The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-02


-crv eres. IN which case we should sure !
IL be always talking and thinking about
X. For Is IL less than = miracle that
dog. conveyed in box for thousand
r,;Ics. or even hundred, should. on be-
ing let out, find his way back again ~
what Is not even the same rosn' o.'
practically totally new ones Inc al,
vocates Of crcdulity remark on tins u
must say rather feebly). But consider
the powers Of smell possessed oy ihese
sagacions animals" To which one =
tempted 70 rejoin. ssAnd Whist very
strong smell must have attached TO the
DOGS MASTER No; the smell
theory viii certainly not account
for such fact. And feel very sure Of
this. that II men Of science credited the
fact. (which they don't.) they would
never rest till they discovered the the
ory that did account for il. Can II Dc
supposed that wise man would spend
his time in discovering star Of the
twelfth magnitude, ten billions Of miles
AWAY from him, when snch problem
rs this dogs sagacity lay under ms
nose-when. that IS, possibility ex-
listed If his discovering the miraculous
sense by which the creature found is
way from one point 10 another, hum
dred miles apart, without voice 10 ask
: Question or . shilling 10 pay TO- > lin
in 4 dog-cart. Is il the way Of men Of
science 10 be satisfied with vague gen
eralities-such As . recognition Of local
ity. = q instinct for place and person.
eic.-to account for marvels Again.
Il such . secret was discovered. how
do we know that II might not De utilized
for human beings? and are men a sch
ence 50 careless Of what may be u such
vast benefit to humanity-or, ~ all
events, TO fhemselves-as 70 neglect
such an investigation ashley have cones
No: they give no attention 10 the mat
ter because they discredit IL
For many years = similar superstition
WAS believed in as regarded pigeons:
but il i now admitted that pigeons only
J take the road they know. From great
height in the air, and with their acute
powers Of vision, they can see their way
for many miles. and the method adopted
; in their training i TO take them first ten
miles. then twenty, then thirty. and g
On. till they know their way perhaps
: from London 10 Paris But beyond thai
{ distance they can rarely BE- gots 10 20
and only few out Of many accomplish
: even that. Yet = dog. forsooth- whs
e travels on the ground, Is held 20 D
: endowed with infinitely greater powers
q The proper name for such anecdotes
r instinct i. in short. stories
: Nv views upon this subject are We
: known. and the other day was calle'
! upon by an old friend in the army. on
4 Captain Brook. invalided from the Cape
r upon a matter in connection with them
y ~ know he says, "you have YOU
Ie doubts about the powers 81 instinct, an
n II YOU choose can now give You an o.
. portunity Of testing them"
"a The circumstances were A. follows
He had gone out with his regiment
70 Ccylon with q fox-terrier. and. q ofte
n happens. the little creature hal su
m fred from the heat Of the climate
i its hair had come OF in gres
n patches. and il had gone stone blins
a when Captain Brook was ordered
r. the Cape (some ten months ago) he ha
DC left the dog with friend in Ceylor
r. and after little while, falling III hin
Ut self. had returned 10 England II
ID friend had written 70 him: Poor Y
. i worse than ever. she viii certain
u die II she remains here; shall put b
e. out Of her misery or send her home
~ Pcninsular and Oriental steamers
Of will cost ten pounds He had write
W back. ssSend her, and had been a
in viscd on the day he called upon me III
- the ship which was 20 bring her had =
sse rived in the Victoria Docks. =. Do v
lo- believe he said. s.that dog sto
e. blind viii recognize its master after
All long an absence?
ter aHe will. perhaps, recognize 70
voice." said
cd But il don't speak to hims''
cir "Then,- said /, 81 don't think
% will
it'll ssWiIl you come and see for yourself
I'VE This l agreed to do, and did 50.
re The way 70 the Victoria Docks Is !
pie culiar; after driving through the he;
the Of the city you take the most objects
ass able railway journey, in the dirtiest q
ed greasiest carriages conceivable, 10
inc east end. On both sides there are mi
ng- Of miserable streets, without one gliml
zee, Of any thing picturesque and please
ler- till Suddenly you find yourself in . for
og, Of masts.
say The effect Is more extraordinary Il
and that Of the woods Of Birnam coming
und Macbetx's castle, for instead of lea
me. there are flags and sails, which on I
Of are unlooked-for objects- The A
do represent every maritime nation un
LETT heaven, and many ofthem had = priv
hor. significance Of their own, like armo
rs bearings. 50 full Of shipping were
But docks themselves that from the train
OF water was TO be seen, state Of aff
the more embarrassing to the observer e
% than the position Of the Ascient Mar
q in the poem: