The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-10-20
S,Orles uf Birds ana Beasts.

the eggs until they were Matched, and Is
now looking after the brood of four little
chicks.
A mother sparrow tumbled little one
out of its nest in a. tree in Hartford
and cat started for it, Two birds at
tackled the cat with so much vigor that
she was compelled to retreat.
The Albany Ga.) News and Adver-
tiser tells of deer that splang into a
train just after passing Walkers station,
and in it's fright ran through the bag
gage car, both doors of which were wide
open.
A chicken hawk swooped down into
the garden of Chas. +. Boshen, West
Troy, N. Y. and captured a single spar
row out of the focks that frequented the
premises. That very day all the spar
rows disappeared.
B. w. Scott, of Hawkinsville, Ga,
bears witness to breed of chickens on
the place of David Z. Smithart, of Will
cox county, that have no feathers. but
silken fur or down. They are clumsy in
action and shape, and unable to fly up
to the roost.
A little daughter of Charles Neibertz,
of Wyandotte, Mo-, found nest of
quail's eggs and placed them in cornu-
copia in the house. A few days later it
was discovered that some of the eggs had
Matched, and the quail were in the act OF
breaking their she'll.
At Nakkoo, in the Island of Lapland,
an eagle was shot that had brass chain
about its neck to which was fastened
little tin box inclosing a slip OF paper on
which was written as follows: Caught
and set free again in 1899 by N. and
G.. Anderson Boetol, in Falster, Den
mark"
A dog that hears through an ear
trumpet and wears spectacles belongs to
Patrick Nichols, of Milwaukee, Wis.
This animal is said to be- 30 years of age
and has lost his hearing and sight. and
his master for his many years of fidelity
procured these aids to cheer him. a set
of artificial teeth are also being made for
him.
A cat belonging to a lady Of Jersey
CITY Heights, awoke her mistress hur-
riedly at two o'clock at night. She arose,
and going out upon the landing, saw II
man upon the stairway in the act of
striking match. Selling the cat, the
lady threw it upon the burglar, who ran
into the street shrieking with pain from
scratches on his face.
An English fox terrier made II bolt af-
ter rabbit in thick covert near Lon.
don, aud did not return. After several
days search he was given up as lost.
Thirteen days after he was released alive
by wood-chopper who heard a low
m utfled bark nearly under his feet. He
had been stopped in his attempts to get
out by the roots of a tree During the
L. l,l nathan fnnI
water
Carlo, brindle bulldog, belonging to
Ed. Clark, of Norwich, Conn, discover
ell a fire in stall occupied by valuable
horse. 1t was night, and Carlo rushed
into the stall, pulled the burning blan-
ket from the horse, took it out into the
street, and, returning to the stable, at
tempted to put out the fire in the straw
with his feet. He succeeded in scratch
ing the straw away from the already ter
ribly burned beast, and then with almost
human intelligence endeavored to loosen
the halter which held the horse prls-
oner. But assistance came to him and
he was relieved. Carlo and the horse
were badly burned
A man attempted to cross Caddo Lake,
Texas, in skiff containing quarter of
beef, when he was holly pursued by a
school of alligators. Eight of them tried
to upset the boat, but by hard rowing
the boatman reached cypress tree,
seized it and abandoned the skiff. The
next day two fishermen, who were cross
ing the lake heard his cries and went to
his assistance. The alligators attacked
the rescuers, but by dexterous use of
their oars and a double barreled shot
gun they succeeded in keeping the enemy
at bay until the unfortunate man, more
dead than alive, could be gotten out OF
the tree and rowed safely to shore.
At Castle Park, Hot Springs, Col,
good natured visitor presented the bear
with bottle of beer. The apparent rel
ish with which the bear empted it caus-
ed him to present another. the generous
visitor drinking glass to each bottle by
the bear This continued for two hours,
at which time bruin had INDUCED in
nineteen bottles of beer and his friend
had gotten himself on the outside of
nineteen glasses of the foamy stuff The
only difference to be discovered between
the two was that bruin was quiet and do
cile, and walked to the end of the chain
with his usual dignified tread. while the
man imagined that he was the Car OF
all the Russias, and was momentarily ex-
r,ctinu IN hear an explosive missile