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IOWMAN IN THE WOODS MEANS OF MfcKINC CREAT COL. i LECTIONS OF UVING ANIMALS. »h. Lion, Iho Kin* * of B«a.t«, That Moat TonpU Ulc CnaalQ* Tr.pp.r-C.usUt 1 In Bnarno WUek MoanaMa Uia Mnm. bln Bfoinw-t'r.p—tTIgrr. In Captivity. ' Some little wonder cnn linrdly full to Han regarding tho mean* by which ie great collection of living animal* thla country and Europe have boon uglit together. It 1* obvloua tho dfle of olTlllUttoo of the JaVelln of tvagea la not 'tho menu* by which clr den* have beep atoeked.nnd tlioao labeled case* marking their Inmntea nn "born In the garden*" riiuat *1- jwaya be In a minority. Hence the Hnostlon arlae*,' how ore these r)ch (stores-of for and feather obtained? Und tho- anawcr la, In aome very In- jgcnloua end little-known ways. ] The lion naturally atanda at the (head of the ll*L and a more powerful jand aangulnnry boaat doca not tempt [he cunning trapper. Ho la generally captured by mean* >f what la called the allo-cage, and of which the following la a abort descrip tion: The frame and" bars nre of Iron. It la ten feet long, air feet alx Inchea wide, and the anme In height. Mount ed on three caat-lron wheel* of amall diameter, It can bo moved even on difficult ground. The upper part open* with folding doora, like a ward robe, nnd they cloae of tliemaelvea at he allghtoat ghock given to aprlng* if ateel. Catchca retain the llda na they fall and Imprison tho animal aa Boon aa be touche* the bottom of the irap. The plan la to placo thla trap, prop erly baited, on the ground frequented by the wild anlmnla, and then, when the game la caught, to wheel the ma chine away to aooie menagerie pro- spared for the purpoae. ] The native* fhemaclvca have taken ghe lion In pita covered with teeda ■luce tho dawn of hlatory. I’llny roc- wrda thla device of thelra, though the Etonian nnturnllata of hi* time were gather ahnky na to tile specific differ ence lietwcen bear and lion. j ’The cuba found In cavern* ami caves after tho parent* have died under fire hi village matchlock* And a ready sale among the coast agent* of aoologlcal gardens, nnd hardly a caravan comcH (flown from the Abyalnllln table-land* r from I-’cz without a cub or two. ^a for the Ilona of I’craln nnd Syria, the lino of Nimrod nml the himter king* Is over, and It la very doubtful whether Bedouin or subjects of the phnh ever get nearer to the lord of heaata than they can possibly help. In the day* when their heart* were |a little stouter, nnd the country was brn- great, game preserve, they stocked jflhclr "aooa" by the help of net* and ben tern* T The proviso locality of the llou’s dwelling place having been discovered, * circular wall of net* Is' arranged ground It. Dogs are then sent Into pie thicket, stones thrown, nud burn ing sticks hurled of ter them; and at last the lion bolt* like a rabbit Into *hc net, and rolls over In Its entan glements, a chaos of„duBt and hemp jand tawny hide, the thunder of tho Irautlc brute almost drowned In the jtmbcl of a dozen villages of men nnd b whole couutry-Bhlo of logs yelping {together. This was sport which,while It lasted, contrasted favorably with grouse-shooting, for Instance. | But to-day the lion and that other great eat, the tiger, are rarely nollcd. if they do enter Into bondage In their (extreme youth, and Imbibe1 nourish ment from a lemonade- bottle and u •quill, they usually fall victims at a more mature age to some sort of box- trap, such ns that mentioned previ ously, nml are almost identical in* de sign .with the humble mouse-imp. Needless to any, however, the proper lions are very different. Wnudcrlug one day through n trop ical jungle, and pressing through the thickets of great tree-ferns nnd shrub beries of cinnamon that fringed the banks of a hill Hver* l-came upon one of these structures, and had for moment some doubts, us to Its pur pose ~ "ft ’was the royal "mouse-trap” ot' • native rnjnli and perhaps, of un usually large size. . It looked some ♦filng liko n Swiss mountain chalet. Obling In shape, It was constructed of heavy timbers of squared Iron- wood,, with their ends dovetailed, wide there were two apartments, di vlded by n barrier and a doorway the Inner for the unfortunate bait, a goat or u young pig, of which latter the tiger is Intensely fond, and na out cr chamber. The massive door of this was held up by a rope which went over u wheel to the great shed, nml when the beast enters and approaches tho victim, .whoso lamentations have attracted his attention, he frees the catch, nud the portcullis descends behind, cutting lilm off forever from his native hills, He is ns noisy nnd savage a quarry when discovered next morning nu well could be, but tames down under star vation, nnd turns, In course of time, Into tlmt comparatively tamo animal [which Is all the ordinary Americans jknow.of the royal beast. Africnrf tribes occasionally kill lion prowling about their encamp meuts at night by means of n short but’very powerful cross-bow, armed [With a poisoned arrow and set In the animal's path.. A /string Is attached jto the trigger, and taken across the frail to a peg, where Is Is made fast <)n the lion moving the string with his feet, the arrow is discharged Into his side from u distance of a couple •of yards, nnd causes his speedy death. This, however, • though it may pro vide a pelt or tVo for the skin mer chants, will not stock our* menoger- the lion's akin, with the lion alive In It Is far more’valuable nml twice ne difficult to obtain as the ownerless hide which result* from such device*. There Is a far greater-wall l» of fn- (grnulty lavished, however, by (lie showman sbroSd upon the capture of the other varieties of his victims than upon those savagely simple beasts of clmso, the lion ond the tiger. Ve«et*bU Fibre Fella. Writing of Win manufacture of felt A. Bnladu, of fHolla, Italy, says that w proeexp has been discovered which Ims for Its object the treatment of vegetable fibres so ns to render them capable of being employed for the manufacture of felt The vegeta ble fibres" more especially adapted for the purposes of tills Invention are a kind of silky down, known In trade under the name of kapok, and tlio veg etable fibres known as "cclba.” Tho cgctnble fibres nre rendered capable of felting by submitting them (after first thoroughly dcAnslng them) to hemlenl treatment having such an ac tion upon them as to disintegrate or roughen the oilier part thereof nnd ren der them capable of felting. This ac tion Is effected by means of baths, the first of which contains mercury In so lution. The second hath contains chro mic acid, and Is made from substances caiwble of developing such nclds, such, for Instance, ns bichromate of potash, from which chromic acid cnn be devel oped by sulphuric acid. To this bath inuy l>c added other substances pos sessing proiierlles such as fit them to •o-opernte to Improve the felting qual ities of the fibre, such, for Instance, as gallic nciil, nitric acid, chlorhydrlc acid, nnd their compounds, or dertva in conjunction with these acids there may bo employed tnnnln or cnocl- anlne (the coloring matter of wine) or sulphate of copper or of Iron, or their components or derlvatlves.-Textlle Manufacturing Journal. atvtataiata THE REALM OF FASHION. t*w Yyrk City.- }fo woman ever yet had too muuy shirt waists. The com fortable garnlcnts grow in favor ns the materials for making them do in vn- A lIorM'i Kllnders. A horse’s blunders are usually con- ivo on the Inside. True, tho surface usually Is a dead black, but not ubso- lately no, ho tlmt a glimmer of light may be reflected frotn them. By con stant cleansing this ctyad surface is mndo more or less smooth, If not actu ally glossy and shiny. Moreover, the blinders are usually v«Qt at an aqgle, so thut, as a result of tho luw of re flection, rays of light concentrated by tho convex surface nre reflected Into the eyes—not directly In the axis of islon, but more or less transversely or obliquely, the result being even re Injurious. As a result of this re flection flic vision is weakened, If not destroyed. Moreover, the mlrrorllke blinder* not only reflect sunlight, but they re flect objects as well, so that a "blind ed” horse set* not only objocta direct ly ahead of lilm, but bus a more or less blurred vlsjon of other objects, Intermixing with nnd confusing the Image of object* directly liefore him, and ns it consequence ho Is rendered :mc(*rtatn In Ills movements and It ertsily seared. No further proof of this Is needed than the fact thut n ner vous horse, with a reputation for shy ing and rtinnliig away, often become* tractable If the blinders are removed, because he (Tin then see distinctly what before bo could only see Indis tinctly and confusedly .—Our Animal Friends. AN ATTKACTIVK SHIRT WAIST. rlety nml beauty. At the moment striped nml figured French flannels, Venetian waist cloth, embroidered Henrietta and cashmere are all shown, ns well ns the same materials in plain colors and ull the range of taffeta nnd soft silks. The May Mnutoii design Il lustrated here includes nil the latest features nnd Is made from Henrietta lu pastel bine, with the figures and vel vet of a darker shade. The deep, turn over collar Is exceedingly smart, and tho blfhop sleeves are a feature of the newest waists shown. The hack Is seamless, and meets the full fronts, the flttlug being entirely accomplished by shoulder and under arm seams. The fronts are full, gath ered at both neck and wulst, nnd blouse very slightly for u short space each side of the centre. The collar Is cut In two sections and attached to the ueck. Tho sleeves nre one-Hcnmed nnd Individually full. They are gathered at both the upper and lower edges, nnd are attached to the cuffs at the wrists, qud are finished at the wrists wJtb straight ciiffs. To make this blouse for a woiftnn of medium size three and three-quarter yards of inntcrlnl twenty-one Inches wide, throe yards twenty-seven Inches wide, or one nnd three-quarter yards forty-four inches wide, will be re quired,' with five-eighth yard fifty Inches wide, or three-quarter yard twenty-one inches wide, for vest and stock collar. *• New Style of Ilercru. They do not turn over the new ro vers, nor nre they worn flatly laid out on the chest, ns formerly. In the pres ent case, the "rovers” are* ornamental, but only show when the Jacket fronts arc not closed. They nre simply the long strip of facing to tho jacket fronts and could not possibly be visible If the garment were worn closed. This Is a true *T/Alglon” fnsldou nnd one which Is extremely dressy. HImivfi Milk. «r Crocheted silk. A "cuffbutton” suggests a Ann, hard knob of mctul; a pair of sleeve links suggests semi-precious stones or gold disks linked logether by n golden chain. The newest fastening for the cuffs of a shirt waist of line flannel or cashmere has the top, which Is all that Is visible, made of crocheted, heavy, twisted silken cord. The same thing does for sleeve links, but the single button is the better design. ft In Not TJ'ilt. Those who try on the re\v garments declare that the L'Aiglon collar Is not so tight as to prove choking. It is high, but broad, and a welcome change from tiro strangling slock collars which have gnrrotcd us Inst summer. These last entirely earned the uniuo of "cho ker,” which wiis sometimes applied to tltcin by the shop girls who sold them to customers. <]olri-1 lirrntlcri Volin. The new veils nre chiefly of a lace* like pattern, a fact which Is to be de plored on the score of hocomlngness. Some nre even traced with gold or sil ver thread or heads, while the , old uontl (irMit nml Mm. Tom Thnmb. t Aral meollng with General Grant interests mo now, ki tho light of all (hat has occurred, but ut tlmt time I thought little of It. , While 1 was trav eling on. the Mississippi our boat stopped at Galena, nud Grant, recog nized then only as a private citizen, a mo down to tho museum t o see the 'little woman” of whom tho pnponi had spoken. ITo was introduced to mo, and stayed awhile, allowing in his conversation at that ,11^6 little of the reticence afterward pronounced one of Ids leading characteristics. When ho wciit away Iio said ho would bring his family noxt day. This ho did, nnd they, too, retnnined qulto awhile. I found Mrs. Graut a most goul&l nnd pleiiHnnt woman, with the sumo unaf fected ktaduca* of mnuuer which so graced the White House when she be came tlio First Lady of the. Lund. Mr. Graut -how .odd. It seems to say "Mister” Xlrnnlt yet tlmt; Is \viint he was then called—bought * my photo graph and asked .me to put my nUv togropli upon it.—Countess' Magrl (kjrs. Toni Thumb), In the Woman’s Home Companion. Wmthliig Him Awnjt, The other day nu amuteur nurse In South Africa went up to a doctor and asked him wimt she must do. ‘You should have learnt tlmt before you i came here,” the doctor replied. "Do anything that wants doing.” The nurse wciit up to* a handsome but wounded Highlander and said: "Will yon let me wash your face!” The soldier turned to iier nnd au- swered: «■' ■■ ' ' "^cs, but hurry up. I’ve had my face washed six times since break fast, amt thcro’s tvrb more ladles I’ve promised to wash me. But I hope to get a . snooze before ton.”--Loudon Sparc Moments. • Tho Odluiiton Horror, Hbro la ail extract from a letter written to a frleml lu New York by a Toxnn: ‘"There Is no' telling liow many were killed along tho, coast. After one day (he aim caused decomposition, and It was not possible to tell a white person from a negro except by the liutr. Tho list ot known dead la now. above D000, nnd probably there are halt ns many unknown. It was a ter- VSblo piece ot business.”—Now York I’ress. HfiOUBE WAIST. Kansas la the only State hnvlug 100,- 000 acres or more planted lu rye re porting n rendition of the crop exceed. Iftt. Aud it gojo .without auytyg Unit j ins the ayeroeo for the I list ten year*. where they lap over and doso Invisibly. To cut till* wnlBt for a womnn of medium alzo four yard, of material twenty-one Inches wide, threo and th'reo-quartcra' yards twenty.aoven Inches wldo, two nnd throo-qnarter yards tUlrty-two Inches wide, or two yards forty-four Inches wide, wilt bo required. • IsMftlcS' UloUMS The blouse that la slightly-more formal than the shirt waist yet easy and comfortable. Alls a place that no Other does'and Is constantly growing lu popularity. The amnrt May Manton blouse Illustrated in tho large engrav- iug belongs to Just that class and can bo worn daring the morning with per feet proprloty, while at tho same time Id-will give no offense later in the day, The model la made of Venetian flannel In hunter's green, with vest nnd stock of white sntln-faccd broadcloth, ma chine stitched, nnd rovers of velvet matching Jhe .fiunuel. Down each front, below tho rovers, are small but tonholes through which the gold clinln links aVe slipped that hold the fronts In placo nnd give a peculiarly chic ef fect . Countless combinations nnd a vn- rlety of materials can ho substituted, however, and .liny silk cord nnd gold buttons can tnke the place of the links If ucelrcd, or tlicso cnn he entirely omitted nnd the fronts hooked Invisi bly lnto.plnOci Henrietta, plain nnd embroidered cashmere, drap d’ote, French flannel and taffeta arc all suit able and the color ot both waist and VcSt cap he changed 'to anything the wcarer-may prefer. ' Tho foundation for the blouse Is fitted lining with single darts, and which closes at the centre front. On it nre arranged the fronts, vest and back. Tfio fronts arc smooth aud without fulness at (ho shoulders, nnd aro drawn In nt tho waist line. Tho vest Is attached permanently to (he right aide of the lining nud hooks over onto the deft beneath the left front, Tho stock collar Is joined to the Test and closes Invisibly nt the centre back. The bishop sleeves nre n9t ,rcr fall. gauze veil in white, gray or neutral tints Is resuscitated. ^ For Evening Wrap*. Grecian Bnlln, a new wool innlorlnl for evening wraps nnd ten gowns, bn* a tiny diagonal stripe on tho surface.' A Snug Fitting Umlei-bmly. Pretty trifles have their place, hut the domnnd. for tho useful -garment never, falls. The smooth, Bnng tilting underhody that covers the col-set with out fuluess and that; when desired, cnn he made of materia’, that means warmth, la a comfort that every wom an recognizes nt a glance.' Thu May Manton model Illustrated Is fitted with the same care given to gowns, nnd. as indicated, can he made In various shaped necks, with nny length sleeve preferred. For cold weather. Canton flannel nnd outing flannel, ns well ns muslin, arc much liked, ns nil these materials provide protection against •Tack Frost, hut long cloth, cambric or nainsook can he substituted by those who prefer greater daintiness. The backs include a centre seam and the broad under-arm gores-that mean a perfect tit nnd curved lines. Tho fronts nre fitted with single darts nno close nt the centre with buttons nnd buttonholes. -The sleeves nre out In one plnce, tho outer seam extending to the elbow only, nml tit smoothly from shoulders to wrists. To out this underhody for a woman COUDERSPORf ICE MINE. remarkable souvenir of the GLACIAL ACE IN PENNSYLVANIA. tmpsRBODr. of luedlnm size, two and three-eighth yards or ma^rlnl twenty-seven Incheg wide, or one and three-foiirth yard thirty-six Inches wide, will be recti I red. tli* Rrlrntlflr Explanation of tha Fhc- nomcnon—It U VUIble* From May L'mll October Every Year—Tea Thou* nantl Years It ltaa Lasted. Comlersport, Penn., dors not occupy h vt»r.v conspicuous spot on tko map, but to-day Coudersport is notowortliy. “Greenland’s Icy mountains and In dia’s coral strand” dn Juxtaposition, nn lets cave under foot and tropic heat over bond, arc Coudersport's twin ti tles to fame. Iu Northern Pennsylva nia, as well ns nearly everywhere else In these United States, It was unusu ally hot Inst summer, but In this ham let, In Potter County, one lmd only to descend a rude ladder, lending to a small cavern under ground, to And frost, icicles and December zephyrs. Icy stalactites ranging from an Inch to three feet In thickness hu^g from the roof of the Coudersport "lee miuo” during one of the hottest hot waves of last August. According to the statements of men of good repute lu that neighborhood this phenomenon is visible from May until October every year, but tills numider additional explorations of the ice mine have *c- vcalod unwonted wonders. The scientific explanation of the phe nomenon is this: IOons ago Southern New York, Northern and Northeastern Pennsylvania were covered to a tre mendous depth by glacial deposits. Scientists have dug down nnd found far below the ground, where the earth's heat should have Increased materially over the surface tempera ture, streams of icy cold water. The subterranean flows were the liquid re mainders of the great glacier which swept across Canada, by way of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania, New York and Long Island to the Atlantic. In' the .Tournnl of the Franklin In stitute of Philadelphia, issued In Jnn- unry, 1883, Professor H. Colville Lewis presented a map showing the bound ary of (his glacial area In connection with nn exhaustive lecture which lie delivered before tho Instituto on "Tlio Grent Terminal Moraine Across Pennsylvania.” In. the beginning of bis monograph Professor Lewis says: "When Agnssia, over forty years ago, after a prolonged study of the Swiss glaciers, announced the conclusion that large portions of the continents of North America nud Europe were once covered by an Immense glacier thou sands of miles In extent and several thousands of feet In thickness, geolo gists the world over were startled at wimt then seemed au Impossible hy pothesis. "To-day there Is hardly a truth In geology more widely accepted or capa ble of more conclusive proof.” Three phenomena plainly Indicate tho progress ojf the great Northern Drift: (1) tho mantel of "till” (a de posit of stones nnd clay unstrntlficd by water), willed Isa characteristic feature of the Alleghany plateau, In Potter County, Pennsylvania, (2) tho longitu dinally scratched bowlders nowhere found except In the vicinity of gla ciers, and (3) the smoothed or striated rock surfaces, another glacial remind er. All these go to prove the correct ness of Agassiz’s -hypothesis, for simi lar phenomena aro found nt the foot of many Swiss glaciers.' .Tust as the ancient Swiss glacier carried bowlders from Mont Blanc to the Juras, so this great continental glacier carried thenr Trom Canada across Lak& Erie Into Pennsylvania. Just as tlio Greenlnud glacier now tills the valleys nnd overtops the mountains, so this larger glacier ad vanced over mountain nnd valley nliko in n continuous sheet to Its ilnnl halting place only sixty miles north of Philadelphia. At Its edge, ns ob served In Pennsylvania, this glacier must have been 800 feet thick. A hundred miles back from Its edge, 1 among the Catskills, It was nt least .3100 fpet thick, while 200 miles fur ther, In Northern Nejv England, it was r»OtX> feet thick. There _ are data, says Professor Lewis; which Indicate that the glacier did not Anally withdraw from the United States until ns recently as 10,000 to 10,000 years ago. Professor Wright finds from a study of glacial "kettle holes’’ in -Massachusetts that the accumulation of peaty matter in It, whether caused by'growth of veg etable matter or by winds and .rains, is equal to a level deposit of eight feet In thickness. At the rate of one inch In a century, which Is probably less than the true rate, according to Pro fessor Lewis, this would place the close of the glacial epoch nt less than 10,000 years ago. In Kansas similar Ice eayerns, or "kettle holes,” have been found. In the Kansas.Journal of March, 1897, Mr. J. Uitchlc describes In dctull these Icc caverns and other glacial phenom ena, and the Kansas Journal previous ly printed a similar dissertation by Professor N. M. Lowe, but none of these "kettle holes” equal in interest the Coudersport find. Its precise location Is four miles southeast of Coudersport. Four years ago William O’Neill, a mineralogist of no small knowledge nnd experience In Potter County, Pennsylvania, felt convinced that he could find a silver lo'de on the farm of John B, Dodd, sit uated In Swccdcn Valley, near Cou dersport. Consulting with the owner, who Is ft merchant and at present Postmaster of Sweeden Valley, Mr. O’Neill arranged to sink a shaft on an uncultivated hill of Dodd’s twenty- five acre farm. In case O’Neill dlscor- cred any silver or other mineral* of value Dodd was to have.a pro ratu share pf the findings. Naturally the matter was kept a pro- Trsffl .***?*% arrt orv-*«! c^htO* Hons very quietly. At first work was carr’ .d on only at night. A couple of years elapsed, and th\» country folk thereabout were quite unaware of. O’Neill’s secret belief and. persistent search. An excavation sixteen feet square was dug through broken rock nnd priinevul debris on. the hillside, anil then the work lapsed. Numerous curiosities In the form of rock* nnd bones were revealed In the 5000 square feet of earth excavated, but no argen tiferous matter was found. Last summer digging was resumed and smnll chunks of ice were found ut a level a few feet lower than the petrified bones. Imprinta of fern leaves had been revealed. The furth er Bio diggers proceeded, both later ally nnd perpendicularly, the-more ieo wns encountered under-mossy beds be en rocks. The Icy belt was found to extend for twenty rods one way nud a couple of rods crossways. At this time the thermometer nt the sur face registered elghty-slr to ninety degrees Fahrenheit In the shade. The mine was then about thirty-five feet deep, and the Atmosphere was so cold it was difficult to make much progress. O’Neill abandoned bis hunt for sliver, nnd Mr. Dodd determined to exploit his Ice mine In lieu of his silver shaft. Repented anil thorough testa were made to prove tlie frigidity of the Cou dersport ice mine. It has been demon strated to the satisfaction of all who visited the spot that,such articles ns potatoes, fruit nnd small animals when left In the cave over night nfter nn extremely hot summer day nre frozen stiff and solid as rocks. A platform has been constructed over the lower seventeen fijct, access which is had -throngh a trap door .unit via a ladder. During tlie torrkl Au gust days wiieq a visitor Btopped through tho outer door and dcsccmliMl to the platform a current of cold air coming from the bottom of the shaft would turn hla breath into dense mist, just as when one leaves a hothouse on n frosty January morning. At the northeast corner of the bot tom of the mine . there was discov ered nn aperture about six Inches square. From this point Issues tlu* Icy blast iu u steady current. It Is Impossible to hold n lighted match or n candle near this opening withont having tlie flame extinguished Imme diately. There nre other lesser fissures throughout the, mine whence come cold currents continuously. Efforts have boon mndc to ascertain the depth of the main aperture by throwing weights attached to twine and arrows, but bottom wns not reached. The best local opinion Is that two immense caverns underlie the mine at a considerable depth, that subterran ean rivers have been formed from melting glacial Ice and that some cross current cnuscs the draught of Icy air In tho Coudersport mine.—New York Herald. A W«untied TJjrer. Expecting to flrnl tlio corpse wo fol lowed tho traohs quietly for about 3011 yards, nnd thou came upon a placo where the tiger had evidently lain down nnd lost much blood. They cling to life with extraordinary tenac ity. Agnln we followed the tracks, nnd In the marshy ground the fresh pugs (footmarks) bnd water still ooz ing Into them. AVo stole In line through the trees nnd grass up to some tall reeds, when onr heart* stood still. There was a spring with an Infu riated roar, nud hounding through the cover with open mouth, his tall lnsh- Ing Ills sides, Ids whole fur bristling, the tiger charged straight at us. Hcnv- 1 ensl wimt nil unlooked for moment! I could see licforc me nothing but a shndowy form, owing to the lightning speed of his movements—a shadowy, • striped form, with two large lumps ef Are fixed upon us with iin unmanning stare—ns the Least rushed upon us. Such wns tho vision of n moment.' The trees were so thick that I dnred not shoot till ho wns close, and I dim ly recollect, even then, thinking that everythlng'lilnged upon keeping cool and killing him if possible. On he came.. I Arc'd straight,nt his cheat nt nbont fifteen ynrds distance, without moving at all, and then Instinctively— almost miraculously—I sprang to the loft ns the tiger himself sprang past ns, so close that I found his blood ■splashed over riiy gun barrels after ward: — 1- rom "The Sportswoman in India,!’ by Isabel Savory. An Overwhelming Though,. Our sun Is n third-rate sun, situ ated In the milky waj\ one ot myrlnds of stars, nnd the milky way Is Itself one of myriads of sectional star ac cumulations, for these seem to be countless, and to be spread over in finity. At some period of their exist ence each of these suus had planets circling nround it, wnlch, nfter untold nges, nre lit for some sort of human being to Inhabit them - for a compar atively brief period, after which they still continue for years to circle around without atmosphere, vegetation or in habitants, as the moon does nround our planet. There is nothing no ..'cal culated to take the conceit out of nu Individual who thinks himself an Im portant unit lu tho universe aa astron omy. It teaches that we are less, com. pared with the universe, than a col ony of ants is to ns, nnd that the dif ference between men Is less-than that between one nnt and (mother,—London Truth. 3SB Th« Kmp.ror of China Oh Cfui Hr. Bnchmnnn, of Shanghai, hi eently stated In a letter to tho G wart thnt Emperor Kwang-su ai from cancer of the throat and la ble to reign. Tho same view ts 1 by Dr. Dctboro, a French phy« and by Dr. Shcng Iflan Feng, ho whom have examined the Hmpe Metfbml Di--«-il. - .