The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1906-01-20
ANIMALS AND TOBACCO.
A Dog That Smoked and a Parrot
That Chevved the Weed.

A Dog That Smoked and a Parrot
That Chewed the Weed.
Most animals have an utter abhor-
renee of tobacco in any shape CT form,
says the proprietor of a menagerie /
have myself made even a really fero-
cious dog turn tail simply by putting
smoke in it's face, but l do not recon-
mend the means as one TO be always
relied on.
But to this rule, as to all others,
there are exceptions, and numerous in
stances are known of animals possess
ing a positive love for the fragrant
weed. Dogs, it Is we'll known, can be
taught to do almost everything but
talk, and in my early days L was con-
nected with a circus which possessed
the unique attraction of terrier which
among other tricks had been instructed
in the art of smoking a clay pipe. The
curious point was that the animal ac-
tually got to enjoy its pipe and would
insist on having it at the usual time
every Sunday, as in the performance
on week days.
The parrot is perhaps of all birds the
most apt to take up bad habits. A
friend of mine has one which is pas
Sionately fond of eating and chewing
tobacco. If given q sufficient quantity
the bird will make itself positively
| drunk with the nicotine and will stag
| ger about its cage in exact imitation of
| the actions of an intoxicated human
being. Long practice has made the
| bird something of cOnnoisseur re-
speeding its favorite luxury, and it now
treats fine cut tobaccos with contempt
Its particular delight is the plug af-
fected by sailors.
1t is among the simian tribes that to-
bacco loving Quadrupeds are most fire.
Quent. This is probably owing to the
monkeys Overpowering faculty for i'm
itation, which sometimes gets it into
trouble. l remember an amusing in
stance. A man after putting at ciga-
rette for a time threw it down near a
monkey which had been watching the
proceedings intently The animal
snatched it up and puffed gravely for a
few minutes. Then a look of intense
bewilderment stole over its face, and
throwing the cigarette down, 1t retired
into corner, evidently very iii.
A gentleman in the north of England
has monkey which is addicted to
snuff. The animal has been taught to
take pinch from the box of a visitor
with all the courtly air so prevalent In
the days when snuff taking was the
fashion.-London Tit-Bits.
Length OF Wall Paper Rolls.
"Most persons have an idea that al
pieces of wall paper ere necessarily OF
one length" remarked a wall paper
man. Sometimes when receive or
ders from a distance wonder JUS
what the patron is figuring on. ID
may get enough to paper two rooms
and he may get only half enough. Some
i figure overeconomically and some over
generously Our domestic papers ruI
eight yards TO the piece. Those from
France and Germany measure min
yards, while the English make thei
rolls so lengthy that they contain quit
twelve yards. Then, OF course, there
the repeat. On some OF the new paper
with the smallest figures this Is mex
to nothing. and on some others. nots
bly, long tailed bird pattern, IL b
over the figure is required for eac
length It means n loss Of five ~fact o
every strip put on the wall Phiiade
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