The evening times., 1895-08-06
MONKEY AND PARRor SENSE.
Amusing Incidents That Prove the
Quick Intelli1ence OF Aufsuala.

AONAEx AMI fAHHOT SENSE.
Amusing Incfdents That Prove the
Quick Intelligence OF Animals.
After somewhat learned ard very In
teresting discussion on the s'Nearness OF
animals to man." and Mr.. Gamers ef-
forts toward developing monkey Ian
guage. etc., some one told the following
story:
"A young lad in a Southern family I
know had half-grown black monkey
sent 10 him from Borreo. The creature,
shy and strarge at first, soon showed
himself responsive to kindness, quick ard
Intelligent in learning the usual accom-
plishments thought necessary In a monkey
education. He became warmly attached
to his youthful owner, and the two friends
might be seen any where together, the
Borneo perched on the shoulders of young
America. occasionally giving him an affcc-
tionate tap on the cheek or chatterins in
his ear In the most human way possible.
After while IL was decreed that Yokko's
master must be sent North to school and
the desolate condition OF that monkey, in
consequence, was really pitiable-he grieved
and refused to be comrorted for long time
and when he suddenly became mischievous
He played such tricks and pranks that at
last everyhody's patience gave out and
fokko avs disposed OF and disappeared.
Years went by and the young Southerner
went fIom school to college; soon after his
graduation he was visiting in some Western
eity-Chicago, think-and passing along
The streets one day he observed knot Of
people gathered Ona corner. Heapproached
to see what 1t meant. suddenly great black
thing lighted ON his shoulders, his neck was
closely clasped and a little cold, black paw
was patting and sticking his face, with
such an abandon Of affection, such an ex-
cited chattering and mufmuring as COM
pletely bewildeIed the young man for
moment.
OF course 1t was Master Yokko, de-
scended to the role of an organ-monkey,
and after all the years, all the travel and
toll and change, he had recognized his
old young master! The delight was
mutual, and arrangements were soon
completed for the repurcbase Of Yokko.
Certainly, IL prompt, swift, decisive ac-
tion is indicative of something beyond
mere instinctAof intellect, In fact-that
monkey had It'll and there wasn't any
question as to his '.nearness to man." was
there?
Then a navy man who was present told
the following:
You know sailors are always fond of
pets, and on board q man-of-war they
are especially SO; there are always two or
three. sometimes more, on board, and
ship in southern waters always has
monkey and parrot So, at Madagas-
car they brought big black ape, whom
the men named .Matunga,' from the
name of the poet. She was tame and had
had some teaching, and altogether was
very well behaved. When she first came
aboard 1t was necessary to shut her up
while We were getting off: SO banana
was put into an empty chicken coop and
Majunga went in. While she was appa-
rently absorbed in peeling and eating the
banana the door OF the coop was closed
upon her and fastened by means of a
hasp over an eye, and big nail slipped
through. So, you see, the monkey was
safe. Now, a monkey is always on the
watch exactly at the moment when it
seems least so: 1t will look in every
direction but the one ii needs to-appa-
rently- Consequently MaJunga had her
back to the door all the time-when she
had finished her banana she turned around
and without one instant's hesitation she
put her paw through the bars of the coop,
lifted out the nail, pushed open the door,
and mounted on top of the coop, laid the
nail beside her, and with evident interest
watched what was going on.
lone day she spied bowl OF milk that
had been put away on a swing shelf-set
away for the captains use. MajunSa
sprang up onto the shelf, took the bowl and
jumped down to the deck with it so lightly
that not drop of the milk was spilled; then
she seated herself By ME. holding the bowl
ndlookin: straight atne, ,thatcreaturet told
me what she had done and what she was GO
ing to do-it was as plain as possibie-no
mistaking IT, / never felt SO hUmiliated
in my life! there was that black ape beside
me. talking to me-eypl3ining something
uuderstaUd-2nd felt that / ought not only
to understand her, bat that l looked Just
like heri I actually hated the beast!'
Herethere was a shout a this distinguished
inteilectual-looking man feeling his ike
ness to a monkey.
well, when the explanation was over
Madame Maiunga lifted the bowl to her
head, using her two hands just as I would
have done, drank the milk, put the empty
bowl back on the swing shelf and left me to
my chagrin!"
There was a general laugh, ard some
body asked about parrots. "Oh, yes;
where there's monkey there will al
ways be a parrot or two Yes, we have
a parrot on board ship. ard she soon
learned to call the captains orderly 4
dozen times a day. Orderly, Orderly,
come here!' Initiating the captains voice
SO that the poor orderly had no peace
of his life.
Sometimes when the men were hauling
away at some OF the gear, Polly would
pipe 'belay.' The men would stop ard
'belay.' 1t became very annoying, though
one had to laugh at it,"
The singular appropriateness of parrot
talk is often remarkable. A great gray
and crimson parrot in The country for
her summeriIg had perched herself on
fence separating the garden from paddock
n which some cows ard two or three young
calves were kept. Polly sat quietly enjoy
ing the sunshine, when suddenly one of
the little calves came bounding toward
her with all that peculiar grace of move
lGent that distinguishes those animals.
Poor Polly was so frightened that she
tumbIed off her perch over backward 10
the ground. She got up, very much dis
heveled and very much ashamed, ard was
even heard to say, soto vece:
Cant you take joke, Pollr''
MRS. H. P. HrSE.
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