The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 06, 1908, Page FIVE, Image 5
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/ APES DO REASON, HE SAYS.
Intelligence of a Chimpanzee in Est,
caping from a Cage?A Cycling
Ape.
An ape, reared I'roni babyhood at
tlie Biological Institute in Amani,
Herman Kast Africa, lias aeeomplishI
nients as a bicycle rider. There was
a demand from Merlin for so gifted
a specimen of the anthropoid ape and
lie has now been added to the collections
in the Zo-ological Garden of
that city.
Perhaps it is not very remarkable
that an intelligent ape with innate
love for feats of balancing and gymnastic
stunts on the branches of trees,
should learn to ride a bicycle, llis
J trainer reports that his patience and
time were not overtaxed in teaching
him to ride.
The ape was a little slow in grasping
the idea that by working the pedals
he could propel the machine, but
when light dawned upon him his education
as a wheelman was almost complete.
lie is not yet sufficiently observant
of obstacles in the road, but he
is improving.
Just now the Herman public is
most interested in the studies tlnil
Dr. Alexander Sokolovski lias been
making of three antliropoid apes at
Stellingen, near Berlin. llis scientific
specialty is zo-ological psychology j
and he has been observing the life of I
two oranguotnng, male and female, I
called Jacob and Rosa, and an an- [
named chimpanzee. He has convinc- >
ed himself that these animals have
not onlv instinct, but also clementarv j
reasoning powers.
The three animals are excellent
friends, bu| there are marked temperamental
difference between the
chimpanzee and the orangulanjus. I
I he former is full of lift1 and is doing!
something every waking moment. The I
latter are more quiet, sit reposefullv
for long periods on the floor, and
when they al tempt the swinging bar
Ihev are slower and more cautious
than the chimpanzee, who is reckless,
lie likes rough and tumble play with
Jacob, but Rosa is his favorite.
There seems to be a perfect understanding
between them and she is his
dutiful servant in many of his origi-i
nal performances. I
10 facilitate Dr. Sokolovski \s
studies the keepers gave a good deal
of latitude to the three animals. The
chimpanzee especially has had his
own way to an unusual extent, lie
acts more naturally when he does not
know that lie is under human observation,
and for hours every day be
has been apparently by himself
though watched every moment.
Some of the most interesting results
of |)r. Sokolovski's studies grew
out of the chimpanzee's desire to
escape confinement, lie does not
like it, though liis two friends seem
content with their lot..
They occupied a part of a very
large wire cage, more than half of
which was used as the summer sleeping
place of the giraffes. The board
partition dividing the cage into two
compartments was high, though it
did not extend lo the roof. Nobody
dreamed that the chimpanzee could
surmount this wall, but he did, and
it was one of his three successful attempts
to get ouI of his cage.
In a corner of the cage against the
wooden partition was a large box in
which the apes slept and so heavy
that Ihev could not move it. One
day the chimpanzee .jumped up on
this box and seemed to he critically
exainininu the partition, lie jumped
into the air again and again with
arms stretched above his head, hul he
could not bring his fingers within
three feet of the top of the wall.
llis attention suddenly became ri-|
voted upon a large tin globe which
had been given to the animals to play
with. It was made of thick plate and
was so big ami heavy that it was not
easy to handle. Ii was made for rolling
along the ground.
Now was |h" lime for Rosa to help,
and she was summoned. Together'
Ihev boosted the globe upon the Imx ,
and rolled it into the corner. Here
il was kept l>v I lie faithful ami inlel-j
liuenl Ro-a while her friend clamber- j
ed up over her back to the top of the '
globe. Rosa --till kept I lie' globe in j
place while I he venturesome chilli- i
nnzee jumped again and again for the
lop of that partition. But he could
nol reach it by several inches.
Then he had a conference with
Rosa. .lust how he communicated his
idea lo her is not known, but she
understood him.
The chimpanzee look her arm and
hepled her to clamber up on the globe. !
She stretched herself face downward i
on the rounding surface. The c!i ? '
panzee mounted on her body and i
made another mighty spring info the!
a i r.
11 was a great success, for he!
clutched the top of (he partition and,
dropped down among the giraffes on :
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the other side, lie was not a hit concerned
ahout leaving his friends, but
the unsellish Kosa had helped him 11>
desert without leaping any sidvantage
herself.
I he keepers escorted the ape hack
to his own compartment and d-'prived
the three friends of the globe that
had give them so niueh amusement.
Tliev were very eertain that * the
chimpanzee could not surmount the
"v.: !i> m again.
They didn't know the extent of
the animal's resources. It was observed
a few d:y; later ;uat the
chimpanzee was having more fun
than ever on his trapeze, and it looked
as though he were continually Irving
to swing himself against the roof.
At last he gathered all his energies
tor the biggesj swing of all, and
when at the summit of his flight he
sprang (til the bar and just managed
to catch the top of the partition.
The next moment he was among
the giraffes again. That very day
the partition was extended to
the roof and flight in this direction
was quite cut off.
Ilis next attempt was to break the
fastening on the door of the cage,
lie observed with much apparent interest
that when the keeper entered
the cage he handled a bunch of keys,
one d| which he inserted in a padlock.
The keeper sometimes gave
him the keys because he was so
gravely curious to examine them one
by one, and often he would strain up
against the wire (o look at the padlock
outside, for the idea seemed to |
d'twn upon him that it had sonic- ;
thing to do with getting into or out of
the cage.
One day Jacob managed to break ;
the wooden piece 011 the swing and
thi< put an implement into the hands
of the chimpanzee. The hit of tough
hardwood was about three fee) hum
and i| had broken so that one end
was almost :i point. Dr. Sokolovski
could scarcely believe his (.\es when
he saw the ape firusl the stick outside
ol the wire, liusli the thin end up
through the slant* 111:it held the padlock
and ther. ;?v with all hi-, might
force it out. '''he keeper was noti-j
fied. the perI'o 'tii nee terminated
and the chimpanzee was deprived of
his new implement.
As he It.'li liss restraint so deepl
it was decided I give him :i little I
occasional ex'rei-e in the open, and I
so one day the keeper look him out
inlo Ilu* garden lor a vfioll, leading
him by a small chain, li was ;i great
lark 'or the ape and he plainly manifested
his enjoyment and all the
more when they reached a fruit stall
at the gate, where lie was regaled
with bananas.
He had the time of his life and the
very next day he decided that he
wanted another stroll and more bananas.
ITe set to work on the wire of
the cage, which was merely meant
for summer use, but was supposed to
be strong enough to hold any animal
that was put into the cage.
The chimpanzee confined his attention
to the smaller wires that
were bent around the network of larger
wires to keep them in place. He
bit and tugged at one wire with his
strong teeth till it broke, and then
lie uncoiled it with his fingers and
threw it on the ground. He treated
a number of these wire brands in the
same wav and then with his enormously
strong hands and arms he
pulled and bent the larger wires lillj
lie had cleared a hole big enough |o
crawl through.
It was high time to sound the alarm
but before anything could be done
the <diimpanz.ee was out in ;he garden
and Jacob ami Kosa were at his heels.
The leader was making straight for
the fruit stand when the force of
keepers corralled the party and forced
t hem hack into flic cage.
I his is only one series of observations
among many which led Dr.
Sokolovski to the conviction that
these animals, while less than human,
are much more than brutes. He learned
many things also from the orang'ittaugs.
but Ihev were not so bright and
interesting a< the chimpanzee.
One of the peculiarities of litis fel- I
low was his antipathy for evervlhing
I'll inn excepting hi- keepers. Jacob
and lfo-a would blandlv extend their
hands lor 1 cordial shake with the I
"ublic while the chimpanzee lurked
behind for a good chance to snatch
off the headgear of the visitors. Spectacles
aroused his greatest ire and lie
had a way of sweeping I hem off the
nose with a sort of backhand claw
that hurl and almost stunned the victim.
Dr. Sokolovski advises that a number
of young men trained in zoological
or comparative psvchologv be
stationed in the native homes of these
animals to make a thorough stndv of
them. lie does not think that the
anthropoid ape was the direct ancestor
of the human race, but he believes
man originated through some striking
diflerentiation from them.
At any rate in physical structure
.iiul in mental processes they arc the
nearest approach with tin? brute crea-I
tion has made to man. They are worthy
of tho most minute study, and
with the present methods of investigation
Dr. Sokolovski believes it will
he possible to reveal their whole life
history and to learn just what they
are.
HOW THE BOY WAS SAVED.
B\ B .H. Lindsey, .Judge of the Juvenile
Court at Denver, Colo.
Shameful to relate, he was in jail.
A strain* place for a twelve-year-old
boy with a soul and heart.
I lie jailer ha'd telephoned me one
cold winter night that the boy was
in a spasm of crying and had so '
alarmed him that he urged me to
come at once. I grabbed my coat and
bat and went out into the night, feeling
that the pitiless beat of the
sleety rain was ever kinder than a
criminal law that condemns little J
children to crime and iron cells. But I
this was before the fight against ihe
jail was fought and won. This was j
before love and firmness had sup- I
planted hatred and dejrada'. i.?r.
Behind iron bars that would shame 1
(lie king tiger o| the jungle I iVuud |
He was A-cpi.;, >li:i|
would have thought not a care had
ever vm" I mm lJ'.ie (??: !e ! h a ! |
with its worn and tear-tained face, i
' ; ' .:.!, I ' I
ing of iron bolts and bars and td;uk- (
iirr of great keys tu/iing in their,
solemn, monotonous, locks n- the!
jailer, leaving me alone with the boy,!
returned from the cell back into tiio
dimly lighted corridor.
i he hoy. I rightcned at those J
r.:!ige surroundings, luoked at his j
new cell mate at first cautiously, al- !
most fearfully. Then a look of joy !
and gladness came to his <.Vi as j
might come from Ihe captive at the
approach of deliverance. Tin hov !
knew me. lor he had been a c'ironic
little tmailt : and there may ha\-e i
been worse things, but they mr Ke
left unsaid, for it was the boy and
not the "things" we were trv'ng to
redeem.
I sal down in the cell on tli" iron ;
floor and put my arm around the
boy. I told him how much I thought
of him. and how 1 despised the bad !
things he did. Vet what could 1 do
if he did not help me? I might help!
him, but I could not carry hi n *. I <
would always be his friend, bat he j
was gelling both himself and -n in I
trouble if he "swiped things;" for if
1 should let him on! r<ml h-1 "*wip d
things" again, would not the officer!
ay that the judge made a mistake in
not sending "that kid to the State
Industrial School, where he would
not have a chance to swipe things?"
I hen they would say both the judge
and the boy should be in jail. ITow
could he expect a judge to keep his
job if his boys did such things? He
saw the point: a/id standing upright
there in the cell the light in his eves
spoke better than his words the earnestness
of his promise to "stay wid
ver, judge," as lie tearfully declared
he would never get me into any trouble
and we would both keep out of
jail.
And so I almost as tearfully accepted
his proffered protection, and
""I ??f the jail we walked together
into the now raging storm. And vet
it was no such storm as had raged in
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'i HO LLANO GIN ? Best Gin sc
J APPLE BRAN DY?This yeai
i PEACH BRAN DY ? Made e
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800-80S-8<M-8rm Ti
nMnnnaHi
' ?y s 1 ili' a home blighted by
:i lather who ii:ul deserted ami trodden
underfoot every vow ho took at
the marriage altar. And so a lather's
earo, the divine birtbright of every
eliiltt. had been denied him. The boy
was m?t bad. His opportunity had
been poor; his environment was bad.
1 !"<>!< him home to his mother, a
p "'i, i uiiiiIi11woman, deserving of
" huter fad. than to toil all day to
Iced a mi elothe her hungry children.
Any mother, however noble, who nil-I
dor such handieaps and dill'ienlties
tries to ])erform the functions of both
parentgenerally fails to perform
those of either. It it a wonder, then,
that the child is not "brought np in
the wjiv it should go ?" Is i| the
child *s fa nil ? If why then the
jail ami degradation?
T!io boy returned to school. Tie
brought good reports for over two
years, mid with them he brought joy
and gladness, lie had, in a poor wav,
'ried to supply what was lacking in
his little life. l)i,t to do this well ji
-park had to be struck somewhere or
a hearts!ring had to be sounded that
would respond.
One day his mother came at the
end of a weary. toilsome day to tell
>??' that Marry was a changed boy.
S!m' '"h' how though! fnl and lov1,1
?"; a ml that once when she!
was sick he had. with the tenderness
?f .i w'onian. waited on her and giv- !
?'! np all the pleasures of the si reel. '
Mnally the tears came into her eves,
;nid she said: "Judge, 1 never know
.I'l-- why Harry chamred so ninch till
""? 'i?.v while I was" ill and he had :
'" <? ; ' -'veet ami kind I asked him I
wa- lie became good for the
i '.d~e * and looking up into my face
with a tea,- jn (.y,., 1,,. said: 'Well,
mother, you >ee, it's (his Wav: If I
' ver pi!- bad .wipes |
the j ubjo -the jn dye will lose his
M''' :,,"1 he my friend he |
:'Md I am .join" to stav wid
him.
HALF A GLASS OF WINE.
'No. sir: no woman over had a
' than I iiad. No one
"I '< bet !< : hnsbaml at I he
1.1-i. lie w;|S youth-manly, refined,
iliffent. lie was a good provider,"
< *s51 \- earned his $:if> a week,
''''member just when the Ironhie
beiran. It was many years ago.
My linsband was troubled with indi!i?-iion.
lie had tried all sorts of
remedies, but nothing did, him any
good. At l;^s( ho happened to hear
"t a French physician, and consulted
him. Thi> physician. said, 'Certainly
I can cure you. Simple and leasant
remedy. Take a half-glass of
wine at each meal. You'll come
around all right.'
j "Oh. sir. I remember the very
I day that first demijohn came to our
house. I had an awful feeling of apprehension.
Such a thin? had never
| entered our doors before. I said to
|my husband. 'My dear, I wouldn't.
I SnioK there must be some other
eure. Ifeally. f afraid of the con!
sequences. Don't touch, it dear.' But
| lie became irritated; said he wasn't
a fool; that ho knew how to take
| wire of himself, and that 1 needn't
i have any fears for him; that ho was
I-imply doing what the doctor?an
j experienced man?had told him to do,
j <ail t hat it was all right.
I ^ Well, sir, I remember it so well;
I that meal he took a half-glass of (1,,.
w:ue and filled the glass with water.
' f could see even then, at the close
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U-S. All orders are sent out H.-.mo day n
Tls' whiskev w? have be<
>ld^? JL* 1 m0llow, try 't once,
>ld at thiR low price
bi,t 11 is pure brandy
specially for us in Mnryland.
lO CENTS F.XTFM P?R G/ILLOH FOR Af\
21 Pints or 40 Mutt-Pints of Any A
:s at tbwse prices and guarantee Halo delive
Send Money Order or lie.
A. IIATIvK &
J. CAUY ST., nox
ui ! ?' <?' 'I. I> 'lis I'll,-he,! I',!.-.. :i:mI \
" 1 !l !i,i* {lie w im> li'lie
its it was 11:t(I jrone tu his head. Ii
Smut a I mm* lu? took his wine without ! 1
water, and.il was not many months ! h
before l ive demijohns ? week wore |
brought into mil- once temperate and J
beautiful home.
"Oh. sir. that was years a?o. To-I
da\ hill I must no; tell you where!
he i< or how lie I no Us. lie is niv I i
hushaml ,lill. Is ij.ere no place",
where he ran n it for reformation j
I have tried everything. lie fairlv i
pleads with me now ;.i Iiis sober' r
hours jo save hi.-n. lie .seems to he
utterly unable t-., res';..; temptation.!
When he is awav from drink, he does ' .
quill- well for a time. When he sees !
it. mm t have it. All hix will-pow- j j
<'r i- ivone. What can he do? What ^
shall I do?" (
FOREIGN CRIMINALS. '
Police Commissioner Theodore .\.
Kinirhani is ||?. author of a starllim: J i
article in (he September liitmhe;* of' ?
the Norlli American Weview on " I'or j \
fi.an Criminals in New York." It \
could not bul be the fael. Ceuerall"
Hinuhain says, that the ureal majori-1 j
t.v of criminals in New York should \
be o) exolie origin, sinee ciirhly-five j
per cent of I lie population of (lie city ,
is cither foreign-born or of foreign ; j,
parent a.ire. while nearly half the resi-j
dents ot the five horouirhs do no| '
speak the Knulish lanpia?v. While i ?'
the ljebrew is credited or discredited I "
with the hiirhesl percent aire of crime. |
the Italian malefactor is hv far t he i
urealer menace {? law ami order, (ieneral
himrham describes the police iv j
irulal ions which apply to |he Italian'
criminal at home and which impel j
him to seek relief by ciniirraI in?- to
I'i?i:"d Si ne>. Th" coaonissi,.,,. j
? nn!ii? rat < certain defect < in the no- i
lice system of New York which make j
it diflicnll to deal satisfactorily with j
'he alien criminal. Of Chinatown he j r
| says: ' Chinatown has been <|iiiet for j '
inan\ mouths; but murderous erup-1
' ""is in thai ou?rter of \\-w York i
always come without warninir, ami no <
?>ne save the Chinamen themselves <
ever know any what the <(uai rcl j
is about than that one lonjr. or socio- | ,
ty. lias a grievance asrinsl another. <
The Chinaman never includes hiAmerican
neighbors in his feu.Is, \
however, and the only risk the laller ,
runs when the former noes on the ;
I war-path is from a si ray bullet; for
the yellow men are poor marksmen. ,
Nevertheless. Chinalown is a plnirue :
spot that oujrht not to be allowed to (
exist. 11 is- a const int menace to
the morals c,r the children of the
neighborhood and a cover for desperate
criminals. The low-ceiled rooms \
<>f the s,,?alid buildinirs in hovers,
IVII. and Molt Streets and facinir on"
the Mowery, many of them openinir 1
only into inside courts, are divided 1
I and subdivided info closet-like spaces '
that are rented for living and sleeping
purposes; and in them are lions- 1
ed the very lees of hiiinanily, black. 1
yellow, and white, Chiiiaineii. honest
and dishonest, but all hers '
j thieves, lhu?rs. and prostitutes, with 1
I their parasites." I
EXCURSION RATES TO COLUM- !
BIA, S. C., AND RETURN VIA i
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Account South Carolina Colored i
Stale Fair tie Southern railway announces
very low I'oii in I trip rale-; f
j fro.,; all points i,: South Carolina to
Columbia. S. c.. tickets jo he sold
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:ss for more than forty yearn. JJointf next 1
uccivod, Wo make losses and breakage px
I Gal.
sn sotting for forty years - $2 50
then always - 2.50
" " " - - 2.50
" " " - ~ 2.50
2.50
iv of the nnovr nnnruns //v full nun
lhai/H Itrnmlfi //? t'lnin Cnnun $7.SO.
rv- ^ r't(' 'or complete pric.o list., aa tin
^'ist(^rcfl //Otter with order.
- Y,
an,
'ovember i I li |<> 11111 inclusive, and
"" trains - acduled t.i arrive Columia
before noon of November Tllli,
008. linited for return until Novoiner
Ktt.li. 15)08.
For rates, detailed infonnation.
te., applv t.? Southern railway ticki
alien! s . .? add ress,
d. c. Lusk.
Ivision I'asseutrer Ajjent.
'? Mcel,. ('haricot on, S. <
?Jen. I 'ass. A lit..
Atlanta. (!a.
UIAllLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA
RY.
ScJiodulc in cffect May 31, 1908.
.v. Xewlu'Trvl(' X & I,) 12:50 p.m.
n\ Laurens o:02 p.m.
.v. l.nurens (C & W (') 2p.m.
u\ (ireenville 4 :00 p.m.
v. Laurens 2:,T2 p.m.
u\ Spartanburg -I:()."? p.m.
-v. Spartanburg (So. liy.) 5:00 p.m.
U\ I lendersouville 7:45 pan.
u\ Aslieville S :.">() p.m.
v. I -aureus ((' & \\' (*) 2:.T2 p.m.
i r. (ireeinvood :.'52 p.m.
ir. .McConuiek -T :!5.'> p.m.
u\ August a (?:1;~> p.m.
Tri-Weeklv I'arktr Car line beween
Auunsta and Aslieville. Trains
*os. I Mild 2. leave Augusta Tuesdays,
liursduvs ;uid Saturdays, leave
kslu'ville Mniidavs, Wednesdays and
Yidavs. .
Xote: Die above arrivals and de~
'ariure.-, ms well as eonueetion* with
titer companies, are riven as informal
ion, and are not guaranteed.
Krnest Williams,
Men. Pas... Ayt..
Auirusta. fla,
<!eo. T. Mrvan.
(Iivenville, S. (\,
(I'en. Aj^t.
BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES.
Eastbouud.
X<?. !S. leaves Anderson :it O.nO a.
n.. for eouueetion at Mellon with
>out liern for (ireenville.
No. 12, from Walhalla. leaves Anlerson
at 10.1.? a. in., for eouueetion
il Melton with Southern Kail way for
'oliimhia and (Ireenville.
Xo. 20. leaves Anderson at 2.20
>. in., for connections at Melton with
^oulheru liailway for (ireenville.
Xo. H. daily except Sunday, from
A allialla arrives Anderson (1.2-1 p.
u., with connect ions at Seneca with
southern liailway from points south.
Xo. 10, from Walhalla, leaves Anlerson
at !..?/ p. m., for connections
il Melton with Southern liailway for
ireenville and ('olumhia.
Westbound.
No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50
i. in., Ironi Melton with connections
Yoin (ireenville.
No. 0, arrives at Anderson at 12.24
t. m., Iroiu Mellon with connections
roin (Ireenville and Columbia, (iocs
0 Walhalla.
No. 10, arrives al Anderson at .i.10
>. in., from Melton with conucdions
from (Ireenville.
Xo. 11. arrives at Andersm at
5.20 p. in., from Melton with connections
from (ireenville and Columbia.
(iocs to Walhalla.
Xo. <, daily except Sunday, leaves
Anderson al 0.20 a. in., for Walhalla,
with connect ions at Seneca for local
'"ll'l S S ill! II.
Nos. 17. 18, If), and 20 are mixed
Irvns between Anderson and Melton.
Nos. i and H are local freight
1 rains, carrying passengers, between
Anderson and Walhalla and between
WalliallK a in1 Anderson
rHOEART OF 7
lOND, VA.|
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M % p, M p. W 1
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: p'^'V -i
SMPMENTS.i, l
f^tho express office ^ives us the |j|j
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$4.50 $6.50 $9.00 Bffl
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