Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-17
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Richmond Christian Adyocate)
The dogs far-oR ancestor was the wolf.
Watch the Snowman ana his trained dogs!
They do cute things that many negro
I'm Equatorial Africa cannot be drileu 10
match In Cleverness. Consider the thou-
sand and one true stories OF the dogs
intelligence. Look ut the collie STANDING
by the gap. counting the sheep "a they
file out! Two are absent NOT worn -
said nor n motion made by the master.
The dog darts or. and presently brings
the two estrays lie knows there were
but a couple left. SO he "a satisfied when
two are found At our feet as we write,
sleeps one of that breed. Cows belonging
10 different owners Craze In the same nelG'
Near milking time do not dogs know inc
time of day9 h. saun'ers towards the
kitchen Ills presence calls tho cook 10
her duty. Here's Don, rs time l was
a-mllking." When she starts toward inc
"cup-pen." he bounds across the Held
picks out our cows, leaving two others
one belonging 80 Mr.. Powell the other I'D
Mr. Garrison quietly feeding.
Rosso. jet DO. Don. after dinner. de-
sire amusement SO trOt 10 the woods.
When they reach n brush heap, Don
springs on the top OF it and begins 20
Jump up and down. jostllng every dead
twig IN the pile OF limbs and leaves, ana
50 frightening the hare ont. In the mean
while. the others stand around to nab
the rabbit What shrewd sense In those
tactics? There are plenty OF clefts In the
rocks along the creeks. Many a time this
band Of hunters has chased cunning
Old hare. who. after playing with them
for awhile skips through the underground
when pressed. TO n refuge in den OF
stones Jet. a sloty half-breod wise and
nimble. sent his fellows Forward To the
hillside where the hare uses" but took
his stand near the hole in the rocks. The
strategy ended the career 81 that RABBIT.
But there are twice a thousand anac-
dotes OF thought In dogs and other ami
mails.
Elephants with their large brain-boX.
learn 10 assist I'm many emplOyments.
They move large logs for building pur-
poses. placing them exactly as directed.
seeming 10 catch the meaning Of words.
There Is an animal that has the potcn-
cY and promise OF large value 10 man
the gorilla. He roams I'm the jungles OF
Africa. and Is stronger than the stOutest
OF his negro ncighbors. He can walk NJ
right often using a cane, and seema
an mcouth. clumsy. thlck-set native nam
OF the Dark Continent" The chimpan-
zee. "A near relation. Is even closer ap-
proach to man. The one I'm the park
ing with knife and fork an1 uttcring n
few words. This breed Is five feet high.
The gorilla rises % six feet.
II the gorilla had the thousands Of years
OF domestic training Of the dog, ana the
improvement by best breeding. who can
doubt that he conh so a bow-shot beyoni
the smartest canine ever seen? IT is not
wide guess TO say that care and culture.
running through a series OF years. would
II
skin Of high quality. A thousand and one
coarse services he could perform. Bred
In our homes he would he dOciie. Ills
great strength, an in moving lumber at
saw-mils would be abdul. III the dog
Is a necessity 10 the German woman to
pun her hand-cart how much more the
tame and powerful gorilla 20 lift and lug
burdens?
Mr.. Garner. Of this State. Is now study
ing the gorilla In its native forest. H.
has a portable iron house, which IL placed
In the Jungle. He has a phOnogDph TO
catch their voices. and a camera 10 fix
their features. lie sleeps in his metal
home. His FIRST report is in a late maya
zine He thinks the gorilla has Ian
ouage which can be learned by man. The
government Of the gorilla is patriarchal.
The father Is king Every morning no
summons his people from siumber by
loud call They bring him food. The Afri-
cans report having seen now and then a
council OF the chiefs. The gorilla emperor
sits alone. apart and In state, while tho
lesser potentiates range themselves In
crescent. There f. what appears TO DO
! a debate-an interchange Of opinion as
noisy as O. session OF our National Solons.
Mr.. Garner hopes to secure. by his phono-
graph, a report OF 'palayer." and by
| study 10 make record OF the speech or
| this animal
Give the gorilla the centuries OF improve
rnent enjoyed by the dog. who can 1Jube
| the gain by this education and associa-
tom put side by side the accomplish 81
| collie or the show-dog OF to-day. anu mo
eaunt wolf OF Siberia. Mark the distance
made by culture between them! TX sus-
costs the condition OF the gorilla. domes-
| Heated on the sugar plantation OF LOU
islana. as a valuable "hand' In tho cane
0eIds II the puppy fetches a glove why
| should not these or breeds or semi
negroes. possibly with language, learn
| 10 drive a cart, collect the sugar s.oeKs'
and bring IN a load 70 tbs miilsF
| Mr.. Garner may open up source OF
servants for the South Cthe gorilla needs
a warm cllmate) who will not entail
civil war for their freedom. nor slavery
OF their masters to supply "schooi tunos
| for the emancipated Simiadae.