The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-13

of sand bar at the mouth of run that
empties into Bromwell's creek near his
farm. They were gambling on the
sand after the fashion of lambs or kit
tens. Sometimes they would unwrap
themselves into a ball as large as his
two fists and go rolling around until
it would tumble into the water, and
then the little wigglers would unwrap
themselves and scamper out into the
land again. Three of them were killed
by being squeezed to death in the balls,
and finally they got to fighting, where
upon their mother, who was lying on
log watching their sport. came down
and stopped the row. When he went
near where she was to get a better look
at the young racers, the mother opened
! her mouth, and they all rushed down
her throat, and she chased him home.
THE MONKEY WHIPS THE Doe.-
John Moore, of Savannah, had big
stump-tailed bulldog with which he
made his living. The brute was un-
calmly and had not the appearance
of an accomplished fighter, but he
always came out ahead and John took
the stakes. One day an Italian came
along with hand-organ and a monkey,
and the dog man bantered the mus, clan
toilet the monkey fight the dog, offering
to bet him FIVE dollars on the result. The
italian took him up and large crowd
collected to see the fun. The Italian
tossed the monkey onto the dog, and in
less than jiffy the little brute had his
teeth and his claws fastened like a wise
in the stump of that deg's tail, and was
screaming like hyena. The dog gave
but one astonished look behind as he
bounced to his feet and made tracks
for another country. The monkey
held on until Rather sprang over ten
rail fence at the back of the garden
when he suddenly quit his hold and sal
on the top rail and watched the dog'i
| fight with chatter of perfect satisfac
ton and danced along the rail with de
light. The little italian shouldered hi
monkey affectionately, and walking NJ
to Moore said "Your dog not well to
day maybe your dog gone off to hun
rabbeet. Your dog no like my mon
key-he not acquaiut. Maybe ven
come again next year he come back ant
fight some more.' The dog did not re
turn for three days, and cannot be in
! duced to fight even a common cur
Nelg Orleans Times Democrat. .
How LONG ANIMALS LIvE.-Th
average of cats is fifteen years squiI
rels and rabbits, seven bear rarel
: exceeds twenty years.
A dog lives twenty years, VOL
twenty, fox fourteen to sixteen lion
are long-lived, the one known by th
$ name of Penney lived to the age G
l seventy.
Q Elephants have been known to live
D the very great age Of four hundre
0 years. When Alexander the Great ha
7 conquered Porus, King of India, b
e took great elephant which had fougl
Q valiantly for the King, and named hir
: Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, and |,
It him go with this inscription SALE,
h ander, the Son of Jupiter, dedicate
Ajax to the Sum-" The elephant VIZ
= found with this inscription thrt
d hundred and fifty years after.
1t Pigs have been known to live to tn
o age of twenty cows live about fiftee
# years sheep seldom exceed the age {
d ten a horse has been known to live
y the age of sixty-two, but averages fro
twenty-five to thirty camels sometim,
$ attain hundred years.
" Cuvier considered it probable for
o whale to live a thousand years. I'll
" dolphin and perpoise attain the age
" thirty an eagle died at Vienna at Il
70 age of one hundred and four; rave
It frequently reach the age of one hui
10 dred a tortoise has been known
/, live one hundred and seven year
" Swans and pelicans are long-lived.