Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1910 — TIGER AND SOME ORCHIDS. [ARTICLE]

TIGER AND SOME ORCHIDS.

Tourists from South America Bring Striped Brnnty pg a Pet. Bringing a South American tiger, two months old; two wild turkeys and about 3,600 orchild bulbs, George Freeman and John Murphy, both of Holyoke, Mass., returned yesterday on the Altai, of the Hamburg-Amerlcan line’s Atlas service, from a three months’ trip in Colombia and Venezuela, the New York Herald says. The tiger, about the size of a domestic cat, was imprisoned in a small wooden btfX, the top and front of which were open except for a wire screen. He was not very amiable when taken from the steamer yesterday morning, the members of the crew having amused themselves during the voyage by poking the litle fellow with sticks In order to make him take notice of them. The striped beauty did not like to be poked, and In his angler would push his claw through the wife netting In his endeavor to get at this amused ones. He did get one of them and scratched the" man, inflicting n painful gash. , Mr. Murphy said, however, the abl--mal was quite playful if handled right, and that he and Mr. Freeman had purchased the cub for a friend In Massachusetts who wanted something new for his children. While-they-were on the pier at Savevilla, Mr. Freeman laughingly remarked, tflo youngster 'broke the wire screen, and after running along the pier, jumped into the river. Two natives went Into the water. They succeeded in catching hold of a wire that was attached to the collar around the tiger’s neck and pulled him ashore. - Two Points of View. “Good morning, Jones!” “Good morning. Brown! Any news to-day?” “Why, yes. You know my brother who works at the bank? Well r he went to business the other day and found £I,OOO on the counter. And what do you think he did? Stole the money and tripped off to Canada. And when the news reached my father It broke the old man’s heart.” “That’s funny! You know, my brother works at a bank, too, and when he went to business the other morning he found £I,OOO. And what do you think be did?” “What—stole it?” “No; he took it straight to the manager’s office. And when the news rtwbed my father, do you know, K broke the old man’s heart!”—London Telegraph.