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Dandn and Retsas.

ton with them The phenomenon OF laugh
ing has been indirectly traced 10 animals. so
much so that It can be truly said that dog
laughs with its ears and tail. a horse with
its ears. a cat with its pectOTal muscles
Though it never splits its Sides, and by the
way. a cat gets mad with its tail. [ have
seen monkeys ordinarily demoniac face
distorted by grin, though 1t more closely
resembied the risus saTdonicus than true
grin | never saw q mule laugh though
have been kicked by one in a playful spirit.
But apropos OF dogs, and Dandy and Betsy
IN particular.
1t IS commonly thought that pugs monop-
oize the highest intelligence or the canine
race, and that terriers. though snappy and
spirited, ars Fnapt 10 learn tricks or man
Hest capacity for learning or invention.
AS to tn L Will mention trick of Dan
dy's, which be certainly was never taught.
Ia the recent spell Of cold weather he
dragged a small rug, his bed and Beisy's,
across the kitchen floor to the side Of the
stove; then he carried one by one the bones
oil his unfinished meal to the rug. placing
them between himself and the stove and lay
down with the happy air of those whom
BsmaTckihas called the beati possidentes"
Betsy who was on a foraging expedition at
the Tine came in, realized the situation at
q glance and left Dandy and the bones
alone.
Can dog cry ? Every one knows the whine
or howl attributed to canine melancholy
or uueaS,ness, but l nave seen Betsy cry
more than once when Dandy has snapped
al her at mealtimes, and came running I'D
with short. Interrupted sObs, as If her
throat had a big lump in 1t, TO tell me all
about IL in her poor dumb-brute little way.
II ever SORROW aud indignation spoke IN a
spoiled child's eye when it had been
whipped, Betsy's eye has that expression
on such occasions. And the tears stand in
them. too.
Dandy has been whipped, in a gentle way,
for such transgressiUns, but he never seeks
sympathy. lie Will crawl under the sofa
and sob, and sob. and sob, till he is cOaxed
out.
The mere mention Of the magic word
Rats" is sufficient to cast the pair into
fever Of excitement. This Is all the stranger
because neither OF the pair have ever seen
one. Can it be thatdOgs understand woTds2
The idea of a terrier which had never seen
a cat or a rat evineiBg a frensy of excite
ment al the sudden call Of either name
would be problem for Max Muller or a
Darwin to solve.
Dandy was very little dog, indeed, four
years ago when l carried him home a puppy
on the palm OF my hand. Now he is get log
aldermanic and as fat as Daniel Lambert.
lie stands Cd his dignity as a parent and
Native Son. / am neither. and, ike many
other, oft wish that | had been.
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becoming frightened. The swift current
sweeps by. carrying great branches and logs.
You are only half way across and grow
Ing dizzy. You give Madame a loose
rein and close your eyes. Ah-now you can
feel her steadily moving ahead, your conf
dence returns and you begin to comfort
yourself. when, ugh! Up go the mares
shoulders: down sink her TANKS. She Is
swimming. You drop the rein and twist
your fingers into her name. Your feet are
wet and you are not happy. 1t is only for
an instant. however; the deepest is past and
she has found footing. moment more
and she has gained the other shore and is
shaking herself like bear. You have wet
your feet and the bottom of your divided
skirt. but you are nearly at your destina-
ton. and tie brave little mare has brought
you Through by daylight once more.
Half mile further on and you are sitting
by cozy fire. snug dry and happy. while
Madame, rubbed down and blanketed. is
enjoying her clean, sweet hay in comfort
able barn. and your only memories of the
short, sunny January DAY are PHEASANT ones.
MISS RUSSELL.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
DANDY AND BETSY.

When I was a little boy at school, which
was many long years sgo-years that are
fun If "reminiscences Of pets and legions Of
pets-I recollect that my first terror was the
idea of meeting with strange dogs on the
way The great Napoleon was MORALLY
afraid Of cats 10 his mature manhood, so I
suppose there is nothing savorinR of
coWardice Ia the admission that at years
al age I stood in terror Of lone pilgrimage
down the lane that led to the schOolhouse
and which my youthful fancy had invested
tie night before with dreams of large dogs
that gobbled up small boys on sight.
Within an hour after | had got into the
5ch00r00m an elementary Latin work was
placed in ny hands and the dominic, who
wore a black, prestly gown and had cane
living convenient on the table. called the
attention Of SIX or seven other little ones
besides myself that Musa was a noun Of the
first declension; that Rosa was declined
ike Musa, and that we must learn to decline
Rosa within an hour Or1look out for squalls.
And he pointed significantly to the cane.
a greater fear than that of dogs came over
ne. I feel it now. 1t was plain that If
the knowledge the dominic desired to i'm
part did not readily enter at the head, or
fountain OF knowledge, he was prepared to
proceed to extremitieS, or try the other end
cr The other way.
The greater terror overmastered the
smaller. and since then I have made friends
with dogs readily enough.
I viii at this far later day cheerfully ad-
nit that I agree with the sentiment of
Nine de Stael, when she wrote: plus je
vols les hommes. plus Jadmire mes chens."
The more see Of men the better I Ike my
dogs.
obe called q eynie. in this connection, is
sCmathing of an honor nowadays.
My present dogpets are two in number.
and they are father and daughter. They
answer 10 the name OF Dandy and Betsy.
5y pedigree Dandy is a thoroughbred
English blaek-and-tan terrier BetSy's
mother was 2 thoroughbred fox terrier and
leans TO the fathers side 10 general appear
aucP, except as to the ears. She has the
'car-Warks" as the saving is.
grass moment to remark that the
ears Ia men and women, as 10 dogs, count
Tor more than Is commonly supposed. You
never saw man or woman of what is
call ed good stock" with ears set at a right
angle 90 the head, sticking our Ike the
caves OF building; and You never saw
man or woman with small ears, well set
back. close 10 the head, who had not a
strain OF good blood somewhere in the an
tral, II lot IN the direct paternal line.
BE ears are revelation. She cannot
only gr-ck hem up, but express every emo
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4 Noetn,nal T,trnder.

the finger Of her inquisitive little hoy I was
obliged to promise that the bird Of wisdom
should 20.
l was the more moved to this decision by
what happened that night / had left the
cage door open, as thonghtless bachelors
are apt TO do. About half an hour after
ward, while ! was in that half-conscious
conditinn commonly called between sleeping
and waking, there was a muffled whirr of
wings. n OF angelic by any means, and some
thing grim and ghostly perehed on my knees
which were raised as | sat up ia bed to
ascertain the cause of the "whirr."
After had mopped of the cold perspira-
ton which gathered on my brow and real
lied that the big everlasting. awfnl ewes
which bltnked at me in the dim light were
Solon's l captured him, Gagged him, and the
next morning took him s0lemnly, sedately
out to the woods and set him free
= n n
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found down the coast all the way to Santa
Barbara and the Southern California
Islands.
Ore test is in the noise which the differ
ent classes of seal make. The California
seal does not roar, but emits a coughing
noise, honk, honk, honk, like a consump-
tive or asthmatic person. The regular sea-
lion has but one note. deep bass roar.
Ths fur seal has four distinct tones-a
hoarse roar, gurgling growl. a piping
whistle and a splitting sound very much like
a eat when strange dog approaches.
Il shall not readily forget the description
given mo by an Eastern actor, who was
something of a mimic and a ventriloQuist in
his way. when / took trip with her TO the
Gill House some years ago. Neither of us
had seen the seals at liberty In their native
element before. My companion studied
them long and atten lively Then he said /:
We'll, that's human nature all over. Just
listen to that big fellow. A little fellow is
trying to jOstle him of his perch. Now lis
teu-and the aclor gave iudicrous imita-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
IN JANUARY DAYS.
A Bit of CALIFORNIA; Win
ter Weather.
CURE FOR HoMEsICKNESS.
The Lost Soul That Cried i'm the VIII
derness-A Dangerous Bit OF
Winter Travel.
Written for THE MORNING CALI.

New Years day has come and gone, the
new years ANNALS and year books have
arrived from the East and sitting by your
pleasant OPEN fire in the south room, where
the sun pours IN through big window, you
have looked them all over with the keen
pleasure of wanderer from home. Here
Is the year book, issued annually from the
office of the leading daily in your native
city. You turn the pages tenderly, every
one bringing up fond memories Of home.
You read every advertisement for the sake
of encounterng the old familiar names.
You ponder every new one in an effort TO
place 1.-THE owner" "Traill 81 Francis,
wholesale druggists" A new firm. evil
IDENTIFY. Why, why sure enough. That
must be Bonnie Traill, you knew him in
roundabouts. You remember how he and
Dick Francis rescued you once. when, as
one OF party of sliding school children
you had yentured too recklessly out over
an airhole In the lee that coated the mill
creek, and had gone waist deep into the chill
current below? What chums those bows
had always been. They had gone through the
High School and then to the university
together, and now had become partners in
business. Wholesale druggists, you wonder
If they remember the time when Dick came
TO school with stolen bottle balf-full of
paregoric and shared IL with Bennle and all
the boys and girls whose seats were near
his desk, and how you all went to sleep and
mapped ont the forenoon recess, to the sur
prise and CONSERVATION of the practice
teacher" from the Normal School, who was
trying her prentice hand on your young
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
Mapping a Great Lake.
New York sun.

1t requires long time adequately to map
a great lake like Victoria Nyanza. Its
present outlines have little resemblance to
those Spoke gave it, and new explorers are
making changes every year. When Stanley
was last there he reported prolongation of
the southwest corner, which some time after
was mapped by Father Schynse. Then
Captain Stuhlmann made important changes
in Father Schynse's map. and that corner
Of the lake is at last supposed to be fairly
well mapped. Last summer DR.. Baumann
began his work on the southeast side, where
before, and this will further change the
lake as it appears on the maps. Untiring
labor and vigilance is the price Of accuracy
10 such matters.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
Preventing FnIura Misery.

II there is. in this vale Of tears. more prolific
source OF misery than the rheumatic twinge we
have yet to hear of 1t. People are born with ten
dency to rheum atisn, just they are with one to
consumption or to scrofula Slight causes may O.
velop this As soon the agonizing complaint
manifests itself recourse should be had to Hostel
ters stomac b Btters which checks its further in
roads and banishes the rheumatic poison from the
system. This statement TALES exactly with the
testimony OF physicians who lave employed this
fine blood depurent in their private practice.
There IS also the amplest professional and general
testimony as to the efficacy of the Bitters fur
iara, liver complaint. constipation. ind gestion,
kidney trouble, nervousness and loss OF appe lite
and flesh After a wetting. whether followed by
cold or not, the Bitters Is useful as preventive
OF tho initial attack of rheumatism.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
PET OWLS.

Owls are about the last creatures In the
world which man would dream of cult
waiting for pets. yet once had pet owl
1t came about in this way. | was In the
last declining stage Of baehelorhood, having
somehow arrived quite late enough at tile
conclusion that cit is not good tor man to
live alone" Not long before got the ow
I had been privileged to have a chat with
one of the physicians who attended Edgar
Allan Poe in his last illness, and the
Never More" proposition grouped up. l
wanted a raven. badly. but nothing better
than crow was obtain able. The bust Of
Pallss was easy enough; in fact, airy bust
would do, but the crow-heaven forfendi
So got an owl. Gagged bin. and sat down
at eventide to dream of the
Rare and radiant maiden
Whom the angels call Lenore.
did not write anything about either the
owl or the BenOre, and especially about
''the rare and radiant maiden" to the
gracious American lady who was then
thinking seriously OF making a captive of
crusty old bachelor, and showing him the
error of his ways.
The morning after the owl was installed
In the bed and sitting room which / oceu-
pied the landlady kindly but firmly gave me
notice TO omit. She objected to the owl on
general PRINCIPLES. and when later in the
day Scion Chat was his name) severely bit
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
Charleston During the War.
New York sun.

A former captain of the Confederate
army, who was stationed in and near
Charleston during most of the civil war,
says that the change from the happy conf
dence of its people on the morning when
Sumter was fired on to their terror when
the Yankee guns were turned on them later
in the struggle was obvious in the appear
ance of the town itself. Everything was
slack" damages were not repaired and the
. exodus of the people to safe places was so
rapid that before the siege was over some
quarters were nearly vacated and rabbits
appeared in the streets. When large fire
occurred there. Gilmore's Swamp Angel
drOf ped four shells into the burning build
ing in order to break it up and spread flames
through the neighborhood. and another
shell went plump into the middle OF fire
engine, tearing it into pieces and killing
several people.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
Victoria Up a Tree.

Queen Victoria when little girl was fond
Of climbing trees and walls whenever she
could fich an opportunity, which wasn't
often. On one occasion she had escaped her
attendants, and, climbing particularly
high Tree, sat there and enjoyed herself
while she watched the chaperons running
around wildly seeking her. AS soon as they
were out of sight she started to descend,
but became frightened at the height and
drew back. A young garden er named Davis
happened to pass at this time, aud she at
traeted his attention. He ran for ladder
and soon had her on terra frma She gave
him guinea as a token of her gratitude,
and he had 1t framed and still shows it 10
visitors as he tells the tale
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22

more accessible lands had been occupied 1t
was part of this district that was bought
up ten or fifteen years ago by syndicate in.
ford B. Hayes. The expected developments
never followed, and those of the syndicate
who were not rich enough to hold on sold
out to those that could afford to wait. Mr..
Ghelps now holds great deal Of the
syndicate's origina! purchase. One of the
purchaser has held on to his land amid all
sorts OF difficulties, and at the expense OF
much self-sacrifce on the part of himself
and family. The prophecy that region so
near New York must in ten years have
population OF many thousands has fallen
ludierousy short of fnlfilment, as even now
the inhabitants scarcely number more THAI
they did twenty-five wears agn.
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to fifteen minutes, has
elapsed since the train
ahead of him passed the
signal post, each train
doing its own register
ing as it goes by. The
cut gives an idea of the
appearance Of the sig
nal. 1t is contained in
an iron post and con-
slsts of two hermeti-
cally sealed but con-
nected chambers. one
being concealed by the
iron work, the other
osing two sides of
heavy plate-glass. The
lower chamber is filed
with a eolored liquid,
which, when a train
nasses is forped into
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Column. the nDnsr chamber
From this receptacle it gradually runs back
again INTO the lower reservoir. the transfer
requiring just fifteen minutes.
The operation is brought about by levers
connecting with length of rail laid parallel
and close to the track rail. This auxiliary
rail rises slightly above the track rail and
its depression by the passing wheels gives
the necessary impetus for forcing the
colored fluid into view in the upper rart of
the signal apparatus.
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A Unique Settlement.
New York sun.

just west OF the Hudson and above We
hawken is region as rural and antique as
any one hundred and fifty miles from New
York. Although this region is within rife
shot Of Riverside Drive it is sparcely settled
and difficult OF access. Its Inhabitants are
descended from Dutch settlers. who found
their way into the region after better and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22

Bavaria continues to take the lead in
Germany in beer-drnkinR, the consumption
during 1s90-91 having been 260 quarts per
inhabitant. Posen heads the list in
schnapps drln king - about twenty five
quarts per inhabltant
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-22
INGENIOUS RAILWAY SIGNAL.
Trains Compelled to Register as They
Pass a Given Point.
Philadelphia Rec

An automatic railway signal has recently
been put into successful Grafton by a
Michigan man. 1t enables an engineer to
determine a a glance how long a time. I'D
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
a LINEMAN'S STRANGE DEATH
It IL Uncertain whether Death Was Due to
Electricity or Other Causes.

It Is Oncerteir Whether Death Was Due TO
Electricity or Other Causes.
Daniel Leary. a iineman in tho employ OF the
Jersey City Electric Light Company. climbed q
pole at Newark ayonuo and Coles street yes
terday morning to make some repairs. Fore.
man Ladue and two other mon stood on the
sidewalk watching him, and waiting to provide
him with whatever tools and material he
needed. Leary climped up the pole nimby
until he reached the first cross arm. He
stopped there. threw his leg over the arm and
began to work. A minute or two afterward his
head sunk down on his breast. his arms fell
limp By. his side. and he toppled over on the
network OF wires
Foreman Ladue fastened UP the pole to the
rescue. but he found that the man was dead.
He fastened a rope around the body and 1t was
lowered to the street At the undertakers
rooms, to which the body was rem owed. II was
found that the only mark was slight scar on
the right thigh. The flesh was not burned.
nor were there any marks such MS mi ght be
expected had the clothing como in contact
with live wire. This led to the suggestion
that the man might have died from heart dis
ease or Sunstroke
County Physician Converse made super
fetal examination OF the body in the after
noon. hut said that he could not determine the
cause OF death until he had made an autopsy.
That he Will do to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
Died After Two Assaults.

Henry Cassidy. an old employee OF the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. who lived at Is North
Portland avenue. Brooklyn, died at daylight
yesterday in the homeopathic Hospital oi in
juriss inflicted. it is alleged. last Thursday by
Herman. HagGerdown; Joseph 0Brien. and
Flushing avenue and Canton street.
Cassidy is said to have been beaten by the
men for refusing to pay for drinks. His assail-
ants left him lying In the place. and two ma
rines took him home. 1t Is alleged that the
assailants went to Cassidy's house and re-
newed the assault.
The three men were arrested. and were ar
raigned yesterday In the Myrtle Avenue Police
Court on a charge OF manslaughter. Hagger-
down Is 80 years old and the other two are 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
Thinks the Woman bent on Death IL His
Vito.

NoRwALK. July 17.-William Gilbert. an East
Norwalk oysterman. is looking for his wife.
who disappeared on last Friday afternoon.
Mr. Gilbert thinks tho woman is his wife who
tried to throw herself from New York train
near Saybrook on Saturday, and who. getting
of at New London. tried to walk In front OF n
switching engine. and then started down the
steamboat pier. as IL to throw herself of and
was arrested. Chief OF Police Damn shares
this belief.
Mrs. Gilbert has been troubled In mind for
several months. Early last week she tried to
drown herself in Norwnlk Millpond On March
3 she left home In tho night and took train
Tor New York. At the Grand Central station
she was overcome by stroke OF apoplexy and
was taken to bellevue Hospital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
4 WAGON TONGUE IN THE CAR.
Mrs. Newman Glad to Have Escaped From
the Collision with Broken Leg.

Mrs. Newman Glad TO Have Escaped From
the Collision with Broken Leg.
Surface car PIT Of the Second avenue line
reached Fifty-f1rs street yesterday afternoon
just as q two-horse ice wagon owned by Joseph
Coddy of SAT West 111th street. and driven by
Joseph Hughes Of PAP East Thirty-fourth
street rumbled out OF Fifty first street. Seeing
that a collision was threatened Hughes pulled
In his horses and swerved them TO one side.
1t was too late though. and the heavy wagon
tongue entered the car-au open one-and
struck Mrs. DIR. Adelia Newman. who was on
the end seat. on the right leg midway between
the ankle and the knee. At the same time the
head Of one of the horses struck her on the body.
When the car and the ice wagon we're olsen
had been broken. Mrs Newman was rom owed to
her home ut 200 East 1929 street: She told
how tho accident happened. and said she was
but she congratulated herself upon having
escaped moro serious harm.
Hughes, tho driver OF the ice wagon, was
arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
Charged with Perjury in n VIII Case.

RIvERHEAD. N Y. July 1.-THE case OF Law
yer Horace Fl. BENJAMIN. who was arrested
two weeks ago on q charge OF forging a will.
assumed different aspect to- day. when Her.
bert II. Wells OF Jamesport was arrested on a
It is believed that Weiss arrest will tend to
clear BENJAMIN. The latter has an office in
the Equitable building in New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-18
CIRCUsMAN MAIN ARRESTED.
Taken From His Show Tent Mt the Point OF
a ConstabIe's Pistol

Taken From HIS Show Tent mt the Point OF
ConstabIe's Pistol.
Walter l. Mains circus opened in Flushing
yesterday afternoon. Just as the brass band
was about to crash out the overture Constable
James slavin OF Flushing village stepped into
the ring and. at tho point OF pistol. served .
notice Of attachment on Mr.. Main. thu pro-
prietor OF the show. The attachment was for
$40. and was secured by George SAKE, q flush
ing carriage maker The tent was crowded
with spectators. and there was considerable
excitement for q few minutes. Mr.. Main went
with the constable. after which the perform
anee proceeded without further Incident.
show hired the grounds for the circus from
him. but that when the show reached town 1t
was announced that they were not large
Connorton and obtained an attachment on he
show property for the rental Of his ground.