Show ESKIMO FIGHTS POLAR BEAR BAREHANDED SHOT MISSES FIRE AND MAN 13 SAVED DY COMRADE AFTER BATTLE Dawson Alaska Tho story of atop rifle light between nn Eskimo and a polar bear Is brought from tho arctlo slope by Jujlro Wnda tho Japanese musher sIn < s-In tho middle of December nnntlvtt named Nlgnhuso was In his show house whon on looking out through tho peculiar little place of exit hoI ho-I BOW n polar bear Tho man Bolted his rlllo and went out to glvo battle io the grant whlto nnlmal Thinking It boat to lot tho bear got within closo rango and then to plug him tho Eskimo I Es-kimo let tho bear advance to withinn fow paces Nlgaknao raised his rlflo took steady aim and tired Tho next moment ho was horrified to realize that tho rlllo had failed in F1 i t a i am V I1 p 1 m rat r Used the Knife to Good Advantage Its service and that with tho clogged barrel ho was at tho mercy of the monster With angry snarl tho beast fell on the fleeing man and hugged him ferociously The wily Eskimo did not slim bit supinely but writhed and ducked and used tho knlfo which ho had drawn to good advantage The bear seized his arm but tho Eskimo succeeded in pulling It out of tho animals Jaws badly mutilated The native then dodged and stopped away from the bear Another native attracted by the noise of battle emerged from the snowhuuso and shot tho animal NigaluiBO was repaired with the crude process of surgery avail ablo and lived to sink his teeth in tho forearm of tho bear and to devour his heart his brains antI undorloln and to sleep in pence on tho hldo of the brute which had dared to walk and to fight like a man |