The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-01-10

The Following curious account of baboon
family is translated from recent French
work, by NJ. Boitard, for GoodTich's Illusara-
ted Natural History:
There have been and still are in the Men.
agerie OF the Garden of Plants, Paris. q num-
Der OF balloons, and four years ago female
who had young one furnished one OF the
most amusing and singular spectacles ever
witnessed. She was placed with it 10 cage,
near the one she formerly occupied with sew
eral other animals Of the same species. The
infant baboon was hideously ugly, but she
lavished upon ii the most tender caressss.--
When 1t was eight days old, the door of COM
munication was opened, and her male entered.
The mother, seated in the middle of the cage.
held the young heir in her arms precisely 40
o nurse would do under similar circumstan-
ces. The happy father approached and en-
braced his mate with French gallantry upon
eacheide OF the face ; he then kissed the lit
tie one, and sat down opposite to the mother,
| 90 that their knees touched each other. They
then both began TO move their lips with RAJ
pidity, taking the young one from each 9TH
er's srms, as II they we're having most ami
mated conversation concerning il.
The door was again opened, and the ba-
boon friends entered one after another, each
not allow them to touch the young one
They seated themselves in circle and moved
their lips az If felicitating the happy couple
on the arrival Of the SON and heir, and per-
| haps finding in 1t marvellous resemblance
| to either father or mother. The scene was
very much like that which often takes place
in the human family on similar occasions,
except that We suspect the fluctuations were
more heartfelt and genuine on the part OF the
brutes than on that OF their more favored
prototypes.
| All the balloons wished tocaress the Young
one; but no sooner did one put forward his
hand than good slap from the mother
warned him of his indiscretion. t'hose who
ware placed behind her stretched their hands
ont silly, slid il under her arm, and succeed
ed sometmes, TO their great JOY, in touching
the little one without the mother percci yins
| it, particularly when she wss engaged in CON-
versation. But smart correction soon taught
them that their indiscretion Vas observed,
and they quickly reiterated. II Vas evident
that the monkey mother, thoroughly acouaint.
| Cd with the rtquirements OF her position.
knew perfectly vol how to divide her a.
sention between her gussts and hsr infant
charge. Ion 10. l2lO
4
.sEeOisA.sAS Wsmcn.D
One day last wSSk party of married rem.
tlemen, Numbering some sixteen persons. ~.
ranged 70 have slsigh-rids, ! supper, and !
"good time" gensrslIy. The supper Was 20
be 1t Waldron,s, about 6ve miles from Mount
Pleasant, Ohio, the parties being oil residents
| OF the lattsr place. They managed, @ they
supposed, to keep their wives ignorant d
their plans, but the women were not 60 ieno.
rant OF their movements q they had sup
posed. Accordingly, when the "stag party''
we're nearly ready, with keen appetites sharp
ened by the ride, 10 sit down % che sumptu-
Gus supper provided, tho ladies, who had
managed 20 arrive just In time, walked in and
seated themselves 1t the table, utterly refu-
sing TO recognise their ttsmart husbauds. y
and treating them ~ entire strangers. II
this way they appropriated to themsolyes ~.
erything upon the table. After suppsr The
/ ladies, VINO MAD brought music with them
danced for . while, and then returned HON.
without once speaking TO their husbands, and
treating oil advances on their part with cold.
ness.
! BoNEs AND WHEAT. According TO Sir Rob.
ert Kane, the distinguished chemist, on.
| pound Of bones contains the phosph01ic acit
Of % pounds Of wheat. A crop Of wheat 81
40 bushels per acre, and 60 pounds per bush
81, weighs 2, 400 pounds, and TINS rsquirel
shout 10 pounds Of bones 70 supply II Will
that essential material. The usual supply ol
/ bone-dust g to 4 cwt. per acre,) sspplisl
each Of the crops four PEARS with suthcienoy
OF phosphorus acid, which 10 given out A. th'
bones dscompose.
/ Mas. KARTUKO 70 BE HUHG.-The Suprem.
Court, at Albany, on Friday, denied new
trial in tho oass of Mrs. Hartung, convicted
Of unrder In poisoning her hu6hsnd. Sh,
will be sentenced 70 be hung In January. Ii
the case Of John Wilson, also conyiefsd Of
murder, new trial was granted.