The sun., 1895-05-26
COLD FACTSASTO MONKEYS
UNEMBELLIsHBDs sIMIAN HISTORY
AND ANECDOTE,
The Hesembiances OF This Arthrops,a TO
kEsu Ass Auntc--ir~i. Not Intellectual
worshipped In Indie, Eaten IN South
Ameriea-Nonkeys Are Monkeys.

| hEsu Are Auntc--ir.i, Not Irteiieetuni-
| worphIpped In India, Eaten In soutf
Aneriea-Moakeys Arc Mo.ksys.
Prom the Chicago Daily TSfbune.
| The truth 10 that monkeys are caricatures o
human beings. The word ape. which menni
man. was applied to the gorilla, chlmpanzee
| orang outang and gibbon before theND Darwiniar
theory was conceived. while the word monkey
| was derived either from "manikin" "ho-
| munculus," both of which mean n funny little
man." Men find pleasure in observing speci.
| mems Of this great family because In them they
| SEQ grotcsque countorfeits of themselves and
because, whether Mt play, quarrelling, or In re-
| pose, monkeys are always funny. OF all things
men like best 70 be amused.
The monkey suggests n mana dwarfed wea-
zoned ole man, for all monkeys seem old, even
tho nursing babes In thoir mothers arms. Some
men nre cnricatures of their kind. Certain Afri-
cans and European typo Of man display ro-
markable facial resemblance TO monkeys, cspc-
cially to the Old World macnQues and many Of
tho South American family. a chacma once
on exhibition In q Chicago museum had such n
humanlike countenance that he constantly sug-
gested to visitors the face OF somc unhnndsomo
human acquaintance. Many tribes OF people in
India, equatorial Africa. Borneo, and Java be-
levo tho chatterinR, grinnipg animals to be real
mon, who have voluntarily or through compul-
who have the power Of speech
Naturalists give the monkey reputation II
does not deserve by insisting that the playful
ness and humor Of youth are invariably sue
ceedcd by viciousness In age. This conclusion
has been reached from u study of 1t In captivity,
and in temperate and colder climates cOnsump-
ton quickly seizes this child Of tropic birth. In
prison 1t is irritable because 1t is sick and dying
In its native homo 1t becomes sedate, serious
and dignified with advancing years. but affords
no moro evidence of ugliness OF temper than
does the lord of creation In his native condition
Equally slanderous are the. stories that have
been 30 freely circulated concerning the corrupt
morals OF the monkey; the vices suggested.
where they exist, having been taught it by hu-
man preceptors. and not acquired by its own
natural depravity.
Old Hanno, the Carthagenian, started a cock
and-bull story to the effect that certain monkeys
chased after his freebootins followers and pet-
ed them with sticks and stones. which inven-
tion has come down through the ages with mod
i6cations to suit the credulity of the successive
course to other means Of offence and defence
than those afforded by nature. Like most fables
Thioh 5 travellers in all ages have had fondness
Is a suggestion of a foundation for the fiction.
Baboons. which. usually live in hilly countries,
dong Sc
which may roll down upon their pursuers. So
habits, will leap from branch to branch in their
effort to escape from their arch enemy, man.
upon the heads Of the hunters below. But they
do not throw stones sticks Nor do monkeys
throw coeoanuts at anybody. They are pniver;;
sally a greedy set of rascals, and uniformly hold
fast to nll nuts and fruits upon which they can
lay their hands.
THEIR ONLY RESEMBLANCE TO MANKIND.
Another fallacy concerning the animal is that
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may resemble man anatomically, 1t is infinitely
removed from him in intellect. Tho dog and
the horse are much higher in the scale Of knowl-
ascrlbe this fact to the long tion Of the
mans intimate since the latter has had a place
upon earth. But does this afford explana:
the goat, creatures remarkably low in intelIi-
gence. that have also been the companions Of
man from time immemorial2
The plain truth about the monkey Is that 1t Is
playful Initiative to some extent. may be atfec-
tionn,,e.soms , species % are remarkably soIis in
any apRreciable idea Of the ovnership Of prop;
everything in sight as It's own, II il coyets the
article, This 1t usually does whether the artl-
Of s IN and
the Eor1 which t may be larger than man to
larger than n squirrel. No Old World monkey
has prehensio tail. and no New World monkey
monkeys have prehensie tails. but all have
tail of some Kind which is altogether want
of tie a IN
have most beautiful and varied 9oorings and
markings. MAJ as the guenons. the eallfthrix,
q prodigiously long nose-the proboscis mon
provided with an extra stomach for the storage
of food. No monkey ever had sufficient intelli-
Chaillu and some other travellers to the con-
trary Notwithstanding
, A: AZ the great group numbering several hun
of the bnboon. All of them are decidedly mis-
chie1yous. and to the last one Is as afraid Of a
able anecdotes might be told of the tricks and
diabolism of these manikins OF the forest.
APES VICES AND VIRTUES.
Balloons affect human vices with manlike
learn to chew tobacco. or eat it, rather. within
a a week Of captivity. while many instances are
q Jack tar, on shore leave. They are shaped
Ike u dog. have canine heads, and run precisely
bound, or jump. Despite their fierce appear
ance they are ainiabe enough, and only fight in
dryas, gelada, mandrill, &c and they are prob
ably the biggest thieves in tho world. In their
By stealth in large we'll orssnz.d @ adp'bb3aSa b3nGs
and md. make havoc. wantonly destroying what
owned a common ba boon which ho M had trained Ded
to steal Its own provisions. Its favored method |
was to feign death in order to distract the no. |
tice OF vendcrs Of fruit, and when 1t had sue |
ceeded covertly approach the stand. where it |
would seize and quickly disappear with n cheek |
pouch full OF dates. its favorits food. The |
amusement it occasoned usually saved it from |
the punishment it deserved. This scamp, how |
ever came to wofnl grief at last. One day when |
making off on Baxter street with n loaded pouch |
nI dates little terrier dog shipped Its hind leg.
Thinking the fruit seller the offender, it turned
quickly about and sprang furiously upon the
man, who, heing an Italian carried q stictto.
which he buried to the hilt In the poor brute be-
fore its owner could interfere.
Tho monkeys about which Rudyard Kip!ing
writes so charmingly, and yet with such indif-
Terence to fact, arc the sacred animals or the
as the naturalists persist in call
ng them. They are all Asiatc. and. the Hin
To- the const,4nt menace OF fields OF rice and
other grain. One of this genus, the dolIc u ma
y. I'VE OF the woods OF Cochin-Chinn, was owned