Show Ii J Short Don story of tb ay 1111 ill FLYPAPER CAUGHT BEAR B Jack Bell an old and kno well known n bear trapper of ot near Bernice Sullivan count county Is now on the road to become one of the wealthiest men In this section section sec see tion of the State Two things that have proven pro themselves generally disagreeable ble to the people are making it possible for this old uncouth trapper to pile pUe up his wealth One Is the coal strike and the other Is a big black hear bear which for nearly 11 ear before Its cap capture tun stole nil all 11 of Bells Bell's young oung pigs and man many belong belonging In Into to other persons ln living In the neighborhood Bell Is recognized as one of oC the most clever trappers bear-trappers In the northwestern part of Pennsylvania but this particular bear kept him guessing for tor more than a EI year LA Last l March Bell lost two pl pigs 9 In ono one night and he made mado up his mind that he would get got the hear bear or die In the at attempt attempt nt- nt tempt He lie laid his plans plan md on the tho h following day he was agreeably surprised surprised sur stir to find that they had worked Ilka a A. charm His Ills manner of at ascertaining the bears bear's hiding place was a novel one At th the time there therea a was no snow on the ground and he had to adopt other means of tracing Drum Bruin Just how to accomplish It he did not know Seeing an old advertisement of n fly paper tOt for sale the thought Instantly flashed through his brain as to what he would do He went Into the drug store and I bought t a dollars dollar's worth of or the sticky paper and that evening he laid It around his pig pen In such a manner that It would he be Impossible for the bear to reach the pen without walking on the thc paper Next morning much of the paper was waa ml missing missing missing-in ln In fact so much that Bell came to the conclusion that the bear took a roll In It The old trapper knew that Bruin would tb do his best to remove re ic- move the paper papel from hl his coat of ot fur tur an and In order to do this he would rub against th the trees A tree e near by showed that the bear had succeeded eded in getting one piece removed and further search earch put Bell on the right track He Coli followed owed It for two miles and finally come to an opening In the earth Irth which proved to be Bruins Bruin's hom home hoine Along the Ith edge of the entrance clung several pieces piece of or the fly paper Bell did not nol make an attempt t to kill the bear that day but hut on the following following follow follow- ing day he loaded his rifle and anel went hunting for tor Bruin He found the animal animal ani ant mal trial and anel soon dispatched him Three of th the pieces of ot fly ny paper were yet sticking to the side t of the bear It H was while removing remo the pelt that the old trapper ma made e the discovery that thatIs thatIs' thatIs thatis' thatis Is Is' Isnow now proving a a. gold mine for tor him Among the fur tur of the bear h he found a a. alot alot lot of or coal dirt Often OCten having heard that there thero WAS wac coal l In the hill In which Bruin had made his home the aged trapper started to investigate ate and to tolila his lila great surprise that the bear had hal been sleeping In a 3 four foot vein of or semi semi anthracite anthracite coal Bell did not say flay saya ay aya a word to any per person on hut but set out to procure leases on all the land In that p particular vicinity A As much was waft o of seemingly ly little value he had no trouble trou tron- bl ble In accomplishing what he had In mind It was WIlS about the middle of ot May 1 1002 1902 02 when he got ot the last lease Then the big coal strike was wasand tod and the theold old trapper saw MW his ty The people would need coal for Dr the winter and as he had little or nothing to keep him busy husy he would spend his hla time getting coal out of oC his little IIttI mine He lie worked away the last few months and su succeeded d In piling up many hundreds hundreds hun bun of tons of oC coal real Three weeks ago he started t to- to sell Bell 1 his s supply at 3 S a ton and within a a. short time he had disposed of all but ten tons which he placed In his own cellar ce Of all the coal that he sold sohl he lie did not haul one ton Every purchaser r got sol the coal home as b best st he could Trapper Bill has not stopped mining coal but to the fact tact that only two men can work nork In his mine at the same time he has b been en obliged to stop the sale ale for the present After next week he intends selling coal every Wednesday Fifteen tons tens are mined each weak week Bell admit that he now has a n. bank banle account of ot Du Dushore Dushore hore Pa correspondence New York Herald I |