Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1916 — IS THIS MISSING LINK? [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IS THIS MISSING LINK?

What was thought to be the mlssiug link was brought Into the port of New York by Captain Mar sell of the Dutch steamed Medon, which arrived from Pedang, Java. The little animal is of the family known as anthropoid ape. This midget of the gorilla family stands* only three feet high and walks continually on Its hind legs, and wears his coat of bi-istly hair eight inches long. The little animal is a congenial fellow —always laughing a quiet, contagious chuckle, that makes the hearer wonder what the Joke is. He Is very nimble, being able to make an 18-foot flight from a swinging trapeze, without any apparent effort. The little ape was caught In the jungles of Java and has bananas, soft boiled eggs and rice for hi* chief diet.