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Show The Wulo'i Ilusary. . A few years apjjwhile my father and I were in southern California, we made a journey from Santa Barbara over to the Santa Inex valley, We had traveled several miles up the stream, thinking of no danger, when the Spaniard suddenly halted, and, pointing with his fnger. told mo to "look!" Directly Di-rectly in the trail and about 200 yards ahead was a monstrous grizzly seated on the body of a mule which he bad killed and having bis forelegs reaJy for instant action. He appeared to us as big as an-elephant. an-elephant. We were both armed, but prudent, pru-dent, aud did not care to attack a bear of such proportions, so wo turned around and went down out of his way, returned to the trail after a long detour, and continued con-tinued to the home of my friend, tho mine owner. Here we related our experience and learned that the unfortunate mule belonged be-longed to a Spaniard who worked in tho mine. The owner of the property bad advised the Spaniard to put the mule in the corral and not let him run loose aud become the victim of a grizzly, but the man's foresight was not equal to his hindsight and he decided to pursue his own course. lie fortified tho mule by tving around his neck a string of beads with a crucifix attached, and felt certain that these would protect him from Ix-ars and other dangers. In order to allow the charms full play, he hobbled the animal an-imal and then turned him out to grass. Tho result we know. While my friend and the Spaniard were getting their guns and ammunition ready I went up to the mine expecting to be back in time to go with them and sea the battle with bruin. I followed them on horseback, but arrived on the scene too late for tho fray. When I neared the place I saw tuc-in coming back with the skin of the bear lying across their horse. The fight had been short, sharp and decisive, de-cisive, and the conquering party had found in the rtomach of the bear a trophy a string of beads and a crucifix. Fpr-jt Fpr-jt and Wtrgam All epicures are very particular about their pepper and experience much did-culty did-culty in obtaining a kind to suit them. The spice is so easily adulterated that few if any manufacturers can withstand ;he temptation. Ground slate is one of the neatest pepper adulterants, and it is an open secret that a few years agoquile an extensive business wa carried on al the slate quarry in Saco grinding and shipping slate to 5ew York for the express ex-press purpose t.f increasing the pepper output, BiJdeford Journal. wniie the comvctors of 7b Bombay Gazette were at wort? In' the composin room one evening r .sully a fall rro cobra dropped in ipo ih9ai through wodows in the rorf. It was as badly scared as they were, and attempted to j escaped through a window, but w killed with an iron 'ou. |