Show A THRILLING ADVENTURE I IThe Pursuit and ofa of ot ota The E Escape cape Pursuit and Lassoing a Tiger I In Tennessee A tiger in Tennessee may be set and the down as a decided novelty account of or its capture makes an interesting in in- interesting interestIng story One day a n circus came to t Knoxville and on the eve of or departure the circus I wagons were being loaded on the cars A switch engine was shoving somo some cars about when one of or them became derailed colliding violently with two I wagons cage-wagons and the cage containing three tigers was badly damaged The I woodwork was crushed in leaving a ahole ahole I hole of ol sufficient size for tor the tigers to get out One of or the animals leaped from the cage on to the flat fiat car and from there thereto to the ground The two remaining ones were about to follow suit when the trainer and several other of ot the circus rushed up to the cage and prevented the exit But Dut one of or orthe the tigers was at large and as soon as the fact became generally known a stampede of or the people in the vicinity occurred while the circus men rushed to Inform the managers Preparations for the capture of or the tiger were made One of ot the Texas cowboys and the one most perfect in handling a lasso was detailed to make the attempt The man handling the tiger was also Instructed to assist In Inthe inthe inthe the dangerous duty and the pair went to work They located the tiger Uger about a astone's astone's stones stone's throw from the cage in wt which he had been confined The huge brute was crouched under a box car between between be be- between tween the rails His HiB eyes shone brightly and looked to his captors as large as two full rull moons A large dry goods box was procured a hole bored in inthe the bottom and the box placed on its side convenient to to the animal One end of or the lasso was shoved through the hole and the Texan threw th the rope His Judgment was perfect and the lariat lariat- dropped over over the neck and left foreleg of the tiger to a nicety Then the work of or landing the animal In the box began H He was pulled up to it slowly and although he resisted considerably was wasat wasat wasat at last safely lodged in the box but not until he ho had bad torn off ott one glove word wor by the cowboy and lacerated his hand badly The box was then nailed up and the tiger hauled away growling growl growl- growling ing ing- spitefully |