Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-02-21
LIFE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD.
Queer Stories Told About Reayts,
Birds, Insects and Fishes
INev York Sr,y,

LIFE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD.
Queer Stories Told About Beayts,
Birds, Insects and Fishes
New York SUM-
maybe worried a toad into hole made for
st fease post and then gathered pebbles and
A Buffalo musician, Geo. Benzino, has can
airy bird that initiates the long-drawn notes
and astonishes visitors with his sweet melody.
A beetle was found In the center OF a loaf of
bread. In five minutes 1t began to crawl
around, none the worse for its nearness to Gre
nation.
Joseph Chapman, OF Geddes, N. Y, his wife
and daughter, were warned by cat that the
house was on fire. They had barely time to es-
cape In their night clothes.
A four-months-old dog in Lexington, KY,
when any one sings or whistles, sits upon his
launches, elevates his head, shuts his eyes and
how1s In unison, modulating his voice to the
notes of the music.
A singing mouse is the wandering minstrel in
the house Of Joshua Griffin, of jackson, Mich.
1t is seen In different closets, and always mounts
an overturned dish or other slight eminence be-
fore 1t begins to sing.
Washington, D. c., has a pig that insists upon
living in the kitchen of its owner. 1t wallows
IN the mud as deep as any pig. but plunges into
brook near by to cleanse itself before asking
admission to the house.
A beer-drinking donkey is one Of the attrac-
lions of an Indianapolis, Ind, barr0om. The
animal never drinks water, but will drink any
lived In brewery most Of his life.
Dick is the name of rooster that has great
affection for Rochester dog, which feeling is
reelp2roc Gated ~, Dick perches on the back Of
and performs many tricks
In PENNSYLVANIA barnyard a gander was
having fine fun Tapping his wings in the face OF
steer, when the steer got him into corner
and cooked his goose with one thrust of hi,
horns, pinning him to the fence.
A canary bird in hot weather. was trying to
h h;ns t,, some eggs She dropped and the male
ed tu Plu5gen ato eold path then went to the
In his breast and was refreshed.
A cat that had been seized by an eagle, in
Scotland, and carried to the nest of the bird,
feigned death, and was left by the eagle with
her young ones. AS soon as the eagle was gone,
the cat killed all the eagles, and, satisfying her
appetite, disappeared.
A parrot died of a broken heart in Ballston
Spa. After it had been twenty-five years in
family its owner went to Minnesota. The bird
soon missed him, and its only cry was. "Where
is Joe?" IL ate nothing, and continued its call
until 1t fell exhausted.
David S. Forney, of Virginia, has dog that
saw man take his masters pocketbook and go
away with 1t. Upon being allowed out doors,
the dog went to the place where it was hid, took
1t from the top OF high fence, and brought 1t
to his master, laying it in his hand.
On the doorstep Of house In San Francisco a
dog found pitcher that had just been filled by
milkman. -, He put his nose into the pitcher
Ills
about to withdraw his head, but the pitcher
would not come off till it was broken.
A Nevada cat crushed bee on the base of the
hive. Bees by the score darted into Tabbys
rolled In the grass. She was at length hauled
away with garden rake. She could never be
induced afterWard to go within sight Of the
hive.
stopped by jelly fish. 1t was o'clock at night,
and thousands of fish f1oated on the water. The
condensers got so stopped up that water could
steaming had to be stopped altogether and the
strainers taken Off and cleared. A delay of five
hours was OccaSiOned.
A horse In Paris remained quiet spectator of
a fight until its owner was being defeated, when
the horse seized the other man by the coat and
lifted him of. The owner of the horse again
went to the attack and was getting worsted,
when the animal repeated his act, and again
the third time, until both men agreed to settle
1t at some future time.
An eccentric cat of Brattleboro, VT, brought
a rat to her kittens, but prevented their killing
some accident they became separated for four
MONTHS when the cat again seeing it sprang for
It, but it Is said to have instantly recognized it,
and bringing up her kittens, then full grown en-
jOyed an old time frolic.
In the great pigeon roosts of Scott county. In
diana, the timber on thousands of acres is broken
down. Throughout the entire night the crack
ing and crushing of limbs, the drumming of
WINGS and the explosion Of firearms are heard
Thousands OF birds are killed by being beaten
from the trees with long poles, and although
this slaughter has been going on for seventy
five years, there seems to be as many pigeons as
ever.
The Norwegian Jennings are about the size of
mouse. They live under the snow In winter
and migrate In large armies once in ten years.
They march In straight line and permit moth
ing to alter their course, going through swamps
hay stacks. and other obstacles: If attacked
they bark and bite like dogs Their enemies are
foxes. owls, hawks, and weasels. When on the
march, they continue their course until they
reach the sea, into which they plunge and are
drowned.
A little girl travelling on New York Central
train In a palace car, was overcome with confu-
sion at the antics of parrot The cage was
hung up in the car and the bird silently watched
the entering passengers and preserved calm
dignity until the train started on its northward
journey. The rafting motion soon starred Polps
tongue into life; however, and the growing Of a
rooster, the cackling of a hen, and the mewing
OF a cat. enlivened the trip for some distance <
little girl thinking the bird too noisy, finally put
paper over the cage, and the darkened parrot
preserved an ominOus silence, which was sud-
denly broken by the exclamation in almost hu-
man tones, "Whoa, hoa, Cd On you, whoa,
hoa!"