The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-10
THIE T1GER TTEN
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Recently there died n India a Hin aco who was known as the Tiger Man. He was a high caste native given Co his books. and much of his philosophy has been quoted in European countries He lived in the ruins of an old temple on tbe outskirts or a dense Jungle and there he made and maintained Us fame as tanner of wild beasts partlcularly tigers He did not actu- ally tame them, but the inauence be sxcrciscd over them was no less than wonderful Even with thousand vt ncsScs to corroborate facts one finds lt hard to believe in some of his do- lnCs
 Had he been SO minded he could have cleared the whole province of tis,rs m two or three years and en- riched himself with tbc bounty ouercd for their heads and the heads of other dangerous boasts and deadly scrPcnts but he positively refused to bring harm 10 a single dcnizen or the junglc He would throw no obstacle in the way of hunterS and be expressed no sorrow when hc looked upon a tiger slain hy others but he had laid down rule, and nothing would induce him Co swervc from it lt often happened that natives who had lost relatives or oxen by the hunger oC the king Of the jungle came to him and prayed for vcngcance. but in every instance his reply was:
 ''l am sorry for you, but tigers must have food ns well as men. I will not help you to kill one, but l win talk to the beasts and ask them to De more careful hereafter. am sure they will do this for me"
 AS soon as the Tiger Mans rrputs- ton hogan Co spread therc were many who dcSlred to put him Co the test and during the long years of bis life it was seldom that De refused. A hundred times over he hss gone out into the jungle alone at night and call ed tiger to him and led the beast to the ruins for an to see. Sometimes the tiger would crouch and creep and whine. and again he would hc fCrccly defiant and menace the spectators.
 If the report came that tiger In a certain district had Killed a human be ing. the man would set on Tor Che place without asking for fee or rcward He would learn an be could about thc beast and then enter the jungle to search him out. Sometimes Dc would bc seeking for several days and when night overlook him he made his camp among the beasts and scrpeuts of the thicketS. When the tiger had been found. which Was nearly always the case if he had not lctt Tor another lo. caIity. De would hc taken by the ear Ca tho yillace in which he had sCized his victim and then be made Co rOl In the dust by Way of apology for his mis- deed. He would then hc told that hc must go at lcast fifty miles away and live on tho game ot the jungle for the next month and it has been proved over and over again that tho tiger new CT failed to disappear.
 It was with the knowledge and ac. tive participation of a governor ot ln- dia and not more than fifteen years ago that the Tiger Man was put Co the hardest test oT his life. He claimed im- munlty from every spccIes of wild beast and serpent and bc was sent in. 10 a jungle In which three full grown ricerS had taken refuge from some Spo-Smen. one Of whom wus the gov. crnor. The hunt had ended et dusk and the TigCr Man would have dark. ness against him as he pushed his way through the jungle. The locality was known to be infested with cobrus, and just as the hunt was called oa one Ot inc marty caught sight ot rogue elephant stealing through the thickct
 No money would have hircd o white man Co penetrate Into the Jungle a' night. and native would have lain down in his tracks and refused Co stir no matter what punishment threaten ed.
 There were more than forty people left behind as the Tiger Man sct forth upon his errand. He bowed before th' governor and said be would bring ir at least one Of the tiecrs-onc which had been slightly wounded by bullet T4c was hs8rd uhiStlinC and chanting as he penetrated the thicketS and h' was absent about three hours. Nher he returned there were both commotior and Consteruauon. He was leading the wounded tiger by tho car and wal ! followed by the two others, and attei the tiger cane the elephant Thcre wal vet more. Around the mans leit arm was twined huge cobra with glitter