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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-02-09, Page 6� + th,�Mfemales correctly. For the :'weak-� � hl1D. 1►'�$9,"z. ee Stories " a hong tk�ese g'r�eat apes .axe i neve h l ` ,__.._. never belligerent unless the • sung are J, L, Bucy, Veteran Animal concerned. the chief causes for which chimpatr'" go to battle, as 1 Papoose, these have been potent causes for battle between 1 men since ever our race began. Lead- l ership brings panels of apes to the Ranter, Tells" lnterestlng Tales of Our Animal,.. Cousins Ladies and leadership --••these are 1 EASY TO TEACH l fray. When it is a lady two ear Many biles are told of the ferocity testing apes dobattle together, while of the ca:umpanzee, but I am convinced other members of thou band go about that non o! the great apes* -not even their business in strict neutrality, the gorilla—will'attack unless he feels I can remember one terrifee en- in dange , He may attack when not counter I' watched as I lay Ano an in danger; then it is merely a diger- say stomach looking into a leafy in encs of opinion between man and ape. closure where a band of chimpanzees The "outlaw" chimpanzee is an carne regularly to nibble the "krateh amazingly interesting individual. He klatch," or Christmas tree leaf, of is a great male who roams the woods which they are very fond. They were alone. Some authorities say such an fairly evenly matched, these two outlaw is the deposed leader of a males. Each was about five feet six, troop, east out by a yeunger rival. btoad of .shoulder, possessed of the of long arms. ,A • Oriental. Business Methods 1:: Others believe these exiles have been most amazing pairs ARTISTIC SURROUNDINGS sent forth for feeble-mindedness or They fought with arms and claws other he eccentricity. At any rate they and great jaws. Sometimes it was The managers of a, factory that has been turning out t aCaa, e product, the forests, repeatedly repulsed each 'a tangle of members that I could.; rugs, for 1,000 years.. It'is the largest rug factory in, wag the p when they try to join a new band. not tallto whom the battle was going. designs and colors are wrought on looms that have changed little since t he Like Ishmael of old, their hand soon Along toward the end I could see they days of Confucius.• .w d man's ' e fighting in a mist of blood, but drops almond extract, Put the stager t" -.rig ri Qf arm axed milk in a large saucepan and, stir , until the sugar is diesoived•. Then • i�Orae''ekae" boil without stirring until, the thea monaster registers 236. degrees or a 'soft ball is formed when the -mixture Thousands of people every day read is tested in cold water, . Let stand un- of and ask fox "'Orange P.ekee"' tea, t1i cool and then beat ,vigorously; yet rarely know what this.term means. when it begins to get creamy add the Mr. Spalding Black, of the Salads Tea nuts and extract.. Pour into a butter- Co., gives the following. Saformatttott: Is against every man ar► every wer g . . 'n d Is against them. Such outlaws often fighting desperately still At the be - 1 showed that he associated oratory wi • reduce a native village to the extreme ginning their cries had' mingled. in the chief exponent of fundamentalism. of terror and hysteria. Once, when I fierce rage. Sometimes these' cries Another extraordinarily able china was on a snake hunt in the 'Kono were quite treble, but as the fight ' country panzee naiad Jamas I sold to the of Sierra Leone, runners from thickened they became throaty. Zoological Gardens at Chicago. Three Kanjama, a native village, ;came beg Always they seemed to be baffled • in years after we had said good-bye at ging inc to "kill the ghost." "What ghost?" -I asked mystified. talk. • d "The ghost of bug babboo (china .panzee)'we kill and chop (eat)." They told the story. "He go humbug (attack) the women working in gardens. He kills pikin Candy Recipes Successful candy making depends to a large extent on -accurate measur- ing and cooking to a correct tempera the grand gesture. I knew very well ; Camden I visited the ape quarters. ture. There are other tests which an what this was, from the boys'Suddenly there was a scurrying and experienced cook can use to guide her, Each was trying to wind his fierce; a stainvedirng from a far corner of tilt the only sure way to determine ed pan and when hard cut into on the subject: - squaree with a knife whicic has been dipped in boiling water. d arms about the other, to lift himself !the park. Then an older James, new by this hold, and to tear the enemy! grown nearly to my shoulder, camp apart with the cruel claws of his bind rushing upon me, crying, "Go—Go— leas So, also, does the leopard deal • Go"—the chimpanzee cry ,of emotion. (baby). He tramp' downy, dancing fn with his human enemy. But neither middle of the rice patch. He make was successful, and still the fight went swear. Massa, make you kill him for on. Finally, after many minutes, one good, one tin>;e." was down. The victor stood upon his It sounded_ like an outlaw chimpan- body, -stamping up and down with flat. zee. And when I reached Kanjama , footed emphasis. Then Hector, my other tremblers told how he had come head• boy, who had been crouching at tramp, tramp, tramping through the my side, motioned for me to follow village.: One old •woman left behind him through the underbrush It. was when my African voyages are over will form rapidly and be very fine and when all had fled went shaking up.a time to go—"Not good, massa; we be and I settle down at home I will find velvety. This aids in elimitating the ladder to a rice loft. The old villain here `,Then" me a teachable young chimpanzee for pursued and killed her. I decided to Of course the chin anzee battles in coarse, sugary fudge. The first secret p pet and companion. Of the animals in making fudge is to .remember to try this chap with a pit, smog be im- his family circle, as do most animals, I have handled they interest me most. wait until the fudge has cooled suffi• p cased me as to wary. for nets. I but the battles are never of great They may be our cousins, or again selected a likely approach to,the vil- moment. I have watched motherciently before•beating it, they may not be. But they are to me Chocolate Fudge. la�;e .and .set my snare. We _ dug.the chimpanzees: cuff their .young. I have unquenchably fascinating.- Whimsical, jocular, mysterious, morose—supply- 2 cups; granulated:' sugar, 2 squares ing antics for a merry hour and medi- bitter chocolate, 1 cup cream. Grate 14 cup .candied cherries, i/4 cup can- tation when the .hour of: play is passed .d rshave the chocolate e --d put it in a died Pineapple, 2 cups granulated and an old animal man sits •quietly, saucepan with the sugar and cream. 'sugar, Ye cup water, 3e cup heavy cream, ee teaspoon vanilla. Blanch and toast the almonds. Break the walnut meats 'into pieces; cut thhe figs in dice or strips, cherries into halves and dice the pineapple. Dis- solve the sugar in the water, add the cream and boil without stirring ,until it reaches 238 degrees or a soft ball is formed when a little of the mixture is tested in cold water. Remove from the fire, let stand'uniil lukewarm, and then beat to a cream to a cream. Melt the cream by standing in a bowl of boiling water, stirring constantly, and add the fruit, nuts and vanilla. Turn into a buttered tin and cut like fudge or knead and mold into pieces of the size desired: Dried fruits form the basis of severrl confections which, although not as rich as many candies, are none the less delicious. Apricot Candles s/s cup -dried` apricots, % cup nut, meats, % cup fresh cocoanut, 1 table- spoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, 1 teaspoon grated orange rind. Wash the apricots and put them through a food chopper with the nut* meats. Add the cocoanut, lemon juice and grated orange and lemon rinds. Mix ands. knead well; roll out on a sugared board to'about one-fourth inch thickness; cut in squares and roll in powdered sugar. temperature is to use a candy ther- mometer and watch it closely. Candy should be cooked in a deep saucepan, where the mixture will be several inches thick, which prevents too rapid He thrust his arms, • about my neck. and too great evaporation. He lavished his love upon me. After Fudge contains more sugar than it three years! can hold in solution, so it will crystal You may keep your pet cat or bird ize' out when the solution is stirred or or pony or rabbit or dog.n. And i ou beaten. If this crystallization takes may even keep your pet place when the fudge is cooled sufil- say this slowly, for I have loved But ciently so that the bottom of the pan than one noble dog in my day is just warm to the hand, the crystals Persian breams . 3 •cups brown sugar, 1 cup strong are wary, in shape. Phase tip coffee, 3 squares cho)iolate, melted, cured w 3 tablespoons butter, 1 cup nut mats. loaves' were called by the Chinese. Boll together, 'without stirring, the "Pak-ho"(meaning silver hair). In first four ingredients until 238 de the latter • part of the' nineteenth cen- groes is reached or the mixture forms tury, when tea growing had spread ex. a soft ball when} toted in cold water. , tensively to Ceylon and India, tea Remove em, the fire, let cool; add growers e- the tip leaves on the Ceylon and India covered that the colour of the nut meats and eamy, until it to tea •bushes• was changed by the cll• comes thick and: Dreamy, Pour into a buttered pan and mark in diamonds mate to a slightly Ire or tip loaves before it becomes quite hard. Cocoanut Cream Candy came to be called "Orange Pale -ho." This was soon Anglicized to the term 2 cups granulated n butter, cup we now have-="'Orango Pekoe," which swept cream, 1 teaspoon 1 cup, should be pronounced "Peck -o." fresh cocoanut. Mix the sugar, cream The ordinary buyer of tea, when and butter in a saucepan and let boil' asking for "Orange Pekoe" expects to until it all hes tested degrees. cold forma receive a Ceylon or Indian Black Tea, a soft ball when in water.aHowever, there are so many qualities Remove from nut the fire, let cool, add of "Orange Pekoe" offered to the pub• the cocoanut and beat until creamy lic, and frequently at bargain prices. Pour into buttered pan and cut in ob that a 'Word of warning is necessary. long strips when y cool or.drop Everyone is familiar with the'mere by spoonfuls on buttered paper. chant who has perishable one time China produced prate,. cally all the tea used in the-' world. There the tip laves of the tea hush looked silvery in colour and 'when pit twenty feet deep and five. feet • sq.<are, •covering it with light limbs .d_ carefully leaving it to look :as we had found it. The chimpanzee would come along his usual path, -tread upon` the slight barricade, fall far within, and then my watchers would finish , him. I spent more time than I could afford with the watchers, as I was interested in this chimpanzee. But we planned with vain things. He never came within ten feet of our pit. Once we spied him loping along his forest path. Within. twelve feet he stopped short. Then he turned about and trotted. away. Truly a sagacious chimpanzee. it of their leadership, though I can After a week of waiting I was about Y ready to acknowledge defeat when I think of one rather Cowardly excep- remembered a story told beside a night tion• fire in a trading village by a drowsy This happened once'when I had laid Frenchman. A Swiss by the name of a pit along a path where a certain Penderson was said to have kept a band often passed. Though I had pet chimpanzee tethered in his back carefully strewn the top with leaves yard at Freetown., on the •coast. One to make it appear as the other ground, day he was . surprised to see a large the old leader was suspicious. He sent ape trying to make friends with his a weak little female ahead, to test out little captive. It seemed the inter- the -.ground. And when she fell into loper was an `outlaw driven into civil- my trap, he right about wheeled and ization by his loneliness for ape cog- led his family in quite a different panionship. Once I had laughed at direction. his story. But now, as' I tossed sleep- I. could write a book about my ex- k ss1y I wondered. And conceived a periences with chimpanzees, for each plan. African voyage brings new sateen - Next moaning I tethered a young tures. Perhaps I might speak of Joe chimpanzee near the spot where, we Mendez, whom. I took at• Gape. Mount. believed, our outlaw came out of the He was a wild, scratching, spitting, woods. I set watchers in a hut within fighting little brute when brought to sight. And soon I found. that idea, camp. But I knew him on the spot . batched in insomnia, as a last resort for an unusual chimpanzee. The mon- had succeeded where all°the old meth key who will bite is the monkey that ads failed. The same afternoon I had learns tricks. So it is with chimpan- hardly laid down when my boy Hee-"zees. for -stood over pre. He pointed toward I kept Joe Mendez without food for the peep holo cut in the mud side of several ,days and then I approached our hut. I understood his gestures, him, eating a banana. Finally I which are always expressive in the: smeared the banana on my bare fore - moment when a coyeted animal is. arm and held it out. He ate it off, not yielding. I. made for the. peephole. offering to bite me. So had hunger What I beheld inthedrone of the hot reduced'him: It wasn't long before I ;u•terneon was epic in its elemental let, him out of his cage.: Soon he did ;drama. not need to be tethered. He merely The old outlaw, a big chap, heavy dragged a- rather heavy chain, . to pre - haired • and solemn faced, was stretch- vent distant explorations, ing one arm out to our little captive, At the risk of seeming vanity, I as his morose countenance expressed must confess that Joe grew fond of - what to me seemed like an almost me, as he showed those cool evenings. human tragedy. His - .attitude, Inc in Cape -Mount, .when he took• his quiet gloom, his stark supplication courage in both hands and scrambled wore as if he *ere saying: up upon my cot. Joe dearly loved to "here we are, you and I. You'are cover himself with a blanket, and soon i a captive on a chain. I am an outlaw the little rascal indicated •that he pre- fi scorned by all other chimpanzees. ferreci. to have me to peel hie pineapple , Come, let us comfort each other 1'i rather than to prick his fingers by The stern scientists, of the textbooks peeling it himself. " May say that I aen sentinuentahsing. He• quickly developed many of the But I am merely trying to put the tastes of civilization„ including . a intereretation that appealed' to me marked liking for canned cherries. It: upon, the acts of this murdering exile. did not take mei two months to teach As I watched I was fascinated. But Joe to wear: clothes: Some chimpan at last reality brought me back. • I zees .I have never been able to per- stepped to the door. I raised my. wea- $Cade into a reeene. , pen. In two seconds the great chimeFive months after his capture Joe , panne :road pasted out of the land was the pet of any fatally at Camden, Where villages are terrorized by such N.J. He could namzner a nail, when I as,he. commanded. He could shouder a Battling bands' of chimpanzees have stick which I called "guh" and ni`arch always filled me with interest, but 1 like a soldier. After some coaxing -1 ' have never once seen a bated battle taught him to stand with one thumb "tear .enough to veatchkits minute hap- in his waistcoat,. in an oratorical pose. penings. I have heard such battling, And he did this when I ordered: more than once, and my boys have told "1Qow, make your stave Ulcer William 7Yfe nnary leiia Tales of such eniieount- Jennings Bryan speaking . against et'. evolution." I fatally sold him to some The great males of •one band, they people in Deyeen, who used' ihr, as a Cay, fall upon the great tiialee of an-, mascot at the i`amous opera-bouffe other, while the fetir,alee wait > ,rby trial that happened there three yearn uite .passivel;. 'hough it le nece age. q I db not claim that Joe undorstood s+ary he take �a11 stox:ies• the datives tell "eth some skeptieistn f I still believe the significance of hie 'position at the peeped upon battles between little fellows fighting for the samee green leaf or wild nut kernel. And, on the happier. side, I have.watched: these -lit- tle chaps, in their leafy retreats, press themselves upon the older members of the .tribe, till these "took baby up." There is nothing more nearly hu- man among animals that what I might call the "domestic behavior" of the chimpanzees. Each band ' invarialsly has a leader. I have imagined he has been chosen at soma conclave. of aAes, because his . wisdom was . most mature and his strength most protecting. Cer- tainly it has always seemed to me that these old fellows felt the reeponeibi•1- ishable fruit and A different candy may be Blade from who sells for very low prices the last the same ingredients by letting them of the shipment which has lost its boil for fifteen, minutes, adding the freshness, which the merchant wants cocoanut and pouring into the pan, to be rid of to avoid loss. The same This will have a somewhat sugary, sing applies to tea, which also is texture. very perishable if exposed to the alr., Disiceated cocoanut can be substi• When you see cheap tea, it is either tuted for the fresh if it is allowed to very poor quality or else it has lost stand _ in milk for a Tewaminutes be- its freshness and most of its strength, fore using and the milk Is drained off. whether this ' tea is called -"Orange. Marquise Pekoe" or not, 2 cups granulated sugar, 2 cups In this age of well -edited news milk, % cup butter, 2 cups blanched papers, radios, automobiles and fad almonds, 1 cup English walnut meats, trains„ accurate knowledge on a groat 1 teaspoon almond extract. Boll the host of subjects is transmitted rapid - sugar, butter and milk together until ly. The advance of science has no- s, little of the mixture tested in cold where been more valuable to man - .water will form a soft ball dr 238 de- kind„ except perhaps in preventive grees is reached, Remove from the medicine;"na n in the means of pro fire, add the extract and the nuts. tecting they purity and goodness of Beat until creamy and turn into but- food stuffs. tered pans. To -day, in accord with enlightened Turkish Cream. . knowledge,the best tea is always sold 4n :sealed alrtight• packages, proserv- 2 cups almonds, 2 cups walnuts„ 14 Mg it from deterioration in flavour pound. figs, 1% cups seedless raisins, aand contamination from any outside source. .Canadian tea -drinkers aro to- day getting•better and purer tea than ever before. The sales of well -blend- ed and carefully packed package teas are constantly increasing as a result of the purity and superiority of these teas being advertised to the public." pondering the riddle of life. Col. Amery and Immigration Imences to boil. Continue cooking, Quebec Evenement (Cons.) : Once stirring frequently, until the candy again we see this strange pheno-'thermometer registers 236 degrees menon occurring among some of our Fahrenheit. Remove from the fire. confreres, of a British sympathy so ,Let. stand until cool; 'then beat until pronounced as to overwhelm Cana,' thick enough to turn into a buttered dian national feeling. . .; Its• may be Ain, A teaspoon'of vanilla may be that certain British problems are so, added. Put the ingredients over a moderate flame and stir slowly until the sugar is dissolved and the mixturecom- Orange Marmalade Fudge 2 cups granulated sugar, 1 cup thin Dream, teaspoon cream of tartar, urgent matter to offer the assistance cup orange marmalade, '/z tea - of the daughter nations to the mother spoon orange flavoring. Put the sugar, nation of the Empire. This agrument cream and cream of tartar into a is regularly abused for the purpose saucepan, stir until the sugar ,10 dis- of persuading us to take a greater solved, and.•then let the mixture boil serious in character that, in the in- terests of the British Commonwealth of Natone, they considered it an share in the naval defence of the,Em- Tire. Seeing Canada First Boston Transcript: The allure of the woods and fields and streams in the Canadian scene, the fascination of Quebec, the city, and the Quebec countryside, suggestive of a bit of the Old World, the appeal of north- ern latitudes in summer months, have a compelling influence ' .with, a great may people. So year by year the tide of travel increases. An interna- tional boundary is no barrier to the motor car. It is well that it is so, Good neighbors should be on visiting terms. And if some of us see Can- ada first, there will be enough of us left on this side of the line to crowd the roads to the scenic wonders of the United States. + . A Requisite. A line that most every salesman carries. • i 1.. until 238 degrees is reached or it forms a soft ball when tested in cold water. Remove from the fire, let cool and then beat until thick and creamy. Toward the last of the beating add the orange marmalade and the flavor;, ing. Pour intoo a buttered' pan. Pecan Creams. 2 cups light brown ,sugar, % tea- spoon salt, % cup hot water, 3 cup melted butter, 1 cup pecan meats. Put the first three ingredients into a saucepan and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Let boil until' 233 degrees Is reached}Or it forms a soft ball when tested in sold water. Remove from the fire and add th butter. Beat un- til creamy and stir in the nut meats, ,which have been slightly browned in the .oven. Pour into a buttered pan and cut in squares or break in irre- gular shaped pieces when cold. Walnut Panoche 1% cups granulated sugar, 131 cups light brown sugar, 1: cup milk, 3 tea- spoon salt, 1 cup chopped walnuts, 8 A Gorilla Haven New York Zoological :Society Asks Co-operation of France • Solicitor, at Shoreditch County Court: What are your husband's assets? Wife: All I know of is an unpaid for motor -car. New York.—Co-operation of the French Colonial Government la pro.t tecting the gorillas of West Africa was urged by the New York Zoologi- cal oological Society at its thirty-fourth meet- ing just held at the Waldorf. • A resolution Cited the establishment of the gorilla sanctuary in the Belgian, Congo, withthe result that the French, Congo is being invaded by hunters to the extent that the species there is in danger of extermination. Refusal to purchase young gorillas for exhibition purposes was provided for in the re- solution because the animals rarely survive in captivity. Increased attendance at both the Zoological Park and the Aquarium during 1927 was reported. A total of 6,000,000 persons visited the two in- stitutions, which is the largest num- ber on record. Among the acquisitions of the zoo- logicalpartyduring the last year were an African cape buffalo, a baby In- dian" elephant, a black jaguar, a wart hog, several African . antelopesr . a Grevy zebra, a very rare hyacinthine macaw and .harpy eagle from South America and a great black coclewtoe from New Guinea. Ifeyou find it hard to forgive some- one who has wronged you take a walk through the cemetery. A Far Cry From the Old Balloon Days they hot l'lled tire„ $tt tudo 0>5 unci* litigation, but ho pia n lrY i .••`i�w..� n.ty N LOOKS AS 1p" AIR 'rRAVale .WOULD SOON BE SAPS i" air liner -81160, built tor the Br!• factory,but the future restaurant of the nevY gigantic Not the interior of a r This the .central deck,�with the crews quarters ono deck below Mid another deck rt 'ode• tlsh Air lt2inlat�ry. I`his is just t i.,. The air. liner is to be put on regular transatlantic mail service. •:w Prisons, Gallows and All, Fox Sale Cheap in Britain London-->ingiish prisons, +full, equipped, complete with gallows and condemned cells, graveyard, warden's house and grounds, are for sale in groups. Sines . the war the prison popifatlon has shown a great de. crease. Although the Home ' Office has ad. vertised the jails in .such alluring fashion as "the large and substan• tinily builtp rison, with the adjoining detached elite, formerly the Cover• ner's house; offers have been few. Twenty ��prisone are now for sale, but. most of theni are going begging. One can get a good prison for any. thing from $25 to $10!,111. The prt+ son at Stornoway, in the Hebrides,1 was sold, everything included, for $26.' The ' Newcastle Prison, however, brought $&136,!00, and. the Carlisle Prison, $80,000. T,he County Down Jail at ,,Down patrick went for $106. Brecon Prison, in the. mountains of Wales•, with beautiful aoenery and all the aspects of a Summer resort, received a bid of $4,000 and there was no sale. "So many men marry tor money,'•i the said. "You wouldn't marry me for money, would you, Harry?" "Ne,", Maid Harry. absently. "I wouldit"t mate ry you for all the money iu.tlzp world." And he was amazed when she exciaittied i "Oh, yon 'w retch 1" iteidjttg down a soft loll shmeer Whoa a hard propositi 't.•