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Show INDIA'S SACRD MONKEYS. Thar Arm a Fait, but Thajr Moat Mat Ba Klllad Jlonkry Harolana. An English gentleman who has lived many years in India tells some queer stories about the sacred monkeys that are a great nuisance iu some parts of that country. No one is allowed to molest them. They run about the streets, help themselves to whatever they please at tho shops, rob orchards and gardens, and play havoc generally. gener-ally. To thrash them is regatded as a misdemeanor, and to shoot a monkey iftijht cauo a second mutiny. Tho gentleman had a garden where grew delicious fruits. The sacred inonkevs easily scaled the walls and ; helped" themselves. They were not ' content with simply eating, but amused ' themselves with throwing half-munched food at each other. To shoot these ' pest was out of the question, and to hit them with stones was impossible, : us thev easily dodged any missile that might be thrown at them. An id! struck the Englishman one day. and he at once proceeded to enrrv it into ; effect, with great success. He got a t largo basket of the largest potatoes t.iat were to be found and had them , hoiied. When they were scalding hot lie had ba-kcl and potatoes placed uu-tler uu-tler one of the trees. The monkeys were watching these movements from lh trees. Presently every monkey v.r.fi a hot potato, and then followed tho mo-t unearthly screeches and i chattering. A mniikcv will never let j go anv article of food that he once i eels bold of. even if he lias to die, and these monkeys, true to their nature, would not drop the hot potatoes. They held t.licm in one hand and then in tho t er, and then they would take a liilc and scald their mouths, and roll in I. i- diiit. writhing with paiu, hut inn cr letting the potatoes once out of their grasp. They ale up the potatoes and then disappeared over the Walls and never ret ui ned. The Englishman once witnessed a very pathetic, as well as heroic, seeno iu one of the city squares, in which the sacred monkeys were the actors, lie saw a number of inonkevs seated and standing iu a large circle, nud a female monkey huggiig and wailing over the dead bmly of her baby that had just been killed by a cobra's bite. The oilier females were trying to console con-sole her by caresses, while the males nppcarud to be in earnest consultation uiiiong themselves. In the center of tho circle whs the large cobra that had inflicted the fatal bite, coiled and with head erect, watching tho enemies by whom he was surrounded. Suddenly a young aud athletic male monkey sprang into the arena. He carefully approached the cobra, which prepared itself to strike. Tho monkey liitdtt a few passes, and just as the snake was about to dart its head he prang to one side, and then over the cobra. This was repeated so often and with such astounding rapidity that the cobra became bewildered", when the monkey seized the snake by tli neck and proceeded to crush its head to a jolly by rubbing it on tho ground with all his might. The snake tried to free itself by coiling around His monkey's neck, "but in vain; its struggles became weaker anil weaker until life was extinct. When the Biiake's head had beeu reduced to a shapeless mass the young simian hero dropped tho cobra ami executed a series of hops and somersaults. Up to that moment the other monkeys mon-keys had maintained the most anxious silence, watching every movement of the combatants with eager interest. The snake's death, however, was the signal for the most joyous chattering aud gambols. They took hold of the conqueror of tho snake, patted him on the head, scratched , his back, danced round him, aud gave every manifestation manifesta-tion of their great appreciation of Ins valorous achievement. The poor mother carried about her dead babe for two days longer. N. Y. Times. |