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sprang aside into the forest and disappeared. 
1 he position was worse than ever. It was fairly 
obvious the tiger was not touched, and, to make 
matters worse, the exploded cartridge jammed, 
and he had to get out his knife to extract it, all 
the while ignorant of where the tiger was, or 
whether it would spring out on him from the 
undergrowth. Having reloaded his rifle, he pro¬ 
ceeded along the zigzag path for about 300 yards, 
very much on the alert, when, on coming round 
a sharp bend, he again saw the tiger crouching 
and ready to spring about thirty yards ahead. 
There was no time to lose, so he took aim and 
fired, the bullet hitting the tiger in the breast 
and passing right through its body, broke one of 
its hind legs. The tiger, badly wounded as it 
was, made off into the forest, and the Cossack 
hurriedly returned to the hut, quite overcome by 
his terrifying experience. Next day his com¬ 
panion found the tiger in the forest, still alive, 
but unable to move, and gave it the coup de 
grace. It is curious to note that after the Cos¬ 
sack’s first encounter with the tiger it ran right 
round behind him, as was afterward traced in 
the snow., before going in the path again. 
The Cossack’s adventure, thus proving beyond 
doubt the presence of tigers in the surrounding 
forest, so alarmed the coolies that they declined 
to work any more till the neighborhood had 
been cleared of them. Now, it was usual in such 
emergencies to apply to the nearest Russian gar¬ 
rison for the sharpshooting companies attached 
to.each regiment, but, the Russo-Japanese war 
being then in progress, the soldiers were other¬ 
wise employed, so an appeal was made to the 
sportsmen in Habarovsk, imploring them to come 
to the aid of the wood cutters. A good party 
was made up in response, which, after a long 
hunt in the snow, managed to bag another tiger. 
A third which was known to be in the neigh¬ 
borhood escaped for the time being, but was 
afterward shot by the Cossacks. They proved 
to be a family, two parents and a three parts 
grown cub, which latter gave the Cossack his 
exciting experience. A tiger standing in the 
snow is said to be a very terrifying object, es¬ 
pecially as they are always hunted on foot, the 
surrounding snow increasing their apparent size, 
which in any case is probably rather bigger than 
that of an Indian tiger on measurement, while 
their long hair and thick under wool make them 
appear a good deal larger.—The Asian. 
INSECTS DAMAGING FORESTS. 
Investigations of insects damaging forests have 
progressed in a satisfactory manner in co-opera¬ 
tion with the Forest Service of the Department 
of Agriculture. Numerous problems have been 
studied and a large store of general informa- 
tion. upon forest insects has been accumulated. 
Field work has been conducted from stations 
in West Virginia, North Carolina, South Dakota, 
Idaho, Washington and California, the locations 
of the stations being determined by the advan¬ 
tages offered at the points selected for the study 
of some special problem or problems. 
A special investigation was carried on in re¬ 
gard to the Black Hills beetle, which has ex¬ 
tensively ravaged the forests in Colorado, and 
the results prove to be in the highest degree 
satisfactory and have been published in Bulletin 
56 of the Bureau. The recommendations are 
now being actively followed by private persons 
;with excellent chances of checking what might 
otherwise prove a most serious invasion. 
■ 1 he conditions in the Black Hills are not so 
encouraging,_ owing, doubtless, to the failure of 
the parties interested to realize the importance 
of the recommendations of the Bureau. These 
difficulties, however, have now been partially 
overcome, and all concerned seem alive to the 
seriousness of the situation. 
Investigations in the South of the destructive 
pme bark beetle and of a number of important 
insects injurious to forest products have been 
carried on, and studies have been made in re¬ 
gard to the insect enemies of forest reproduc¬ 
tion. Special studies and recommendations have 
been made concerning the western pine bark 
beetle in the region north of Boise, Idaho, and 
a study of the forest insects of the Pacific slope 
has been carried on. 
SHOT GUN 
IT LOADS USELF 
hard and throws as good a pattern as any double 
gun—even the Remington double gun, and that’s 
the standard. Furthermore, the Autoloading 
loads itself, is safe, has little recoil, and sells at a 
moderate price—$40 list. New Catalogue free. 
Be Modern. 
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY 
Write to M. HARTLEY COMPANY, Sole Representative, 
313-315 Broadway, New York City. 
K.ennel Special. 
Ads under this head, 2 oents a word a time (or 3 cents 
in capitals). Cash must accompany order. 
For Sale.—A number of carefully trained young sound 
Pointers and Setters. Suitable for New England and 
Southern shooting. Also some good yearlings, yard 
broken. GEO. W. LOVELL, Middleboro, Mass. 
A pair of high class, elegantly bred English Setters, 
thoroughly broken and experienced on quail. Coming 
three years. Price, $300. LOCH LADDIE, Doniphan, 
Mo. 
FOX HOUNDS. RABBIT HOUNDS, COON 
HOUNDS, PARTRIDGE DOGS that stay at tree. 
B. L. CALL, Dexter, Me. 
For SPAYED FEMALE COCKERS address VV. A. 
SUTHERLAND, De Lancey, N. Y. 
A lot of setter puppies cheap. 
FRANK FORESTER KENNELS, 
24 Warwick, N. Y. 
FOR SALE.—Two Chesapeakes, dog and bitch, not re¬ 
lated; registered (A.K.C. stud book, 76584 and 77642); 
dog prize winner Madison Square Garden, 1907; fine 
duck retriever. S. L. KIRKPATRICK, 258 Broadway, 
New York. 2 
Pedigreed collie pups. Fine as silk. NELSON’S, Grove 
City. Pa., Dept. B. 
SETTER AND POINTER PUPS, best breeding, 
$10 to $12. Just right next fall. 
A. BURHANS, Lincoln, Neb. 3 
DOGS FOR SALE. 
St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, collies, setters, pointers, 
fox, bull, Skye, black and tan terriers, poodles, pugs, rab¬ 
bit and fox hounds. Send for list and prices. J. HOPE, 
35 North Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Bloodhounds, Foxhounds, Norwegian 
Bearhounds, Irish Wolfhounds, 
Registered. 
Four Cent Stamp for Catalog. 
ROOKWOOD KENNELS, Lexington, Ky' 
: BOOK. OJV 
DOG DISEASES 
AND 
HOW TO FEED. 
Mailed FREE to any address by the author. 
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SPRATT’S PATENT 
CALENDAR 
Our 1908 Calendars are now 
ready to mail. The edition is 
limited; therefore send name, 
address and two-cent stamp. 
Labels are now being printed. 
Send for free Catalogue "Dog 
Culture,” which contains prac¬ 
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kenneling and general manage¬ 
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Cleveland, Ohio. 
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Montreal, Can. 
American Big Game in Its Haunts. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club for 1904. 
George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 full- 
page illustrations. Price, $2.50. 
This is the fourth and by far the largest and hand- 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
I heodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
■ 1S ? 0 e ™ descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park 
in 1903. Other pages are on North American Big 
Game; Hunting in Alaska; The Kadiac Bear; Moose. 
Mountain Sheep; Game Refuges, and other big-game 
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American Big-Game Hunting 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Editors: 
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Il¬ 
lustrated. Cloth, 345 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Th « White Goat and His Country, by Owen 
n‘ St T A Pay With the Elk, by Winthrop Chanler. 
Old Times in the Black Hills, by Col. Roger D. Wil¬ 
liams. Big Game in the Rockies, by Archibald Rogers. 
Coursing the Prongbuck, by Theodore Roosevelt After 
Wapit! in Wyoming by F. C. Crocker. In Buffalo 
Days by Geo. Bird Grinnell Nights with the Grizzlies, 
by \\. D. Pickett. The Yellowstone Park as a Game 
Preserve, by Arnold Hague. A Mountain Fraud, by 
Dean Sage. Blacktails in the Bad Lands, by B Rum. 
sey. Photographing Big Game, by W. B. Devereux. 
Literature of American Big-Game Hunting. Our Forest 
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