The Bossier banner., 1891-08-13

''coony" often bristles up with every
symptom of hostile intent. as if trying
to do his best in the way of secondins
the functions of the mastiff.
The pet monkeys of the East Indian
country towns manifest a similar dis
position in an even more demonstra-
tive fashion. Ten or twelve of them
will congregate on the roof of Hindu
farmhouse, waiting for lunch or util.
izing the palm-leaf thatch for rain
shelter, but on the whole, paw for
their board and lodging by making a
watchdog wholly superfuous At the
first glimpse of a suspicious biped they
will give the alarm by a chorus of
coughing barks, and often actually at
tack an intruder with all the pluck of
a resolute bull-terrier. Their personal
safety remains secondary considera-
ton in emergencies of undoubted 1isk.
The proprietor of the Agra, planters
hotel" boasts the friendship of a tame
leopard that shares the comforts of his
hammock and trots after its master
for hours together; but one day exceed
ed its privilege by following him to
the freight-depot of the railway sta
tion. Rhe shady platform at the north
end of that depot is favorite resort
for balloons and loafers; and while the
colonel was talking to the receiving
clerk his leopard strolled out to the
platform, where little street-Arab had
fallen asleep upon pile of gunny-
bags. The moment he approached that
1Oiln of ,.ha
| from the roof, and, instantly surround
ing the boy, faced the intruder with
| bristling names and menacing growls,
evidently determined to defend their
little relative at the peril of their own
| lives. The Hindus, indeed, reciprocate
such demonstrations of goodwill. Ac-
cording to the precepts of the popular
creed three, at least, of the twenty or
thirty different species of Monkeys
have to be honored as the special fa-
vorites of Brahma and enjoy all the
privileges of mendicant friars.
''Bhara Ghurn' ("Mercy! Mercyn0 is
frequent cry in the streets of Benares
when European domestic rushes out
of house in hot pursuit of long
tailed saint. ''Mercy! Mercy, Sahib!
We will make restitutionr' if it ap-
pears that the sacred four-hander has
got away with something. ''Hold!
Spare him for, the sake of Mahadeo!
For Saki-yam-Deva's sakev' and so on,
till the long-legged marauder is safe
around the corner.
In ancient Egypt the dog-faced
baboon appears to have enjoyed SINH
lar veneration, for reasons more un-
movable than the rationale of croco
die worship. The ugly saurians were
at least useful scavengers, and the
mousing propensity of the domestic cal
might explain its sanctity in land Of
huge granaries; but the hideous ap
pearance of the Hamadryas baboon i:
unredeemed by single discover abb
merit, and the only plausible theory ::
the conjecture that the homage paid tC
his ancestors must have been sort O.
devil worship. His peer in 'ugliness
the sacred Hanuman ape of southern
India, combines the appetite of al
T Arkansas book agent with the moral
T of Mormon elder; yet that remark
able pet not only arrogates the freedom
! of every Hindu township, but enjoy
: the protection of numerous sain
wardens, who feed his squealini
, Youngsters and intrust decrepit speci
mems to the care of special CHART.
, hospitals.-Dr. Felix L. Oswald, il
: N. Y. Ledger.