The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-18

door after the trick has been once shown
him, and therefore has the run of the
house He makes his wishes clearly I'M
derstood, and generally gets what he
wants. He has q certain amount of reas-
oning power, as has been shown time and
again. and Mabel views HIM In general as
a rather backward child who hasn't learn
ed to talk. Mabel explained very careful
~ how he had been taught to be a good
boy and know his manners.
Teaching Murphy Manners,
In teaching him how to use a spoon his
food was placed in a very deep cup! His
natural intelligence at once showed him
the use of spoon in getting at his dinner,
but at first he committed the breach of
raising his provender with spoon, then
laying the stuff on the table and grabbing
1t with his fingers. So a hungry monkey
was placed beside him at the table When
ever Murphy would lay his food down the
greedy one would snatch IL away. Where
ny Murphy saw the point and foiled the
thief by conveying the edibles directly
from the cup to his mouth by means of a
spoon. The accomplishment once acquired
he needed no more coaching.
Murphy was taught the value of clothes
by being left for time In a cold place
and afterwards taken In and warmly clad
In this way the desirabiity of wearing
civilized garments was figured out in his
mind, and he soon would put them on
himself. What caused much perplexity
was how to get Murphy TO wear a hat or
cap OF his own free will, for he seemed to
have a violent antipathy to any kind of
headgear The trainer was in despair,
when he noticed, on ono warm day, that
the fies were greatly annoying the orang-
outang. When they were particularly fierce
he would pull his coat collar up around
MS poll. Inspiration cheered the trainer.
Dashing a little molasses on Murphy $
head he left him an torment for tiune.
and then placed n cap on his head to
show him how useful the covering was.
Murphy has worn headgear without pro-
test ever since, and evidently thinks It's
hy-time all the year around.
BY such methods and appeals 10 Muir
phys intelligence, Murphy has been train
ed and educated without the use OF the
whip or the slightest harshness When he
is playing with Mabel he will pick up a
dozen new tricks in a day of his own ac-
cord. He dresses himself without any
assistance, putting on his shoes and stock
ings as carefully as an orderly boy; car
ries his chair to the table at meal times
and going through the family bill of fare
with the utmost decorum like q little wise
old man. At night he sedately removes
his clothing and climbs into his white en-
ameled bedstead TO dream blissfuily of his
emancipation from the ignorance of his
ancestors. He understands many things
said to him, and not long ago Mabel was
overheard giving him such commands as
these in play time:
Murphy get me the broom. There Il is
over in the corner
Bring me chair. A chair, tell you,
sillyl
Where's that dustpan gone to? want
the dustpan, Murphy, 1 guess it's in the
other room"
And Murphy did as he was told and hust-
led about fetching one thing or another
Hike a model servant, working for the love
of it, He is only two years old now, and
how much useful he is to Mabel than a lit
tie brother would be at the same agei She
has great hopes of teaching her playmate
to talk when he returns from well-earned
vacation.