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business not much better.
ISETULKRS TO CABBY OVER MOKE
GOODS THAT EXPECTED.
The Dlslrll.u I lon of General Mer
chandise I nfnvornhly EUrclfil by
V r.seasonaltle Weather—Bmlnru
Mo*l Active in Bootii ud Shoe*,
jjry GoiMli and Light Hardnare.
The Conditions l nsatisfactory In
Moat of the Industrie*.
Sev York. Feb. 28.—Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say: "Changeable, and at
•i.TK* unseasonable weather, has contin
u,.,l to unfavorably Influence the disttrl
hitsion of general merchandise. Relatively
t .,' e niost active business is in boots and
fiioes, dry goods and light hardware, but
on the whole has not materially improved,
jobbers at larger western centers do not
anticipate a heavy spring trade, as the
outlook is for retailers carrying over
larger stocks than expected.
•T'nstatisfaetory conditions prevail in
the cotton goods, woolen, iron and steel
industries. Jobbers in products of cotton
mills report that trade drags, notwith
standing eift rates, and that the outlook
is that there will be more idle cotton mill
machinery. The demand for woolen goods
j. lower, and the stocks in the hands of
retailers are heavier than when last re
ported. In addition to renewed activity
in the glass industry, large orders, spring
delivery, are being placed for boots and
shoes at the more important distributing
centers, ar.d manufacturers report trade
a "Ive and prospects encouraging.
"The leading money markets are easier
at the close, but mercantile collections
south, and particularly west, have fallen
pit, and are unsatisfactory.
"South, gent ral trade is quiet and slow
in nearly all the lines, there being an ex
ception as to agricultural implements at
Memphis, dry goods at Atlanta ami in the
movement of staples at New Orleans.
"Relatively unsatisfactory reports from
western merchandise markets are the rule,
ton Omaha reports an improvement in
business, with Indian corn moving more
rapidly, old Duluth the prospect of a
good, though late spring trade.
Tne price movement of leading staples
is more favorable.
• The falling oft in the total number of
business failures throughout the United
Stab s a week ago is continued, the total
being 271 com oared w ith 276 last week, 23d
in the corresponding week of 1895, 272 in
the fourth week of February, 1894, 217 in
the like period in 1893, and 217 In 1892.”
R. G. Dun & Cos. will say to-morrow, in
their weekly review of trade: “The fail
ures in three weeks of February show
liabilities of $10,889,936, against $8,532,408
last year, and $11,420,418 in 1894. The
failures for tho week have been 278 in the
United States, against 250 last year, and
58 in Canada, against 38 last year.
"In some quarters business gains at the
west rather than at the east, but there
is no general change for the better,
though hopefulness still predominates.
Foreign affairs grow more pacific, public
opinion turns more resolutely toward
sound money, but the want of sufficient
demand for the products of the great in
dustries still retards actual improvement.
"Strikes of some importance in garment
making and kindred lines effect trade in
Chicago and Baltimore, but there are few
er labor difficulties than usual, as ex
isting conditions warn wage-earners that
controversies at this time are unwise.
"The speculative markets show little
life. The volume of business does not
improve. Exchanges through the princi
pal clearing houses show a gain of 1.97
per cent, over last year, hut the month's
comparison with 1,893 is the only instruc
tive one. and shows a decrease of 20.07
for February.
"The market for textile goods is dis
appointing. Material reductions in cot
tons have not brought out the needed
demand and a further decline in Lawrence
LI. brown sheetings this week to 4Vs
cents corresponds with the report that
mills of some importance may prefer to
arrest production for a time unless the
demand improves. Woollen mills are re
ceiving considerable orders for spring
goods. but business for the future
does not mend. Clay worsteds are again
a shade lower, the range for all woollens
Is scarcely 1 per cent, higher than a year
ago, although wool is more 'than 7 per
cent higher, and a good many mills are
closing or reducing time.
"The feature in iron has been the large
demand for wrought and cast pipe. Large
orders for structural work are received at
Chicago, and are expected at the east,
as building plans are unusually large, but
sheets sell slowly and rails very little,
though bar is fairly active, with many
orders coming for cars. Iron quotations
average 2 per cent, lower for the week,
because of the drop in Bessemer at Pitts
burg to $12.50 and in grey forge to $10.75.
"The demand for boots and shoes gains
very little.
"The exports of domestic products from
New York for three weeks show a gain
of 16 per cent, over last year, while im
ports in the same time scarcely increase.
But export bills are diminishing rapidly
at this season, while large imports nat
urally come in succeeding months, and
many security bills have to be met in
the near future. It is, therefore, be
lieved by many that gold exports are not
far off.”
HOBOKEN'S COUNTERFEITERS.
Sirs. Smith anti Wagner Still Trying
ti Prove Their Innocence.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 28.—William E.
Brockway, Abbie L. Smith and William E.
Wagner, counterfeiters, were to have been
sentenced in the United States district
court to-day, but under an agreement of
tho court and counsel, sentence was post
poned until Saturday of next week. Mrs.
: ; mith and Wagner are still making efforts
to prove that they were not cognizant of
"'hat was going on in the house which
the government detectives raided in West
Hoboken, and Judge Green has received
irom Dr. Bradford, who is in Sing Sing,
a letter to that effect.
Kuilrontl Men May Strike.
Lima, 0., Feb. 28.—The Lake Erie and
Western railroad employes threaten to go
<m a strike unless the wages of the car
inspectors are advanced. The company
reduced wages to ten hours and advanced
ih< :r time to twelve hours. The men ob
jected and sent a committee to visit Supt.
Reilly, but he refused to see them and
'hey left to-day for Indianapolis to con
sult Genera] Manager Bradbury. The men
"'ll strike unless their demands are met.
Supposed Murderer Arrested.
Tallahassee, Fla, Feb. 28.—. Sheriff Pearce
has arrested and committed to jail a
w hite man, John James, alias John Prof
it. who it is thought is wanted at Mar
shall, X. C., for killing a white woman
last December.
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A FLURRY' AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Crowd Excited Over a Long:
Shot's Failure to Start.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 28.—A large
crowd attended the racing to-day, as the
weather was good and the programme an
attractive one. During the afternoon,
however, showers made the latter part
of the day not so pleasant and the track
quiet wet for the last two races. In the
mile and a sixteenth handicap, the fourth
race on the card, the race was run with
out all the horses, Dutch Arrow, a 50
to 1 shot, being by the mistake of the
starter, overlooked in the paddock, where
a broken girth had detained him a few
minutes. Clarus, a 20 to 1 shot, beat
Dockstrader out by a nose, with the fav
orite, Emin Bey, a neck further back.
Then there was a commotion, as tne
crowd gathered around the stand shout
ing to the officials to declare it no race, but
after deliberation the race was allowed to
stand, and bets on Dutch Arrow were de
clared off, a decision that seemed to please
the majority, especially as the jockey
club reimbursed the bookmakers for the
money refunded on Dutch Arrow. The
occurrence, however, occasioned all sorts
of comments for and against the ruling.
None of the other races call for spe
cial comment, except the first, won by
Jim Flood at sto 2. Yesterday at 9 to 10
he could not beat a lot of poor horses.
To-day he came from the last place at
the half-mile and beat all his opponents,
doing the mile in 1:42k. His queer run
ning occasioned a good deal of unfavor
able comment.
A summary follows:
First Race—One mile, selling. Jim Flood,
108, Thorpe. 5 to 2, won, with Santerne sec
ond and Lightfoot third. Time 1:42%.
Second Race—Half mile, for 2-year-olds.
Koenlgen, 101, Scherrer, 4 to 5, won, with
Roltalre second and Clematis third. Time
:51.
Third Race—Seven furlongs, selling. Jim
Hogg. 102, Matthews, 8 to 1, won, with Hul
bert second and Gold Dust third. Time
1:29.
Fourth Race—Mile and a sixteenth, han
dicap. Clarus, 96, Davis, 20 to 1, won, with
Dockstader second and Emin Bey third.
Time 1:49%.
Fifth Race—Mile, selling. Lavergne, 107,
Ham, 2 to 1, won. with Fakir second and
San Bias third. Time 1:44%.
Sixth Race —Mile, selling. Burrell’s Bil
let, 110, Scherrer, 2 to 1, won, with Frankie
D., second and Old Pugh third. Time 1:46.
To-morrow’s entries are as follows:
First Race—Six furlongs. Tit for Tat,
Mollie King, Pisa, Anna McNalry, Pont
lear, Trixie, 102; Blackball, Stark, Re
naud, 104; J. W. Cook and Garza, 107.
Second Race —Fifteen sixteenths of a
mile. Georgte Smith, 90; Haeckel, Chu
gut, 92; Don O’Donnell, Sycamore, 95;
Buckmore. 104; Chicot, Old Gentleman and
Chenoa, 107.
Third Race—One mile. Little Billy, 96;
Leonard 8., Semele, 99; Cave Spring, Joe
Sot, 101; Masonic Heme, Lochinvar, 104;
Marcel, 106; Domingo, 112; Imp. Bimbo,
104.
Fourth Race—Six furlongs. Bowling
Green, 106; Boro, Constantine, 95; Gold
Dust, 97; David, 114; Domingo, Picarroon,
113; Pan Out, John P. Stanza, Imp. Mar
den Pet, Barney Aaron, Jr., 90; Helen
Wren, 91; HI Henry, 110.
Fifth Race—Mile and one sixteenth. Le
win, Raviola, 99; Laßelle France, Cam
pania, Cassa, 102; Bill Arp, Old Pugh, Tip
pecanoe, Ulster, Fakir, Play or Pay, 107;
Little Tom, 109.
Sixth Race—Three-fourths of a mile.
Ada M. Festival, Sweetheart, Lizzie N.,
Minnie W., F. M. B, A1 Miles, Discard,
Black Tiger, Imp. Marcus M., 104; Tren
ton, 107.
LYNCHERS SEIZE A PRISONER.
A Train Reported Raided by a. Mob
at Windsor, S. C.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 28.—A special from
Blackville, S. C., says it is reported that
a crowd of masked men held up the South
Carolina and Georgia westbound passen
ger train at Windsor, a small station eigh
teen miles west of here, to-night at 9:30
o’clock, and took a prisoner from the of
ficers in charge of him. There will likely
be a lynching there to-night. It is im
possible to learn anything further.
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 28.—A special says
the negro who was taken from the train
at Windsor, S. C., was named Calvin Ken
nedy, and was wanted for an outrage on
Miss Salley Webb, daughter of a wealthy
miller of 'that place. The outrage was
committed about eight months ago, but
the girl was afraid to tell of her condition
because of the negro's threats. The fact
that she is soon to become a mother
could no longer be concealed. Major Wade
colored, and a woman named Edna are
implicated in the matter, and will proba
bly meet the same fate. The negro was
under the charge of two constables, and
had confessed his crime to them.
A Contenting Delegation.
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 28.—The dissent
ing faction of the republicans of the
Twelfth congressional district held a con
vention here yesterday and elected F. C.
Blaine and Robert Hanschke delegates to
the St. Louis convention, to contest the
seats of the delegate* elected by the Fred
ericksburg convention last week. The del
egates are not instructed, but favor Mc-
Kinley, whose candidacy the convention
indorsed by resolution.
—ln country districts in Wales a cus
tom still exists of setting up a desk in
the middle of the chancel at the time of
a funeral, and before leaving th'e church
the mourners all file round and put their
offerings in. This Is really intended for
the clergyman's fee. but if the people are
poor (to, a widow, for i/istance) he often
returns part of tU *
TtfE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1890.
WANTED FOR BIGAMY.
Officers Looking for n Man the Hus
band of Four Wises.
Valdosta. Ga., Feb. 28.—J. D. Miller, who
has been representing a music house
through this section of the country, and
who has been living In this county for
the past live years, is supposed to be a
fugitive from the law. A reward Is out
for hls arrest and detention. Tne cause
of the anxiety as to Miller's whereabouts
is due to the fact that It recently develop
ed here that he was the husband of four
living wives.
He came to Lowndes county in 1891 from
Mississippi, and conducted himself in a
very’ becoming manner. He soon won the
confidence and affection of Miss Lola,
Todd, who has lived with her brother. John
'form, in the northern part of the county.
They were married four or live years ago
and have lived happily together since then,
so far as the outside world knew. Some
time ago the relatives of the wife became
suspicious as to the past history of Mil
ler, and they began an investigation, which
went to the extent of sending hls photo
graph back to Mississippi and asking
about hirfi. The substance of the reply
was that he left there to escape a trial ior
bigamy, it having leaked out that he had
wives in lowa and Missouri.
The father of his Mississippi wife, a
Mr. Day, wrote the authorities here this
week that he forfeited a bond at Hazle
hurst. Miss., and that his father and
friends paid the amount to get him out
of his trouble. Miller was a nervous
looking man, and always appeared as if
ho was in fear of somebody. The story
of his numerous marriages explains this
characteristic of his appearance. The de
velopments have caused a first-class sen
sation in th© section, where Miller was
well known.
He was heard from at Chula last, and it
is said that he left his horse and buggy
there during the early part of this week.
He went under the name of MehalTy be
fore he came here, the Jl.ssisstppi author
ities say.
Mr. W. A. Marshall, who has taught
school in several counties in this section,
was arrested here yesterday on the charge
of forgery. A true bill was found against
him at the October term of Berrien supe
rior court in 1891, and a warrant has been
standing against him since then. The
charge of forgery is said to have been
from the fact that he forged the license
under whicli .he taught in the public
schools. He stated to a Morning News
correspondent this morning that it was
due to a change In the date of a license
which lie had won honorably, but he de
nied that he changed the date or was re
sponsible for its having been changed.
He is a neat-looking gentleman of about
30 years of age, and came to this section
from Maryland live years ago.
The movement toward building a rail
road from this city to a point on the Oc
mulgee river is assuming definite shape
now and the enterprise will probably go
through all right. A charter will be got
ten as soon as possible and the road will
run from here by Fitzgerald and Abbe
ville on to the river. About forty-five
miles of the road is under operation now,
and to complete the line only about twen
ty-live miles will have to be built. The
people here have been enthusiastic over
the railroad question, and it is probabie
that they will give ample assistance to
the enterprise. Valdosta's co-operation is
all tho promoters of the enterprise want.
The young negro who was arresteu
here and carried to Nashville on the
charge of assault with intent to murder
was released on bond and while return
ing to Valdosta had his foot mashed off
under the cars. It is thought that he was
trying to beat his way home.
Deputy Sheriff Maclntyre had a desper
ate struggle with negro named Will Had
ley yesterday in trying to effect his ar
rest. The negro was an escaped convict
with some other charges against him. and
when the officer attempted to arrest him
in 'the woods near Naylor, the negro re
sisted and a scuffle ensued. Both parties
yelled for help, the negro to other ne
groes in the locality and the officer to a
woodsman near by. The woodsman re
sponded and leveling his rifle on the fight
ing negro commanded him to hold up his
hands. The handcuffs were then placed
upon him and tho plucky officer brought
him here to jail.
WAIFS FROM THE WIRES.
Some of the Day’s Events Set Forth
In Short Stories.
Greenville, N. H., Feb. 28.—Beginning
nex*t Monday the hours of labor in the cot
ton mills of the Columbian Manufacturing
Company, employing 600 hands will be re
duced from forty to thirty per week, be
cause of the small demand for goods.
These mills have been running on full time
since September, 1894.
, Mnrksninnahtp in Wnr.
From the Saturday Review.
One of-the noticeable things of the battle
of Krugersdprp was the shooting on both
sides. The Boers’ shooting, if we may
judge from the reports, was extraordinary
in its accuracy. Over eighty killed ami
thirty-five wounded is a proportion be
tween killed and wounded seldom, if ever,
approached. It Is not generally under
stood that the ordinary proportion of
killed to wounded in European warfare is
as one to four. The vital parts of the
body, too, are in extent as one to four.
The proportion of killed to wounded natu
rally increases as the shooting improves.
The shooting of the chartered men, as
the Boers were lying down behind natural
breastworks of rock, produced but little
result. Still, if there were three killed to
five wounded. It would seem that there
were two or three good shots present,
while the remainder of Jameson's force
simply blazed away their ammunition
wholesale and without effect.
The fatal dearth of cartridges next day,
when the Boers met the chartered men
face to face, was probably in part caused
by the use of the Lee-Metford rifle. The
temptation with ordinary troops is to
waste their ammunition, and the use of
the magazine rifle is certainly against a
steady aim ami in favor of wild and hasty
shooting. The lesson for us should be
that in modern fighting everything de
pends on the marksmanship. Avery large
armv, if it shoots badly, cannot stand
against a small force of really trust
worthy shots. Our own army, if we are
not mistaken, has no chance of attaining
real marksmanship, for an altogether in
adequate amount of cartridges is allowed
to each man. The soldier ought to use
in a fortnight's practice what we allow
him for a year's shooting.
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UHEEni-NG IN THE HOUSE.
The Senate's Action on the (nbnn
Resolution* Well Received.
Washington, Feb. 28.—The Cuban reso
lutions did not figure in to-day's proceed
ings of the House until just before the
close of the session. Secretary Cox an
nounced the action of the Sennte and the
House and galleries cheered his state
ment. The resolutions lie on the speaker's
desk, whence they may be called up at
any time. It was understood this afternoon
that Mr. Hitt would ask the House to dis
pose of them next Monday.
As soon as the Journal was read the
House went into consideration of the leg
islative executive and Judicial appropria
tion bill for the year ending June 30, 1897,
and 21 pages of it were disposed of before
the adjournment.
In the course of the general debate,
which lasted until nearly 2 o'clock, .Mr.
Grout, rep., of Vermont, a member of the
committee on appropriations, read a speech
In favor ol a sound and stable currency.
Of the sections of the Dill which passed
under consideration only one excited much
debate—that relating to clerks for repre
sentatives, over which the annual fight
took place. Mr. Tawney, rep., of Minnesota
moved to make their employment contin
uous instead of during the sessions of con
gress only, hut this was ruled out on a
point of order made by Mr. McCall, rep.,
of Tennessee, that It changed the existing
law and was therefore Inadvisable upon
an appropriation bill.
The feature of the discussion was Mr.
De&rmond's bitter attack upon the amend
ment. which he characterized as a raid on
the treasury without the right or Justice,
a salary grab as much as the infamous
measure known by that name, and a
stench in the nostrils of honest men.
The chairman of the committee of the
whole, Mr. Payne, rep., of New York, sus
tained the point of order, reversing a rul
ing made in the last congress under simi
lar conditions, and Mr. Tawney taking an
appeal from the ruling, it was sustained
by the committee by a vote of 102 to 43.
A message from President Cleveland ve
toing the bil! authorizing the leasing of
the school lands of AHzopa, was laid be
fore the House, and made the special Or
der for to-morrow.
The conference report on the general
pension appropriation bill, and the report
of the elections committee No. 1, confirm
ing Mr. Jones' title to his seat as repre
senting the First district of Virginia,
were agreed to.
At 4:50 o'clock the House took a recess
until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be
for the consideration of private pension
and relief bills only.
The House to-night, in committee of the
whole, with -Mr. Perkins of Illinois in
the chair, considered and laid aside with
favorable recommendation nine private
pension bills, whtoh were subsequently or
dered to be reported to the House.
AMONG THE CLOUDS.
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From the Flltsburg Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 20.—High life on lower
Broadway differs somewhat from high life
on Fifth avenue, of oourse. But both are
picturesque. High life down-town is con
fined to the roofs of the sky-scrapers, and
the colony is growing. These curious lit
tle homes are well worth inspection.
Some of them are sot exactly on a line
with the pavements of Broadway, while
others have been built a few feet behind
neat little front gardens, which bloosn in
season. Many of these quiet home nests
rest on foundations some fifteen or twenty
stories in liight, and are consequenty free
from damp cellars and similar complaints.
These apartments, the highest in the me
tropolis, rent for a few dollars u month,
which is very reasonable considering the
value of real estate, on Broadway. They
are Inhabited by the janitors of the Im
mense buildings which form the founda
tions of the modest cottages. Real estate
on the lower end of Manhattan Island lias
grown so enormously in value that even
the roofs of 20-story buildings cannot be
allowed to go to waste. The architecture
in many of the small homesteads follow
the style of the 18 or 20-story foundations
on which they rest. In many cases the
cottages have been oonstructed at a cost
of many thousands of dollars. Some of
them are built entirely of stone, or terra
cotta, or other valuable materials, and
are elaborately decorated. The most pic
turesque of them all is located in the
tower of the produce^exchange building.
Viewed from the strict this tower looks
more like a dovecote lfcan a human habi
tation. But It is iw"and a half stories
high, and contains a dozen comfortable
room, which shelter the janitor and his
family, not counting the dog. A parapet
keeps the household gods from dropping
to death while viewing the passing show
on sea and shore far below.
These high homes have their advantages.
Few homes here can boast of so large a
front yard as the one enjoyed by the ten
ants of the produce exchange roof top. It
is nearly a block in length, and quite as
bright in summer as any city or suburban
yard can be, barring natural effects. He
has fresh air to burn at all seasons, both
of the land and the sea breeze sort. House
keeping goes on up near the sky much the
same as on the solid earth 200 feet below.
The front yard is well supplied with
clothes lines, on which the wash is regu
larly hung out to dry. The roof is covered
with sand, giving it a ground effect. There
are no trees or grass growing there to be
sure, but fn season there are several flow
er beds arranged in boxes, which aid a
pleasant touch of color to the whole. The
dog kennel stands beside the kitchen door,
and the t>ow-wow roams at will, with no
opportunity to exercise his Jaws on
tramps or burglars. The children who live
in these high altitudes have carried their
bicycles, wheelbarrows and other toys up
with them and have a ground all to them
selves, which is not equalled by any mil
lionaire's child’s playground in the city.
Just at present they are running up their
sleds to enjoy the sledding In their airy
playground on lower Broadway. The in
teriors of these lofty habitations aro cozy
as well as quiet and secure, providing the
occupants do not dream of fire, cyclone or
earthquake. The occupants of these high
homes are as a rule not very neighborly,
as calling after nightfall is a physical
Impossibility. After the express elevators
stop visits necessarily cease. It would
consume an hour's time to reach a neigh
bor living within speaking distance, as
stair climbing is both hard and slow, es
pecially in a one-fioor town that is full of
"lifts." But the high life populations is in
creasing and the outskirts of the settle
ment now extend as far north as Centrkl
park and will soon be hugging Harlem.
A S\AKE AAD BOAR 1)1 KL.
Huge Hn Ht-lensed From Hl* W inter
* **<■ KIII.-U h> m Truia IVccnrjr.
From the New York World.
Two great boa constrictors, long and
powerful and furious with hunger and
with range ovtr their long and close con
finement. got loose In an animal store in
in New York city. One of them slid into a
cage with a leopard and colled Itself to
study a plan of battle. The other and more
powerful l>oa flung itself into a cage where
were two fierce Texas wild boars that fear
nothing and ate always ready for a fight
to a finish.
They did not give the boa time to think
out a line of attack. They leaped at him.
and the three terrible creatures were at
once engaged in a duel worthy of the sav
age and deadly Jungles of India or the bat
tle-grounds of the magnificent tropical
forests of the Amazon, 'f tie l>oa enwrapped
the I oars ami they bit ami snapped ami
fought against his bone-crushing embrace.
It was an amazing ami horrible scene, and
the details make a story of a duel such as
civilized New York has never known be
fore.
it was all the fau’t of the little white
elephant, Kedah, which came to this
country from Palembang, Sumatra, two
months ago, and lias been kept In Donald
Ilurns’s animal store nt No. 168 South
street ever since. Kedah is only about
twenty months old. but he Is as full of
mischief as a monkey, and Is a great pet.
He has been kept chained by his left hind
foot to the wall in the store, lie is very
inquisitive, ami it was the tendency to ac
quire knowledge by examining things wdth
ids trunk that made all the trouble—and
there was lots of 11— last Friday.
About three feet from Kedah stood a
cage In which ware two full grown pec
c.iries. or wild boars, from West Texas.
They are very vicious, fearless little fel
lows, irritable to a degree.
On lop of the cage was a box contain
ing two large boa constrictors —one aliout
thirteen feel long, one ten feet long. The
box was fastened with an ordinary hasp
ami staple ami a bit of wood shoved
through the staple to lock the Id.
Friday afternoon little Kedah being left
all alone determined to find out what he
had long wished to know, namely what
tin ro was in that box on the peccaries’
cage. So with his long white trunk, he
deltly removed the wooden plug which
fastened the hasp.
Exactly how long it took Kedah to ac
complish tills, eir how long It was afler
did so. before the boa constrictors dis
covered they could got out of the hox,
Mr. Burns does not know. He does know',
however, that while writing a letter In
the front part of the store he was startled
by the noise of a tremendous commotion
in the peccaries’ cage.
The boa constrictor which had disap
peared into tlie cage had already wound
itself around the boy of one of the wild
boars, which was struggling to free itself
from the ever-tightening colls of the huge
serpent and plunging about the little cage
in a frenzy. The other peccary was snap
ping at the boa, occasionally giving it a
terrible bite.
Burns picked up an iron rod and at
tempted to disengage the snake from the
boars body, but in vain. The liars of
the cage were too close to admit the free
use of the rod and the snake’s grip was
too tight.
The boa’s head was held aloft and his
wicked little eyes gleamed with hatred
as he ran his forked tongue In and out
and contracted his muscles tighter and
tighter about the body of the bear. Pec
caries and snakes are born enemies In
the wild state, and captivity had not tend
ed to destroy their mutual antipathy.
Burns, who has been accustomed to
wild animhls all his Ufa, said yesterday
to a reporter for the Sunday World thut
he had never seen a tight "so fierce and
beautiful.”
The free peccary had all through the
struggle kept up the snapping at the
serpent's body, and had bitten the other
peccary at times by accident, hut he now
had a chance at the snake’s head. He
took Instant advantage of It and squeezing
in alongside of his half dead fellow he
came within reaching distance of the
boa’s wicked head.
There was a lightning-like spring, a
great crunch of the cruel yellow tusheß
and the snake's head was crushed. Just
as he had half-colled himself about the
body of the second peccary.
A moment later the colls loosened, and
Mr. Burns was able to unwind the boa
from the body of the exhausted peccary
and to drag the snake from Die cage. The
peccary which had been attacked lay
upon his side, and Burns thought It had
been severely Injured, hut In an hour It
seemed to be none the worse for its ex
perience.
While the fight was going on Burns and
two of his men, who had come from the
back of the store at the noise of the fray,
had not stopped to think aliout the other
boa constrictor, a thirteen-foot monster.
When the lid of the box was raised It was
seen that this fellow also was gone.
Almost at the same moment a great
rumpus was raised in the front of the
store, and Burns and his men, hurrying
there, found tho lion coiled In the cage of
a fine young leopard.
The sake was at one end of the rage
and the leopard at the other, as far apart
as they could get. The boa constrictor
was apparently paying no attention what
ever to the leopard. But the great spot
ted cat was reared to Its full hlght against
the end of the cage, its white teeth uncov
ered and glistening. Its green eyes fixed
on the snake and shining as if tiny elec
tric lights were behind them. It was ev
idently badly frightened.
The peccary which came so near to be
ing crushed to death is only uhotit three
feet long and cannot weigh more than fif
ty or sixty pounds, but its teeth are terri
ble weapons. They are shaped like a lan
cet, acutely pointed and double-edged, bo
that they cut like knives.
They are the most dangerous wild ani
mals in North America, with the excep
tion of tho grizzly bear. They know no
fear and will attack a bear or a Jaguar
without hesitation. The peccary Is about
the only thing that wears hair which a
Texas cowboy wants to give a wide berth.
The Texas peccaries have a peculiar an
tipathy for rattlesnakes and kill them
wherever the* find them. As rattlesnakes
art- as common In some parts of Texas as
bull-frogs in a Jersey swamp the pecca
ries have plenty to do.
A gentleman who stood by the peccaries'
cage In Burns’s store gave an imitation of
a rattlesnake, and the two little wild
boars crowded to the front of the eage,
their bristles all on end’along their backs,
their little sharp-pointed ears set well for
ward and their teeth clicking continually.
It was easy to seo how one bite on the
head of the boa constrictor was sufficient
to give it its coup de grace.
Mr. Burns had the dead snake in his
store yesterday. It body was badly lacer
ated and cut with the knife-llke teeth of
the peccary. Its head was crushed as
though it had been put In a vice.
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VICTIM OF AS ERROR.
Capt. fimckcubuuh'a Long Slrnggl.
to Harr Hlnmlor IllglUrl.
From th Bostop Herald
Washington. Feb. 17.—Capt. John N.
Quackenbush, a nephew of Hear Admiral
Quackenbush, and related by marriage to
prominent Massachusetts families, who
for fourteen years has been trying to get
a correction of tho strange mistake at
the navy department by which he sudden
ly found himself outside of tho navy,
seems to be nearer success than ever
before, now that Judge Bradley of the
supreme court of the District of Colum
bia has placed on record ss the opinion
of the court the statement that to do
what Capt. Quackenbush asks would be
"a simple act of Justice.”
Judge Bradley regretted that the courts
did. not have the power to direct the Sec
retary of the Navy to reinstate Capt.
(Juackenbush, as he asked In his petition
against the secretary which wits the ba-
His of the suit on which this opinion was
given, stating that the remedy was not
In the courts, but In congress.
But congress will unquestionably be fa
vorably affected by the following from
the. conclusion of Judge Bradley's opinion:
“The correction of this error for which
Commander Quackenbush has so long suf
fered, would be a simple act of Justice. It
should tie corrected, not only as a matter
of righting a wrong with injured and
powerless citizens, hut as a matter of
honor on the part of a great and Just gov
ernment.”
Even in the formal language of Judge
Bradley’s opinion the story of the injus
tice done to Capt. Quackenhcsh and of his
long effort to have It righted reads like a
romance. Capt. Quackenbush, then a com
mander in the navy, was court martialled
in 1874, and sentenced to dismissal, but
President Grant commuted the sentence
to suspension from rank and duty on fur
lough pay for six years.
This was done on the 9th day of June.
On the next day the President sent to the
Senate the nomination of W. 8. Schley to
be commander In the United States navy,
“vice Quackenbush, dismissal," and this
nomination was confirmed by the Senate
on June 12.
"This nomination,” says Judge Bradley,
"was an error or Inadvertence for which
the record fails to account. About the
same time another vacancy occurred in the
list of commanders by the retirement of
Morris, which was allowed to remain un
filled because of this error, and apparently
for the purpose of providing for the rela
tor. During the time of the sentence the
relator drew furlough pay.
“Upon the expiration of his sentence,
June 9, 1880, he reported for dirty, he was
put upon waiting order, and drew waiting
orders pay until April, 1881, when his pay
ceased, and he has received no pay since
that date. He was retained upon the list
of commanders upon the register until
Aug. 1, 1883, when his name was dropped
from the list by Secretary of the Navy
Chandler, upon the authority of the decis
ion of the supreme court of the United
States, In United States agt. Blake 103 U.
8.. 227.
“In December, 1883, the secretary last
named nominated to the President, and
he nominated to the Senate, D. W. Mullan
as commander in the navy from the third
day of July, Isß2, ‘vice John N. Quacken
bush, no longer in the service,' and such
nomination was duly confirmed by the
Senate.”
Ever since then Capt. Quackenbush has
been trying to get congress to right the
wrong, but like many other men who
have been engaged in such undertakings,
lie has never succeeded in getting both
houses to act favorably in the same con
gress. although he has had favorable ac
tion from both at different times.
Senator Hoar and other leading men
have strenuously advocated his bill, and
now that it has received such a weighty
indorsement from the supreme court of
the District of Colum. .a, it is very likely
to go through both houses in this con
gress.
Capt. Quackenbush started out, of
course, to get a restoration to the active
list of the navy, but while he has been
waiting on congress he has passed the
62-year-old limit, so that now he has to
ask to be put on the retired list.
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In 1856.
DIKING IN OTHER DATS.
Tlie Hours of Hciilannil (lie I'ar Had*
of Ihr Flncrra.
From the Dondon Time*.
Mr. D'Arcy Power, lecturing at the Lon
don Institution on "The MeuU of Our An
cestor*," said the old KngllshNhad three
meal* * day, of which the chief meal wu
taken when the work of the day wa* fln-
Ished. The first meal was at 9, dinner
was about 3 o’clock, and supper waj
taken Just before bedtime. The Normana
dined at the old EngPsh breakfast
or a little later, and supped at 7 p. m. in
Tudor times the higher classes dined at 11
and supped at 6, but the merchants sel
dom took their meals before 12 and <
o’clock. The chief meals, dinner and sup
per. were taken In the hall, both by the
old* English atid the Normans, for the
parlor did not come Into use until the
reign of Elizabeth.
Breakfast did not become a regular
meal until quite lately, and Dr. Murray,
In "The Oxford Dictionary,” gave 1463 as
the date of the earliest quotation In
whlqh the word occurred. The meal did
not become recognized until late In the
seventeenth century, for Pepys habitually
took his draught of half a pint of Rhen
ish wine or a dram of strong waters in
place of a morning meal. Dinner was al
ways the great meal of the day, and from
the accession of Henry IV to the death
of Queen Elizabeth the dinners were as
sumptuous and extravagant as any of
those now served.
Carving was then a tine art. Each guest
brought his own knife and spoon, for the
small fork was not introduced Into Eng
land until Thomas Coryate of Odcome pub
lished his "Crudities" in 1611. Pepys took
his spoon and fork with him to the lord
mayor's feast In 1663. The absence of forks
led to much stress being laid upon the act
of washing the hands both before and af
ter meals, and to the rule that the left
hand alone should be dipped into the com
mon dish, the right hand being occupied
with the knife.
The perfect dinner at the best time of
English cookery consisted of three courses,
each complete in itself, and terminated by
a subtlety or device,the whole being round
ed off with Ypocras, after which the
guests retired into another room, where
pastry, sweetmeats, and fruit were served
with the choicer wines. The English were
essentially meat eaters, and R was not un
til the time of the commonwealth that
pudding attained its extraordinary pop
ularity; Indeed, the first mention of pud
ding in the menus of the "Uuckfeast" at
St. Bartholomew's hospital did not oc
cur until 1710, and In 1712 Is an Item of 5s
for tee.
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