El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-18

Help arrived DOIn dogs Were almost
| exhausted from their -exertions. but the
terrier was gamely hoBding on, while
the retriever was barking with all his
! might.
I; A western woman had a cat with
unusual 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 cat seemed very
sympathetic 1t became much more de-
monstrative than usual, insisting upon
licking the sufferers face and hands,
and showing in every possible way Its
deep affection and concern. 1t had been
the custom each week for the cook
while doing the marketing, TO procure
piece of liver for Tabby This would
be cut into seven pieces. and portion
given to the cat each day. When the
mistress took to her bed Tabby showed
that her heart was in the right place
by carrying her allowance OF meat
upstairs and carefully laying it on the
coverlet in front of the sick person
Failing to tempt the appetite of her
good friend with this mOrsel. Tabby
tried again by purlOining the whole
piece of liver from the cooks basket
before that worthy had an opportunity
TO cut it up, and surprised them all by
dragging it upstairs and onto the bed
before she could be Intercepted. The
cats evident notion of treatment for
the sick was something to eat.
Bull Moose With Sense.
A man who spends considerable time
each year hunting in the northern
woods, tells of an experience he had
with bull moose which led him TO
believe that that particular bull was
nobodys fool He slightly injured the
beast at closer range than it is usually
possible to approach such game. Sud
denly the animal turned toward the
hunter with lowered head The sports
man squared away and prepared for a
second shot, but TO his horror his feet
became entangled in some briers and
he fell. Close TO him was a large tree
Several feet in thickness.
Without having opportunity to re-
cover his weapon, he barely had time TO
scramble to his feet and dodge behind
the trunk of the tree before the bull
was upon him. The breathless nimroj
was chased around the tree until his
head fairly whirled. Suddenly the bull
stopped and charged from the other
direction Then he stopped again and
resorted to the small boys trick OF
making a teint one way, then darting in
the other. By this ruse he nearly
caught the now thoroughly ratified
hunter. The man claims that this
timely arrival of a companion, who
dropped the willy bull in his tracks,
was all that saved his life.
Foxy Rabbit.
Another novel story deals with a foxy
little rabbit that played postum when
caught in a piece of mischief. A lady
had two pets IN a double hutch, and
one or the other Of them kept gnaw-
ing a hole in the partition between
their quarters. When she approached J
on tiptoe she was certain that the I
sound of gnawing came from the side /
nearest her, but upon lifting the lid i
and looking in. there was bunny curled 4
up in the straw apparently fast asleep !
She replaced the cover and listened. This !,
time there could be no mistake about |
it. Raising the lid the second time the ,
cute little trickster was curled IN a !
different position and one of his roguish !
eyes was open. The third time she
left the lid slightly ajar and caught the
offender in the act, but, as in each in
stance before. he rolled over in the !
straw and feigned sleep.
Monkeys Like People.
Monkeys are the most interesting Of
all animals because they are more near
ly like people. The baby monkey acts
in many ways like little human. It
chews its fingers and learns to crawl
before 1t walks; 1t smiles when pleased
and frowns when displeased: it screams
when In temper and groans IL ii is
sick; it coos when it is petted and cries
II IL is neglected Monkesy can be
taught to dress themselves and do all
sorts Of tricks They can be trained
20 do work Of a light character One
nan has several that are expert fruit
oickers- Someone in observing them at
work noticed that they slyly ate when
ever their masters back was turned.
When spoken to about it he replied
hat he knew it, but was sure they
iidn't eat more than as many bows
would If they had the job. A Florida !
nan tried to teach a monkey to wait on
he table and succeeded in making a
most efficient servant out of Jocko
With but two exception-he couldn't
esist the temptation to stop and tease
he cat, and he couldn't keep his fin
;ers out of the sugar bowl.
Tomorrow-The Drug Trade.