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q Don't bark if you can't bite" while
the Scotch say, g Great barkers are nae
biters." We also say, What, keep a
dog and bark mysefg' These need no
explanation. and the same is true of
others, such as - Any stick will do to
beat dog T" Give dog bad name
and hang him." and, when a dog is
drowning every one offers him drink"
On the same principle of giving to those
who do not want. we are told that
"everyone bastes the fat dog, while the
lean one burns" - OF course a hungry
dog will eat dirty pudding" "Itis bad
dog that deserves no crust and, at is
useless to lie up dog with chitterling."
The French language is singularly
prolific in sayings about dogs. "a good
dog never barks amiss, but not every
dog bites that barks.'' 1.-The best of
friends must part, as Dagobert said to
his dogs. This is well known, and so
is this, :. He is like the dog of Jean de
Nivelle, which runs away when it is
called" f" A dog may look at a
Bishop" is like our own "A cat may
look at a king" ITO beat the dog
when the lion is present may be safe,
but is rather cowardly." 1.-Two dogs
to one bone are bad" ''He who would
drown his dog calls it mad" You
must throw stones at the dog which
bites; but flatter the dog till you get to
the stone heap" and Do not make fun
of the dog till you are out of the vii
lage," perhaps because g A dog and
cock are always brave on their own
dunghill." g If he who takes a dog by
the ears is bitten, it is no wonder.
II A young man is sometimes as foolish
as young dog. To be always under
control is to be like q dog in string.
A man who is used to submit to harsh
Treatment is like dog which goes on
foot and with a bare head. HE'S treated
dixie a dog sometimes, and especially if
'he comes in like dog at ninepins, or
even when he is not wanted. Love me
love my dog, is advice recognized in
different countries, but it is French TO
call the chiefman dog with a grand col
lar. More curious is the saying between
dog and wolf, to denote dim dawn in
which objects can scarcely be distin-
guished. We could add several others
from French sources, but we wish to
give few examples from elsewhere,
and more particularly from the German.
Here we find that some people should
not be squeamish; if they go over a dog
they must 90 over the tail. This re-
minds us of the saying: When you have
swallowed the OK, don't make a fuss
about the tail. A German, like many
more, NAV be rs hungry or as weary as
a dog; and when he laborS under a de-
fusion sees a blue dog. That the dog
bites the hindmOst, is as true as strong
err utterance known among ourselves.
He is in destitute condition who has
not q dog to draw out of the oven. Do
not blame the innocent, it rests not
with the dogs how many horses shall
die in the year. The hare may run the
fastest, but many dogs are the death of
the hare Nobody cares to own dog
which is everybody's companion.
When they have nothing the Flemish
will tell you that you will find the dog
in the pot, The Dutchman may be as
snappish as a young dog. The Italian
SAYS no dog is so bad as not to wag his
tail; that dog which barks never bites,
which is scarcely true; and, woe to the
skin of snarling dog unless it be strong
or tough. The Spaniard says, If you
wish your dog to follow you give him
bread; and yet he says, When your dog
ways his tail it is not for you but for
the bread. He thinks, too, that we'll
bred dog always dreams of hunting.
The Turks have few good sayings,
one of which is, g the dog barks and the
caravan goes by; mere noise is moth
ing" Another is that g the dog which
is led out to hunt against his will takes
no game The Arabs have observed
that " every dog barks at his own gate"
and that & a dog which runs is better
than a lion which lies down" They
think tia foolish thing to draw the dogs
teeth and bark yourself; but, having no
great confidence in the animal they say,
:. Pat dog on the jaws till you can
muzze it." From the Chinese we learn
that 9 dog which raises its tail de-
spises its foe;" also, that - he who beats
a dog should think of its master. Other
rough-and-ready sayings of theirs are,
that L" the dog in its kennel bowls at
the feas, but the dog which Is hunting
does not feel them," and that sit Is not
thedogs' fleas that make the cats cry out"
None of the ancient stories about dogs
surpass one told by Bochart, who SAYS
that when he wrote dog was living at
Paris which had watched for almost
three wears at the grave of his master
in the cemetery of st. lnnOcentS and
could not be persuaded to leave it.
Once it was seized and taken to another
part of the city, but as soon as it got its
liberty it went back to the grave. This
was in the year 1860, and during the
winter the snow had been very deep and
the cold most intense. Bochart adds
that if any reader is anxious to know
how such dog lives, let him under
stand that the Inhabitants, struck with
the novelty of the thing. supplied him
abundantly with bread, which they send
to the grave where he sits.-L0Rdon