New-York tribune., 1909-01-03
CLEVER MONKEYS

Affection seems to be one Of the monkeys
strongest feelings He loves pass.onateIy de de-
| votcdIy. Tat vas shown by Gamers pets.
| Aaron" took care II Moses" Bll through his
4 sickness a.1 u q Tieving Tor the loss "t ms
I wife Ell. .h.ta Illness seems TO bring out this
| feeling v,rs strongly. for the ailments Of mon
keys are Almost Human and their sympathies
| very keen.
| Bronx Zoooli- al Garden He had been threat
| eued with D.. Imonia and it finally decided
| to test him with the stethoscope lie was car
! ried doefuy into the operating room and placed
| on the table. Polly" his chimpan1ee wife sat
! beside him. In fact, he had refused TO come at
| all until she was allowed to be with him The
doctor tried to apply the stethoscope but he
| resisted with all the peevish strength he had
| left and looked an appeal to Polly FOR help.
| She seemed to understand that he wanted sym
| pathy She moved up closer, put j er hands on
! him. and soothed him in words only they under
stood Then the operation was allowed to go on.
"Raiah' was another orang in the same col
lection. who died recently. He was as large
| n good-sized boy Of five or SIX Win brown
hair and soulful eyes "Rajah" would wear
trousers and dig his hands down deep IN the
rockets like true sport. With shirt, collar
and necktie on he would sit at a table. tuck
a napkin in his neck, eat WIN spoon pour
milk out of pitcher, and drink out or cup
use knife and fork and wipe his lips with
NAPKIN frequently. There were many other
things he had been taught to do-there was no
science about this; it was just plain drumming
1t into his head in the way that they do for
the animal shows. OF all the traits shown by
sRaiah" none was more engaging than his love
for his keeper. He would stretch out his arms
and he was the happest siman in the house
when he got what he wanted.
One dav five monkeys were taken sick at
once and no seemed to know Just What the
trouble Finally q pathologlst tound tha'
q PARASITIC form Of bacteria from the neighbor-
ing turtle pen had infected them. Three or
the monkeys had aIready died. 'Rajah was
terribly iii and lay. for once motionleSs on
IIt+la he'd in the corner of his cage The only
thing that would quiet his means was the gen
tie stroking by his keepers hands In spite Of
everything the fever gradually got the better OF
him. -, ,-
In the semi darkness one night the keeper
caTna In tO see how "Rajah" was resting. He
T-ae startled to see a dwarfed bent figure wait
ing for him It tottered ptifully toward him
and stretched up its arms as much as to say,
s.Toicix me up" 1t was 'Rajah.' The keeper
bent over and lifted the ape. The arms closed
around his neck with a sigh Of relief. The
kaener stroked him sOrrowfully And there IN
+ha dead Of night the man-beast dled-llke a
moor fevered child In its fathers arms-Arthur
p r eeye In Hamptons Broadway Magazine
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS IN PORTO RICO.
One ts impressed by the great number of old.
deserted sugar mills in travelling over the island
~ Porto Rico: In the fertile regions almost
every pIantation can show Its tumble down
smokestack and deserted weed grown plant
The cane is for the most part shipped by rail
10 the large Centralls, where up-to-date ma
chinery Is in use
In passing through the little station OF Guam
ica we could see in the distance great cloud OF
smoke hanging low over the hills. and were toid
that directly beneath it was located Guanica
Centrall the largest sugar plant on the island
After this we passed along stretches OF seem
tngly barren land. with here and there few
goats grazing near native palm-Ieat nut STUCK
upon posts on a desolate hillside, surrounded
nerhaps hy a few, ragged banana trees. once
the train stopped where the red dirt road crossed
tina track and took On a man whose peon