Omaha daily bee., 1880-12-06
ourg, Pa. He feeds them regularly

dog is the properly OF 8 gentleman o
Napa street, San Francisco, WheI
on the street in company with other
dogs, upon arriving at their destina
ton, he trots in advance to the gste
which he opens and waits TIL the 9th
er dog has gone through, then passe.
in himself, closing the gate behinC
him.
In a seine, caught by fishermen a
Monterey, Cal, was a fish, the frs.
half of which was a mountain brock
trout, having toe eye, head. scales
spots and shape of the fish. 1t had
pair of fins at the usual place b hlnI
the gills; an inch or two back of thi:
it suddenly char ges into a silver eel,
the shape, color and absence Of scaleE
be- gperfect.
Water mocasins use their body as q
sort Of sieve in catching small feb.
La a Texas pond one was briskly turn
ing and twisting in all directions,
forcing minnows into spaces between
him and the bank. The fish endeav
ored to escape by leaping over the
snakes body into the water beyond
while the moccasin, with elevated
head, caught the fish in his mouth a.
hey pissed through the air.
A Toronto dog knows Just when
Sunday comes, and is not the same
dog hen as on other days, He in
dulges in no pastimes, encourages no
company, and has his " church
Fbe family are PIesby seyisus, bu
Carlo has a particular spot IN the ga.
iery of The Methods church, where
he manages to e.uda the vigilance q.
the usner7. n pays dogmaticai al
t%ent.on to the word of doctrine whcc
at service.
Just outside the prison walls a.
Agra Is a tank of water, in which are
4 large number of fresh water turtles.
This prison is also the roosting place
OF great numbers of blue pigeons.
Thee pigeons must drink at this tank,
but every attempt 1ncurs tie risk of
losing their head, tor the turtles lie 10
wait just under the surface Of the
water and at lis edge. Many head
less bodies have been picked up near
the water, showing the fate of some
of them.
a driver on one of the Fourteenth
street (WashiDgton) cars is strongly
Of the opinion hat horses count.
Each Car, he says, makes nineteen
rips a Gay. There are four horses
uss6, three making five trips and one
-four rps. After these stated trips,
If for any reason it is necessary 90
send the car bsck, it IS almost impos-
sl5le to get the horse out of The stable.
With The drivers and atablemen, who
frequently witness such exhibitions.
thereis a firm belief in the mashemat.
zeal abilities of the horse. s
Aldog'sidea Of value was exhibited
in Rapid City, Dakota. At a dinner
at the Bulldog rinCh last Sunday, Joe
Piper was there with a fine pointer
dog. All had were seated at the table
when ths dog weut to his master, and
commenced whining. The master
asked what he wanted, The dog
reached up and dropped a gold hedge
in his hand that he had picked up |
somewhere. DR.. Meyer recognized it
at as N that he haadroppea from his
vest, but knew nothing of the loss IN.
Ill the Dig found it. .
Animated ehot-guns are a ~favorite
yet ish of tbs Chinese. They look
cry ;nuch like perch only more
beautiful. They are of a greenish
above and silver-gray below.
Across the back are four short, dark
'rown stripes Swallowed with green.
Is they flash through the water they
a series of lovely and ever. chang
ng hues. The Chinese keep them in
ars as we do goldfish. 1t is said thst
heir aim is so accurate that they cau
ring down an insect from the height
f three or four feet above the water.
A strange kitten was given z home
n the steamship Illinois, which was ,
hen in her dock in Phi adelpbia.
'hen the Eteamer left L~iverpool
for home it was found that
kitten had been left behind. The
'ptain and sailors we're much grieved, ,
ecause they lever expected 70 see =
er again. When The British Crown.
lie next steamer of the American line 4,
sail from Liverpool, arrived in /
hiladelphia, the first passenger to !
eep ashore was pussy. With tail I
c name erect she fsw on board the y
and began to race about + {
cks, showing in every way re
NIB nature would allow The hsr
Is in her heart at getting sey that
/ home. ere6 to her
was a rave
I'd Lion Inn, p Belonging to the
midland do" -engo,focd. A New
re hruis that hsd received &C.
ely v IS by being run over was
.4ited by Ralph, who brought
zones and attended him with par
GUAR marks of Kindness. One night,
by accident, the stable door had been
shut, ana Ralph had been deprived Of
his friends company all night, but
the hostlcr found in the morning, the
door SO pockeG away that, had it not
been opened, in another hour Ralph
would have made his W entrance.
The landlord not only confirmed the
hostler'sgscoount, but mentioned many
other acts OF kindness shown by this
bird 20 all dogs in general, but
more particularly to manned or
wounded ones.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.