Enemies Among Animals—See [Subtlety Among Animals].
ENEMIES, AVOIDING
It would often be well for men to avoid enemies as did these sagacious rooks:
A curious incident in the recent history of the Gray’s Inn settlement of rooks is mentioned by a London correspondent in the Manchester Guardian. It appears that a couple of carrion crows settled in the gardens, and one day it was discovered that the rookery was deserted. The benchers, who are particularly proud of their rooks, gave orders for the carrion crows to be destroyed, and the gardener prepared pigeon’s eggs with good doses of arsenic. The crows swallowed them and seemed to grow fatter and healthier. At last strychnine was used, and the pair were poisoned. Then a curious thing happened. Not a rook had been seen for weeks at Gray’s Inn, but the next day they were all back as tho advised by telegram.
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ENEMIES CONVERTED
Count Witte, Russian Prime Minister, summoned his secretary one day and gave him this order:
“Make out a full list of the authors of the articles that are directly against me in the daily press.”
The secretary went to work, and with the aid of his office force in a week prepared a list of about a thousand articles, with the writer’s names appended. The clippings were properly classified, put in an album, and dutifully handed to the Premier.
“In how many instances,” he asked, “have I been commended?”