New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-18
THE TALK or THE DAY.

"The orthodoxy Of our denominations says The
watcbmanp of Boston. was herocally vindicated on
tIe occasion Of picnic, in which all the Sunday
schools in certain town united except the Baptist,
which was not officially represented account Of
the pastors objection 10 uniting with Unitanans.
What theological or ecclesiastical principle would have
been compromised by joining in picnic with any
sect however heretca we unable 10 see. separate
ourselves as may, we are compelled If We breathe
at ALL to breathe the same atmosphere with our un-
orthodox neighbors. and a picnic seems 10 us about
as neutral the common air."
While on a recent business tour in Alabama saw
a curious phenomenon which Is not % my knowledge
repeated in any 0ther part OF the world IN biDo
AT a barn on the six Mile Creek, there Is field Of
two or three acres which Is subJerranean lake.
take a sharp pole and drive IT through 70 the water
beneath. Half a dozen men Jumping up ana Down
at once in any m sPS % ee aoasd inc the
dryest seasons that patch of ground Is always Damp
rest Of the field BY the luxurlant dark green Of tho
planted it, In one pace wet u nas ne, eeea
dug to the w3er and Pe S ,satcT ante clear and
cold that Of an ordinary sPring pun iae,e seems
crust of earth got on top Of the lake and now II man
ages TO stay there.-(st. Louis GlobeDemocrat'
According to a local paper. Lancaster. Penn has
had visitor who believes In standing mp for hls
rights as a pedestrian. He was commercial drum
MGR and was making for a railroad station. when he
encountered a hack standing Oh the street CROSSING
He refused 10 walk around the vehicle and called 70
some passersby to send him policeman that tho
way might be cleared. No buecoat appeared. so he
checked his grip at the station and returned 70 the
crossing declaring that he would hnger there until
the carriage was moved. He did, too. though 1t TOOK
him an hour aud half in all, and he missed MS uan
On the Rialto-Romeo TicOunter 1.-THE greatest Nv
ing Dsternl-PIitlee who was that gentleman
to whom you bowed SO politely .,,
Rag,by de JaqQs (Of the Not In 1t" Combinaton)-
That is the property man Of our company. -. -,
Romeo TicOun,cr-PrOperty man! i falth tooR
him for a Syndicate. .
Racsby de Jaggs-Exactly so. He is the real
estate owner who gives bail when the manager gets
into troublc.-(S Midsummer Puck.
Professor r. L. Garner Of Washington. who has
made a special study of the language OF monkeys
saws: 81 have given eight years to the study OF THIS
subject and have convinced myself Of the existence
Of a monkey language. | reasoned from the basis OK
evontionthat If Is only the development OF tne
monkey they must have, among other characteristics
In common, the faculty Of speech, and proceeding
upon this theory recorded the utteances OF various
monkeys on the phonograph. and caused them To be
reueated in the presence of other monkeys OF the
simian tribe The latter evidently understood them,
and by investigating further, found that the word
food which, as spoken by monkeys is hardly trans
latable into English, was spoken by all OF them. |
also discovered that their language has but Three
consonant and two vowel sounds. My experiments
have been chiefly conducted with brown Capuchin
south American monkey in Washington, and two
cbirnpanzees in the Cincinnati geological Garden. j
propose making a trip to Africa next year to take
down the speech Of the monkey in his native wilds.
and am confident Of deriving important results from
the investigations which l shall make there