Show i HERE IS A DOG THAT THINKS Remarkable Animal Counts Mon Money C and Reads and Writes by Tapping Tapping Tap Tap- ping With His Paw Mannheim Germany The The case of ot the Elberfield horses borses no longer stands quite alone There exists at Mann Manni I helm a dog of rather doubtful breed who performs almost the same feats as his equine rivals He is less ad adi than they in n arithmetic hu bu does does' subtractions tractions and multiplications of one or two figures correctly He reads and writes by I tapping taping with his paw In accordance accordance with an alphabet which It appears he be has thought out for himself and andIs hIs Is spelling also Is simplified and to the utmost He lie distinguishes distinguishes dis dis- dis the colors In a bunch ot 01 flowers counts the money In a purse and separates the marks from the He lie knows how to seek and finds words to define the object or orthe orthe orthe the picture placed before him You show him for Instance a bouquet ii h iia in ina a 1 vase and ask him what It IsA IsA isA Is A glass with little flowers he re re- re- re plies And his answers are often orten curiously curious curious- ly spontaneous and original In the course of a reading exercise in which the word herbs autumn chanced to attract attention Prof William Mackenzie Mackenzie Mack Mack- enzie enzle asked him if he ho could explain what autumn was It lt Is the time when there are ap plea pIes Rolf fbi replied On the same occasion the same professor pro pro- fessor without knowing what that it represented rep resented held out to him a card marked with red and blue squares hats that Blue red lots of cubes replied the dog |