Show canine rn code of etiquette certain lines of conduct which it Is asserted no dog dares overstep every animal lover can tell numerous stories illustrating the devotion of animals to their human protectors anecdotes of one animal risking g its life to save another aro are rare but still sufficiently numerous and authentic to leave no doubt as to the occasional existence of a deep love between animals but any close observer of nature will vill know that there exists throughout the bruto brute creation a of rough moral system which in the case of domestic animals translates itself into what really amounts to a code of 0 etiquette the old proverb the dog with a bone has many friends Is nothing else than a recognition of canine etiquette it does not matter how small Is the dog with the bone it may be a Pome pomeranian surrounded by mastiffs ma stiffs the mastiffs ma stiffs will still remain friendly they will hover round the pomeranian ian perhaps whining for a morsel which is never offered ott ered and eagerly picking up any splinter that may be dropped when nothing would be easier than to bowl the little dog over and seize the boned bone you will notice further that the little littie dog becomes filled with a new courage presumably in the moral consciousness ness of the justice of ills his claim and will grow growl and even snap at a dog lie he otherwise fears it if the latter should come too close but the moment a dog drops his bone a new rule of etiquette operates for it becomes the property of the first dog who cares to pick it up true a dispute will sometimes ariso arise as to whether the bone has actually been dropped within the meaning of the act abt dut but once this Is clear the law of the bone will be observed by all save the exceptional hooligan dog met with occasionally who outrages all the laws of even to tho the biting of his master although a dog doe Is quite entitled to rush suddenly upon a foe and take him unawares he bo may not do so it if the other la Is eating cating or drinking |