The Dickinson press., 1889-09-14
An Intelligent Dog.

a large dog at ono of the Scranton
hotels became very much attached to one
of the boarders He got in tho habit of
following this man in his leisure walks
up town, and the boarder liked to have
him along. But on a rainy day the dog
didn't see the man start out, and the lat
ter had got around the corner before the
dog caught sight of him. The big dog
was so ticklcd when he saw that his old
companion was not far away that he
dashed up and rubbed his great wet side
against the gcntleman's good clothes
That was form Of boistcrous familiari-
ty not to he put up with, and the man
spoke harslly to the dog and drove him
back. The dogs sensitive nature resent
ed this unkind treatment. for from that
day to this the man has never been able
to get the do. to walk out with him, al
though he has Zone everything he could
think of to win back the dogs friend
ship He followed the man once, but he
did 1t much against his will and only
after his owner had ordered him to- 1t
was thought the spell had been broken,
pul IL ihtiIl l, anu liz iliiS IcluScu IO iC-
company the man except when his mas
ter has commanded him to.
Another illustration of the dogs intel
ligcncc is told by the same gentleman.
The dogs owner and he were in the
reading room one day when the dog
strobe in and lay down ON the carpet 81
wont mention his name or mako any
motions, said the landlord to his board
cr, referring to the dog, "but I'll say
something to you in an ordinary tone,
and see if he will notice It," Then the
landlord added: 81 think his place is
behind the desk in front of tie safe, i'll
stead of in ,l,i, room" The dog seemed
said, but he got up right away, walked
slowly through the long hall, pushed the
gate open back of the desk and lay down
in front of the safe. Scranton Special to
New York Tribune
Tc!egrnphins to 81 Moving Train.
The idea Of tclcgraphiny to moving
trains had its inception as carly as 1858,
but Of the many forms suggested all
were ilnpracticable in that they involved
q mechanical contact between tie train
and the stationary conductor Obviously
it is not feasible to make circuit, either
through sliding arm projecting from
car or by SO modifying the track of l.
railroad that its rails may be utilized as
electric conductors. But that this may
be done by induction there can be 10
doubt, for its feasibility has been shown
in daily practice upon the lines Of the
Lehisl Valley railroad for the past two
years. A moving train may now receive
messages passing along a neighborins
wire almost as readily as New York com
municates with Philadelphia by ordinary
methods. Nor does the great speed of
the train interfere with successful com
munication II it could attain the vcloc-
ity Of meteor, signals upon the wire
would fly across the Intervening space.
inductively impressing themselves upon
the metal roofs Of the cars with the
same certainty as if the cars were mo-
tionless upon side track; and it is not
even essential that the train ai.l til. line
be sepa,c.ed by clear air space. for
non-co.':t.cting or non-ma%netc sub
stances may be interposed aitl.out i'm
pediEg transmission During ,l.s mtmor
ablo iizz;,rJ of March, 1883 sle c&pac-
ity of the system. in this l.art:-ular. was
subjected to an instructive test on the
Lehigh road. Charles l. Buckingham
IN Scribner.