ANIMAL ANECDOTES. 
Tur following is told of a pig and a dog who 
were passengers on the same ship 
and were quite warm friends. 
They used to eat their potatoes 
off the same plate and but for one thing would 
never have had any trouble. This was that 
the dog had a kennel and the pig had none. 
Somehow the pig got it into his head that the 
kennel belonged to whichever could get into it 
first. So every night there was a race. If the 
dog won he would show his teeth and the pig 
had to lie on the softest plank he could find. 
If the pig got in first, Toby could not drive him 
out. One rainy afternoon the pig found it rather 
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unpleasant slipping about on deck and made 
up his mind to retire early. 
But when he 
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reached the kennel he found the dog snug and 
warm inside. ‘“ Umph!” he said, but Toby 
made no reply. Suddenly an idea flashed upon 
him, and trudging off to the place where 
their dinner plate was lying, he carried it to 
a part of the deck where the dog could see 
it, and began rattling the plate and munch- 
ing as though he had a feast before him. 
This was too much for Toby. A good dinner 
and he not there! Ah, no, and out he ran. 
The pig kept on until Toby had come around 
in front of him and pushed his nose into 
the empty plate. Then like a shot he 
turned around and was safe in the kennel 
before Toby knew whether there was any dinner 
ou the plate or not! 
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AN extraordinary story is told of an 
elephant employed in a 
timber yard. A number 
of logs had to be moved 
by him, and only one remained when 
the bell rang for ceasing work. Of 
course the elephant knew the bell and 
what it meant, and was sauntering 
away when the foreman bade him 
move the last log. He did not object, 
but with all his tugging and straining 
did not manage to lift it. Seeing 
this the foreman called up a second 
elephant to help, but even the two 
together did no good—the log could 
not be stirred. It must be left. Next 
day, to the foreman’s astonishment, 
when the bell rang for beginning 
work, the first elephant marched 
straight up to the log, lifted it quite 
easily and carried it to its proper 
place. 
Too 
Conscientious. 
Os 
AN eyewitness vouches for the 
truth of the following 
story: A certain doctor 
kept a tame sca- gull 
which was allowed the freedom of 
the garden, in which was placed a 
tub of water. One morning a piece 
of fish was brought out for the 
bird’s breakfast, but it did not for 
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idea. 
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The pig began munching as though he had a feast before him. Th‘s was 
too much for Toby. 
some moments attempt to eat it, and 
a passing cat seized the opportunity 
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