People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-09
ODD TRAITS OF THE TIGER
The striped Beast Has Curious Blending
of COWardice and Courare

The Striped Beast Has Curious Blending
of Cowardice and Courage.
One of the most extraordinary fea.
lures of the tigers nature is the ex'
IRENE courage and the ultra cowardice
which seem to be so blended as to give
rise to the strongest expressions OF diff
ference of opinion when two or more
experienced hunters are gathered to
gether. The best illustration of this
popularity of that giant cat of Bengal
are given in the recitation Of the fol
lowing stories of actual occurrences:
As for extreme courage, December
%, 1892, party of English hunters SCI
out for Sawgar island, bay of Bengal
for the double purpose of killing tiger.
and deer. Their equipment and ex
perience were ample, and the par
ty Of four was headed by a sor
of Sir Hector Monroe. These gen
tlemen landed in the morning
hunted with success for deer all day
until about four in the afternoon the
heat caused them to seek the shade al
the edge of the Jungle They prepared
refreshments, even to building fire fol-
cooking their game. While the meal
was under full Roadway of preparation
young Monroe looked up and declared
that he saw a deer not far from them.
He seized his gun and started for the
spot. He had not taken twenty step.
from the camp when his companion.
heard a dreadful roar, saw at the same
instant large tiger spring upon poor
Monroe, and, Selling the man by the
shoulder with his teeth, the beast
turned and rushed back into the Jungle,
dragging the form of Monroe after il
with the greatest ease, saplings, vines
and small bushes all bending and
breaking before the amazing strength
of the tiger
All that Monroe's companions could
do was done instantly, as only trained
hunters can do-they fired all together
at the tiger-and it was evident to then
that their shots took effect, because al
most as soon as the smoke blew aside
Monroe came staggering out from the
thicket covered with blood, reached the
camp fire and fell. Everything tha'
medical services could render was done
for him, the ships surgeon coming
right ashore, but it was all in vain. TIL,
young man expired after the course O.
twenty-four hours in the creates
agony. His head was torn, his skull
fractured and his neck and shoulder.
chewed and torn by the teeth and claw,
of the savage beast. Here was a squad
OF men standing around blazing fire
talking, laughing, and yet, though il
broad daylight, all this was not enough
TO divert that determined tiger from
making the attack, and that bount
with which the ambushed animal threw
itself upon Monroe was as wonderful
IN its extent as it was terrible in it,
effect.
As for It's cowardice: On the same day
that the above tragedy transpired an,
other party of English ladies and gen
tlemen in the Bengal district left the
shelter of an army post for picnic on
the banks OF lovely little stream that
ran into the bay not far away. The
lunch cloth had just been spread and
the excursionists were taking their
positions around it on the grass under
the shade of trees when one of them.
speechless with horror, pointed to the
form of huge tiger, not twenty feet
away, crouched in form for its fatal
spring All looked, when instantly
one of the ladies laid hold of her para
sol, rose to her feet and stepping quick
ly directly over to where the beast was
rapidly opened and shut it in the ami.
mails face. The tiger quickly wheeled
about and bounded swiftly off. Per-
haps 1t is not strictly correct to call
this an exhibition of poltroonery on
the part of the tiger; it may have been
utterly confused by the presence of
mind displayed by that young woman
and turned tail COMPOUNDED rather than
scared. The lady herself, after the
affair was over, became completely UNI
nerved, and her associates had to re-
turn at once to the post with her
Washington Star.