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Show ORANCOUTANOS EDUCATION. When an orang outang, which la Ih nearewt approach to msn of all the varied forma of monkey life. Is taught to eat an I drink play cards and shake dice like a man the effect Is startling and Ihe Darwinian theory Is almost re duced to a fact Huch an orang Is now living In Philadelphia and la being dally taught new human chamcterls-lallrs chamcterls-lallrs by hla owner 1 I Duck He Is not Inking a regular college course and hla education will be complete In October Ily that time he la espectcd to wear a gentleman a clothe with tbe same grace that he now wears a bst and hit Hat of accomplishment will be long enough for him to do his OUTAN 10HINO I OH A I'ICTURi: regular turn on the slsge like any other oth-er ru larlll arllat. The first triumph In his education wa when he learned to wear a rel sailor hat for houra Mr Iluck aat by blm putting Ih hat on his head only to have It peralstently removed agnln Quttns head It Inclined to baldness and Mr Iluck noticed that niea bothered him greatly Struck by a happy thought, ho tmeared moluie on th orang t bald pate and after the animal had tlrugglcd with th files for tome time the hat wtt again produced pro-duced This time Oultn waa glad to Veep It on to keep the filet off He he not tlnce nmnlfealed any objection to the hat and when In his rage the file bother him he frequently tears oft a piece of taper and tries to make It stay on his bead The uie of a long slender glass In which ho could neither thrust hla mouth nor hla flngert wtt enough to male htm use a aoou after he had een the advantage ot It Hvery once In awhile a crash announce the fact that Outan haa broken another glass but that occura lest frequently every day When he playa cards, which he It Induced to do by tho fun ot hearing them slap on the table, hla face Is the Ideal me for poker The keenest gam bier could never tell from his face whether he held a straight flush or i low pair |