Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-11

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Inc great Psychologist. Blumenhaoh
''ad one OF the monkey tribe. Whoa
movements and conduct he caray,,,1,.
watched for more than year tooetbar
~ came TO manage the wood for the
s.oSo WIN great dexterity, and would
pa' y ~ with as much judgment and
economy as a cook-maid or a n..o;
monlous spinster. This animal was yerv
partial TO tie fire, like all other anas
ana would occasionally SINCE himself
when ne would sally forth and roll
'ouhn ~ the snow with all the ECSTASY
o. Russian after taking warm yanar
bath at $50 degrees OF heat. After en-
Toying this luxury for a time he would
return to his old quarters by the Arc
ne once swallowed lump OF arsenic
large enough to have done the business
" Ten halmucks. but In him it pro-
ouced only trifling indisposition. ana
IN snort while he was quite we'll again
"A work on insects happened to lie
Tor some time upon the table and
which our philosopher contemplated
Win solemn studiousness for about an
hour. The illustrations part;cularlv
fiveted his attention; whether thew
awakened "reminiscences OF his forme,
haunts is unknown. but when the hooL
came TO be examined, 1t was discovered
lhat with consummate address he had
pihched out all the beetles of the large
plates and actually eaten them-it is
supposed mistaking them for real in.
sects In some unknown state of pre.
servation.
Some curious details are given OF the
haolts OF orang outangs exhibited
many years ago in London. They were
male and female, the former the CHM
panzee, and the latter the Borneo. Ir.
some respects they presented marked
contrast, and did not show the least
tenderness or attachment to each other
The social habits of the Chimpanzee
Tar exceeded those OF the female.
In the morning, on first seeing a person
whom he knew. he would utter a iond
cry OF recognition, and running to-
wards him. would stand perfectly erect.
spreading his arms like child to be-
taken up. when he would wind them
around the neck of the individual in
the manner OF the fondest embrace; nor
was 1t an easy task for those to whom
he was attached to leave the room ex-
cept by stealth.
The instinct of providing and plac-
ing warm materials for her bed was
most marked in the female, who would
be for two hours dragging blankets
from various parts of the room, smooth
ing and changing their position. and
beating any raised part down with her
knuckles, assuming at the same time
look OF gravity and an appearance OF
wisdom.
The hearing of both animals was te-
markably acute. and the knowledge of
sounds was accurately shown. They
also seemed to have pretty good idea
OF time. for as the hour approached at
which they were removed to their
nightly quarters. they would of their
own accord get the blankets. and en-
fold themselves in readiness to depart;
and if their removal was protracted be-
You'd the usual time. it required force
to prevent them from going to the door.
The Chimpanzee having caught
cold, he had violent cough that in
sound was remarkably human; and
when a fit of coughing came on he was
usually given some sweetmeat or cor
dial to stop it. He soon adopted the
cough as means of obtaining these lux
uries. Really. those creatures that
''ape humanity So create in us strange
and by no means agreeable sensations
about ourselves. N. Y. Ledger.