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THE HARBOR OF DREAMS, Only a whispering gale Flutters the wings of the boat; Only a bird in the vale Lends to the silence a note Mellow, subdued, and remote; This is the twilight of peace, This is the hour of release. Free of all worry and fret. Clean of all care and regret, When like a bird in its nest Fancy lies folded to rest. This is the margin of sleep; Here let the anchor be cast j Here in forgetfulness deep, Now that the journey is past, Lower the sails from the mast. Here is the bay of content, Heaven and earth interblent; Here is the haven that lies Close to the gates of surprise; Here all like Paradise seems— Here is the harbor of dreams. —Frank D. Sherman, in the Century. IN A TIGHT PLACE. INTERVIEW with a man-eating tiger. While at Katamand, in the Nepal dis¬ trict of India, with Captain White, the American tiger and serpent destroyer, a delegation came m from a village called Aliwar, thirty miles away, to get some of the English officers to go out and de¬ stroy a man-eater who had rendered himself a terror to a large district. Hear¬ ing of the presence of the American.they came to him instead. The Government bounty on the head of a man-eater at that time was §60. The villagers offered to make up sixty additional, and to give the Captain a cow and four goats. In ten minutes he had closed a bargain, and on the afternoon of the second day we reached Aliwar. It was situated on the Scindwala River, which is one of the tributaries of the Ganges, aud within fifteen miles of the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains. The countrv was badly broken and covered with heavy forestand jungle, and the Captain pro- nounced it the finest tiger range in India. The habitants,' village contained about 700 in- and had considerable com- merce with points lower down on the stream. It was on the bank of the river strung out for half a mile, and the cleared space thus occupied was not more than a quarter of a mile wide. A day’s work on the part of the villagers would have been sufficient to clear away the cover under which the tiger approached, but not a move was made. The beast had appeared about four weeks previous, and the first intimation of his presence cost a woman her life. She was cooking at a fire on the north side of the village, not over ten feet from the door at which her husband and three children sat. when a tiger, who had come out of a ravine and ...L kept the cover of some bushes, sprang r upon , her. m. 1 his . was just at . sundown. j mu The spring of xu„ the tiger _ knocked ,,__, . the woman into the fire. Ilc it„ seized j i her i by xu the foot e x and drew her out and although hold”of her clothing was on fire, he took her shoulder, gave her body a twist to throw the weight on his back, iu and was off at a run. mu The woman _ must have u been , killed , bj the blow oi his paw as hc sprung, as she made no crv. ln t„ xu„ the four weeks i which i • i i had i elapsed t i since xu the man-eater x appeared , he , , had j* cai- l t . , a peope, . , , .. rut o seiicn an oi a ongi is- tnnceof ten miles around the people were in J great 3 terror. 1 here were half a dozen old , muskets , . owned , . Aliwar, ... and , these ., in ,,, had been , loaded and ij discharged u 3 at ,^u the ravine at .... high noon in . hopes . z to scare xu the & 1 tiger away Two nights • , x previous - to x our arrival the tiger had entered a hut through an open window, seized a boy ten years of age, and made lus exit by the door. The cnes of the boy awoke every one in the village and could be heard a long way up the ravine. Hc had not come the night before but was expected to shrnv up on his the nigh of our arrival We reached the place about two hours before sundown and as soon as the Captain got the lay of the land he made his plans. Two huts on the northern edge of the village were abandoned to us The Cap- tam and one of his men took one, and a second native and myself occupied the other. All had guns, and the plan was to watch for the tiger and pot him. The --- hut I occupied belonged to a storage merchant. It was a solid building, made of small logs and a heavy thatch roof. The ground floor, which was the only one, occupied a space of about 16x24 feet. It had one door and two windows, The door and one window were in front and the other window at the rear. Six- teen feet from the door a bamboo parti¬ tion ran across the room. In this rear room goods belonging to various parties were stowed at a fixed charge, while the family occupied the front room a* a living room. The door in the partition slid up and down in grooves. When we began our watch we fastened the door securely. The window beside it was an opening about two feet square,pro¬ tected only by a cloth curtain. The one at the rear had a woolen blind, and this was fastened on the outside. It was a hot and sultry night, and we had a jar of water and brandy in the Storeroom. 3Ehc front window com- manded R good view of the country over which the tiger was hours'I expected to ap- preach, and for two peered and listened and waited, but without re- ward. The native was stretched out on the floor and sound asleep. Weary with standing on my feet, and my throat very dry for the want of moisture, I quietly aroused my companion amt told him to watch while I refreshed myself. I was boniud the partition drinking from the jar when the native uttered a low cry of alarm and bounded in upon me and shut down the door. I had the jar yet in my hands when a heavy body dropped to the floor and I heard the snarl and saw the form of a tiger in the hut. This was what had happened: The tiger had ap¬ proached the house from the opposite direction, and creeping softly around had sprung for the opening and into the native’s face. In his alarm the man had started back and dropped his gun. while mine was leaning against the door, how¬ ever, aud that saved us. There w T e were, face to face with a full grown man-eater, with only a bamboo partition between us and his fangs, and I am frank to say that for a moment I was completely done for. The native flung himself down on his face without a word, and I knew that neither suggestions nor aid could be ex¬ pected from him. . It was a starlight night, but the small opening in the wall of the hut made the room pretty dark. I could just make out the outlines of the tiger as he moved to and fro, while his eyes were like two small lanterns. There was no floor in the hut, the ground being beaten hard instead, but I could feel a sort of jar as the tiger moved about. He made a thor¬ ough inspection of everything in the front room, and then turned his atten¬ tion to me. My revolver was in my bag¬ gage, and so I w r as entirely destitute of weapons. I had seen the native wearing a long knife during the day, and I called to him to know if he had it with him. He was crying with fear, and would not answer me. I went over to him and found the knife in a sheath at his belt, and when I had it in my hand my cour¬ age came back in a moment. About that time the tiger had discovered that the only victims in the cabin were behind the partition, and he sounded against it nght . , , opposite ., me with a force that made *> hirasel ^ W0 ul<1 ^ knocke d xt / lown u / short ord 1 f r L b “ t 1 -Tf., l m $ e ! fere ’ T 1 backed l him with the knife and from the ^ had C f b,m IIe rr WlthdreW kn f to w the + ? at f ar 1 ’ «nd of the room, growling menacingly “p fa a™ U ° ^ b which the knife had drawn, The ^ eaera situation was far from Peasant. , By knocking on the rear shut- ter and ca ling out I could make Captain White understand how matters were but °“ secon f tho "? h \} felt th ^ lfc would be ? hlS nsk ' Th(i out at the °f T? ^ lnoineQ t, and , if , he en- countered any one outside a tragedy was ? bring e ? tain about \ To^ the alarm same the thing. vffiage Even was if to I could get out of the rear window by fo f^ open the shutter the tiger had ° nly [° 8° ‘ )Ut ° the other at tb ? »me time to pick me up. I felt that I ^ P retty fair matcb f ° r lum ™ tb \ he knife in my hand , and, hoping that he would give up and leap out of the wm- dow after receiving ° another cut, ’ I de- cided , to . wait. .. _ I could ,, just . , make ,. him J out . , , lay the ^ floor near the door, , as ae f on ’ , * T staQ ding .. close , to . the ., partition .... anf was wbenbe suddenly uttered a roar of anger aud ch,lr - eC ’ IIe f truck tbe door with a great smash, and his right fore- paw struck at me througn one of he <*«■«*•• . T 1 u h f i ked j “ x 11 -x a " d n cut the , k “ n ‘ ", “'"L ln ».' brae he seat up such , a dreadful roar of - pain . and / rage xu that x 1 half ir xu the 1 village was aroused i u by xt the noise, • m lie drcw back and ran along JS the partition, l ,,„ bl J h ^^x- ; t0 „ weak spot 1 and xxu three several tunes i he reared -i up on , his u hind . w legs, , „ seized - j xu the i bamooos ; in u- his teeth, . and i shook u. i xu them _ as vou i have seen ’ ,* dog , worry at , a root , when digging at . a ^ J Sen tfae of ome wild animal . he bouuded toward ^ x ho front and s0ll!?ht to J t of the wi ow but ^tuck'ia the qUy j snarling and growling, and / dropped ^ back. He tried this thre ti me ud then gave up. As we aftmd discovered> th ere w as a huge 9liyer on the j at the t0 of the open . . * This J pointed inward. As the fa crowd hU bulk into the opening he £ d this sliver up a ^ inst the log. w a he undertook to out the s i iver diminighed the size o{ the openiog and stuck in his back n ke a dagger. The r r he raade alarmed Captain White, and he called out to know what w as the matter. “The tiger „ toe front , room aud , is in cant get out. I answered “Mhy dsn t jou snoot him. ‘7, he g^s are in the room with him. W hen \ had fairly explained the situa- . , advised that I be on my guard antl r f ad y to use the aa<1 that jt wouid Dot f fc make a “- v uew move until we had daylight to aid us. I did not know at that time that the tiger could out where , he . I not Sf came in, or could kave forced the rear shutters and f 3Ca P ed lrom tnt ‘ “ ut ‘ The beast slunk into a aml la * the «; for a time, " himn S and ? rowlm ^ T hen tned tke a ? ain » and ‘ when he f ound ums d f a prisoner, he sat up on end a and howled , without fear. I believe I could have then driveu him about with a stick. As the tiger lost his ferocity the na- tive with me regained his courage, and by and by he got up and found a heavy stick among the bales of goods and stood ready to assist me in beating off any new attack. While the entire village was awake, no one moved out of his house, and all waited for the coming of daylight. At intervals of fifteeu minutes Captain White sang out to us to know if we were all right, and about an hour be- fore daylight he warned me that the beast would no doubt fly into a fury with the first signs of day. From mid- bight to 2 o’clock the tiger was not quiet over five minutes at a time. He would sit and snarl and whine and lick his wounded paws for a time, and then go circling around the room and growling in a way to make me shiver. As he passed along the partition, rubbing his head against it, his eyes had a glint in them which haunted me for months afterward. Upon the approach of daybreak the man-eater began to grow more restless. It was time for him to be off to his lair, but he was a prisoner. Just as the first faint light came he tried the window again, and his efforts to get out were so determined that I thought he would suc¬ ceed. When he finally drew back he was ripe for mischief. We could make him out plainly now, and as he dropped back to the fioor the native gasped out: “By my life, Sahib, he is the largest tiger in all India.” I thought so, too, and subsequent measurements astonished everybody. In most cases the man-eater is an old beast, with most of his teeth gone. This tiger was full grown, not over five years old, and every tooth was perfect. When he dropped to the floor he spit like a mad cat, wheeled with a snarl, and at his second jump he struck the partition like a battering ram. He not only struck it, but he stood on his hind legs and pulled and shook, and it must have gone down had we not attacked him. The native dealt one of his paws a terrific blow with the stick, and I cut half way through the other witlf a blow of the knife. The beast let go and fell back. It was now broad day, and we could see him plainly. A photograph of his head and face wculd make a woman shiver. He backed off, laid his ears flat to his head, showed every tooth, and his eyes wandered up and down the partition looking for a weak spot I expected a rush, but he was not quite ready. He made three circles of the room, and then, springing like a flash, he fastened to the bamboos again. If we had not been ready the partition could not have held him more than a minute. He used teeth and claws, and the whole hut was shaken with his exertions. I got in a savage cut on his hind leg, and stabbed him in the shoulder, and the native hit him an awful whack on the nose. When he let go this time he was done for. He retreated to a corner and howled and whined like a puppy, and Captain White now called out to know the situation. I explained that the tiger could not get out, as I could now see the sliver which obstructed, and he opened the rear shut¬ ter and passed me in a rifle. When I took aim at the tiger’s head he was moaning and shivering and whimpering, and I almost felt ashamed to shoot him. Not knowing whether the dead man- eater had a mate or not we scoured the jungles for his lair, and found it in the ravine not more than half a mile away. He had not devoured any of his victims at the spot where he rested, but all had been eaten within a radius of a few rods. From what we could discover it was con¬ cluded that he was a “solitary,” and as the village suffered no more, this must have been the case. In removing the skin we found a spot on the shoulder where the beast had been severely cut with a knife. The slash was fully four inches long and quite deep, and the hair had not grown out to cover scar. Ninety- nine chances out of a hundred the native who had inflicted the cut had been eaten, —New York Sun. Curing Bow Leg?. Mrs. Bassett had twins, three-vear-old boys, who were bow legged. She con¬ sulted a doctor and asked if she must put their legs in irons. “Irons!” shouted the doctor. “Fid¬ dlesticks! Take off their shoes and stockings. Their muscles have probably been cramped aud weakened already and irons will only increase the trouble. Oil with their shoes.” Another suggestion of the doctor was to let the boys w r alk up hill, and w r hen they could not be out of doors, to have an inclined plane arranged in the house for them to practice on. In the effort to walk up a steep incline one naturally throws the feet outward. After some months’ treatment of this sort the boys’ legs straightened and their muscles grew strong. It was learned by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil¬ dren that a baby girl just beginning to walk was toddling around in her little bare feet, aud a committee visited the mother. “But does your baby actually go bare¬ foot, too?” asked one of the visitors. “Yes. She has never worn a shoe in her life. When she goes out for an air¬ ing she wears warm woolen socks, for until she can walk she cannot, of course, take sufficient exercise to keep her feet warm. But in the house she is as bare¬ footed as the boys. She is just begin¬ ning to get on her feet, and her little bare toes are almost as useful to her as fingers. The\ r have saved her many a fall. One of the members of the committee was the wife of a shoe dealer; she sat aghast. “But do you never intend to have your children wear shoes?” she asked. “Oh, yes, when J feel quite sure that the muscles of their feet and ankles are strong enough to endure them, but the moment they begin to indulge in that hateful abomination of toeingiu, off they come again until the difficulty is reme¬ died.” The society decided not to interfere, and the campaign against bow legged ness continues.— Home Maker. The man who never smiles is a centn of gravity.— Jlochester PoU-Krprcst. BREAKING SAVAGE BRUTES FORCE, BUT NOT CRUELTY. NECES¬ SARY TO THEIR SUBJECTION. Patience, a Cool Head and Quick Per¬ ception Required—Mastering an Elephant by “Quartering,” Him. “Every animal, unless deficient in some cf its organs, is capable of being trained to a greater or less degree,” said Hermann Reiche, head of the firm of ani¬ mal importers. “Of course, ->n ele¬ phant could not be taught to fly, nor a fish to jump rope out of water, simply because they are not built that way. The essential traits in a trainer are patience, cool head and a quick perception. lie must be ever ready to detect and coun¬ teract any fault in his pupil, and to tn- courage it by proper means to do as he desires. Oftentimes the least show of impatience will undo , ,, the work , of , days , or even months. The only true way of breaking or training a savage animal, or, indeed, any animal for that matter is by force This does not exclude kindness nor does it admit of cruelty. Only such as are ignorant of the true methods of training apply uncalled for and unneces- sary cruelty. It is necessary as a rule, even among our domestic animals to thoroughly subdue them and prove the superiority of man over their species be- fore proceeding to train them. When once fully and properly subjected, the pupil becomes tractable, and the trainer need fear no rebellion or attack whi e giving lessons, for it is at that tune that both the minds of pupil and teacher should be centered wholly in the study to be mastered. “Fetter any animal, so as to render it powerless, and forever after it will ac¬ knowledge you its master. If you throw a noose over the head of a lion atld draw him up to the bars of the cage, and fas¬ ten him with ropes and chains so that he is quite harmless, enter the cage, ap¬ proach him fearlessly, caress him until he ceases to struggle or show any resist¬ ance, and he will be so thoroughly im¬ pressed by your power that even after his release he will cringe before you like a whipped cur.” “Is it true that the human eye has any power to subdue the large cat animals?” queried the reporter. for Mr. Reiche laughed quietly a mo- ment and said: “Well, I don't take a great deal of stock in that old fable. I have seen a good many lions,some pretty wild ones, too. but there wasp t one among them all that wouldn’t have snatched your powerful, subduing eye right out of your head, and probably have taken half your head with it, if yni had stared at him from a point within reach of his claws. No; that’s an cx- ploded idea, but there are some people who actually believe in it, nevertheless. Whenever I have to stare at a lion or a tiger, I want plenty of room and a stout club. The latter has far more subduing power than the human eye.” 4 (. How about elephants? It is gener- ally believed that these great brutes are mastered solely by kindness. “No; they are mastered as all other animals are, by force. lake any eie- phant, no matter how wicked and vicious he may be; shackle him fore and aft by means of heavy straps or chains; fasten his hind feet to a stake or to a stone wall; then apply a block and fall to his fore- legs until the animal is brought to his knees. It kept m this position a few mmmes he will generally roll on ms side If he does not do so he must be rolled over by force A short tune m this po- sirion wul suffice to conquer him. Should he, however show signs o mper on being released, a second dose, with a ju- dicious application of moral suasion m the shape of rawhide and steel hook will make him as gentle as a lamb. So great is an elephants tear of bein g ‘quartered, as tins process is called tha for years after ff has been applied he will lie down of his own accord as ropes are attached to his feet, or he is m any way reminded of his former iesson The same treatment will work equally well with a vicious horse, or even that wildest of all auimals, a zebra. When propeny cast, or thrown, either of them wiU become pwfeetly gentle and will submit quietly to further handling. The quickest and safest ivay to cast or throw is to tie up the near fare foot, either by applying a strap around the pastern, drawing the foot up aad making fast at the surcingle, or by drawing thc foot up under the elbow and making fast to the arm by a turn of the strap. A long rope, having been previously attach id to the halter, is passed through a ring on the off side of the surcingle, brought forward, and held by the man standing in front rf the animal. A steady pull on this rope will draw the horse's head around ! to the off side and throw his body out of balance. This wi*d cause him to hop to one side, but his fettered and cramped condition will soon bring him down to j his left knee, and from there, if the j strain on the halter rope is continued, down on his near side. To insure the horse's permanent submission it may be necessary to repeat the casting several j times until the animal allows himself to i be handled all over while down, and even when released.” “Have you ever trained an v horses * I vourself, Mr. Reiche!” “Oh, yes; and zebras, too. In 1885 I : trained a four-year-old zebra that was so vicious that he could no be touched by any one. I trained him in six lessons of about an hour each, and when I was through with him he would follow me all over, lie down at the word of command, and go in harness as gently and kindly as e pet pony.” ; “The breaking oi' animals is still J aoeording to the rules laid down turies ago, although of late years rapirj] mard progress has been made in the with which the result is obtained, a sidered instance, quite whereas satisfactory it was formerly to perfect! e] saddle horse in a year or even two y e J a good horse can now be educated ia 1 1 than sis months./’ —New York Sin. Pineapple Jmce for Diphtheria, Medical science has long sought f 0l sovereign remedy for the scourge childhood, diphtheria, yet the colo: people of Louisiana, and perhaps other localities in the South, have | years known and used a cure which is, markable for its simplicity. It is aothii pj more nor less than the juice of the apple. remedy is not mine,” J “The said a tlernau when interviewed; “it has A iJ used ,. / es in the sw children! gouth Qr . One of my J down with diphth eria, and was in a J ica , condition . An oid colored ma J h( , ard of the cage asked if we had ^ pineapple * juice . We tried it and J ld * welL j have known it tri frij hund dg of cases . I have told my ] about it whenever i heard of a case never knew it t0 fail. You get a I ^ ineapple > squeez e out the juice, and] \ Qt gwallow it . Xhe juice cut] go corrosive a nature that it will di | htheric mU cus, and if vouwillJ 7 j th ? fruit before it is ripe and „ iv( : u j ce to a perS on whose throat is wel makes t he mucous membranes of I throat sore, Among those who 1 i tried the cure on my recommendatij may mention Francis J. Kennett, Board of Trade man, whose child were all down with diphtheria andw cured by this remedy.” Mr. Kennett confirmed this statemt — Chicago Tribune. Woes of an Undertaker. “I have a friend in Pittsburg wi an undertaker,” said the Gen j come diau, Gus' Williams, “and he: me j ic j s utterly miserable and t he W ould never have entered thebusia had he known what to expect, WW last saw him I asked him how busii was. I always ask any man that. ] sa j d b was pretty fair and picking! The Coroner, he said, had advised J j buy out his partner and he would } lim ad of tbe coun ty burials. business] When' d j d g,^ con trol of the whole Coroner came around and wanted a ‘j a cen tage on all bodies he buried at county’s expense. Of course he had, gj ve U p. But what worries him mod his position socially. He says if he I a friend whose wife is sick he can’ll him how she is getting along, for it does hls friend wiU think he 1S i ook after trade. His brother is a cigar dei aud caa drum up customers legitimat __ tha t is, he can go to a man and I Him he can sell him a cheaper and bet cigar than any one else. The undertaj say3 he can't approach a man uiftl a° to bury him cheaper and better than! one else, so there he is. Doyoukno* never happened to look at an until j taker’s business in that way?”— Chit j Herald. -— - -- Goldfish Have Fun With the Turt Fighes are not ordinariJ sd be gifted with any great amount of telli bllt ^incident which, | | curred in a Washington * home a few d £ g that fche ha ve a keen se of h mor aad are fond of J actical \ j . 0 ne of the S omeR o{ J : house in question has for pets a mud turtIe and 8everaI goldfishes. 1 turtltt is frcqueil tly placed in the ri with the T he other day J he I : floati ou thc surfacc of he wa asl ‘ and with his four , \ out . Th e a'trick ldfigh saw ia thig chatice k on Mr. Turtle, and, d tti » their heads together > a j | minut the divide(] in four gro and, seizing & h,s feet in their moat d d h to the bottom of the tal VV hen awakened _ A bv , , his . sudden ,, imin . „ „„„ hc had c0n5iderable Jifficult( shaki Mmse lf free from his torment. Tierc CMnot the hte8t doub , „ = , he fisbes bad mmc m(J3 s of commual( A ing their ideas to each other, for it plain to those who observed the incida that the trick was the result of preccl j certed action. — Washington Critic. Pussy and the Porker. ^ Dorado Springs (Mo.) s P 01K| cnt tells of a singular between a Berkshire pig and a Doth animals fed lrom the same eacn aac | appeared other. During to take delight the winter, in *he kitten’s feet got cold, kitty WO! bunt l°ud up piggy, now and then giving meow, upon hearing which P or ber would answer with a gT UQ t. Pussy, in finding its wou ^d take the nearest route for thc back, generally climbing up its snout -_ During cold nights kitty slept on P*S s back, and in the morning found in the same convenient place L ° *be barn, about a furlong w ^ere amusing puss caught sight mice. to It piggy was, wadij indefij an see through deep snow with the cat col M turne d in) on its back, evidently as *°riable as a Queen in her carriage af f° ur - Globe-Democrat. of The reducing idea has cows’ originated milk in Switzerlsj powrij to a dry as being better for transportation f* superior to condensed milk.