The Helena independent., 1892-05-24
hin. ! could control him with gssater taas
than his master OF any One alss

ana conAdeacs. among others. ! used -
call np nsgto boy whom v very pro-
fsundly hatsd, ana wosld feign 10 dub
Ne boy and beat him vtth Gteat bAlls oi
~ the cage for Jokes 10 slaw u bib sIothss,
Ill Of which seemed 90 oil his whole sinian
soul With Joy, II soon became evident that
JOKES looked upen mo ~ . 9fsRt hero, and
evidently fslt lhat was his friend. H
oua Any, IA wstn %s q y. .gpre.on q
wAs bin law cf etiqussts. II | trestsd them
kindly Jokes accepted them 10 friends: Ii
assaulted them - would do the same
Wntls va trying 70 renew my friendly
relations With hin. "a ons eceasion, when
Of his head on tho hoor and put ost his
tongue and made very quosr hut plaintivs
sound. could mot interpYst this condnst
unless u msant a1bnission.
Daring the sAmo period frequently
called to see another bright little monkey
named Jack. and for compare tive strangsrs
We were auits good friends He was ths
Pct OF a large family Of children, who de-
Lighted IN telling ms the many iztel igsnt
things Jack could do. One evening was
feeding him Some milk from saacsr. and
sss.s a. e s' 6 e. i. spsa a
rage and made nm assault upon me. and
denly drew him up by the chain and
slapped him for his insolenee. He in!
stantly laid the side Of his head uy,on tho
Hoo, put out his tonoue ana mada the aame
queer sound that [ mad henrd Jokes maks
under like ciroumata neas. ana hsva aatis-
fed myself since that II r 4 naode 81 81.
pressing submission. i must tsIl YOU 1
funny expsrisnce with Jack and the phono-
graph. think Of all the monkeys ! have
ever known he il this most inoessent mixer
But when was trying 10 rake . record OF
him could mot dsyiss any plan TO il. .ducs
him 10 talk in front 81 the. horn. Ire,u oyed
the horn and put on ! small fis1ibls di ictat-
ing tubs and tried all means, but failed.
to his mouth and talk, BY Arst doing 10 nv
self. He would take hold with kia liltls
hands, put his mouth in II ~ 20 his ears
and hold it in perfsct silence, thsnh he won ID
drop IT and chatter. After honrs OF oon
stant labor had failed TO get one sound
that could bo heard fys fest. He seemed to
enjoy the feat Of holding the tube TO his
mouth just az / did, and he would look the
big horn out OF couutenanse. but ne ysr
word while within reach Of il.
Another little monkey Of tho a. me species
named Jennie was one Of my little teachers
master that she di1 not like strangers and
that I should bs very cautions Win her, or
she would do me some harm.
At ny request hs had Jennie chained to
small tree in side yard and forbade any
OF ths family snterins il. Whsn 1 a.
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went 40 TO her with the saluta,ion which III
havs formerly described as mea ming food.
She responded with the same word. Iap.
proashed and gave her first = bean at OF
two. then pecan. This she held mn q ne
uttering a peculiar sound. did not know
what it was, nor had ever heard il before
but secured two stones . large one and
small one. when she proceeded st once to
crack the nut with great dexterity muat
confess that I am in great doubt whether
monkeys do this until they have been
many monkeys who had ne idea of the act
till shown how.
While am uuite we'll aware that "a on keva
do many very human-liks things, I think
they are accredited with many th in1s which
they do not really perform. People SOC
them do certain things and they imagine
Tho chimpanzses in Cincinn ati eat their
food with knife and fork, drink from q cup
and use napkin, but they have been taught
this by man. One Of tho objects Of my
studies has bsen to learn just what their
sitv % ts.y % nosssss vithoat hsvine M had any
teaching from man, and 90 far a. my own
experience goes, and Mr.. stanley and othe RI |
confirm my opinion. such aots are far in |
advance Of any simian idoa.
think thev really talk as far al it is ac-
tho very simplest rudim en- t. Of speech, and
are not capable of carrying on q conversa-
tion Of any length, that they have only the
means of expressing their natu ral wants,
and doing this in the very simplest man nsr.
II a monkey wants something TO rink he
uses sound nearly like ''kh-u-w;'' but if
he is angry he uses q sound nearly like
"eegk," which il quite sharp, and he re-
peats it 30 rapidly that you might thin X he
had made quite speech, when he had only
said over and over this one word. This
word. however, il not the alarm or menace
which used on Jokes whoa 30 frightened
him.
In the Philadefphia garden is q large
spider monkey, and l learned one word
from her, and when every thing il Quiet I
can 70 into the monkey house and oall her
with this peculiar sound, and she will in
variably repeat it and come to me- used
it with one of the same kind in Atlanta
with tolsrabls success.
I have rot confined my stu aies to m oakeys
alone. I have made many phonoQraphic
records of other kinds of animals. such as
lions. tigers. dogs, cats, parrots. mRcavs
and men Of various races. and among the
many records have made have sonae ysrv
curious sounds, and think shall bs able
10 show that certain kinds Of sounds are
made by animals that have certnin kinds Of
laws and that the length of tho law il an
index 10 the pewer Of spsech.
ann aware that many psople sla AXE their
heads and declare that the souuds made
by the lower animals are unlike thoee
made BY man, and they trv to believe
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