Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-26

foot, raised his knife, it was only BY quick
ly shifting her position, that she avoided
receiving the weapon in her breast, where
the blow would doubtless have been NOR
tai.
Her position and conduct, can only be
properly appreciated, when we reflect
that she was menaced by fate the most
terrible that can well be conceived which
! was, TO be given over to the Blackfeet
women, and put TO death by every species
of torture that savage ingenuity could de-
wise, backed by long experience in the
most cruel and subtle methods Of extract-
ing the greatest amount Of physical agony
from their wretched victims. And all
this she perfectly well knew, for il is Gus
tomary with all the mountain tribes 50 to
treat their female prisoners.
Curious anecdotes are related Of the eff
feet Of music upon animals. Marville has
given the following amusing account Of his
experiments. "While man was playing
on his trunp-marinc, made my observa-
ton on a cat, dog, horse, an ass, hind,
some cows, small birds, and cock and
hens, which were in the yard under the
window: the cat was not in the least Affect
ed the horse stopped short from time to
time, raising his head up now and thenas
he was feeding or the grass the dog con-
tinued for above an hour seated on his hind
legs, looking steadlastly at the player !; the
ass did not discover the least indication Of
his being touched, eating his thistles peace
ably; the hind lifted up her large wide
ears, and listened very attentively the
cows slept little, and after gazing at US
went forward: some little birds that were
in an aviary, and others on trees and BUSH
es, almost tore their little threats with
singing: but the cock who minded only
his hens, and the hens who were solely
employed in scraping neighboring dung
hill, did not show in any manner that the
trump-marine afforded them pleasure
That dogs have an ear for music cannot be
doubted. Steibelt had one which evident
ly knew one piece of music from the other:
and modern composer, my friend, Mr.
Naumann, had pug dog that frisked mer-
rily about the room when lively piece
was played, but when slow melody was
performed, particularly Dussek's opera15,
he would seat himself down by the piano,
and prick up his ears with intense atten-
tion until the player came to the forty
eighth bar--as the discord was struck he
would yell most piteously, and with droop-
ing tail seek refuge from the unpleasant
sound under the chairs or tables.
! Eastock relates that hare left her re-
treat to listen to some choristers who were
singing on the banks of the Mersey, re-
firing whenever they ceased singing, and
re-appearing as they RECOMMENDED their
strains. Bossuet asserts, that an officer
confined in the Bastile drew forth mice and
spiders to beguile the solitude with his
flute: and mountcbank in. Paris, had
taught rats to dance on the rope in perfect
time. Chateaubriand states as positive
fact, that he has seen the rattle-snakes in
Upper Canada appeased BY q musician:
and the concert given in Paris to two ele-
plants in the Jardin des Plantes leaves no
doubt in regard to the effect Of harmony
upon the brute creation. Every instru-
ment seemed to operate distinctly as the
several modes of the pieces were slow or
lively, until the excitement of these intel
ligent creatures had been carried TO such
an extent that further experiments were
deemed dangerous. .Niilingen.