The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY.
One Dog That Makes Himself Com
Portable and Another That Enjoys
Music

From the New YORK Sun
Some time ago called in passing upon
Mr.. Adolph Eichler. Upon the table be-
tween US as we sat talking IN his parIor
were couple OF small dogs. one of them
a black and tan. Below. by name, the
other. a pug, Prince. Mr.. Eichler and I
/ were discussing a question in philosophy
/ IN ITS political bearings, the dogs claiming
/ good deal OF attention. Mr. Echler
and did not exactly agree. The discus
sion grew somewhat warm. and the dogs
were neglected. excepting that Mr.. Eich-
I Ter would now and then unconsciously
l take the nose OF one in his hand or ruo
his back. The dogs were forgotten until
I one Of them-BellOw-by a startling intel
hgent action, drove politics and philOs0-
I phy from my mind and caused Mr.. EIcn-
| love.
Below is now about "A years old. lie
has lived out most OF his days. He has
come 10 the point where he makes himself
I as comfortable as possible, as old folk
are apt TO do. The table between Mr..
Eichler and myself was covered with a
heavy chenille cloth, which hung well
down at the sides and ends The aston
ishingly Intelligent thing which BELOW
dld was 10 go 10 the corner Of the table.
gather the cloth up with his paws until il
was all wrinkled into a punch at that
point, turn about, carefully placing his
paws as he did so TO prevent the cl0tn
assuming a natural position, and lie down
with a sigh Of satisfaction, just such a
sigh as would come from an old, old man
IN lying down on particularly comfort
able couch. with those about him for
whom he cared. The look, and the action.
and the sigh Of Below were so wise and
so entirely human that they have been
wildly present with me ever since, de-
handing the publicity which now give
them.
They also impeIled me to make further
inquiry and investigation to discover fur
I Their evidences Of his intelligence or rea-
son. For certainly the action Of Bello y,
which have described, involved reason,
which Will be more apparent when l add
that Mr.. Eichler told me that the dog
had not been taught TO pull up the
cloth and make a soft bed for himself.
motion.
The weather was cold when the Incident
occurred, but not bitterly so. Mr. Eich-
Ter said that IL was amusing in very cold
weather to notice how Below Rugged .he
steam register. In such weather he can
not be gotten far away from 1t long, and
he IS as fond OF a soft bed by the register
as he Is on the table. When there is
nothing at hand which constitutes or
may be turned into such a bed he finds
something, Let his eye fan upon a shaw
anywhere IN the room, on table, chair. or
peg and he will get II, If he can reach
II. pull IL from its support, drag IL across
the noor take II to the register, care
i iuny paw II into sort bed, and settle
And he has a choice OF coIors in a shawl.
Mrs. Eiehler Is fond of chOcheting She
tIotnclS HndNlS OF various shapes out of
| zephyr OF these, because OF their fluff
ness. Below is especially fond. and ne
prefers that they be red. He will DELHI
eTateiy select a red shawl from among
shaWis OF other colors. And he has a
conscience, or sense. Of obligation to
authority. When a red zephyr shawl Is
approaching completion In the hands OF
Mrs Eichler he seems to know it as
well as anybody He will evidence that
he wants 10 appropriate IL for a bed bur
he VIII not do so until he is told that ne
10 Hr col ~rI \
Of the family just as is any other person,
and he understands just as well as any
body.
The same Is true of the pug. Prince.
Though younger-he is or years old. I
would judge-Prlnce is quite as intelli-
gent In his way as Is Below. The per
sonallties Of BELOW and Prince are quite
as distinctly marked as are those of hui
man beings. Prince is very fond Of oys-
ter crackers. The family will sit about
a table with a tureen Of these little crack
ers in the center. Prince VIII go from one
to another begging for a cracker He will
not offer to take one from the dish Ev-
erybody will refuse him. Mr. Eicbler will
pretend to be bothered. He will box
I Princes ears and tell him TO go away.
Then Mrs. Eicbler or one Of the daugA-
ters will say Poor Primer take a hand
full of crackers and lay one before her I'm
gers on the cloth. Prince will understand
that that cracker is for him. while the
others are not. He will not take IL with
his teeth, but will scrape II off to one
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enjoyment. to again go through the Sc me
process for another.
But Prince is chiefly celebrated for his
musical ability, rot as a producer of mus
I ic. but as an appreciation. The compre-
/ bending pole of his faculty of music is
] keener than that of some men. l used TO
I know a bishop, now dead-I often wonder
I whether, If music is the chief attrac-
I ton in heaven, ne does not at times want
| to go elsewherc-I used, ] say, TO know A
bishop who did not know one tune from
l another The musical part of the serv-
/ ice was only sound to him. In this partic-
I ular Prince is greater than was the bish-
/ CD. Prince knows one tune from another.
| There is one tune that he knows from
1 all others. The name of that tune Is
/ "The Echoes of the Ball" Those who
/ have heard il know that 1t is a lively
tune One evening one of the Misses
| Eichler struck into this tune. 1t pleased
her father. He jumped up, took Prince IN
I his arms, and danced about the room.
Since then. whenever that tune is playe ],
I Prince rushes to his master, frisks abou.
! banks, shows in every way that he wants
\ 10 dance, and will not be satisfied until
| his master complies with his request.
other tunes may be played galore. Prince
/ pays no attention to them. But as soon
i as the first bars of 1.-The Echoes of the
BALI are played, Prince wants his dance.
I The person-be he dog or man-who knows
/ one tune from another has certainly the
/ faculty of tune. II, as I have said, the
\ old notion of heaven be true, that music
/ Is there the chief attraction, then Prince
will enjoy heaven more than at least one
bishop. Charles Josiah Adams