Show points about chimpanzees the length of the chimpanzees arms to is very great re reaching athing below the knees by the whole extent ot of the fingers the legs lees have a sort of calf but it differs from that of toe the human being in that it continues of equal thickness nearly to the heel the hand differs from that of man in having the thumb much the smallest of tue the fingers fla sers the chimpanzee walks more frequently on his fiet than the other out but stands with the feet much wider apart than man an goes with the knees much more bent and it cannot long retain its erect position its food is in entirely vegetable when brought to cold climates it usually dies d I 1 es of consumption sum P t ion cuvier curler states that the chimpanzees live in troops construct themselves huts of leaves arm themselves with sticks and stones and employ these weapons to drive naan man and elephants from their dwellings he also reports the story of their pursuit of the ne grosses and carryl sg them off into the woods which is still credited in the country where they are found As they become old they become sullen savage and ferocious and there is reason to believe that there is no animal more brutally and irre irreclaimably c Islin ably vicious than one of the old males of any of these large anthropomorphous apes whether they be ou gibbons chimpanzees 0 or r go gorillas r illas THE LICK there may be some disappointment in gaining any wonderful results with the lick telescope that is results calculated to awaken a popular interest lord rosse built a reflector half a century centar ago of very great olmen dimensions ad and there is today to day a thirty inch glass abroad both 0 of f t these hese instruments have gone far toward occupying the field which uie se lick glass may be expected to ali fla it will not therefore be remarkable if the lick glass does not at once give us any remarkable items of news from froin the starry spheres by which we are surrounded out when certain cartain objects of our own solar come into favorable positions seen through the thirty six inch ilch glass elass and through the dry california atmosphere possibly we may get such results better than seen before |