Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-05

away, to wait for the tiger to come for
the goat. The ranchmen he sent
little distance back with instructions
to await his summons.
''Surely enough, the tiger came, but
after reconnoitring the ground unseen,
as was shown by his tracks next day,
instead of tackling the goat, he made
n circuit and pounced upon one of the
hunters lying on the ground behind his
blind. A heavy overcoat that he wore,
the season being winter, when the
nights are cold in the mountains, saved
the hunter for the moment from the
tigers teeth and claws, and his shouts
brought the ranchmen to the rescue.
They attacked the tiger pluckily with
their machetes. The beast was loath
to give up his Prey. He drove the
ranchmen back twice, returning to the
Englishmen each time and standing
guard above him, with his forepaws
On his body. At last one OF the ranch
men threw lasso over the tigers
neck and jerked it tight. The animal
charged him at once, but the men got
a turn of the rope round a small tree,
and both pulling hard together, drew
the tigers head close to the trunk.
Then, as the tiger snapped at the rope
with his teeth, one of the ranchmen
severed his spine with his machete.
The Englishman was badly shaken up
by the unexpected outcome of his
hunting scheme, but was not much in
jured otherwise. He finished the
beast, which now, Of course, was
helpless, with a shot in the head, and
he always claimed the glory of killing
him. But it was never heard that he
tried East Indian hunting methods
again with Venezuelan pather-tigers.
A Brave Deed.
Few readers are aware that our
warships carry boiler makers, who
are often called upon to perform peril
Gus repairs, and, in cases of emergency,
these men go inside OF the boiler or
furnace, which but few minutes be-
fore had been filled with boiling water
or red hot coal. There is no task too
dangerous for these men to do. One
OF them undoubtedly saved the Cas-
tine from destruction in the harbor Of
San Juan. The Castine went into
action under full speed. The furnaces
were heated to the highest degree,
forced draught being used. Without
warming, fierce kissing noise was
heard inside one of the furnaces. A
socket bolt in q back connection at the
farthest interior extremity of the fur
naca had become loose, springing q
leak. The steam was pouring in upon
the fire, threatening in few minutes
to put it out and stop the progress of
the vessel, if it did not cause terrific
explosion. All in the boiler room
knew that, unless this hole was
stopped, disaster was at hand. One
of the boiler makers, named Huntley,
ordered the forced draught turned off
and the fires banked. Taking plank,
he threw it into the furnace on the
top of the wet, black cool with which
the fire had been banked and then
climbed far back to the place where
the steam was rushing from the
loosened socket. For three minutes
he remained inside the furnace. His
friends drew him out of the door, the
forced draught was turned on, and in q
few minutes the ship was proceeding
on her way as though nothing had
happened. In view of such deeds as
this, there is little wonder that this
engineering corps in our navy is re-
ceiviug the highest praise on every
side. Scientific American.