The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-06
DO ANIMALS

tsche4 Itself 20 the wire Every morning,
50 long As Doctor Hoy1rook watched. ns
spider Travelled once over the cable. In or
der q ra1d or strengthen IT.
IL ms book. "Ths Life OF the Bee" II
Maurice Mastc-ilnck gives some extraor-
binary instances OF TIE ingenuity OF this
little creature. an order" he says "to sat-
isfy myself that hex gonai architecture
was truly within The spirit OF the bee. I cut
OF and removed one day 4 disc OF the siZs
o: a 5-shillinC piece from the center Of q
comb. NJ n s1ot wha-e there were both
broo5ceIls and cells full OF honey. I cut into
the circumference OF this disk. and inserted
& piece Of tin. shaped exactly to Its d.
uenSions and possessed OF resistance suf-
lcie1t 70 prevent the bees from bending II.
I then replaced the slice Of comb, duly FUR
nlshed with It's slab Of TN, on the spot
whence had removed IT,. SO that one side
os the comb presented no abnormal fea-
lures. while tire other displayed a sort OF
deep cavity. with the piece Of tin at rs
base. The bees were Gisconserted at first.
and Gooked in numbers 70 examine and IN
spec. this curious chCzm- But. as I ted them
cc-!aUz.v every evening. there came a mo-
mert when they had 10 more cells avail
able for the storage OF provisions. There
upon they summoned tle.r great engineers,
distinguished sculptors and TaxworkerA
and invited them 10 turn this useless cav
!ty 10 profitable account. IN forty-eighs
AIAA5 AAt AA==A HN-@11
was covered with outlined cells ghes3
were less regular than those OF an ordinary
comb. wherefore the queen declined to lay
any eggs there, for the generation that
would have arisen therefrom would nscas-
sarIly have been tefoImed."
\ curious fact. too. IS that when the bees
tasted honey which came in contact with
the tin they tisIiked tie favor, and imme-
diately covered the tr with q coating CT
wax.
But perhaps TIRE most remarkable Of an
Instances OF animal reasoning was the Ease
OF Captain AIahon's dog. Snap which,
through some mistake. VIA LEFT behind
when his master changed his place OF rsS
idsnce.
The neighbors saw HIN. wandering ahoua
disconsolately. and sometimes threw Elm
a bous or a ptece OF bread. but Snap was
never seen to eat anything. They could
not account for this. and one day they fol-
lowed him as he ran cir with q huge piece
Of meat
He entered the garden. md. looking
round carefully. started scraping with his
foreplws in one Of the beds. After h had
excavated a sufficiently large lardsr. he de-
Dosited the meat in It and then covered 70
over.
When the neighsors dug up the nsas
they also found a regular storeroom OF
food Of every description. for Snap had evil
IDENTIFY been putting by his findings for .
rainy day.
The Aslatic elephant never forgstg q
wrong. even II his chance OF revenge only
cones after years OF waiting. Captain Ship
an Indian officer. once gave an elephant q
sandwich the butter OF which had been
mixed with red pepper. Six weeks later be
visited the elephant again. At first the an
imaI received him kindly. but Immediately
the Captain turned his back he received .
shower or dirty water all over him.
The spirit OF revenge Is well developed n
monkeys Sir Andrew Fifth tells a remark
able story OF a certain officer who had
often leased and il-treated a baboon which
was kept IN the officers quarters One day
the officer was on his way 70 dres, parade
when the baboon esp!ed him. The animal
Immediately seized n bucket OF water,
poured II into a depression in the ground,
and mixed q mud paste. with which he
covered the officers Spotiess uniform when
the hated tOrmsntOr passed near the SPOT