New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

"One of the greatest troubles experienced by peo-
pie living in tropical countries" said L. T. Warden,
of Chicago. yesterday at the Gisey
NATURAL House, is obtain meat Of a
lied SOUTH quality fit eat Take the Philip
AFRICAN pines. for instance The cattle
CHICKENS there are magnificent to look al,
but they cut up into mighty
poor food. being fat and also strngy. Almost all
the meat used by our men there comes from Aus
traIia- being brought in refrigerator ships, from
which II IS issued three times week. The Aus
tralian is as good beef as q man would care to
eat. There is, or, rather, was-for II Is nearly
year and q half since I was theTe-a lack Of poul-
try. also. No hens chickens could be obtained,
but only ducks and, Of course. your morning egg
that Of a duck which Is an exceedingly poor
substitute for a hens egg, IN my estimation
understand that since then they have tried to rem
and other things but ! doubt the success Of the
LID Of food
and the like may change the flesh OF the fowl and
Of nine Who o. used % be tinted states consul al
5 d VINO now IVES n ne s+ J1 80
ne endeavored 10 raise the character and quality
South Africa was poor but that could not be
helped. American fowls, Williams thought, would
wal, and their eggs would enable him 70 begin
mind. So ne brought out a flock Of American bred
poultry Al first al went well; the breakfast egg
ner all that he had fOndly anticipated, but then
Jams was inclined 10 attribute it to loss of appetite
The brea kfas egg grew coarse and coarser in favor
chicken deteriorated in similar manner and with
Ward ] i Of the egg ransd the ss same
bur the P9u L not only changed in quality and
well Without increasing the size Of the body, the
necks grew longer and thinner and the legs length
ened out OF all proportion, until last the hens
assembled nothing so much dirninurive ostriches
use and so Williams gave them away TO the KAT
them here at poultry show. mainly to ascertai
what names competent Judges would apply to them
but the expense deferred him. He also had another
scheme to ger even which was 10 enter the
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eagle or an ostrich, and that there was not dog
his house while they remained his PROPERTY so ut
terly had the few dogs which had tried conclusions
with them been routed"
After the battle Of San Juan Hi had been
fought said A. V. Blair. Of Pittsburg yesterday
al the Hotel Manhattan. and the
HAD NO negotiations were on fer ToraPs
TENT surrender the lot Of both our Off
FOR THE GERS and soldiers was by no means
PURPOSE. enYisble. IN climate for which
we wholly unified our plight
was rendered the worse by scarcity Of accommoda-
tons food, that which got being insufficient
in quantity and deficient in quality. This state OF
affairs applied equally TO officers and men It was
due 10 this that the incident am going 10 tell you
came 10 pass one Of the officers on the staff OF
certain general had been sent under flag Of truce
The Spaniards had many Of the good things which
place OF rendezvous he found plentiful supply OF
refreshments. principally imprisoned in glass for
whatever it was having been successfully carried
through the Spaniards and Americans fraternized
and made frequent inspections OF each other
through the bottoms Of glasses. In mis- rundown
physical state the liquor had q disastrous effect
On the staT officer, and when he came 10 make his
-eport 10 mis- commanding officer on his return 10
f1eadauarters he was in condition utterly unfit TO
h described. The General, who was a man Of high
temper and who had been upset by something that
had happened during the afternoon, quickly dis
covered the unfortunate officers condition and
Numbered out: 3, - 49,
- why YOU re drunk. sir. What DO you mean by
coming into my presence in this condltonE
I'm not drunk-really I'm not, SIT explained
the inebriated one. 7 simply-hic-got touched by
sSrhis was too much for the exaspeTated General,
who roared: Not drunk " ny g ol m az 5d as
hjjiv goat You consider youIsSlL ui.ue' az
Tesf and wiz confne yourself 10 your tent until
further orders SO ia NJ platr ..-b,.
TT should be explained said nj 5a b mar
,ber az officer Of the Army is aTIestsu ne II moi
esIlty nut under physical restraint o1t ~ mercy
ordered 10 coDhne himself TO hls ia 20 i,ta
- honor supposedly competing LII : ~ go III
Re order The thoroughly anrishLTtl ~ ~ elhlfu'
~, erv sorry. General but car =" ~ sii
@a.Can't do it2' gasped the efISi"- 'ai u"
you mean .,f ., nv tent sir, because
itr5s was too much for both tne ejIyaa a IA nlS
go and the roar of laughter ina ,yst5 he 1870
&c air and restored good nuHla..t 70 NOR t,,s =
that the offender was let on Wa
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