The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-21

own comfort, ana how the world should be
mended 10 suit it and keep his slippers
VAIN.
y neighbOr who has poultry of the
Brahmapooira or the Cochin China species
may be forgiven the hoarse calls which
jar CD the ear compared with the neigh Dor
who prizes himself on the beauty and
smallness of his bantamS. The bantam
was specially designed TO wedge itself
through any fence and get into any garden,
where it displays scientific industry in
scratching TO destruction any ch dice seed
bed. or upT0oting the row of violets coming
into bloom. 1t is so small that you can
not get hold of il to wiring its neck, and you
are afraid 10 fill its crop with poisoned
grain lest some other animal take the
/ physlc also. Bantams are enough of a
nuisance to drive a sensitive man into a
! change of abode. Sometimes magistrate
/ will give relief against fowls. A London
! scion some years ago heard complaint
against what be rashly called a useless
! bird, and he asked why it was not got rid
| Of. But the lady who owned it had her
answer ready. She triumphantly corrected
| the beak by remarking that it as the CON-
! paniOn OF four hens. Nevertheless execu-
| tl0n was ordered.
! ksAmOng the petty annoyances of neigh =
| 6OTllDess must be reckOned any cratic
form OF windmill which will insist upon
| going with gale or zephyr and cannot
be restrained. The pump windmill is ex-
ceedlngly useful in cities as a thorn IN the
hesh OF water companies. 1t regulates the
rates for block as no Board of Super
vlsors Is bile to do, and causes the meter
man to be patient to the complaints of
overcharges and the multiplication of
gallons not consumed. But what a tor
ment badly regulated windmill can be,
as 1t lifts the rusty plunger at gallop and
eVokeS the most unearthly, fiesb-creep pin g
noises from the unlubricated crank. The
shrek of the railroad whistle is as cheer
full as plowboy's. and the mellow hum
OF the trolley-car Is music compared with
the monotonous succession of weird,
rve-jarring sounds which a windmill in
gale is capable of maintaining. The old
cornmIli with canvas sails and long arms,
such a windmill as Don Quixote tilted at,
or as may be seen around Zandaam by the
hundred. has picturesque aspect and
never can have given forth such horrible
noises as the water-wheel let loose
Nervous people have no business to live
in cities. perhaps. Not the least among
their little annoyances comes from incOn-
slderate musicians who imagine that no
delight is comparable with the screech of
their own voices or the righteousness of
the instruments they play. The piano
placed against the party wall and kept
juggling commonplace dance music with
variations is great promoter of vacant
rooms In boardlng-houses, but it is not in
Ierlor IN that respect to the violin when
scraped assiduously by she learner, or the
cornOpean sounded boldly on such thread
bare themes as You'll Remember Me-"
The mechanical Orchestraphone is, how
ever, superior to all In startling effects.
Many OF the sounds produced by nature
are pleasing.
The roar of the hurricane at sea may
alright, but it is not in itself disagreeable
as sound. nor is the mighty resonance Of
SURF and hrnaRpfG the bOr Ut hi.oy
out soothing 20 those who are not in dan
ger so with storm whiStling through q
ship's cordage, the moaning rush of wind
through forest, the murmur OF a stream,
or the lap-lap OF the tide on a vessels side
or the strake of a clink er- built boat.
foets nave made happy use of illustrs-
tlons drawn from the oamel-bell, and GRAY
has sung OF the drowsy tinklings that lull
the distant folds. The ear is attuned TO
these sounds. but it cannot be- said that
all the wild notes are musical. The
COCK snrlll clarion Is not displeasing
at distance, like the bagpipes on the
hills, but the OWLS hoo t-ti-huot in the
woods at night, the peacock's penetrating
serenade and the turkeys gobDle are dis
turbing. The call Of the quail is musical.
and also the cluck Of the grouse and part
ridge.
Little annoyances from dogs are numer
Gus, and most people are less perturbed
by barking than biting. The watch dogs
bay on the farm falls pleasantly on the
ear, but the usual salute of the domestic
cur when the milkman or baker calls is
angry and ferocious. A collie kept indoors
is apt to become vicious nuisance. 1t is
fitted for work in the fields or up the
mountain sides. and to subject it to con-
finement as pet is ruinous to its morals.
Now and then lover Of dogs surrounds
himself with a kennel of many species,
from the huge mastiff to the impudent and
fiery terrier and the conceted toy pug
His compan ionship in dogs somewhat
detrac;s from his human fellowship,
and If his pack have the bad breeding to
Dark and whine continuously, life is a