The Bossier banner., 1891-08-13
4 wolf That Guarded the Poultry Yard
-Domesticated Coyotes, Foxes, Bears,
RascOons, Cheetahs, and Every
Species of Monkey.

The Russian humorist Pushkin tells
#ametty story about widow who had
survived four husbands, and was going
soratify the prellminaries of fifth al
lance with Grim Tartar
8 DO you know that your admirer
carries six pistols and bandits knife?"
inquired an anxious friend.
eYrs, / huye seen Them" said the
Foman, calmly, shut, judging from ex-
erence, do not believe that there is
my such thing as an untamable
aeature.
Biological experts incline to a similar
sBaiOn. The most perfect embodiment
d RECKLESS fury is trap-caught leopard
during his first weeks experience of
prison life. He will rush to and fro
Nth a persistency worthy of better
HcceSs his eyes glare defiance at every
TSiter; every now and then he will at
aek the iron bars of his cage with alb
saute disregard of consequences, or roll
e shout the floor, biting his own paws in
bis frenzy of despair. Yet in Hindu
stan, a near relative of that four-footed
dsmon, the cheetah, or hunting leopard,
has been so perfectly domesticated that
he can be trusted to run at large and
rtun from night expedition to share
& the proceeds of his enterprise with his
y trainer
4 Wolves terrorized our pastoral fore
iathers in way that has made the
name Of the CAMS lupus synonym of
aeree hostility, yet that adversary of
slockraising mankind is more than
Probably the ancestor of the faithful
shepherd dog. On a stock farm near
acatecas, in northern Mexico, saw a
u tame wolf that seemed to get along on
he best terms with his canine relatives,
and in the morning was always on
d, aand to greet his master with romps
and caresses, and if kicked away would
yA erlnge IN manner suggesting the dep
b heatory maneuvers of a fawning span
lie could not be trained to find his
III way home from an extensive hunting
MP but was often left to guard the
u afn,yard poultry, and, to the best OF
n as owners knowledge, had never be-
fayed his trust.
II Inc Aztec peasants of Herman Cortez
ane used to domesticate the coyote, Oh
u eSal-llke prairie wolf; and in the up
q Aaa districts of southern Poland tame
'selmens OF the common gray vol
sDola be seen in almost every larger
saage, till the frequency of hydropho
"a panlcs Induced the authorities tx
discourage the popularity of the per
d usaS pets, whose conduct, from mora
IS punt OF vieweBeems to have been un
ezeeptionable.
lOxeS, too, can be trained to RESTRAIN
asF predatory instincts; and Ten
9 4sSsee nelghbor of mine raised lite
I loS-whelps with his puppies, and in
saDeo them to stay about the house b.
saang them to an occasional dis
! sner tavorite delicacy-fresh mill
: s"eetened with sorghum treacle. Youn
& sars can dispense with such premiums
~, a.sr lew weeks petting they wi
s.sA 70 farmhouse with the tenacit
Z .ioyaiist oficeholders, and never leay
) premises after dark. A half-grow
re0,len on Georgia highland farl
l.',, ssiu now and then take stroll i
sssieOerry 49, time and stray a few hun
~ YARDS beyond the clearing of h
tsO'eetor, but any unusual noise,
su' VI the distant report of firearn
sulnelent to send him back racir
sne shelter of the old homestea,
~ q cat, he seemed indeed to co.
saa a,la1e his affection upon the dwell
uOuse, rather than on its propl
lss l ana could never be coaxed to fc
~ ule family more than half a mi
ul headquarters, unless they co
y, . eounteract his homesickne
u0erai slices of pumpkin pie.
seln little cousin, the plantigraI
Ion is far more capable of perso
g,as' sss'sachments. His propensity
bta ig Is hard to control, but even O
~ woods he will emerge from
~ pace at the call of his mast,
sot home with him like a dutii
~ the approach of a strang