The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-13

Inc next novels the reverse Of the first
enat Is, teaching the monkey to leave the
master and go where hidden at a certain
command or in obedience to a wave Of tie
hano- This is accomplished in much the
same manner as is related above, with the
olHerence that the string or rope is reached
through pulley fastened in the wall The
master places himself with the monkey at
the wall opposite the pulley, having the
strlng In his hand. He then raises his hand
and pointing in the direction of the pulley,
gives the rope tug, which naturally draws
the monkey toward the pulley. In a very
snort time the monkey learns to run off at
the wave Of the hand. Pulleys are then at
tached along the different walls and the
rope frequently changed from one to the
other. This will at first bewilder the mon
key and he will often run off in the wrong
direction, only to be checked. The hand of
the master always being pointed in the
direction the animal should go, it soon learns
to watch the hand and follow the direction
indicated. This is one of the most import
ant phases Of the monkeys education, as it
enables the Italian when exhibiting the
monkey in the street to send it up to, and
into windows to collect pennies"
But how is the monkey taught to fetch
small articlesF'
'Oh, that is a simple matter was the
reply. "a coin is placed in the monkeys
hand. If it drops the coin the monkey is
rebuked and the coin put into its hand until /,
after repeated trials, the copper is re-
tanned. Each time this is done the master
repeats a certain word in Italian which is
the equivalent of the word fetch After the
idea of holding the coin is firmly fixed into
its mind the monkey will hold out its hand
to receive it, and will finally grab for it.
When this point is reached, the penny is
laid before the monkey upon the floor when
the animal will pick it up. The coin is then
gradually moved farther and farther
away, and finally thrown TO the other side
of the room. With wave of the hand the
monkey is then sent to pick up the coin and
told to fetch it. This usually finishes the
education of the ordinary hand organ mon
key. 1t has received all the instruction
necessary for practical financial purposes,
and is put to work right away"
but some monkeys take higher degrees,
do they not?"
Eyes, a few, but rarely is monkey edu-
Gated to do the tricks nova days which
were taught to them ten years ago. 1t was
a common thing in the streets of New York
at that time to see q monkey performing
on wooden pedestal in the street. These
accomplishments of the monkey are fast
falling into the soup But the little animals
would learn just as quickly now as they
to put on and take off hat, the hat is first
placed on its head and then taken off and
replaced by the master guiding the mon
keys hand by taking hold of its arms ac-
comranying the two movements by separ-
ate commands and an occasional pinch.
Practice soon makes the monkey perfect in
these movements. During all these lessons
the monkey has been dressed and has be-
come accustomed to wearing Clothes"
GtHOxxy &c a Y1onpEay fonnyht fn xually
its hind legs9'
The hands or fore feet are fastened to its
back. The body of the monkey is then held
in an upright posture by means
of ropes or stays. Phe same plan
of teaching which caused the ami
NAL to come when called is the motive
in this instance When the animal has
become accustomed to standing, the hands
are released. When once the monkey is
accustomed to walking upright, it is an
easy matter to teach the animal to walk a
tight-rope. In fact, owing to the forma-
ton of its feet the monkey finds it very
easy to dance on the daring slack wire The
power to preserve his balance is born in the
monkey and he is really quite in his ele-
ment on the rope. While walking about it
is an easy matter to teach the monkey to
dance. By continual repetition the animal
soon learns how to ring bell, strike the
cymbals and to turn the crank of a small
organ"
chow is the monkey taught to shoot
gunY'
by gradually making it acquainted with
the noise of an explosion. This is done by
first exploding percussion caps and then
light charges at distance from the mon
key, gradually bringing the monkey nearer.
In this manner the animal soon becomes
Indifferent to the noise and will hold the
Il. e
of the monkeys left hand are then placed
firmly on the trigger and It's knuckles are
given a sharp rap which explodes the pow
der. In very short time the monkey will
pull the trigger at the motion of stick"
ERNEST JARRoLD.