The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-07
The MarveIs of MonI.ev Talk.

ABOUT a quarter of century ago a
man man was watching some monkeys in
the Cincinnati geological gardens.
Inere We're great many small mon
keys and one large mandril1-all to-
gether in two cages connected by an
open door. The smaller monkeys were
afraid of the mandrill, who lorded it
over his little neighbors. The man
noticed that two of the small monkeys
We're always near the door, appar-
emily communicating to the others
what the mandrill was doing. Certain
movements of his always caused GER
tain sounds from them. The other
monkeys acted accordingly.
From that time I determined to
learn the speech of monkeys" says
Prof. Richard L. Garner. And he has
/ done so, too. Twice he has gone to
Africa and lived in the jungle with
| them. He can talk to the monkeys IN
their own language; has taught one
OF them to say word; ano once got
one to witness legal document.
| After spending several years in In
efectually attempting to learn the
| monkey language in ZOOS, DR.. Gar
ner had an Inspiration. He went to
the Smithsonian institution in Wash
ington with the proposition that he
use a phonograph in studying mon
authorities, DR.. Baker, and Garner
was allowed to go ahead.
At the institution at that time were
| two monkeys of different species kept
in the same cage. The female was re-
moved and what she said was record
| ed on the phonograph. Then the
machine was started in the cage with
| the male. He looked up in surprise
for the other monkey. Seeing none,
he walked gingerly around the ma
chine and sat down in front of it.
Then he put his hand down the horn.
! Still he could find no monkey. He
retired, puzzled, to the far end of his
cage, and said "a few things himself
|
| this record was in turn repeated. be-
fore the female she seemed to recog-
nize his voice. Later Prof. Garner
| took records of Cebus Ca little
and when they were repeated in New
York to another Cebus they were ap-
parently ecognized.-Arthur B.
Reeve in Hampton's Magazine.
Has Fingers and Toes to Spare.
When 1t was announced in the Wall
Record that q boy baby with six
fingers on each hand and six toes on
each foot had been born to Colonel
and Mrs. Weatherby of this place. the
mon even among new fathers. Colonel
Weatherby himself has six we'll de-
veloped fingers on his left hand and
six toes on each foot. He says that
extra fingers and toes can be found in
his family for five generations back.
But" says the colonel, "this baby
| is what call normal. He is the first
| one of the family to have two sets of
| six. Now that he is balanced all
around he makes rather a fit young
ster.
''I am expecting great things of the
| boy, especially If he has any musical
| talent. Think what he would do on
| the harp with twelve fingers. for ex-
ample. Why, he would discover har-
monies never before known to the
world. I am not much on music, but
even if I had been, with five fingers
on one hand and six on the other
would get some of the notes crossed.
"Or if the boy doesn't take to music,
wouldn't he shine on a typewriter, or
one of these printing machines that
| look like a typewriter and spit out
sticks of type? 1 tell you, watch my
| boy Jim.'-Wal1, s. D., dispatch to
New York World