Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-08

parrot, for not only Is the parrot not .
dumb animal, by . dumb sight, but be
will take kindly instruction In holy writ
for niEe years and then get the instruct
or,s fiager between the lids Of his beak
and stsrtle him both with agony and 4
hurst of nautical language not ct for .
family paper.
A favorte and harmless way Of winning
obese and valuable Berkshire hogs b TO
pay S. for tho privilege Of guessing their
weight. The artist who tries to illustrate
this article is an expert bog-gueeser, and
has promised to introduce q diagram Of
his own method in pursuing this elevating
pastime at the monthly meeting Of The
Hog Guessing Club In Newark. A skillfal
man, be says, can guess the weight Of two
hogs at once. and keep himself IN shofs.
ribs, picked trotten and bacon The whole
year round at trifiug expense.
How TO win o cat is Q lost art, which !
hope Mr.. Carr will rescue from the slums
Of time for the benefit Of persons already
possessing cats. They could then be e,s-
bled to lose their cat and studiously avoid
following Mr.. Carrie rulee. ] have given
q great deal Of study to cats. When . cat
comesinto the world with his eleven other
little brothers and sisters, he is playful
and giddy for several months, except in
those tours when he is distending
his abdomen with milk, yelling for
mis- mother or laying in an arm
chair waiting for some heavy person
to sit down upon him. After this how
ever, he grows thoughtful and impetuous,
devotes more time to society and ~felonies,
joins the outdoor club, becomes musical
and thinks il funny to be uproarious In
dark corners at hours usually devoted by
moral persons 10 slumber. ! hope Mr..
Carr will hsye Q great deal to say in hvot
Of the cat. for it will be q unique feature
of his entertainment.
It is said that dogs may be won by
kindness, and / believe this TO be true,
particularly If the kindness be MIXED
with large portions Of steak. I had .
headstrong and bob-tailed bulldog once
who had the happy faculty Of remember
ing me in the early morning when I fed
him and forgetting me when I came home
late at night. Ga one occasion he seemed
TO be uncertain whether | was q friend or
an enemy, aud 10 make sure he extracted
9 large sample Of my leg TO sec If he
could not detect me by the Per.
sonal flavor. A sympathetic friend who
called next morning with the surgeon told
me that by forbearsnce and humane treat.
ment ! could soften the nature of the dog,
but l found il more delightful and sooth-
ing to soften him first with . club and
then with a dose Of Rough on Rats.
] remember once reading that any fierce
animal may be at once subdued by looking
him straight in the eye. I tried this
process two years ago on q dog who came
up with enthusiasm while I was
borrowing some apples in an orchard
near Catskill, and as near a. I can recol.
lect the experiment was not Q success.
The trouble was that while I was looking
into his eye he was looking at my trousers
aud our glsnces failed to meet, but while the
circumstance caused me q great deal Of
lsmeness and regret, it does not invalidate
the theory. 1t may he, too, that the fact
that his master had sicked him on had
something to do with his reluctance to
pause aud become subdued, and nv ex.
p~erience need not, therefore, discourage
other persons desiring TO investigate, but
/ would recommend some other orchard
and a less absent-minded dog.