Wichita eagle., 1889-02-15
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
Passions, Requirements and Emotion
Easily Detected By Study.

Passions, Requirements and Emotions
Easily Detected b. Study.
| The physical expressions which the ami
mails employ to manifest their passions, re-
ouirements, dlstresses and emotions, are
precisely similar to mans, observes awr1ser
! in Forest and Stream. They earess with
their bps and limbs, show resentment by
/ facial distortion, bites and kicks, and fear
| BIZ tremor; they leap with joy, lOll with
thirst, lag with fatigue, and attack for re-
venge and repr1sal. Even fishes, with their
poor deficient bodies, are able to manifest
many mental operations in q manner intel
igiDie to man as well as to each other.
There is no end to authenticated instances
of animal sagacity, indicating p<enledNa-
ton, plan, purpose, sense Of duty, prudence,
gratitude, method, Judgment Animals
memor;ze- They cherish malice they dream
IN their sleep, they can count, they have a
sense CT Injustice, consciousness Of error,
and notions Of forgiveness and rep2ration
j have seen a brute Of a man rsGuite the
clumsy caress Of his horse By q thnnping
blow on the nose. His supreme intelligence
did not comprehend the animals action,
forsooth. Now some men get vexed II they
are no readily understood Did the horse
show temper-this noble animal whom Job
represents as imbued with the spirit Of the
tempest? Did he even resent the ouhragef
Not by retaliation, although he plsinly inai-
Gated his keen sense of this mdignity.
What may We suppose his emotions TO have
been at treatment so regardless and unpro-
vokedi Yet he presently forgave all. Do
not say that he forgot, for at all times
afterward he shrank with apprehension
when his master approached. Oh! the gen
tleness, forbearance and long-suEering of
brutes, who ofttimes grieve in silence
speeches. and unable 20 utter protest or
complaint.
Animals mediate. Dogs have been seen
to sit in q fit Of abstraction, so that 40 one
could engage their attention, and presently
start of with an impetus which showed
there was mental impulse behind it. That
was keen sense OF finesse displayed by
the Newfoundland dog at a seaside resort
when he pushed little children OFF the pier
SO that he could jump in ulagnanimously
to the rescue, and thereby obtain the re-
ward OF a handful Of candy which he an
ticipated the grateful parents would be-
stow. He repeated the trick 80 often that
he fell into suspicion and disgrace, out his
method showed not only conception of the
efficacy Of virtuouS act and its logical
recompense, but the advantage OF decep-
ton when successfully pracsiced. A crow
which know of slammed hunger habitu-
ally, so as to obtain more food, which he
invariably carried OFF and hid in a wall, and
then came back for more. In this way he
accumulated large boards of provender. A
certain Java sparrow was able to distin-
guish the click of its masters latcn-key in
the hall door from any other PERSONS, and
few to meet him with demonstrations OF
Joy as soon as he entered the house. He
never made mistake. A sagacious mas
tiff always pulled the door-beu when he de-
sired to enter. A parrot in New Orleans
seemed to answer questions categorically,
and recognized different persons, calling
them by name. The intelligence Of insects
IS, perhaps, even more wonderful. Fishes
exhibit remarkable sagacity, which has
been made the theme Of writer's for two
thousand years.