all a bad suggestion for owners of those 

 horses who do not ''come up to time" 

 at the present day. A few years ago, ac- 

 cording to the ''American Naturalist," ex- 

 periments were made in Lincoln Park, 

 Chicago, to determine with scientific ac- 

 curacy the effect of violin playing on 

 different animals. It says: 



"Music which was slow and sweet, 

 like 'Home, Sweet Home,' or 'Annie 

 Laurie,' pleased the panthers, a jaguar 

 and a lioness and her cubs. The panth- 

 ers became nervous and twitched their 

 tails when a lively jig, 'The Irish Wash- 

 erwoman,' was played to them, and re- 

 lapsed into their former quiet when the 

 music again became soothing. 



"The jaguar was so nervous during 

 the jig music that he jumped from a 

 shelf to the floor of his cage and back 

 again. When the player ceased playing 

 and walked away the jaguar reached out 

 his paw to him as far as he could. His 

 claws were drawn back. 



"The lioness and her cubs were inter- 

 ested from the first, though when the 

 violinist approached the cage the mother 

 gave him a hiss and the cubs hid behind 

 her. At the playing of a lively jig the 

 cubs stood up on their hind legs and 

 peeped over at the player. When the 

 musician retreated from the cage the 

 animals came to the front of it and did 

 not move back when he gradually drew 

 so near as almost to touch the great 

 paws that were thrust through the bars. 

 When playing 'Home, Sweet Home,' the 

 entire family seemed very attentive, and 

 were motionless except that the cubs 

 turned their heads from side to side. 

 Then another jig was played and the 

 cubs danced about. 



"The coyotes, in a den, squatted in a 

 semi-circle and sat silently while the 

 music continued. When it ceased they 

 ran up and pawed at the player through 

 the bars. He began afresh, and they 

 again formed in a silent semi-circle. 

 This experiment was tried several times 

 with the same results." 



Many of us arc familiar with the story 



of the man who was chased by wolves 

 and who climbed to the rafters of an old 

 cabin out of reach of the vicious fangs, 

 but who fortunately carried with him 

 an old violin, and through its means he 

 was able to hold the wolves in thrall the 

 night through by his music until the 

 last string of the violin snapped and 

 the brutes prepared to make an on- 

 slaught, but at that moment the first 

 gleams of the coming day appeared and 

 the wolves forsook their prey and dis- 

 appeared. 



Much has been written of the effect of 

 music upon elephants and their tempers. 

 Gentle strains have moved them to ca- 

 resses, and martial music arouses them 

 to a sort of fury. It has been written 

 that the Arab, than whom there is no 

 truer lover of the animal creation, en- 

 tertains his camel with music, songs and 

 fairy tales. When the animal lags in its 

 long swinging trot, the Bedouin draws 

 his reed-pipe from the folds of his turban 

 and sharp and shrill its notes are heard 

 far across the dusky sands, and the 

 weary camel, encouraged by its notes, 

 moves on again with enlivened motion. 



It has often been noticed how quickly 

 a cow will distinguish a new bell, and 

 how great a disturbance is created in 

 the whole herd, who will often take it 

 upon themselves to chastise the unwary 

 wearer. De Vere is an authority for the 

 fact that the leader of a herd of cows 

 when deprived of her beloved bell will 

 weep bitter tears, and says that there 

 are many instances of cows that have 

 died when deprived of their harmonious 

 ornament. 



That mice have a musical ear and taste 

 is a well known fact, but the lowest type 

 of animal that is visibly affected by a 

 strain of music is the turtle. Readers 

 of that sensational tale, "The Household 

 of Bouverie," will remember the history 

 of the small tortoise "Merodach" whom 

 his master could summon at will by play- 

 ing a certain air on an old lyre, a tale 

 that was said to be founded on fact. 

 Alberta A. Field. 



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