the name of
j the National Horse Show a sociution
of America proposes to hold a preli
minary exhibition in New York city,
during ttic fall. At this exhibition rc-
I presentatives of a!I classes of horses
arc expected to lie present. The asso
| elation claims for its object the im
! provement and exhibition of horses in
| America
The female population of Kurdis
. ton area rather a plucky set. A Con
stantinople correspondent says that
the census otlicers were recently order
-1 ed to make an enumeration <>f women
of the district. But the women
would not be enumerated, and when
soldiers were sent t>> assist the census
men some live hundred Kurdish worn-
I en asseiiibbsl, attacked the soldiers,
probably with hair-pins, and put them
to (light. The census operations had
| to be suspended pending the arrival of
military reinforcements.
It would be a most c 1 rious calcula
tion w'hich would establish, even ap
proximately. the difTer.-nce between
tlm population of New York city dur
ing the .lay and the night. It must !•
Somew here in the hundred* of thous
ands, and it is quite jwssibk* that it
will reach half, or even three-quarter*
of a million. It is doubtful if in any
other city in the world so many work
ers by day leave the hive to sleep in
other cities. Brooklyn al-.ne, if ferrv
statist!, s can Ix- taken as the bias of an
estimate, must accommodate at least
100,0*10 |>crson* at night who swell
the metropolitan total during the .lav-
According to our best knowledge,
the laborers who built the great J'yra
rnid received <1 suui per day equal to
the purchasing power of two cents of
our money. The laborers employed m
building the E;ut Hiver bridge re.
ceivcd an average of $2.10 ]r day.
This contra-t is the b.-*t illustration
of modern pr .gr-**; it has m.i le work
men 12.1 times better .fl than they
were when the great Pyramid* w. re
built. This d.'* not mean that they
are now too well off.. .r n >t well enough
off; it simply shows where progress
most iinproves the material condition
of mankind, and that 1* in the field, the
forge, the shop, the aiill.
1 The Prince of Montenegro is a prac
tical reformer of the hT .< style. >.ltlf>
time ago he closed all the cafes and
drinking sh.qw ia his dominion, re
garding them ls effeminacy,
extravagance and corn •ptHft. ril hen
he atx.hsliod all title*, so that Mule
formerly ev-ry other man in M.intene
gro was an " Excellency," now even
the ministers have to l>e contented
with plain " Mr." And now the prince
has issued an interdict againgt all •• lux
urious wearing apparel," includiog
cravats, gloves, walking sticks, para
sols and umbrellas. And no one dare*
complain, tiecausc the prince him*el(
lives up to the strictest letter of his
laws.
The supremacy of the silk-worm is
seriously threatened if the rejw.rt of
the discovery of a new textile fibre
yielding plant in Mexico is authentic.
Mexican newspapers declare that this
plant, which is of the v ine specie-*,
yields a brilliant, line, strong fibre, that
takes dyes readily and U extremely
pliant and durable. There are said to
be no difficulties in the way of its pre
paration and manufacture, and the
fabric made from it closely resembles
silk. If correctly described, this new
vegetable in addition to the list of tex
tiles will add largely to the already
abundant natural resources of Mexico. ,
There is hardly a doubt, however, but
that the plant will flourish in other
lands of like latitude and temperature
if transplanted.
A movement in l>ehalf of rational
dre*s for women ha* been instituted
in England, which may or may not re
sult In practical reform. The Hational
Dress association have invited artists
in dress to send whatever they regard
a* more rational attire than at present
adopted, and especially to compete for
a prize of $2lO, for a dress which shall
fulfill the follow ing conditions: Free"
dom of movement; absence of pressure j
upon any part of the body; no more
weight than what is necessary for
warmth; weight and warmth evenly
distributed; lieauty and grace com
bined with comfort and convenience;
not too conspicuous a departure from
woman's ordinary dries. Of course,
getting the rational dress ia one thing,
securing its adoption is quite another.
Mrs. Carrie Burnham Kilgore has
Ieen admitted to practice In the or
phan's court in Philalclphln. She is
the first woman admitted to practice
In any court fn that city, she is n grad
uate of the University of l'cnusyl
| Vaula Mi.- was rejected when, in 117-1.
' she presented herself to the board of
legal examiners, for examination, tho
board taking the ground that there was
no precedent in tills country for the ad
mission of a woman to the bar. Ap
plication was made to court for a rule
upon the examiners to show cause why
*ln- should not be heard, but the courts
declined to grant the rule, a suit for
damages was brought against the
board, but was not passed. A bill to
admit women to practice in the court
was introduced in the Legislature in
1861, and Mrs. Kilgore (then Miss
Hurnliain) appeared lx-forethe House
of ID'presentatives in favor of the
measure. The bill, however, was do
' featcl.
Earthquakes and volcanic outbursts
in < - ntral and South America continue
to occur with unusual frequency. With
in the last six months the disturb,
ances of this nature along the chain
I of the Andes have been remarkable.
I Last winter there were many earth
quake sleek* In Central America, and
during one of tliern a small island sank
out of sight. About the same time 1
news came that Lake Titicaca w as dry
ing up in a surprising and alarming
manner. 1 tb-r earthquake shock* fol
lowed, destroying villages arid doing
other damage. Next the volcano of
Orueteje, in Lake Nicaragua, sudden
ly burst into eruption for th<- first time
since the discovery of America. Ke
cently there has l.<*en 11 violent earth
quake in E'-uador, and th<- gr-at vol
cano of Cotopaxi has begun to hurl
forth srn.ke, a*hes and melted risk.
Th<- r .urt 01 common pleas at ntts
burg lias d.-cided that the Pullman and
other sleeping car companies are re
sjsinsible f.r money and valuables
stolen from travelers at night Th<-
1 mipany's defense in ] art was that
va! 1 able* should l- phi .1 in th< safe
provided f->r that purpo-.-. The a**:*t
ant superintendent acknowledged on
the stand that, owing to tb<- manner
111 which the cars are now arranged,
a j-r-.fes-i .nal thief c-.uld r<-a- h through
an-l rob a passenger in an adj-ining
ls-rth without deletion. The judge
said he did not < .nsider the c• -mpany
r<-*; noble a* a hotel-ke.-jH r. or a com.
ii n < .irr," r. but when th mpany
- ild a t.<k t f-T $2. in a id.to t-> the
regular rate* f-.r passage, and offered
the facilities for sleeping a* an in
ducement to pay the extra money, it
lmund itself t > protect It* patron*
while they were asleep and for th<-
time is-i-.g helpless. The jury brought
in aver h> t f-.r the full claim, with in
tcri *t. An appeal will Is- taken to the
supreme r->urt and tlie matter finally
decided.
Lifetime of Yarlno* Animals.
Camels lis- from forty to fifty years,
horses average from twenty-five to
thirty; oxen, about twenty, sheep,
eight or nine; and dogs twelve to fif
teen. Concerning the ag.-s attained
by n-<n domesticated annuals only a
I few isolated facta are known. The
; Last Indians ldi ve that the life
period of the elephant is aWiut 300
year*, instances Iwing recorded of these
animal* ha* ing lived Ido year* in con
finement after capture at an unknown
age. Whales arc estimat<*l to reach
the age of -put years. S>mo reptiles
are very long-lived, an instance being
furnished by a tortoise which was con
fined in 1633 and existisl until 1713,
when he perishal by accident. Birds
sometimes reach a great age, the eagle
and the swan having lieen known to
live one hundred years. The longevi
ty of fishes is often remarkable. The
carp has been known to live 200 years.
1 common river trout fifty years; and the
! pike, ninety years; while (Jesner a >
Swiss naturalist—relates that a pike
caught in 1407 l*re a ring recording
the capture of the sauu tish 267 years
lief ore. .Insects are very short lived,
usually completing the term of their j
existence in a few week* or months-
Some even perish within a few hours
after emerging from a grub state, and
die upon the very day of entering upon
their new life. As a general rule not
to le applied too closely, larger types
of animals live longer than smaller.
After the Fralt.
Baby is very exacting at table. Her
mother has, in consequence, lieen ol>-
liged toforbid her to ask for anything.
One day there was adlah of magnifi
cent strawlierrles upon the table. Ba
by coveted them with longing eyes.
She threw a supplicating glance at her
mother and another at her father, but
this characteristic mimicry was unsuc. j
cewfuL
Baby was disconsolate. She uttered
a deep sigh, and, leaning over to her
father'a side In away t> be well heard, j
she said;
' l'a, tell mb that 1 have Hot asked
for any strawberries F
I
' ) t: ' ' " •
SCIENTIFIC HCRAPS.
Jupiter's spot, <ra which the earth
would only make a small patch, is
growing fainter.
in France wonderful results are
being obtained in the work of vaccinat
ing live stock against disease.
M. de Letwep* states that the evapo,
rating power of the sun is less on the
site of the proposed island sea of the
Sahara than on the Hod Sea, and be
( does not anticipate that the w aters
will dry up.
M. Taochini has succeeded in observ
ing the solar prominences upon the
very disk of the sun. lly enlarging
the opening of hi* spectroscope he has
been able a few times to recognize on
the edge of the spits these grand
eruptions of hydrogen and the un.
known substance helium.
The camphor tree has recently le-en
Intro luced into California and promises
well, it resembles the laurel some
what. It grows well all along the
coast, and one tree at Sacramento has
already attained a height of thirty feet
It is easily propagated from seed or
cuttings, lb-sides prislucing the well
known drug, the tree i, valuable as
timber.
A non-conductor of electricity has
yet to he found, for all substances
hitherto discovered are conductors of
the force under certain known condi
tions, hut those which offer a great
resistance to it serve the purpose of
nori-C'>ndoctors in practice, although
they rnaj all he either classed as g-MI
or had conductors. The liest con.
doctor known as yet is silver. The
worst conductor is parafline.
A Boj's Sermon that Staid By.
It was the fir-t effort he had ever
made to speak in public. It was in a
union praise meeting,following agre.it
revival, in a college town. The boy
blushing arid agitated, yet, wishing to
aid his word of advice and thanksgiv
ing. N-gan abruptly:
".My dear brothers and "inters. I hope
von will all take nold; and when you
get hold, keep hold."
The youth was *.> confused, that he
rcp-ated the same words over and
over, apparently unable to stop, or to
catch a new sentence. Sorne of the
young jieople, who had religion, but
were not old enough to have pity or
consideration, liegan to laugh, when a
lug hearted man (none other than
llr ther Ben. llristow. of Covington j,
struck out with the alw ays appropriate
ejaculation. "Thank and thpn.
with that great melo.li 'is voice of his.
began the hymn -"Am I a soldier of
the ros- -"
Fending this inquiry the youthful
1 disciple sank, red and p-rspiring. int >
his seat.
I am uncertain whether any honest
effort is fruitless. That |oor lad
thought, no doubt, that that was a
failure. I have often wondered
whether he ever tried it again —whether
he did "keep hold." The talk of the
college professors and the ministers of
the evangelical churches assembled in
that union meeting have faded from
my remembrance entirely, but the poor
boy's wretched exhortation remains
least in one heart.
The flowers of rhetoric maydecorato
the (iospel fabric, but add nothing to
its strength, nor can golden
glint of man's asthctic upholstery
make more grateful the shadows of
the great rook in a weary land.-On
cinuati Comtnernal h'a&ttr.
Selecting a Horse.
The Turf, Fi+hi awl Farm, than
which there is no 1 .etter authority on
the subject says: In buying a horse,
first look at his head and eyes for signs
of intelligence, temjier. courage and
honesty, if bail qualities predominate
in a horse, education only serves to en
large nnd intensify thein. The head ts
the indicator of disposition. A square
muzzle, with large nostrils, evidences
an ample breathing apparatus and lung
piwor. Next, see that he is well un
der the jowl, with jaw-lmnes broad and
wgle apart under the throttle. Breadth
and fullness lietween ears and eyes are
always desirable. The eyes should be
i full and hazel in color, ears small and
thin and thrown well forward. The
horse that turns his ears hack every
now and then is not to be trusted. He
is either a biter or a kicker, and Is sur e
to lie vicious in other respects, and. I*-
Ing naturally vicious, can never lie
trained to do anything well, and so s
home with a rounding nose, tapering
forehead, and a broad, full face below
the eyes is always treacherous ami not
to lie depended on. Avoid the long
i legg"', stilted animal —always choos
ing one with a short, straight back and
rump, withers high and shosrtders slop,
ing. well set liack. and with a good
I depth of chest, fore legs short, liind
1 legs straight, with low down hock <
short pastern joints, and a round mal.
foot.