Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-23

| 10 be with those they love Is one OF
the most inoNpl.cable traits OF me
canine character. says Charles s.
Pearson IN the New York Tribune.
In this connection may be cited the
case Il dog OF peculiarly afIcct.onate
| disposition belonging To Il family who
| moved from Ohio 10 Kansas dis
lance OF more than c'ght hundred
miles The route on which the dog
accompanied his owners was bv rail
rs far as st Louis then by steamboat
PUP the Missouri river TO Atcnisun
thence by wagon road TO their ieSti-
nation. After remaining for few
years in Kansas the owners OF the
having presented the animal to Il
friend who lived near their Kansas
home
OF the original homestead IN Ohio
there appeared before their astonished
eyes. emancipated and footsore. but
in Il wild state of Joy ana excitement
at being with his old friends. their
| canine companion they supposed hap
ny with his adopted family. II was
asccr aimed by letter from Kahsas.
answering one inquiring us To the
dogs appearance. that he must have
Travelled between forty aud fifty miles
a day, in order to arrive within the
calculated time II was impossible
fer him TO have followed the original
route To Kansas, as Il was. partly at
least, by water. and he must have
taken the overland trail. which he
located In his own incompIchonsihlc
fashion. but which had led him I'M.
err.ngly TO his home again.
Some Military Dogs.
Deserving OF honorable mention was
Bob Of the Grenadicr Guards, who par
ticipated in the Crimcan campaign
with that corps; also Pate blanche
(White Paw. Il comradc of the Eng.
lish mastin, who served with the l1n.h
Of the lhe. and received Il terrible
wound while he was bravcly defend
ing The flag.
tnusual distinction was attained by
Ia dog attached to French regiment.
that of recovering the regimental col,
ors, which act of heroism was per
formed at Austerliz. The fearless
animal was Nllstache. entered ON The
regimental roll as entitled TO grcna-
dkr's ratlons, while the barber OF the
regiment had orders To clip aud comb
him once week. Nistache received
n bayoret thrust at Marcugo and by
order of Marshal Iannes the dog was
decorated with a blue ribbon, by
which medal was attached TO his
neck The dog followed "A soldier to
Marcnso, and was reported missing
during the retreat from Russia
military nastiif. designated on
the rolls as Miscrc, helped swell the
fighting strength OF the Sixth OF tho
Guard and had three white stripes
sewed into his black hair Other IA
nous dogs OF war were Loutoute, a
Crimean veteran: ATlttrnilli which
lost its life from shell nj lnkerman:
ana Mofino. native OF Milan which
is deserving of special mention This
splendid animal saved his master IN
Russia. was lost later, and. Incredible
as II may seem, retraced his way
from Moscow TO Milan
The Famous ST. Bernard
At the Great st. Bernard llospicc.
almost at the summit OF the celebrated
Alpine pass. on the mountain road
leading from Niartigny 10 Aosta In
Piedmont. at an altitude of eighty.two
hundred feet. one of the most Gle.
yated permanently inhabitatcd spots
in Europe for generations ST Angus.
iinian monks have reared and trained
he great st. Bernard members OF
the canine tribe. The pass is noto-
rious for the terrific snow storms
which sweep over the crest unexpect.
eddy. overwhelming travellers and leav-
Ing them bewildered in the trcacher-
Gus defiles 10 perish miserably from
cold But for the dog patrols of the
ST. Augustininns. not hundreds merely,
hut thousands so overtakcn, would
have been irretrievably doomed to
death
Descended from this distinguished
line of four footed agents OF the HUI
name Society Of tile Alps. Barry stands
supreme. This animal, whose deyo'
ton TO duty. real noblensss of nature
and reasoning faculty akin to human
Intelligence surpass belief. gained i'm
pcrishablc fame. His magnificent rec
! ord was having effected the rescue,
! by his strength and ability alone. OF
more than seventy persons whose
bones but for him would have bleach
ed on the bare and frigid mountain
side about the hospice
More than would fill volume are
The true stories related Of this admira-
bic dog; but his exploits one October
day, opening at the hospcc with
skies clear for that climate. closing
on a wild, water ridden scene of
;,eakesi .e scycriiy plil uJfice When
the serene skies toward afternoon be
came wind swept. and Il raging SHOW
storm descended upon the pass. the
monks prepared for the rescue and