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howl of distress. Instantly there was a responsive thud of flying feet along 

 the hospital aisle, and Jumbo was upon the terrified boy like a fiend. The 

 vigorous use of a pitchfork alone prevented serious bodily damage. 



Shortly afterward, my wife and daughter called to see the patient, and, 

 proceeding directly to his bed, were welcomed with joyful whines. Jumbo's 

 vigilant ear caught the sound, and believing it heralded his charge's distress, 

 flew, furious, to the scene. Seeing him pass, the stable-men, who had received 

 orders to confine the dog when strangers were present, were terribly alarmed, 

 and the veterinarian, who had just entered, turned sick with apprehension. 



Their fears were groundless. Reaching Prince's bed, Jumbo's vengeful 

 aspect gave place to an expression of pleasure, as he comprehended the situa- 

 tion at a glance, and knew his ward was in the hands of friends. To the end 

 which came too speedily his vigilant care continued, and we learned that 

 every suffering animal received at the hospital became at once the object of 

 Jumbo's protection. 



Not long since, a gentleman related that a friend of his 

 and the latter' s neighbors, living in the country in the 

 State of New York, had been troubled by tramps, but that 

 this annoyance ceased since his friend had become the 

 possessor of a German Dogge that is a menace to the 

 tramps and a faithful protector of persons and property 

 within a circuit of more than a mile. 



A few months ago, Prince Bismarck was met and 

 caressed by four splendid specimens of German Dogges 

 when arriving with a train at his country-seat, Friedrichs- 

 ruhe. One of them he received as a present from the 

 Emperor of Germany shortly after his dog Tyras, known 

 all over the German Empire and beyond its limits as the 

 " Reichshund," had died of wounds received in the attempt 

 to rescue property belonging to his master from a burn- 

 ing building at Friedrichsruhe. The news of the heroic 

 death of the " Reichshund" was telegraphed and cabled 

 all over the civilized world and recorded by the newspapers. 



Who can doubt that this grand species of dog will soon 

 be the gentleman' s dog in this country, as he has been in 

 Germany, for centuries, the dog of the student, the high 

 officer, the nobleman, the prince? He accompanies his 

 master while walking or riding in the carriage, arid follows 

 with ease the cavalier on his fiery steed. Because of a 

 mutual attachment, the owner does not like to be without 



