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Show SENTIMENTAL FLAPDOODLE. An American Family, Including a Dos, Blake a Sensation In Paris. An American family in Paris, according accord-ing to Le Temps, has excited some notice no-tice in that sensation loving capital by its conduct over the death of a dog. The ! animal was a great pet in the family, and on his falling ill all the experts in dog maladies were at once surumokecL As he persistently grew worse, he was taken to an establishment for the cara of dogs, a 6ort of private hospital, and orders given that every attention and effort should be made to have him. Members of the family called two and three times a day to inquire for Kwik, as the dog was called; but, despite all 1 care, Kwik died, and there was nothing left for the sorrowing family to do but bury him. An undertaker was summon ed and poor Kwik made ready for the grave. An oak casket, fitted into a sec ond one of leai, was prepared and a grave made in th private plot of a friend of Kwik's master at Vaucresson. All ttfflcial red tape was duly complied with, and on. the day of the interment the funeral cortege comprised three carriages. car-riages. The ceremony ended, the undertaker's bill of $90 was duly presented. Tbi Kwik's mourners found so very moderate moder-ate that the sum of $40 was added to be divided among tho graved ggera. New York Times. |