The suburban citizen., 1902-01-11
SAY '.HAH-nARn TO A Hopsp.

ne latest tnlng proposed in the Way
OF a universal language is a horse
talk invented by a celebrated yeter-
mary doctor He argues that the horse
, is cosmopolitan animal, possessing a
considerable degree of intelligence. but
OF necessarily limited conversational
and linguistic powers. A horse may
be well trained to obey its master by
word OF command, without the use OF
either whip or spur; but If it changes
masters, especially IL the new master
is OF another nationality, there is trou.
Ole; for the horse cannot understand
what is said to it. He does not un-
derstand the language and SO does not
know Whist to do when spoken to. The
veterinarian recommends that the
owners of horses in all countries
should agree upon a universal lam
guage to be used IN conversation with
horses. He suggests a simple vocabul-
airy for the horse Volapuk, consisting
OF four syllables, used singly or in
repetition. These are he" "ho"
hay" and "hah." 'He" means to
move forward at a walk and "he-he"
to trot. "Hah" should be used to make
the horse turn to the right and con-
hnue in its forward movement, and
"hah-hah" should cause the horse TO
turn to the right without continuing
Its forward movement. Hay" and
"hay-kly" should indicate to the horse
that he is TO turn to the left in a sim.
liar manner. "Ho" means to stop and
"ho-ho" to back. The inventor OF
this language believes that If horses
all over the world from the time they
were broken were accustomed to hear
Ing and obeying these terms it would
save much trouble to owners and driv-
ers, and the horse himself would be
saved many an application Of the whip
and spur which now is bestowed up
on him. Simply because he does not
know what is expected of him he gets
so be doesn't care and tries to do as he
likes. A somewhat similar universal
language for dogs is now engaging the
attention OF dog fanciers and would be
useful thing. When we say good
doggie" to our neighbor's doubtful
bulldog, we want to be sure that we
are understood as offering a concilia-
tory remGTk.-New York Press.
THE APES OF GIBRALTAE.
1t is perhaps not universally known
that Gibraltar the fortified rock and
British stronghold commanding the
entrance to the Mediterranean, and
thus the maritime route to the far
east, is the only spot In Europe where
wild apes are still to be found. A
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Record, who recently spent some days
in Gibraltar, writes as follows: "0ne
morning--it was in the beginning OF
September took a horse and rode up
to the signal station. At height OF
about 900 feet first noticed herd of
some fifteen apes, and after having
reached a height of a little over
LOO feet l saw several small herds of
from ten to twelve. They all seemed
to be very tame and inoffensive. How
ever, when l returned to my hotel, /
was told by q Highlander officer that
my experience was not the rule. The
English geologist, p L. Skater, spent
a few weeks In Gibraltar in September,
1900, for the sole purpose of collecting
definite information as to the number
Of apes still in existence on the rock.
and he found their number to be in
the nelghborhood of 150 One evening,
when Mr.. Sklater descended with his
dog, swarm of apes awaited him
about 200 feet above the Alameda, and
as soon as he approached the animals
opened a furious bombardment of
stones upon him and his dog, by
which the latter was Instantly killed.
Mr.. Sklater escaped only with diff
Guilty.