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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
will be able to accomplish the movement, 
and as it is very pretty it is well worth 
Fig. 9. 
the trouble. Carefully study the illustra- 
tion, and follow the course of the dotted 
lines (which show the direction of the 
right club only ; the left club takes a cor- 
responding course in the opposite direc- 
tion). Keep the hand close up to the 
chest, almost touching it in fact. You 
will observe that the club describes a 
small circle from the centre of the chest, 
and is then swung completely round at 
arm's length to make the g7'eat circle. 
Something About Pets. 
OGS and other animals are very 
variously affected by musical 
sounds ; some manif^ting dis- 
like, others enjoyment when 
within hearing of music. "I knew," 
writes a correspondent, "one dog that, 
when requested to sing, would stand 
on his hind legs and go on whining and 
howling for almost any length of time, 
and while the i)erformance was attended 
to he manifested great enthusiasm. But 
he also enjoyed real music very much, 
and showed signs of pleasure when the 
piano was played, getting as near to it as 
possible. Occasionally, however, he would 
take a part without being invited, much 
to the discomforture of a singer, who 
would wonder where the extraordinary 
accompaniment came from. I have a 
lively recollection of his volunteering as- 
sistance when we were singing a hymn 
one Sunday evening, and of the way in 
which it was brought to an abrupt conclu- 
sion, by the sight of our doggie on his 
hind legs, and the sound of his whines 
ringing out above every human voice." 
A pug dog, a great pet, has a favorite 
tune which he distinguishes from all 
others. Nugget is a musical animal, and 
has a way of putting in occasional notes 
of his own when his mistress plays the 
piano. But when she commences his 
tune, Nugget becomes greatly excited. 
He first capers up and down the room, 
and then, running to the side of the 
player, he stands on his hind legs and ac- 
companies the music in a style peculiar 
to himself and most amusing in its effect 
on the listeners. 
Nugget's mistress or any other per- 
former may play the piano by the hour, 
and the dog manifests only an ordinary 
amount of interest. But no matter how 
suddenly his tune may be introduced, 
Nugget shows his appreciation of it by 
going though the performance already 
described. 
The lady attributes the dog's fondness 
for the tune to the fact that when he was 
a puppy her little niece used to play it 
upon the piano, singing only the word 
" Nugget " again and again to the 
music. As, however, the pug recognizes 
the tune itself, when simply played, from 
all others, it is quite evident that he has 
a musical ear, and is not in any way 
guided by Avords. 
The question is often asked, " Do dogs 
understand what is said ? " and to this 
everyone will reply, " To a certain extent 
they do, as is shown by their obedience to 
their master's commands." 
"He can do everything but talk," is 
a not uncommon remark of a dog-lover, 
as he pats the shaggy head of his four- 
fooied friend and companion. 
Still no one will assert that dogs under- 
stand an ordinary conversation, though 
they undoubtedly often listen attentively 
when they are fond of the speakers, and 
obtain bits of information from detached 
words. 
More than this, they obey signs in a 
stealthy fashion, and move as if they were 
