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Show nraV HHW I MORSE KNEW LAND WAS NHR. V ! Animal's Instinct Batter Than the Ob- JBB scrvatlon of Man. g When Thomas McCulness, a well- fttnown horseman of Philadelphia, went to Europe aomo time ago, he aaapiaa took a blooded orso with him. The B ainlrnal was lu specially prepared H atall on deck and njo)cd thu trip de- H spite ths ro h v eatlicr When Mr. HH AlcOulnesa nought land ahould aoon ftD1f slghte he nskod the captain how ft tar tho ahlp was from the Irish coast. The commander of the steamer, In his MH usual iuIT manner, replied. "Your M'H torso will tell you, watch htm." HUft Tho owner ot tho animal could not understand what tho captain mennt, nl and ho was not particularly pleased uif' -with the answer Finally, however, NBj a cnuplo of hour before land wail oh- B served, the horse, which wns a niag- jHr nlficent bay. poked his head through the grating and, stretching his neck, IH -whined loudly. "There )ou are," said H the captain to Mr McQulncss; "your horse smells the land " H The captain, In oxplalntng the odd H occurrence, said that the thorough- H bred detected the odor from pasture HH lands that was watted far seaward, H 2nd that horses on board ocean steam- at-, 4frg alwll'" Klve tho first signal when |