Show THE advancement OF ANIMALS the study of animal life lias led many scientists 0 o believe that ani bials possess nn intelligence thai is something more than what has termed pure insi A great change in opinion lias taken place in the past decade it is found clial alic association and surroundings of animals have to do with their development they resemble man in this particular as in some others alic following from alic new york express gives s cine interesting views on the mentality of animals 1 I do not go the extent of some scientists said n distinguished student of the animal kingdom recently in iho opinion I 1 hat a time will ever come when the lower animals will possess the power of speech but I 1 lirely believe that in a few generations certain of these animals will advance to a wonderful degree ii i i alic mailer of intelligence experiments have been already made in england which demonstrate thai lliam arc capable cf almost everything except alic power to speak shepherd dogs have been taught to count and at the order of their master will bring back a certain number of sheep from the pasture pas tuie if credence ii to he placed in the imports which have been made from time to lime within iho laduew years and which bear the authenticity in order that the education of animals like cats dogs and horses which have already shown a certain degree of mentality may be brought to the highest stala of perfection it is necessary that the more intelligent of brutes should be kept apart from others of their kind and should be interbreed interbred inter bred while their offspring should le treated in alic same way A horse trainer of national renown told me no lang ago aliat he had been working on that theory for many years and that he found alic ng of trick horses v arc much more easily taug il ihan which came from animals never rained in alic ring the associations with m animal is surrounded have n wonderful effect upon its mental development even though no special pains leave acca taken lo 10 educate it as is alic case our common which have for generations apon subjected to gentle yet alic progenitor of these domestic animal once roamed alic forest ay iy wild and untamed ai alic panther in alio indian jungles and even now arc found wild and in certain parts of the world how then canu c forecast alic extent to which they can bo educated during alic myriads of ages of the future |