Animals And Music

The editor of Thierfreu relates the following story of his own personal experience of the sagaoity of military horses. Iu the ysar 1872, during a skirmish with the Sioux Indiana, "the Third cavalry regiment bad formed an enoampment in a valley on the eonthern border of Dakota. At nightfall the horses were tethered by a long line to the ground. Toward daybreak a violent storm of rain and hail burst over the valley. The terrifled animale broke loose f rom their f asten ing, and in theirfright tore away tip the steep sides of the valley into the territory of the enemy. Without horseK, at the meroy of the enemy, we should be lost. Y et it was impossible, in the half darkuess, to go after them iuto an unknown country, probably full of Iudians. The captain, as a last resource, ordered the stable cali to bo sounded. In a few minutes everyhorse had returned to the enoampment, and we were saved. " A gentleman who was a flnished musician resided some years ago at Darmstadtand kept a dog, which was the terror of all the singers and instrumentalists in the place, for it bad the fatal habit of raising its face to heaven and howling whenever a false note was emitted. It never made a mietake, and well known singers were said to tremble when they saw their uuwelcome judge, seated by his master's side, at concertó or at the opera, for Max was a regular first nighter and a great friend of the theater director. He was never known to miss a new opera. Max was no respecter of persons, and when the singing was but a shade out he would attract the attention of the vvhole audience to it with a terrific bowl. One tenor went so far as to refuse to siug uuless the dog was removed, but Max was so great a favorito with the Darrustadt public and such a well known frequenter that tbe Ringer might as well have requested to have the director hiinself removed from the stalls, and he was obliged to give in with as good a grace as possible. The dog's master stated that he had traiued him when he was quite a puppy, and by the time he was 3 years old the dog was as good a judge