N
o," said Tom Moran. "adven-
lures don't seem to come mv
way. .My experiences in that
'line would hardly ho wnftliy of men
tiim. hut somehow Brother Hob lias a
genuine talent fur tumbling into all
manner of adventures. l'mUier Hob
lias had (iiite a number of pretty cliis
Mills in the wild regions in which we
have traveled, hut hejias plenty of grit
und has always been iilile to pull
1 h ion u 'i."
Tom Moran Is a miner who was grad
uated in the Coinstock school of mining
years ago ami who has sinec had miieli
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 turnip otlter experi
ences worthy of being related," said one
of the old ('omslock friends who were
questioning Tom in regard to his trav
els In foreign lands. "Kid you never
run against n tiger while In India'"
"Tiger," said Tom, with ti laugh.
"Well. yt-, I've run against tile "tigers'
of nearly every country on the two
tildes of the globe."
"I am speaking now of the real, mar
ine ramping Bengal tiger the striped
leat of the Jungle," said the Com-Htoi-ker.
"I saw quite n number of tigers
while In India and went lifter the
animals mi regular hunts. I killed 11
few while I was there. In order to get
some good skins."
".Never got Into close quarters with
one'"
"Well, nut very: but Brother Bob had
rather a bail bout with a big hill tiger
up In Ncpmil."
"Did Bob get away with tile tlcerV"
"Yes. In-other Bob is true jrrlt; the
tiger was killed."
"As you had no adventures of your
own dining your travels. Tom." said a
Conmtocker. "suppose you give us the
story of Bob's tiger light."
"I am sorry Brother Hob is not here
to tell you about his battle with -Mail-
"Tltti THiKU .sl'!A(;
nine Stripes.' but as he Is not with um
this evening. 1 will give you a little
sketch of the alfalfas 1 saw it.
"Broi her Bob ami I were up on the
Nepaul frontier, headed for the lower
slopes of the Himalayas.
"In place of the din ks, cranes, coots
mil iMdieans of the lagoons along the
lowland course of the Koosee we now
iH'giin to sit-quail, partridges, pea fowl,
llorlcan and other upland birds. hi
plait's hidden in mtclus of dense Jungle
and overgrown with vines and oreoers
were dilapidated temples Indicating
that the whole country had at some
time Im-cii Inhabited, though in the pres.
em ti ge only a lew scattered villages
are to lie found. Outside of the villages
there are here ami there huts Inhabited
by the gwalla.1 or cowherd caste, and
these huts of the men of the cattle sta
tions are often In the heart of almost
iinM'iiJtrablo hi ret cheat of Jungle.
"While In this Itoaul.itul region our
guns kept us well supplied ith all
kinds of game, and we llrst and las!
killed many wolves. Jackals, leopards
mid alMUit a dozen tigers, grtvit ami
small. The British and wealthy n.
tivis almost always use elephants In
hunting tigers, sometimes having titty
or more of the huge beasts In Hue; biit
as wo were not In a position to com
mand a supply of eh-pluints, we ,t, ,.
work on foot, hiring a since or tnoiv of
coolies, with torn toms, llrtvnickers and
horns to beat through small Uiilehes of
Jungle. At tlrst we mounted 'buivclves
on iiiychans,' banilioo platforms, at the
point where we expected the game to
appear, hut after we had learned some
thing of the nature and ways of the
tiger we did not Ixvther with platforms,
but took our tiiaiui on the ground.
"The gwalhiH of the region wetv al
ways ready to bring us new of a tiger
having killed one of their cattle, and
wuuu v sot news of a 'kill' wo were
son? nut after the killer. Often the
gwnllas would be able to point out the
patch of Jungle to which the tiger had
retired after making the kill and feast
ing hi fill.
"It was here In this foothill region
that Brother Bob had his adventure
Willi a big hi! tiger. A sliekarry.' a
native expert hunter, who keeps him
self well posted in regard to the move
ments of game and manages hunts for
birth British mid rich natives, one day
came to our camp and proposed to give
us some sport. He said that as neither
the English nor the native princes were
hunting at that season business v.-i.s
very slack with him. He offered for a
very reasonable price to bring out his
people and beat through a piece of jun
gle which he knew to be alive with all
kinds of game. As a part of the bargain
Brother Bob and I were to kill (is many
wild hogs, deer anil the like as we could
knock over, the sliekarry saying his
people were all very hungry for incut.
The particular piece of jungle se
lected by the old game expert to he
beaten through lay between the forks
of two large streams with high and
steep banks. A more favorably situ
ated Jungle for sport could not have
ltecn found. As Bob and I would sta
tion ourselves near the Junction of the
two streams nothing could pass that
way without ltoing seen. We took sta
tions about fifty yards apart at a point
where the jungle became somewhat
thin and open, each thrusting into the
ground a leafy branch of pa rasa to
serve as a screen or blind. After a long
wait we heard faintly in the distance
the sound of the torn tonis and the
shouts of the boaters as they advanced
into the jungle.
"Presently we heard n 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 had seen no deer or other
desirable game, but the Waters were
still far away. Taking a leep from be
hind my sereeti, I was somewhat sur-
ll'0 BKOTIIKI!
BOB
prised to see a large female tiger come
giiiting out of the thick Jungle, crouch-
nig close to the ground as she iassed
into the ouen. She .m 11 i
Bobs side of the Jungle and w uwv.
mg straight toward him, app,irent.lv
more cotii-erned alsiut the i-iYim..ti..
behind her than afraid of danger In
iioin. i. on nail also seen the tiger and
had dropped to one knee 1.1..
sertH'ii and leveled his ritle. Kven- mo
ment I expected to hear the roixnn of
Bob's gun. a.s the tiger wan within ten
yards of his blind ami
slowly.
'Some noise In the lunirle frk-lit.Mii
the skulking liesist and. after a quick
backward glance. It blindly bounded
torwaiM. At the second liotind the
tiger landed almost on ton of Hob nu h..
eiimehetl Ih-UIihI bis fragile screen. In
stantly lie tired, thrusting his rifle at
the lieaM without aim. Wouiwle.1 h..
shot, the tiger utteretl a howl tif rage,
dashed aside the Hereon and struck Boll
a blow with n fore paw that sent his
gun Hying and left him stretched ono.
less mi his back.
"I rushed forward at once to Rob'
assistance. Att 1 ran the' Infuriated
beast threw herself uhu Bob and be
gan tearing at him with her teoth.
Hearing n sound as of eracklug Ihukw,
1 thought every rib in poor Bob's Nxly
w as lelng criu-lusl. As I foaml to ue
my ritle 1 thrw H down ami drew mv
revolver. My yells, as I rushed on the
tiger, cAiittcd her to cease tearing at
Bob and tlx hor oytn Uhvu ine. But she
still riMalnetl her iNMltton across Uob's
bitist while showing her teeth aud
snarling at me.
"1 thought it prolxible that (the was no
Imdly wounded as not to Ih able to rise
uiHn her logs and ho decided to take Her
at cIoho quartera and make mire of her.
With my pistol In my right hand and tn
luy left loug-bhulod knife, sharp as
razor. 1 crept forwn: t. I advanced
crouched almost upon my knees, as the
tir-ovs vprtit'mi pornis poor Bob was
such that I feared to Are with a down
wind range.
"I had got up within ten feet of the
tiger when she suddenly left Bob and
leaped lit me. The charge of the beast
was a surprise, but by a backward
move I u voided her leap and as she
passed tired my pistol into her neck, at
the muiic moment plunging the knife
into her side up to the hilt. She fell
and did not move from where she land
ed, the pistol shot having broken her
neck.
"Seeing the tiger was In its death
struggles 1 turned my attention to
Brother Bob, who was still stretched
unconscious upon the ground. The
beaters were fast approaching through
the juiKle with great uproar and
thumping of tout toms, wild hogs in
droves, both black and gray, were
rushing by, spotted deer were charging
p.'Lst and the whole jungle seemed alive
with game of all kinds, some droves o
wild pigrf 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
him in an instant, and as his head was
so held that n bullet would not glance
from his skull I took good aim and gave
him a shot liettreen the eyes that
brought him down as dead aa though
he had been a sheep or an ox. Seeing
that the shot had killed the tiger I ran
down to the liver, filled my hat with
water and went to work to try to re
store Bob's seii'ses. He had been badly
stunned and was breathing heavily, but
I saw bp had no bad wounds aud soon
had the satisfaction to see him open his
eyett, when it was not long before his
wits returned and he was able to sit tip.
The paw of t lie tiger had struck him on
the side of the head and knocked hint
senseless, but had only slightly wound
ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger on
his chest had almost stopied his breath
and he felt some internal soreness. We
found that his life had been saved by n
lucky chance. In a game bag he had
slung to his side were some quail and a
pea fowl or two, and It was these the
tiger had seized upon and eruufhed In
her blind rage, not Bob's ribs.
"Rob was much astonished and be
wildered when he saw two dead tigers
stretched out alongside of him. I told
him that he had gone into a sort of de
lirium of rage and killed them both, and
for a time he believed my story. He
said he had tin 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 tlie old sliekarry came up with
his crowd of beaters he was at first
much diisapjiolnted that we had killed
no deer or wild pigs. 'Alas, sahibs,'
cried he, 'no meat no meat!' He, how
ever, soon cheered up and took great
eredll lo himself for having said there
were tigers In the Jungle. After the
tigers were sKlnned we went tlown to
the river and killed for the old fellow
quite a lot of pigs. We were well saris
tled with our prizes, the skins of the
two tigers. The male measured, as he
lay on the ground, eleven fet two
Inches from tip to tip aud 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
lees in length. To kill tigers with a pis
tol was n feat before unheard of on the
frontier, and obtained for us great
credit for nerve, but give a tiger a
square shot In the head and he will go
down like a bullock. XIany tigers are
killed by single shots from titles, but
the man who goes after tigers on foot
must have n considerable amount of
nerve. I could always bet on the uerv
of Brother Bob."
Aluminum.
Aluminum, the new metal which It
la believed is destined to nhiv an tin.
ixrtant part lu the arts from this time
on, is loumi in many substances,
widely diffused through nature. The
common ml clay, which exists every
where iu this country, at a depth of 3
or 4 reel, contains it lu larce ouajitl.
ties, and It Is also pnwent In slate.
feldspar and other minerals. The I
motal w as given Its name. In 1812, by I
Sir Humphrey Davy, who suspected!
the existence of the metal lu certain '
compounds, but failed to Isolate It It !
was tlrst Isolated by Wohler, In 1828,1
who obtained the metal In small
quantities. Iu 1855 a French chemist,'
M. lVvllle, demonstrated that the
metal could Ik- premred In laree nunn. I
titles for commercial use. It has been
prepared from Greenland cryolite, and
rrojin the bauxite which abounds to
the southern ixut of France. Since'
1SIH) the metal lias been produced in!
commercial quantities by the employ.!
incut of electricity iu its separation, but
the process, though much cheupot
than formerly, are atlU somewhat ex-i
pensive, though It Is expected the ex.!
lHrlmeu!8 now being made will rendet
aluminum so ohcap that It can be used
for any purpose to which Its nature i
auapusi.
The Itltnd In tCnrope.
Naltkenhoft of Uoneva nays there ar
31UHM) blind persons hi Europe, most
ly from fever, ami that 75 per cent
would have kept their sight had tltej
been property treated.
A DANGEROUS CALLING.
The American Steeple Climber and
liitt Perilous Work.
One of the most curious and at the
same time most dangerous callings
followed by any man is that which has
made famous the Individual known m
"the American steeple climber." What
li.s real inline is has never been asccr
i.Jnod, but under this cognomen he is
Known throughout this country and
i:uriie. That he is a man of rare nerve
and during is show n in the many peril
ous feats he litis performed In his par
ticular calling and In spite of many
hair-breadth escapes from being dash
ed to death he is still in love with his
peculiar profession.
Sixteen years ago, when lie was a
sailor in the United States navy, lie
performed his first feat of limbing,
when he gilded a cock on the top of
a steeple at Bremen. The authorities
offered a large sum of money to any
man who would do the job and "the
American steeple climber" was the
only one who had the nerve to tackle
it. He decided to adopt steeple climb
ing as a profession nud has since fol-
THK AMERICAN STEEPLE CLIMBER.
lowed it. As is natural In such dan
gerous work he has met with scores of
accidents, but he seems to bear a
charmed life. While working on the
top of a pole in New York he received
an electric shock and, losing his head,
jumped to the roof of the building, a
distance of 75 feet. He escaped un
harmed, and In a short time was back
ngaln at work. At another time he
was painting a flag pole on a school
hullding in New York when the pole
slipped through the roof like a shot and
when he came to he was sitting on tins
roof with the top of the pole clasped
In his arms. He was badly bruised,
hut wanted to continue his work.
His grentest feat was the placing of
a flag-staff on top of the Eiffel Tower
In Taris. During the sixteen years he
has been. In business he has climbed
2,207 flag poles andslxty-threesteeples.
He uses no scaffolding whatever. When
he climbs a steeple he affixes Hi tie
pieces of rubber to his legs, which
take fast hold of the steeple and he
does the same when climbing a flag
pole. When he reaches the top he ties
a rope and slides dowu with It.
THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD.
One of the Greote.t Native Indian
. Potentates.
The Nizam of Hyderbnd is one of the
greatest native Indian potentates, aud
is also the best judge of diamonds in
India. It was recently repented Hint
Lis most famous jewel, th iJreat
i! '
SlZArf OK HYDERABAD.
White Diamond, had been stolen but
that story Is now said to be untrue
The gem Is second lu size among the
Rreat diamonds of the world, and ts
worth over 1,&,0,00().
Steering a Hteainnhlp.
Gustav Kobln- has an article enrjuoa
"Steering Without a Compass" ua the
St. Nicholas. Mr. Kobbe says-
The degree of "A. B." U not con
fined to college graduates. Aboard
ship It means able-bodied" seaman.
Every nautical A. B. knows how to
"box the compass" and how to steer by
It: but you will be surprised to learn
that no good helmsman will steer by a
compass unless all other tilings f8U
him. Atuoug those "other things" are
the horizon, the wind, the wake of the
ship, the stars the soundings, and the
line of the surf whem running aJotw
the coast. And so the able-bodied sea-
man. when a greenhorn takes hi t-.v
at the wheel, hands over the i,em .
him with this caution: -Km , k
head out f the binnacle!" W
I am speaking of sailing-vess,,,
Steamers, especially those that tr-iv i
on regular routes, steer by ' "
They "run their courses" frni vnLl
point -from light-bouse to liglu-i,
light-ship, day-mark, buoy, bell ot
whistle. In thick weather they ku,
taking wind and tide into consid'
tion, how long they should stand on
each course, and try never to mss t,e
"signal" at the end of It. yim
have seen or heard that signal tliev
stun on the next "run" or course' This
caneti - running the time ami ,ii.
tnnce" I have gone Into Halifax on ,
i'i " I lilill lllt'L H J Illll'l. Ti.n
( ape Cod down. One morning tfe
Captain said to me:
"We ought to pick up Sambio in
an hour."
Surely enough, about half mi im,
later we heard, through the fo,g, a fim.
uon-ihot, the distinguishing fog-sip
of the Sambro Light-station on
Nova Scot Ian coast.
Real pallors the Jack tai.s lim.i ,m
sailing-vessels actually prefer, n
have said, to 'steer by signs rallicr
than by compass; and there are timet
when the steamer-pilots have to.
UNDER CARS IN A HAMMOCK.
Queer Device Constructed by a Micbt.
Iran Hobo.
A queer character, "Jack the ham
mock rider, who lives by his wits," !i
attracting the attention of people
throughout the State of Michigan.
"Jack's" hammock' Is of bis own eon.
struetion and bears "the mark of con
siderable Ingenuity. It Is designed to
fasten under a sleeping car . to aid
"Jack" in "beating" the railroad. Tint
hammock is made of heavy canvas,
quilted on the inside and fastened to a
stout stick at each end. Two large Iron
hooks project from the wooden rods
and by these he attaches his novel rent.
Ing place to the two iron ban whlcn
run the length of each side of the ear.
A cover is sewed to one side and al
most covers the ends, the sewed edge
Itelug placed toward the engine, so that
the wind pressure will keep out tue
dust as the car speeds along.
But the interest in "Jack" is not only
due to his peculiar mode of travel, lint
also to the fact that his life 111 fits a
man of his characteristics. During the
recent campaign lie attracted conskl-
METUOD 0f BBAT1XO KAILKOAD.
erable attention as a stump speaker,
and by his ready wit he lias gained a
friend in almost every town he has vis
ited. Added to his natural proiMimi
ties for entertaining is his wide expe
rience and no Inconsiderable educa
tion, which readily command the atten
tion of any who clm'tice to speak to
hitn. Neither working nor begging, lie
procures his meals and shelter by dint
of clever Invention and repartee. He
has a taste for music, and. curious as It
may seem, Is fond of playing hymns on
the piano, during which performance
he wears a sad anil lofty expression.
Ills past life Is a mystery, and lu speak
ing of himself he refers only to hi
years of travel. "Jack" studied In Chi
cago at the Rush Medical College, In
tending to make medicine his profes
sion, but he prefers his roving life and
declares he is "the happiest hobo In the
world."
Using lions Words.
Doctors who are In the habit of using
lon,g words wlicn visiting people may
take a hint from the following little
story: An old woman whose husiKind
was not very well sent for the doctor,
who came and saiw the old wife:
"I will send him some medicine whleh
must be taken In a recumbent posi
tion." w
After he had gone the old woman sot
down greatly puzzled.
"A recumbetit position a recumbent
position!" she kept repeating. "I
haven't got one." At last she thought.
"I will go and see If Nurse Lowu has
got one to lend me."
Accordingly she went and said to the
nurse:
"Have you a recumbent position to
lend me to take soma m,wiiMi,.n in?"
The nurse, who wtis equally as g
SOrajlt HQ tho nll l.-nm. . II. J.
. . nwiunu, itmtl.
i unit one, but to tell you the trutA
I have lost It"
B Bravery.
Mrs. Bllnklv John .ton .
, '" , nvut J "
discharge Mary? You know how afraid
i tuii oi uer ; - 1
Mr. Bllukly Certainly. No servant
can ever scare me. A little while af
ter) Mary, ahum! Mm Rttiiktir has
asked me to tell you that she wants to
tee you after I have cmno tn th ntHca.
Brooklyn Life.