Telegram-herald., 1890-08-22

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Tag Lee again. Altar ths baby lsft
Hero f0ana so1as II her playthiax..
shieA be tock possession Of, ana L.
~oald lie fer hears holding s0nstbin :
bsswssa ais great paws that hAa BE-
lonzsd % his litsIs friend Nrs. Astor
says that the baby can always eogas "a
one frisnd. fer IL Hero sheald Eot see
her for ten years he woald rseognizs
her, AID sh0s Rnsh4ted affection. One
Of hsro's Pscaliaritiss - that he sticks
% anyone he likes, no matter how they
treat aim. whils On the other hsnd, one
shom DE alslikss cannot win hin With
any amouat Of Kindness.
The Countess SowTek0s has q parrot
that Is IS nearly a fsad inearnatea a. .
bird could Be
His name is Fe0dor His ysrnaeular
IL as choice a mixture OF Russian,
French, German and American swear
words As could be selected. In every
country whsrs have lived" said the
COUNTESS, "FsOdOr seemed nrst 10 learn
no" TO swear, aad be persists ia using
the language Of the place where he is "
hat makes you keep such beast 2 y
1 asked. ''Ah," replied the Countess.
he IL so clever, see him now, / will
whip him for swearing at you" and
she took down q small whip from the
mantle. Instantly Feodor threw him
self on his back, and Kicking his feet
violently. screamed Don't don't
dent" but she did and then he swore,
80 she whipped him harder aud he be-
gan 10 sob aud cry: Poor Feodor: poor
bird . Then he shrieked: ''Stop stopl''
SIS he not clever said his mistress,
proudly, when tho exhibition was
over. l admitted that he was. bat
added that his manners might be i'm
proved, likewise his morals, to which
the bird replied:
ooh h-ll."
Billy Deutsch has a pet rat, just a
common gray street rat, but he is as
shrewd as his master. He travels in
Billy's pockets, and the jolly rounder
has lots of fun producing him when
some OF his friends are Just bit merry
Gus. They stare, and Billy asks: what
is the m after r "Oh, nothing is the
invariaole answer, but they watch
furtively for second appearance of
the rat, then they start for the nearest
drug store and order a big dose of
bromo caffeine.
The story. however, that eclipses all
the others, is one that is vouohed for
by Steele Iackaye, the we'll known
playwright. This is snake story and
good one.
I Il had, says Mr. Mackaye. SO horror
of snakes. In fact they were the only
beasts that l could not tolerate. and 1
concluded to overcome the aversion.
"One day | was down at the dock
when a steamer came. knew the cap
tain very well, and after greeting me
he said: Steele I've got some pets down
in the hold; want to see themF went
down and there Was q great crate con-
tanning hundreds OF snacondas of all
sizes. Instantly the old feeling of
repulsion came over ne and l said to
myself, now is the time to conquer
this weakness Said /, Captain. /
want TO buy one of those snakes
q" What forF said he. Going into
the show businessf
NO, said, 4 want It myself So
/ bargained for one which was to be-
delivered at nay house, and for which
1 was to pay $40.
That night il was brought In a box
had it carried into my library and
asked the man to open the box.
why sir, said he, don't you know
that snake will kill everybody in the
house If ne gets outr
"'Open the box, said i, and / will
take the consequence So he proceeded
to cut The nails on three sides of tho
box. OF course this Jared and irritated
the snake. Now said to the man. Il
want 10 see him.
THE man refused to go any further
until / said, very we'll, you cannot
have the money until you show me the
goods Then he approached very oau.
tiously and lifted up the cover
of the box. Instantly the snake
shot out it's head with terrific force
striking the man in the breast. The
blow nearly knocked the breath out of
him, and quite bereft aim of his small
remnant of courage.
"Indsds I'll not 60 near the haste
again. Not ifIloose 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. Be-
Ing left alone, concluded 10 make my
self master OF the situation and also of
the snake. Approaching very cautI-
Ously from behind. raised the top Of
the box and threw my handkerchief
over the head OF Che snake. at the same
time ssizing him by the back Of the
neck.
He made his way eut 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 the room
The snake Was over eleven feet long.
md weighed over 80 pounds kept
the snake IN ny library and he used 20
soil himself upon my desk. his had I.
resting on his coils, where. for hours. /
he would follow the motion Of my pen T
with bis eyes. He vas the most dociIs
afectionste animal have ever seen I
Ny children played with him a. they 4
would have done with dog Thew 4
Sssd % drag him about the room bv 4
bis tail Never. since have owred 4
him hss hsshO~n the slightest disposi-
sios - Aars any member % n p family
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