American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-05-11

Professor Rolleston, on Thursday
evening, gave lecture at the London
Institation on "The History of Some of
Our Domestic Animals" In introduce
ing the subject he dwelt on the civiliza-
ton of the human race in connection
with the domestication of animals,
showing how civilization advanced with
the development of domestication. 1t
is difficult to conceive how man could
have made any progress in civilization
till he had beasts of burden and trained
animals to help him in hunting. As an
illustration of the evolution of domesti-
cation the substitution was mentioned
of the horse for the OK for the beast of
burden, as it was generally found that
it was moro profitable to keep the OK in
good condition for food. The domesti-
cation of birds appears, from what evil
dence we have, to have commenced
long subsequently to that of the man.
mails. The study of the remains of do
mcsticated animals found with the re-
mains of human occupancies often con-
tributes t6a knowledge of the origin of
the people. For example. the goat re-
mains found in the lake dwellings point
to the people having come from a warm
er district and having taken that useful
milk-producer with them. We have no
record, no tradition even, as to who first
attempted domestication; but there
is, Professor Rolleston thinks, sufficient
reason for believing that the dog was
the first animal to be domesticated, the
pig the second, and the OK the third.
The methods for calculating the history
of domestication are, for prehistoric
times, the study of the remains of pile
dwellings and other living-places, burial
places and peat MOSES. The stalls,
sites, kennels, stables and gardens of
to-day supply knowledge of some of the
effects of training. Coins and monu-
naents supply useful historic evidence,
but the absence of representations of an
imals from those of any particular period
must not be taken to imply they were
not Familiarity known. In considering
the evolution of the domestication of
the dog, it seems probable that as men
used pitfalls for the capture of animals
for food, and these pits would contain
remnants attractive to dogs, the dogs
would soon be attached to the pits,
would have an interest in their being
well supplied, and would join with men
in driving animals, and thus a common
interest caused a mutual attachment. In
the concluding portion of the lecture, the
effects of kindness in training were re-
ferred to and kindness to all animals adj
vocated.-Londo,s Times.
CHARLES JOHNSON, an expert thief
of "a summers, but hale and looking %
years younger, has been captured at
Chicago, where he was occupying two
rooms and was surrounded with bur-
glars tools and machinery for making
them. He is a venerable and rather
honest-looking man, but he has proba-
bly, done as much thieving as any man
in the country. In his younger days he
was burglar, and has served several
terms in penitentiaries. On becoming
too old for active service, he taught
young aspirants the art of burglary and
sneak-thieving. He also engaged in
making burglars tools, and, being well
acquainted with nearly all of the prin-
cipal burglars of the country, furnished
them with tools. He has at times taken
gangs of his pupils out on raids and su-