New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-03
SOMETHING IBOTT DOGS.
WHY THEY BARK AND OTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM.

WHY THEY BARK AND OTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM
The people who to the Dog Snow in the
Madison Square Garden and were nearly driven
wild by the barhs Of tho vast army Of dogs on
camped there. had only themselves - blame for the
noise which those beasts make The dog derives
the habit Of barking from his association with man.
1t is not natural faculty, nI;uras,s say, and j.
acquired merely through the dogs desire to DO what
man does. The dog would Ike to tax and his bark
IS the nearest he come 10 ii. The Australian
dog never barks and in GARDENERS "Mu-ce Of
Nature" 1t is declared that dogs in state OF
nature never bark. they simply whine AMI howl;
this explosive noise b only found among those
which are donesticatcd." The shepherds dogs in
the wilds Of Egypt not have the barking faculty.
ana Columbus found the dogs which NJ had pre-
vously carried t. America have lost Their propon-
sity for barking. II man had let the dog alone he
did the Wild cat. there would not hay. been this
melange Of noises at the Madison square Garden.
Despite the fact that the dog Is made Ipuch OF,
that he is faithful animal ana companion to man.
and that h. D. the qua ian of mans person an1
property, many terms of vile rcproach ana la.y COM
cur dog cheap" "aog sick" TO lead thc life oil
dog" and "wor.c than poor yal,or dog" In the
Eastern countries thu Dog was an ab5mina.lon an
considered thing but the common scavcns,i of thr
streets Him that dieth in tn city the dogs shall
for thc dos ana in the Lcyitical law The Offering
Of dog a. sacrihc. was forbidden The Egypt-
ians however he'd the dog in alteration, az The
representative Of one Of the celestial signs; aud
the Indians considered him one Of IN. sacred forms
Of their dei,ics. Samue Butler wrote:
The Egyptians wofshlppel dogs ana for
Their faith made nternecinc war"
Properly speaking, the days Of the dog show should
be called dog days. for there is far greater prob
ability Of their running mad then t1dn in the
called dog days the fact Of the case hOWcVl r,
IL that dog Is more likely 10 run mad in dog
days than hc H. at any other time Of the year Dog
days are not called because II Is thought that
dogs likely to run mad then The canlcuar or
dog days 50 called from the heliach rising Of
Sirius. or the dog star typical Of tho season OF
greatest heat wanc OF he summer In spe4 king
of dog days ana indd doSS, II - an error 10 suppose
that a mad dor AVOIDS water. for he VIII both drink
IL and swim In II as usual, and without presenting
any Of that horror Of 1t which charactcrZ"s hydro
phoba in man.
The dog furnishes man occasion for much study
and nOthinE H. more Interesting than TO note some
OF his habits and peculaiities In the MOONLIGHT
evenings the dog s. more watchiui than usual. and
for hours at "A time unless interfcred with by a
gun or a boot. he will bay the moon" Then when
he banks under window II Is believed that some
couragng for the too liberal drinkers 10 know That
the hair Of dog. when burnt was at one time
prescribed rs an antidote against the effects Of
intoXiCatOn. Originally hard drinkers were recon-
breakfast instead Of the cocktail
One OF the best stories about the intelligence Of
dogs which has been told for some time was re-
peated few days ago by an officer of the Penn
sylVana Railroad Company He said that Of
the the men in the Passenger Department had a dog
mat could tell the time 81 day The owner Of the
dog had fine clock in his Office ana ne got into
the habit of making tn dog tap with his paw at
SaGh stroke of the clock; After while the dog
little ciuck Just before striking, the dog would
get INTO position. prick up his and tap out the
ufne: II me clock had struck one and a little while
afterward his owner initiated the preliminary cluck
OF the clock, the dog would give two taps with his
paw ana so on for any hour. He knew just now the
hours ran and how many taps to give for each one