The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-13
MEN DEsTRoYERS IN INDIA.

killing n Wild Beast Which Was tho
Talk OF india Newspapers.
1t is well known hat about twenty
five thousand people n year fall n prey
to the wild beasts of India. The larger
part OF these victims are killed by tigers
and vcnomous snakes which are met in
the jungle. AS II rule, says the Chicago
Herald, the victims of these tragedies
are guilty OF great carelessncss. With
care the danger Of wild beasts might,
in the majority of these cases, DO
averted.
An animal which has for some months
been written about n great deal in the
Indian newspapers has at last sue
cumbed, having met his well-deserved
fate on June 7. lie proved to be a full
grown leopard, probably about four
years old. He had lurked around tho
villages in the edge of the Jungle for
months watching for his prey, and at
least fifteen people were killed by him,
including several adults as we'll as chill
dren. 1t was hard work to kill him,
and he hurt three people badly before
he was i~ncapacitated for further harm.
This is the way he met his fate:
lie had been lowering round a camp
OF Busahiri during the night OF June s,
but was kept Off by five large sheep
dogs. In the morning of the 7th a WON
an saw him in some long grass near the
bungalow, and taking him for q large
jungle cat after the fowls ran after him.
lie charged her, striking her on the
chest, and seized her by the arm. She
struck him over the head with q heavy
stlck, and, other people coming up, the
leopard let 20 and ran into Il garden
near the bungalow. The woman was
found to have two claw wounds on her
chest and six deep bites on her left arm.
by this time some twenty persons had
assembled, and went into the garden in
search OF the beast. A syce in the serv-
ice OF the assistant commissioners de-
clared he believed it vas only a jackal,
but the words were hardly out of his
mouth when the leopard, which had
been hiding under n stone, charged
straight at the Syce with Il roar, knock
ing him down and wounding him badly.
lie was badly clawcd on both arms, be-
hind the right ear and bitten on the
scalp, n would certainly have been
killed had INC n man named Nazina run
IN and driven a hog spear clean through
the lcopard's body. The brute left the
sycc, and tried to work itself up the
shaft of the spear to get Mt his new as
'~ailant, but it only succeeded in tearing
lis clothes, Nazina escaping unhurt. A
nistri ran in to club it, but got clawcd
On the Thin for his pains, Nazina hold
ng on his spear all the time. BY this
ime the others, who had bolted wien
he leopard charged, returned, and the
eopard was dubbed to death.
A mifd7mahYisTed Young MRE, with a
keen sense of the verities, was congrat.
ulaed last week upon n small but an.
preciablc addition to his family. lie
responded courtcously to the usual sole.
itous inquiries and accepted all con.
CALCULATIONS in n spirit of gentle dignity
one friend, more inquisitivo than the
rest, asked: "Well, old fellow, how
does the baby look2" GLOW does the
baby look?" repeated the happy father,
with a Observation-Disclosures before
expression in his face: "well, now that
am called upon for an off-hand de.
scription, 1 should say that he looks
k q little pug dog with its face paint
ed rcd."-N. Y. Times.