Show tiie the dogs dark baric an evolution tho the most curious imitation which we find in dogs isas is as espres slon tu which they have attained among tile tho savage forefathers of the modern do log the characteristic of 0 all their utter litte anco ranco was to a great extent involuntary and ones once begun tho the outcry was continued in a mechanical tho the effect of advancing adv zincing culture on the dog however has been gradually to do da crease this ancient undifferentiated mode of expression by howling bowling and yelping and to replace it by the more speech lIke bark thorn Is some doubt whether possessed by savages have the power of ut noto note which Is so characteristic 0 of tho the civilized form of their species it la Is clear ho however that it if they have tho the power of thus expressing themselves they uso it but rarely on the other hand our high bred dogs have ton great extent lost tho the power to express themselves in tile ancient way many lany ot of our breeds appear to havo have become incapable of in ing there Is no doubt but tile the change in the th modo of expression greatly increases tile the capacity of our dogs to sot set forth their states slates of mind it if wo we watch a high bred dog do ono with a wide range of sensibilities which we way may find in it breeds breads which have long been closely associated with man wo may lilay readily note alve or six varieties of sound in tho ilia bark each of which is clearly arly rel related to a certain statu ol of mind that of wel welcome conio of fear of rage of doubt mid and of puro fun Is almost always pe distinct to ilia educated car and this although the may not bo be acquainted wilh with the creature it if lie he knows him im wolf well lie iio runy bo be able to distinguish various other intonations Juto nations those which express impatience and even an all clement of sorrow borrow this last noto note verges toward a bowl scribners magazine |