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MISSING LINK IN JAVA.
Notes About MonkeyMan or a Man
Monkey in Captivity.
From the London Standard.

roHi Ine LONDON standard.
Prof. Ernest Hackers latest publication
contains some curious information about
the human monkey of Java, from which our
Berlin correspondent selects the following:
The most interesting specimen was
young gibbon. which Herr Hacked had an
opportunity of watching for several months
at his own house at Buitenzorg, in Java.
The species of gibbon to which this animal
belongs is found only in Java, it's scientific
name being hylobates leuciscus By the
natives 1t is called GA, on account of the
characteristic sounds it utters The little
animal, when standing erect, is scarcely
taller than child of six years. The head
is comparatively small, the waist SLENDER
the legs short and the arms much longer.
The face of the IS more human than that
of the orang. Herr Haeckel says:
Its physiognomy reminded me of the
manager of an insolvent bank pondering
with wrinkled brow, over the results of
the crash. The distrust of the GA toward
all white Europeans was very noticeable;
but, on the other hand, he formed an init
mate friendship with the brown Malays Of
our household, and especially the small
children. He never crawled on all tours
When he was tired with running he
stretched himself out on the grass and let
the TROPICAL sun shine on his body. Usually
he laid one arm under his head and as
sumed exactly the attitude Of a weary
Wanderer who lies down on his back in the
shade Of a tree
when I held a piece of tasty food just
out Of his reach, he cried, like a naughty
child. 'Huite. huite. huite!' a sound alto
gether different from the Ca, GA, oa which
he used to express various emotions. He
uttered third and shriller sound when
he was suddenly frightened. The speech of
these human monkeys has not many differ
ent sounds, but those given are modulated
and altered in tone, strength and number
Of repetitions. The monkey also uses many
gestures, motions with the hands and grim
aces, in such an expressive manner that
the careful observer can detect different
wishes and various emotions.
Besides milk and cocoa, he liked sweet
wine. He grasped the cup very skillfully
with both hands and drank like child.
He peeled bananas and oranges just as we
are accustomed to do. Holding the fruit
with the left hand, he removed the rind
quite skilfully with the right, and bit off
one piece after the other. Most Maays do
not look upon the gbbon and the orang-
outang as animals The former they be-
lieve to be bewitched men. the latter crimi-
mails, who as a punishment, We're changed
into monkeys. Others, again, think they
are men in the course of metempsy Ghosts
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PULPIT AND THE STRIKE.
Christianity Will Heal Strife Between
Capital and Labor

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Rev. Edwin Whittier CasweH preach
ed in the Beekman Hill NJ. E. Church,
Manhattan, last evening, taking for his
topic, THE Harmony Possible Between
Capital and Labor" The text was chosen
from Genesis iv:9: Am 1 My Brothers
Keeper" He said, among other things:
Personal accountability to God and per-
sonal responsibility among men are the two
greatest thoughts conceivable Interdepen-
dence Is a law of nature inviolable The
rich and the poor could not exist separated.
without Accommodation, any more
than branches can live and bear fruit sep
arated from the vine
1.-The cessa ton Of work by 10000 miners
and the refusal to arbitrate by the capt.
talists Is paralyZng commerce, imperiling
life and seriously menacing business 1t is
evident that a second irrepressible con-
fiict is upon the nation. Capital has massed
her forces, labor has unified her millions.
and both are liable to be greatly injured
in the awful struggle. Organized labor may
become as tyrannical as capital, causing
the government of the people to perish
from the earth.
For ages this great movement among
the laboring people has been gathering
strength until today the forces seem ripe
for revolution upon a massive scale. In
different countries the armies of toilers
sumo different names. There are the divis-
ions of German socialism, OF French COM
munism, of Russian nihiHsm and of
American unionism but all are sympathet-
ically united. The conflict Is between the
brain and the Drawn Of the world. between
the mansion and the cottage, between the
rich and the poor.
Both sides are struggling for dominion
the one for dominion of the masses over the
rich and powerful classes; the other for
dominion of the few, wealthy, educated
leaders over the millions of working men.
Never were both sides SO well organized
and equipped for the gigantic struggle as
now. Capital possesses the increased power
that accrues from invention, which Mill
tates greatly against skilled labor. Today,
the man behind the machine becomes an
automaton; therefore, it may as well be
one man as another. Then the wealth of
the world Is massed in trusts and becomes
the greatest giant power known to history
On the other hand, the masses of work. -
men have combined to meet the new con-
ditions and to compel recognition. Between
these two forces the people are being crush
ed and public opinion is a cry that must be
heard. The question resolves itself iato ar
bit, alton or revolution, therefore arbi.ra-
ton must be inaugurated.
If arbitration Is commemorate AMONG
nations, why not among the two great
classes OF mankind? The voice OF al in
tured populace is crying out. Ike, us havs
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peacep When arbitration laws have sue
ceeded IN Quieting the opposing forces,
Christianity must make the greatest strug-
gle of her existence, in order to bridge the
chasm, between capital and labor.
The church must remember she is her
brothers keeper. Paurs noble sentiment
must be empha sized, I am debtor to all
men, The apostles whole life OF persecu-
Indebtedness. If the Christian church would
endeaTor more fully to pay her honest.
moral debts to the laboring man, the Vas;
problem would become largely solved.
Christianity must have new application,
new Interpretation of the old law, Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself All
things We would that men should do unto
you. do ys even so to them. Put yourself
in your neighbours place and then perform
deeds of kindness to the one most in need
Consciousness and uncharitableness must
give way to sympatheticalness. The laboring
multitudes estranged from the churches
This Is fact We cannot deny. They style
the church the rich mans club house,
CHASING religion alongside with the trusts
which they feel are grinding them to the
dust: Masses Of laboring men have recent
iy cheered the name of Jesus Christ the
carpenters son. while they have Kissed the
church. Once they regarded the church as
standing for the divine fatherliness and
motheriiness of God. but now the working
man regards the church as the ruling power,
the kingly throne. the dominating influence
or the governor and judge. Christianity
must seek to convince the toilers of their
error, and wherever the churches are at
fault we must change front. Then the mis-
understanding and consequent estrangement
can be remedied. Christ'S commission to
the church is TO seek after the masses of
the poor, and the poor have ever cried out
to the Master, Remember me when thou
contest unto thy kingdom 1t is the prov
irce of the church to reply to the cry of
the millions, This day thou shalt be with
me in the paradise and brotherhood and
Christian equality Jesus did more than to
remember his dying comrade on the cross.
He reached down and took him by the hand
and exclaimed, This day shalt thou be with
Me in paradise. With Mem Ny fellow
ship, in My mansions forever. The church
must follow Christ's example, saying, With
Me, to the burdened millions, With Me-
IN the paradise of elegant churches, not in
downtown missions. With Me- in the lux
ury of my munifcence, and not in the
novel. With Me- in communion and fellow
ship, and not remanded to the habitations
OF poverty. When the universal church can
thus follow her Lord there will be no labor
problem, no caste problem, no negro prob
lem, no immigrant problem, no Chinese
problem. The rich and the poor will meet
together, for the Lord is the Maker of them
all
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by a carrier through the mail slot In the
door. Cullen reached over and picked 1t up.
AS he did so the headlines of the right
hand column caught his eye.
Justice Sharks Indicted
William Cullen, Black Mike Madden and
Henry Wade Held by the
Grand Jury.
Conspiracy is the Charge.
Max Eidelheimer Said to Have Been Vic
timized by the Cicero Characterization
Believed to be Certain
AT an oath from Cullen the other two
stepped to Ms side and read with him. The
three simultaneously picked up their over
coats and started for the door 1t opened
before they could reach 1t. In the hall
stood Max and three deputy sheriffs
Goot evenings, shentlemens," said the
Dig German. Excuse me- but I got desc
warrants for you, and you must come nit
me few miles out here to Chicago"
1t was spring when the trial was concIud-
ed, and Wade and Madden were sentenced
to serve six months each in the county jaiI.
While Cullen, j. p, went down to Joliet for
a year. The night the case was ended Max
came into the saloon with a broad smile on
his face He treated every one In the place
I don't got dat $50 back" he said, but
| don't vent to Cicero, neder, in dot night
INT I guess I vas a fighter. 1 ben in de
army"
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French Laws Against Drunkenness.
From the London Chronicle,

Sitting the other day in French cafe 1
noticed a placard legibIy displayed. headed,
Law for the repression of public drunken
ness and for combating the progress of al
coholism" I procured copy Of the piacard
ana found therein certain points Of interest
rom the social science standpoint. The law
is an old one. 1t Is dated IS72-1S73, and has
appended the names Of Jules Grevy, A.
liners ana +. de Goulard. 1t provides for
the infiiction of a 5-franc fine on those who
are found drunk in public places. If sec
ond orense be committed within a year of
the first conviction Imprisonment for a ne
Rod varying from six days to a month may
be inflicted, with a fine Of from 16 francs to
300 francs. Sundry penalties also follow con-
viction at the police court Of persons who
have twice been found guilty Of drunken
ness. They are deprived Of the power OF
voting. cannot serve as jurors or hold pub
lice office. and are otherwise degraded from
public service. Drunk people are not al
lowed to be served under pain of fine, and
to persons under the age Of sixteen years
alcoholic liquors must not be served The
placard in question by law must be exhibit
ed at the municipal offices, cafes and other
places where liquors are consumed.
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CIRCUS PEOPLE LIVE WELL.
They Are Provided With the Best Of
Everything.

From the Kansas City Journal
How does circus man or woman live
while the road?" said a circus man,
why, they live better than ever before.
We carry almost 1000 people, and l doubt
II you can find one of that number who is
discontented with his or her lot Several
years ago 1t was customary with the ma
jority of circuses to provide inferior cars
for their business staff and performers and
compel the laborers to sleep under the big
red wagons or the fiat car. The passage
of time has changed the order of things
circus folk now travel as we'll, if not bet
ter, than the majority of men and women
who are continually moving from one por-
ton OF the United States to the other in
search of pleasure
Our business staff and performers live
In spacious Pullman cars. The beds are
soft and roomy and the bedclothing is al
ways fresh and clean. The circus has
twelve Pullmans of this kind, and on each
one is porter, whose duty 1t Is to polish
the shoes of all the occupants each night,
look after the laundry and make the beds
and sweep and dust the cars. These cars
are vestibuled and at the head of the train
is an extra long dining ear, where the ma
Jority of the people are fed This diner is
looked after by a competent steward with
staff of good cooks and walters and
breakfast and dinner are served there each
day. The performers take their luncheon
Oh Tue CIRCUS GROUNDS Immediately after
parade.
THE laborers, including the drivers, can
Vasmen, hostlers, property handlers and
animal men served with three meals
on the grounds. The food provided is of
the best, and there is always plenty Of 1t.
Every laborer has bed. The drivers and
hostlers have swinging hunks in the cars
directly above their horses; the animal men
are accommodated in coy little state rooms
fitted up in the big elephant cars, while the
property handlers and canvaSmen SleeD in
coaches that greatly resemble tourist cars
Every one has good quarters and splendid
food, and, in consequence, it is seldom that
a complaint is heard"
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by the way. you will have to take bonds
man with you. Is there one near?"
Il can't get no bonds dis time Saturday
night" said Max. But l CELLS you, l own
some land myself
THAT won't do A prisoner can't sched-
ule in his own behalf But il you can give
a cash deposit that will do"
Max said nothing, but went to the safe
and took out $500 and put it in his pocket.
rs $500 enough he asked Its all 1 got
tonight"
The eyes of the constable binked at the
sight of the bills. Max was assured that
that would be enough. He laid aside his
apron, put on his coat and overcoat, gave
directions to the bartender, who had heard
only a part of what was going on, and
then announced that he was ready The
three men walked out into the street and
turned toward the elevated. All three of
them We're in a quandary. Max did not
want them to take him to Cicero, and
neither did they. If they took him they
would have to lock him up. because the
justice was not there. And then the case
would come to trial and they would get
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two got home. found this out In very short
order. All have to say is that Pete never
again troubled any OF the settlers in Old
Kaintuck.'"
'Is that straight yarn. Joseph?" asked
Now you knew my old Pap Nedward."
ssa the sron Know g Eo t
an untruthT'
mo Joseph, never did," said the store
keeper, land you are just like him, have
always said you were moral for the rising
generation"
The storekeeper meant to say a model for
the youth Of the land to emulate, but
trifiing slip of the tongue like that has no
weight in the Renaissance Club.
Secretary Cobb Passed Counterfeits.
The evening was not allowed to lag, for
the member from the city district followed
with some "reminiscences Of the days when
the policemen of the city were called watch
men and sprung their alarms with rattles
instead of the shrill whistles now in vogue.
He also gave some entertaining talk about
Captain Goddard and the old auxiliary
guard away back in the forties and of the
detective corps Of the city in the ante
bellum days. He told some stories about
his particular friend Quill Allen-Aquilla
r. Allen-whose memory is today fresh in
the minds of nearly every old citizen of
Washington.
Quill" said the speaker was one of
the most popular men in the city, and he
was one of the best dressed men also that
could be found in the ten miles square.
Quill would think nothing of paying $50
for pair of trousers he said He did
no little business for the government when
Howell Cobb was Secretary of the Treasury,
and performed various services as we'll for
General Cass, when that distinguished man
was Secretary of State, and for Floyd of Vir-
ginia when he was Secretary of War.
Quill captured more than one man who
had decamped with government funds and
arrested several counterfeiters in his time.
"On one occasion L recollect he arrested
several bogus money makers, who were
over In Virginia coming spurious half dol
lars He was employed to do this work by
Secretary Cobb. and when he returned to
report the success of his operations he car
ried with him several of the bad coins to
show to the Secretary, who put them in his
pocket and told Quill to come back and get
them in a few days.
Quill went back in about week and
told the Secretary he had come after the
money. What money, 'Quilr?' asked the
Secretary The counterfeit half dollars 1
handed you" said Quill A blank look
came over Mr.. Cobb's face Gracious me-
spent them!' So he had. He had forgotten
that the loose change in his pocket was ille-
gal currency and had blown it all in
Quill Allen was good officer and a
popular man, and everybody who knew him
liked him." said his eulogist
Counsellor X. had a story on tap, but
Tuscarora, glancng at the horooge, gave
the wink to the storekeeper that the hour
for closing had arrived and in a moment
afterWard under the silent stars, the mem
bers of the "Reminiscences Club were home
ward bound.
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Of the ablest lawyers In Chicago. and was
ready for Immediate trial. There was con-
sternation In the ranks OF tne compihauon:
out easily. and they prepared Tor trouble.
Max shook hands with Wade, whose name
he did not know. Being told told that
him by that name to his German attorney,
George Schuettlsr. A few moments later
the case was called by the justice. g.
Wade. Wade" called the justices clerk.
us Henry Wade in court?"
There was no answer. Max and his law
yer stepped to the bar.
I'VE are ready for trial." said the attor-
ney MY client is not guilty. He denies
the charge in toto. Where is the man who
SwOre out the warrants9"
His name Is Wade" said the Justice.
HE is unknown to me. He came in here
Saturday evening and swore out the war
rants and promised to be here for trial to-
day l have not seen him since"
The case went over for an hour, and still
Wade" did not appear. At the end of
that time the justice called the case again
and dismissed Max. The big German and
his lawyer went away. Apparently the trio
had scored again.
Schuettler, however, did not think SO. The
next day a private detective, who had his
own reasons for disliking the Cullen crowd,
was in Cicero quietly investigating Wade,
and incidentally looking up the ]. P. and
the constable.
A month later Cullen, Wade and Madden
sat in the dingy justice shop with their
chairs tilted against the wall and smoked.
Il see O'Brien got nabhed by the grand
jury on account of that Farson case said
Wade. Them fellers up in Logan Square
is always gettin' in the papers. They don t
know how to work things smooth in the
dark
"Oh, them guys in the stone house Is all
o. X" said the J. P. THE states had
1t in for O'Brien for two years on account
of a ward row. The G. J. closes up to-
night 1t amt goin to hurt this graft any
Seems to me- said Mike, we amt ben
dom all we. ought ter lately. Let's go an
work some big Dutchman for a bunch like
we did that Eidelheimer. He quit easy, for
sure
Just then an evening paper was thrust
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On the Dark and Bloody Ground.

The gentleman from Massachusetts, ave-
nue. then, metaphorically speaking, took the
floor and addressed the house.
When my father was a kid" he said,
Ibis parents-my grandparents, of course
who were natives of North Carolina, emf
grated from the .old north state to Ken
lucky, where my grandfather located a
farm. The journey from their old home to
their new home was made in wagon
pulled by four horses and was long and
tedious one. They settled in region that
was full OF Indians and, though they met
with no actual hostilities from the red men,
they were subjected to many predatory
visits from some very emery specimens of
the tribe in their immediate vicinity. Their
farm was situated about quarter of
mile from settlement where there was
quite number of white people engaged in
opening up the wilderness. as it We're.
We'll, to get down to the story-which l
tell just as my father got 1t from his par
entS and has often told to us Children
there was among the Indians in the neigh
borhood one of the meanest, lowest, in-
fernalest specimens of the aborigine that
ever lived. He went by the name of Injun
Pete He was actually too mean and lazy
and dirty to have any other name.
After my grandfather and grandmother
got pretty well fixed their farm well
stocked ands eyerythingl going along like
clock work. my old papsi who was then a
two-year-old kid, was taken very sick and
came very near to turning up his little toes
under the green grass of Kentucky. Late
one beautiful moonlit night when he was
quietly sleeping and my, grandmother sat
by his little crib keeping watch over him
the door Of the cabin was opened and In
stalked Injun Pete Ny grandfather was
absent on business journey, and. though
he should have returned before that hour,
he had been delayed Tagun Pete noticed
that my grandmother was alone, excepting
the baby, and impudehf1y demanded fire
water. He simply uttered the one word
their houses in that region. 1t was an ex-
cellent preventive Of feXer and ague, and
excellent to cure snake bites-even preach
ers kept supply on hand.
Now my grandmother was tolerably
brave women, but she had been sitting up
night after night with the sick baby and
her nerves were considerably shattered.
She gave the red rascal a drink, but Pete
didn't go. On the contrary, he began to
make himself very much at home and in
few moments demanded another quencher
OF his ever-present thirst. Just then
happy thought struck my grandmother.
She told Pete IL he would go to the spring
and get bucket Of water she would give
him moro liquor. Pete didn't object to
this. Rum was about the only thing he
would do a job Of work for. so he took the
bucket and started to the spring. which was
in a clump of woods in the rear Of the
cabin. As he went she took the baby and
started for the next neighbors, but had
gone only q short distance when she met
my grandfather returning home. NY grand
dad wasn't afraid Of Injun Pete or any
other Intun on two legs and Pete, who was
rummaging about the cupboard when the
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Progress in New York.
From the New York Tribune.

Under the present city government there
are more Fairgrounds for the children than
in any earlier year: the school houses afford
better opportunities for education and en-
lightenment and also for innocent recrea-
ton than Tammany ever dreamed of CIV
ing; in the tenement districts and elsewhere
the streets are kept cleaner than In pre-
vious seasons; there is plenty of water,
with fair pressure in the pipes; the men
who hold office do much to earn their sala-
ries and show genuine interest In the gen.
eral welfare
New York Is not the spoil of freebooters,
as 1t was a year ago. The September of
1902 Is better September for public-spirit-
ed citizens in this town than was the corre-
spending month Of 1901.
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Climatic Cure for CONSUMPTION
From the Chicago Record Herald.

ioiN the Lineage AecOrd-defald.
The attack of DR.. r. c. Moore of Omaha
on the theory that climatic changes are of
benefit to consumptives, embodied in his
address before the Missouri Valley Medical
Association, is Of interest to the layman
as marking the increasing zeal and activity
or the medical profession in the study Of
this great scourge.
DR.. Moore not only maintains that the no.
ton that the climate Of the southwestern
states Is peculiarly efficacious in the cure
OF tuberculosis Is fallacy but also con-
tends that there Is greater danger from the
disease in these states because Of the peril
OF infection. Whether this view finds ac-
ceptance or not. it is certain that scientists
are now laying greater stress upon the sani-
tarium treatment. which isolates the ma
tient and minimizes the chances Of congnu-
nicating the infection to others. More i'm
portance is being attached to such curative
agents as plentiful hygienio and nourish-
Ing dietary. proper exercise and plenty Of
fresh air and sunshine rather than any
particular climate in any particular section
Of the country.