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4 ____ ■ TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, MAY 5. 1Ö10 BAGGING 1 BIG TIGER The Jungle Monarch Was Trap ped Lolling In His Bath. A FEAT OF MARKSMANSHIP. Only the lot, the r i 1 a »f ! I. ■' * «Ï AF fl 'J •• S It J A r ¥ £ * <♦1 the Brute's Head Showed Above Water, and the Well Placed Bui- Fired From an Elephant, Entered Nostril and Broke Hie Nock. An Interesting account of a tiger given by one who bad a wide hunt is _ experience in buuting this most dan gerous of beasts. Mounted upon ele phants. the writer and bls companions bad been beating the Jungle without making a find until, as they were ubout to give up the search, a sudden disturbance among the elephants ap peared to betoken a tiger near at hand. Giving directions to the others as to the order of marching their ele phants. the writer ordered his ma hout to turn Into tbe thick feathered foliage to tbe left In search of a pool of water which ho remembered to be there. There was a slight descent to a long but narrow hollow about fifty or sixty yards wide. This was tilled wlthclear water for an unknown length. 1 was Just about to make a remark when. Instead of speaking, I gently grusped the mahout by tbe head as I leaned over the howdab nnd by this signal stopped the elephant. There was a remarkable sight. About 120 yards distant on my right the head and neck of a large tiger, clean and beautiful, reposed above the surface of tbe water, while the body was coollug. concealed from view. Here was our friend enjoying his quhd bath, while we had been pouud- Ing away up :ui<l down the Jungles whl< b he had left. "Fire nt him." whispered the ma hout, "or you will lose him! He will see us and be off.” "Hold your tongue!" I answered. “He enu't sw- us. for the sun is at our back and is shining In his eyes, See how green they are.” At this moment the tiger quietly rose from Ills hath nnd snt up on end like a dog I never saw such a sight, Ills head was beautiful, nnd the eyes shone like two green electric lights as tbe sun's rn.vs reflected from them, lint Ids huge body was dripping with muddy water, ns In- had been reclin ing upon tbe alluvial bottom. For quite n minute the tiger sat up in the same position. At last, as If satisfied that lie was In safety and so- < 111: loll, he once more lay down with only tile head and neck exposed above the surface. "Bmk Hie elephant gently, but do not turn around." I whispered Im mediately the elephant backed through tile feathery tamarisk without the slightest sound, nnd we found ,)Ur. selves outside the Jungle We could bleu the freely. "Go on. now. quite gently till I press your bend, tlieu turn to the right, de scending through the tnmurlsk till 1 again touch your turban." I counted Ibo elephant's paces as she moved softly parallel with the Jungle until I felt suro of my distance, a slight pressure upon the niuhout'a ■esd and the elephant turned to the right. The waving plumes of the dark groen tamarisk divided as we gently moved forward, and In uuotber mo ment we HlopiMsl. There waa t,H. t|g#r in the same position, exactly fnclug ¿telain* "°W ab°Ut •vveDt>' Ov’» paces ' Keep the elephant quite steady" 1 whispered, nud. sluing down upon tbe howdab seat. 1 took a rest with tbe rltl* upon the front bar of the gun ruck A piece of tamarisk kept wav big in the wind Just In front of the rifle beyond my reach. The mahout taannl forward and gently l>ent It down. Now nil was clear. The liger's «yes were like green glass. The ele pliant for n moment stood like stone I totn-hed the trigger. There was no response to the loud re- l»<»rt of six dr.uus of powder from tbe flve-.eien-M.vcn" rifle, no epla.h In the uabroken surface of the water. Tim tiger's head was .till there, but In a different altitude, one-half below , the surface ami only one cheek aud one large ey. .till glittering like an emerald Above. Upon examination It proved that there was uo hole whatever tn that tiger, the bullet tuning entered tbe nostril, broken the mvli and ruu along the taaly The animal consequently had never moved. 1 bit tiger when laid out straight, but without lining pulled to Increase Its length measured exactly nine feet and eight Inches from no— to tall — Youth's Companion. THE EYE OF AN ARTIST. A WONDERFUL SNAKE. A Case Where It Was More Reliable Than a Sailor’s Optic. Sir. N. Chevalier, tbe well known artist who accompanied tbe late Duke of Edinburgh ou many of bls travels, was once going from Dunedia to Lyt telton. New Zealand, by steamer. Anx ious to catch the earliest glimpse of the coast, be went on deck at dawn and was alarmed to see that tbe ves sel was beading straight on to the land. Calling the officer's attention to the fact, he was told that it was only a fog bank. Tbe artist maintained bis point, but the second officer looked and confirmed bis mate. Tbe artist then said. "Well, gentle men. 1 will back my artist's eye against your sailor’s eye. and I say that wbat you mistake for a fog bank is a low range of bills, and there is a range of mountains appearing above them." But he was only laughed at until the captain, coining on deck, found in the growing light that tbe artist was right and the seamen wrong. The vessel was out of Its course, and there was only Just time to avert disaster. The belinsnian was dismissed in dis- grace and the course given to a new steersman, but the vessel's head still pointed landward—the compass was all wrong The cause was discovered later. A commercial traveler had brought a box of magnets on board and deposited them in a stern cabin, causing what might have been a fatal deflection of the compass. I To return to the question of Inter pretation. the artist was dealing with tbe appearances which his eye was trained to see and his mind to inter pret. A speck on the horizon might i have remained a mere speck to him long after tbe sailors had interpreted the speck Into a vessel of definite rig. There can be little doubt that tbe trained eye Is accompanied by a sort of meutal seeing—an instinct outrun ning optics. It Defied the Attacks ci the Serpent Killing Iguana. Snakes on the pampas of South America have many enemies. Burrow ing owls feed on them, and so do herons and storks, which kill them with » blow of their Javelin beaks. Tbe ty rant bird picks up the young snake b; tbe tall and. flying to u bran h or stone, uses tbe reptile as a Hail until its life is battered out. Tbe large liz ard of the pampas, the iguana. Is u fa mous snake killer. It smites the snake to death with its (towerfui tail. Mr. Hudson in his "Naturalist Iu La Pla ta” tells this story: One day a friend of mine was riding out looking after his cattle. One end of his lasso was attached to bis saddle and the remainder of the forty foot line was allowed to trail on tbe ground. The rider noticed a large iguana lying apparently asleep, and. although be rode witbin a few inches, it did not sllr. But uo sooner bad the rider pass- ed than tbe trailing lasso attracted tbe lizard's attention. It dashed after the slowly moving ro|ie and dealt It a succession of violent blows with its tall. When the whole of tbe lasso, several yards of which had been pound ed in vain, bad passed by. tbe iguaua. with uplifted bead, gazed after It with astonishment. Never bud such a won derful snake crossed its path before. i I What Bothered Her. "Some women are very selfish." said a woman s|>enker at a banquet. "They remind me of the woman who visited a fortune teller. " 'Lady.' said the fortune teller, shuffling the cards, 'fate decrees that you wjll visit foreign lauds. You will inlugle Iu tbe court life of kings and queens. Conquering all rivals, you will marry the inau of vour choice, a tall. dark, handsome gent of distin guished aucestry-ln fact, a peer of tbe realm.' “'Will he be young?* "'Yea; young and rich.’ •The visitor tn her excitement clutch ed the seer's arm. “ 'But how.' she cried eagerly—'bow am I to get rid of my present hus bandf I i I I Steam in office. Ship “GOLDEN GATE 55 Both phones. Gives Quick Dispatch of Freight between Portland. Astoria and Tillamook City. FROM PORTLAND. FROM ASTORIA. $4.00 Per Ton. 4.00 >> $1.00 Per ton. 4.00 > FEED, FLOUR AND GRAIN CEMENT.......................................... CEMENT-TEN TON LOTS ... HAY .................................................. COAL.................................................. 3.75 6.00 4.00 » » » » ft 3.75 »• 6.00 4.00 ft CARL HABER1.ACH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, £>eiti«chcr Office across the street and non the Post Office. Q.EORGE WILLETT, »» A ttorney - at -L aw . For rates and further information, apply to agents a® follow® : D. I.. SHRODE, Tillamook, Oregon. F. O. BOZARTH, Bay City, Ore. CALLENDER NAVIGATION CO., Astoria, Ore. OPEN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO., Oak st. Dock, Port- land, Ore. Telephone Main 2960, Office at FRANKLIN & CO., 134 Front st., Portland, Ore. Next to Tillamook Cot? Bank, T illamook - Owes jp Tactics It Employs In Making a Meal of an Adder. The hedgebog Is the possessor of tastes which, like Sam Weller's knowl- edg-e of I-ondon. are "extensive and |>e- collar." says the Scotsman, Scorning fastidiousness, it can make a hearty meal of nearly any insect and is one of tbe vertebrates which can tackle the cockroach. For effectual ester- initiation of beetles and crickets It is as useful as a mongoose among the rats, but it Is not generally known that It has a partiality toward snakes and adders. Tbe methods It employs for the at- Iliivlng come tack are Interesting, upon the udder. It goads that reptile to the offensive and at the first dart immediately rolls into a bull. Tbe ad der to then left to attack the spines. In which encouuter It naturally comes off second best. After awhile, when the hedgehog feels that Ills antagonist has exhausted Ills |>ower. It once more opens out nnd makes a bite at the ad der's back, thereby breaking Its spine. It then proceeds to crunch the whole of lln* reptile's Is sly by means of Its powerful Jaws, nnd after that It la snld to start ut the tail nnd devour It» prey. Office : Opposite Court HARNESS, COLLARS, etc. You Use Them. O T. BOALS, M.D, We Sell Them. PHYSICIAN & S T illamook , O regon , ( .a¿ W. A. WILLIAMS & CO., Next Door to Tillamook County Bank. TILLAMOOK. Office- Olson Building. Residence : Mrs. Weiss' house, Mrs. Walker’s. g The Best Hotel Tillamcok, Headquarters for Travelling Men. On R. I. M. SMITH, Special Attention paid to Tourists. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation. PHYSICIAN & SURGI Office over J. A. Todd & Ct. Tillamook, Ore. Subtle Flattery. Waiters Nos. 1 and 2 peeped out At the b.'ildhended num. then ducked be hind the screen. "Noue of bhu for me." snld Walter No. 1. "lie doesn't tip.” ".Same here." said Walter No. 2. "I'll fix film." said Walter No. 3. lie took an order for soup. Before serving it lie showed the two muti neers a hair floating on the surface of Hie soup. They marveled then, mid they marveled still more when at the end of the buldhended man's dinner the waiter returned with a dollar bill. "Ninety-nine buldhended men iu n hundred can be worked that way," he said, "If the customer doesn't see the hair himself I call bls attention to it and make him thluk It fell out of his own bend. The fact that be had a hair to lose so appeals to his vanity that lie loves me for finding it and gives me a tip big enough to cover tbe cost of u dozen plates of soup.”—Chi cago Tribune. ® EYES AND TEETH. You upend from $5.(10 to $20.00 per year on and think nothing of it. Which would you prefer to loose ; ^5 QA hawk . your teeth YOUR EYES or YOUR TEETH ? PHYSICIAN & SURGED Your eyes can he looked after from $1.00 to about $8.00, and this will lie the total expense for about 3 to 5 years, and often a great deal longer. Remember you can get NEW TEETH, but not NEW EYES. What VALUE do you place on YOUR EYES ? What per cent of insurance would you pay to keep them as good as at present ? Make yourself a ’Xmas, present of a pair of glasses? All work guaranteed to be satisfactory in every respect. rsx V’ Sg? cjA BAY CITY, OREGON - ----------------------------I REAL ESTATE, Dr. Henry E. Morris. ® F inancial A gent . ■ Tillamook, Oregon. yy. A. D. PERKINS,! RESIDENT DENTIST. I C. S. Atkinson. H«r Way of Putting It. A gentleman stepping uu board of au uceau bouud steamer Just before she started Inquired of the captain where the old steward was. "Oh." re plied the captain, "be was discharged some time ago.” "Why did be leave? He seeuied a first rate fellow." "Well, to tell tbe truth, he got too big for bis breeches aud we bad to get rid of him." This was overheard by a bright little girl, the daughter of oue of the passengers on the steamer. Roon afler another passenger arrived, aud. after looking around, said. '*1 dou't see tbe old steward. What has be come of hlui?" **1 think be was dis charged." said some one. "What for?" “I know," said tbe little girl, "but I do not like to tell.” "Oh. but you may tell me. surely," snld tbe pasaeuger kindly. The modest little maldeu hung her head aud slowly answered. “’Cause Ills trounere were too abort. Office in Sturgeon’® Duildinf. I All Work Guaranteed. TILLAMOOK. MOLINE PLOWS, STUDEBAKER, WAGGONS AND BUGGIES, GRAIN WHITE RIVER FLOUR Ths Bast Bread h OKE$ jy p- J* sharp , Osborne Harrows, 4 4 DENTIST, RESIDENT Office across the street iron Court House. Dr. Wise’s office. SARCHET, . The Fashiunablc T«R Cleaning, Pressing and R< ing a Specialty. Store in Heins Photogf»] Gallery. Maker cn the Market L»« d Ornes Bvsmass * SracuLW. /LOWING C, S. ATKINSON, Ihos»*- CO & LAWYERS. Koon 3M Woscana Bciiw"- Titian AMD O ak ST«aaT> , Room Nest to the U S. Land Offire. Both Phones, PORTLAND. ORKT’Oi- 1 A. K. CASE. rwrswruH eaoritBToa On Rainy Day* A Fish Brand Slick* will keep yon dry ri—. —— —--1 tw___ a_x_x_«_ Aa4giv«ye«fall vales IS «««f«rt a»4 toag • S3.OO —A8ATEB WETttPWW BsM by ftestelaaBatates ths start» ress. MtesreFresOsuk** Flae Ma< hine Work a Rfeeialty. TILLAMOOK. OREGON. A. J. TOWER CO. bssts «. w . «. a. totvis cavadus on ug Vs—■«». Caaums fJsn ^//r ♦ 5 A. SURGE [I C oncrete B uildisc . J. P. flULtEN, Proprietor. A First Class Table. M. KERRON, PHYSICIAN & THE ALLEN HOUSE, fltoadsd. Forgot Doctor's Fas. Saving became a paaalon with the A former St. Mary's student, writ in* man and tbe woman. No privation from Suo Paulo. In Brasil. In the St was too great If so by it they might Mary's Hoe|>ltal Gaaette. says; “A few add to their accumulattona. And they days itack 1 wna giving chtarofurni to labored Jointly. The woman's aacrtfi«« a l>atlent when 1 felt a touch on my Hts Last Requent. waa In «very respect equal to that of shoulder, and a voice said. Tbe in Charte« Dickens used to relut« an the man. tteut la very still.' I said. 'He Is quiet anecdote of the last momenta of Faun But when they had amassed $10,000 nil right.' and the voice replied: 'I aiu tleroy. the great banker, banged for the man. because be bad the power, his brother: If be dies you die. I have forgery Iu lt'4 Ills elegant dinner« took tbe money and purchased with It a pistol, and there are eight of ual* laid always l«een followed by some re not tbe automobile which be bad led Here. If any one to III. all tbe family markable and matchless curacao, tbe his faithful wife to expect, but a ' collects. and they ait In tbe aarne room source of nblch he kept a deep eseret. borne "Brute!" «be erted. and when as tbe patient and watch what I* Three of Ids bee« companions bad an next a mob of suffragette« came that done " Tbe doctor adds. “Vnfortn- Interview with him m Hie evudetuoed way she Joined them. Who could ■lately. though there were eight of cell tbe day before his execution. They blame her*—Fuck. them, they forgot my fee ' were about to retire when the meet IJ Impressive of the three stepped back A Light Eater. The Difference ' tjn^r here!" exclaimed tbe landlady, ami «aid: "Fauntleroy, you stand on i Mrs Dash The kies of Mrs Raab ____ ilie verge of tbe grave. Remember who had agreed to txMird and lodge a having srkt.T aspirations' Why. bee the text, my dear man. that ‘we man at rnluiel rates. "You told me father was a peddler! Mr. Dash-Yea. bronchi imthlug Into tbte world, and you were a light —ter.** she's entirely too forward She ought T It Is certain we can take nothing out.' "Wo I am. ma'am.” repllsd the bosrd J , tn bang ____ back until people have forgot Have you any objevttoa. therefore, to er "I'm tbe 'human salamander at ten L. It Now. in your case, my dear. tell me now. as a friend, where you tbe local mualc ball To« ought to a— ' t:___ It was your grandfather who was a got that curacao*” me awalter burntn torch—'"- Isuxion peddler Rrvapa I I.tf,- H fruit ful In tbs ratio la which - ~~ ' Th* ” H ta I ita ..ut lu iH.Wr avita« or patient I er»»> vrauve - LKMoa. y H. GOYNE, A ttorney - at L aw . < General Machinists & Blacksmiths. 4 Boiler Work. Locrrr'a Werk and Heavy Forgiag. C -jggBJI ■ * è Taxes paid Residents. Office opposite Post Cfd < Tillamook Iron Works •i. A ttorn ey - at -I ji Complete set of Abstract) V 9 T. BO1T3 • THE HEDGEHOG. FRIENDLY ADVICE. Josh Billings’ Psrting Shot to a Chssky Drummer. About Christmas time once the some- ' time famous Josh Billings, humorist, j was on his way to bls old home nt Lnneaboro. Mass, On the train were who wanted a three travellug men i game of whist, One of them pointed to unpretentious and unprepossessing Josh and said: "Let's ask Ilube Into the game nnd comb some of the hayseed out of his hair.” "My venerable friend." he said a« he laid his hand on the shoulder of the old man. "will you Join us tn a game of whist?" "Ya-aa; we will get there in abaout three hours." replied Josh, putting his hand to his ear. "You don't seem to understand.' said the young fellow iu a louder tone, •We want you to take a hand”— "Ya as; the stand o' corn has been unusuul good this year.” "M.v friend." the young fellow then t yelled, "will you take a hand in a game?" “Ya-as; I was fellin' Mandy this mornln' how plenty an' how fat the game is this year." “Oh. you go to the devil!” shouted the young fellow ns he took his seat, while the other drummers unmerci fully pestered him. When I-anesboro was reached I he old fellow got up. handed oue of Ids Josh Billings cards to each one of the trio nnd then said to hto Interlocutor: "Young man. while you are travel ing on your cheek don't get any hay seed on your clothes or the other drummers will take you for a liube and get you into some game and skin you.”—rittsburg Dispatch. H X • *
