The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
KILLS ANGRY TIGER
TO SAVE HIS AIDS
Elephants and Little Brown Men Obey the
Will of American Who Takes Wealth
From Jungle Paradise.

On the other side Of the world.
far within the heart of the Burma
jungle. there lives NJ. l. Patter-
son. of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
a god and ruling for all the world
as a gracious king over 1000 ma
tive workers.
Whenever these natives come into
the presence Of this Washington
man IL is the custom for them 70
saIaam slowly with folded hands
each after the manper of his tribe
II they didn't do this, 1t would be
an insult calling for sudden, sharp
disciplining. Patterson, who IL a
mining engineer and a democratic
American chap. doesn't think much
of the salaaming business, but he
makes the natives adhere TO It be-
cause IL is the form of discipline
that they best understand.
Elephants at Command.
Patterson lives the life Roosevelt
glimpsed on his African hunts,
River steamers and elephants are
at his back and a retinue Of faith
full servants are at his call. His
l 900 subjects" are kept busy min
ing tin. During the war they also
mined tungsten. which the British
government used to tougher up
steel for the manufacture OF can
non that were used in France.
The mines are seventy-five miles
away from the sea and from any
white man. but sometimes this
Washington monarch" has one
white assistant He operates two
steamers. which bring freight q
long way from Mergul. Burma,
which is south of China. on the Bay
of Bengal.
Patterson uses elephants and men,
for this is a jungle paradise where
labor is plentiful and upthinkably
cheap. A great deal of the hauling
is done by men
Women Protected.
The native Burmese are great
sticklers for living up to their be-
iiefs-so far as they go-Patterson
says.
The little, brown-skinned native
girl is often very sweet. he declares
Lnd the laws protecting her are very
strict. For a man even to touch her
clothing is considered assault.
punishable in severe style.
Men of one particular tribe will
not take life. Meat is taboo. They
feas. mostly on rice gathered with
out harm even to the plant
Then there is a water tribe. liv.
ing mostly on the river. When q
member Of this tribe dies his body
is plsced in a boat which is foated
OF. This is his burial.
Throws Money in Sea.
These East Indians never bank
their monsy-with disastrous re-
suits to one. II is related, who got
so mad at his wife he took his
whole fortune and threw II into the
sea. BY the time he cooled of, and
sent divers after il. the treasure had
lost itself. sunk below six inches OF
mud.
Patterson's big game hunts are
full of desperate thrills In his
Washington home at 1886 Florida a
avenue is big tiger skin. gorgeous
in its magnificent coloring and
nearly nine feet across. He shot
the tiger from the ground a coo,
ten steps away.
There was a missionary with him
only the missionary was up a tree
and the Washington engineer dowr
below. The missionary tells this
story:
Patterson's heaters had been
sweeping up the jungle with a
great noise. the rattle OF bells
and blowing of horns, 'when Mr.
Tiger came along.
Tiger Maddened.
Up a tree Patterson's white
assistant. only a boy. got ex-
cited. With a shotgun. instead
of a rifle, he fired at the tiger
Though not badly hurt. the
animal was maddened with
pain. and Immediately IL turned
on the beaters and charged. In
great rush they climbed the
nearest trees for shelter.
Now a tiger can't climb, but
he can jump mighty high. And
two beaters in their haste were
up only Is feet. every quarter
inch as high as they could go
on little trees.
Between them. below. says
the missionary. was the tiger.
sitting on his launches. look
ing up like a cat watches a
mouse before leapinG-aRd the
natives screaming at top voice,
fearful Of a jump each minute.
Patterson 10 Rescue.
Hearing the noise. Patterson