The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-03-04
Jumbo OH a Tear.


Jumbo is sedate chimpanzee and
has received a Christian education.
Visitors at the museum will have
noticed him, as he occupied a cage in
the third story of the museum, and was
very vivacious at times, showing great
strength in shaking the heavy iron bar
and swinging with solemn cadence on
the flying trapeze "Jum" is charac-
ter and his exploits recently showed
him to be a schemer of no mean order.
The fastenings of his cage were thought
secure, his keeper Lowanda, always tax
ing the precaution to carefully paddock
the bars; but woe alas to carelessnessi
A key was left in the lock and his worthy
monkeyship proceeded with great eau
ton and subtlety to unfasten his lock
and hberate himself from the dreary
confines of the cage. Once out Jumbo.
like all true revolutionists, made license
of liberty and commenced to free the
birds by running across to the other
cages; letting out the cocatoos, parrots
and other rare birds, and stirring them
up with club, as various marks found
on the aforesaid birds would indicate
There is large glass cage in the mu-
scum, and on the same floor, in which
are kept several snakes of the construct
or species. A Bunson burner, connected
with tubing and lighted to warm the
occupants, was burning, and the Gallo
looking chimpanzee thought he would
investigate. How it occurred the keeper
could not tell, but coming upstairs, he
heard the unusual chatter of the feath-
cred tribe, and then suddenly fiendish
yell, that indicated something unusually
interesting, and startling. Bounding up
stairs strange sight met his gaze. The
monkey had just 1eaped out of the snake
den and large constructor was drag
ging after him, his fangs fastened in
the unhappy Jum's stump of a tail. A
the sight of the keeper the bowling mon
key made for the stairs, the snake still
clinging to him, sweeping a dozen
sleeping parrots out of the way, who set
up perfect pandemonium of screeches
at the disturbance. Lowanda says il
was worth mans life to see that Chin
panzee go down the stairs and thump-
ing the constructor after him, who ike
q bulldog never letup Hastily closing
the snake den and extinguishing the
light, Lowanda ran down to the second
floor and then began the chase. Over
the freak stages, upsetting chairs and
smashing medicine and photographs in
way that was caution; then crossing
the hall, leaping the iron grating that
separates the crowds from the theater,
the monkey went at headlong gait,
leaving his snakeship stranded high
and dry on the wire grating-a wiser ii
not thoroughly awakened snake. Down
into the darkness of the passage went
sum-" and at the bottom of the stairs
he collided with eolored girl who was
working about the building, and the
now thoroughly frightened monkey,
chattering and jibbering, chung with
might and main to his friend s4in need. -
Lowanda says he appeared at the top
OF the landing just as they rolled over,
and that the chimpanzee had a lot Of
bangs and frizzes of African fashion
and cut in his paws; howsoever be il.
"Jumn was captured and taken back to
his den, docile and wheeling slightly
from his exertions. When a reporter
saw him he was esconsced demurely on
his launches. and at the approach Of
the newspaper man ne cooked his eve
and scratched his chinchilIa whiskerz
as much as 20 say. ssOId chappie, it's 3
cold day when we get left ''--lSk Pa'siI
GknAe
There is certain man about towu
whose generosity Is not unbounded. He
is quite ready to accept and even to ask
for. favors. but Is not SO often known te
reciprocate. There come to HIM. how
ever, as to all men sooner or later, oc
casicns when It Is impossible to avoic
the semblanee Of hospitality and gener
osify. even Il he possesses t not A for
muia Of his for snch dire necessity,
hear runs In this way: (1doderato)
I'd invite you to dinner to-day Gan
dante1 but we are to have cedfish to
day lallegro and staccat0. without wait,
ing for ) dreaded acceptance3 and