The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-24
Death Of the Chimpanzee iu the Lon
don Geological Gardens.


"Joe," the champanzec, which
for three years had had the honor
of q seperate apartment in the
Monkey house at the Geological
Gardens, recently died after TWO
months illness. OF all the mem
bers of the ape the chimpanzee is
probably the most tractable, and
of all chimpanZees Joe was per-
haps the best-tempered fellow
that ever existed. The readiness
he always exhibited to learn any
new trick the ingenuity of his
keeper could devise, was remarka-
BILE; and the good temper he al
ways displayed when asked to
perform them for the benefit of
visitors was not less surprising.
lie emulated the achievements of
Blondin and Leotard with equal
success, and seemed especially
proud of himself when he was or
dered TO go through the series of
gymnastic exercises which en-
braced the feats that have made
the names of those men known all
over the world.
If nut was presented to him
he would not crack it in the usual
way, but would place it under the
donors foot, and assist the pro-
cess by administering a sharp
blow with his fist on the toes of
his unsuspecting visitor. He al
ways seemed devotedly attached
to his keeper, and when shut up
close in his room would summon
him by repeated knocks at the
door. In the evening, when the
time for bidding him "good-
night" approached, he used fire.
quently to go into quite frenzy
of grief, tearing his hair, rolling
on the floor, and screaming out
like bad-tempered, spoiled baby
with extra strong lungs.
Nevertheless, he was really
good-tempered, and was never
known to maliciously attempt to
hurt any one. He would show
his visitors to the door with the
utmost politeness, turning the
handle and opening the door with
out assistance, and shaking hands
with his departing guests. Joe
had one fault. He might have
taught pickpockets a lesson in the
pilfering line of business which
would have borne dangerous fruit
in London crowd.
Schuyler Colfax, who may be
remembered as a recent Vice
President, has just made public n
letter to several friends, declining
to accept q candidacy for Con-
gress, saying that, after belonging
to the public twenty years, he
now belongs to his family. He
has also found, he writes, ''that
the truest happiness in life is in
being out OF office, and master of
ones own time and moments"
His platform is thus stated:
Irpublic life can be ranked as
a duty not to be evaded, / have
certainly performed full share of
that duty. If, however, as is
generally considered, it is regard
eel as a pleasure. / have certain
ly had of that pleasure moro than
any one citizen had a right to
claim or expect. have faithful
ly striven to serve my country
with such industry, fidelity, and
integrity, as to have a conscience
void of offence towards God or
man. And, looking back over
those long years, with more hours
given to public duties than any
business man at home gave to his
private affairs, and which almost
cost me my life, / can see nothing
in the record of that public life,
which, "dying, 1 would wish to
blot"
A "piece of absurdity," called
"The Blue Legged Lady," is one
of the latest dramatic novelties in
London.
A shoplifter, detected secreting |
some valuable lace in q Diapers
shop, stated that she was uncon-
scious OF what she had done; she
had taken it, she said, sin fit OF
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