Aberdeen herald., July 15, 1897, Image 3

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>en thons
are idle,
pension ol
Mononga
radically
in of the
bout live
le mines
the M. A.
> Panhan
land Gas
ndividual
tie effect
bout onc
of men at
the men
s a decid
uise these
i ironclad
y to their
;es which
>1 v of coal
:, because
5,000.000
u stock at
per which
short no
ion of it
) sign of
mong the
ice what
situation
nine ofti
ioii is sol-
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mine yes
hicli had
work was
e was a
;he Slavs
has been
seem as
ike ques-
Gompers
0,000 pei
in their
it.
le United
port that
8 are out.
pceial to
rom Ila
ilibusters
i to have landed
province at tho
, The Spanish
Ihristina, which
the coast, en
the expedition,
ived at the spot
marines, they
driven to their
force in ambush,
tent of the in
warship hurried
cements. When
Iters had already
His and supplies
rters in the Ta
orsned by Fons
umn, which had
n Miuas to inter
ente Betanconrt,
ifter years of in
tary prisoner in
Jabanas castle as
19 been liberated
> the island, no
le the charges
len found.
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ured with the in
-12 months ago,
d in Cabanas Cor
ed to prepare foi
toeate Coal.
—Railroad com
to confiscate all
>ver their lines,
fusion with its ex
ll companies, who
Ipecial shipments
of the day, were
resources to over-
The price of com
led 40 cents a ton,
|s were rated at
customary value.
from the mines
»ere confiscated by
fes. The seizure is
Sent supreme court
■ that in case of
ompanies have the
iny coal on their
fardlees of the con-
Md Lod gn,
r 12.—The grand
ternoon elected the
3rand exalted rul
i Harrisburg, Pa.:
ng knights, M. B.
Ala.; Louis Hau-
Charles M. Foote,
secretary, Cieorgo
■w, Mich.; grand
is, Meadvilie, Pa.;
lolmes, Cincinnati;
A.Clark, St. Louis;
George E. Meyer,
nd chaplain, Rev.
ike, New Albany,
rectors, Jerome B.
N. Y.; Hunter A.
Tex.; George B.
'w Drowned.
13.—The body of a
forth river Wednes-
P his pockets, is
of Edward J. Jolin-
Or., who loft that
*#s a Swede, and is
Ben drowned.
•t Toronto.
>■ July 12.—The na
charities and oor
stoday.
Id by Fire.
12—The largo plant
tilling Company was
today, one miner los
uine is located about
the city on Breece
iplete wreck. Three
16 400-foot level and
*8s at the bottom,
The men called to
1 #nd lie readied a
"i fei»t of the level
tli gave out and he
' the darkness. The
! their way to the »ur
™ (htkft.
CUBANS IN MATANZAS.
l ong Thr,»t.n,d Il>T.„l„ n of That Trov.
Ince lint Itrgun.
12 ~ A Herald
paten from Havana says:
The threatened invasion of Matanzas
province by the insurgents has begun
several arge bodies of Cubans have
crossed the lino from Santa Clara and
the strength ot the force engaged in the
westward movement is estimated from
4,000 to 6,000. La Crete and Ilerie, who
recently crossed tho Jucaro and Moron
troclia and passed into Santa Clara from
laniaguay have united with other
leaders, and there are now five or six
chiefs, each with a considerable follow
ing, moving into Matanzaa, where the
insurgent forces were ordered to mo
bilize. Men have been summoned
from the plantations around and ordered
westward.
\\ hother the movement was ordered
to embarrass General Weyler or to .lis
tract attention from Gomez, who is
supposed to be hemmed in by Spanish
columns near Sancti Spiritus.'is not yet
clear. It may be both.
The purpose of the gathering in Ma
tanzas is said to cover the landing of an
expedition which is due in that prov
ince, and which w ill furnish the com
bined forces with some additional anna
and cartridges and several rapid-fire
field guns. After receiving this expe
dition the programme mapped out by
General Gomez is for an advance across
Matanzas province, and if all goes well
a demonstration near the city of Ha
vana itself.
Quintin Banderas, who recently came
from the East with 1,600 men, and who
was in Melana del Sur two weeks ago,
has gone to Matanzas. The entire
force of rebels under Castillo in this
province is ready to join with those in
the eastern province. Dueeasse and his
force of 2,500 to y,OOO men may come
from Pinar del Rio to take part in the
movement.
General Calixo Garcia will remain in
Santiago province, but practically all
the other leaders of prominence of the
insurgent aide have been ordered to
meet in Matanzas.
.lust what opposition the Spanish
troops will make to the movement is
not certain. The sudden activity in
the rebel ranks after the rainy season
has well begun shows that they are able
to move, despite the muddy condition
of the roads, and frequent drenchings
which they must receive. Any forced
marches of large bodies of Spanish
troops to head off the rebel movement
must result in heavy losses from sick
ness,"hardship and exposure.
Evaenation of llayaino.
New York, July 12. —A Herald dis
patch from Havana says:
Captain-General Weyler has at last
decided it wise to evacuate Bayamo.
He iias already ordered the inhabitants
to betake themselves to Manillo, and has
asked the war department of Spain to
authorize the withdrawal of troops and
the burning of the town. The expenses
of maintaining the garrison there have
always been very heavy and one which
the end gained did not justify.
Much sickness prevails. The insur
gents are looking out for the landing
of artillery along the coast of Matanzas.
The Spanish army has never been so
weakened by sickness before. An offi
cial estimate of the number of Spanish
soldiers in hospitals throughout the is
land is 2,500. Not long ago the Lu
chano battalion marched to the front
1,100 strong; today the battalion unm
hers 150 men.
Destructive Hull Storm.
New York, July 12. —A World dis
patch from Berlin says:
A Stuttgart dispatch received here
brings the news of a destructive hail
storm which raged for hours in South
ern Wurtemburg, causing the death of
13 persons and damage to crops amount
ing to more than 4,000,000 marks.
Hucli a meteorological phenomenon in
the hottest month of the year has nev
er been experienced before in this part
of the fatherland.
Before the storm the weather was ex
tremely sultry. Gra lually the clouds
.began to darken, and within a few min
utes after there was a sudden darkness
followed by rushing torrents of rain,
which almost submerged the villages.
The rain was followed by a terrific hail
storm, some of the hailstones being of
ulmost incredible size.
New OttiriaN.
Olvmpia, July 12.—At a meeting of
the state board of control today, a com
munication was read from Dr. Seinple,
superintendent of the Eastern \\ ashing
ton hospital for the insane, asking to be
relieved, as he wished to take a post
graduate course in an Eastern medical
college. The board elected Dr. Wilson
Li.ckhart, of Spokane, to (ill this va
cancy, and Dr. J. D. Maclean, of Spo
kane, his first assistant physician. Dr.
Lockhart will take charge ol the Medical
Lake hospital July 20, and Dr. Mac
lean's term of office will begin Septem
ber 1. John Scott, also of Spokane,
was appointed overseer of the jute mill
at the penitentiary.
Sixty Death* in tlie Week.
Cincinnati, July 12.—The-number ol
heat deaths today was six. The maxi
mum heat, by trustworthy street ther
mometers, today was U<> at aP. M. It
is 85 at II o'clock tonight. The num
ber of deaths in the last seven days
is 00.
Diii-thnt tt'a* Not Hanged.
Han Francisco, July 12.—The re
prieve granted Theodore Durrant !>y
Governor Budd expires today, but the
murderer of Blanche Lamont and Min
nie Williams is in no danger of hang
ing. It does not matter whether Gov
ernor Budd grants a further reprieve or
not, as tlie granting of an appeal by the
United States circuit court to tlie Unit
ed States supreme court takes all power
from the state officials until the high
est federal court renders a decision in
the case.
The Dam Oavo Way.
Denver, Colo., July 12. ■ News
reached here tonight of a disastrous
flood, caused by the breaking of a dam
near Jefferson, by which two lives are
known to have been lost and property
estimated a, from 150,000 to $100,000
destroyed. Details of the affair are
meager, as the place is off the railway
and the telephone connection is broken.
Ella Collins is the first Amer
ican ladv to be raised to a throne by
marriage'. Her husband reigns over the
peoplr of one of the island* of the New
llebridse group.
BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS,
x NU,n,| »
W tom, July 12. The troubles of
'' ,11ln >-' wiili their Indian
0 ;;w. OH t e west ,„ ;isl llllVl , „ ot
or T. '>e ;' >l t ' ils wl "'" tllu m-
IT'r : ,u ' h linlvi " l cuii.,l
nill'trvi"" lh ° Domi " ion ««ttur was
... 8 al ' M »S ( ' matters.
Ihe lees brings news of the trouble
nn'". 'J tribt>H " f In.lians
i< coast. In years jjono 1 >v, an ar
rangement was made with tho chief of
» » 1 In,lli, "« il "'l tho Kitkathlas
that by paying a bounty of ono in
every seven skins taken the Kitkathlas
could como down and hunt sea otters
oil the shores of theNootkn reservation.
J-no arrangement worked well while
the Nontka Indians were away sealing',
ami tln l chief reaped a rich harvest, but
now that the Nootkas are at home, they
do not fall in with the proposition.
Accordingly, when the Kitkathlas came
'town to hunt as before, they sent out
a messenger ordering them to go home.
1 hey at once refused. Another mes
senger was sent, telling them that un
less they did so, the Nootkas would
come out and tight.
The affair did not come to blows, as
the tribesmen, following the example
set by civilized communities, held a
hig "wah-wah." 11. Gillet, Indian
agent at Alberni, on board the Tees,
acted as judge between the opposing
tactions, and decided in favor of the
Nootkas. There was a lively time at
the pow-wow, and several times the
tribesmen nearly came to blows. The
Kitkathlas are much worked up over
the matter. \\ hen the Tees left they
were still encamped on the beach at
Nootka holding "wall walis" among
themselves, indignation meetings, as it
were. Two of them went to Kvuaot to
try to catch the Quadra to lay their
grievance before Captain Walbran.
tailing to get satisfaction from him,
they will come to Victoria to lay the
matter before the superintendent of lu
dian affairs.
WAR TALK IN JAPAN.
Go\eminent Is I'rgcri to Send Wiirohipii
Aci'u** the r»eiflc.
Seattle, Wash., July 13.—Tlio .Tap
anese press is grinding out fierce edito
rials on the pending anm xation treaty
with Hawaii, and if these bellicose par
agraphs represent the national spirit,
the war feeling is certainly rampant
among the Japanese. A number of late
papers arrived here yesterday from
Japan by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha
steamship Matsuvama Marn. They
devote columns to consideration of the
annexation quesiton, and the tenor of
the majority favors resistance against
the proposed action of the United
States. The Japan Daily Mail of June
34 says editoiially:
"It is certainly true that the little
band of Americans who have arrogated
the right to dispose of the Hawaiian
islands are usurpers; that they have at
tained their comamnding position by a
trick and that they have not the slight
est moral title to the property which
they are now quietly undertaking to
hand over to the United States."
The Kokumin Shimbun contends
that Japan must handle the matter
with a tirm determination to shed blood
if need he, for the maintenance of the
rights and interests of the 25,000 Jap
anese in Hawaii, together with the
prestige and honor of Japan. It does
not advise, however, that such strict
measures should be adopted until every
other method of pacification has failed.
The Tokio Shimbun says: "The war
ship Naniwa is quite capable of afford
ing the Japanese in Hawaii ample pro
tection. If additional men-of-war are
to be sent anywhere, they should be
sent in the form of a squadron to the
other side of the Pacific. Unless we
are determined to take that step, if
necessary, how can we effectually wipe
away the indignity to which we have
been subjected?"
A Duty on Salmon.
Vancouver, B. 0., July 12. —A new
difficulty confronted the Fraser river
canners today by the announcement
that a duty of 1 per cent per tish would
be charged on all salmon brought in
from the American side. As most of
the canners have fishtraps at Point
Roberts, on the American side of the
line, the duty, if enforced, will be a
considerable item in the expenes of the
canners. It is claimed by the canners
that while they had no official notice
that the duty would not be charged,
verbal assurances were given both by
the local members of parliament and
officials of the marine and fisheries de
partment that such a course would not
be adopted. They were highly indig
nant at the action of the government.
Tin- Hunk Caved In.
Los Angeles, July 12. —An accident
occurred this evening at the zanj.t No.
7 of the Los Angeles waterworks, just
beyond Ninth steret, whereby two men
lost their lives. David Scott and Da
vid Rheinspild were working at the
point desingated attempting to fill a
washout Which had occurred in the
ditoh. Above them was an embank
ment, under which they were excavat
ing, intending that it should fall and
close the break. Without warning, the
embankmeunt gave way, burying the
men under tons of earth. The work of
rescue began at once, and in 12 minutes
the bodies were unearthed, but life waf
extinct.
Interne Snfl'eriiiK ■» *'•
St. Louis, July 12.—Seven people
died from heat on this, the 12th day of
insufferable heat. Two people, one of
them a New Orleans negrcss, were
driven -insane, and six others have been
fatally sunstruck and will die before
morning. There have been numberless
prostrations in St. Louis. A. Smith,
the Brooklyn's catcher, and Grady, hist
baseman of the St. Louis team, were
prostrated in the baueball game today.
Smith is unconscious, and ins condltiou
appears to be serious.
Kxp«>n<l«il by General Lee.
Washington, July 12. —United States
Consul-General Lee has been rendering
some account t<. the government of his
expenditures of the fund appropriated
by congress for the relief of destitute
American citizens in Cuba, llis fig
ures were presented to the cabinet to
day, and the showing was remarkable,
of'it appeared that of the total of *;>O,-
000 at the disposal of the consul gener
al he had expended only $<>,000, and
yet had given substantial relief toeverj
distressed American whom he could fine
ready to receive aid, and, besides, hav
shipped some of them back home.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
downing. llopklna.V Company'* Review
of Trade.
There was not much activity or busi
ness in the wheat market during the
i>ast week partially owing to the very
int weather throughout the the states
>ast of the Hooky mountains. On ac-
Jount of the temporary strength of the
Join market prices advanced 2 cents,
tint the advance did not hold and the
■lose was at about the same as a week
igo.
Hie July returns of the departments
if agriculture indicate the everage con
iitiipii of spring and winter wheat com
bined are N4.i», which is 2.7 points
higher than last month.
The Orange Judd Farmer says:
In the spring wheat district the
month lias been wholly favorable and
previous high condition of the crop, is
fully maintained. The present condi
tion, 98.2, is practically the same as
repi.rt d last month. Should it go to
l:ar\est with no future drawback, there
- 1 abundance in the situation to justify
in expectation of 200,000,000 bushels,
with nearly 21)0,000,000 bushels in the
U.ikotas and Minnesota alone. This,
Willi a reasonable certainty of at least
U r>,000,000 bushels of winter wheat,
makes possible this year a total wheat
■Top of 575.0.10,000 bushels.
For the past week the decrease in the
visible isupply was 874,000 bushels,
and the total is now but 10,0011,000
bushels.
The weather was the controlling in
lluence in the corn market during the
last week. There was renewed activity
over a range of about 1l s cents. Dur
inu the tirst part unseasonable tempera
ture and lack of moisture prevailed
throughout the entire corn belt. This
induced liberal buying for speculative
account, forcing prices up 2 cents from
last week's finish. Later, when nor
mal conditions set in, the early buyers
took profit, resulting in one cent de
cline. Sentiment is decidedly less
bearish. Conservative operators prefer
buying on the weak spots, believing
that only a moderate crop can be raised
with perfect conditions from now on,
while all the accidents favor the hold
er. Receipts nt primary points fell off
sharply, but promise slightly larger
next week. The cash demand was dis
appointing.
I'orllaiMl Markets.
Wheat—Walla Walla, t>s@Goc; Val
ley, 07c per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, $3.50@ 3.G0;
jiahiuni, $3.25; superfine, $2.25 per
barrel.
Oats —Choice white, 38@40c; choice
gray, 37@39c per bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, $10@ 10.50;
brewing, $18@19 per ton.
Millstulfs —Bran, $13.50 per ton;
middlings, $21; shorts. $15.50.
llay—Timothy, $10@ 13.50; clover,
♦11 .50@13.50; California wheat, $10@
12; do oat, #11; Oregon wild hay, $9@
10 per ton.
Eggs—l3(ft 14c per dozen.
Butter —Fancy creamery, 35@40c;
fair to good, 30c; dairy, 25@30c per
roll.
Cheese —Oregon, 11 '..c; Young
America, 12'.jc; California, 9@ 10c per
pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.50@3
per dozen;broilers, $1.50(53. 25;geese,$2
(a 3.50; ilucks, $2.50(2 3 per dozen;
turkeys, live,loc per pound.
Potatoes. —Oregon Burbanks, 40@
50c per sack; sweets, $2.75 per cental
for Merced; new potatoes, 50("t00c
per sack.
Onions—California, new, red. 90c@
$1; yellow, $1.25 per cental.
Hops—"'a @80 per pound for new
crop; 1890 crop, 4e.
Wool —Valley, ll@l3c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7@9c; mohair, 20c
per pound.
Mutton —Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 2'. l @2 1 2 e; dressed mutton,
4' a c; spring lambs, sl£5 l £ per pound.
[logs— Gross, choice heavy, $4; light
and feeders, $2.50@3; dressed, $3@
4.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $2.75@3;
cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4@s*sc pei
pound.
Veal—Large, 3; small, 4@4 , g 'c pei
pound.
Seattle Murketi.
Butter —Fancy native creamery,
brick, 17c; ranch, 10(«il2c.
Cheese —Native Washington, 10@
lie; California, D' a c.
K'_'gs—Fresh ranch, 17(<i 1 So.
Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10'...{a lie; spring chickens, |2
(It 3.00; ducks, |2.00@3.75.
Wheat—Feed wheat, ♦'■25 per ton.
Cats —Choice, per ton, #21 @22.
Corn —Whole, #20; cracked, per ton,
if2o; feed meal, $20 per ton.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$10; whole, #18.50.
Fresh Meats —Choice dressed beef,
steers, (ic; cows, mutton sheep,
tic; pork, c; veal, small, 0.
Fresh Fish—Halibut, B@4c; salmon,
4(<ioc; salmon trout, 7@loc; flounders
and sole, 3(«4; ling cod, 4(a's; rock
cod, 6c; smelt, 2'.j((£4c.
San Francisco Market*.
Wool —Choice foothill, 9@ 11c; San
Joaquin, 0 months' 8® 10c; do year's
staple, 7®9c; mountain, 10®12c; Ore
gon, 10® 12c per pound.
Hops —8@ 13c per pound.
Millstuffs — Middlings, $16.50@
20; California bran, $14® 14,50 per
ton.
I lay—Wheat, #11; wheat and oat,
#7® 10; oat, $7®B river barley,
#5®6; best barley, #«®8; alfalfa,
$5® 5.50 clover, @8.
Potatoes —New, in boxes, 00@ 90c.
Onions —New red, 05® 75c; do new
silverskin, 85@fl percental.
Fresh fruit —Apples, 20@30c per
small box; do large box, 30@50c Royal
apricots, 20@40c common cherries,
15®25c; lioyal Anne cherries, 20®30c
per box; currants, $I.oo® 1.50 per
cbest; peaches, 25@60c; pears, 20®
•10c; cherry plums, 20(3 40c per box.
Butter —Fancy creamery, 30c; do
seconds, 18® 19c; fancy dairy, IS@
17c; good to choice, 13® 14c per pound.
Cheese —Fancy mild, new, 8c; fair
to good, 7@7' 2 c per pound.
Eggs—Store, 12®, 14c; ranch, 15@
18 '.jO; Eastern, 13® 14; duck, 13c per
dozen.
Citrus fruit—Navel oranges, $1
@2; seedlings, 75c@51.25; Mexican
1ime5,54.75@5.50; common lemons, $1.
A wine cask which holds 97,000 gal
lons, and is the largest ever built, may
be seen at Maltermora, Cal. The iteel
hoops around it weigh 40,000 pounds.
1 ( "TV T O," said Torn Moran, "adven-
I\l nn ' ,,> > don't seem to collie my
* way. My experiences in that
line would hardly be worthy of men
tion. but somehow Brother Hob has a
genuine talent for tumbling into all
manner of adventures. Hruther Hob
has had finite a number of pretty close
calls in the wild regions in which we
have traveled, but liedias plenty of grit
and has always been able to pull
through."
Tom Moran is a miner who was grad
uated :u die Comstock school of mining
years ago and who has since hail much
experience in Mexico, Australia. India
and oilier gold-producing countries.
"It is singular that you should have
been able to travel through so many
strange countries without a few hair
breadth escapes or some other experi
ences worthy of being related," said one
of the old ('oinstock friends who were
questioning Tom in regard to liis trav
els in foreign lands. "Kid you never
run against a tiger while in IndiaV"
"Tiger," said Tom, with a laugh.
"Well, yt'fl, I've run against the 'tigers'
of nearly every country on the two
sides of tile globe."
"I am speaking now of the real, roar
ing, ramping Bengal tiger the striped
beast of the jungle," said the Com
stocker.
"I saw quite a number of tigers
while in India and went after the
animals on regular hunts. I killed a
few while I was there, in order to get
some good skins."
"Never got into close quarters with
one'/"
"Well, not very; but Brother Bob had
rather a bad bout with a big hill tiger
up in Xepaul."
"I>id Boh get away with the tiger?"
"Yes, Brother Bob is true grit; the
tiger was kilhsl."
"As you had no adventures of your
own during your travels. Tom." said a
f'omstocker. "suppose you give us the
story of Bob's tiger light."
"I am sorry Brother Boh is not here
to tell you about his battle with "Mad
ame Stripes.' but as he is not with us
••THIS TIG Eli fc?rjRAXG UPON BI! OTHER BOB."
this evening, I will give you u little
sketch of the affair as 1 saw it.
"Brother Bob and I were up on the
Xepaul frontier, headed for the lower I
slopes of the Himalayas.
"In place of the ducks, era mis, eonts
and pelicans of the lagoons along the !
lowland course of tlie Koosee we now ]
began to nee i]tut 11, partridges, pea fowl,
floricau and other upland birds. In
places hidden in patches of dense Jungle
and overgrown with vines and creepers
were dilapidated temples indicating
that the whole country bad at some
time been Inhabited, though in the pres
ent age only i few scattered villages
are to lie found. Outside of the villages
there are here and there huts inhabited
by the 'gwaila,' or cowherd caste, and
these liut.s of the men of the cattle sta
tions are often In the heart of almost
Impenetrable stretches of jungle.
"While in this beautiful region our
guns kept us well supplied with all
kinds of game, and we tirst and last
killed many wolves, jackals, leopards
and about a dozen tigers, great and
small. The British and wealthy na
tives almost always use elephants in
hunting tigers, sometimes having fifty
or more of the huge beasts In line; but
as we were not in a position to com
mand a supply of elephants, we did our
work oti foot, hiring a score or more of
coolies, with toii> toms, firecrackers and
horns to beat through small patches of
Jungle. At lirst we mounted ourselves
on 'uiycbans,' bamboo platforms, at the
point where we expected the game to
appear, hut after we had learned some
thing of tlie nature and ways of the
tiger we did not bother with platforms,
but took our chances on the ground.
"The gwallas of the region were al
ways ready to bring us news of a tiger
having killed one of their cattle, and
when we trot news of a 'kill' we were
soon out after the killer. Often the i
gwallas would lie able to point out the j
patch of Jungle to which the tiger had
retired after making tlie kill and feast
ing his till.
"It was here in this foothill region
that Brother Bob had his adventure
with a big bill tiger. A 'shekarry,' a
native expert hunter, who keeiis him
self well posted in regard to the move
ments of game and manages hunts for
both British and rich natives, one day
came to our camp and proposed to give
us son e sport. lie said that as neither
tl e Knuilsh nor the native princes were
liuntii'.i at that season business was
very slack wiFli him. He offered for a
very reasonable price to bring out his
people and beat through a piece of Jun
irle which lie knew to be alive with all
kinds of game. As a part of the bargain
Brother Hob and I were to kill as many
wild hogs, deer and the like as we could
knock over, tlie shekarry saying his
people were all very hungry for meat.
'•'li e particular piece of jungle se
lected bj tlie old game expert to Ik?
beaten through lay bet ween the forks
of two large streams with high and
steep banks. A more favorably situ
ated Jungle :or sport could not have
been found. -Vs Bob and I would «ta-
tion ourselves near the junction of the
two streams nothing could pass that
way without being seen. We took sta
tions about fifty yards apart at a point
where the jungle became somewhat
thin and alien, each thrusting Into the
ground a leafy branch of parass to
serve as a screen or blind. After a long
wait we heard faintly in the distance
the sound of the torn toms and thg
shouts of the beaters as they advanced
into 'lie jungle.
"Presently we heard a rustling upon
the stray leaves in front, and a troop
of monkeys, loudly chattering their
alarm, came hopping out of the dense
jungle.
"As yet we hail seen no deer or other
desirable game, but the beaters were
still far away. Taking a peep from l>e
hlnd my screen, 1 was somewhat sur
prised to see a large female tiger come
gliding out of the thick jungle, crouch
ing close to the ground as she passed
into the open. She was on Brother
Bob's side of the jungle and was mov
ing straight toward him, apparently
more concerned about the commotion
behind her than afraid of danger in
front. Bob hail also seen the tiger and
had dropped to one knee behind his
screen and leveled his rille. Every mo
ment I expected to hear the report of
Bob's gun, as the tiger was within ten
yards of his blind and was moving
slowly.
"Some noise In the jungle frightened
the skulking beast and, after a quick
backward glance, It blindly bounded
forward. At the second bound the
tiger landed almost on top of Bob, as he
crouched behind his fragile screen. In
stantly lie tired, thrusting his rifle at
the beast without aim. Wounded by the
shot, the tiger littered a howl of rage,
dashed aside the screen and struck Bob
a blow with a fore paw that sent his
gun flying and left him stretched sense
less on his back.
"I rushed forward at once to Bob's
assistance. As I ran the infuriated
beast threw herself upon Bob and be
gan tearing at him with her teeth.
Hearing a sound as of cracking Ikmics,
I thought every rib in poor Bob's body
was being crushed. As 1 feared to use
my rifle 1 threw It down and drew my
I revolver. My yells, as I rushed on the
tiger, caused her to cease tearing at
Bob and fix her eyes upon me. Hut she
still retained her position across Bob's
j breast while showing her teeth and
snarling at me.
"I thought it probable that she was so
badly wounded as not to be able to rise
upon her legs and so decided to take her
at close quartet* and make sure of her.
With my pistol in my right hand and In
my left »>. long-bladed knife, sharp as a
razor, I crept forwa:... I advanced
crouched almost upon my knees, as the
tiger's position across poor Bob was
such that I feared to fire with a down
ward range.
"I had got up within ten feet of the
tiger when she suddenly left Bob and
leaiied at me. The charge of the beast
was a surprise, but by a backward
move I avoided her leap and as she
passed fired my pistol into her neck, at
the same moment plunging the knife
into her side up to the lillt. She fell
and (lid not move from where she land
ed, the pistol shot having broken her
neck.
"Seeing the tiger was in its death
struggles I turned my attention to
Brother Hob, who was still stretched
unconscious upon the ground. The
beaters were fast approaching through
the jungle with great uproar and
thumping of torn toms, wild hogs in
droves, both black ami gray, were
rushing by, si lotted deer were charging
past and the whole jungle seemed alive
with game of all kinds, some droves of
wild pigs almost running over me.
"I was just stooping over Bob when
a huge male tiger bounded out of the
jungle and halted within ten feet of
where I stood. I had my pistol upon
I him in an instant, and as his head was
so held that a bullet would not glance
from his skull I took good aim and gave
him a shot between the eyes that
brought him down as dead as though
lie had been a sheep or an ox. Seeing
that the shot had killed the tiger I ran
down to the river, filled my hat with
water and went to work to try to re
store Bob's senses. lie had been badly
stunned and was breathing heavily, but
I saw he had no bad wounds and soon
had the satisfaction to see him open his
eyes, when it was not long before his
wits returned and he was able to sit up.
The paw of the tiger had struck him on
the side of the head and knocked him
senseless, but had only slightly wound
ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger on
his chest had almost stopped his breath
and he felt some internal soreness. We
found that his life had been saved by a
lucky chance. In a game hag he had
slung to his side were some quail and a
pea fowl or two, and It was these tlie
tiger had swized upon and crunched in
her blind rage, not Bob's ribs.
"Bob was much astonished and be
wildered when he saw two dead tigers
stretched out alongedde of him. I told
him that he hod gone Into a sort of de
llrium or rage and killed them both, and
for a time he believed my story. He
said he had an Indistinct recollection
of having done a good deal of fighting.
We found that his shot had plowed
through the muscles of the female tig
er's left shoulder, only slightly wound
ing her, but probably paralyzing her
left fore leg.
"When the old shekarry came up with
his crowd of beaters he was at first
much disappointed that we had killed
110 deer or wild pigs. 'Alas, sahibs,'
cried lie, 'no meat—no meal!' He, how
ever. soon cheered up and took great
credit to hlnisfel" for having said there
were tigers In the Jungle. After the
tigers were skinned we went down to
the river and killed for the old fellow
quite a lot of pigs. We were well satis
fied with our prizes, the skins of the
two tigers. The male measured, as he
lay on the ground, eleven feet two
inches from tip to tip and the female
ten feet four Inches.
"They were unusually large hill tig
ers, which are of heavier build than
the tigers of the valleys, but average
l<v« in length. To kill tigers with n pis
tol was a feat before unheard of on the
frontier, and obtained for us groat
credit for nerve, but give a tiger a
square shot in the head and he will go
down like a bullock. Many tigers are
killed by single shots from Titles, but
the mail who goes after tigers on foot
must have a considerable amount of
nerve. 1 could always bet on the nerve
of Brother Bob."
STEAM AS A MOTIVE POWER.
The First Vessel So I'ropelled Won
Invei'tel by a Spaniard.
The application oif steam as a moving
power Is claimed liy various nations,
but for the first extensive employment
of it the world Indisputably owes th«
English and the Anieiricana. As early
as 1513 a Spanish captain named Blas
c:o l>e Garay showed in the harbor of
Barcelona a steamboat of his own In
vention. The preacher Matheslus, In
his sermon to miners in Nuneanburg In
1502, prays for the man who "raises
water from lire and air," showing the
early application of steam power In
Germany. An Italian engineer, G. Be
anca, invented in 1020 a sort of steam
windmill. In England among the first
notices of steam power Is one contained
in a small volume published in 1047,
entitled "The Art of Gunnery," by .Nat
Nye, in which he proposes to "charge
a piece of ordnance without gunpow
der" by putting 111 water instead of
powder, ramming down an aJr-tlght
plug anil t.lion the shot, and applying a
lire to tin- breach "till It burst out sud
denly." But the first successful effort
was that of the Marquis of Worcester,
in his "Century of Inventions," In 1(155,
he describes a steam apparatus by
which he raised a column of water to
the height of forty feet. This, under
the name of "fire water work," was
actually at work at Vauxhall In 105<!.
The first patent for the application of
steam power to various kinds of ma
chines was takeni out in 1098 by Oapt.
Saver.v. In 1009 he exhibited before
the Iloyal Society a working model of
Ills invention. His wigines were the
first used to any extent in Industrial
operations. In all the attempts at
pumping engines hitherto made, includ
ing Savcry's, the steam acted directly
n)ion the water to be moved, without
any intervening part. To Da - . Papta, a
celebrated Frenchman, Is due the Idea
of the piston. It was first used by him
in 1000. The next step In appliance
was mode in 1705, In the "atmospheric
engine" conjointly Invented by New
eonicti, Cawloy atwl Savery. Tills ma
chiue held Its own for nearly seventy
years, and was very largely applied to
mines. The next essential Improve
ments on the steam engine were those
of Watt, which began a new era in the
history of steam power. His first Im
provement was the separate condenser,
patented In 1709. The principal Im
provements that have been made since
Watt's time have been either In mat
ters relating to the boiler, in details of
construction consequent upon our In
creased facilities. Improved machinery
and greater knowledge of the strength
of materials, in t.lie enlarged applica
tion of Ills principle of expansive work
ing, or in the application of the steam
engine to the propulsion of carriages
and vessels.
FallinK AValls at Fires
Mr. Charles T. Hill contributes to St.
Nicholas an article ou "The Perils of
a Fireman's Life," in the course of
which he says:
There are several kinds of falling
walls, and the fireiuau of experience
knows them well, au<l what to expect
from each. There is one kind that
breaks tlrst at the bottom and comes
down almost straight, somewhat like
a curtain. This makes a big noise, but
is not very much to be dreaded. Then
there is another that bulges or "buc
kles" in the middle at first, and makes
a sort of curve as it descends. This is
a little more serious than the first, and
has caused many fatalities. Then there
is one that breaks at the bottom and
comes straight out, reaching clear
across the street, and remaining almost
solid until it strikes; and, as an old
time fireman once remarked: "That's
the kind you want to dodge."
This kind of "falling wall" has caus
ed more deaths in the department than
any other danger the firemen have to
contend with. It has killed horses as
well as men, and destroyed apparatus;
and it Is so rapid in its descent, and
covers so much space, that to escape it
the men have to be quick indeed.
Kigliteeii Miles in Three Days.
A drug Arm of Bazlion Kan., a sta
tion on tho Kansas City & Northwest
ern rali.oad, demands of the Kansas
State Hoard of Railroad Cojmnml.s
nloners that an order be made requir
ing that ra'lroads give Its customers
better train facilities. The station Ls
18 miles from Leavenworth, but lit
takes three days for freight to be de
livered at Uazhon and two days are
consumed by passengers In making the
round trip. The same slow time Ls
made to and from Kansas City. It Is
averred that the road Is to run to
freeze out the merchants and to favor
the Missouri Pacific. The complaint
closes with the declaration that the
superintendent of the road "lack* the
mental ability to make a section
hand.'*—Kansas City Star.
We have noticed that married women
who are kept occupied don't excite as
much sympathy as the Idle ones, for
the reason that they don't have timu
to pine, and do jusuce to 1L