The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-05

sfsnoGsED khat hiDnsUeis Tommy Do44.
en-, when - minded, talk with m astcnish-
ine aeerse a 1uency. DR.. Haxtss = fro-
quenf1y called upon By friends to take
the jsckdas from The egg and NJ
low him 70 walk graveIy around The
rsom and nod his he1d in kDOuing
fashion - be ansuers paxrUfiike the ques-
tons pat 70 him. Occasionally Il happens
that The bird strikes out II . line Of con-
duct resulting h confusion 70 his 0wnefx
Ihe s1s5kingty peculiar app1Arancs q At
torney-Generai Brewster. his characteristic
fashion Of wearing wids rules 81 white
Issn down his shirt front and oser his
SCARED. nis-shapen hands viii b renem-
bered By al VINO ever saw him. One day
while calling Ct Dr.. Baxtef's the subjecs Of
tine jsckdavs accomplishments and
exemplary behavior vas touched
upon. uheress the attorney general
expressed . desire 70 have him
brought IN the room. With . satisfed
smile Dr.. Baxter stroked the birds glossy
feathers, putting the usual question:
"Whst IL your name-ten ycur name. !"
Tommy Dodd-Tommy Dodd." screamed
the jackdaw, - with wings outspread and
run I'd pIumage he landed unceremoniCus-
~ on the carefully dased rufles. 1t which
be tore in most furious fashion. seemingly
eBrazed beyond measure At this unusual
departure from nineteenth century conven-
fionaljsies.
xx-nIsrsrKE YALxKr's LIVING DEKAsTrrE.
Hon. Thomas W. Palmer. minister TO
Spain. possesses the most marked fond
ness Tor psts Of any man In public life.
Daring his life In Washington City as .
senator from Michigan. whether attending
to his duties ~ the capitol. accompanying
his wife on . round of social calls. or
seated in his luxuriousiy furnished par
lors. Minister Palmer was never without
Bijou, the tiniest imaginable biack-and-
tan. The dog was carried shout snugiy
asleep IN cost pocket or with diminished
head pesping above his head like strange
scarfpin. When out calling in his carriage
the minister WAS accompanied in addition
to Bijou by two King Charles SPAN
ieis 50 alike - to make individual
Identification impossible TO . stranger.
A few months previous 70 his departure
for Spain some one in Washington sent .
present of coon. Instead Of banishing
the unsavory animal 10 the back yard,
Minister Palmer installed u in his private
bathroom. where the white marble tab was
utilized by the coon - . swimming pool
The dogs slssp Ia their masters bedroom,
where q curious machine like 9 mimic
treadmiil Was arranged that they might be
properly exercised when the weather WAS
too incIement to admit Of such thing out
Of doors.
SOME DIPLOMATIC YKTs.
Count d'Arco Valley. the German minis
ter, il the fond p0ssesxor Of two beagle
hounds which, chained together, accom-
pany him for . constitutional every 6ns
afternoon. II 10 needless 70 say that the
trio always attracts it, full share Of stten-
ton.
Baron 6peck Won Sssrnbere, military At
tachs Of the German legation, small, dap
per looking man, his clothes cut after the
latest fashion. the exact opposite of the
minister in build and appearances, il never
seen on the street without . black and
white fox-terrier. The two seem allied TO
each other BY The tie Of silence, for never
on any single occasion has Baron Speck
been heard 70 address the dog. or the latter
70 utter . sound after the manner Of
CANNES generally. According to tradition.
when one terrier dies his place 10 immedi.
ately supplanted BY m exact counterpart,
even in the matter Of the tai, which il cut
OF ct precisely the same degree Of stubbi-
ness.
A curiosity IN CANNES II . huge tailIees
mastif possessed BY Mr.. George HELEN,
whose claims to the fashionable ranks Of
dudedom was tie possession Of forty live
pairs Of shoes and an unlimited number Of
top coats.
FAMOUS DOGS or OUR MOST NOTED BELLxs.
The Misses Patten Of California have no
less than nine dogs, of which the favorites
are Barry, st Bernard Of colossal pro-
portions, Grace and Spray, grey wounds,
and Jumbo, Maltese retriever.
Miss Letter has two mastiffs, for whose
accommodation An immense kennel was
built at the rear of the house on Dupont
Circle. A year ago, when the puppies were
first given to her, Miss Letter took them
out for walk every morning down Con-
necticut avenue.
Miss Olive Risley Seward rarely goes out
for walk or to shop unless accomp anied
by black poodle. whose long. SILKY hair
sweeps the pavement - 1t walks.
Miss Grace Davis, daughter of the ex-
senator from West Virginia, owns one of
the few Scotch deerhounds in the city.
Miss Lulie Eustis has black poodle.
Sport. which accompanies her upon her
travels at home and abroad.
Miss Hattie Blain's pet is . cream-colored
mastiff. while that of her next door neigh
Dor. the 4-year-old daughter OF Senator
Don Cameron is, sagacious black and tan
brown collie
SOME SENATORIAL cAxrsEs
Nearly every senator in Washington CITY
keeps one or more dogs. Senator Edmunds
thought 80 much OF his dogs that when he
built his prison-like mansion near BIaine,s
big house he had an iron stairway running
from the ground up to his library which
was On the second floor and leading To \
cunning little door. For 8 long time the
people wondered what this door was for. II
was too small for q man and no one but 4
pigmy could have entered the door at its
end. One day, however. . little black-and-
tan was seen to run up and down il, and
the secret was out. The stairway was built
for the senator's dogs and is used for that
purpose TO this day.
Senator Evarts has numerous pets.
though most of them belong to his
children. There is q story which believe
the senator tells on himself in regard to
pet donkey which be had on his farm in
Vermont. One day while the senator was
away this donkey began to bray terribly.
1t kept on braying, whereat one of the
senator's little daughters remarked: ~ DO
wish papa would hurry home, for then the
donkey won't be SO lonesome"
In speaking OF Senator Palmer's dog I
forgot to describe the Prince Charles span
iels. These are the tiniest little balls of
silky brown which you viii End in dogs
desh. Mrs. Palmer bought some of them
in EurOpA and she has <hraa -hs.r