The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-26

plants, according to age and sex, at iron
1000 TO $500 rupees Male elephants or
troublesome, and sometimes exceedingl,
dangerous. They seem 10 be afflicte'
with disease Of the tusk, which drive
them To madness. ........
GirafEes are exceedingly rare in tn
United States. They seem Just able 4
bear their first voyage from the Cape Il
England or the Continent, but the seconl
voyage to this country enfecbles them 81
that they either die on the voyage, o
shortly after landing here. In England
however, they appear to thrive quite well
and rs many as twenty.six have been bon
there. 1t is not generally known, that q
far MS observation has gone, they are absO
lutely voiceless. Changes of climate tel
nthem, and the least cold sensibly hurt
them. They are dainty feeders, ant
much given 10 consuming Cabbages
Eight thousand dollars Is NOT thought 10,
much fora pair ofthem.
The rhinoceros and hippopotamus mAr
ket is always an active one. OF the form
er, occasional specimens come here; thC
latter animal, however, requiring bath
renders his transportation almost impOS
sible. We notice the sale Of rhinoCero
at gl,70O.
Africa is the showman's great stock
farm for animals. Nature seems to havI
played all kinds Of pranks there with heI
works, making all sorts Of variations OF
possible living themes. The Beers, 6
n hundred or two miles above the Cape
Are constantly catching animals, and find
a market at Cape Town Tor them. But
what is q show without its monkeys;
How could one get along at all without
these funny fellows-thCse big and little
clowns on the wild beast stage? Strange
to say, for exhibition purposes, Tor vivaci.
ty, for good humOr, sprightlinesS and
general activity, the South American
monkey carries off the palm. Your
African monkey, larger generally in size
Is stupid fellow when compared with his
American brother. The Indian cousin
somewhat lifts up the imputation thrown
on his African relation, only lie hos a
spitefulness, and q tendency to try bis
sharp teeth on you, which the American
monkey would scorn to have attributed
to him. All monkeys are kleptomGniacs.
The pleasure TO them Of getting anything
depends on stealing 1t. This trait Is use.
full sometimes, when medicine Is to be
administered to them. II you tried to
give monkey cod.liver oil with q spoon,
It would be an endless job, but just fill d
vial with II, and hide it, $50 that he can
see It done, } and the momentyou are gone
he is sure 10 swallow every drop. Mon.
keys In u state Of captivity arc prone to
pulmonary disease, and have q bad trick
Of nibbling off the end OF their tails.
This appendage being Of hardly any use
TO them when Gagged II Is subject TO d.
seasc, and dries up ut the end, so that
amputation is often necessary.
How arc monkeys caughtY Did It ever
happen 10 any Of our readers 10 try and
catch o monkey In roOmI We once
made such an endeavor on warm Sum.
mer day, and, after three mortal hours,
gave up the Job. Through sheer exhaus.
ton we went to sleep on sofa, while the
monkey took his 8leStG on top of q ward.
robe. When we awOke We had him
though During our nap, trying to pick
our pockets, no had got his hand fastened
In tho pocket.lining, and became an easy
prisoner. lit Is difficult 10 catch u mon.
key In room, how do they manage to get
them when they arc In their native treesY
Mr.. Frank auckland, In his most charm.
ing book, Tho Curi0SitieS Of Natural His.
tory, was puzzled by the same question.
He states the common way in Pernam.
buco 10 TO have gourds filled with rum
made of canejuloe, placed about their
hauntS. They como down, drink, get Gud.
died. stagger about, and at last, dead
drunk, fall down around their punch
bowls. Mr.. Darwin, we fancy, In tracing
the human race 10 tho monkey, might
have added some force to his argument by
giving this fact, as we believe no two
creatures save man and monkey have this
peculiar weakness for alcoholic stimulants.
There Is some truth, too, IN the old story
Of catching monkeys by the use oil wood.
en- vessels, into which they plunge their
hands, and can't get them out again. In
Brazil there Is a certain large kind of nut,
called cambola, with which monkeys arc
caught precisely in this way,
Monkey stories are innumerablC. One
occurred, however, lately in the City,
which Is amusing as developing the pccu.
liar traits Of the animal. Wemet friend
Of ours, whose expression Of face was In.
dlcative Of the greatest sorrow.
"You knew SanchO," he said, tiny mon.
key" We assented.
"Well, listen. Christmas week some.
body gave my little girl one ofthose fear.
full toys called jack 10 box. II was an
awful thing, fully two feet high. The
monkey saw it. When the child went to
bed was busy reading, when all Of u sud.
den ! heard tie most awful noise in the
next room. rushed in, and on top Of a
chest oil drawers lay Sancho in Il regular
fit, with the jack in box sprung along
side Of him. He had stolen It from where
It had been laid out of bis reach. From
his terror l thoughthiS curiosity had been
well punished. We were mistaken. That
box had an awful iacination for that
monkey. He absolutely craved for the
excitement. Life was apparently blank
monotony without 1t. For days he would
not go near it, then again he would kind
Of pine for It. He got the hang Of arrang.
ing the wire fastening, and would touch
it of with the end ofhis foot. Instead Of
getting accustomed to 1t, every time 1t
Jumped up the same scene would be en-.
acted. Alter while It had positively an
effect on his health. 1t became too much
for his nervous system, though the stimu-
liant he must have, cost what it would.
Some few days ago he began to nope,
though always h9pkering after tho box.
Yesterday tile poor little fellow was very
bad-so weak he could not crawl to where
the box was. Inorder to revive him VIC
sprung it for him, That seemed to stimu-
late him little, though he was Just Us
frightened as ever. This morning we
found him dead alongside Of jack In the
box. It seems during the night no must
have had just strength enough to set It of
for tue last time, and get tho Last shock.
It was clear case of JeIo de 60. Poor