Evening star., 1899-03-30
DOG STORIES.
How Bulldog Caught IA Tartar in
Wasp.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Among the latest tales told by lovers of
dogs are the following two related by the
owners of the respective canine pets:
II have Maltese bulldog that shows in
finite wisdom on every other subject save
that of wasps. He cannot realize thai
wasps were not created as the natural food
for bulldogs, and he continues, therefore,
In his reckless career of catching and swal-
lowing every wasp within reachabe
radius Last summer he had the il-luck
to encounter retaliating specimen, and
his painful experience of the havoc which
a live wasp may create in a bulldog in
terror lasted for upward of two hours. His
day of reckoning came when he happened
to swallow, with due mastication, a wasp
sturdy and smart enough to realize that,
before breathing his last, he could take a
swift, sharp revenge on the stomach of this
formidable enemy of his race. [ happened
to witness the wasp-swallowing incident,
SO that I was not surprised some minutes
later when two or three members of the
household announced in tragic tones that
the bulldog had gone suddenly mad, and
must perforce be shot. His tongue, swol-
len and blackened, hung from his mouth,
the whites of his eyes rolled in real agony
and his whole appearance was so fierce
that / deemed 1t prudent to chain him to
his kennel. His appearance was tragic and
piteous, and for two whole hours he rolled
over and over In acute pain, his hair on
end, and great Rnotly sWeillnSS all over MS
body The wasp poison was evidently pO-
tent. Between the paroxysms, which oc-
Cured at short intervals, veterinary sur
geon administered huge doses of opium
and chloral Whether the result be due to
the vast quantity of narcotics administered,
together with d fair amount of whisky, or
whether it was a fair struggle between
healthiness and the wasp virus, do not at
tempt to Judge. At the expiration of a
couple of hours his intolerable sufferings
ceased, and he made q sudden GONZALES
cence. The same afternoon this incorrigi-
BILE wasp catcher was found contentedly
chewing up another Of his winged enemies"
Another man says: Il had heard dogs
howl at the piano, but never before sing to
it, as my Pomefanian did; and, what was
stranger still, he was always perfectly In
tune This Isl not, exaggeration, but
fact; and he weuld go right up the scale
without a false note. Whenever I played
the piano he used to sit in the middle of
the room, put his little nose in the air and
join in with great deal of expression and
feeling He thoroughly enjoyed his musical
performance, and seemed immensely
pleased with himself. A Welsh terrier we
close TO my feet when I am playing. His
nature is a very sentimental one at all
times, and meek. Other dogs have noticed
do the same thing, and this without either
howling or singing Ny Pomeranian was
anything but good-tempered, meek or senti-
mental. At times he went into the most
fearful RACES when any one did anything
to annoy him. I have never known dog
who took such f1endish hatred to people
With me he was always the sweetest and
most affectionate and faithful little COM
panion possible. He was evidently the sort
of dog that must attach himself to one
person. More extreme opposites could not
be found than in him and the Welsh terrier
have mentioned. So 1t shows that music
affects dogs with different characters-fiery
as we'll as meek"