rVd&JlnfE&l isri tSE^jJrC [ZEEZE]v^A z> , 4*L. l£^~ stSHE) m mm [ Tracking a Tiger. TT WRITER in the Indian Sport / \ ins Times gives some details of the depredations of a tiger (J in various villages during the famine year. In the course of his , remarks he says that for a whole year the monster continued his depreda tions almost without molestation. Over forty people had been slain, and the village herds suffered severely, i The local forest ranger was in a state ► of terror, and had written to his su perior in terms much as follows, show ing the difficult situation in which he compiled his reports: "February Ist. Up a tree, where 1 adhere with much pain and discomposure while big , tiger roaring in a very awful manner -on the lire line. This is two times he spoiled my work, coming and shouting like thunder and putting me up a tree, and making me behave like an insect. I am not able to climb with agility owing to stomach being a little big, owing to bad water of this Jun gle. Jungle mans can lly up tree quickly. Even when Ido not see this tiger and he does not make a dreadful noise, I see the marks of his hoofs and his nails on the path." The writer of this article continues: So it came about that when my camp was pitched in the vicinity of the "Vellow Peril," a deputation, beaded by ICoomhappa, presented it self before my tent and hogged me to " rid the neighborhood of a monster concerning whose doings each one had some piteous tale to tell. It was a long trump up the valley before day light next morning, and a stiff clinib up the path, which wound its way over the rocks and through the thick bamboo jungle. Now the jungle was so thick and extensive that to heat for the tiger would be a useless task. Notliiug could be seen in the dense thickets of the cover where he lurked. What was to be done? Then I bethought me of a mode of hunting of which a sportsman of sixty years of age had told me. This was the "shikar with hells." A na tive, adorned only with a coating of wood ashes, with a tray containing burning oil wicks upon his head, and a chime of hells in his hand, precedes the hunter in search of game on a dark night. Such was the plan now pro posed. At 10 o'clock at night ICoom happa, smeared with ashes and hear ing the lights upon his head and the chime in his hand, preceded me to the ♦forest. It was a weird adventure. Nought could be seen but the dim out line of trees in the gloomy forest My companion's movements became more grotesque, and, as it were. Inspired. The lights danced before my eyes and cast a beautiful glare for some yards ahead. The tinkle of the bells be came more sonorous, and filled the for est with a wlerd noise mat exercised an indescribable spell over the senses. Suddenly the spectral ash-clad figure ceased to advance, but frantically con tinued its ceaseless antics. I peered Into the gloom in front, and saw two luminous orbs shining through the darkness. Slowly they approached. The movements of the dancer became spasmodic as the huge form of the tiger emerged from the shadows anil stood erect before tis in the dim flick ering light, with every hair set, breathing heavily, with panting tongue and heaving sides. As I raised my rifle and fired between the creature's C.ves Koombappa sank to the ground, xliausttd by his exertions and excite ment. The lights were extinguished at the same moment, and all was si lent and buried in darkness. For some minutes I dnred not move. At length, as my eyes became accus tomed to the darkness, objects out lined themselves amid the surrounding obscurity, and tiro great form of the tiger appeared lying on the ground a few yards off. My bullet had pierced his brain.—London Globe. The Aincrtraii Spirit. One of the most thrilling battles in the history of American industry is told in an article in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly on the greatest jam in the history of logging. Affairs were desperate Indeed. "That settles my 550,000 house!" said one lumberman. "Twenty dol lars a month is good enough for me Dow." jDne firm alone refused to yield. "They were the owners of driver No. 4, ti- j employers of John Walsh, and had retained the generalship during the long battle. A last stund was offered. "Boys," said the two members of this firm, "if she starts to go, save yourselves the best way you can. Never mind the driver, stay on top!" And so tiic tug and the driver crept slowly up the boiling water under the Jam. A pile was placed in the carriage, the hammer descended. At once logs commenced to shoot out of the water end foremost all around them. The pile had been driven into the foot of the "jam, sa loosening timbers at the bottom of the river. Luckily none of them hit either of the boats squarely, or the craft would have been stoved in and rank. The fault of position was remedied, and the work begun. Four times the jam quivered. Four times it paused again on the brink of discharge. I'One more'll hold her!" said Walsh, ■anxiously. KT The pile was placed. Without delay ] the heavy chains were thrown around the winch, and the stcflim power began to draw the clump together. On the other side of the little channel the tug lny trtdbred fore and aft. John Walsh stood on the boom coolly tying the last cumbersome knot of the system of defense. Clark Deremo, all alert, grasped the spokes of the wheel. In the engine room, Norris, his hand on tlie throttle, stood ready to throw her wide open at the signal. A man at either end watched the owner's up raised hand, prepared to cut the moor ing lines when it should descend. "Look out, John," said the owner, quietly, "she's getting ready." The man addressed folded tho knot over without reply. Up-streara the jam creaked, groaned, settled deliberately forward, cutting a clump of piles like straw. "She's coming!" warned .the owner. "Give me every second you can," re plied Walsh, without looking up. He was just making the last turns. Tho mass toppled slowly, fell into the swift current and leaped with a ronr. Tho man in the waist of tho tug watched with eat-like attention. "Jump aboard!" he cried to the man on the boom, and his raised hand de scended at last. With the motipn the two axes sev ered the mooring lines, the wheel Whirled, the little craft shot from its leash like a hound. And so fine had they cut it that tho first logs smashed the stern tail! But the opening was closed. A Quartet of Young Heroines, Four girls, each under sixteen years of age, who have received medals from the Government for bravery in saving, or aiding in saving, human life, de serve something more than ordinary attention. Tlie first of those, according to St Nicholas, is Edith Morgan, of Hamlin, Michigan, who endeavored with her father and brothers to row In a north erly gale and heavy sea to a vessel capsized three miles off shore. When the boat was forced baclf Edith aided in clearing the track through logs and driftwood for the surf-boat, which meanwhile had been summoned, and also helped' to launch the boat. On a previous occasion she had stood in snow for six hours, helping the life savers work the whip-line of the beach apparatus. When Editli Clark was nearly six teen years old, and a pupil in a con vent at Oakland, California, she plunged into Lnke Cliabot to rescue a companion who had disappeared in sixty feet of water. Edith seized the unconscious girl, and holding her head above water with one nnn, iiaddled with the other and trod water until a boat came to her assistance. Marie Parsons, of Fire Place, Long Island, was only ten years of age when she saw a man and a child swept off a pleasure boat by the boom. Observing that the child clung to the man so that he could make no head way, she sprang Into a small boat and reached tho spot just in time to save their lives. When thirteen years old,.Maud King saved three lives off Castle Pickncy, the lighthouse depot In Charleston Harbor. Iu a furious squall, which added im petus to the gale, a yawl containing three men and a hoy was capsized. The hoy managed to swim to the shore, but two of tlie men succeeded in getting only as far as tlie piles of the wharf. There they hung, too exhausted to climb up, while the. third man, unable to swim, clung to the yawl. In spite of her mother's protests Maud prepared, unaided, to launch a small boat iu the boisterous sea. But she was joined liy her aunt, and to gether they rescued tho imperiled men, John AValah, Hero. Tlie spirit which we are proud to call American finds a capital illustra tion in the story of the great log jam In Leslie's Monthly: John Walsh, the moving spirit of the gang, wore a hook in place of one hand, hut he was a wonder fog all that. His resourcefulness, courage and un bending firmness had much to do with winning the battle. He was there for one tiling—to drive piles in the right places—and nothing could turn him from his purpose. If a man was not actually working, he had no business on the No. 4 driver, even though ho might happen to he one of the owners. One intruder refusing to leave quickly enough John promptly knocked him overboard into tho shallow water be tween tlie driver anil tlie bank. Then as tlie fellow did not rise John fished for him In the most matter of fact manner with his iron hook, threw him o: the bank, unconscious, and went oil driving piles! Another time, the jam broke sud denly, just as Johu had a pile in tho carrier ready to hammer into place. The driver was picked up bodily and carried some distance. The crew were pretty well frightened, but the instant the craft came to a standstill Walsh cut loose the hammer and drove that pile. He had placed It in the carrier for the purpose, nnd he was going to finish the job If he were car ried to Jericho! Risked Llfo to Save the Ship. A dispatch from St. Petersburg an nounces that the cruiser Varlag, which lins just arrived from the United States, narrowiy escaped a disaster. A trolley carrying s'x highly explos ive shells broke loose and was rapidly dashing down to the deck when Lieu tenant Rlchter. sou of General Rlch ter, aide-de-camp K the Czar, threw himself before the trolley. He was knocked down and nearly killed. His prompt action, however, brought the trolley to a standstill and prevented what would have been a disastrous explosion had the shells hit the deck. -.HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS For an Invalid. A hop pillow makes an excellent present for an invalid. The hops should be put in a plain white bag and then covered with a hemstitched or frilled border pillow case with em broidered design in corners or around the edge above the hemstitching if so desired. For Cleaning Zinc. For cleaning zinc under the kitchen stove a housewife writes that she never found anything equal to spirits of turpentine. Spread the fluid all over the zinc and let it remain for a few minutes. Then take an old soft cloth and go all over it, rubbing every inch thoroughly. Wash up with hot water and soap, and wipo dry.—Phila delphia Record. Pretty Summer Cushion. A pretty summer cushion done on a white material lias the green leaf and stem design outlined with the carna tion cord so much used this season. The filled-in work is in a more delicate mesh that beautifully brings out the pattern. This pillow is edged with a frill of green, and Is particularly ef fective thrown in an arm-chair or piazza bench finished in gay red. Cool-looking white linen covers are ■worked over with a simple straying design of green and finished with a heavy green cord looped at the cor ners. A Useful Gluo l'ot. There are a great many times when a gluo pot In the house is a well-spring of pleasure, and is an economical in- I vestment, especially when of the kind j here described: Buy at a tin shop one small tin cau, costing five cents, and a large one costing about ten cents, in which the smaller can he set; five or six cents' worth of glue will mend a great many brokpn articles or will fas ten things that have become unglued. Put the glue In the small cup with a little water; put boiling water in the larger and set the glue cup in it; in a few minutes the gluo will melt and be ready for use. Artistic Sitting Room. A picturesque feature in a house is to have a sitting room on a different level from the halL In a beautiful country house on the Sound the draw ing room is two feet lower than the long, low raftered hall, making the coiling just so much higher. As one stands on the threshold at the open folding doors before descending the couple of broad steps that lead Into the room the effect is charming, espe cially as the room Is treated In away to enhance the Impression of sudden brightness and freshness. The pre vailing color in the hall Is Indian red, with dark carved furniture and a med ley of curios in the way of rare pot tery, brasses and coppers, choice spec imens of armor, etc., everything In rleli, dark tones. But at the drawing room door the scene Is transformed; the walls are hung with beautifully painted tapestries representing the heart of the woods, flocked with checkered shade and sunshine, most realistically rendered. The floor Is stained a suuny brown and covered with mossy green rugs, while the French windows directly opposite open out on a terraced garden simply ablaze with colored flowers, framed in by the pale green silk curtains.— New York Tribune. Rice Cakes—One cup of soft boiled rice; add one-half eup milk, the yolks of three eggs, two tablcspoonfuls flour, a pinch of salt, then heat the whites to a stiff froth and salt with the rest. Fry on a buttered griddle as soon as jiosslhle after adding the whites of the eggs. Baked Spanish Onions—Select throe large-sized onions; peel and cut them up and down into slices about one quarter of an inch thick; sprinkle each slice on both sides with a dash of salt and pepper. Melt one ounce of butter in a baking dish, and place In this the seasoned slices of onions. Bake half an hour. French Omelet —Melt one tablespoon ful of butter in a cup of boiling milk, pour this on one cup of broad crumbs, add salt, pepper and the yolks of six eggs, well beaten. Mix thoroughly, then add the whites, beaten stiff. Mix lightly and fry with hot butter. This will make two omelets. When nearly done turn together In the shape of a half-moon. 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