, 1875-06-27

Fanny walkel to the accustomed corner. but
there Wss no paper there. She tried half Z
| dozen entrances without finding one. She would
not give up without farther effort, md at last.
discovering something portable in the form Of .
1awhide lying the floor, took it to har mistresa
Fanny did not know
TH1 HISTORY OF THAT WHIP.
Sha never met the human brute who onca
owned it, lucky little Fanny. That person *
h,bited trained dogs in tie aau1e p;ace some
tins ago. One night ons Of his dogs failsd to
obey him. When the scenes shifted, be seized
! the offender aud bit her saE until the stage
hands took the little animal from him, aud
threatened to mash him with stool, 10 ind,g-
nsnt wate they At this vindcstve cruelty. Fanny
knew nothing Of this personally.
"a dog" sayB Davis, With the air Of q man
enuncshng broad principle, never tires.
You may keep On 1epeasng trick, and you will
will aI~ays be rewarded. 4 good, bright dog
will learn trick IN ono lesson il the trainer goes
the right WAY to work The dulest sort Of cur
will get it pss in thrse. whereby it is easily eis
corned that the ayeraga dog is 9 CREST deal
brlRhter than the average boy, ii be did hut
br1ng blistara. Rosea have thorns, and con-
scious superiority corresponding responsibilities
for even the nangieat at mongrels ~ wall As toa
tho ioftiest Of their masters-
DAVIS TEAM
consists Of eight performers, and their pamea
viii ba droadfui shock to members Of the tatz
huentad Temperance Bureau There is Fanny,
carrying her Is yeats OF experiaoco with heart
81 light as IN her girlhood's sunniest days. Her
sons Are Brandy-alas that it should be so-and
Gin. Tom Collins III large white poodle, with
black nuga round his eyes, which tell OF asaocia-
ton With Fannys wicked SONS. Sugar is little
white poodle, A1ays getting mixed up with Gin
IN manner mora gratifying TO the oar-
little dark gray poodle, with an air OF weaknesa
and lous unesing, as though his seat we're tha
nournars' bench OF = perennial revival. Billy
is tiny poodle. well-intentioned, but lazy. Fan
ny'a third sons name il not remembered At thia
tnomane. The equal diyiAion between
PooDLRs AND ePAN1E1s
naturally leads to the inquiry: Are these two
ya1iaties naturally bettsr adapted to ~ae ataaa
than others Davis says so. he would like 10
be allowed hia choice Of ou1s to scoop in threo
OF four dozen from the street. and select tho
likely ones, which be would be apt to do In
very short time. Black-and-tan terriers, Skye
terfiers mongrels, hounds OF all varieties, would
be equal}y apt. It il doR-character-dog indiEid-
ua1ity-which tells, and not hereditary d1sposi-
tion> He thinks there is canine Lincoln still
roaming 1t large down come alley, only awaiting
the summons Of events to display his genius.
StiIpioultu1e may go-no, not to the dogs-fo1
him. The meanar the dog the more likely il II
to have wit. In fact, deAs snd other evidences
Of neglect may ba considered the eccent11cities
Of canine genlus.-tha more of them the better.
Davis BY his method OF education, which IL cor
daily commanded 20 the pada1ogues OF the far
rnle and catoch1sm school, gives bold thrust II
all the
EfFE1E suPERs11r1oEs OF IAK poa-TnA1x1Na
BCsISEss.
Food ia not made a question OF puniahrnenk
and reward He feeds his dogs twico i day,
either before OF after their performance, as he
thinks as- 4 hearty meal makes them laz3, car
taiulY, but what is iazinasa to 4 great pkinc1p!n
Of beneyolence, and home thrust ut existing
Y9Fn
once day, and even then the allowance Gep<uda
on good behavior. Old aary dogR therefore
have to contend with wlnd-colic ~ well as whip
iashes occasionally, in expiration OF the great
tempeuously ssyles ''this dog-hole OF world
The theme Of doe-t1aining according to DaTis,
IL nearly ine1haustihle. and
0xE Oh TWO ANECDOTES
must cIoaa this notice.
Mention was made Of Davis before he becaus
profesaor) as manager Of Nashville variety
theatre. He lived With his family in thu rea1
OF the building, the entrance to the living rpom4
being critical with that Of the theatre One night
be awoke to hear little Fanuv, then a maiden ot
6 yesrs, whining and scratcliing in "a nnaccoant-
able manner. No n,Au SO patient that be Wal
not be angry at times, aud Davis reprosed Fan
NJ sharply, having tope which he turned over
on his silia and dozed again. Presently Fanny
resumed her admouitions, and ga7s emphasis to
them by seizing his bedclothes in her teeth.
Dayis. beur1dsre5 at this unusual proceed
ing on the part Of his usually we'll
behayed little spaniel, followed her tt
the door, opening which he found tht
theatre in a blaze, With I'll means Of a.capa bJ
ordinary channels hopelssaly cut OF. He Val
On the third floor Of the building. Fortunately,
two-story she'd was below him. and on TO this
ba leaped, after frat hurrying Attle Fanny ana
his family out there ahead OF him. Twenty min.
utes later Nashville had lost the last vest,ge ot
-.Ak.~~ ra-n hos
Davis would have lost bus i'fe, which waa moro
valuabIey yet bu: for the e1ertions Of his pet aud
the book and ladder company previously TO-
fer1ed to.
Fanny had achieved
REPUTATION FOE aAoAuTY
long befors this, When, in the language Of tho
railroad d-crossipg dnser-post 1.-THE bell rang and
the whistle blew, Fanny looked out tor the loco
motive, and daily visited the depot 20 get her
masters nail matter. She would carry hia
Id in Tie bo, f.r IN nore re- safely than
modern husbands are apt to do. She had no
POCKET in which to Leave them . week or two be-
fore she thought Of them. Fanny did NOT stop
10 dirt With the clerk 1t tho window, either.
But for ali that the poor lttis creature was voted
IN obstruction BY the PostOfice authorities.
Such crowds would gather round her that ths
thing had to be prohibited eventually.
One sad day Fanny disappeared: 4 hard NAE,
not having before him the fsar Of the Law, stole
hard toFn in Kentucky, whose newspapers are
apt to prevarioaIe sad1y il uninportant matters.
Davis mourned over hsr for week. and his
grief only ended with her 1eappearaace. She
found Louisville too bad 4 place for her incor-
ruptible morals, and left She concealed ker-
eelf on the CARS and WA throxn overheard BY =
Louisvil1aiu acting a. brakeman. She
stole = ride on the trucks and was discovered by
auuther brakeman, who TOOK her home. and kept
her for day chained mp. Funny slipped Fer
collar, and, boarding the night train, returned to
Na<.bville in high R!es. There are many atorlsa
OF Fsnny's fidelity, observation. knowledge Of
character. aud general intelligence, but these
1aust suffice to support Davis statement, that
there's heap moro to day than you'd think"
Mrs. Daris is going to exhibit thea On the
Adelphi etage this 'veek. She appears to control
them almost ~ we'll as her huaband The dog
gies sbonld remem oer that the eyes Of the pub
lie are upon them. II they do not obey her in
every particular md exert themselves to the ut
most 70 please har, then they arc not dogs Of
They will hare bean eulogizad be-
Yond thsit merits.
REGRET.
In Eummer-tiue Etst of long ago,
Wn,sn the pIoaa4nt a9o0ihs were present. and pasus
~ 1isr