The Russellville Democrat., 1880-06-03
THE MISSING LINK.
4 Monkey That Can Whistle, Sing and Talk
 How She Learned Speech.
New York Mercury.

New York Mercury.
 The missing link has been discovered. At least its feminine gender has. Her name IS Kate, and she resides at 311 Water street, q location well known to sea faring men who have natural curiosi- ties to sell. When the Mercury reporter was introduced to her in malodorous shop, with cages and three boxes full of boa constructors piled against the wall, she was engaged in confidential converse with her most intimate friend, MT. Pat rick Mooney, over pan full of hard boiled eggs cut fine. "Is it talk ?" re- peated MT. Mooney after the reporter. "Well, if half the Christians I know had as much sinse into their talk as she has, there'd be no made of spelling schools. Good morning to you, Kate. Here's some gentlemen come to see you"
 Kate was on her company manners. She wiped her mouth, picked back tooth with her little finger nail, got up, still holding a little monkey she had been cuddling in her arms, and made what no one with any discretion would deny to be most elaborate courtsey. Then she kissed her nurseling, and set it on the top of snake-box, where immediately had fit. A Reece monkey, with red nose, which was tied (the monkey, not the nose), to chair, commenced to chatter, and pig-tailed ape from Suma- tra gnashed his teeth, snarled, jumped, and tugged at it's chain like dog, till, finding that it couldn't get loose. it com menced to turn double furious summer saults, standing on it's head between each two. "Begorral Eliza's jealous agin," remarked Mir. Mooney, shaking his fore finger warningly at the culprit. "She's born divil, so she is. Dye see that chap the, e" pointing to a wretched ring-tailed monkey of diminutive stature and nitro-glycerine exploded appearance, crouching against a parrot cage. Well, sir, picked that chap up in the strate a wake ago nigh dead, and now ye see him. But the minute 1 got him here Eliza took fancy to him, an now when ever he comes within her rache she grabs him. We call him Alonzo because she loves him so !; and if she's got hould of him and any one comes anear her, God be good to the poor haste! for she commences to whale blazes out of him as if he was to blame for it all. Look at that, now"
 Eliza had grabbed Alonzo by the end of his tail, winch he incautiouslv left within her reach in his curiosity to learn more of the visitors, and hauled him in and clasped him in her arms. Alonzo manifested his delight by squeals of terror. The Mercury reporter having appros ched her during the conversation, she immediately commenced to bite and buffet her ring-tailed adorer with mal- evolent vigor, chattering her teeth at the reporter as if it hurt hin, occasion ally lifting her victim by hls legs and banging his head against the floor like a child with a rag baby which has pro- voked it's displeasure. As soon as he was released Alonzo skipped to the top of the stove-pipe, from which he edropped with howl of anguish to slink into a corner and bathe h s paws in the macaw's water jug, much 10 the latter's disgust. During all this time The Missing Link" had been walking up and down the room, keeping as far from the snake boxes as she could She is a monkey of the so-called spider species, with arms and legs of equal length, but with more muscularity in her calves than monkeys ordinarily have-male monkeys, that is to say, of course. Her hair is black, and covers her body in a thick, smooth coat. Her teeth are good enough for dentists show case. Her face is intelligent, and her eyes bright. She is by nature amiable and sociable, and from the time she left her native Hindustanee jungles and came to 4Sew York the vassal Of a mercenaly skipper, no worse offense is recorded against her than having thrc wn a ships dog, who was impolite enough to be rude to her while she was seasick, overheard. Rates nature is joyous one, given to gambols and harmless diversions at all times, and she has taken a great dislike to camp-meeting-faced kudj monkey from Cetawayo's menagerie, who lnhab- Its an adjoining cage, from which he scowls sardonically on the frivolous pro- ceedings of his liberated fellows. Jim, this serious individuals name is, and he can outhowl a catamount, MT. Mooney swears But he isn't marker to Kate. Hear this, now"
 And, kneeling before Kate, who is squatting on the floor, Mir. Mooney ejac- ulates, "EIullool "Hulloop responds the ape, in exactly the same tone, only loud enough to make fog-horn stop its ear, dropping also on her launches and twisting her face into a curious carica- ture of her masters: "Hullooa! Hullooa! Wow! Wowl Wowl Wow"
 The imitation was really startling, especially that of the dog, winch she seemed to have been started on by the barking of a cur outside just then. Mir Mooney then initiated the hooting of an owl, and Kate pufTed out her jowls and responded: "Wa-hool Wa-ho1! Wa hoo" with great unction A yellow and blue macaw in a corner cage commencing 10 whistle, the monkey initiated it until the whole place was Tn an uproar, and the pig-tailed monkey turned herself into perpetual whirl of fury. The counterfeit was marvellous in its parrot. like fidelity. With one's eyes shut onS could not have distinguished between beast and bird. Indtations of . locono, tive whistle, the believing of bull anc the blowing of Yankee Doodle on ;