The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-30

- Olher claiming that they cannot
mas aroused great deal OF interest
aiIu called forth "A large surplus of
argument ''i0
A ships captain accidentally inooris-
once large rat in glass apartment
IN ms cabin, and being curious to see
JUST now resourceful the mind OF the
IVueHl would prove in its dilemma
paced inside a narrow-necked bottle
MED with water. The rat became Wis
10Y excited at the smell of the LIQUID
ana ran around the bottle time after
tlihe IN an attempt to get at the sore
y needed refreshment. Finally it
packed up the receptacle inserted it's
tail in the neck of the bottle. and then
cautiously withdrawing the same. pro-
ceeded 10 lick the moisture from If
Wen, wasn't such a performance
suihcient evidence to prove that the
animal could think?'' asks the sun
porter OF that belief. But the opposi
non answers: IF It could think. WHY
uidnt 1t push the bottle over with its
paws and help itself?"-and there you
are.
Willy Old Harbor Shark.
Those who oppose the argument that
animals have reasoning powers lay the
greatest stress upon their being so
instances which tend to show that
some of them become very cautious
indeed. Almost every harbor has its
wary old shark that will swim aroun1
the baited hook, smell of it a time or
two, and, as the sailors say, turn
up his nose at it." The inexperienced
deep-sea shark win gobble the bait
every time
Another captain tells about having
2 VI CHI
was never known TO modest the poul-
try on board, but just. as certain as
they tied up alongside any other craft
at the various ports where they called.
the weazel would go foraging and cut
every fowls throat that he could reach.
This same skipper says that he raised
a pair Of pigeons on board that would
always fly away to land as the ship
approached. They would invariably
depart before land was sighted, and sell
dom returned until the vessel was far
out at sea. Once they failed to join the
ship, but when that port was made
again in about six months, they were
promptly on board with a pair of young
ones that they had raised in the mean
time
Birds Helped Wounded Mate.
A hunter tells about firing into a
flock of terms as they were feeding in
the sea. One of the birds fell into the
water with a broken wing. The tide
was moving shoreward at the time, and
the helpless fowl was gradually drift
ing into the clutches of the hunter
Imagine his surprise when a couple of
its mates swOOped down upon it. each
grasping a wing in it's beak, and bore
1t seward again. His establishment
was increased when the two plucky
burden bearers were relieved by an
other pair of feathered rescuers, and
still another. until their home rock was
reached in safety.
n southern lady had a most saga |
cious canary that objected to cloth or |
paper being pinned around it's cage.
Whenever a covering of this sort was /,
attached it plainly showed It's disap- |
proval. Finally it became impossible |
to keep a screen in place around the |
cage. The wise little sOngster caught /
on that the pins were what held in 1
place the barrier that shut off it's view,
so it proceeded to pull them out with /
its bill. They might be hidden COM
pleteiy, but after a little effort he never
failed to locate and promptly extract
them.
A Small Dogs Revenge.
A New England man furnishes an ac-
count Of how d small dog ne owned /
contrived to secure vengeance upon a
larger canine that was in the habit of
worrying it. 1t was noticed that the
small dog was saving part of its daily
allowance of food. The boarding con-
tinued for several days until quite a
quantity had accumulated. Then the
scheming little terrier appeared with a
number of larger dogs, and a general |
feast followed. At the conclusion of
the treat which was made possible by
the denial Of the one with a grievance, |
they all set off toward another part of
town. and the owner followed out Of
curiosity. The object Of the little dogs
economy, and its reason for sharing
with the others. soon became apparent |
They met and soUndly punished the Of
fender which had been making life
miserable for its small neighbOr. AL
though a close watch was kept, the
bully made no effort to retaliate and
gave the place wide berth thereafter.
Another remarkable case in which
canine wisdom is cited was where a
retriever and a terrier saved a 2-year-
old child from drowning. The larger
dog succeeded IN dragging the body
into shallow water. while the terrier
held the unconscious child's head out
of the water until the arrival of help.
a woman near heard the dogs barking
for some time, first one and then the
other seeming to be in distress, and the
suppositiOn was that they relieved each
other in the task OF keeping the little
ones head up. Some of her playthings
were found on the end of a plank walk
leading out over the deep water, so IT |
was easy to surmise where she had
fallen in. II was certain that the re-
triever pulled her ashore because the
strength of the little dog could not
have been equal to the task When holm
arrived both dogs were almost eX-
hausted from their eXertions, but the
terrier was gamely holding on, while
the retriever was barking for dear life. $
Tabby's Treatment For the Sick.
A western woman had a cat with IN
usual traits Of character. Tabby had '
been in the family a long time and {
had always been looked after by the {
mistress Of the house. When the lat
ter took sick the eat seemed very SYM ,
pathetic. il became much more dem J
onstrative than usual insisting upon
licking tie sufferers face and hands. (
and showing by every possible way its ]
deep affection and concern. II had
been the custom each week for the !
cook, while doing the marketing. to =
procure a piece of liver for Tabby. Il
This would be cut into seven pieces. v
ana portion given to the cat each c
lay When the mistress took to ner c
ped, Jsbby showed that her heart was q
n the right place by carving her al Il
Owance of meat upstairs and careful "
J laying it on the coverlet in front p
# the sick person. Failing TO tempt
he appetite of her good friend with y
his morsel, Tabby did her best by :,
the whole piece of liver from "
ne cooks basket. before that worthy If
rad all opportunity to cut in nm and fl