Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-09-19
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AvCApENTs AND INCIDENTS az,
EVERYDAY LIFE.
NC" Facts and Thrilling Ad-
ventures Which Show That Truth
- Stranger Than Fiction.

marked as per margin. said to c cou -;
one Jl) tiger, ct owners risk IN !;
sme against the wall anywhere just fe
minute or two. They knew, of cours,
us men do, that nothing happens in
minute or two. But the carpenter tbs
made the box, being an e.onomis
naun seen the use of wasting wood O
one pcttom, and the tiger, hearing ouec
nosses and nosing strange odors. as {
Mlngs to eat, knocked the bottom on
q the box, and lounged out of the var
INTO the street. A small boy who ha
come to see fun was leaning against tn
gatepost,. eating bread and sugar, an,
MN the tiger took along in his teeth, a
cat carries kitten. One of tho me,
shrleked eli! I" and Jamrach. hearin,
the cry, instantly and without a wore
seized the tiger by the slack Of hi
handsome hide and actually climbed
che Tiger hand over hand till he had til,
geast by the right ear Then the tige
dropped the boy to attend to Jamrach
one OF the workmen attended to thu
Tiger with a crOwbar, others came will
ropes, the tiger was Gagged, the boy rar
nome, and the magistrate made Mr.
JHmrach pay $500 or so for keeping 9
dangerous nuisance.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Cleveland
Leader thinks there is but one instance
on record of man being rewarded fol
saving the life of hyena. Writing
from Philadelphia, he tells how the
affair happened in the "Zoo in that
city. The carnivora house was filed
with visitors, watching the feeding OF
the animals, when the hyenas, which
are young and unusually fierce, began
to fight over their food. Suddenly one
OF the brutes began to choke, and it was
found that a big bone with the meat
attached to it had partially slipped
down his throat and he was strangling.
Ii the animal was to be saved something
would have to be done quickly. One OF
the keepers, named Shannon, grasped a
scraper and, without hesitation, opened
the iron door and sprang into the cage.
The hyenas made dash at him, but ne
beat them back, while the head keeper,
Eyrnes, dubbed them with broom
handle. Both animals frothed at the
jaws and acted as though they were
.rabid. Watching his opportunity,
Keeper Shannon finally succeeded in
striking the choking animal on the jaw
and loosening the bone, and it fell out
upon the floor of the cage with the meat
still attached. The plucky keeper got
out of the cage without being injured,
and his act of kindness in saving the
life Of the animal secured for him the
anti cruelty society's gold medal.
ONz adventure of Bottesini, the re-
nowned double bass player, who died
recently, should be remembered. He
was playing one night at Antwerp, and
there was q full room and considerable
curiosity for his turn to begin. Hc took
his place beside his colossal double bass
and began his variations. The public
were electrified and so was the player.
No one who knows the double bass
could say of the instrument that it was
squeaky and shrieky. 1t had its faults,
but at least shrillness is not one of
them. The sounds came forth that
evening piercing and pathetic. The
player looked terrified; his instrument
seemed bewitched, and the sound con-
tiAued even when the bow was not drawn
across the strings. For moment Bot
tesini faltered, and then plunging his
hand into the eternal cavities of his big
instrument, he drew it ba,k very hur-
riedly. He introduced it again very
carefully, and took out and held up to
the room cat. The entertainment did
not end there. There were kittens to
follow.
.s A LARGE sloth from the West Indies,
which was recently added to the Phila-
delphia Geological Gardens collection,
sis in danger Of starving to death for
lack OF IL natural food. In its native
a wilds it lives on II scots, which it collects
by rolling about in the thick under
growth and then licking them out of its
stiff coat. The Zoo people have been
unable to supply, artitic'ally, enough
bags for the lazy but hungry animal.
and have tried to cultivate its taste for
food more easily obtained, but the beast
does not take kindly to it. But one OF
the keepers got an idea to save the sloth.
= .He suepested that hotel and lodging
home Keepers be asked to collect some
Z bsrress of I've reaches. They have got
small quantities in this way, but 1t takes
a good many bugs to keep the sloth on
coml terms with himself, and the
management of the gardens will try to
enlist more people in the work OF col
lectins household vermin.
Mar KRAMER, Of Putnam County,
". Va. who is supposed by men who
4, know him to be the strongest man In the
1;v;lired world, is attracting the atten-
& ion q sporting circles far and near:
6ne 81 his re- ,ent feats, in which almost
a, sss ~ strength is called into ac-
connt. was witnessed only few days
- ~ 4 number Of the best citizens.
ia raised, apparently with the greatest { st
311SSe. ! huge pedestal, weighing l,5oo
rounds. and held it aloft above hs
id Bssd Isl several seconds. Mr.. Kramer
4 ovar six feet in height, and tips the
ham AZ 265 pounds. 1t has been ire
II Gnantlv asserted by papers in that sec,
4 fsen 81 the State that he has exhibited
9 Jseds 81 strength that would make the
rsnowned Australian giant turn green
8 Ian envy. There are men in Putnam
connty Who will stake 81 900 that ne Is
~ siSopgest human being IN existence
n <A VIM scene was witnessed near the
atsSdinq Rock Agency IN Dhko-
s 81 4 recent afternoon, when i. q
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