Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-08-14

Edgar Quinet in his journal tells how
one day he went with the naturalist,
GeofTroi De st. Hiliare, to the Jardin
des Plantes: In one of the cages were
a lion and a iioness together. They
were standing up, quite motionless, anu
seemed not even to see us. Presently
the Lion, lifting up his great paw, placed
it slowly and softly on the forehead of
the lioness and both continued in the
same attitude as long as we remained
before them. What was intended by
the. gesture? A painter who should
have desired to represent calm grlef
and the deepest compassion could not
have invented anything more striking.
What does it meanr said to Geoffroi.
Their lion whelp died this morning.
replied he. Then l understood what
saw: Pity, goodwill, sympathy-all
these sentiments might be read in those
fierce countenanceS."
The following interesting account is
extracted from James Forbes "Orien-
tal Memories" lone of a shooting par
ty. under banyan tree, killed female
which was soon surrounded by forty or
fifty of the tribe, who made a great
noise, and seemed disposed to attack
their aggressor. They retreated when
he presented his fowling-piece, the
dreadful effect of which they had wit
messed, and appeared perfectly to I'M
derstand. The head of the troop, how
Stnn6 bic no tnp fI1pi-
ously; the sportsman who, perhaps, felt
some little degree of compunction for
having killed one of the family, did not
like to fire at the creatures, and moth
ing short of firing would suffice to drive
him off. At length he came to the door
of the tent, and finding threats of no
avail. began lamentable moaning, and
by the most expressive gestures seemed
to beg for the dead body. 1t was given
him; he took it sorrowfully in his arms
and bore it away to his expecting COM
paniOns. They who were witnesses of
this scene resolved never again to fire
at one of the monkey race"
But perhaps the most impressive and
extraordinary case that has yet come
before us is that of poor Norman's dog
in the Isle of Skye. Here it is, as told
year or two ago in the Inverness
Courier, one of the most reliable papers
in Scotland:
"a circumstance has just occurred at
Portree, Isle of Skye, which may be
added to the many chapters recording
the fidelity and attachment of dogs to
their masters. A rumor spread through
the town one morning that on the pre-
vious night the dogs had torn open the
grave Of a young man who had died of
fever, and was inferred some weeks
previously. It transpired, however that
the case was not SO revolving. When
the young man was buried his dog fol-
lowed the funeral to the church yard
and was with difficulty removed. 1t re-
turned again and again to the spot, and,
unobseryed, had dug into the grave un-
til it reached the coffin. The dog had
gnawed through the coffin when the
fact was discovered, but the body of his
dead master was untouched; and there
the faithful animal was found, eagerly
looking into the grave. 1 doubt says
the correspondent, if there be on rec
ord more striking instance of canine
attachment; for you must bear in mind
that four or five weeks had elapsed
since the interment, and the church
yard is six miles from the house where
poor Norman's father lives"
An incident Is told of pair of swans
who had been inseparable companions
for three years, during which time they
had reared three broods of cygnets; last
autumn the male bird was killed, and
since that time the female has sep
arated herself from all society with her
own species.-Cassells Magazine.