The Stroud Star. (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1901 Page: 4 of 10
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• -Laura K. Richards. In St. Nichols*
TWO MA8C0T MONKEYS
Tdalr dames Are Jeaale aad Cdlppee.
and Tdey Belaaw «a New Vard'a
Plre Depart meal.
Probably the atraagest mascots la
the New York Are department are
Jennie and Chipper, two lively mon-
keys. who pass a happy life in the
hook and ladder house at No. 20 Mer-
ccr street. Jennie, the lorger of the
two, belongs to the mandrill species,
and weighs .10 pounds. She is eight
years old, but her compauion, the Java
JENNIE AND CHIPPER.
monkey, Chipper, has seen only a year.
The monkeys are kept in the back part
of the building, near the atrong, hand-
some horses that are such fleet run-
ners. Jennie takes a special interest
in the horses, and as each one is led
back to be cleaned she seizes the hal-
ter and manages the horse quite skill-
fully, pulling him this way or that,
as she sees it is necessary. If a horse
gets restive and impatient Jennie
scolds him in her funny, chattering
way, while she dutches the halter like
a vise. She is usually seated on the
top of the radiator while holding the
horse, and in the winter she will lie
town on the radiator and sleep when it
ta so hot that a man cannot put his
hand on it.
Like most of her tribe, Jennie is full
of mischief, so she is kept fastened
to the wall by a long, heavy, doutile
lhain. Strong as this chain is, how-
ever, she breaks it sometimes, and
Ikes she rummages nil over the prem-
aes, especially down cellar. She has
'earned that there are cans . of con-
leased milk and laid down there which
Ike men keep for meals, so she
always visits that place first, and
works havoc. Then she goes upstairs
mi cats up all the soup skm cob find
md if she comas
My teuauss aim wftd
which she clows away to a
smses of •• masy a* five ui this way
This fruit iInmhs fur future uat.
It »• i grout grief i« Jruuie lhai
tnipper, who is n quirt, yvnlls mon-
key. *b**ul4 be allowed to gw owl alone.
A Work away there Is a large fac-
tory. where the people who worheomg
doom to the street *v»ry eoou to eat
their luaeheoo. ttegotarly atthat hwor
t*hippvr walks areoed to get some tid-
bits from ibelr friend*. All the ehiU
drew know her. aad If i* quite safe for
h«r io gw alone, as they would aoi al-
low anyone to steal her. The other
day Jennie Iterator so jraloos at lunch-
coa lime that she managed to break
her chain, sad ohm discovered a few
minute* later eh* was walking gravsly
toward ike (notary, carrying bn chain
on one arm aad ("kipper «e«icd like a
baby on lb* ether
Frank Murphy has charge of the
pel*, and whenever be goes near the
moakry* they will give every evidence
of delight, and put (heir arms around
his neck In the most affectionate way.
MThose monkey* know every word
we say," said Mr. Murphy. •* h* threw
Chipper lightly over to Jennie, who
was trying bard to gel possession of
the smaller monkey, whom she loves
to pet. **Jennl# plan* a lot of things,
and whenever I see her looking care-
fully and attentively at every link in her
chain I know she ha* got some scheme
in mind, and is planning to break the
chain. A few days sgo she managed
to wrench the whole top off of that
large radiator. Rhe never allows any
tips to remain on the gas fixtures if
she can help It, and she loosens all the
handles which turn on the gas. A short
time sgo she took the tip off a fixture
near her and then turned on the gas,
ns she had seen the men do. When
she smelled the gas she put her mouth
over the tube to breathe it in. We found
her lying insensible on the floor, but
we managed to bring her to.**
It is not possible to leave any gas
turned low near Jennie, for she likes
to slap at- it with her paw until the
small light goes out. Another pet
sport of hers is to wrench the bandies
off the doors, and she is so fond of
breaking windows that those near her
have been boarded in. Slamming the
door is another pleasure, for she can
easily turn the handle and open a door
herself. During the hottest days she
likes to sit in the sink and let the wa-
ter from the faucet pour over her, and
she is also an expert swimmer when
she gets into deep water.
Chipper has funny tricks, too, al-
though she 1s> so much younger. Chip-
per’s special trick is to go to fires. The
other day when the big 85-foot ladder
was dashing out to a tire Chipper was
discovered calmly seated on the top.
It was too late to take her off, and
Chipper went to the fire. While the
firemen were at work she stayed with
the driver, and on the return trip she
seemed to wear an expression of great
satisfaction. Since then she has de-
cided to attend fires whenever things
.at home get monotonous.—N. Y. Trib-
une.
Big American Elk Horns.
Gen. Charles W. Darling, of Utica,
N. Y., is the possessor of a pair of
elk horns that measure nine feet and
three inches from tip to tip across
the skull, and they have a spread of
53% inches. > The beam lengths are
55 and 56% inches, and of the ten
prongs the longest are 16 and 17
inches. The only larger pair known
are 12 feet from tip to tip. They are
in Germany.____
A Cautions Statistician.
“How large a permanent population
hus Crimson Gulch?” inquired the
tourist.
“Well,” answered Bronco Bob;
“we’ve got about 407 living here. But
with eo much hoes steelin' an’ brace
faro goin* on, I wouldn’t allude to any-
body as bein’ particular permanent,”
—N. Y. Herald._
Unluue at swot is CbiVua.
One of the streets iu Canton, Chian,
is occupied entirely by druggists and
dentists. The Mat of this thor-
"Thltage (toqueally happen «* (he
that are aot down au the pro*
,** said a well-known (heal-
Heal m*. relates the New < release
Tiuti Primmi “end •«a»»iiu»r • the
leant thing in the wn*!d will dlsena-
eert the meet finished aiilsl. At
Weal end n feu evening* ego I MW
an electric bug frighten nn# of the
sieger* uatII she forgot her liuee and
rushed off the stage. The hug Just
settled on the rufile of her skirt, and
wo* doing no barm whatever, but It
a* disconcerted the young indy and
made her so nervous that she had to
leave the slagv until she could rid
her»elf of thr bug. Ultle thing* o|
this sort nfieri women more then
they do men, unless the mrn nr* of
that peculiar and highly tenanted
nervous temperament which we some
times find on the stage.
"I recall n curious thing in Mem-
phis some years ego, while Bernhardt
was there, aad It convinced me that
the Immortal Harsh was Just a lit-
tle different from the common run
of women. She wan playing nt the
old Lyceum theater, which has since
burned, and the place was crowded,
as is usual when this splendid artist
appears in any of her favorite roles.
Bernhardt had reached one of the
climaxes, end had gotten well to the
center of the stage. Her eyes fell
to the stage floor just as a mouse
scampered out from the wings and
rushed across the stage right by her,
and almost brushing the ruffle of her
skirt. Other women might have
leaped up into the nearest chair with
piercing screams. But not so with
Bernhardt. Rhe stood her ground un-
flinchingly, and rolled out her sen
tences in French without even the
slightest change in the intonation of
her voice, and without a twitch of
the muscles to indicate that she was
at all alarmed by the sudden appear-
ance of the mouse.
“But one of the cleverest things I
ever saw was out west some years
ago, while the leading woman in some
comic opera was singing her most
fetching song. A cat appeared on the
stage. The feline member was in a
playful mood, and insisted on divid-
ing honors with the star singer. The
young woman took in the situation
at a glance. The audience had begun
to titter. She quietly reached down,
picked the cat up, and sang her song
while brushing the purring pussie’s
fur back with her pretty white hand,
and it is not likely that she ever
received more applause than she did
on that occasion. It was really the
hit of the engagement.”
To the Pole by Wire.
The conditions surrounding arctic
travel are such that the principal dif-
ficulty is found in maintaining com-
muncation with a base of supplies. It
is believed that wireless telegraphy
has now reached a point, where, at
least, it promises such development
that future exploring parties will be
able to carry along apparatus and
base camps. If this proves to be the
case, much of the terror of the arctic
will be removed, and exploration will
be made both easier and safer, with
the possibility that this added instru-
mentality will enable the discovery of
the pole at no far distant date.—Elec-
trical Review._
Ballylau His Wife.
Jones—Dear mel You say you
you often lay down the law to your
wife; how do you go about it?
Bones—Why, all you need is firm-
ness; I usually go into my study,
lock the door and do it through the
key-hole.—Tit-Bits.
Fevaessl Precaution.
- Geraldine-—At what hour will you
call'to-morrow night?
Gerald—What time is it your fa-
ther's fact gut te sleep?—Smart Set.
Wtal liwlasll Bay Thlafca.
A email buy says it is impossible to
judge the vffvet of a slipper by Its
ur wans
The Lap outers oh* it** i» Ate*k*
are proving iktuulu* 'treating tal
oabi# bjf their apt**— ta tbe manage
•teal sad rare of the reindeer aad they
they are auo teuehisg the native Ala*
has the art* If *urh it may be *sit*d
There are shunt a duero reindeer *;e
llua* sow e«iabli*hrd I* A»*«k» aad
mure to follow. The •»*•!♦ e* ere rr
quired to serve *s epprrBii****bip oi
several year* at the reiaderr •tatious
During thi* time they are praeileally
taught how to ataaage the drrr and the
mskisg of sledges and reiadeer har
item. After the expireitos of (belt
service the government allow* each a
number of deer a* hi* own per*oSul
property. The tntnl number of rein
deer In Aia*kn at present in 3A00. ol
which some hate tiers distributed to
ubr Eskimos.
The average Lap u»»man is n pic-
turesque figure. She in generally
young and robust, and ten chances te
one has an infant in her characteristic
Lapland cradle, which is hewn out of
n solid lug and carried on the back by
n strap. Thr wife of the chief herder
is one of the most notable women of
the culony. Rhe is very intelligent and
her purticular duty is to teach the Es-
kimo women the art of making rein
derr clothing, which is the warmest
and best adapted for arctic climates.
She also instructs them how to prepare
the various foodstuffs which the rein-
deer furnishes, such as butter, cheese,
and the cooking and drying of the
meat. For this work she receives the
same pay as the herder*.
She travels from station to station
where the classes of women arc as
sembled from the surrounding coun
try of 100 miles or more. She liber
gives daily object- lessons in her do
mestic work and gradually the Eskimc
women are taught the way* of civil-
ization.
NOTHING COMMON FOR HER
9h« Wanted to Bwy Some Stock ant
Wasted tke Best la the
Market.
Flashing with silk ami satin anc
sparkling with diamonds, she swept
into the broker’s office, a creature ol
fashion and society, patrician from the
tip of her ostrich feather hat to the
sole of her French heel, says the New
York Times.
“I’d like to buy some stock,” she said,
sweetly, as the broker came forward.
My husband, Mr. M----, is jiuur cus-
tomer—”
“Yes, to be sure,” said the broker,
“what stock do yon wish?”
“Why, just stock,” she answered,
vaguely.
“I know,” he responded, patiently,
“but there are many stocks—”
“Oh, are there? Of course,” she
asked and answered in a breath.
“Why, let me see,” and she bit the end
of her glove pensively. “I think it
was some sort of metal.”
“Steel?” he ventured.
“Yes. that’s it!” she exclaimed, de-
lightedly. “Get me some.”
“Well, there is common and pre-
ferred. Which do you wish? I should
suggest the common.”
“Mr. N-, the idea!” she burst
forth, angrily. “I have always been
accustomed to the best, and I stil>
want it. I wish no common stock, and
I am astonished that you should eve*
hint at such an idea!”
"But—” he began, helplessly.
“I want the very best stock ther«
is. I don’t care what H oosts, and L*
you care to insult me by offering tr
buy poor stock I shall go elsewhere
Common! ugh!” And in a fit of virtu
ous indignation she blazed out of the
office.
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yj»
His Iskrtse*.
Beggar—Sir, I am starving out
haven’t got a penny to my nurne!
Citizen—Huh! You're ous o' thorn
guys that’s been giving away hit
death, I
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Street, A. L. H. The Stroud Star. (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1901, newspaper, November 8, 1901; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc405300/m1/4/: accessed May 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.