The sun., 1895-05-26

was was thai Sumsp.iiko in it, grin q s,tsfscti9,n
a. It's sharp little eyes followed the thoIo9aRnt aR
frightened and yelping brute In MAD nisht
aoxn naval wa % ofesr Of the United States travel.
| ling in Abyssinia, encountered several varieties
sha. R'Tsslns T.s TO ei"a sSsr
esief one Of them once once entering his tent in mis-
absence and mixed up his medicines In dread,
auinine, maKnesia, aiocs, no.. upon the ground.
What bottles the merry spIite could not uncors
very precious in that disease breeding country,
were lost forever. The culprit was found an IN
seR from overdoses az S Of sha drugs The oce
captured IL and would have made OF II pet put
fhis ''S Sucnon was choleric, but its ahSer soon
passed. When enrngSd 1t had a., manner rana,er Oh
MScasnes Connect the guenons with the bs-
boons. Which end the Old World group that be-
ever ever taken I alive to Europe, one to Stuttgart and
the other to Berlin. America is yet to greet the
Tes natives
Africa did rot stand In such awe OF them there
is no reason in the world Why they might h9t r 90
panzees have found their way TO this country;
aud these are the most interesting nG, ama
and gibbons may bo seen in the larger col!ec-
tions of animals in America ns well as IN En.
rope But the apes like the monkeys. DO not
long survive captivity in colder countries They
are creatures OF warmth and sunshine, and chill
| weather speedily consigns them TO death; Hunt
ing stories told Of fierce encounters with goril-
las. chimpanzees, and orang ,ontgngs may gem
| orally be set down to the credit or the imagiha-
| tion Of those who write them.
| pREHEYsIIE CHILDREN OF THE TROPICS.
| Monkeys that are seen In museums and me-
| ragcrcs in this country are chiefly from south
| America, although Africa is fairly well repre-
| rented. European naturalists who have seen
and studied the American monkeys only In
bly, refer to them less intelligent and less
playful than other members OF the great family.
| These writer's appear To forget that capilFe
| Judah the OF Israel IN n
strange land. These children of the wild woods
the ana af
and they are shocked out of all gayety by the
sssn sHa dnEp ,Eep 5 4ostnE EaFGss sss o ro
esy osnsy playing fhatter9s and I Srnnhing nh.s;va N
| the acuteness. intelligence, astutcncss, and Sc
| cretiveness with whicn they ma Ike u raid upon
| plantations and orchards is ready to swear they
cious creatures in ali the cartn Their resein-
blance to man ia absolutely startling, the baby
them. This resemblance becomes more strik-
| grows pensive and melancholy and seems to
have, the agony of a soul written upon the
writer shot one OF these creatures, and one only,
eoaita EAtsl.s paniscgs,. in big forest A few I
memory of the deed still broods as an avenging
bers along the upper waters OF the Amazon. but
they range nearly or quite to the ATLANTIC ssa-
While sns eoe Sek
They are thnm,b!ess, like the African colobos.
M arg aay nepy
OF OF the aglie, creatures, M a., finally PLACED my rife
at dusky creature as itwas flying through the
air from one one t%ree.op rect to another The distance
Rrunt OF surprise as well as of satisfaction when
the flight of the coaita was arrested and 1t tum-
bed headlong to the ground.
to but life Spon thy
act could not haye touched tho creature. Tho
stunned ears. The creature lay upon the damp
ground with upturned face that was positively
IRON its thin lips. 1t required no Imagination to
endge it with humanity. In moment it was
innocent, suffering face has been in dreaming
and waking moments thousand times since.
ing. us he did. the major portion Of the creature
for his supper. The coaita is often seen in cap
The most curious Of all the American family
Is IS the genus OF howlers lmycetes,. These crea-
ebSs whch appear to spp 20 in sor OF OF me
son; while the hoWlers really do so sing: They
four miles in evsry dreston and causes saase an % or
aginntive person TO think that every beast of the
forth bis most tireless effort Tighten away hfs
adversary by resounding cries. The howlers
are among the more ore s Of tho south
admiration. The Indians are very fond OF them
dead, ana make nercless war upon them. In
sort of monkey meat which they will eat three
. times day or or oftener i they can yet i; The
keys; being three feet long exclusive Of their
ample prehensile tails.
negro, the head being round and large. while
naked. 1t LIS scarcely more than half the length
Of the howler. but is said. unlike all other South
hind legs. and when it does its resemblance to
the negro Is complete Indians hunt and kill it
poisoned arrows. The caparros @ travel i about @ a
great deal. chiefly from tree to tree. and ON
upon their backs-not in their arms. as is the or
binary practice OF monkey mothers.
TAKES THE CAKE FOR INTELLIGENCE.
Probably the most Intelligent and certainly
learns to reoosnize ana love ~ master, and Is
the FUR being long and falling down M sraesfuiiy ai
ormy black in color Like M n ali 81 fpenfS the New NEW
World monkeys thus far named its tail is its |
any one of the other four. >'
koprssentatiyes of the large families of spi-
most in collections In the United states. A' They
otfer great variety In coloring and size. but are
types. The capuchins are red laced. ,'od. ronnd.
Hsr HTfaaeG, small active graceful and longtailed.
sSSs aass ana asd
% when Is t,e golden.haired chrys0thriI. The
niGmt i MONKEYS mo, and those queer looking crea-
always favorite among monkey fanclers,
because OF their winning. and aifeetonGte ways.
men, and some Of them behave better than cor
tam members OF human society. Unless one
lures OF God. he lad better be content with oc-
cnslonal visits to the monkeys in the gardens
ana museums. Too constant association with
them is rather trying to ones patience and the
nnusihgness or their tricks, which are usually
TepellllOnb Goes not repay for the m iSrh ~ |
they DO or the petulance they exhibit. Take
them all IN all, man has special reason for
showing pride In trying to trace q family rela-
tlonship with them. The monkey opinion OF this
matter Is yet to be expressed however.
PoLf1ICAL CLUES THREATENED.