RANDOM READINGS.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 98, 19 September 1918, Page 4

RANDOM READINGS.

PRESS THE BUTTON.; An American jeweller has hit on a novel method of securing effective shop-window illuminations after, Jtrasfc netes hours at minimum cost. she jeweller has had his window lights wired for push-button control, the operating button being placed outfeide the entrance, with a notice to the effect that the goods may be inspected at will by simply pressing the button. This simple act switches on the lights, which are automatically extinguished as soon as the pressure ia released. The innate curiosity of most- people has already attracted considerable attention to the scheme, which is said to have resulted in a good deal of fresh custom for th* trader* . > A DOG STORY , A young Army officer owned ft smart cocker spaniel. Among other tricks, the officer trained the dog to answer "letter call" and fetch his owner's mail to the mess table. Pleased with the dog's intelligence, the officer fell into the habit of giving him a lump of sugar from the breakfast table. One morning, soon after the bugler had sounded "letter call," -the spaniel came in with neither papers nor letters. This was unusual, for the officer subscribed to a daily paper that invariably arrived In the morning's post, but he thought little of it at the time. About eleven |D'clock however the dog entered hl3 master's quarters and deposited a muddy paper upon the floor. The officer did not understand the situation, but he gave the dog a lump of sugar. Half an hour later the dog appeared again, with a very muddy fend crumpled letter in his mouth. Then the owner's suspicions were aroused. He gave the dog another lump of sugar and watched him. He «oon found that the dog had buried fthe morning's post in the rear of the Officers' mess, and was digging it up B letter at a time, apparently with a view to obtaining a lump of sugar for fcach piece.