El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-18

"HE experiments and observations
upon colony of monkeys, con-
Quoted recently by the faculty
members of an eastern college TO de-
termine the quality of reasoning power
possessed by the little simians. have
revived the old controversy as to wheth-
er or not animals can think Our most
eminent naturalists are divided in their
opinions on the subject. and there are
many stories in support of both sides
of the argument
A ships captain accidentally impris-
oned large rat in a glass apartment
In his cabin. and, being curious to see
just how resourceful the mind of the
rodent would prove in its dilemma,
placed inside a narrow necked bottle
filled with water The rat became
v1sibly excited al the smell of the
liquid. and ran around the bottle time
after time in an attempt to get at the
sorely needed water. Finally it backed
up to the receptacle. inserted its tail
In the neck Of the bottle. and then eau
tiously Withdrawing the same, pro-
ceeded to lick the moisture from it.
Do Weazels Have Minds.
Another captain tells about having a
pet weazel on board his ship that was
never known to modest the poultry on
board. but just as certain as they tied
up alongside other craft at the vari-
Gus ports where they called, the wea-
Eel would go foraging and cut every
foWls throat that he could reach This
same skipper says that he raised a pair
OF pigeons on board that would always
ny away as the ship approached land
They would invariably depart before
land was sighted and seldom returned
TO-
once they failed to join the ship. but
when that port was made again in
about six months. they were promptly
on board with a pair of young ones
they had raised in the meantime
A hunter tells about firing into a
hook OF terms as they were feeding in
the sea- One Of the birds fell into the
water with a broken wing. The tide
was moving shoreward at the time and
the helpless fowl was gradually drift
ing into the clutches of the hunter.
Imagine his surprise when a couple of
It's mates swooped down upon IT, each
grasping wing in its beak, and bore
1t seward again His establishment was
increased when the two plucky burden
bearers were relieved by another pair
OF feathered rescuers. and still another,
until their home rock was reached in
safety.
Sagacious Canary.
A southern woman had a most saga
clous canary that objected to cloth or
paper being pinned around it's cage
Whenever a covering of this sort was
1t plainly showed its disap- /
prevail Finally 1t became impossible
TO keep a screen in place around the
cage The wise little songster found
out that the pins were what held in
place the barrier that shut off its view,
so 1t proceeded to pull them out with |
It's BILL They might be hidden COM
pietely. but after little effort it never
failed to locate and promptly extract /
them.
New England man furnishes an
account of how a small dog contrived
to secure vengeance upon a larger ca
nine that was IN the habit of wor-
rying It, 1t was noticed that the small
log was saving part of its daily al
owance OF food The boarding contin-
ued Tor several days until quite &
quantity had accumulated Then the
'cheming little terrier appeared with a
lumber of larger dogs. and a general
least followed. At the conclusion of
he treat. which was made possible by
he denial of the one with a grievance |
hey all set Off toward another part Of
own, and the owner followed out of
The object of the little dogs
economy and its reason for sharing with
ne others, soon became apparent. They
net and soundly punished the big dog
which had been making life miserable
or its small neighbor. Although
lose watch was kept, the bully made
10 effort to retaliate and gave the place
wide berth thereafter
Dogs Save Child
Another remarkable case of canine
Tisdom was where a retriever and a
errier saved a two year old child from
rowning. woman heard the dogs
arking for some time, first one and
hen the other seeming TO be in dis
ress. and the suppOsition was that they
elfeved each other in the task of keep
1g the little ones head up Some of
er playthings were found on the end I
plank leading out over the deep
'ater, so 1t was easy to surmise where
he had fallen in 1t was certain that ,
ne retriever pulled her ashore because
he strength of the little dog could .
OF have been equal to the task When