New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-26
CARS AND DOGS.
Frnm mn Satnrdny KcyLcw.

From The saturday Review.
Every Vice Of the reflects itself in the modern
dog lie is self .ciou,, affected, communicative
gushing. the victim OF cnhHl, lie t>t' Tor tN'lUIo
speeds looking iJr that In which he finds most society
ai,d h., most brought forward. lie Is vain OF ms a'
complislncnts, and delights IN besGhS IN refusing U'
ng thrco cheers for the Queen in saving Nilltn.
Mr.. Romancs mentions dog IN Dnmfne' VINO c9niu say
,ii c,,ntry bousr that when the local snatc had
other magiatcS STAYING with him. that dog woald go
away and desert hi. master. for the more divcrtng
& % .,cd eoclctv me dog Is all expression.
lie communcates ever, one Of hs numerous emotions.
ne ~ -" cocv Ta h~cn Known 10 ccncmpatc him
,ef Mi d,y in "A mirror. Tho dog must always be In
evidence How much Of his az knowlcdgcd galantry
in saving life and attaching robbers is due To a mere
be- ccrtalnb, discovered In fact. he IS bitten with
nil the Scntmcuali,y and cfnsivenc,s OF the
period Even his friends. even Miss Frances Power
Iobhc. will admit ON reelection. that the doc has been
thu, degraded by a,>uc,ting with mankind. lie Is
speak To ony bcsgar" Lowland shepherd Of his
own hound which had gone up and waggcd his tall TO
a passing angler.
In contrast with all this dcmonslratlvc philanthropy
consider the example Of the eat The cat has rctcnuc
served thus freely sp,akcth Monaignc about cats,
says Izaak Walton. lie viii not disturb Himself a.
other moment, for anybody. The Establishments OF
strangers he neither shunS nor seeks endlrcs them
lie 1, not the victim Of the craze Tor
newer bored with his own company OF all animals
he alone atains Ia the concmpauvc Lc. lie regards
the wheel Of existence from Wlaout' INC wv
l3uddhg There Is no prccucc or .Nmptliy auo't
the eat. lie lives Talonc. aloft sublime" In a wise
passlvcncsS. II tread ON dogs tai ny accident
he utter, the lyric cry" and then diSsOvcS IN the
ccgcs of apology The cat suffers and II silent. or
firmly apples his claws without remark: lie Is eX
cessvcly proud and. when he Is made the subject OF
conversations viii east glance Of Scorn and leave
the room I'm which personalities are banded lie
d,dains accomplishments. md IT Is fact that cats
arc losing the art of purrinG. MI expressions OF
emotion he scouts frivolous and insncerc. except.
indeed In the amhrosia night. when, free from the
society ~ mankind, he pours forth his soul IN strains
~ unprcmcd ta'cd arr. The patry pay and palrv
IRA SO OF humanity he dcsplses. like Edgar Poe. lie
does not exhibit the pageant of his bleeding heart
he does not howl when people die explode In cries
~ delight when his master returns from "A journey.
with ouiet courtesy hc remains In his proper ana
comfortable place. only vcnturlnc into view whom
something he approves Of such nsh game. makes
~ appearance on the rights of property he IS firm
II strange cat enters his domain. be Is MP TN claws
t resist invasion lie f. tho az tho handcoOt.
II that animal Is correctly described hv tho poet rs
"a wildly ~ympathctr brute II was for these dnail
tic. p-pnahly that the cat wa wor shipped by the
ancient Egyptians.