The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14

OF 0MEnse.
So far our instances of intelligence have
dealt with the spirit u mischief which ap-
pears TO possess the monkey tribe. but we
can so much higher. In former papers
many stories have been told OF the affec-
Tomato remembrance Of former owners
or benefactOrs by various animals Mon
keys possess this mark Of emotional in
telligence. An officer OF The Bengal army
had pet monkey. r'.Sc s.c' 0tls beast
enough, but affording so much amusc-
ment as TO compensate Tor the trouble
The major. however, was ordered upon
active service. and was obliged 10 part
with his little friend. He sold him TO the
keeper of a menagerie who was going TO
England. Two years afterWard the ai0r
himself returned home. and, going through
a town where a menagerie was being eN-
hibited, he went in to see the show. Go
ing TO the monkeys cage, he saw 10 his
surprise his former pet. The monkeys
frantic joy and cries affected all present,
and the major himself resolved at once TO
purchase him back.
But he arranged to leave him in his
present quarters until his return fom Lon
don, where he was going for two or three
days. Unfortunately the business which
called him 10 town detained him for near
~ a week; ana when he came back TO the
menagerie to claim his purchase. the keep
er told him sorroWfully that his Ette pet
was dead On his old masters departure
his Wild excitement changed into the deep
est dependency. He refused to eat. No
delicacies could tempt him. he pinned away
day by day; and shortly before the major
reappeared his poor monkey had died Ct
a broken heart" The same memory seems
to exist in connection with each other.
"One morning a little sick ana wounded
black-faced monkey, quite young. was
| brought TO our house On india). where il
was taken such care CG by our servants
that It soon got quite well. IL became
There was an old monkey Of another
kind about the premises, which took q
great fancy 10 the new conner. The old
monkey was called Moonie and the little
one Fanny. They soon were the greatest
Of friends; but have seen Mconie box
NNuH oh Hsannl
which did not belong TO her. Wen, one
day in the hot weather. all things being
still and quiet, 1 heard frightful yelling
and screaming and | soon found that two
great black-faced monkeys were having
a fight with Moonie, who IN her excite
| ment had broken her chain and had driven
the intruders away. l was glad TO see lit
tie Fanny out of reach on her t8VOrite
branch. and safe from her assailants. But
this did not last Ions; Two Gays atier-
ward seventeen large black-iaced gentle
men came galloDing up the avenue with
their tails erect, and pushing MOonie quite
aside they carried of little Fanny in tri-
umph. Poor Fannys native wood was AT
least two miles off and she had been
taken care OF at our house Tor eight
months, since she had been found wounded
and brought to US" SO writes lady from
krishnagur.
Let us look at other instincts" Oar
win writes in his Descent Of NAM RenE~
ger observed an American monkey care
fully driving away the dies, which
plagued her infant; and Duvancel saw
ones in a stream. So Intense is the GRIEF
of female monkeys for the loss of their
young. that it invariably caused the
death of certain kinds kept under confine-
| ment by Brehm in North Africa. Orphan
] monkeys were always adopted and care
fully guarded by the other monkeys, both
male and female Forbes the eminent
/ naturalist in his Oriental Memoirs
| says: "One of a shooting party under a
carried 1t to mis- tent, which was soon sur
/ rounded by forty or fifty of the tribe, who
made great noise and seemed disposed
! to attack their aggressor
J. They retreated when he presented his
| fowling piece, the dreadful effect of which
they had witnessed and appeared perfect
! ly TO understand. The head of the troop.
| however, stood his ground. chattering
| furiously; the, sportsman who perhaps
| felt some little degree of compunctiOn
| for having killed one Of the family, did
/ not like to fire at the creature, and moth
! ing short of firing would suffice to drive
| him off. At length he came to the door of
| the tent, and finding threats of no avail,
| began a larnentabie moaning, and by
the most expressive gesture seemed to
! beg for the dead body. II was given him;
| he took it sorrowfully in his arms and
| bore it away to his expecting compan-
! ions. They who were witnesses of this
extraordinary scene resolved never again
| to fire al one of the monkey race"
Jesse, in that abundant store house for
| the naturalist, "Jcsse's Cleanings," tells
| the following story of Sir W. Hoste:
| zone of his officers, coming home after
a long days shooting saw female mon
] Key running dlouB inc "iDGhHs WIN ntE
| young one in her arms. He Immediately
| fired, and the animal fell. On his coming
| up she grasped her little one close to her
/ breast, and with the other hand pointed
| to the wound which the ball had made,
and which had entered above her breast.
| Dipping her finger in the blood, and then
| holding it up she seemed to reproach him
| with being the cause Of her death. and
| consequently that of the young one. to
| which she frequently pointed. i never
| says Sir William, felt so much as when
| 1 heard the story, and determined never
! to shoot one Of these animals as long as
Leaving these rather devoted stories we
may say that monkeys have a very decid-.
eddy strong sense Of the ludicrous. Dr..
Romanes gives q very good instance which
fell under his own observation: Several
years ago ! used to watch carefully the
young orang-outang in the Geological
gardens, and / am quite sure that she
manifested a sense Of the ludicrous. One
example will suffice. Her feeding tin was
of a somewhat peculiar shape, and when
It was empty she used sometimes to inVert
IL upon her head. The tin then presented
a comdcal resemblance to a bonnet and
as its wearer would generally favor the
spectators with broad grin at the time
of putting it on, she never failed to raise
a laugh from them. Her success in this
respect was evidently attended with no
small qualification on her part"
Another of DR. Romanes' anecdotes will
be of interest to that suffering portion of
mankind which is familiar with the den
lists operating room. one of the large
monkeys at the Alexandria Palace had
been for some time suffering from the
decay Of the right lower canine, and an
abscess forming, a large portuberance on
the jaw had resulted. The pain seemed so
great II was decided to consult a dentist
as to what should be done; and as the poor
creature was at times very savage, II was
thought that If the tooth had TO be ex-
tracted gas should be used for the safety
of the operation.
Preparations were made accordingly
but the behavior of the monkey was quite
surprise to all who were concerned. He
showed great fight on being taken out Of
the cage, and not only struggled against
being put into a sack prepared with
hole cut for his head, but forced one Of
his hands out and snapped and screamed
and gave promise of being very trouble
some. Directly, however, Or. Levin
Moseley, an eminent London dentist, who
had undertaken the operation, managed to
get his had on the abcess and gave re-
lief, the monkeys demeanor changed en-
tirely. He laid his head down quietly for
examination, and without the use Of gas
submitted to the removal of a stump Of
tooth as quietly as possible"
A DAY AMONG THE FLOWERS.