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Oapers Of the Ohimpansee.

Oapers Of the Ohimpanzee.
Al the Geological Garden at Philadei.
phia, the long and vacant quarters of
Jack and Jill Livingston, deceased, were
occupied by two successors. Topsy and
Molly Stanly are the names of the new
~ arrived African chimpanzees which
landed in New York On the bark Siberia
from Sierra Leone Thursday. They
reached the Garden in a special dry
goods box literally padded with hay and
old blankets, and were Eat home'' to
visitors in the afternoon. The two ami
mails which arrived yesterday are better
specimens than the former ones. They
are females and young, though the larg-
or one is three feet tall. Molly is the
baby, and when her name is called looks
at her visitor with bright hazel eyes in
an inquiring manner. Watching their
actions it is hard to believe they are not
human.
A rope swing and post in the middle
OF the glass cage. with pins driven into
it at regular intervals as . substitute for
tree with limbs, afford them their most
active amusement. They are never still
minute. Sitting erect on the bottom
of the cage the baby Molly would toy
with her front hair and then suddenly
break off and get to counting her fingers.
Meantime Topsy, the larger one, is more
grave and seemingly dignified. Appear
ances in her case, however, are decep-
tive. Both were fed on bananas yester-
day afternoon, which is one of their
favorite diets. No sooner had Topsy
received her banana than she took one
bite out of it and, then looking around,
saw the baby devouring its portion of
the fruit. Topsy quietly took the re-
naming portion of her banana and
stealthily hid it in the hay on the bottom
of the cage. Then turning she walked up
to the baby and, in the rudest manner
imaginable, snatched out of its hands
the beloved morsel, ard, coldly turning
to the other side of the cage, began to
eat it with evident relish.
The action of the baby chimpanzee
was more than ever calculated to justify
the Darwinian theory. With q pitiful
cry, almost perfect in its resemblance to
the human voice, she got up and ran
after the older chimpanzee, reaching
which she touched her gently on the
shoulder with her hand. This had no
effect, as Topsy kept on eating the ba-
mana with absorbing satisfaction. The
baby then, with another cry, went up
further and placed its little nose against
the cheek Of the elder chimpanzee. and
with its wide, hazel eyes full Of reproach
looked at the older one.
Topsy, however, is anything but well
bred and ate the banana up and then
went back and dug out her own from
the hay and began on that. The baby
followed her, not to make any forcible
demonstration, but simply to transtix
her selfish sister with her repr0achful,
wonderful expressive eyes. Topsy would
have eaten all the banana and every-
thing else that belonged to the meal had
not the keeper interfered and proceeded
to teach her manners. He forcibly took
the banana from her and gave it to her
sister and then pointed his finger at
Topsy to shame her. The eyes Of the
little animal seemed to show that she
felt her position strongly.
A companion lodger in the cage with
them is an orang-outang, which was
tenant there during the days of the for
mer two chimpanzees and who since
their death has became rather morose
and lies half the time wrapped up in q
blanket asleep. During the feeding pro-
cess yesterday the orang- outang, which
has not as yet made any social advances,
was lying, as usual, asleep in his blank
ct. After Molly had had her meal she
began to pull her bangs again and then
to stare at her visitors. Her gaze pres
emily wandered to tho sleeping orane-
outang. Quick as thought a mischiev-
our idea seemed to strike her. Getting
up from the hay she walked over and
began to pull the blanket off. The
oran&g,-outang awoke aud looked out
from under his covering with lazy eyes
and apparently WITHOUT energy ough
to hold on to his property.
The baby, having pulled the blanket
completely off him, then did a most
amusing thing. With sudden tumble
she turned somersault, landing with
its feet right on the rang-outang's
breast. Then with another quick mo-
ton she rolled over him, painting and
putting as if the exertion was tremen-
dous. This not having the desired ef-
feet to rouse the animal, she took her
hand and gave him sharp nudge in
the side, and then began to pull at him
as if trying to roll him over. Presently
the larger chimpanzee came, and, jea1-
Gus of the attention the little one was
receiving, tried to divert some of it to
herself by pulling away the blanket. All
this had no effect on the lazy orang-
outang. No sooner had they left than
the churlish orang-outang gathered up
his blanket, drew it over his body and,
having tucked it close about him, drew
in his head and again went to sleep.
The chimpanzees and the orang- outang
their nearest relative-are the most
difficult animals to keep that are known
in the experience Of the Geological Gar.
den managers. The severest trial to
them is the climate. If they are too
cold they begin to rapidly define and die
before anybody expects it. In their diet
the chimpanzees are more fastidious
than any other animal. Their breakfast
consists of weak tea, with lots of sugar
and milk, and bread thickly spread with
honey. At halfpast 10 in the morning
they have lunch. This consists of b.
nanas and oranges. At 8 o'clock the
meal of the day, dinner, is served. It
consists of rice, tapioca or other farina-
ceous food, served with sugar and sher-
~ wine. For supper they have the same
bill of fare as for dinner, with the addi-