The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18

Dogs that can count are almost as
common as dogs that can walk around
on their forelegs But mindreadfng
dog was never known until Bozzie de-
veloped it's telepathic powers. Bozzie is
Chicago dog, the property of George
B. Clason, and he claims for the beautiful
Scotch coIiesea mentality not generally
associated with four-footed animals.
Some people may not believe that Bozzie
can think But seeing is believing and
since the dogs feats became famous SO
many people have witnessed her perform
ances that there is little doubt left of the
authenticity of the stories about the
marvellous collie. Bozzfe Is not "trlck
dog" in the sense of being trained to
walk on his hind legs, play dead fetch
and carry and all the other accomplish
ments of trained dogs. The special pow
ers Of Bozzie lie in her ability to count.
not only things she sees, but to give the
numbers people are thinking of, to tell
how old she is or how old any person
pointed out by her master is, provided
the subject thinks of the correct num-
Der of years.
The dog does not perform according to
did that would be wonderful enough as
indicating her powers of reasoning and
remembering what certain signals 1ndI-
Gated But she will bark out the numbers
as readily for any other person as for
Mr. Clason. sufficient indication that her
feats are entirely due to mental power.
If she is asked how many pc ans are
in a room Bozzie will gravely bark as
many times Their are people present;
asked how old she is Bozzie barks three
times and similar questions are answered
IN the same way addition and subtrac-
ton being readily performed.
A number of cards being held up, Boz
zie will bark the right number. If two or
three are hidden the dog will at once
tell how many remain But tt is In teis-
ing the number u person Is thinking OF
that Bozzie shines. That is where her
mind-read1ng powers come in. IF skep-
tic places his hand on Bezzie's head ana
thinks of four the dog will bark four
times One man thought of four and at
once changed his mind TO three. AS soon
as his hand touched the dogs head she
barked four tiricr. After an instant
pause she bafkSd three times
You thought OF seven, said Mr. GA
sen:
No: the dog is right" said the skep-
tic. 81 thought of four and then three
A Boston barber owns thoroughbred
English pointer called Chicago, VINO dces
some very clever tricks. the most remark
able being the enuneiation or the Word
"mamma" His owner claims he is the
only dog in the world that can talk
Campbell took Chicago into the offices OF
a Boston newspaper short time ago to
show off his accomplishments. and made
him say mamma" as often as requested.
81 can make him do most anything
said Mr. Campbell. proudly. And then In
a simple conversational tone he told Chi
cage to waltz. He did it beautifully. US
ing his hind legs only, not forgetting to
reverse when he got dizzy.
Now, do what Parson Jones does in
church, said Mr.. Campbell. Chicago
Jumped into a chair, and, putting his fore
paws into a chair, dropped into 81 devo-
tienal attitude pretty long prayer for
a dog" ventured one of the reporters az
ter few minutes. Hes waiting for the
benediction," replied his master, and he
added Some of you fellows tell him to
get down." Neither suave tones from the
city editor, the labor editor, or, in fact,
the whole reportorial staff, could per-
suade Chicago to stop praying. AT last
his master said "a dog" but Chicago
kept on praying. Then "a cat" was spok-
en-, but that evidently was no benedic-
ton But at the word amen" the devo-
tons came to sudden end, and he who
a moment before was lost to the secular
world began to wag his tail.
DOG SAYS ''MAMMA"
Make him say mamma. again. said
the editor of the Sunday staff. and so,
obedient TO his masters command, Chi
cago said mamma" in a very Intelligent
iyelp Then he .'mammaed" for the news
editors. and all pronounced him a prodigy,
and patted his beautiful head
After little chat about what the dog
could do, Chicago jumped over three