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THE BASIN PROGRESS OVERCOME BY SMOKE. Mbe Duals of Fighting Fob -Cellar Published at Basin, Jefferson Cou Fires New York.nty. Montana, every Saturday. In the series of article; un the New York Fere Department a ¡ilea nitif in ; St Nicholas, Mr. ('harles T. 11111 has EDITOR. contributed one on - The Risks of H. L. HUGHES FRUIT CROP WORTH $20.000.000. Yield in Mili114111111.1 Fiatinantedi Wore Valuable Them Wheat. The fruit crop of Missouri this .year Is roughly estimated to be worth CO. - 000.000, and .many who ought W know what they are talking about say these figures are too low, says a EIL Louis dispatch. The Importance of this crop may be better understood when it is stated that it Is worth more than the wheat crops of missouri and III.nois combined, with the cotton crop of Mis- souri thrown In for good measure_ Behind the Times. George L. Ticknor. who has seen little of eivillzation for SO years. eanh down from the mountains to Winsted. Conn.. the other day to learn who had been elected president last November_ After being told he returned to his cabin among the rocks. Before he went to the war he was in love and when he returned his sweetheart had either gone away or mar- ried. Then he went into the woods and built the cabin, where he has since lived_ FOR CYCLING AND RIDING. New minim Garments for Me. th. Will Be lAorn Thin rear. Fashion demands appropriate Melt- ing nowadays for each outdoor sport, and frowns at the shifts which are sometimes made. For the man who rides a bicycle a cycling salt is tmpent- tive, and for the equestrian a riding suit is just as necessary, and well - dressed men are na particular as to the PROPICE DRESS Pos efri.1.10. cut and material of their garments as they are with ditir clothes for evening dress. et In cycling costume; Scotch goods is pronounced plaids are the favorites, as they were last year. liornespuns are much worn, and worsteds are more popular than last year. Bedford eords, Chipping Sortons and whipcords *re also seen. In the Illustration front the Sartorial Act Journal's fashion plate a bicycling suit of plaid homespun is shown. The «tat is a dorm -fitting. three -seam sack. The fronts close with three button, and are considera- bly cut away below the lowest to fa- cilitate mounting. Tite beeches are only moderately full. The eculT.n which was attached to the cud last year, Is no longer worn, but the etsde are fastened below - the knee with a gar- ter and buckles. These should go over the stockings, allowing the gaiter to be seen. The bag at the knees should be slight. Hand knit mocking% are pre- ferred. The plaida have given plain to small stripes or solid colors In ribbed hose. The cycling cap must be of the same material as the coat. Melton is 'tile favorite material for the riding cont. It is the regular nine -- button cutaway, except that the waist length averages 25% inches and the full length 31 or 32 inches. The mil is LADS? ItIDISO SUIT. a Fireman's Life.\ - Mr. HUI says: At a subeellar tire that ot . cured one night a few yeani ago, on lower Broadway, I saw over a dozen men laid out on the sidewalk, overcome by the smoke. A gruesome sight_ it was, too, with the den figures of the ambeiLente surgeons, lanterns in hand, working over them, and Um thick innote for a Inckground. Them were brave fellows who had daahed in with the lines of hose, only to be dragged out afterwards by their comrades, nearly suffocated by the thick entitle smoke that poured In ' volu.mes from every opening in the basement. Over one binaire ‚1 anti tine feet of \dead -lights,\ or grating. over the sidewalk had to be broken in that night before the cellars were relieved sullkiently of the smoke with which they were charged, to allow the men to go In and extinguish the tire. This re - [mitred the combined work of the crews of five book -and -ladder companies, who • broke In the iron -work with the butt ends.of their axee—the hardest kind of work_ But the newspapers the follow- ing morning merely gave this tire a ten or twelve -line notice, mentioning the location and the estimated lees, and ladding that \it was a severe fire to subdue.\ No word of the punishment ' and nufrering the men were forced to face before this fire was under control; no mention of the MIMI after dash into the cellar with the heavy line of hose, only to be driven back to the street by the emote, or to be dragged ont afterwards nearly unconscious: nor the , Mud after thud with the heavy axe' on the thick iren grating that re - glared twenty or thirty blows before any impression could be made on it. This was muscle -straining, lung -tax- ing work that the average man hag to (see only once in a Lifetime; but the firemen in a large city have It always before Plena, and earli tep on the : telegraph may mean the signal to summon them to a task that requiter , the utrueiát strength and nerve. I An inipremion preyakne tam ineeeta Adaptability or Animals. ; l and other . creature are mo co -related ' ii with their foot' that they can seareels exist unless the ‚pedal food seemiug- ; e essential to them is ready to hand, 1 slays lieelunie Monthly. This is be- I lieved troe not only of food, but of their habite In general. The yucca anti : the yuma moth are 'to closely eon - Meted that it does mein na irietch la abeautety dependent on the other—and I one might well ask a lust would the : chimney swallow d.) without chhuneys In width to Meld its neeta—or cherry or peach tree gum n itis which to build_ ' deem_ But lest a-s the vegetarian would have to abandon biz principle« where there was nothing Ln the icy region but musk ox and walrus to feed on, so animal nature generally has the lit- etinet or preservation to take to that *Isiah nee ininee to Mend when fa- vorite remennes fail_ 'Fite chihnney swallow built its nest minewhere be- fore the white man conetructed chim- ney**. The potato beetle had Its bot en ,ne on the plains wee before it oaer Miner' a potato. and the writer bas wan the comairen elm I lt-at Matte feeding mica - Mouldy in the innuntains of North ; Carolina on a* mes of skull-eap— R net -tiara tousling appanmtly no other Mane in kw -alines where elan were aleent. In Germantown gardens balfatarved beta take to grapes turd rimpleeriers. In the mine- lot -alley the eimunein mein has hard time*. There lied been no ruiu from the fourth of July to the eleventh of heterber, and, everything Miming beentne parehed lone ERbee. In- sects that Intl lived init green food had not inenemed. 'The ebbing took to green sped* and fruits. The apples on the oretrani Mein were dug out as if by mice. An Anicrican golden irippin, with a heavy erne, prunented a rantork- able apiantrame with .what *timid be apple.' hangete on the trees like Can- ty wensie elwele. In'brief. no Creature would ignore the promptinge of na- ture. It will change its habite when neemaity demande. ametewlutt broader and shorter. and there are hlp pockets covered with a flap. The tee le Wide single-breasted and may be with or without a collar, as the wearer chimita. It cloths with live or nix buttons and has flaps on the pockets. Riding breechert are loose, rut much as they were last year, except that they are even more pear ‚demon They have box mete emit inuatione. Leggings mend be worn, and they may be either of hog cloth or of leather. litagellab in the Canto Doom. \Who are them students with books under their arms?\ \They are Wang up the law.\ \And what's the old man in a gown back of e that beneh iisilngr \Ohr he% laying it clowa.\—NeW Turn Presto. One tin t he Doctor. A well -know u known physician telly a good story on himself. Ile had just anivel ks town, and not feeling well had left hie grip at the hotel and started nut for s *troll about nine o'clock, weaning his travelling cep, and wins tile eint well >Memel up. In the shadow ‚toed a ragged man. \Look here, Writer.\ mid he. \I haven't had anything to eat to -night. can't yeas help A fellow?\ \Strange. - replied the doctor, ,clap- ping hint on the 'Moulder. 'I haven't had s morsel either, and do not know where I will get my mapper\ The tone of Ms voice hail such a pathetic ring that the ragged man was touched. \Cheer up, old fellow,\ he gall; \Sick to me mel I will &Mewl to It that you get a geed riquere menl.\ The pee...teem wittl now batched, and invited hie new made friend into the hest neentirant in town Where the two ant down together and ate a lime supper. 0.\ said Toni Moran, \adven- ture& dealt seem to come my way. My experiences in that line would hardly be worthy of men- tkni, but somehow Brother Bob him a genuine talent for tumbling litto all manner of adventuress. Brother Bob bas had quite a number of pretty Mine calls In the wild regions in which we have traveled, but be has plenty of grit and has always been able to pull through. „ • 'f' iiMoran Is hwas grad- uatt'd in the Comátock school of mining years ago and who has since had much experience in Mexico, Australia ' India and other gold -producing countries. \It is singular that you should lufve been able to travel through so many strange countriee without a few hair- breadth eeteapin or some other experi- ences worthy of being related,\ mid one of the old Comstock friends who were questioning Toni in regard to his trav- els in foreign lands. \Did you never run against a tiger while in India?\ \Tiger said Tom, with a laugh. \Well yes, I've run against the 'tigers' of nearly every country on the two sides of the globe.\ \I am speaking now of the real, roar- ing, rainping Bengal tiger—the striped beast of the jungle,\ said the. Coen- stoeker. \I saw quite a number - nth -Li while in India and went after the _animals on regular hunts. I killed a few while I wax there, In order to get some good skins.\ \Never got into -close quarters with oiler • \Wen- not very; but Brother Bob had rather a bad bout with a big hill timeit up In Nepani.\ \Did Bob get avvay with the tiger?\ \Yes Itruther Rob is true grit; the tiger was killed.\ \As you had no adventures of your own during your tratels, Tone\ said a Comstoeker, \suppose you give us the story of Bob's tiger fight.\ \I nin sorry Brother Bob la not here to tell you about hie battle with 'Mad- ' men out after the killer. Often the gwallas would be able to point out the patch of jungle to which the tiger had retired after making the kill and feast- ing hie till. \It WIle here in this foothill region that Brother Bob had hie adventure with a trig hill tiger. A eraieka.rry,' a native expert hunter, who keeps him- self well posted in regard to the move inmate of game and manages hunts for both British and rich natives, one day came to our camp and proposed to give tie some sport. He said that as neither the Intense nor the native princes were hunting at that mason bust -teem was very sleek with him. He offered for a very reasonable price to bring out his people end heat through a Meth of jun- gle which he knew to be alive with all kinds of game. As a part of the bargain Brother Bob and I were to kill as many wild hems, deer and the like as we could knock over, the ehekarry saying his people mere all very hungry for meat. \The particular piece of jungle se- lected by ,tue old game expert to. be beaten through lay between the forks of two large streams with high anil steep banks. A more favorably situ- ated jungle for sport could not have been found. As Bob and I would ela- tion ourselves near the junction of the two streams nothing could pates that - way e ;Meet being -mete -Weeteok stet- tions about fifty yards apart at a point where the jungle became somewhat thin and open, earth thrusting Into the ground a leafy branch ot param to serve as a screeti or blind. After a long wait we heard faintly in the distance the sound of the tom toms and the shouts of the beaters as they advanced Into the jungle. \presently we heard a rustling upon the stray leaven In front, and a troop of monkeys, loudly chattering their alarm, came hopping out of Use demo jungle. \As yet tve had seen no deer or other desirable gaine, but the beaters were still far away. Taking a peep from be- hind my screen, I was somewhat sur - \THE TIGER SPRANG UPON BROTHER BOB\ ante Stripes,' but as he is not with us this peeping. I will eve you a little sketch of the affair am I saw it. • \Brother Itoh ami I were up on the -Nepant frontier, headed for the lower elopes of the Himalayas. \In place of the ducks, Cranes. (Mote and pelicans of the lagoons .along the lowland course of tim Kotisee we now began tohee quail, partridges, pea fowl, floris -nn and other upland birds. In planet hidden In patchee of denote jangle and overgrown with yhtes and (Teepee( were dilapidated temples indicating that tbe whole eenuttry had at some time been inhabited, though In the preet- ent age only a few scattered village' are to be [omen (healthc ot the villages there are here end theta huts inhabited by the Mwaline or cowherd caste, and these huh; of Mc men of the cattle sta. lion« are often in the hen -ri of 'theme- impeutt rable stretehemet jungle. \While in this beautiful region our guns kept us well supplied wit hi all kinds of mime, anti we fine and last killed ninny wolves, jackals, leoparde and about a dozen tigent, great and «mall. The British and wealthy na- tive« almost always 'toe eleptuinte In hunting name, annetimeei having fifty or \ ea of th e hug e 1.001>ttS in line; but as we were not In poeition to Com- mand a supply tif enema we did our work me foie, hirbig ii wrore or more of ~Ike, with loin toms, tiftnersekere end berna to beat through small pitches of jungle. At first We MOUnted ouraelves on 'nip -bane' bamboo platform«, at the point where we expected the game to appear, but after wc had learned vine - thing of the nature and wept of the tiger we sikh not blether with plat fonts, buf took our '-ha Deys on the grinned. eThe menthe of Ut. reek. were al- ways ready to tiring use news of a tiger having killed one ‚if their rattle, and when we get news of a we were prised to see a large female tiger come gliding out ot the Hite* jungle, crouch- ing Mom to the ground as she paused into the open.. She was on Brother Bob's side of the jungle and was mov- ing straight toward Mtn, apparently more concerned about the commotion I hind tier than afraid of danger in, nt_ Bob had also men the tiger and had dropped to OOP knee behind his screen and leveled his rifle. Every mo - ;neat I expected to heir the report of Bob's gun, tia the tiger was within ten yenta of hie blind and «ale moving slowly. \Some noise in the jungle frightened the skulk - nor tweet and, after a quick baekward glance, it blindly bounded forward. At the second bound the tiger landed almost on top of Bob. as he (notated behind Ine.fragile \Kamm. In- stantly he fired, thrusting his ride at the beast without aim, Inoittided by the shot, the tiger uttered a howl of rime, dashed nettle the screen end *truck Itoh a blow with a fore paw that sent his gam dying and lett him stretched sense - hem ow hie back. \I rushed forward at mice to Bob's nerdistance. As I ran the infuriated beeet throng herself upon Itoh and be- gan tearing nt tem with her teeth. Hearing n sound as of (marking bolus, I thought every rib in poor Bob's body was being eruebed. As I feared to me my rifle I threw It down and drew my revolver. My smile, as I rushed on the tiger, camel het to matte tenting at Bob and fix her eyes upon me.. Itte ahe Mill retained her position aerom Belie breaat while showing her teeth and marling at mee \1 thought tt protinble that «he was ace badly wounded AA not to be aide to rim upon her legs and so derided to take her at Mote quarters and make sure ot her. With my pistol in my right hand and in my lett • king -bladed knife, sharp as a - - .a — rmor, 1 crept for:wet 1. I advaneed crouched almost upon my kneed', as the tier's retention arms; poor Bob was such that I feared to tire with a down- ward range. \1 had got up within ten feet of the tiger when elm suddenly left Bob and leaped at me. The charge of the beast was, a surprise, but by a backward inove I avoided her leap and as She Mimed fired my pistol into her neck, at the same moment plunging the knife Into her stele up to the hilt She fell and did not move from rhere she land- ed, the pistol shot having broken her neck. \Seeing Um tiger was in no death struggles I turned my attention to Monier Bob, who was still etretched unconscious upon tite ground. The beaters were fast approttelting through the jungle with great uproar and thumping of tom toms, wild hogs in (Moved, both blitek and gray, were rushing by, spotted deer were charging' past and the whole jungle seemed alive with game of all kinds, some droves of wild pigs almost running over me. \I was just Stooping over Bob when a huge male tiger bceinded out of the Mingle and halted within ten feet of where I stood. I had my pistol upon him in an instant, and as his head was so held that a bullet would not glances from his ekull I took good aim and gave him a @ht between the eyes that brought him down as dead as though he had netm a sheep or an ox. Seeing that the shot had killed the tiger I ran down to the river, tilled my hat with water and went to work to try to rte More Bob's ems«. Ire had been badly stunned and was breathing heavily, but I saw he had no bad wounds and tenon had the satisfaction to see him open trie mass, when it was not long before his wit!' returned end he was able to sit up. The paw of the titer had struck him on the eitio_ot the head and knocked hint se-use -lees, hut had only ‚nightly wound- ed isis scalp. The weight of the tiger on his chest had almost stopped Ins breath . . and he felt some internal soreness. We foamed that his life had been saved by a lucky chance. In a game bag he hail slung to ht.; side were aome town and a pea fowl or two, and it was these the tiger had seized upon and erunebed Lii her blind rage, not Bob's \Bob was much astonished and be- wildered when he saw two dead Mom, stretched nut alongedde of him. I told him that he had gone into a »tart of tie- linurn of rage and killed them both, and for a time he believed my story. He said he had an indistinct recollection of having done a good dell or fighting. We found that his shot bad plowed through the niuselea of the female tig- er's left shoulder, only slightly wound- ing her, but probably paralyzing her left fore leg. \When the old shekarry mine up with Ma crowd of beaters he was at finet much illeappointed that we had killed no deer or wild pigs. 'Al», sahibs,' cried. he, 'no Meat —no meet!' Ile, how- ever, noon (sheered up amid Mot great credit to himself for haying said there were tigers in the jungle. After the tigers were nitinned we went down to the ritjer and killed for the old fellow mete a lot of pima We were well min- ded with our prizes, the skim of the two tiger's. Tit@ male metteured, as he lay on the ground, eleven feot two Melee from Up to tip and the female ten feet founinehes. \The were unusually large hill tig- ers, which are of heavier build than the timers of the valleys, but average lets In length. To kill tigers with a pis- tol was a feat before Whetted of on the frontier, and obtained for us great credit 'for nerve, but give a tiger a square allot in the head and he will go down like a bullock. Many tigers are killed by single shots from rifles, ‚‚ut the man who goes after tigers on toot must have a considerable amount of nerve. I could al ways bet on the nerve of Brotnes Bob.\ • - Aluminum. Alumlitum, the new metal whkh 11 is believed le deettned to jelly an Lin. portant para in tin arts from tilla Unie on, Is found its many substances, widely diffused through nature. The common red clay, which exists every- where in this country, at a depth of 3 or 4 feet, contn.lus it in large quanta. tien mid It is also preemie in state, fektspar and other minerada. The metal was given its name, in 1812, by Sir Humphrey Davy, who suspected the existence of the metal in certain compounds, but falkd to Isolate It. It was Bret Sweated by Whitler, M 1828, who' obtained file metal In small quantities. In 1855 a French chemiet, M. Deanne aletnenetnited that the metal could be prepared in large mum - titles for commercial use. It has been ,prepared from Greenland myellte, and from the bauxite abountle the emit:horn pa.rt of France. Since 1800 the metal has been produced in commercial muintltlea by the employ- ment of electricity in its separation, but the processes, though much cheaper than formerly. are ein somewhat ex• penman, though it Is exported the ex- periments now being made will rendel ainntlaum ;to cheep that It ean be used for any purpose to which its nature is adapteh Ilie lilted in Europe. Naltkenhoff of Geneva nays there are 811, , ,qo blind persons In Europe, um* ly front fever'', and that 75 per mat would have kept their eight had then been properly treated.
