The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-10

I EAuoou dl Inc ufg STOW ld.L year IpE MS
/ beauty. BiJou's most Characteristic feature
/ is his love for ice cream. He has made him
self sick upon it several times Each time
| be IS i'll the edict goes f1rth-BiJou must
/ have no more cTeam-but when a certain
| time les elapsed b jou begins to beg, and
I then he absolutely refuses to eat anything
until he gets cream. Ms. BlOodyOod says
she believes he would starve himself TO death
| If he did not get his way. 50 Of course he
| gets it.
/ The Countess NOwrekow has a parrot
that Is as nearly fiend incarnate as q
| bird could be.
His name is Feodor His vernacular is
as choice mixture of Russian. French,
| German and American swearwOrds as
| could be selected. ''In every country
where | have lived" said the countess,
! "Feodor seemed first to learn how to swear
| and he persists III using the language of the
I place where he Is" WHAT makes you keep
such beast. ! asked. All" replied the
/ countess. me is so clever, SEQ HIM now, |
Will whip bim for swearing at you" aud
/ she took down a small whip from the man
| tel. Instantly Feodor threw himself on his
| back, and, kicking his feet violently.
screamed "Don'ti DON'T don'tln but she
| did, and then he swore, so she whipped
him harder, and be began to sob and cry:
Poor Feodor! poor bird" Then he
! shrieked: stop stop"
- bb AiON tAtftit Huii MS illSbl boS,
proudly, when the exhibition was over.
| admitted that be was, but added that his
manners might be improved, likewise his
morals, to which the biri replied:
ooh, -"
Billy Deutsch has a pet rat, just common
gray street rat, but he is as shrewd as his
master. He travels in Billy's pockets, and
the jolly rouuder has lots of fOn producing
him when some of his friends are just bit
nervous. They stare, and Billy asks: "What
is the matterW "Oh, nothing " il the in
variable answer, but they watch furtively
for a second appearance Of the rat, then
they start for the nearest drug store and
order big dose of bromo caffeine.
The story, however, that eclipses all the
others, is one that is vouched for, by Steele
Mackaye, the well-known playwright.
This is snake story and a good one.
81 had, says Mr. Mackaye, "a horror of
snakes. In fact, they we're the only beasts
that | could not tolerate, and | concluded
to overcome the aversion.
Zone day | was down at the dock when a
steamer came. | knew the captain very
well, and after greeting me be said: Steele,
I've got some pets down In the hold; want
to see themP | went down and there was
great crate containing hundreds of ana
condas of all sizes. Instantly the old feel
ing of repulsion came over me and | said to
myself, now is the time to conquer this
weakness Said |. captain, l want to buy
one Of those snakes
What forr said he Going into the
show business
No | said, L want it myself So |
bargaiued for one which was t. be delivered
at my house, and tor which | was to pay
$40
That night it was brought in a box.
had 1t carried into my library and asked
the man to open the box
80 WHY ba tdppft
that snake viii Kill everybody III the house
IL he gets outP
600 zen tho box said l, and | will take
the consequences So he proceeded to cut
the nails n three sides of the box. OF
course this Jared and irritated the snake
Now, said | t. the man, y want to see
him.
"The man refus d to go any further until
I said, Very well; you cannot have the
money until you show me the goods Then
he approached very cautiously and lifted
up the cover of the box. Instantly the
snake shot out its head with terrific force,
striking the man iii the breast The blow
nearly knocked the breath out of him, and
quite bereft him of his small remnant of
courage.
'Indade, I'll not go near the haste again,
not if lose me place he said and away he
ran. The snake had drawn back its head
into the box, and lay very quiet waiting for
the next attack. Beug left alone, l con
cluded to make myself master of the stua-
ton, and also of the snake. Approaching
very cautiously from behind, / raised the
top of the box and threw my handkerchief
over the head of the snake at the same time
sezng him by the back of the neck.
'ile made his way out of the box almost
dragging me with him. began to stroke
him gently down the back Of the neck at
the same time guiding his course around tie
room. Within an hour | had IN COM
pletely Gained, aud within another hour he
was coiled ON my lap with his head resting
in my hands
The snake was over eleven feet long.
and weighed over $50 pounds. | kept the
snake in my library and he used to coil
himself upon my desk, his head resting on
his coils, where, for hours he would follow
the motion or my pen with his eyes. He
was the most docile, affectionate animal |
have ever seen. My children PLAYED with
| him as they would have done with dog.
They used to drag him about the room by
his tail. Never since | have owned him has
he shown the slightest disposition to hurt
any member of my family"
NJ NJ A