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12 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. REASON IN ANIMALS Birds and Beasts Have Sense and Know How to Talk. CONVERSATIONS AMONG THEMSELVES Wonderful Accomplishments Ex- hibited by Apes and Monkeys. INSECTS THAT HAVE SENSE HE NOTION THAT man is the only crea- ture that reasons was exploded long ago,” said a naturalist to a writer for The Star. “It is no longer sup- posed that the lower animals are merely @ sort of automata, worked mechanical Scitea “anstinet! We know now that beasts and birds have minds ‘and use them just as we do, the main dif- that our intelligence is of a possess certain innate representing inherited which may be considered in- stinetive in the ordinary sense of the term. do we also. When we come into the we do not have to be taught to suck or to grasp objects. Those seem to be the enly instincts with which man is provided birth. ‘As quickly as we have dropped the no- that the intelligent actions of all liv- creatures other than ourselves are di- by mere blind instinct, the study of im the lower animals becomes in- tensely interesting. There is established between ourselves and them a bond of intel- lectual sympathy, as ‘t were. To our sur- prise, we discover that they not only think, but talk—at all events, the birds and beasts. ‘We speak of them as ‘dumb’ for the sole Feasow that we have not learned to under- stand their languages. In fairy tales there is frequent mention of human beings who have acquired through supernatural means @ knowledge of the used by crea- tures in fur and feathers, it it is possible for any observant person to learn much of those languages by study. The domestic animals comprehend our tongue to a great- er or less extent, but we have not taken pains to study their languages. Monkey Talk. “Mr. Garner is alleged to have discovered hy Prove that they have an articulate speech, and in his conclusions on that subject well- informed naturalists do not coincide. The opinion of science is that man is the only creature that speaks articulately. Some of the apes are remarkably human-like, it is true; but their relationship to mankind is by no means close. There is no possibility that they eae be taught LA Gre Cy goto 4 even imagin that there ‘was a time when man himscl? yas a dumb animal, communicating with ‘his fellow only by grunts and other crude About Birds. “There is no question of the fact that birds have comprehensive language of their own, with words to express all emotions, and to convey understanding to others of their kind. They possess notes of alarm, notes of love, notes of curiosity, notes of pain, notes of hunger, notes of sorrow, notes of joy, notes of soothing for the young, notes for calling their fellows to- gether, and so on. Their conversation is not only intelligible to each other, but to any human being who takes the trouble to make a study of it. Crows, when they are robbing a corn field, station sentinels to Watch. The latter stand on neighboring tree bn If they see a man coming, they ery: ah! ah!’ The note plainly means: “Here comes somebody! Look out now! He is coming directly this way, and he has gun! It is time we were off! ie ‘At the alarm the flock stops eating and boyd wings its way to a safe distance. t in the corn field you will hear crows exchange questions from tree top to tree ‘The tone of the interrogative is unmis- , say: ‘Do you see any one coming?” Crows are among the most in- telligent of all birds. They soon learn how a tgun will carry and do not fear Canine Intelligence. “Dogs understand far more of the human Speech than is generally supposed. They as- sist their comprehension of what is said to them by studying the face of the master. If you are sitting of an evening writing or reading in a quiet room and a footstep ts heard outside your dog will raise his head and his eye will seek yours. In reply you can communicate your confidence or the re- — — have saying ye en — servants, though the latter may feeding. In a regiment the officers’ dogs and men’s dogs form distinct castes, in ac- cordance with the rank of their masters, the quality of breed having nothing to do with the matter. A cur that is the property of a lieutenant will not associate with the bred dog owned by a private. In dog- gatching seasons dogs swarm into the If the latter goes to in a week the beast when the holiday arrives. The hunt- img dog eagerly watches the face and eyes of his owner to see if he is going to be per- Mmitted to participate in the chase. Of gourse, it is not possible to use a dog for hunting every day. He runs thirty or fifty as far in the course of a day’s outing master does. So, when the hunting is after day, the various members must take turns in staying at moment that the animal, up te moment eager and with ears and tail hears the unfavorable word he be- @ picture of disappointment and away with his tail between his legs. fot even a human being can exhibit the of joy and chagrin more plainly than can dogs. Chimpanzees and Gorillas. “Speaking of the intelligence of apes, the anthropoids are capable of acquiring some very surprising accomplishments, thag:h their limitations are distinct. Chimpanzees ve been taught to wait on the table and to sweep out rooms. A distinguished French- man published a book a while ago, in which he expressed the opinion that chimpanzees would, sooner or later, take the place of do- mestic servants. He owned one of these animals, which he trained to light the fire = to wake his master when the oven wa: t. Buffon, in 1740, had a chimpanzce which ate at the table, opened a napkin and em- Ployed it rightly, used a fork and spoon, poured out wine and clinked glasses, poured t tea and put sugar in it, washed windows | and tried to imitate its owner in writing with a pen. “A_young gorilla at the Berlin aquarium slept in an ordinary bed, covering himself with the bedclothes, and ate at table with the keeper. He drank water from a glass, ing the latter steadily to his mouth without spilling the conients, and setting it down carefully. He died of consump- tion, unfortunately. This melancholy fate Seems always to attend gorillas and chim- panzees in confinement. Thus there is not any hopeful prospect for the plan which has been suggested for developing the in- telligence of apes by keeping a number of | them together and mating the most intel- lectual specimens together, with a view to securing by such artificial selection a sur- vival of the fittest in the course of genera- tions. tain a highly developed type of anthropoid which might be attractive socially, and,per- haps, even subject to missionary Influence. “About one year in a cage usually winds up the existence of a gorilla or chimpanzee. Gorillas, by the way, often gather about fires that have been deserted in their native » fovests, greatly enjoying the warmth. But By this means it was hoped to ob- | the limitation of their intelligence is very Plainly indicated by the fact that it never occurs to them to prolong their pleasure by Pestize J on more wood. When pillaging a ‘eld of sugar cane, they never think of try- ing to pull up the stalks one by one, but gather as many as they can in their arms and try to wrench all together out of the earth. It is understood that the ancient The Squirrel Monkey. “The little ‘squirrel monkey’ has more brains, in proportion to its size, than have any of the higher apes. It has even more than man, relatively to its dimensions. Its skull is wonderfully human-like, looking very much like a diminutive human cra- nium. Nevertheless, this is not a particular- ly intelligent monkey. Intelligence in ani- mals does not depend primarily upon the of the brain, but on the convolutions matter. At the rooms of the Liberian Colonization Society on Pennsyl- avenue there has been exhibited for asa curiosity the skull of an alleged African chief of cannibalistic propensities, who on a certain occasion made a descent upon a village of colonists in Liberia. For- tunately, he was killed, but, unluckily for the story. the skull is that of a half-grown male gorilla. tration i This is a very curious illus- of the genesis of a myth. Inborn Antipathies. “Innate ideas and impulses—call them ‘in- stinct’ if you will—afford a very interesting | subject of study. Little kittens, before their eyes are opened, are afraid of dogs, and will spit at them if they come near. Simt larly, blind wolf puppies fear human beings. ‘Those are good illustrations of feelings in- born and not acquired. Another even more remarkable is found in the case of white mice. Of course, they are albinoes, an original freak being perpetuated artificially by breeding albinoes together. Now and then, however, the tendency to revert to the primitive type shows itself, and one or two young ones in @ litter produced by a white mouse will be gray. Strange to say, whereas the little white mice are perfectly tame, as should be after generations of do- mestication, the young gray mice are wild and afraid of human beings. Bird Reasoning. “A whole library could be written on the faculty of reason as exhibited in birds. In a few words it is not possible to say much that is worth saying on the subject. There are the ‘bower birds,’ which construct with little boughs covered archways 2 or 3 feet long for play houses, decorating them with pretty flowers, which they gather and hang over the roofs in the early morning. When the garlands are faded, they get fresh ones to replace them. They plant seeds and shoots outside the play houses for decora- tive purposes, while the interior is a sort of museum of curiosities which they col- leet—teeth, shells and bright objects of var- fous kinds. “The African ‘honey bird,’ though wild, watches for opportunities to accompany the natives when they go to hunt for honey. It files in advance, attracting the hunters to the place where a bees’ nest is. The bird always gets a part of the honey thus obtained, and its understandihg of the nature of the implied contract seems to be perfect. There are ‘weaver birds’ that build extensive platforms, under which their nests are protected from the rain, and ‘tailor birds’ that inclose their nests in big leaves, which they stitch together with plant fibers, as one would sew pieces of cloth. Some kinds of birds build their nests over water, so that no enemy can get at them. The Baltimore oriole seeks safety by hanging its nest from the end of a limb. In the southwest certain hummi birds make their nests inside of thorny cactl, and the common yucca or ‘Spanish bayonet’ affords similar protection to a species of shrike. The shrike’s nest is so placed in the midst of the projecting bay- onets that it cannot be reached. Insects, “When you come to consider reason in insects, the subject expands to an extent entirely beyond brief discussion. It has been claimed that ants rank next to man in respect to intelligence. Their wonderful social organization has long been the ad- miration of observers. They keep cows, which they milk, and apparently domesti- cate smaller species of insects, which may take the place with them of dogs and cats. It is more than suspected that they play games. Some species store up seeds for food, while others appear to cultivate cer- tain plants for the seeds, permitting noth- ing else to grow within a certain area about the nest, and carefully harvesting the crop. Some kinds of ants keep slaves to wait on them, obtaining them by attacking other nests and carrying off the grubs and young ones. “Ants that keep slaves are commonly as helpless as human beings who have depend- ed on slave labor for a long period. They cannot work or even feed themselves, but can only fight. Deprived of their servants, they soon die of starvation, though sup- plied with plenty of food. There are some ants which board in the nests of other ants and are cared for by the latter, being wholly unable to do anything for them- selves. It is supposed that they are sur- vivors of a race which formerly kept slaves, being now few in numbers and reduced to the condition of parasites, ving on the generosity of their old servants. “Among the most remarkable ants are the ‘drivers’ of West Africa. The frequent floods in_the tropical country where they live would destroy them, but they protect them- selves at such times by running together and forming balls as big as base balls, the smallest and weakest individuals being on the inside and the big and strong soldiers on the outside. These balls float on the surface until the waters retire. The driver ants have an ingenious way of crossing small streams by forming a ladder with their bodies in much the same manner as monkeys are said to do. A long string of them hangs from a bough projecting over the stream, and it is lengthened until one end hanging in the water ts floated across to the opposite bank and secures a foothold. Thus a bridge is created for the army to walk over. Sense of Humor in Animals. “You ask whether animals have any sense of humor. I am inclined to say yes, but it is not possible to prove it. You will often see a dog laugh as plainly as can be, and dogs seem to have an excellent apprecia- tion of a joke on occasions. That beasts and birds possess one or more senses in ad- dition to those which we are able to boast of I am often disposed to think. For ex- ample, my dog, when lying half asleep in the back room of the second story of my house, knows when a mastlff goes along the street in front. and will rush to the front of the house barking wildly. He has been attacked by mastiffs on more than one oc- casion, and so has a particular prejudice against that kind of dog. Now, he cannot hear the mastiff, which has not barked, and there can be no question of smelling him any more than seeing him. Unless through the exercise of sume sort of sense unknown to me, I do not understand how he can get his information.” ———. __ Ripe ai Unripe Banan: From Popular Science Monthly. Whether for shipment or for home con- sumption the fruit is cut as soon as It is “full”—that is, when it has reached its adult form and size, but is still quite green. The plant ts cut off by a single blow of a machet wielded by a powerful arm. As it falls the bunch is caught, lopped off, and laid aside, | while the harvester goes on to the next bunch. It ts a popular supposition that bananas “ripened on the tree” are incom- parably superior to those cut green. But, as | @ matter of fact, one never eats them thus | ripened in Jamaica. They are said to be not so good; at all events, one finds no better fruit in texture or flavor than the best of our own markets. But every lover of this fruit knows that its quality varies extraor- dinarily as it is offered to us. This is due | partly to the different sources from which it | comes. The best that is brought to us comes from Jamaica. It is also due still more to the condition of the fruit when cut. Bananas which are perfectly full will ripen meliow and delicious; but those cut when immature, as too many are, will turn yel- low, yet never truly ripen, retaining always their hard texture and unripe taste. In Jamaica, as elsewhere, the competition of buyers leads the unscrupulous ones to ac- | cept fruit of any sort, even when totally unfit; and this sort of competition makes ail the more unavailing the efforts of honest buyers to raise the standard and to teach | the people to withhold their fruit until it is properly developed. Americans can give morai support to these efforts by accepting only such fruit as is mature at any price. A little pains will soon enable one to dis- tinguish good from poor fruit, though it ts | difficult to give a general statement of the | distinctive differences. But, as a rule, it will be found that bananas which are largest, deepest yellow and least angular are the most mature and best. RICH YOUNG MEN Those Who Are Favorites in Socia Circles, THEIR WEALTH GIVES ADVANTAGES That Other Young Men Cannot Compete With. HOW TO SPEND MONEY OAN ME A FIVER, will you, please?” said one young man to another whom he met on the street the other day. “What for?’ said, the other. “To buy some roses for Miss Dash. I'll pay you the next time I see you.’ “Very sorry, old man, but I can’t af- ford to buy roses myself.” As the would-be borrower walked away in a bad temper, the writer for The Star heard him say to himself, his reflections undoubtedly referring to the man who would not lend him the “fiver “Hang him! I'll get even with him! He's as rich as Croesus, too” He is rich, He has stocks and bonds and houses and all of those good things that yield money to their possessor, but he cannot af- ford to buy flowers for a girl, and he can- Not afford to loan a friend five dollars. In point of fact he is like a certain class of rich young men who never squander their money, and who never spend more than half their income. They have horses, perhaps, but they buy them cheap if they can, and they take such care of them that it is a wonder they do not live forever. In the same way they have fine clothes, but they wear them so carefully that the sup- ply lasts much longer than it would if it belonged to a poor man. They are club men, of course, but who ever sees them giving a stag dinner or treating their friends to champagne? They go into socie- ty, too, and there the reputation of being rich gives them a great deal better posi- tion than is accorded to poorer men, but the thermometer must get down pretty low before they can ever be induced to give a theater party or a supper. They travel somewhat, but they do it alone. Never Made Their Money. And yet these fellows never had to make their money, and one would suppose they would be all the more ready to spend it loosely, since they cannot appreciate how hard it was to make it. But they do ap- preciate how pleasant it is to have it, and, consequently, they have a mortal dread of losing it. They have been brought up too carefully, that is the trouble. From their earliest infancy they have been told there is nothing Worth having in the world but money, and they have been trained with great care in the art of parting with it slowly. The parental fortune is safe in the hands of men of this kind. It will be hus- banded and probably added to by a judicious marriage. The children will be brought up as the father was brought up, and there is every probability that the fortune will re- main in the family for several generations, until, perhaps, some unworthy scion of the house appears with a tremendous faculty for squandering, when the careful accumu- lations of generations will be scattered to the winds. Are there any fortunes too large to be squandered? It is hard to say, since the great fortunes of the world seem to have always descended to careful men, but if the owner of a grand estate sets out to manage it himself and speculates with it foolishly, then it can be dissipated in no time. But iven careful management of the estate it- self, do the lucky men who get the proceeds often feel themselves financially embarrass- ed? Half a Million a Year. The writer once knew a man who had an income of $500,000 a year and who was ren- erous, but without any vices, He kept away from the turf, except in gentleman rider races; he did not play cards, except when he was obliged to do so, and then he never bet high; he did not smoke; he drank very little. He tried to spend his money, and he succeeded, but he was alone in the world, and it was a pretty hard job to ac- complish. He had a house in New York and another one here, and also apartments in Paris. He kept se horses at 1 three places, he gave many parties, gave many things away, sent flowers here and there, tossed jewelzy around among his friends, even gave away a horse or two. But he found it was a hard thing to live up to his income, if he stayed long in one place, so he would dash from New York to Paris, from Paris to New York, f-om New York to Washington, and then and do it all over again. He finally found it a bore and abandoned the houses here and in New York and went to live in Paris fo: good. There he has found opportunities of »pend- ing money which do not exist elsewhere. He can buy a bouquet of Asiatic crchils if he wants to spend a few hundred dollars, and he is surrounded by fair creatures who cause a rich man to feel that he may with- out much difficulty some day be poor. He has acquired a yacht, too, and he who does that has provided for himself a means of spending money which is probably un- equaled. Two Grand Divisions. Of rich young men there can, generally speaking, be said to be two grand divisions —the mean and thrifty, and the generous and improvident. The latter give a great deal of their money away, not, however, in charity, but in the form of unjust cha for what they buy. The sharks in the com- munity are apt to find these men out and to regard them as legitimate game and charge them prices which they do not take the trouble to dispute. They know they are be- ing cheated, but they are too good-natured and easy-going to protest. They are apt to | go through their pleagures at a pretty rapid | pace and then there are no pleasures left. | Perhaps they marry and have wives who manage them, in whica event they fortunate, or they get wives them and they are unfortunate wives who don’t care to man. them at all, byt who simply money and have a good time. “You see that fellow?” sai one day, as he stood on the watched a young mittionaire dri tiful dog cart with a pair o: nags in tandem befcre it. him! He is good-lcoking, his health is good, he is popular, and I declare I believe he is the happiest fellow had some of i papers announced that the young millicnaire had committed suicide. Why sho t he have done so? He had only to wish for a thing to be able to get it. He had had everyt! had tried every sport and amusement, had tired of them , was without intellectual longings, so he concluded he had had about enough of life. The same newspaper announced another suicide of a man who was also tired of life, for the reason that had nothing, was starving in fact. The two extremes had produced the same final result. The Luckiest Rich Young Man. The truth ts that the luckiest rich young man Is the one that has intellectual aspira- tions. He can use his leisure for studying | and the more he studies the more he will want to study. This is a very different be- ing from the rich man who has intellect as a fad,who likes to know some men of brains, to belong to historical societies and organi- zations of that character, to have a good library and to look at the title pages of the books and all the time to keep up the other side of life also—horses, hounds, suppers, clubs, &c. This man then becomes known in an uncertain sort of a way as a society man when he is not in the society set and as a man of intellect when he 1s in society, He generally has an idea that he must write a book, and, perhaps, if he is an honest fel- low, he writes it himself and publishes it. It is bad—oh, yes, there is no denying that— but it is a book, and how many of his rich associates have ever written a book? He Ukes to send it around to his friends and they are glad to accept it, and, of course, don't read it, or, if they do, hardly know how to criticise it. If he is not honest he may hire some one else to write the book advantage over the poor young man is with women in society. Outside of society money may not be all-powerful—although it is pretty powerful everywhere—but in the 400 society {t cannot be denied that a rich man has a chance to have a pretty good time. Unless he is ill-natured and disagreeable he ‘gets more favors at a german than a poor man gets, he gets more invitations to iin- ners, although he needs them less, and he has good chances of talking to all the pretty girls. He has a better chance of marrying one of the pretty girls, although here he may unexpectedly encounter a rude si as, for instance, when one cf the pretty girls refuses him in orjer to marry some man who has no money at all. The worst of it all is, however, that rich girls them- selves sometimes like to marry these rich young men, a proceeding that is simply an outrage on every side. There ought to be a law against this. All rich girls should marry poor men and all mch men should marry Poor girls. There would thus be a diminution of poverty in the world. The custom of money marrying money ought to be stopped. Was He Content. “Thank heaven!” said the poor man pi- ously, “I am content.” Of course, he is, but if any one should offer him a sarge sum of money, would he not take it? If he does not want any more, why would he accept any more? The truth is that he is not content, that it is a law of nature, good or bad, that men should want to be rich. * the writer heard a rich man tay once, “money is a great responsibility; it is a cause of endi2ss trouble snd worry and ‘Then why oes he endure the trouble and worry ani care? Ife can yive his money away very easily. Any lawyer will arrange for his transf2rring !t to an orphan asylum or a lunatic asylum, ana 1m the latter insti- tution he might eventually find quarters for himself, Of course, rich inen have many cares that poor men ure exempt from, but their cares are not as xerifus. If they really were so the strugsle in lie would be to be poor insteal of rich. ‘The whole thing has been said, however, whez. !t is rememtezed that no rich man wou!d be willing to change places with a poor man an‘ that every poor man would willingly chang his estaie with a rich man. ae ee SOME COIFFURES. Different Styles of Dressing the Hair for Effect. The hair dresser plays a prominent part, these days, in the appearance of a woman, for an unbecoming “head dress,” that is, one unsuited to its wearer's style, will make a pretty woman look something like one of Macbeth’s witches. It ts not necessary French Revolution. to make an elaborate coiffure, but it is quite necessary indeed that the contour of the head and the style of the face be con- sulted. For instance, the round dimpled face demands a high coiffure with only a suggestion of bang over the forehead, a little fluff of curls on the temple and a moderately well-built-up bang between the knot and the forehead on top of the head. Mixes Dumpling’s Coiffure. The thin face needs softening, and a much crimped head piece can be worn with a full fluffy ng pretty well around the face. If the neck is long and thin, the back of the nead should be exceedingly well shaped if a high knot fs worn. Women have tried with varying success some of the iN80 styles of h » the general effect of which is more often sad than successful. No kind of adaptation of ble to prese y—for some y women are ado| around, ho re Kemble in fect propor- regal bearin’ hair w rolled high st f puffs, caught with in front of the kuot. isto, tions, Her almost ch brown Mias Fannie Kemble. The front hair was parted off and rolled under, forming a puff above the ear, and a string of gems or a jewel studded band reached from the center ubove the torehead to the knot at the back. Mrs. Cleveland wears this coiffure with excellent effect. Mrs. Carlisle wears a modification of the Empress Eugenie style. been trying the style worn during the early part of the century, but itis not wholly a suce At one of the receptions last week one lady wore a slight moditication of the 180 side curls and they were not unbe- coming. — A Knight Of. Frem Life. for him, and then it fs not necessarily bad, and he may even acquire a reputation be- cause of it. Advantage in Society. Where the rich young man really has an a a | A few girls have | NEW PUBLICATIONS. PAUL JONES. aah ames ns wag “cthrockierton,” Ke. New yor! b. ‘iogtetn When Paul Jones was buried, a divine who discoursed on the deeds of the great seaman, said: “The fame of the brave out- lives him; his portion is immortality.” And yet there are thousands of young people in this country who do not know that such @ man as Paul Jones ever existed, while millions of those who call themselves Americans are either wholly ignorant as to the most intrepid of our naval officers or else have only vague ideas as to the part he played in American history. First to raise the Stars and Stripes on the ocean, and conquerable only by death, -he made American arms feared and respected by all the old-world naval powers. This history is in narrative form, cleverly written and well illustrated. PRAIRIE SONGS. Being chants rhymed and un- rhymed of the level lands of the great west. By Hamlin Garland, with qeig 2 by HT. Carpenter. Cambridge: Stone & Kimball. 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Both of | these are the result of much laborious re- search, and McGill emanates, benefit, J. Fischer & Bro, No. 7 Bible House, | New York, have sent Star tnree new | sacred pieces, which are well worth the atiention of all church singers. 1. Lead Kirdly, Light. Duet for soprano and alto, J. Wiegand. | 1. 3. Jesus Christ | (Easter anthem.) Solo | A. Melvil. soe ELECTRIC CURRENTS. Risen Toda. is and chorus. By M. What Experiments 5) Chu ary Century contains an ar- T. C. Martin, editor of the sineer, on the work of the ctrician, Nikola Tesla. wioas to Their cr. The r Says: sla has advance! the opinion, and jsustaiued it by brilliant experimenis of | siarthng be ty and graudeur, thar light and heat are produced by cisetrostatie . 5 beiweea charged mviecules jor atoms. Perfecting a generator that would han curreats of several thousand al and inventing his @ ceil, he has created tions Uiat have already | Mou.ues not a Lew of the accepted notions about electriety. j dt has b 3’ poten- + ‘Tesia has vais tnrougn his hands cur- ala poteltiar of more than 200,000 nes per second, ves in dazzling would surely kill, but Seca re | Streains of liga 3 is Rot a mere tour jde Lorce, but illustrates the principle that | waile currents of lower freque destroy 2 are jarmicss. After such a strix- ay, No one has 4ulON to repeat, 5 body and clothing have coi tnued ior some time to emit | s or halos of spiintered light. | an actual flame is produced by this agi- tation of tatically charged mok and curious spectacle can be of puissant, white, ethereal dames, do not ne anything, bursting the ei an induction coil as though It were the bush on holy ground. 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