The Red Cloud chief., 1879-10-23
RESEMBLANCE To ANNALS.


phaui, aud the owl Th- ambifsnn.
power. fr~einm. cruelty. strength. and
wisdom ;ypiird ~ thee heast- wru All
.if,- which men culula;ssl Ihrs usrr
AL unismshle. unu~-ful animals. except
IN. the elephant. sni b. bad has Ian
grruEls .ids. NJ man ], C"uplul"u,"i
by being told that BE- box il. 4 bore
OF a dog. although They a.. u.an,t g.
him in in,cllisrner p"rhaVs their Sub
-.ry i-ncy uffend> hi. vanity No Numsu
like, Ia bc told that >hr box like s
sheep. although many w"m"n 81 tsfk
like sheep. The ms~.r hE> ht, Fr1''
type In the rodents. who-s tWp narrow
gnawing teeth ar ei.Tnzll1 reproduced
in humanity.
To lppk like an old lion j. 'hr V-'ui
peculiarly 81 ih" strong -f~ayt-au}.
There j. no;hin. finer. impressive
in maj than thu T-S-mAlsuvv Long
fellow ha- IL. A. = familiar Ulu-tra;.sa
W. N-e IL often iu the h.-t pivtgrv- IS
IA. old Greek pu-i~. " ben q man %
cyr remains bright, although the shay
~ brow ai-,,c X ha, turned Nhifr, the
effect J., splendid Their ---Iu> 'H i.
an un~gucnchahl, firr behind that I.yg'-
house. Il i the lamp that never
gpe- oui. Men If .1uiuuic tenn
per and smooth outline. Wh"
are wise enough {" wear q white
straight mu>tsch". have a grand ne
>einblancr - a Bengal tiger. They book
cruel. but i, i a handsome. strong erI'l-
". No one can help r,,p"-ctiu. "a H,u-
gal tiger, although hi traits are >etr,"ls
amiabl-. No onc. however. Hk,~rn lpuk
like 4 cat, although. alas too many oi u,
do. W. hate small, iEunhlr irrH'ijy.
commonplace dcccjt-, >rrgrtIS' CtVl-
hiliiic-. To >'r "A cat start III un A dip
lumatic mission across 4 field. with lao
public to deceive. but with only an OBJ
>cur- mouse tn surprise. with All Tho pre-
cautions against detection which a BoT-il
might have used Ia see her i,,ut~ of
going east when she means L. - west.
j. to >-- old Tallcyrand revealed. and o.
laugh at and Ia admire the dr>ir, II the
human race to Circumycnt somebody.
Ia TAX" the crooked path when the
straight one would he - much easier
The cat j. a satire on diplomacy; she
should be- studied.
People look like dog: sometimes not
unplca>antly. sometimes ludicruu>Iy. \
very much w~hi>kcrcd individual, driving
in a Victoria downtown with hi Scotch
terrier. asked a witty lady what she
thought If them. why said she, II
thought Vuu were beside Yourself y
man Of the DuadrcaVytypc can look very
like a terrier. There i a noble ma~iin
type, which i honest ami fine, Christie
phrr North had il, and Walter scott
| l.,l..i FL. Ii $50. Nt.El. Il.4 irf'N-
dog finds his manly prototype in Eii
skies. and We have all seen slender.
greyhound-looking men and little, mean
ferret faces ON the lookout for %auir.
Noble oxen are reproduced in >omc gTu-
tc,q,Ic faces, and Virgil speaks "f "oN-
eyed juno
Two eyes, a nose. and a mouth seem
la admit If great Varictir-. They Irr
easily initiated up tna certain point, then
they become infinitely varied. The re-
scmblancc Ia animals i largely dwclt
upon bV the Darwinitc~, who seem Ia
find this. lingering look i proof If the
evolution. This school If thinkers.
however. always ignore the ON" great
question. H. to where and when the soul
entered into ia" progressive cow, or
Nii''P. VI nv. di' ~ III " s'il''
man. They do not dwell upon that ron
elusive experiment Of the brutal >aNa""
and the Intelligent ape, whom some
traveller brought from Patagonia, and
who in three months IF training ~ Eng
land resulted in this fact the ape r"-
manned an ape, while tn. Sayag" had
learned I" read. and To write. and To-
pray. The resemblance Of MAJ Ia
monkeys j., indeed. very remarkable
and diSa@rccablc. Who wa> it who said
that he could not bcar to be with them.
they looked 81 like poor relations There
i the little old bearded money. :" like
a prominent philanthroPi-t. There J.
the cocky little fop of a monkey, - like
orr ...JcuncSsc dorcc.' There i the
orangr-mouthrd, hig-chinncd chimpau-
zee, the type Of a >en,uali>t. There i,
the little lady monkey. with airs and
grades 50 like an affected Woman The
worst Of this i that we see ourselves,
alas, AT our worst. We 80" what We
may be- Ia Others than ourselves.
when | was a youth" says Tho
phrdStuS Such. Il danced "A %h"rnpjpc.
aud am convinced now that | appeared
very badly: what sort Of a hornpipc am
| dancing now?" it may always a." H.
good Ia look at orH>clye>. and To- 80" if
we are perking like a peacock. chatter
inc like Il ma@pic, talking like Il parrot.
showing a dormou>c timidity. Il rat-likr
greed, Il foX'> cunning. or a dog ape
titc. These familiar friends Of ours. the
animals. are at once II comfort and
our satire; they i~ngrnuou~ly show forth
the failin"> which We think Ia hide.
Ii i curious how the serpent type IT,
appears in Rachel always SUP
"rSted Il beautiful Snakc-the little Hat
head. the sparkling ewes. the almost
forkcd tongue. the long. 1.-the body. the
>inuo>itv. the noi~clc~>nce>, were all like
the great Ophidian who deceived our
grandmother Eve" a. Oliver Wendell
Holmes puts it. W. often hook int"
gentle ewes, that suddenly change and
brighten IL. and We see the long. >lit-likc
aperture of an eve which suggests the
snake. the most rcpul>ivr IF all forms uf
animal life. For the beauty Of a snake
i ~ dreadful a. the uglinc>- of a hedge
hoe. How suggestive of the irritable J.
that sudden physical irradiation. 9TH"
quilts upon the fretful p%orcUpinc. How
anger. THAT brief madness. l. pictured
by this queer animal. The scandal
mongcr i surely meant 10y that jclly-ii~h
who emits an ink-like fluid. and i hcr-
self lost in it, and Victor Hugo, monster
with no body, but with eyes and tenta-
cul.e-do We not all know her?
Shakespeare, who has said every thing.
has also said much on this topic:
We are beastly. subtle - the fox, for prey,
Like wariike a. the wolf. for what We eat
our yaior l. To- chase what fic~, our caE"
We MAKE. "A guire, a. doth the prison bird.
And sing our bondage freely.
The birds have given us many a re-
semblance. W. talk of the eagle eve.
the eve like a hawk. the pigeon breasted.
the raven cunning, the cuckoo invasion.
and the doye-like innocence. a. human
qualities and belongings. Brilliant and
o~verires>ed women suggest cockat0os,
and ..swan-like neck-,' and duck,
..dear little ducks are common enough
phrases. Why ducks, the most phleg-
matte and unromantic Of birds. should
have been chosen for n term Of endeaT-
ment is past finding out. We are not
ike them. let us hope, when we become