Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-28
PARIS GOSSIP.
Visit OF the Russian EmprsSs-StOry
Of Her PhyeicIau-ThRt Wonder.
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IL. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor,

Visit OF the Russian Emprsss-StOry
of Her PhyeicIau-ThRt wonder.
fuI Cbimpanzee.
Paris cor. New York Graphic.l
We have had the Empress of Russia
for few days, on her way back to st.
Petersburg. Her physician, DIR. Botkin,
who always travels with her, owes his
position as court doctor to two causes
the Emperors patriotism and his own
democratic good sense. Some years ago
the Emperor ordered a revision Of the
court medical council, and upon looking
over the list Of names submitted to him
observed that there was not one Russian
among them all. he expressed surprise
that he had no subject fitted for such
position, and ordered that Russian
physician be added to the list, and the
name OF Botkin was fixed upon. he
pleased the Emperor, who sent him to
visit the Empress. then suffering from
lung trouble. Botkin, in order to
examine his illustrious patients lungs,
requested her to remove her dress, as he
could not otherwise make an auscula-
ton. Her Majesty was highly offended
and insrlted-none of her physicians
hitherto had had the insolence to de.
mand such thing, ETC., ETC., and Bot.
kin was dismissed from her presence.
He went, however, straight to the En-
peror, and told him how matters stood.
The Cars good sense, OF course, tri-
umphed, but he had a difficult time in
convincing the Czarina that the daugh-
ters of kings and emperors have hearts
and lungs and bodies just like those of
other women, and must be treated in a
similar manner. Such astounding in
telligence, although adding to her stock
OF information, humiliated her suffi-
ciently to submit to the doctors method
since which time he has been her con.
slant attendant.
During her stay in Paris her majesty
visited the Jardin d 'Acclimatation to see
the wonderful new chimpanzee, Just i'm
ported from Africa, which is four feet
tall and named Tombouctou He is
perfectly tame aud gentle. While his
master, M. Capart. lived at Sierra-Leon,
he filled in his house the Office of domes-
tic, ssluting visitors, opening doors, etc.
When they embarked for France Tom
bouctou suffered some days from sea-
sickness, but after his recovery he
jumped about on deck, on yardarms and
masts, and became great favorite with
the sailors. When the ship was entering
the Cult Of Gascony, Nine. Cayart was
startled when she missed her baby, a
child eight months old. Looking about
her, and then up towards the sky, she
saw the monkey with the baby in his arms,
on the top of the mainmast, gravely
seated on yard arm, rocking the child to
and fro, as he had eften seen the mother
do, while now and then he would give il
pat on the cheek with his paw, This
lasted for perhaps half a minute; then,
while every eye was upon him he exc
cated prodigious Gabrielle, descended
in an instant the backstay, and hooking
himself by his tail to the yard beam,
balanced himself with his burden. The
mother screamed, but the captain put
his hand over her mouth, commanding
silence, as the monkey might be fright
ened and let 60 his hold Of the baby.
Finally came dash Of sea against and
over the ship, when Tombouctou let 90
the mast and fell, but with such address
as to catch himself by one hand to
rope, jump upon ladder, and with one
bound was upon the bridge with the
baby safe and sound in his arms-a fact
to delight the Darwinists.