Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-08

A dog feels anger precisely as we do, and,
after provocation, is sonetfmesvindtc Give. Eand
sometimes impiacabls, accof,hrS 70 his indIvid-
ual character. He is susceptible OF hatred OF
the bitterest kind. He ~ so excfucfatin .ly
Jealous that his life becomes a bs,r,len ia he
presence Of q favored rival. HIS enyy continu-
another animal should take it, and 10 Alu s}rate
the dog in the manger. .Gluttouy holds out to
him temptations under which even his honesty
someuncs sutcunbs; but, ON the ether hand,
nom drunkenness be is nobly emaucipated. A
dog mentioned by the Rev. Thomas Jack
son t.Onr Dumb Companion ~ having been
once made 50 drink With malt liquor thst he
Was unable 70 walk up stairs ever after declined
TO taste the pcrricious beverage, and growled
and ehassed ct the sight Of pewter mug.
Again. o. TO love, Don Juan was q cold and
ussnierFising character compared 70 q dog;
feels II with heroic passion starving herself u
death rather than fofsake her offspring. 0rati-
tude may be almost said TO be a dog leading
principle supplying first the spring of ALE glance
TO his master and ever after reconcilng him.
with true magnanimfcy, 10 take evil from the
hand from which he has accepted good Re-
Sreas s Ss ne Fss, % Snas fe often
exhibit with singular variation, some breeds
and individuals being very timorous, and others
perfect models Of courage, the latter charac-
teristics and fortitude seeming to be more char
actcristically canine. A gray hound has been
known, after breaking his thigh, to run on till
the course was concluded. As to hope no one
Cdu ODSCTNC Cut uUE WtCcniug IOf MS master
step, as in Landseer's picture of % Expecta-
tion,'r without admitting that he knows the
sentiment as we'll as we. Pride in successful
: chase may be witnessed IN every dog, and
felt in the Quickened heartbeats Of a greyhound
when caressed and praised. That dogs have
personal vanity appears from the fact that they
are so manifestly detected and demoraiiz red
when dirty and ragged by long exposure, and
washed and ccmbed Chivalry and magnani-
NIFTY may nearly always be calculated upon in
dogs. and wife beating is an offence to which
ths donIliootsd beasts never descend; The
looking the insults of small ours, OF taking them
into water and giving them good duckifIg as a
punishment for their impertipence, and then
helping them mercifully back to hand. Sense
of propriety, bifurcating into both covetousness
and avarice, IL common to all dogs. The ken
mel, rug, collar, water basin, or hone once de-
voted TO use, no dog can see transferred to
"eovets his neighbours house," and attempts
to ensconce himself in 1t srrreptitiOusly; and
almost universally he cOvets his neighbor's
bone, and purlOins it. if he dare. Even
from avarice he cannot be wholly exhonerated,
observing his propensity to bury his treasures.
Shame, after transgressing any of the arbitrary
rules imposed on him, a dog displays with ludi-
crous simplicity; but of the deeper sense of vio-
lated inOtlesty which In human beings accOmpa-
MES the commission OF sin, the dog evidently
knows nothing whatever. Humor, so far as il
can proceed without language, the dog catches
readily from humorous master, and also the
enjoyment OF such games as he can understand.
As baby crows with glee at "bO- peep,r so a
deg barks with delight at sseo-fetch." Make
believe runs and false starts, romps and tack
-ings, throwing q ball for him to catch on the
grass, or q stick to fish out of lake, all supply
him with pleasure perfectly analogous in their
nature to that which boys and men find in blind
mans bun and prisoners base, lor,lly cricket,
superior is perhaps the most beautiful and af-
fccting OF all the attributes of a dog.