Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-08-08

I thought the tlgress was going to
Timmins (Airs. DOunetts husbandD
and was rejoicing, for the poor old boy
has had no luck. while mine has been
the lucky gun of the camp.
Suddenly, with no warning. out she
Jumped about ten yards from me. and
she did look Il picture Of fury us she
stood lashing her tail and snarling.
1t was too easy shot to be really
easy; also, having a huge creature nj,
but breathing In my face seemed to
mesmerize me. In way, and ! felt
myself trembling all over and unable
to move my eyes from her hard green
ones. But I fired! and she made a
grand spring into clump Of bamboos
and was lost to sight. She never Ut
tered a sound.
When the coast seemed clear l blew
my whistle; the others came up anu
we found fresh drops Of blood. The
grasses and bambOOs were smeared
with blood about foot from the
ground, which showed l had hit her
low In the stomach.
Well. we formed line and. Inch by
Inch, advanced into the jungle. with
n man always ahead.
We were just thinking she must be
de.id--we had gone about one hundred
and fifty yards-when a man In u
tree yelled out. "Zira gissy! which
means. "She II charging"
In an instant every one was trying
to save himself. 1t looked like ship.
wreck with desperate people clinging
to branches. ! climbed n small bani-
boo which played seesaw with me be-
tween earth and sky. Timmins could
not gain u clImbable tree. SO he got
behind one and was ready 10 shoot for
his life.
The tigress gave roar ana charged
past and out by our right flank, ana
did not hurt any one. When all was
quiet again we crawled out, but rs II
was dark we made for camp ana left
her In the Jungle. The next day /,
search.party went out and found her
dead about three hundred yards on.
! had wounded her mOrtally with my
first shot.
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The. average RritOn II but family fa'
miliar with the delicate process of test
ing through which every coin Of the
realm has to pass In the course of IT.
existence and which forms one Of the
most Interesting ceremonies In conncc
tiun with our coinage, says London
Th-Bits. These tests are necessar!
not only To insure every coin mlntet
being up to the standard, but In order
that the nation shall not he put to con
siderable cost by the lack of sufficient
mint turns out S.OOO.OOO sovereigns ,
year. so 1t will he seen that II super
abundance of gold were used (even Il
1t amounted to only few grains II
each sovereign It would entail II los,
of several thousands annually. Again
when u sovereign has deprecated
pence In value it has to he recalled.
In addition to the very critical test
to which every coin Is subjected be
fore leaving the mint an eXaminati0
W. thC No'utst ~ uVius usu"bs hh ""ss
every year by a number of expert
from the Goldsmiths' Company, VIII
thus check the work of the officials u
the mint.
After having been struck Il coin
first weighed In an automatic balanc
which weighs twenty-three pieces
minute and which Il capable of detect
ing II flaw down to the smallest fral
tion Of grain. This process over. tn
,, coin Is passed on to the ringer,
which individual spends his days !
simply ringing new money, to discove
such coins as may be rendered dunn
by IN air bubble In the metal. A
, expert ringer will sound 5000
n pieces a day and, naturally, his heal
|. ing must be without blemish.
h Coins which have passed this tes
). might be considered accurate, but tn
n "pyx meeting" which has been hel
$ annually by the Goldsmiths' Compan
0 since 1870, reduces the chances q
faulty coins being placed In circulatio
Y to a minimum. Such money as Is
v he submitted to this further test Is 81
;. lected at random from that which ha
K been handed over to the Bank of Eni