| Show F TT i CL af GREAT MEN remarkable attachments men I 1 ot of renown have made the attachment which thich sonic men lieve formed for animals of 0 vair various lous kinds is tit an amusing subject when philosophers have had neither wife nor children they have taken to hogs horses serpents birds and even spiders goethe rarely passed 1 a I day without bringing 0 out from the llie chimney a live snake which lie he kept there and lie he caressed it like a bosom friend tiberius a roman E emperor emperor also made an intimate of a serpent which be ha trained to take food out of his hand baud augustus a wits was exceedingly fond feud of a parrot but still more eo co of a quail the kossof which made liim him as gad end is a if lie he had lost a 1 I battle another roman eilicer I 1 or was so grieved at the loss of a favorite hen ile named roma that be would have wil willingly lingl y 0 ghchi 0 liell kome itself to bring it bac back k but alaric had taken rome the em emperor p eror dominican occupied his leisure time in catching flies louis XI when ill in ill plessis le tours only found Ples pleasure ure in fill an exhibition hibi tion of danci dancing tio pigs 0 oddly dressed which were trained ain ed for his special iter was livas very load foud of banic animals which lie he constantly had about him sometimes it a mouse a great white cross spider which lie ho kept in a paper box wilh is lilt a glass tot lop there was a little door belle beneath till by bi which lie he could feed liis his prisoners with dead hies flies in the he autumn autunio lie he collected ilia his winter food for I 1 is little tree fro frog anti and his tame spider illow how I 1 wish 9 he wrote once to his friend otto 1 that you could have biet me in the street or in the harmony then you would have seen my little squirrel upon my should shoulder sor who bites no ito longer henry ill III of france was so foolishly fond of spaniels sp aniels ts that lie he used to carry 1 a I litter of them in a basket suspended round his neck when giving it his ill s audiences ills his passion fc for r these animals cost him on oil the average a c no less than otto hundred thousand crowns a year charles I 1 of england was also very fond of spaniels sp aniels and the breed of his dos dogs do s is still famous in this country drederick Tre derick lie great reat was also a great ecat dog to fancier the po painter razzi formed friendships with till all sorts ol of animals and id lie he filled liis his house fifth squirrels cla 1 monkeys an angora orril cats davai dwarfs as asses he moats goats 0 and lilba powes I 1 besides these lie he had an enormous raven who gravely 0 strode about among the other r animals as if lie were the Q exhibitor r of this nealis noahs ark when any one knocked at atalic the acor the raven called come in ia in in a 1 loud voice Pc lisson confined in the bastile Ua stile made a friend of a spider which lie he tamed the jailor one day seeing Pc lisson son take pleasure in contemplating plating the insect crushed it il under tinder foot and left the prisoner distressed all Fi y at the loss iosi of ill is s friend lamude ill ia the same prison wade made companions of six find and twenty rats who inhabited liis his cell lie ile gave trave each of ahcin a name and they learned le arri to lo como come to him at liis his call lie ile fed them played with them and they thus greatly relieved the ennui of liis his captivity y but aoude L biily binl y made friends of rats from necessity the brai quis de montespan Montc Mont span in ili perfect freedom of choice hall bad tile estr extraordinary unordinary nord inary taste to amuse himself with mice when occupying the gilded apartments of Ner versailles sailles bruc tile the juice icle kubite null and had been brought to him all the anity from siberia Sili cria but the taste vins vas it a most odd ones one less cardinal kaarin la arin the french minister employed his leisure in playing in P with an 13 ape and Cardi cardinal ual kichi alet I 1 alieu amused himself with ills his collection of cats iho poet was proud of hi baij bij horses and tool took great delight in fondling and caressing them m clisper was aras at no ito ti time e so I 1 happy is as when feeding c lis in tanie ta lie hares are arc other oilier historic names associated socia ted with pet animals among anion winch may inay be named the vulture of semiramis the butterfly of virgil 0 1 the starling Si of nero cro a tile the apo ape of com coal modus tile the sparrow parrit tv of and tile dove of mohammed among the c other relaxations of learned and great men may be mentioned acte C calvins game 0 allic of throwing cica along a table herons clis luther luthe r was great in ninepins when lie he knocked ilowit low nr nil the pins ata at a stroke h his n delight knew no ito bounds boileau was ivas mry ery fond of tile the same ganio allies and when lie prostrated the ninepins nine nille pins lie was better belter pleased than it if lie had bad cow completed plated his beat ode massillon Mafi the preacher used to assemble and jesuits in ill his room aud and set them to play at it chess together meanwhile exhorting them never to cli engage in ill tiny any less innocent warfare ISuf Buffo fons rss great reat delight 0 was in ill gleaning the village gossip gaipl from the village v billage 0 bather dairing du iring his morning toilet charlema Charle magnes 0 aies chief relax relaxation tion and ill pleasure ensure consisted in ill swimming millo in a bath together nith his sons oils find others charlemagne beat thain ill all at swimming the philosopher her ho boa tos great great delight 0 like currins was to waltlin tile exhibit exhibition io 11 of tippet puppet shows shoals the laer pc afo forma nil nice lie C of a f in ht vari lily dress hill hain into inlo tile street nn slid llo he did biot mind in ill the midst of a shower of rain a 0 to o irit iril iless it in ili like manners manner tassus bassols liveliest amusement nent was to ace masquerades I 1 brades and at d enjoy the diversions of tile po populace Is during tile the public le festivals san sait francisco abbt |
