The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-17
INTELLIGENT MONKEYS.
Curious Anecdotes OF I. Chimpanzeo and an
Ornne Outaug.

Curious Anecdotes OF n Cbimpanzee and an
Orang Outsng.
The great psychologist, Blumenbach,
had one Of the monkey tribe, whose
movements and conduct he carefully
watched for more than a year together.
1t came to manage the wood for the
stove with great dexterity, and would
put 1t in with as much judgment and
economy as cook-maid or parsi-
monious spinster. This animal was very
partial to the fire, like all other apes,
and would occasionally SINCE himself,
when he would sally forth and roll
round in the snow with all the ecstasy
of Russian after taking warm vapor
bath at 1S0 degrees OF heat. After en-
joying this luxury for time he would
return to his old quarters by the fire.
He once swallowed lump of arsenic
large enough to have done the business
of ten Kalmucks, but in him it pro-
duced only trifling indisposition, and
in short while he was quite well again.
A work on insects happened to lie
for some time upon the table, and
with solemn studiousness for about an
hour The illustrations particularly
riveted his attention; whether they
awakened "reminiscences of his former
haunts is unknown, but when the book
came to be examined, it was discovered
that with consummate address he had
pinched 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
habits of orang outangs exhibited
many years ago in London. They were
male and female, the former the Chin
panzee, and the latter the Borneo. In
some respects they presented marked
contrast, and did not show the least
tenderness or attachment to each other.
The social habits of the Chimpanzee
far exceeded those of the female.
In the morning, on first seeing person
whom he knew. he would utter loud
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 it 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 a
look of gravity and an appearance of
wisdom.
The hearing of both animals was re-
marllably 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;
aud if their removal was protracted be-
yond 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
,1 10 ctr To hn
cough as means of obtaining these lux
uries. Really, those creatures that
cape humanity So" create in us strange
and by no means agreeable sensations
about ourselves.-N. Y. Ledger.