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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 332, 29 August 1879, Page 11

The old watch-dog " Fidelity," the only lirirg thing that passed through the great Chicago fire alive, recently died of old age. The faithful animal was at his post in the Fidelity Safe Depository that terrible night, and was afterwards safely rescued from the unoccupied vault in the basement, where he took refuge

M. Soleillet, a French explorer, is travelling through Africa in a remarkably primitive fashion. His sole means of transport is a mule of great docility, and his only escort is a man servant. He never carries arms, and adapts himself to the habits and customs of the tribes through which he passes, eats and dresses as they do, and as he speaks the language of the country he finds no difficulty in keeping on friendly terms wilh the blacks. He advances very slowly, stopping at every village he reaches, and rendering any service be cau to the inhabitants,