New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-23
THE PASSING THRONG.

zone of the most expressive words have run
across" said A. D. Lockett. mining man of Ross
land, B. c., as 'pelleo' Of the
"AHi BOSS. Zulu tongue. which is in general
PEIIEo use in South Africa 1t is literally
PELLEO." translated into English done
for The first time l ever heard II
firmly impressed IT on my mind. The Kaffirs are
awful scrappers, and there is almost sure to be
a fight when rival parties run across each other
Christmas Day. and in fact all holidays. are gen
orally marked by rows, and for that reason are
known there as fight days The two races which
most bitterly hate each other are the Bechuanas
and the Shamgongs. The way the Kaffirs fight Is
TO form IN long lines which gradually approach
each other Then suddenly will dart out
OF one OF the lines. and rushing up almost WITHIN
striking distance of the other, will jump up ana
down with derisive expression Of face and gesture
all the while pouring stream of vltuperation upon
the and will finally retire to his own RANKS
This manRuvre VIII be promptly repeated py IN, 5Ie
party attacked and so ii will go on until ooth sloes
they win go It hammer and tongs untll one or
the other gives way, when the Vlctors h9"lIn i
chase them as iois a me Kafirs do not indulge in
neting damage 9o s IN for the most busness-ike
kind OF fighting, weapons are kept OUT Oh 'heii
Zone day shortly after my arrival in johannes
burg was driving across the Neiqt, wnen t1 one
side broke and made run for it. the other size
o g bug 90P one Of the ugives stubbed his toe
and feiI. whereupon his pursuer who had in some
drove that weapon through the body of his pros
trate enemy and deep in the ground beneath ran
was about Looking at me with eyes in which
shook his head and gently said as, struggling his
shoulders he pointed at the body. All boss, Peeeo
that kafhr never even quiyered AFTER the assegai
word meant elli as soon e as got back"
A group in the restaurant of the Waldorf-Astoria
the other evening were talking about hunting
Several pretty tall stories had been
THE SHOT perpetrated, when ]. V. Rogers, a
WENT TRUE veracious citizen Of the Hub"
TO ITS capped TIE others with the follow
MARK. ing narratives:
Some years ago" said Mr.
Rogers. who is known to his intimates as Truth
full James," when 1 hunting trip in
Northern Maine. I had rather peculiar expert
ence. Word had been brought to our camp of the
presence of pair Of wildcats in nearby cave, and
! started once to secure them, If possible
Arriving nea- the cave 1 advanced cautiously to
its entrance. but the felines giving no sign,
entered a short distance into it, when two shining
eyeballs glaring at from the deeper shadows
of the cavern brought to a full pause. Taking
careful aim-and 1 practically dead shot-I
shot square between those balls Of fire. To my
surprise, they advanced toward me rapidly, and
with a squat and whirr two magnificent wild
cats passed by me. one either hand, and. sec
ond later the baying of my dogs announced
their arrival in the open I not only sur
prised, but very much puzzled as well, for never
previously had I missed at so short a distance
and, my nerves were perfectly steady at the
time, could in way account for it. followed
along the trail of my dogs; and soon came up
with them. they had freed both of the cats;
killed them BOTH and upon examining their bodies
me, and vindcation Of my craftsmanship under
any and all circumstances for one of the wildcats
blind of the left eye and the other of the right
Standing together in the darkness, IT had seemed
though the pair of eyes flaming in the darkness
had been in single head My shot had gone true
TO its mark. and passed directly between the two
organs of vision, but they being in separate heads
Il had passed between the wildcats themselves as
we'll"