The Red Cloud chief., 1896-01-03

witch shall tell Il scientific MAGAZINE
all about the wonderful monkey which
She adopted when IL was bat one month
Old. ana made an object of constant
study ana scientific Investigation.
When Mrs. BENJAMIN -. Wiley. of No.
= Waterloo court, Chicago, sent to Cen
trail America Tor a yOing capuchin
monkey 1t was for the purpose of test
ing, by actual experience and observa-
ton, how pear the monkey, the eyolu.
tionists' nyowcd human prOgcnitor. NJ.
preached to-day the human family in
habits, instincts ANA intelligence. TO
this end she has aimed not to teach the
creature she has had under experiment.
any OF the tricks 40 generally learned by
Imitation, but rather TO ascertain how
far by the natural process Of ahliation.
the u%ntaught wild creature could be
made TO approach the human family.
SO from the day the monkey, at the
age of one month. tootllesg and almost
hairless, and fresh from the forests OF
Nicaragua, was deposited, u very sick
and helpless bundle Of weakly. moan
ing monkeyism in it's new mothers
arms, 1t has been subjected TO the same
maternal care Il child would have re-
ccivcd
For four years has this strange re-
%lationship been kept up. Fer four years
has this little creature slept In Il bed
like a little Christian. fed on the dict
the family fares on. been taught and
had moral principles instillcd in its
%diminutiyc self. For four years has it
been pctted and scolded and spanked
and praised and lovcd-likc any other
darling.
And with what result?
Some few profess to see Z marvellous
development. which places the animal
alongside of its human kin, while others
contend that "a monks a monk, for a
that"
BE that as it may, an undoubtedly
clever little beastie Is this capuchin
monkey. Its brown eyes sparkle with
intelligence. Every phase Of feeling
and emotion Is by turn expressed in
this creatures mobile features. Yet,
not alone by facial expression are its
thoughts conveyed, for il talks-iu
plain. understandable, monkey Ian
guage. This language, Mrs. Wiley says.
Is phonetic in character, and consists OF
- basic sounds. These, with their
varying infectious, constitute the mon
keys language. The same tone IL al
ways used to express the same emotion,
and from long familiarity with each
tone and Its infections, the monkeys
mind upon any and all subjects Is clear
ly discerned by is mistress. Thus: a
half note in G indicates contentment OF
mind. The same note. with a sharp,
rising infection, shows that her lady
ships mind is In a purturbed condition.
The same note, ending in a trill 10 &,
indicates extreme danger. such as when
a boy Is chasing her. When she is hun
cry there Is a plaintivo- mote in f.. with
out infection. When her hunger Il
satisfied, she expresses thanks b. n
soft. dropping infection TO the same
note.
Although her own language Is purely
phonetic. she il quite mistress of the
Ishpiioi 'Ne', ~ a IN uil'I E''lllNl'
Ing IL goes, tone apparently being no
factor therein. To demonstrate that
her speech was understood Mrs. Wiley
uttered in exactly the same tone OF
voice different commands. such as,
"Dona, shut the door, "Dona, leave
tho, grapes alone "Dona, come to
me-" and in no instance was there any
na,f.,.tnn 80 na,sA a.l l,.lA rI,n
monkey obeyed each command, though
given In exactly the same voice ana in
the same manner.
There Is one point, however, human
like though she be in other respects,
upon which Donacita radically differs
from ut least n goodly proportion OF the
human family. She Is devoid of al!
moral scnsc-is absolutely conscience
less. She steals and lies afterward
about ii In the most Migrant manner
She breaks every commandment with
ont n blush, or, so far a5 has yet been
discovered, any sense or appreciation
Of her natural deprayity. And all pre-
cept Is simply thrown away upon her
In this respect. After four years of I'M
firing effort 10 inculcate In her prin.
ciples OF right and Undue her with T.
nice distinction between right and
wrong, the truth must be admitted, she
II irrcCldimably bad and utterly devoid
of al sense of moral obligation. True,
she shows, like many another culprit, 2
knowledge of trlnsgression, n eX-
hibits fear and q dread OF the conse-
q~uences of her actions, but of the moral
obloquy involved Donacita il innocent
OF its very name.
Music OF any kind or loud noise Is
her especial aversion. She will II
shrlcking from the sound Of a hand
organ, putting up her tiny hands to her
ears to shut out all sound OF the hated
noise, and will sit with a most com!cal
look OF distress on her face until the
music ceases.
The falsity OF the old tradition hat
animals POSSESS an instructive knOWl-