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DEADLY COMBAT.
Duel Between Mammoth Boas in
a Brazilian Forest.
ENORMOUS SNAKES EIGHT
To the Death, and the Trees in the
hood are Filled With Chatterinl^^r
Screeching Monkeys.
[New York Sun.]
“Brazil is the home of the most
gigantic boa constrictors in the
world,” said Henry Closer, of Ne
cropolis, ()., the professional snake
hunter and dealer, known to circus
and museum managers throughout
the country as “Big Doc,” and “Old
Dollar a Foot,” that being his mar
ket price for ordinary snakes. “On
my last tiip to Brazil after snakes,
I didn’t meet with the success 1 ex
pected to, Out I brought back one
of the best snake stories, I think,
tbat ever came from the land of
! serpents.
“Boas, both male and female, of
ten fight fiercely over prey that one
snake has captured and widen an-
I other one covets, and at certain
seasons of the year deadly combats
between the male boas are frequent,
j tlie tight being oyer the possession
of a female for a mate. It was a
sight such as this that I witnessed
one day in the depthsof a Brazilian
forest. I wasn’t out after snakes
tiiat day, either. If I had gone pre
j pared to capture boas on that occa
sion I should have bagged two' of
the largest snakes that ever came
from Brazil or any other land of
snakes.
“I was out taking a business look
around after some rare specimens
of monkeys. I had chased a choice
j long-tailed fellow up a tree and was
J trying my wiles on him w hen I w as
| startled by a loud hissing sound
tiiat came from another part of the
j forest, like a gust of wind escaping
j from some narrow space. I looked
! in the direction of the sound, and,
| to my surprise, saw’ two enormous
boas on tiie ground, locked together
and writhing and twisting in such
a desperate struggle tiiat big bunch
es of leaves were sent flying about
in the air as if they had been dis
turbed and lifted by a whirlwind.
1 hen it was tiiat 1 groaned aloud
and metaphorically kicked myself
because 1 had not gone fortli loaded
for snake, for 1 would have corailed
both of these gigantic serpents be
fore they knew it.
“There are many varieties of
monkeys in the Brazilian forests,
and every one of them is a tooth
some morsel to the boa. Usually a
person may know that one of these
great reptiles has come to hunt in
the vends by the wild scampering
; of all kinds of monkeys through tiie
trees, flying from possible capture
by the boa. At tiie same lime,
there must he a peculiar fascina
tion to these monkeys in a fight be
tween boas,for this particular bat
tle had not been going on three
5 minutes before the trees all around
thp spot were filled with,monkeys,
j chattering and screaming enough
to make a steam calliope player
jealous.
“With the snake tight off the
hills, this aggregation of monkeys
would have been the greatest show
on earth to me, hut it wasn’t any
where near in it with tiie fight.
“The fierce struggle on the ground
lasted five minutes, and then the
boas suddenly separated. One ser
pent glided to a large tree near by
and went up its trunk like a spiral
flash of lightning. The other snake
dashed in tiie same way up into an
other tree fifteen feet distant from
the first one. I feared the fight
had come to an end, because one of
the snakes seemed to he afraid and
the other one daresn’t.
“But I soon saw that I was mis
taken. The snakes had hardly set
tled themselves among the brandi
ng of their respective trees, when
the foliage of both trees began to
shake and quiver as if a wind were
passing • through and agitating
them
“Suddenly each boa, coiling its
tail around a branch high up in its
tree, dropped like a plummet to
ward the ground and hung at full
length, its head raised but a few
inches above the ground. For a
moment their great bodies swayed
to and fro like slowly moving pen
dulums. Their eyes glittered like
fire. Then each serpent drew itself
quickly half its length above the
ground. Like an arrow each head
shot forward, and instantly the two
enormous reptiles were locked in
each other’s coils like immense ca
bles twisted together.
“Up and down, two and fro, the
writhing mass moved in quick un
dulation, each serpent struggling
tor an opening that would place the
other at a disadvantage. Their
forked tongues darted in and out
of their mouths like jets of flame,
and their hissing was incessant.
“The troops of chattering monkey
spectators had been joined by hun
dreds of harsh-voiced but brilliant
ly plumed birds, which flew fran
tically about, and added their ex
cited cries to Ihe deafening mon
key chorus.
“The desperate midair struggle
between the boascontinued for sev
eral minutes, when they separated
again as suddenly as they had
rushed together, and each drew it
self back among tiie branches of its
tree. For two or three minutes
the snakes lay quietly, each glaring
at the other.
“Suddenly in one of the trees a
hiss like escaping steam was heard
and the boa in tiiat tree shot his
great length toward the groun 1
again. The challenging hiss was
answered by one still louder from
tiie other boa, and it flashed down
to its former position and confront
ed its foe. The boas did not rush
together at once. One would strike
at tiie other witli tiie rapidity of
lightning.
“With equal quickness that one
would avoid the rush by dodging
to one side or the other, and in
stantly make a counter attack.
This interesting sparring match
lasted for at least live minutes,
when one of the snakes drew itself
2 or 3 feet above the other and
made a quick downward feint. Its
antagonist ducked its head lower
to avoid the stroke, and that move
ment was fatal. The upper boa
darted on down, and so quickly
was its deadly intention carried
out that I was not aware it had
been done until I saw the upper
snake with three of its coils around
the lower one.
“There was a dreadful crunching
of bones, and in the twinkling of an
eye the victorious snake had drawn
the vanquished one three folds
further within its dread embrace.
There was more crunching of bones
and by degrees the tail of the de
feated serpent uncoiled from its
hold on the branch of the tree, and
at last tiie great reptile dropped
heavily to the ground, a crushed
and lifeless mass. For a moment
tiie victor held tiie vanquished in
its coils and (lien released it. The
victorious serpfent glided from its
tree, moved rapidly several times
around tiie crushed body of its life
less foe with loud and angry hisses,
shooting its red tongue in and out
like a weaver’s shuttle. Then it
moved a few feet and stopped.
“Much to my surprise a third boa
now appeared on the scene, a mag
nificent female specimen. She join
ed the conqueror in the late terrific
battle. I then knew it was for her
that the deadly duel had been
fought, and she had been a witness
of the combat from the seclusion of
her boudoir in the tropical thicket.
Her actions showed tiiat she was
pleased witli the result, and she
glided away with the massive win
ner of her fA-or and disappeared
with him in the forest, their depart
ure being followed by a deafening
din of monkey chatterings and
loud, discordant shrieks and
screams of tiiat assembly of many
hued Brazilian birds.
“I straightened the dead boa on
the ground and measured him.
From his nose to the tip of his tail
he covered 341 feet.”
Chinese Bank Notes.
[Philadelphia Tiu.es.!
Chinese bank notes are more like
promissory notes than our bank
notes. There is not and never lias
been a national bank and notes are
not used as currency to any extent.
The banker merely writes the
amount on the note and puts his
private seal or chop over it.
Such notes are made out for all
sums from 5 to 20,000 t-.:eis, and tiie
Chinese banker never goes back on
his signature.- He pays the notes
when they are presented in silver
or gold. The silver is usually paid
according to weight, in lumps the
shape of a toy bathtub, ranging in
value all tiie way from .fi to 50.
The usual size is worth about SSO,
and it weighs about five pounds.
The gold is made in long thin cakes,
and is 20 carats fine.
The banker stamps wi h his pri
vate seal every piece of silver he
nays out, and even the Mexican
dollars are marked thus with India
ink.
Every big hank or company has
a man who takes all of the silver
dollars that come in and fits thmn
into holes made in a board, sojthat
when they lie on them their sur
face is just level with the board.
He then takes a brush and water
and washes them as white and clean
as though they had just come from
the mint. He now stamps his chop
on each of them, and this means
that he guarantees their payment.
Any one who has been in China
will see tiie necessity for this. There
are no shrewder counterfeiters in
tiie world than the Chinese, and
they are especially adept in the
plugging of coin.
The other day an American got
° silver dollar in trade at Hankow’
and attempted to pass it at the
hank there. He was told it was
not good, and upon his questioning
the matter the Chinese cashier sent
for a candle and lit it. He then
held the coin over it and lo! in a
moment it began to melt. The
sides fell off and in the center there
was a piece of copper. The coun
terfeiters had split a genuine coin
and had hollowed out the turn pieces
on the inside so that the copper
could be fitted into them. They
were then patched together so neat
ly that only the experienced ear
of the Chinese shroff could detect
the fraud.
PROBLEM OF THREE MARKS-
How] Mayor Hopk ins, of Chicago, Made the
Corporation Counsel's Head Fairly Swim.
This, says the Chicago Herald, is
from the City hall:
Mayor Hopkins sent for Cor
poration Counsel ltuhens,and Secre
tary Senff was giyen to understand
that no interruptions would he
tolerated. The corporation coun
sel sat on one side of the table, for
the conference was in the little
room off the mayor’s big office. The
mayor has a large sheet of blank
paper and three pencils. One con
tained a blue lead, one a red and
the third a black. The mayor made
three marks, thus:
He said to Ruoens: “You used
to be a newspaper reporter?”
Corporation counsel said he once
had that distinction.
“Very well,” said the mayor.
‘ Here are three marks—red, blue
and black. Each mark represents
three tailors in dress suits. One
suit is red, one blue and one black.
There were three tailors dressed in
such suits who came to this coun
try once to tiy to get a Tailors’ na
tional convention to adopt one of
those styles. One tailor suggested
that they adopt them all, and let
each one he the fashion for a sea
son, then tiie other, and so on. Each
suit consists of three garments—
coat, waistcoat and trousers. How
many changes couid any one man
make who had all the suits?”
Corporation counsel replied “from
the seoulder.” “Three, of course.”
Mayor Hopkins said: “You are
wrong, Harry. You wouldn’t do to
make up election returns. A man
could make nine changes. There
are three changes in each suit and
there are three suits, and three
times three are nine. Am I right?”
“Politically, Mr. Mayor, you are
always right, and, mathematically,
now you are right. Three times
three are nine. A man could make
nine changes, as you say.”
“Don’t take my word for it, Har
ry. Do your own figuring. Since
there are three suits of three pieces
each, and 3x3—!), it is also true
that,having made tiie nine changes
out of three suits, you have made
27 changes, since nine times three
are 27. Do you come after me?
Corporation counsel murmurs to
himself: “Three ones are three,
three times three are nine, three
times nine are 27.” Then to the
mayor: “That seems to he right.”
“As far as it goes, yes, But a
man told me at the Eleven club
that I could make 81 changes with
those three suits, and I have been
kept awake of nights trying to fig
ure it out, until I am nearly crazy.”
Mr. Rubens thought the problem
should go to the election commis
sioners, hut tiie mayor said no;
they all had all the figuring they
could do for awhile. Mr. Rubens
then suggested tiie school board
and so it was agreed. The confer
ence lasted long, and when the cor
poration counsel emerged he look
ed like the man who comes out of
the spirit cabinet, on the stage.
The mayor’s hair was rumaled and
the secretary was in dan ;er of ner
vous prostration from the long wait
he had.
The problem is distracting sever
al other people in town, and the
mail who first sprung it has taken
to drink, while another one is walk
ing the floors of his home at night
muttering: “Three ones are three,
three threes are nine, three nines
are 27.”
LUCY AXD THE MOUSE.
“Hickory, Hickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.”
Alas! that clock
Was one of those
Embroidered on
Sweet Lucy’s hose.
If it “struck one,”
It struck me, too,
As rudest deed
A mouse could do.
A swish! a swirl!
A shriek suppressed,
And snow-white skirts
Were manifest.
Ai.d mouse and 1
Can truly swear
That dainty hose
Doth Lucy wear.
“Run, little mouse!
Run (puck,” I sav;
“For he who frights
And runs away,
May live to fright
Another day.”
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