Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-03-03
rs KRAO THE MISSING LINK?
Curious Freak of Nature Found in the
Wilds of Siam.

KraO, who is called DarwIn's missing
link, is little ten-year-old Asiatic
maiden, with big black eyes, black, ropy
hair, a prodigious silken moustache, and
bangs that might make an average New
York girl feel envious. She has besides
punches of silken feathers on her back
and spinal column. In her cheeks are
small cavities in which she sometimes
stores nuts and bonbons. She is bright
and intelligent, and can speak English,
German and French fluently.
krao was captured three years ago III
the wilds of Siam by Professor Carl
Book, the English scientist, and Anth-
ropologist George II. Shelly. She fought
hard to get away and succeeded in in
fiIcting a few ugly bites upon Mr..
Shelly's arms and hands. Her parents,
both specimens of an alleged new hairy
tribe, were also captured, but the king
of Lao, being superstitiOus, would not
allow them to leave his kingdom. The
tribe to which they belonged live in
nests. they are both barbarGuS and
stupid.
krao was on exhibition in New York
recently Representatives were present
from various colleges. The men of sci
ence thought Krao was the queerest
freak of nature they had ever seen. She
was clad in a neat, loose-fitting short
gown and had big blue ribbon wound
about her flowing black hair. She wei
coined the visitors and shook hands with
each with as much grace and cOndescen-
sion as if she had been brought up in
New York and was 20 years old. She
said New York was a fine place, and
that she would like it better if she
could have sleigh ride.
Professor Way of the Normal College
said it might be that Krao was distinct
species of the human family, but lie
wasn't sure of it. Anyhow, he was puZ-
zled, he said, and would like to study up
Darwin and other scientists before he
made up his mind. AnthropOlogist
Shelly, who is an out and out evolution
list, said there was no doubt in the world
that she was the missing link between
man and monkey He felt enthusiastic
about his discovery and wanted all the
scientists in creation to come and be con-
WINGED. Krao will enter a BOwery mus
cum.
Krao came from Siam, where her res
latiOns fit about the jungle to save dress
makers bills and sleep under little huts
of woven branches. She has been in
process of education and exhibition for
five years, and is now warranted to be
the most intelligent missing link Oh the
road. She has the largest and most lus-
trO5ls black eyes that ever mortal or mis-
sing link ever gazed into; high but
narrow forehead; wealth of long and
soft black hair, fat nose that is guilt
less of cartilage and doesn't require one
of Sullivan's sledge-hammer blows to
spread it over the larger part of her face;
ears that are like India rubber and pro-
truding cheeks with pouches in them
in which she slows away nuts rs readily
as though she vas the missing link TO
the chipunnk family. Her hands and
arms are apelike. She can tie her arms
in double bow knot about her neck
with the greatest ease, and lay her fin7
gers and thumbs along the back of her
hand or twist them into any other SEEM
ingly impossible position. She graSpS
an object withou. using the thumb, and
her fingers close about a penholder with
a grip like so many little boa constric-
tors. She is blessed with an extra link
in the backbone to match it. Her skin
is of light brown color. She seemed to
be a most docile and affectionate little
puss and Is as happy as the day is long.