Show Monkeys have a good many of the characteristics characteristics characteristics character character- of mortals When the Vanderbilt steamship line between New York and San Francisco crossed Nicaragua an agent sent down there got a pe pet monkey The monkey s soon on became exceedingly fond of his owner but he he was a monkey and would woul perpetrate some monkey shines For some irregularity irregularity larit larity one morning his master boxed his Ilis ears no not severely but just enough to show to him that hi his discipline was not good Coming out of the housan house hous an hour later he found the tile monkey had deliberately deliberately deliberately hung himself and was as dead lead as OS a smelt We are reminded of this by a story in a New Ne NewYork York paper paper that a spotted hyena dog imported from Africa was put in the next cage to a monkey The two got to be great friends Finally the dog was taken with distemper and died His monkey friend was watching him and when he saw that tha the dog was dead he leaped to the top compartment compartment com corn of his cage and threw himself with such sue violence that he died a few few hours later The Th keeper said it was a deliberate rate case ease of suicide |