The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
90 .MLssALS rAlNk2
A Question which Eminent Socialists Al
swcr in the Affirmative.

a tNe- hH Nbifh EihItS MT NtiN'titI-ts An
s",r in the Affirmative.
A great deal has been written TO
snow that animals think and reason,
just ~ man docs, though in a lower
degree. Pcrhap, some of our readers
MAY notice things in animals which
show that they have a great deal Of
Intelligence, eve if they do not reason.
Mr.. Paul Broeca. the French author,
devoted mash attention 10 this subject.
it has been said of animals, writes Mr..
Brucca, that their actions are always
mechanical and without method. This
may be true Of domestic pets, who arc
influenced almost entirely BY the human
beings around them, but does not the
beaver change his plans acting now As
builder, now as miner, according TO
circumstances? Besides this, every
one knows that the bee frequently sub
stitutes pentagonal, or fivc-sidcd. for
hexagonnf. or siN-sidcd cells, and that
this alteration in the work is made
only when necessary. 1t has also been
said that animals do not reason. What
then is done by the foxes, which in
Thracc are driven IN to the ice to test
It's strength? These animals step care
fully and lightly. with their heads in
clined. and turn back suddenly directly
they discover by the sound Of the ice
cracking that it is not safe to proceed
farther. 4 dog which, in following q
scent, arrives at a cross road is seen to
stop. consider for a moment. then
plunge along one of the roads. smiling
cautiously, turn back and try another
road in the same manner. and finally
dart unhcsitatingly down the third. II
is evident that his logic tells him that
as his prey has not taken one of the
first two roads examined it must ncces-
sarlly have taken the third road, 20 he
be does not waste time in further invcs-
LEGATION. That this is not mere instinct
Is shown by the fact that \ dog
times makes 4 mistake in such a case,
and that when the fact becomes evident
be sinks out of sight of the hunters,
looking . picture of shame and humili-
stiOn.
foresight is a quality the possession
ii Y njrA no one will deny to ant and
t'DS, aud the former certainly have q
sense Of compassion. This is displayed
in the tender care bestowed on the
wounded during the terrible battles
fought between different tribes of ants.
The suffering and helpless ones are not
left 10 perish. but are carried off OF
the battlefield by a regular ..ambu-
lance.CorpS.' No one doubts the ex-
istrncc Of memory in animals. and a.
10 ambition, is it necessary to recount
the pitched battles which take place
in bce-hives between the different can.
didatcs for royalty? How can one
pretend that man only has the gift Of
language. He must be blind indeed
who does not see that all animals have
means Of communication with
each other. To give only one example:
iS n possible doubt that ants
make themselves understood by their
fellows, by means Of the touch Of their
delicate, sensitive antcnnT or frelcrS.
4 war. a council is held. and
messengers hurry about. Scouts or
spies are sent out, and the attack Is
fastened or postponed, according TO
reports. All this could not be
done without a very complete method
Of communication, for the giving and
receiving of orders. etc. Moreover. IL
animals had no language. how could
they teach their Young? That they do
teach them is evident from the fact Of
Young fUxrs In countries where the An
imals are hunted being infinitely uorc
wary than ~tull-grown one in other
How else are we to account for
than by saying that the parent
tell their children of danger, and
u avoid it?-.3mcrfcan AQricultarIyk.