Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-31
Highest of all in Leavenng Power.Lae U. s. Govt Report
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Wolsey. II will be recoilected, was IA
miiar with a venerable carp. So"p.i
on.y relief from melancholy was 10 pa,
TIL his pet hares Give owned PC
tortoise. Did not Mr.. Parnell on one oc-
CASTOR interrupt an important cohle,S"ee
OF the Irish Parliamentary party WINE ~
saw to the feeding Of a fayorlte re'lieEei
Lesser-known people have maue pets Va
snakes, toads, hedgehogs, ana oiheI aii
mails not usually considered domestic. IL
Is largely a question of environment. The
dweller i'm cities Is usually compeheu py
the exigencies OF space to restrict hlmsell
To cats and dogs, and even the huihoie
occupant Of a single room VIII De louhu
the pOssessor Of a linnet OF cahaiS'
Birds indeed from the small space lhey
require, are first favOrites as CITY pes
Bears are Great favorites on board snip
where they get quite tame, ana salol
have even been known TO pet an aiIsd'o'
I'm default Of a more agreeapie ANNA. az
A robin flew on board the victory III 'le
heat OF the battle Of the Me anu uV,N
up its quarters in the admirals state
room. and accompanied the ship 10
Naples. the pet OF ali on board " no uo'S
not remember the little dryasdust emu
rnologist whom the Autocrat OF the BredN-
fast Table called the Scarabee, ana VINO
had nothing i'm the world to love Dut
large gray spider? People VINO are cum
nelled to reside for any length or time
abroad usually make pets OF the animals
indigenous to the locality in "hich lhey
live. How strange was that apoue ~
Damascus where the late Lazy burton
and her DISTINGUISHED husband resided
In addition TO the ordinary live stock con-
sisting of fowls and goats, together
with the horses and camels, there was
Persian cat a lamb and a leopard. Inc
last-named was strapped as cue III INC
desert. and presented by Holo faSha u
Sir Richard Burton TO show his appFe-
citation of the latter's conduct IN avert
ing what might have been a dangerous
outbreak Of fanatcism in Damascus.
Lady Burton was quite ehthuslas'''
about this the most remarkaple OIL IL
nets He never did the :0usehoid any
harm. but frightened the other animals
especially the cat: though he was In turn
afraid of the bulldogs, but used to SIDE
with them in their antpathy to certain
baker. He used to play hide and seek
with his mistress and as she naiVely re
marks "When he bit too hard'
I used TO box his ears, when ne was III
stantlv good" He used 10 sleep IN Ms
mistress's room, and when he leu
victim TO poison administered by the
neiehborlng peasants. who were AFRAID OF
him. we are not surprised TO near thaI MS
death was the cause OF much grief ,,
Another pet in this strange nous n.y. no.u
was q Kurdish dog. as big as a SI' bei
nard and which looked like a heari MS
ra,ne "I<asrawan." was corrupted lnto
"Cuss." He was an inVeiefate hsH'ci'
hut a splendid watch-dos. Indeed the
burton menage was, as Sir Richard nm
soIf described it, sort Of House thdI
lack Built. for the pigeons ate lNo
seeds and destroyed the flowers the cav
preved upon the pigeons, ana was III
urn worried by the dogs, While the
leonard harried the goats 10 such an eN-
tent that one Of them, In sheer disgust
went and committed, suicide by oIo"h-
ing: while the fayorite's yeHs almost
,o9red the life out OF the donkey and
camel. But Lady Burton. intrepld W.
nan. as she was. owns to having teit
frightened on the occasion or her Fi7iI
the wife of a German savant, whose
| residence at the time was mud nut IN
the desert. and whose only comp MONS
we're "A hyena and a lynx, which siePe
ON tho lady's bed. like two lap-doss. The
hyena received the visitor at the gate
shifted al her hands, and then put US
forepaws on her shoulders ana smeil
her face Lady Burton stood her GROUND,
the way into the house, where the lynx
was discovered on the divan. but was
the reverse OF amiablc until the arrival
Of its mistress. The most amusing part
ofitall was that. on going 10 what was
called the husbands reception-room. she
found Sir Richard and the Russian ana
French consuls, all sitting on the divan
with their legs well tucked under them
clubbing their sticks and uncomiortaDiy
regarding the hyena, which had made
its way into the room. Surely, the rep
resentatves Of three great Powers were
never i'm such a ridiculous position be-
fore.
Lady Burton was by no means alone in
her collection Of extraordinary pets. for
Lady Horribly while at the embassy, at
Coustantnople, obtained. as she thought
a Turkish street dog. which turned out
10 be wild iackal but his mistress re-
fused 10 part with him. An American
lady. while residing IN Brazil. had an
iguana for a pet a reptile, which IL
would be hard to beat for responsiveness
4 chameleon was the favorite OF a we'll
known Partisan beauty some time ago.
and il IS said that on hearing that Sir
John Lubbock had contrived TO win the
affection OF a Syrian wasp. three maiden
sisters OF advanced" views sought TO
relieve the tedum of their lives by at
tempting the domestication Of the home
bred wasp. The result was not crafty
ing. Before a week was out one would
be naturalist wore a large blue patch over
her left eye, another carried her right
arm in a sling while the third was alto
gether lost TO the sight OF her anxious
friends. There is a story Of a young
Swiss girl. who unmindful Of the fate Of
Red Riding Hood, made a companion
Of young wolf which. on her return
home after a long absence. fell down
dead through excess Of JOY at his mis-
tress's return. What an extraordinary
menagerie was that which Rossetti kept
in the large garden Of his house. in
Cheyne-walki Peacocks. whose scream
ing so disturbed the neighbOrhoOd that
Lord Cadogan had a clause inserted in all
new leases, whereby the tenants under
took not to keep peacocks; a fallow deer
whose principal delight was TO pull the
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