Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1886-05-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DOG TRACKING A MURDERER.  t There was once a gentleman, who is asserted by some to have been one of the . King's archers, who was jealous of the favour shown by the King to one of his companions named Aubrey de Montdidier. He watohed him continually, until at length he surprised him in the forest of Bondy accompanied by his dog (which some say was a greyhound), and finding the opportunity so favourable he slew him, and having buried him in the forest, returned with alacrity to the Court. The dog, for his part, never stirred from the ditch wherein his master was concealed, until hunger obliged him to go to Paris, where the King was, to beg for food from the friends of his late master. As he came so frequently they followed him, and saw that he stopped at a spot where the earth had been recently disturbed, whereupon they searched and found the body, which they honoured with a more worthy burial. As the dog still resided with one of these friends, he by chance discovered the murderer of his master, in fact picked him out from the midst of all the other gentlemen and archers, and attacked him with great violence, leaped nt his throat, and tried hi a best to strangle him. They beat him off, but he still returned. As the dog always repeated these attacks every time he saw the man, suspicions were aroused and the King informed. He ordered the dog to be brought before him, having first concealed the suspected gentleman amidst the other attendants. But the dog soon discovered him, and flew at him more violently than ever, uttering at the same time a most piteous cry, as if demanding justice from the sagacious prince. The ease appearing so strange to the King, he called before him the suspected gentleman, ilia interrogated him. But shame and fear of dying rendered the criminal so obstinate and firm that the Kin., was compelled to ordain that the matter should be settled by single combat between the dog and the gentleman. Accordingly they were placed in a field in the island of Notre Dame, like two champions in the presence of the King and his Court. The gentleman was armed with a large and massive baton, and the dog having only an empty barrel for his retreat. Immediately that the dog was loosened he flew at his enemy, but the club of his adversary was strong enough to annihilate him at one blow, which obliged the dog to dodge. But at length he watched his opportunity so well that he threw himself full at the throat of his enemy and there fastened himself so securely that he brought him to the ground and compelled him to cry for mercy, begging the King would order the beast to be removed and he would then confess all. The dog being removed, the judges by cornmend of the King approacheathe gentleman, who confessed to the murder, and acknow_  lodged himself vanquished by the dog. History says he was punished, but it does not say how.  A BEE/WHIRR woman owned twelve hives of bees, which attended steietly to basiness, working ten hours a day, until a distillery was started in the neighbourhood. Now the bees tly over to the still that cheers sad inebriates, get very drunk, and are of very little profit. How very similar a bee is to a nen. litrong drink oonverte the" bug bee" into a drone  t wocking  tinebriate,  tman.  611101 1