Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-10
SCENE OF WILD DISORDER
Suggestion Of Cyclone at schmid's Local
Menagsrie.
Monkeys Get LeOses and Work Havoc
Upon the Parrot Family
Wreck of Globes.

"hei Lu"dfu ii SChnlQ, the pet animal
fancier, returned to his store last night
shortly after 10 O'Clock he thought there
had been cyclone At the door he was
met by chorus, 50 weird and different
from anything he had ever heard. that he
remarked to his friend from the Zoo that
perhaps the big boa constructor was loose.
He remembered that when the big snake
woke up and commenced to move about his
cage all the birds and animals fairly went
crazy. Opening the door of his store he
turned on the electric lights. Perched on
top of parrots cage and grabbing hand
fuls of feathers from the frightened
Cuban's tail was Princess Eulalie, the At
rican monkey. Poor polly was making the
welkin ring with her shrieks and the prin-
cess was chatertng. This was the solu-
ton of the trouble.
Not all the answer. however. Mr.. Schmid
also remembered the two other monkeys
that domiciled with the Princess. Then he
thought of what mischief one monkey
could do, and multiplied 1t by three. Mr..
Schmid remarked to the Zoo man that 1t
was regular monkey and parrot time,
but the man from the Zoo ventured the
opinion that the parrot wasn't In it,
When Mr.. SchnHd turned on all the
lights there was a scene of carnage IN the
back room. Twenty big glass globes USED
for gold fish were massed In heap OF
broken glass on the floor Nor was that
all. There, bent and misshapen beside the
glass, were the remains of two nne mock
ing bird cages, with only few featners
to tell the story of the unequal struggle.
A big aquarium which Mr.. Schmid had ieft
filled with gold fish was nearly empty the
three or four remaining being hidden III
the ruined castle at the bottom. Inc mon
keys had evidently had fish before game In
their pilfered repast.
Avoided the Big Snake.
hnv
everything but the boa constructor. A pre-
vious acquaintance with that gentleman
and remembrance of his hugging propen-
sites evidently fingered in their MINDS ana
took them back to their childhood days IN
the Jungle. The monkeys vented most VI
their spleen on the parrots, and there is
evidently much truth in the comparison
between the two in describing a general
mix-l1p ANYHOW, several of the parrots
lost their tails, and few Of them coulu
speak this morning. ,,.
They lost their voices last IllSht Iai tr,
for the police" suggested Mr.. Schmld. Inc
big snake was restless all the morning,
and it became necessary to move ms cass
upstairs away from the battle scene Oh
last night. He was fed later IN the Jay
and then went to sleep.
AN the trouble was caused by big Congo
monkey called Commodore. He is pos
sessed of unusual Intelligence, ana with tie
dizziness of human being he uhclaspeu tlie
snap lock of his cage and liberated two
female friends And then they held con-
ference and decided TO wreck the place.
They remembered how the parrots nad
kept them awake during the hot weather
with their unearth1y cries, and lmmeaiatety
proceeded to get even with them. How wei
they succeeded is. best illustrated by the
taillesS condition of the birds.
1t was we'll the monkeys did not get up
stairs, for had they entered the boarding
house where all the pet bird boarders are
kept the damage would have been meal
culable. 1t is to guard against any accl-
dent of this kind that the proprietor keeps
the boarders' house in separate room.
With almost human instinct the monkeys
opened the market basket and threw every
thing out, selecting few choice morSelS
for themselves. They mixed up the big
case of flower seeds, and. taking the big
round roots of the elephant ear plant for
cocoanuts, they Pelted each other. The big
cut-throat cuckatoo, with his snowwhite
plumage and CHASTITY cash of red feathers
about his throat, had narrow escape. HIS
cage was dashed on the floor and badly
bent, but the bird escaped harm. He has
the record for being the loudest voiced in
habitant of the place and he beat his own
record last night. Today he looks as If he
had been through thrashinS machine.
Clearing Away the Debris.
The proprietor was busy this morning
cleaning up He figures his loss at $50. He
described the capture of the monkeys to a
reporter Of The Star, and If it was one
half realistic he pictured it, 1t was
very exciting. He said as soon as he had
located the cause of the trouble he called
to his keeper up stairs and the monkey
hunt commenced. After trying to tempt
them with all sorts of food, he proceeded
to outwlt and trap them. But the monkeys,
SO some evolutionists maintain, are
branch OF the human family, and know a
thing or two about strategy. They We're
cornered, however, finally, in the back
room, the only means of escape being over
the cage containing the boa CONSTRUCTOR
They would not dare to venture near that
So with a big butterfly net the smallest of
the females captured She tore the
net into shreds, but did not get away. Then
came scene that suggests an old story
The female was chained to the rear of the
cage, and the door left ajar She was
the favorite spouse Of Commodore. and
commenced chattering for her beloved He
answered it at once like a dutiful hubby,
and soon within the enclosure The
door was snapped him, and then the
capture of the Princess was easily accom-
plished. She was put in with the other
two, and the door safely secured with
heavy wire.
There will be combina ton lock put on
that cage as soon as the locksmith can fit
one.
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