The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-11-04
Tiger Hunting.

Outram information OF q tiger that mad |
been marked down in the thorny jangal
to the north of the village. This part Of |
the country was plain, and there was no !
hill or raYine near. Ontran started on |
foot, spear in hand, a follower carrying |
rifle, and some six others bows and |
arrows. The tiger broke ground on their |
approach. Outram followed him on foot |
three miles, and eventually speared him
to death. This act, it is, affirmed, has
never been equaled before or since in
Kandesh. On another occasion he stood
spear in hand, like gladiator in the
arena OF Roman amphitheater ready
for the throwing open of the wild beasts
cage. The bushes were set on fire to,
and the tiger, by no means relishing the
smoke, came, putting and blowing like
porpoise, every five or six seconds, to
get little fresh air, but, scenting the
elephant, he was always fain to retreat
again. This sort of work went on for
some time, and bush after bush blazed
away without producing the desired
effect. L could not have stood the sus-
pense when life was at stake. At last
there was low, angry growl, and
scutfling rustic in the passage. The
tiger sprang out, and down descendedthe
long lance into his neck, just behind the
dexter ear. With one stroke of his pow
erful paw he smashed the spear close to
the head. There was pretty business.
Mr.. Tiger one step below, with the steel
sticking III his neck, which by no means
improved his temper, had gathered his
perate spring, and my friend, armed aft
er the fashion of the South Sea Island
ors, standing on little mound, breathing
defiance and brandishing his bamboo on
high. Eventually the tiger was shot by
one of the party. Outram had some
marrow escapes. Once, while pursuing
a tiger on foot, his companion being on
horseback, the animal charged seized
Outram, and rolled down the hill with
him. Being released from the claws of
the ferocious beast for moment, Out
ram, with great presence of mind, drew
pistol he had with him, and shot the
tiger dead. The Bhils, on seeing that
he had been injured, were one and all
loud In their grief and expressions of re-
grct; but Outram quieted them with
the remark: "What do L care for the
clawing of q cat!" This speech was rife
among the Bills for many years after
ward, and may be so until this day
'0naeS Out1dne. o. BiOQTaDhu.
Interesting Statistical Deductions.
Apart from their value to the success
full operation Of "friendly societies." as
they are called, in England, some
statistical laws recently discovered by
Dr. Farr, of the Office of the Register of
births, marriages and deaths, and by Mr..
A. u. Einalison, the Government Actuary,
have direct interest and significance
tor everybody connected with life assur-
ance. In the preparation of his we'll
known English mortality table, Dr. Farr
paid considerable attention to the ques-
tion of the amount of sickness prevailing,
and finally propounded the hypothesis--
since recognized as o law--that the num-
Der OF persons constantly sick in any
given town is equal TO twice the annual
mortality. The main feature of Mr..
Flnalison's inquiry took the shape of
discriminating between light and heavy
labor, with or without exposure to the
weather, respectively. The results may
be summed up in a few words. Those
engaged i'll light labor, while less liable
to sickness, experience, when sick, at
tacks OF greater duration, and die in
greaterproportions. Hence the physically
weak, probably, systematically select
light labor.--Loaaoo1a paper.
"SOlfd Comfort"
A lady in this city noticed her colored
"help" chewing pins and needles. The
lady, thinking the amusement was q
dangerous one, recommended that she
desist.
No, chile, " she said (The mistress
was much younger than the servant.)
" In de slabe times L had heab of
trouble. L sought comfort in whisky,
but dat glib me headache in de mo'nin',
So tried smokin'. That was de berry
same. Then chawin' [ tried. But that
was no good. Hap1y one monin' I
thought OBJ pins and needles. puts o
bunch of pins or needles in nv mouf.
chaws them, and they gabe me O heab
OBJ solid comfort. So now when ever T
feel wearied oh de de trials oh de trials
OF dis wuld L puts pins and needles iu
my mouf and chaws them You hab no
ldee what solid comfort there is in pins
and needles !"
Don't you ever swallow any by ac-
cldent?" the lady asked.
80 Guess do, chile, guess do; for some
nights go to sleep with mouf full, and
they're oil gone i'll de mo'nin. '"-CjncSn-
natl Gazette.
HE LoNndon city Press, remarkinp
upon the amount Of labor and ingenuity
expended upon the production of Bank
OF England notes, states that thew are
still made, as for generations past, from
pure white linen cuttings only-never
from rags that have been wornDand On
carefully is the paper prepared, that even
the number of dips into the pulp made
by each workman is registered on a dial
by machinery, and the sheets are care
fully counted, and booked to each Der
son through whose hands they pass.
The printing is done by most curious
process-secret of conrse-within the
bank building; there is also nm elaborate
arrangement for providing that no note
shall be exactly Like any other in exist