Telegram-herald., 1889-11-16


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Individual eSpsEleaee. inased, often
wh-aly fails - explain slscA faculties a.
lie pgoteeuss iasEHe1s II oer11la
ards asd aDims.is TIE british zoolo
zist. Spzldlng. once procured sclne
ne1ly h4tcheS uirkeys, and IA order q
make a. experiment carried t1aen into
a hall - jolnlng rsom where re kept .
pair of pei has IS tAat had nog been lei
tf.zt morning. sn1 which noW zu1 then
vented their IGPatisHcs II : sAriA
scTrsB
The yoans turks : had but Just come
oa. of laeiT egg she1s, sId had never
seen = hawE 81 heard ons before; bai zs
The hrst sound CT those screams they al
started 10 their feet ana toadled 81 WITT
every sigh q terror
Al slght q snake or : raj my pet
5zboon ail retreat 70 the farthesl cor
uer of bar cage ascr.sed Tie 4recsu-
tion 20 nervous dread II al unknown
animals, unal 1 made tie experiment
with a pair OF guinea pgs Jenny was
eating her breakias. when the soueahng
little strangers entered heI cage but ia
this case her only dread seemed 70 be
thag she might have 70 share her meai
with the unlimited guests
For a minute on two she watched their
movements with al air Of puzzled curl
csity. bat then, instead Of taking 10 her
heels she made a grab al the intruders
and without further ado hustled them
out, and discouraged a repetition OF the
visit by giving each a parting pinch in
the back.
Jenny had received her geological ed
ucauon IN the Abyssinian highlands
while guinea pigs are natives Of South
America. but somehow the sight of the
waddling pigmies seemed 10 satisfy her
that they could be no fighters.
This baboon has a strange appetite for
insects. She appears To recognize the
difference between the harmless north
ern centipede and It's dreadful tropical
relative, but she handles crawtish with
evident suspicion, either on account Of
their pinching apparatus on because Of
their resemblance 10 the overgrown scor-
pions of the tropics.
With snakes she absolutely declines
to take any risks; the poisonous va
rieties include too many dangerous
stranglers.
Hereditary instincts sometimes con
tinue TO assert themselves under circum-
stances that seem 10 make their assist
ance rather superfuous. There was q
time when the ancestors Of the dog found
ii useful precaution 10 bury the rem
nants Of a good meal, and thus provide
against possible times of scarcity. and
that old race habit still prompts their
descendants to hide bones and old crusts
even where the bounty of their masters
supplies them with regular and abun-
dant daily meals.
Lapdogs that have never left the prem
ises of fashionable residence "hunt" in
their dreams, which proves that their
minds retain latent aptitude for the
favorite pastimes of their forefathers.
During a summer tour in the Austrian
Alps one OF my neighbors bought a
young shepherd dog and brought him to
suburb of Cincinnati, where sheep are
seen only in the form of mutton; but
every little while the young herder would
try to earn his board by collecting a
troop Of stray geese, and, in spite OF their
mis- ing protest, drive them along the
ST. aer like a flock Of restless sheep
Felix l.. Oswald in Boston Globe