Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-19

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MAN AND MoNKEY.-The London Echo OF
Jan. says The wonderful resemblance OF
some OF the larger apes 10 iuman creatures
l. especially remarkable y hen they are Suf-
iering from illness. or from what, ~ great ts
their INTEL gence, We must acknowledge 20
be sorrow An ape of no common merit hav-
lug lately died In the Geological Gardens al
Dresden an account has been published OF It's
last moments. which give an extraordinary
idea OF the almost human dignity aud pathos
OF it's behavior ON the occasion. A few weeks
of the destroying malady, says a sOrrowtng
friend. had been sufficient 10 change this be-
ing, so full of life, strength, courage-this
magnificent prototype OF all quadrumana-
into a spectacle OF misery. The most com
plete apathy had taken the place OF exuber-
ant freshness and yiyaclty. Msfuka, as this
suffer under a dim Consciousness that she
could expect no relief, but only the alievia-
state OF things lasted tia within a few hours
of her death. Then as Director Schopf 1.-THE
director of the gardensl leaned over his
favorite, the ape drew him toward her placed
her arm around the neck OF her Kind Trend.
and looked at him for some time with clear
and tranquil eyes; she then kissed him three
times, with short intervals between each
salute, motioned 20 be laid upon her coucn
gave her hand 10 Schopf-ss though bidding
farewell 10 companion OF many happy
died the quasi-human Mafuka fortified not
indeed by the rites OF the church. but by
those common 20 the wider brotherhood OF
SAD CASE OF MATERIAL WATERFALL
ZATIoN.-The Detroit Post unfeelingly SAYS:
The atmospheric conditions don't seem To
be favorable 10 the 'msterialiZing' business
OF late, First, Katy King suffered a fatal
eclipse, next, the efiulgent Eddy operators
went down under a cloud; aud now Mrs.
Parry, who has been electri tying the credu-
lous IN Western Michigan, has suddenly
gone up In flash OF light. She was engaged
in giving a seance At Rockford, Kent coun-
ty, few evenings ago, and everything
passed oil as per programme until the inn
prudent spirit put forth its hand from the
cabinet aud boldly slapped Mr.. M. Lock-
wood on the ear. That was exactly where &c
missed IL, for he instantly seized the hand
and called for the light A light was brought,
and strange 10 relate, the spirit was found 20
have vanished, while there stood Mrs. Par
~. hitched 10 the other end of the arm. tug
ging and pulling at IL as II IL was her own.
She got IL, but gives no more seances, and
the cabinet, having proved utterly untrust-
worthy Tor spiritual purposes, now does
duty az wood-box."
1A Vermont doctor says he can not con-
sistently pray foT his daily bread as IL would
be praying for more sickness.
nSCharles O'Conor is attending 10 business
again, having added another pigeon-hole TO
his desk labeled Obituaries"
n<Dr. Alden, OF saratoga, didn't want the
public TO know that he had a case OF small
pox In his water cure, but the public found
IL out and put the doctor I'm prison.
I"How are you Bis" said a young gov
eminent clerk, in a friendly way, meeting
Prince Bismarck In the street. He was hung
the next morning. Brooklyn Eagle.
The mayor Of New York has received an
envelope containing $500, and a note saying:
"This money belongs TO the city," IL the
note is from Tweed, he owes now only
IS, $50, 200.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE, who has lived long
In Dresden, where the fat system OF domi-
Gle prevails, tells US that, according TO his
observation, the common door and stairway
q az
and even somewhat demoraliZing. There
is vast moral advantage" he says, Gin the
feeling that our home is our own, from the
garden gate TO the bed chamber. ANY iu-
fringement thereof is a step toward COM
munism; and do not believe that q person
OF refinement can become accus toned TO the
fiat system without undergoing more or
less abrasion, or, what is worse, hardening OF
the moral cuticle."
~The ambition of one woman for another
is never other than this-that the one loved