Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-11

y TeIUdIhdDit IhdlttSc Cdl Is 10 De lOupu
in Toronto. While sitting summing itself
the other day, all unconscious of game
near BY, q large rat that had been watching
it stealthily from under an adjacent shed,
suddenly darted out across narrow pas
sageWay about six feet from puss' nose,
and through a friendly knothole in the
fence. At glance the cat took in the stu
aiion. With one bound she topped the
fence. about five feet high, and with the
second she lit upon and caught Mr.. Rodent
lust as he emerged through the knothole
on the other side. The owner submits that
it was the smsrtest feat that that or any
other cat ever accomplished.
THE DOG AND THE MOUSE.
A large bulldog owned by city hotel
keeper is great mouser. The other day,
it is said, he cornered mouse among lot
OF pots, pans, etc, and while upsetting
these, one after another TO reach it, fright
ened the little creature so thoroughly that
it at last jumped into his open mouth and
ran down his throat. Not counting upon
this sudden change of programme, the dog
turned and ran. retching and sputtering in
great agony, toward the yard, which he no
sooner entered than the mouse, also tired
of bis new premises, suddenly leaped out
onto the grass and made Oft again, followed,
however, by its pursuer. which this time
captured and killed it.-T,ront5 Globe.
WISE LITTLE RUNNING BIRD.
Wisdom does not depend on size. as You
all know. my dears. The ant and the bee,
in fact. often seem to know more than some
of the largest animals. The huinming
bird, too, though the smallest of birds, is
not lacking in intelligence. A friend of the
deacon tells pleasant little story OF one
that was trying to secure the honey from
flower with deep cup, and at the same
time was plainly very tired. The flower
grew near porch where family was sit
ting and seeing the trouble OF the bird, a
Young girl walked slowly toward him, hold
ing out her finger The tired bird looked
sharply at her, and then accepted the offered
perch, alighted on the finger, and, when it
was held close to the flower, returned to his
work of honey gathering. The girl stood
quietly, and he used her finger as a resting
place till he had finished his meal, when
he flew away home. y wise cumming bird
that say land a wise girl, to0.-&. NicbQ-
las for august.
RECOGNIZED BY A PET CANARY.
Several years ago, when living with my
sister in Boston, one of my daily pleasures
was TO whistle and talk TO her canary birds I;
the birds and were ON terms of the most
intimate relationship. We whistled in
the friendliest, if not in the most enter
tanning, way. After an absence Of two
years or more from Boston and my pets, /
returned for a short visit, arriving at her
home after "gaslight" in the evening,
when the little fellows were asleep on their
perches l never for a moment thought of
going to wake them up at that time in the
evening, Just to see if they remembered
their old friend, but had not said more
than half q dozen words, in an ordinary
conversational tone of voice, when Dicky"
pulled his head out from under his wing
and began to chirp in a right lively man
ner, and before l could recover from my
feeling of gratitude and delight the little
fellow was singing with all his might a
song of ingenious pleasure. There was no
duplicity in Dicky's song. 1t was right
from Dickey's heart, and as honest as a
voice from heaven.-COr. Detroit Free Press.
MARVELLOUS PARROT.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore american says: Senator Stan
ford, before he left for California, was over
run with all sorts of requests from people
who wanted him to help them, knowing
his charitable nature. Among the last
persons to call for help was Southern
enough money to aid her to publish her
book. The day the family left a lady
in this city sent to the California Senator'S
house an envelope of the most beautifully
colored parrot feathers. The lady said
they were q sample of the feathers on her
bird, which she wanted the Senator to buy
price $500, but it appears that the Senator
has a parrot, and remarkable one, too.
Ii cost him several hundred dollars, and is
a wonderfully educated bird. 1t speaks
four ueges-English, French, German
and Italian. The strange part of it is
that the parrot, as soon as he hears
any one speak, knows in what
language to address the person. For
long while no one knew that the
parrot spoke Italian, until one day an
Italian artist came to the house to do some
work, and the parrot heard him talk. AT
once the bird started off to jabber Italian,
and had quite a conversation with The man.
1t always talks German to the German
servant, and French to the maid. The
parrot when any one comes down in the
morning, says " Good morning; | hope
you rested we'll He is very particular,
and one day when stranger went up TO
him and said, Pretty Polly Polly want
q cracker" he quite astonished the person
by saying, "0h. stop that foolishness.
Can't you talk sense ! am tired of that
rot" The parrot has not learned to say
chestnuts yet, but very often, when asked
if he wants cracker says, That's old
give me something new He longs to
sing, and knows "Peek-a- boo, and chants
it loudly at times to the amusement of all
in hearing. The parrot has its favorites