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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY U. 1889.
The Osteopaths of Iowa have formed
, an alliance to advance their 6jstem of
cure.
. Kichauds Arnacts, an Havana editor,
'claims be has direct evidence of conspir
acy against the Maine. Zacarias Bres
mes, a fugitive Spanish magistrate, is
charged with being one of the authors
' of the Maine's destruction.
' ' -The latest word from Russia is that
.there is great activity in preparation for
. war. Reinforcements are being sent to
J the far east as fast as they can be trans
ported, and the garrisons along the
;RuB6o-Turkish frontier are being largely
increased.
- Wrrn Senator Teller expanding and
Col. Bryan contracting, and the Iowa
democrats resolving to make no refer
ence to free coinage at the ratio of 1G to
. 1, it looks as if "the crime of 13" was in
great danger of following G rover Cleve
land into innocuous desuetude. Norfolk
News.
Eleven persons are reported as hav
ing been poisoned by eating diseased
pork. Keller, a farmer living near Day
kin butchered the animal and eight
members of his family and three of his
neighbors who partook of the meat are
seriously ill and the condition of several
of the number is critical. The symp
toms show the malady to be trichinosis.
'Tnis is the first time in the history of
finance that New York has been in a po
sition to dictate money rates to London,
Berlin and Paris," remarks the manager
of one of the biggest of London's banks.
The year just closed made several "first
time" records for the United States
which have opened the eyes of the peo
ple across the Atlantic. Louisville
Courier Journal.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative
protests against state appropriations for
county fairs. The objection is well
taken. Dodge county has furnished
many proofs of the utter folly of the
plan. It has been many years since
this county has had anything but a
mock fair, held principally to extract
SGOOin cash from the public treasury.
Fremont Tribune.
The spirit of the president's instruc
tions to General Otis with regard to
United States supremacy in the Philip
pines, is contained in these words: "It
will be the dnty of the commander of
the forces of occupation to announce
and proolaim in the most public manner
that we come, not as invaders or con
querors, but as friends, to protect the
natives in their employments and in
their personal and religions rights."
Rev. Dr. Hillis of Chicago is' to suc
ceed Dr. Lyman Abbott as pastor of the
famous Brooklyn church where former
pastor was Henry Ward Beecher. Hillis
. is a native of Iowa, forty years old, was
called from Peoria to Evanston, then to
Chicago as the successor of Prof. Swing.
Ho has published four books: "Fore
tokens of Immortality," "How the Inner
Light Failed," "A Man's Value to So
ciety" and "The Investment of In
lluence." It is to be hoped the legislature will
be able to change the present blanket
ballot, and we understand that such a
. bill has been prepared and will meet
-with tho approval of the Governor.
The form of ballot in vogue prior to the
present one was far more satisfactory
than tho one now in use. Wo have not
learned just how the proposed new bill
affects the present form, but under
stand it is a dedOed improvement.
I Wahoo Wasp.
The fact that less than one-half the
' ' ti6ual number of place hunters were
' ' present in Lincoln during tho organize-
tion week is indicative of two things:
The prevailing good times has furnished
' so much business and so many jobs that
legislative places are not so much in
demand; and the idea that economy is
.to be practiced and the jobs be dealt out
with a sparing hand by this legislature
has prevented many from making appli-
. cation for places. Opinion.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska is the
. champion long-distance talker of the
.. United States senate and occupied over
54 per cent of the entire time of that
a body during the last session. His re
marks measure 3,085 inches. Senator
Pettigrew occupied 1,397 inches, being
the second in verbosity. Senator Teller
. was third. He occupied 1,221 inches,
and Senator Butler 960 inches. These
four populists thus consumed nearly
.6,000 inches of space, out of a total of
36,000, or one-sixth of the whole. Chi
. cago Record.
We have no donbt but the republican
members of the senate and house will
select a good man to represent 4he state
of Nebraska in the United States senate,
but there is always a nice propriety in
'.' adhering very closely to the wish of the
people under our representative form of
government. This has been very clearly
indicated for Judge Hayward. All oth
ers whose names have been mentioned
in connection with this office would do
themselves honor by now withdrawing,
and lending their influence toward Mr.
Hayward's election, and let it be done
t without any obligation on his part,
because it is the people's wish. Stop
trafficing in offices. Let merit and
worth decide.
A special from San Francisco, says
that the battleship Ohio has been com
menced at the Union Iron works. The
Ohio will be the largest ship ever built
on the coast and one of the three largest
ever tmilt in the American navy. It
- will have a displacement of 12,500 tons
and its dimensions will be as follows:
Length, 368 feet; breadth, 72 feet 3 in
ches; draught, 23 feet 9 inches. The
ew battleship will be 20 feet longer
than the Wisconsin and 40 feet longer
than the Oregon. It will have a greater
displacement than the Wisconsin by
1,000 tons and 2,000 tonB more than the
Oregon. The Ohio's contract speed is
two taoto faster than the Wisconsin and
three knots faster than the Oregon.'
"If I were called upon to state the most gratifying circura-
C stance of our foreign relations during the war, it would bc found
J in the uniformly cordial and hearty friendship of the -English
J nation before and during the struggle. Observing the obligations
5ff of neutrality and never stepping outside the requirements of inter-
national law, we had the sympathy of that great power. I do not
5 believe that either nation seeks or would be benefited by a formal
?? alliance." W. R. Day.
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NO OTHER NATION LIKE OURS.
It needs the occasional reminder of a
debt statement, presidential message,
congressional appropriation bill, or gov
ernment balance sheet to impress fully
on public attention the unique, enviable
and wholly unrivalled financial position
which the United States bears among the
nations of the world. On December 1,
the total debt of the United States was
81,036,000,000. This is a large debt when
measured by ordinary standards, but of
relatively small account when considered
in connection with the fact that thirty
two years ago the debt of the country
was nearly three times as large and the
interest four times greater than it is at
present. The United States is not the
only country which has a large debt, but
it is the only country which is steadily
decreasing its debt, while at the same
time enormously increasing its resources.
In this respect the financial position of
the United States is absolutely impreg
nable, and its credit is steadily on the
increase.
Great Britain's debt is now about 87
per capita, that of France 115, of Hol
land 8100 and of Italy $75. The per
capita debt of the United States is less
than 815 and the security for its pay
ment is increasing all the time. Again,
from another point of view, the financial
position of tho United States is the envy
and marvel of the financiers of all coun
tries. To supply the sums requisite for
ordinary governmental expenses, to meet
the interest on the existing debt, to pro
vide resources for new expenditures,
buildings, armament, subsidies and vari
ous public works, European nations
generally, and somo South American
nations, too, have had recourse to various
methods of taxation which may bo said
to have attained their extreme in two
countries, Italy and Portugal. England
has an income tax and collects about 20
per cent of its revenue from direct taxa
tion. France has a tobacco monopoly,
registration taxes, stamp taxes, tax on
windows, and almost countless local
taxes, of which the octroi, on goods
entering cities, is one. Austria has an
income tax and, besides many stamp
taxes, lotteries are a source of public
revenue. Italy has a tobacco monopoly,
a house tax, an income tax, a salt tax,
octroi duties, stamp taxes and large
legacy and registration taxes. Greece
has a cattle tax, a house tax, a salt tax,
a government monopoly of petroleum
sales and Tobacco dealing and almost
countless local taxes.
In the United States the public rev
enues have been provided for and all
public expenses met and the national
debt reduced in addition without
recourse to any direct taxation. There
are no government monopolies, and the
treasury has been kept usually in a ple
thoric condition from the receipts or
customs and internal revenue payments
New York Sun.
AT LINCOLN.
A. R. Talbot of Lincoln has been elect
ed president pro tern of the senate, Alpha
Morgan of Broken Bow, secretary.
Hugh A. Myers oLDouglas was select
ed as temporary speaker of the house,
Paul Clark as permanent speaker
Among other things, he said: "I shall
endeavor to assist you in making this a
short, economical session, and one of
benefit to the state, always remembering
that economy is not parsimony, and that
the greatest benefits will come to the
state when legislation is carried on
according to the broad principles of the
republican party."
Governor Poynter's first official act
was to remove Superintendent Hoxie of
the Kearney industrial school for boys,
and appoint John C. Sprecher of Schuy
ler. Mr. Sprecher is well known to
Journal readers. He was nntil recently
editor of the Schuyler Quill, and one
term senator from this district.
The important change made in the ex
isting election law by the bill introduced
in the house by Front of Gage is as fol
lows: When any person is nominated by
more than one party or convention his
name shall be placed upon the ticket
under the designation of the party first
nominating him; or if he was nominated
by more than one party or convention at
the same time he shall, within the time
fixed by law for filing certificates of
nomination, file with the officer with
whom his certificate of nomination is re
quired to be filed a written declaration
indicating the party designation under
which he desires his name to be printed
on the ballots, and it shall be so printed.
If he shall refuse or neglect to file such
declaration, the officer with whom the
certificate is required to be filed shall
place his name under the designation of
either of the parties by whom he was
nominated, but under no other desig
nation whatever.
With a year or two more such as this
country has enjoyed the past year, in the
way of trade, we will be at the top on
about everything with the nations of the
world. So strong is the demand becom
ing for grain and manufactured articles,
such as steel, electrical supplies, railway
engines, tools, machinery of all kinds and
hundreds of other things we cannot men
tion here, that money is flowing to our
shores in a steady stream. This will
naturally cause us to become the center
of the financial world. Who wouldn't
be a republican, and live under a repub
lican administration? If other countries
want to deal with the free trade, free
silver, 16 to 1 idea let them do it, but
give us a country where every dollar is
worth 100 cents, every man free to earn
it, and as good as his neighbor as long as
he behaves himself. David City News.
St. Claib county, Missouri, presents
the most peculiar situation to be found
anywhere in the world. In that county
two men are annually elected to go to
jail. The names of the men appear on
the ballot as candidates for county
judges, but they are not much more
than settled in their offices until they are
imprisoned for contempt of the'federal
court A judgment, which, with inter
est, now amoants to over a million dol-
Isrs, bangs over the county, and as the
people are unanimous that the judg
ment is unjust, the county judges year
after year refuse to levy a tax to pay it
nnd are eent to jail for contempt. Just
when this strange condition of affairs
will end no one appears able to tell.
Bee.
A recent deal in copper fields, com
prising over 100 acres of land partly in
the city limits of Deudwood, is reported,
consideration 8125,000. The vein carries
10 to 16 per cent of copper, and 89.50
free milling gold.
Concerning the Soldiers.
On inquiry in regard to the Christmas
boxes, word comes from Charles D. Long,
Depot Quartermaster at San Francisco,
that those shipped for Co. A, First Ne
braska, are still at the depot in San
Francisco, as no government transport
or freight steamer has left that port for
Manila since November 18. A freight
and transport steamer will leave soon for
Manila, and all packages received too
late for the St. Paul on Nov. 18, will bo
forwarded.
EXTRA PAY FOR SOLDIERS.
At the opening of the session of the
house Friday, Mr. Marsh (rep., 111.) asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
of a bill to grant to officers and men of
the volunteer army upon their muster
out two months' extra pay if they have
served beyond the limits of the United
States and one month's extra pay if they
have only served within tho limits. This
extra pay to be in lieu of furloughs or
leaves of absence. It has been the prac
tice to grant these furloughs or leaves of
absence so that in reality the bill only
sought to do directly what has heretofore
.been done indirectly. After this expla
nation Mr. Bailey (dem., Tex.) announced
that he had no objection to the measure.
The bill was passed.
Omaha friends of the Thurston rifles,
having received information from Ma
nila that Colonel Stotsenburg is treating
the boys of the First Nebraska "scandal
ously" by a system of fines for trivial or
imaginary offenses, and is assuming the
arrogance so typical of the regular army
bred officer and so intolerable to the
volunteer soldier, have forwarded to the
war department a series of very pointed
resolutions asking that Colonel Stotsen
burg be transferred from the command
of the First Nebraska back to his own
regiment. A petition is also being pre
pared asking Nebraska congressmen and
senators, and Assistant Secretary of
War Meiklejohn to interest themselves
in the matter. The resolutions have
not been made public.
RECRUITS IN MANILA BAY.
Letters from Frank C. Turner of Co.
K, First Nebr. Volunteers, dated De
cember 2, 98, on board of Transport
Arizona, in Manila bay, mostly on per
sonal matters, state that he is "straight
up and down, plenty of room for grub
and hungry all the time." We can seo
some of the ships Dewey sunk, and his
fleet, Cavite, Manila, the bay, the sur
rounding country. This is mountainous,
and they say there is plenty of gold and
silver. I don't suppose we can see much
until we get landed, and I don't know
when that will be. I am all well and
feeling good. The First regiment band
came out in a boat last night, and gave
us a serenade,
Wo left Honolulu on the 10th of No
vember, and arrived here in Manila bay
on the 24th, and anchored, and have
been lying here ever since, and do not
understand why it is that they don't
land us in our respective companies.
We are all getting disgusted, and want
to go to the regiment.
Many of the boys have been out to
see us. George Brodfeuhrer is well, and
sends regarda
NEBBASKAKS EN ROUTE HOME.
Information comes from the War de
partment at Washington that the Ne
braska contingent, so-called, numbering
200 members of the First Nebraska, is en
route home from the Philippines on the
government transport Ohio, to be mus
tered out of the volunteer service. The
Ohio left Nagasaki, Japan, December 23,
and should arrive at San Francisco, with
anything like favorable weather, about
February 1. A cablegram from Nagas
aki stated that the Nebraskans were in
fairly good health. Judge Stark, who
continues as the personal representative
of Nebraska's governor, so far as the
military situation is concerned, has
stated that Major General Otis had in all
probability discharged the volunteers
en route, an order probably from the
War department to that effect having
been sent to Otis. Upon arrival at San
Francisco the troops will be given travel
pay and one day's pay with a commuta
tion of rations, travel pay amonnting to
80 cents for every twenty miles. Captain
Tickers is in charge of the contingent
and it is possible he may be ordered to
muster out the troops upon their arrival
in Nebraska.
THIS TELLS THE TRUTH.
Somehow there is a great effort here
and there to discount the great work
being accomplished in Cuba and the
Philippines by Uncle Sam, and to mag
nify any little opposition" that may
appear, to his peaceful and yet strong
sway over the late possessions of Spain,
but the letters of the soldier boys can be
relied upon to tell the truth, and the fol
lowing is a sample, being a letter from
Ennis Wise, to bis mother of this city, a
man of good judgment, and who is serv
ing his country in the Signal corps:
MtTHNEAS, Cuba, Jan. 2, 1899.
Dear Mother: Am in receipt of your
welcome letter of 23d, which found me
in usual health. For past few days the
weather has been cool and pleasant We
have just got our camp in fine shape and
will not have much to do for a few days.
There were only 20 signal men came over
from the States in oar detachment 8
linemen and 12 operators. The opera
tors will be stationed at dhTereat oasces
as the United States are taking control
V all telegraph lines, and tho lint-men,
are to build and repair new lines they
are constructing.
The American flag was raised over the
fort and postoffice on Sunday, January
1st, without any fatalities. Tho Span
iards took it very much to heart, several
officers and privates shedding tears
freely, while the Cubans .went wild with
joy. Among many, there was a well-
dressed passed '"middle-aged man who
exclaimed: "This is the last day of the
year, the last day of the month, the last
day of the week' and the last day of
Spanish rule in vCuba. Come on boy6
lets go have a drink." There were so
many Spanish soldiers here being about
14,000 -and only 450 Americans, the
Cubans could not carry out their extend
ed programme which they were so
anxious to celebrate. They bate each
other like rattlesnakes. The Spanish
soldiers have been very orderly and civil
to our troops. The only chances for
trouble are between those two factions.
It hurts their dignity to see them cele
brate at their downfall; which, of course,
is quite natural. We have been rein
forced by the arrival of the Twelfth New
York, with Gen. Sanger on board, and
there are several other regiments on their
way to this port One Spanish ship
sailed this a. m. with 2,200 soldiers on
board for Spain, and there was another
transport just arrived. So, probably in
10 days or less, tho Island will be clear
of them. Thero 6eoms to be the impres
sion the Cubans will be difficult to man
age for a time,- but from my observations
they seem to be peaceable and all right
One thing one cannot but help notice,
they are highly delighted with the Amer
icans, and seem to think they cannot
treat them well enough. The worst ele
ment we wilLhave to contend with, are
the Cuban negroes, who have tho reputa
tion of being the essence of meanness.
Matanzas, several years ago was a city
of 80,000, which now has about 10,000
inhabitants. From conversations with
the English speaking Cubans, they say
people lived on green grass at one time.
There were a great many beheaded and
thrown into the bay, and also a great
many starved. There are two railroads
one from Havana 'to Cardinea and one
from Matanzas to Porto Principe on tho
west coast. They seem to be doing a
good business although the country has
been at war for the past three years or
more. From my limited observations I
wonld say Cuba was a very productive
country and capable of feeding a vast
population. Pine apples and all tropical
fruits grow in abundance near our camp,
but we are restricted from eating them,
which I supposo is right until we get
acclimated, at least. I presume we will
be kept here from 60 to 90 days and
mustered out I hopo so; by that time
we all will be satisfied to get further
north. Will close for this timo.
Yours as ever,
Ennis.
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The Mortgage ltrcord.
Following is a copy of the mortgage
indebtedness record for the month of
December, 1898, for Platte county:
Forty-two farm mortgages filed, 347,
375.73, same released forty-six, 837,550.
75; twelve town and city mortgages filed
87,260 00, same released six, 82,575. Fif
ty-five chattel mortgages wore filed
amounting to 880,994.75, and seventy-
four released, worth 831,647.00. Thero
were no deeds in foreclosure during the
month.
Total for the year 1898 was farm mort
gages filed $416,492.79, and the releases
amounted to 8414,018.99.
The chattel record for the year was
8431,695.58 filed and $314,353.39 released.
Nineteen deeds in foreclosure during
the year.
Compared either with 1897 or 1896
there was more business transacted,
though the former years filed more deeds
in foreclosure.
For 1896 there were $105,754.07 farm
mortgages filed and the releases amount
ed to 8328,540.10. Chattel mortgages to
the amount of 8360,374.16 were filed and
only 837,259.95 worth released. In that
year there were thirty-three deeds in
foreclosure.
For 1897 the farm mortgages amount
ed to 8369,045.38, while those discharged
aggregated $506,072.14. The chattels
filed were worth $461,493.05, while those
released amounted only to $172,052.85.
Thirty deeds in foreclosure wero filed
with the clerk that year.
Real Estate Traajtferu.
Becher, Jnggi 8CC0., real estate agents,
report the following real estate transfers
filed in the office of the county clerk for
the week ending Jan. 7, 1899.
R. Btorrs Dickinson to Platte County
Bank, w 22 feet lot 5. blk 11. Platte
Center, wd $ 500 00
Chas. Kirkland to Geo, Kirkland, lots
7, 8, blk 3, Humphrey, wd 1200 00
John M. Dineen to John Saalfeld, 153
acres lying north of Shell Creek in
sec 23, tp. 18, lw, wd ... 100
Bridget Fleming to Mary Macken, ei
eeli ll-18-2w,wd 2450 00
Joseph J. Barnes et al to William
Arndt.sw!43S-lS-lw.wd 470000
W. A. McAllister to Libbie J. Davis,
and 1-5 lot 1, sec 19-lft-2w, qcd 148 00
John Braon to Joseph Brann, X int.
in neU vM and etf nwfc wHi 8-19-
wj 1 CO
John Brann to Anna Zaoh, wtf awK
neii, e4 neX nwVf and wtf swX aa
8.19-lw, (5 lnt.)wd 100
Same to tame, lots 1, 2, blk 11, Lock-
ner'a 1st add to Humphrey, ( int.)
wlO 00
John Hoffman to John Brann, !4 nej
19.lw.wd 7.. 2850 00
Joseph Brann etal to John Brans, 0.
int. in seJ4 neJi and eH ewH neJi 8-19-lw,
wd. 1 00
John Noon to Annie Welch, lots 7, 8,
blk 73 and lot 3, blk 15. Highland
Park add to Columbus, wd 1 00
Stevenson Bark to George Henggeler,
e2ne3ne4e4 20w2nw4Bw4 21-lS-le,
wd.. 8400 08
State of Nebraska, to D. A. Becher. ae4
36-19-Ur, dead, 1120 00
Samuel Prang to Rudolph Prang, w2
nwi U-30-lw, wd 109
C W Holliagabead to Alexander Vole,
e44 feet lot 6 blk "A" Monroe, wd.... 250 00
John WMaher to Michael Kaah. nw4
se4 e2se4 Asw4ae4 30 n2sw4 29-17-
Jwq.e.4 in
Charles Angustyn to same q. c d. i 00
Anna E Taylor to Commercial Bank,
kal-2blk 3 Keren's addition to
Columbus, wd 2888 08
ATisZiegkr to Edward Gates et al, lot
3 blk -D" Monroe, wd 75 08
Johana H Daasenbrook to Frederick
Dassrnhmrk. n34 3-19-le. 3 108 08
Albert Fish to William A. Gale, se4 8-18
w wd see 88
John Lc Ferdae to George W Perdas,
ad.tte2ne415-18-3w.wd 1008 68
George W Perdae to Abram E Perdue,
wd.... 2088 88
Twcatr46ar transfers, total $roi7
Cheap Excursion Rates.
On January 10th and 24th the Bur
lington will sell tickets to Hot Springs,
South Dakota, and return atoneiare for
round trip, return limit thirty days.
J. T. Cox, Agent
' Petit Jury.
Following is a list of the petit jury
drawn for the next term of the District
court, which convenes Tuesday, January
17, and at which Judge Hollenbeck will
probably reside:
D. C KaTanangh, Jacob Schram,
A. B. Foster, Henry Lambertas,
W. F. Dodds, Joseph Henggler,
John Staab, Gas. Goetx,
V.-Uentine Kaas, Joseph Bender,
St ere German. Jacob Fischer,
StSTen Bonn, Ham Taylor.
JohnlmboS, John Bo.as,sr.,
Albert Teesendorf , George Hopkins,
Max Heating, Albert Carbon.
N. P. Nelson. rhillip Gleason.
Andrew Irerson. John Christensen.
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Don't complete arrangements until you
have secured information regarding the
Personally Conducted Excursions to
San Francisco, Los Angeles and Port
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cursions leave Chicago, Minneapolis and
St. Paul every Thursday, and Omaha
every Friday in elegantly upholstered
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point to destination. Prompt and satis
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1 Ail Eyes Tamed to Lincoln.
The Omaha exposition has closed and
all eyes are now turned toward Lincoln,
tho capital city, where the legislature
will soon meet. The istallation of new
state officers, the election of a United
States senator, and other matters of
much importance will make Lincoln the
centre of state interests and every Ne
braskan will want to read the old, re
liable standby, The State Journal, dur
ing the coming year. As a special in
ducement to secure new readers, The
Semi-Weekly Journal, printed every
Tuesday and Friday, will be mailed
from now until January 1, 1900, for 81.00.
This is a mighty long time for tho
money and the sooner you send your
dollar the more papers you get. There
isn't any other paper in Nebraska that
gives so much for the money,. It is
twice as good as the old fashioned
weekly. Try it. Address, The Stato
Journal, Lincoln, Neb.
TIGER AND BULL.
A Fierce Battle. In Which the Tiger Was
Iladly Beaten.
The Paris letter of the London Post
gives details of an extraordinary enter
tainment given at the Plaza de Madrid
in the presence of 1,300 spectators. This
was a combat between a royal Bengal
tiger and an Andalusian fighting hulL
The tiger, Cesar, was a full grown
bruto belonging to Spessardi, tho train
er, who had never been able to do any
thing with it and had, indeed, once
nearly fallen a victim to its ferocity.
He sold it for 0, 000 francs to the director
of the plaza.
A cage 17 yards squaro by 4 in height
had been erected in tho middle of the
arena, and tho animals were brought on
in vans, the bull being the first to be
released iuto the inclosure. The brute
immediately began to run round and
round his prison, bellowing and throw
ing np sand and gravel with his hoofs.
The instant the tiger entered the cage
he gave a roar and bounded on the bull,
avoiding the horns, and fixed on bis
flanks and belly with both teeth and
claws. The bull remained still for a
few seconds, and then seemod to be sink
ing backward to the ground. The spec
tators thought that all was over, but
the tiger let go for a second to take an
other hold, and in the brief interval
was kicked over by the wild plunges of
the bull. Before the tiger had timo tc
recover the boll was on him, and, sink
ing his horns into the striped hide, it
tossed the tiger into the air. This woj
repeated four or five times, the bull
varying his tactics occasionally by bang
ing his adversary against the bars.
When the bull stopped, the tiger laj
limp on the ground, and the crowd,
thinking he was dead, cried, "Bravo,
torol"
The bull stood stamping for a ma
ment in the middle of tho cage, and
then, seeing the tiger did not move, ap
proached and smelled him. But Ccsai
was only shamming death and seized
the bull's muzzle in his powerful jawi
so the animal could not move. Eventu
ally, however, he was released, and ait
er stamping furiously on the tiger again
caught him on his horns. This time thi
tossing, stamping and banging appar
ently really ended in Cesar's death.
The cage was then opened, and the bull
rushed out and back to his stable. F01
precaution's sake the tiger's van wai
brought up, and, to the general sur
prise, Cesar rose to his feet, glanced
round as if afraid the bull was stiL
there, and then bounded into the van.
The tiger was found to have five ribi
broken, besides having a number oi
wounds from the bull's horns. It is saic
that all wild animals bears, lions,
panthers and tigers fare badly in com
bat with the Spanish fighting bull.
Man and the elephant: are the only sun
victors over these active andferociouj
beasts.
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