The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-14

this disagreeable meeting with
your dog" AS on a previous c.
casion, the pope turned a deaf ear to this
remark. The discussion thereupon as
sumed angry tone, and Napoleon, being
like all Italians very animated in his
gesticulations, led the little dog to be-
heye that his master was In danger of
personal violence. Flying at the emperor,
he dug his sharp little teeth into the leg
of the emperor, who, wild with rage,
seized the animal by the neck and swung
II through the open window into the
court yard a hundred feet below. The
pope was so much overcome with excite
ment at the sight that he tainted, and it
was only after his restoration to con-
seriousness that the news was gently
broken TO him that poor little inserts
back was broken. This incident was not
without welding powerful influence
upon the subsequent relations between
the pontiff and that great emperor whom
ne SO contemptuously apostrophtzed 10
his face as "commediante."
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland divides
her affections between her pigeons, who
will eat from nobody's hand but hers, and
a very funny-looking and shaggy Shetland
pony, which she rides or drives every day,
and which she knows how to urge into a
lively gallop.
King Leopold of Belgium has no animal
friends, but the queen has, and lavishes
her affections upon horses, especially upon
her fayorite Charme, an animal of rare
intelligence, to whom she has taught fifty
amusing tricks, all of them being per-
formed without other apparent influence.
than that conveyed by look or gesture
Her sister-in-law, the Countess of Fland-
ers, who is destined eventually to succeed
to her position as Queen of Belgium, has
a
almost as many canine favorites as Queen
Victoria.
The pets of the British royal family
have been described at such length quite
recently that nothing more than passing
reference is needed here to Queen Vic
toria's favorite dogs, who accompany her
wherever she goes, namely: Spot fox
terrier; black and tan collie named
Roy, and a brown-colored Spitz called
Marco. The Prince of Wales has spe-
cial affection for little Dandie Dinmont,
Vonus by name, which formerly belonged
to the late Duke of Clarence, and is now
rarely away from the princes side. The
particular pet of the princess, which has
occupied a perch in her royal mistress
dressing room for the last fifteen or
twenty years is white CoCkatoo with
salmon-colored crest surrounding its
quaint and somewhat venerable cOunte-
iects to wearing feathers during the hot
summer weather, and carefully removes
from his person each one as it grows,
with the sole exception of those on his
head, neck and tail, which he possibly
believes add dignity to his appearance
and enable him better 10 support his
character as the chief pet of the princess.
His lung power is terrific and may posi-
bly, have contributed to the princess
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and loves to rub his head against her
cheek while grasping her shapely fingers
with his big black claw.
OF all the soverigns and princes of the
old world, there is, however, CuriOuSly
enough, only one who manifests any affec-
ton for cats. 1t is the Shah of Persia,
who is so fond of them that he has some
fifty feline favorites, which are generally
to be found in his apartments, and to
which he has assigned officials and at
tendants of their own. They also have
their own special room, where they as
semble at certain hours TO have their
meals. On his summer excursions they all
accompany him, being carried by special
men on horseback in cages lined with
velvet. The favorite of the lot used to be
a large gray cat called Bebr Khan, which
may be translated as Prince Tiger When
the shah lunched or dined Bebr Khan
was let into the room, and sometimes his
majesty fed the cat with his own exalted
hands. Once, while in camp, Bebr Khan
disappeared and was searched for in vain.
A servant who had made fun of the cat,
and who had been heard TO remark that
it was better out of the way, was arrested
on suspicion of having caused the animals
disappearance. He was carried to Tehe-
ran in chains, flung into a dungeon, and
was never heard of again. Nor was the
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