About Dogs

Few persons are aware of the value, variety and weight of dogs, varying as they 'do from 180 pounds to less than 011e pound, and valued at from $500 to less than nothing. A description of different kinds of dogs may be interestng. Tho Siberian blood-hound weighs about 160 pounds, measures 40 inches in girt, and is -worth nearly $500. Tho St. Bernard dog, which is a buff or light lead color, is very large and valuable. The Newfoundland dog, when pure, is entirely blank, and its pups are worth from $10 'to $20. The shepherd dog, or Scotch cooly, is won lerful for its patience, fldelity and bravery. It is worth from $50 to $100. The English maBtiff, a good watch dog, is worth from $15 to $25. Of terriërs, the black-and-tan is most admired. It varíes in weight from 1 pound to 25 pounds, and increases in value as it decreases in weight. Terriërs are often crossed with the Italian greyhound, producing a very delicate but extremely useless dog. The Scotch terrier is the hardiest of dogs, is very courageous, and is worth from $10 to $30. Scotch deer-hounds are the rarest and most valuable of hunting dogs. They are owned principally by the nobility of England, and are worth $100 eaoh. The beagle is the smallost of the hound kind, lias superior scent and endurance, and, in short, is the best sort of rabbit hunter. English greyhounds, the fleetest of dogs, are worth from $25 to $100 eacli. The Italian greyhound is merely a parlor dog. The pure breed is rare and valuable, a fine one being worth $150. There is a great variety of pointers, setters and spaniels. The Prince-Charles variety is the most valuable of spaniels. He is supposed to have originated in Japan, where a similar breed exists. He has a large, fnll eye, black-and-tan color, and never weighs over ten pounds. They have been sold at auction in England at $2,000 each. The coach dog is from Denmark, and is not of much value. The islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Aurigny and Sark, in the British channel, which have belonged to England since the time of William the Conqueror, still preserve the old French of that period as the languago of the peasantry. The modern French is the language of the educated olasses, though English is spoken, and the official language of the courts and governing bodies ia Frenen, A.n attempt was lately made to subRfci tute English, but it was strongly resisi.ed, aud flpally relincjuished.