The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 4, 1900, Page 5

THE SUNDAY CALL. Great BRunters’ Bairbreadih RsCapes in the Indian Jungles. ik ity jaws of hers it were a ma e were encamped six days’ Calcutta major was sa he forests were as t a s head I lifted an arm in pun head before her onward rush. . as a cat might lift a mouse. Up the rent’'s dry bed she swept, and dashed face downward, to the ground. Plant- 2 my prostrate form she yards ahead were a t skeleton rattied. Her eir two cubs. The fa spine. The claws g the gro dug into the ex- h my hip. I . was bathed i ood that flowed from ‘ her jaws. I s helples a babe. s “I feigned death. The effort was easy . in my abject helplessness, and it saved - . my life. o s men had not been Inactive. One ne and let it fly. The mis- tigress f lled and danced st forgot me f is new provocation ve me a moment’s strength. I n g aug cked up my gun and loaded it. One of v ’ c ched the weapon. 1 heard - P %aid mot trust t¥o shots and then I swooned. Upon my return to consclousne s the tiger lay life- 3 for. goes T less beside me = Vo ot What a release from my agony the e to'take care prospect of death held out! § lay there Ve found them, impatient to breathe my last. . But the Wi men were merciless. They insisted upon contriving a stretcher from the boughs and carrying me fifty miles. The'flow of blood seemed to be dra ning every vein in my body. I adopted herolc measures. A spear was heated redhot and applied to the wounds. There followed two more days of agony before that journey ended, Then the doctor said I must lose an arm. e her fur was the “The claw of the tigress had swollen It into oy pulter A haming ® Ereat bag of festering flesh. But I re- 3 Geniectad 1t 3 fred apate "§ fused the operation; I preferred death. e 5 minute. & second. fre was The member was saved, but it cost me six le red stream ran down her months of torture.” : fer Tours seemed to exhaust the ‘There was silence in the smoking-room. e about ot end make it hard Every clgar and every pipe had gone out. She rushed ahead and disap- “That ended my tiger hunts,” concluded ingle. We dared not follow the major. “I had had enough, even S ‘arass, bul one of my though my experience was less terrible ol than that of Sir Arthur, here.” Ay gt oAy R We all looked at Sir Arthur Hewitt. I BREH ¢ o-forgp b venc B had heard of this renowned tiger hunter s o S many times, but had never before geen Dok’ nim. A tall, thin, soldierly figure, with “I ran abead. There lay the tigress, a & face darkened by close application of in the depths caught herself in the cedes a straightest of her head. xchanged a ired and she when 1 Ie I8 eous ® s ‘She 1Is Oxyex¥xx Ox¥xxx¥¥ Intending exhibitcrs and visitors from the United States to the Paris Exposition in 1900 will be interested in knowing what arrangements and regulations will be made by the French authorities against fire. The Paris Exposition administration has taken all the measures possible to af- ford security to exhibitors and visitors. Their regulations are rather voluminous, containing thirty-six articles distributed in six chapters. These regulations take up the openings and exits and the stairways and doors of all palaces and buildings. They regulate the width of doors and steps. All exterior doors will open in and out. Doors opening only inward must remain open constantly. Emergency doors will bear an inscription stating their purpose, and in all hallways and corridors painted arrows will indicate the direction of the exit. An emergency Fire Guards for the Paris Exposition lighting system for night use will consist of lamps of one-candle power, bearing the distinctive red color. All wood of the framework in the buildings will be cov- ered with an insulating coat of non-in- flammable material. All stairways will be of fireproof material. The floors of all bulldings, palaces, theaters, halls, cafes, concert-rooms, ex- hibition places and all railing and balus- trades will also be of fireproof material, and before accepted will be thoroughly tested at the expense of the contractors. All decorative canvas, awnings and can- vas coverings must be fireproof. All elec- tric Installation of cables, lamps, wires and conductors in the interior' of the butldings must be put in under the super- vision of the director of exploitation. All motive power will be admitted only under rigid conwtions. The use of celluloid in English Lord for Tiger Trap Ivait /Y ArvoTHER MorIENT ry FoRTION of THe TR4~ woyp se INVADED " * ok Kk kk k@ Kk k kA K *Q lamps, globes, balloons and other fancy apparatus for lighting decorations will be forbidden. The regulatio® : for heating and lighting provide that it can only be done by gas or electricity. The use of hydro-carbons, oils and petroleum, acety- lene gas and other gases than coal gas is positively ferbidden, either for heating, lighting or motive power. The construction of meeting halls, cafes, concert halls and theaters must be of fire- proof material and the theater curtains must be of iron or asbestos cloth. The lighting of such places will be exclusively by electricity. A fire service as nearly perfect as possible will be established, with & water piping and-pressure suffi- cient for firemen's service. The admin- jstration assumes the right to enforce any measure that may be deemed neces- saxy to assure safety.—Iron Age. RBlecd Qurdling Experiences of Kand o Rand Fights With Man - Eaters. Nght footfall ke that of a t first reached m geou the bamboo fronted The ¢he rasor, he loomed the glant of the group we formed *“8ir Arthur,” sald the major, “was once & plece of live bait in a tiger trap.” After an Introduction like that Sir Ar- thur's story had to be told. “Tt happened in Birman he began, *“between Prome and Rangoon:. The eoun- try was ravaged at that time by the pred- atory bands of Nung Gung Gee, the flercest native chief we r had to con- tend with. I headed a scouting party, and, being overtaken by night at some s length was nin fed tiger, broad in The mus ood out all over As we gazed into each other's with a pecultar s specimen of not be a man-eating would sniff abot One gigantic ster door of the tra might do me no harm raised against the the trap and paw was distance from camp, we lighted fires and T = ©% and feil. The: tiger. Wi lay down to sleep. Some hours later I ‘" 0% S bemboo paling separated felt myself litted bodily from the ground. [THSTC ky | ey Advinced: tomend I had been bound and gagged, and In a short time was a prisoner in the strong- hold of Gung himself. “The next morning they brought me be- fore Gung. The moment he saw me he e antmal stood perfectly mo turned cold, ex- the Insects left their stings pots glowed like so many red straight into the ti- la body had leered hideously * he sald, 'here s one of those country ‘At la: English who are invading our and would reduce us to slav “Gung's followers now I was thus forced some five m the jungle and beaten with sticks a way. Finally they came to a hal bandage was removed from my Growing accustomed to the light, T covered a tiger trap ahead. I did not Im- mediately comprehend the purpose of my eaptors. But my uncertainty dfd not last long. ~The tiger trap was constructed of bam- a les t red tongue was stretched Thers was 1o d man-eating tiger. The strength greedily conceivadle my bonds. Bug another moment my portfon of the trap would be invaded “Suddenly I saw a gllmmer of lighta. A confused sound of voices reached me They were coming nearer. I heard my name pronounced. They were calling me. My voice refused to issue from my throat. But I knew in that Instant that the little girl had given the alarm. I am glad to re- first {mpulse was one of rs. dared not shoot the tigee, was in the neighborhood. His ban would have massaered our littls company in a moment. It was necessary to attaclk bayonets. It seemed every trap wauld give way une in «f the leaps of the beast. to effect my res- ge that the t harzssed , did not turn and kill me with & stroke of {ts paw. But the animal lost blood from a hundred wounds. It suce cumbed. They saved me.” The listeners in the smoking-room == changed looks. “The astonishing part major, “is the conduct of girl” “The -astonisting part of: it;" said ‘Sie Arthur, “is that I did not go mad.” boo. One séctlon of it was cut off from thg rest by a’' network of bamboo rods. This formed the receptacle for the bait. The bait was my They stripped me of my hing,/ thrust me in and bound me with thongs. Then they made off. T did not feel very uneasy at first. For two .hours I worked for. freedom, but in the end I was forced to admit the hor lessness of the task. Insects alighted on my skin and bit the flesh raw. The sun beat down on my head and into my eyes. 1 grew faint. Suddenly it occurred to me that a tiger might appear at any moment. However, there wad some hope, although the hope was slender. A little native girl had, at the risk of her life, given me a the tiger wit instant as sald the e g drink of water the day before. This was ~ The largest libfary in.the worll fs that at a spot near Gung’s camp. I bade her of Paris. It contains upwart of 2,000,000 burry-off and apprise Captain D'Oyley. ot my peril. ‘But as the hours wore oW I grew despondent. Would the little girl volumes and the Imperfal Library at.St. bave understood? Pétersburg about the same number, These “ay reflections were interrupted by 5 are the largest libraries in the world printed books and 160,000 ma pts. The British Museum contains- about 1,500,000