Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15


guided by the sense Of smell. us IL Is evi-
dent that the settlers, whose habits Of
hnDting have developed 10 them "a much
NOR sensitive ulinctory power would
maturity have been the iirgt 10 have de-
tected their masters approach and yet
II was equally evident that The terriers
cars wore the FIRST TO catch the sounds.
] have observed among dogs nss0ci
nted with each other That whore one
should bark IN the distance. MS though
be had something nt bay, his cOmpan
ion hearing him from the house, would
Prick his cars listen for n moment, and
then dash of In the direction from
whence tho sound came, whereas The
burk Of strange dog even having
something at bay would only cause
him to listen, utter low sound on
grunt. and lio down ngnin and take
nap as much az 10 say, That's nothing
to mel ] have known many instances
where dogs would follow the fern
wagon 10 town and faithfully qua j the
wagon and its contents all dnv long
with q fidelity that we seldom see in
the most devoted servants The attach
iuent Of dog 10 his master has been %
subject Of remark from time imme-
mortal. until the SAYING has crystgliZpd
Into Il maxim "As fnithful az n watch
dog" a friend Of mine had little ter
ricf whose name wns Nicodcmus that
window 20 watch the people pass the
street She assured me that on wash
days. whom the steam would condense
Oh the window-paups. NicOdemus would
lick the moisture from the glass IN or
der to soc through IL more clearly.
Whni else than reason could have
prompted thigf
/ have made some interesting OBJ
sprvntons nmOng cats, Including the
whole family felidnc Their language Is
Theoretically and structurnlly different
from the candac, but the scope Of this
article viii not admit Of q detailed Gc-
scription Of their modes Of speech /
shall only mention one peculiar trait IN
the nature Of eats n contrast To- that If
dogs. The dogs seem tn become attach
al TO the individuals with whom
they are associated whether persons
Or other domestic animals, while the
cats seem 10 become more attached 20
localities, aud have observed that
families removing their abode from
place 10 place always have 10 curry
the cuts by force and accustom them
To their new surroundings whereas the
dogs follow the family aud take up
their abode with them, seeming to he
come ot once rccouciled 60 al surround
ings II nss0cutcd with their accus-
toned friends. ! cannot see In what
respect the intrinsic characters Of the
attachments differ. save that one h tu
locality aud the other is to their
friends.
Much has been said from time 10 time
on the luuWingc ot birds. but "a great
deal that has been written ola that sub
lrct | think. belongs tu the realm Of
poetry rather than science. So far
as my observations among birds will
Justify ! believe 10 h. safe to suy thut
the music of birds. az Il rs commonly
called, b. not really music, as Il Is want
ing In every element ~ time and
iEtllm They, perhaps, more nearly
tlu any other order. utter sounds
which conform In point Of harmony to
thc musical scale OF the human voice:
| yet they do not shade thcir sounds into
true chromntic scales. Many of the
tones and srmi-tunes are wanting
while in me species minor tones
abuusd which give their voices grcnt
pnthOs aud sympathy. but these are
usually of small range. [ do not con-
| ccdc 10 lEc birds high order OF
speech Notwithstanding their grrnt
variety of sounds, because, uH ! have
| shown above, speech properly speak
| ing, j. the expression OF mcthodic
| thought and the low mental condition
| of this order of the animal kingdom
| iprlhds the possibility Of high order
| of reason.
must mention the hCo. that nrchi.
tect whose models are the pnrnWons of
| Hhill and strength aud whose domestic
! habits man might emulate with pride:
| also the ant whose daily life Of toll and
| instincts Of iruknhty are Often cited as
! criterionS. ColOnica of these insects are
| ruled 10y laws az wisc and uniform a.
| any code that guides the acts of man.
| II their routine of life were Just the
Same from dny TO day, We might pre-
| snmc TO say that each special unit had
! hccn made Ia Ill some iutersticc Ia Ma
! lures ample plan. aud that 10y diht of
| mechanism each unit discharges the pnrt
| assigned IL, Just ~ one component part
0l some machine, unconscious uf itself
! responds tn other pnrts, but such h not
tue cusc, Within the narrow channel of
| their busy lives events occur FROM time
| 10 Time which call upon the resources al
! the mind 10 meet conditions heretofore
| unknown And IL has been subject
Of remark how promptly they respond
| 10 such emergencies, which must require
Intellect 20 guide and unity of action to
/ Wpmr ana rClustutp, In many tuscs
| wholly new to thcm it must divert The
current Of affairs and bronx the thread
OF continuity.
This calls tllo genius ~ invention 10
the breach, In which event IL thoy could
not respond, confusion needs must he
prolonged and thus become "A nurmnl
state OF life until another accident pro.
ducud another form. Hut such would do
away with law, and chance would rule
the universe OF lie ], has been claimed
By some That these insects possess a form
OF speech; by others that they nrc guided
10y signs alone and 10y many IL rs thought
that instinct IA the faculty which guide,
thcm have not thus far boon able "a
dvteG in them true speech but | have
observed among them many signs, cspe.
cNlly among the ants II IN also Thought
that ants are guided hy the sense of
smell, and such has been declared hy
s0uic naturalist, hut having watched foi
days some colonies of ants / am almost
sure beyond cayil that they are guided
by landmarks and communicate hv signs
Tie burdened ant always has the righi
of way. When gathering In thcir win.
ter stores, The burdenud ant n h0moward
bound and always has the right OF way
Whom they become confused or LOSE
their way they always seek the land
marks which will guide them N IA,
outward-hound amt should lose It's way
whom it finds the landmark &c AWAY,
ro,s to the homoward side and pnsse,
out II homcward bound, the reverse !,
true. and their methods som to hc wis,
und unCrriug.
ann awurc that there can he no com
mon unit of measure between the In
tellccts of primutes and insects. since
the one has brain ana the other gang
laic. but | must confess il strikes IN,
iorcihly TINT the latter which from
clus of brain. discharges AN IA,
brain discharges among mammalia. Ii
Is no exception 10 my belief that The,
are parallel developments with man
md eonN tpnatvn an onntbor ptnv III,