Show ANI ANIMAL TRAGEDIES ahone A hone atea in a crock thirteen day without rood L ast autumn while a malno raan was wandering hi the woods bo camo upon the of a peculiar tragedy he saw a cow apparently alive standing beside a tree ho watched her at intervals for an hour or more and wondered that she remained motionless so long some thing peculiar in her position aroused his curiosity and bo went near abe cow was dead her head and neck wedge dinto the crotch of a low apple tsoo she poor creaturo crea tuco bad probably been reaching through the limbs for apples and somehow got fast in the crotch the hair and even the skin were worn from her neck showing how she had struggled for freedom 1 and escape from slow starvation tho appletree apple tree was in an isolated position and tho poor cow had not been discovered in timo to save her life A valuable borso ot troup county georgia was lost a short time ago diligent search was made in vain and his owner had about concluded that the horse had been sioloa thirteen days was x negro boy found the borso in tho bed of a creek tho animal was standing in tho water unable to escape because of the high banks of the stream aahl the falls in the stream above and below him the negro boy spoke to tho horse and was answered by a glad whinny tho lad at reported his discovery to the owner who summoned several of his neighbors and went to the horson relief the bank of tho creek had to be dug down and whilo the men worked the animal aavo whinnies of delight from time to time by way of evincing hia satisfaction is that help was at hand when the incline was completed the horse rushed up to the top and then staggered and fell to tho ground but he soon recovered and proceeded to his stable ho had been in the creek thirteen days without food except tho little that ho had picked from the almost naked bank the hair on his legs all dropped off from the long exposure otherwise ho was soon as sound as ever |