The morning news., 1894-11-11
THE Doa IN HISTORY.
he Has Always Occupied a Conspicu-
GUS Place During All Ages.
From the Phlladelphla Timos.

From the Philadelphia Times.
1t is general case with men of "love
me, love my dog" and where is the man
who will not fight for his dog? For to
the true lover of this animal it is, "You
may steal my wife and take away my
character, but you mustn't kick my
dog" From the earliest pages of his
tory of man we learn that the dog has
always been associated with him as a
friend and helper in procuring food or as
sisting in guarding the herds and protect
ing them. as well as the shepherd, from
attack. All nations know and love the
dog of some breed or other, although,
from a. curious klnk in the human mind,
his name has been one of reproach.
rs thy servant a. dog that he should do
this thing?' is often heard, though most
Of us have felt at some time in our lives
Hike echoing the cynic's words: THE
more ! see of mon the better like dogs"
a tribute to the fidelity of the beast even
If purchased at the expense of mis- mas
ters. From the records of the Egyptians
the first historical annals possessed by the
world to-day, the fact is CLEANED that the
progenitoTs of mankind worshipped the
dog, and that from Egypt this venera-
tion of him as sacred spread to other ma
tiOns, and in various forms may be traced
in all mythology. At Babylon and Nine
veh there have been excavated a number
of sculptured figures of dogs surrounded
by people in the act of Offering incense
to them.
The Greeks and Romans. for all the deli
cacy and loftiness OF their imagination
which peopled the rivers with nymphs and
conceived the idea of a soul in Psyche were
not above this worship, and Il was part
Of the ceremonial Of their religion to make
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evil. That the dog Cerberus guarded the
river Styx was an article of faith with
them, while Vulcan is said to have made
for Jupiter a brazcn dog which possessed
all the faculties Of a living animal, and
from this famous automaton was descend
ed the gigantic breed of dogs found in
Fpirus at the time Herodotus wrote his
great history. The folk lore Of England,
Ireland and Wales Is full Of stories IN
which hell dogs pursued them and beasts
though they differed in appearance ac-
cOrding 10 the country, but all we're Of
great size and strong beyond nature
Their eyes shot flames and their mouths
emitted fire that scorched all approa hing
them, though they could be routed by a
call Of the deity or by the pursued turn
ing on them with across or the sign OF
one.
In Wales they were usually mastiffs
without tails, while In England they moved
in packs and resembled hunting hounds.
In Charles Reade's Put Yourself I'm His
Place" the author makes reference 10
the popular belief In mysterious pack
known as the Gabriel hounds which flew
through the air In fun cry, ,prcsagng dis
aster and answering, especially 10 noble
families. the purpose Of the Irish Banshee
IN foretolllng the deaths Of the members
In Holland there Is a legend that death rs
always preceded by n pale dog that runs
Hnufing the ground for n spot 10 dig the
victims grave. II was this Idea that gave
rise 90 tho ancient dislike 20 a white dog
IN that country, and n one OF that color
was seen near graveyard II was put 10
death with "a silver bullet over which a
prayer had been said.
IN India a great rod has n dogs head.
and the dog star (3iriusl a. called from the
Egyptians thinking o. gave notloe-bcinR
particularly cOnaplcuoun a. that season Of
the yonr-of tho rising OF theNile 40 o. dog
might the approach Of danger The Lap
landcrs gave the bear the name Of tho