Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-14

SOME QUEER FRANKS.
A gray horse used by the St. Louis transfer
company In one Of its teams is an habitual to-
baccO chewer
A terrier dog at Americas, Ca, has forsaken
his home and taken up his lot with herd of
goats, refusing to associate with other CANNES
Jealousy recently induced large Berlin dog
to attack fve-year old boy The boy was pet
ting new lap dog when the big dog jumped
upon him and threw him down. The Ian dog.
gong to the boys assistance. was killed.
A novel fight occurred in stable in Council
BUNS between stallion and bulldog. The
fight lasted more than an hour, and was so furi-
Gus that no one dared enter to interfere. After
fatally bruising the dog the horse threw it out
side the stall with his teeth.
w; B: F: Daniel, of Dublin. Ga, was deer
hunting recently. His dog caught a fawn.
Daniel attempted to secure it, and the dog came
to the rescue. He dropped the fawn to catch
the mother, but after desperate struggle she
slipped from his grasp and got away.
A lady at Branchville, N. j., one day fed a
common brook turtle that had approached her
door. Thereafter the turtle paid frequent visits
This season the animal brought a mate with it,
and the two make frequent excursions from the
brook to the house to obtain food.
A fight between a toad and large black spi-
der was recently witnessed at Merrick, l.. l.
After each round the toad hoped to PLAN
tain leaf, bit off piece and then returned to
the fray. After this had occurred several times
the leaf was taken away. and the toad, falling
to find the leaf, soon rolled over and died
The distasteful odor of asafetida that Viz
ginia lady had placed under the caves of the
porch as disnfectant drove away wren that
had just gone to housekeeping For some
days the bird and her mate were observed to be
very busy. and it was soon discovered that they
had moved their nest twig by twig to the oppo-
site side of the portico.
At wayside inn in the south Of France is a
roasting jack moved by animal power. Two
dogs turn the machine. working alternately.
One day the dog whose proper turn it was being
absent, the other was caught and put on the
wheel. He fatty refused however, to work,
and neither cOaxing, threats nor chastisement
produced any effect. After some delay the missing
dog was found and set to the task After he
had nearly completed the Job he was released
and the first tried again. and the animal so
lately recusant now offered no opposition, and
made the wheel revOlve with hearty good will
till the roast was finished.
The blue jay is the boidest and most mischie-
VOus OF wild birds. Near Knoxville, Tenn. re-
Gently. one was seen to fiv a number of times to
a high picket fence to attract pair Of kittens
playing on the lawn. The kittens finally mount
ed the fence and began cautious approach
from picket to picket. The jay let the first get
to within eighteen inches then hoped over be-
tween the two. The second kitten approached:
the bird topped over it. 1t turned. and the law
hoped back and between. The first kitten ap-
preached and the jay hoped back over it. and
SO kept IL up tlli one kitten got disguised and
LETT and the other followed soon after Once
or twice after, the jay tried to inveigle the kit
tens to another frOlic, but tailed.
Abe Simmons, of ROsendale NY, has won
derful dog named Jack. Jack used to toss
silver piece placed upon his nose. and turn
around once and catch it in his mouth, but some
one put hot penny on his nose one day and
that spoiled the trick. In the winter time he is
the dread OF all the school children who have
seighs. tor he will rush out when boy is going
along, grab the rope of the sleigh, pull it loose
from the boy and run of with it as fast as he
can go. Finally the boys combined against
him. When Jack decides that he wants a sleigh
they let him have the rope, but five or six bows
jump on the Sleigh and Jack very soon tires of
drawing them. Jack, when cork is thrown
up in the air. will jump up, turn q sOmersaut
and catch it in his mouth.
An interesting account Of the afYectionate at
tentiOns of hen for brood of kittens is given
III the Scotsman. In two adjoining nests in a
loft, in TayinlOan Inn, Kintyre, were five kit
tens and sitting hen. A day or two after the
kittens were born the hen removed from the
nest In which she was and took possession of
them, but the cat removed the kittens from a
loft to small enclosure in another house. The
hen soon found out the place to which her
adopted family had been carried and took to
nursing them as before. On this an under
standing was come to between the real and the
AoosSi 'HOC"oh' Auo HCu oiAOWcu the C6L u COm0
at intervals and nurse them. The hen has never
lett the kittens. but devotes to them her whole
time, and has always trusted to food being
brought to her. She takes them under her
wings, clucks to them. and works about them
with her BILL and now, when they are beginning
to move about, she permits them to climb on
her and amuse themselves, as kittens will On
the other hand. the kittens return to the hen
with the greatest fondness, and seem to regard
their real mother as nothing more than q crea-
ture to supply them with food.