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Show CATCHING A GRIZZLY. EXCITING EXPERIENCE OP PARTY O SPORTSMEN. t A RVNiUlaNn Triad ( (jay Tham Bat tha City t'allwa ataad Tbalr Oruadf Baaad tha Varluaa Haut, aad llanlad lata Ciafi Him jgt 0 CATCH a real live bear out lu the I mountain wild U which something (alls to the lot of but few sportsmen. The funny part of the subjoined bear Etory. which is a narrative of actual experience in Kern county. California, Ihla Bummer, 1b that there really waa Bo intention or expectation on the part ef any one that a real live bear hunt was to occur. A party of business men and report-ar- s from San Francisco decided to go hunting in the Sierras, and when the natives learned that, they were about to arrive they determined to "have some fun with the party and send them on a fool's errand to an old bear trap that was situated twenty miles from anywhere, on the assurance that they would find a bear. The members of the party werent all tenderfeet, and the trick was suspected. However, as the mountaineers bad actually sent some one to bait the jf 9 ' to his bow end. All tbat remained was the stern, so to speak, which was still free very much so, in fact. The manner in which he now struck out wildly and blindly with those same hind legs, wilh their sharp claws, for his bead was tied up so closely to the roof of the cage that he could see nothing behind him. was certainly anything but Inviting to any one who should come within range of them. It waa considered safe now to open the door of the cage, the bears head and forepaws being fastened to the logs at the opposite end from the opening. Ro the slide was rained, and after much effort his hind legs were caught as Lis forelegs had been. And now the brute was secure. He was literally spread-eagle- d. The ropes to his hind legs were seized by half a dozen men and the body drawn as far out through the door as could be. Then each slip noose was wired or tied so that it oould not become unfastened, and then all hands stood by to drag the animal from the trap. The ropes attached to forearms and seek were slowly slacked up, and when all was ready there was a quick and powerful movement, and before the bear could realize what was up he was dragged out of the trap and Into the open air. Then there was a cirrus. All tbat had gone before was Insignificant by comparison. Ily this time the bear was furious. The gorge was narrow and rocky, and the men holding the ropes disposed themselves about and along Its rugged banks as best they could. There waa scant foothold and the struggles of the Infuriated bear gave every CURE FOR SNAKE POISON. bptrisMM Skewing That Aatlveam la aa laralllbla RaaieSf. Some remarkable discoveries have Just been made In England and France In regard to the best method of treating persons who have been bitten by serpents and whose blood has been France suffers a poisoned thereby. good deal from noxious ripen, and the government Is doing Us best to get rid of them. During the past year 150,-00- 0 serpents have been raptured In three departments, and the number is supposed to be correspondingly great? in other parts of the country. Mr. T. Fraser, an English specialist, seems to have been the Brat to solve the problem of Immunizing human beings and other animals against the poison of serpents. The serum which be uses is known as antlveneae and Is obtained from large animals which have been immunized by becoming slowly and gradually accustomed to the poison. Tbs horse Is, par excellence, the best laboratory for the preparation of this remedy. What is remarkable about this discovery Is the almost mathematical precision with In which the antidote can be used. order to neutralize the action of a small but deadly dose of poison (the quantity of poison necessary to kill varies greatly in different cases) a very small quantity of antlvenene la sufficient, due regard being had to the size and strength of the animal bitten, but each subsequent dose of antlvenene must be steadily Increased. For this reason Mr. Fraser concludes that 1m- full-gro- - DEVIL FISH AND WHALE FIGHT TO DEATH. i ' ' The illustration is from a descrip- - spectacle waa witnessed by the crow of in the death of the whale. The battle Uon of a duel to death between a devil a British brigantine enroute from Cey- - between the mounters of the deep las-Is- h The Interesting Ion to Australia. The struggle ended ted three hours. and a whale. trap, the trip was finally undertaken, sad to the surprise of all a big grizzly bear was found In the trap! At first some of the party were for aa shooting the bear then and there, tribe of the one with done bad been lbr dressed 100 pounds and which had been caught In a similar trap a dozen Ilea sway a few days previously. efOthers, however, suggested that an and, him alive, take fort be made to ifisr dlscusetng wajrs and tqeans. It was it last determfned to undertake the apparently ridiculous, not to say imposwith-psible, task of getting him to camp shooting him. 8o a detail was sent back to headquarters fur the necessary ropes, chains and strapa When the detail had returned with (he various articles needed for the capture the fun began. One man climbed sn top of the log cage and let the noose sf a stout rawhide larlst down through t crevice, while others fromtoeach side slip the took tree limbs and tried nooee over bruins head. Ths first appearance ef the rope set his bearshlp wild. He began to growl and snap at it, and plunged about the narrow cell In a way that would have been anything but assuring had the log walls not been of the most solid and substantial character. Finally, after long maneuvering, there was a lucky fass, the noose was slipped over the long, snout and back over the ears, bog-lik- e snd, in reply to a quick order, it waa tightened like a flash snd drawn taut by two men. who exerted all their strength In the maneuver. After much effort his forelegs were lassoed and secured In like manner and pulled through the cracks in the roof of the log trap. The men facetiously shook the bear's paw and made merry over Its innocuousness, the while measuring it and feeling of the sharp claws that were attached thereto. The paw measured about eight inches serosa and was a very nice thing to see when tied so that it could Inflict no damage. .And now the bear was mad. All his struggles heretofore had been aa child's play. He bit and chewed and clawed t the ropes. Ha threw himself from dde to side and struggled In vain to sree himself. He swung his great body free from the ground and depended his full weight from the ropes to which he was tied head and foot And now the giecx was caught, so far as pertained ut man all he could do to keep his position. The fierce beast Jumped first at one group and then at another. Foiled in hie efforts, he rolled over and over, bit at the ropes that held him, gnashed his great Jaws till the blood ran from his mouth, and growled and bellowed as if the bulls of Baahan had been turned loose at once. The five ropes fastened to the animal were held by one or two stout men to each, yet the beast slung hie captors around almost at his own sweet will, and every minute or two made wild dashes at those who were not quick enough In keeping out of his way. Several hours were consumed In dragging, guiding and driving the bear to the top of the hill, and in being dragged, guided and driven by him in turn, and when he got there he was so nearly fagged out that there was little difficulty In wrapping him about with robes, loading him Into a wagon and hauling him through the forest to camp. There he was securely chained to a tree, the ropes removed from neck and limbs, and he was allowed to recover from his exertions His captors were likewise In almost the same state of collapse. But all the efforts of the party of bear catchers went for naught. The animal was chained to a tree, nights, bitterly bemoaning his (ate, while his free companions oa the mountain side answered him from time to time and apparently encouraged him in his desperate efforts to escape. Then he gave up the Job in disgust and committed suicide! He climbed up the tree on one side of a Hmb and started down on the other side. The chain was not long enough and the result was that the bear strangled to death. She Want I'pt New Girl (Just going on the stage) "Is It true that If I go Into the chorus I ran never rise? They say I'll never be able to get out of it." Old Stager "Don't you believe it. I got out the first week, easy. New Girl "Oh. how did you do It?" Old Stager "I was fired. Judge. There are some bright lads In New Jersey. A schoolboy In Newark was asked to name five of the great canals lu the world, and he promptly announced, as first on the list, tbs alimentary canal." JOHN TYLERS CAREER munixatlon la rather a chemical than a physiological phenomenon. After a certain Urn has elapsed between tha inoculation of the poison and that of the remedy say thirty minutes the amount of antlvenene necessary to prevent death is much more considerable. Mr. Fraser calculates that not lest than the enormous dose of 330 cubic centimetres would be necessary to protect a man against the bite of the terrible cobra-capelin India. lo oaethlag Leaking. "There Is one thing that Is badly needed in our post office, remarked Wheeler, as he opened another dunning letter. "Whats that?" timidly inquired hta typewriter. A 'Post No Bills sign. FIRST TO VICE-PRESIDE- BE- COME PRESIDENT. Ttppaeaaaa BBS Tyler, Tn Tha Earle tMpli That VotlowaS tha Nawlaailoa ml Oaaaral WllUaaa Haary lag Harr lava aad Joke Tylar. (Special Letter.) NLY two preal- dents of the United States have been Inaugurated in April Washington and Tyler Washington In the midst of Joy and acclamation, and Tyler In strong contrast, under the shadow caused by the death of the old hero of Tippecanoe. John Tyler was ths first vies president In the history of our country who became president. Hs was a man of strong convictions, and though charged by his enemies with lack of frankness, was outspoken In his political opinions. When the vote of the force bill took place In the senate his was the only vote recorded against it, and he consistently opposed the Missouri compromise act at a time when most southern men declared In its favor. His favorite maxim in Ilfs was "Peaceably if we can; fordby If we musL Tyler was born In Virginia on March 23, 1790, at Greenway, his fathers country home, in Charles City county. He was the second son of Governor John Tyler, who was himself a man of prominence In his native state, having been Judge of every grade of court in Virginia, speaker of the house of delegates and governor of the state. The latter grew up during the stirring days of the revolution, and when a mere lad was so enthusiastic over the cause of freedom that his father, a staunch old royalist, often exclaimed with a sad shake of his head: John, you will get yourself hanged yet. He was educated at William and Mary college, where his roommate was Thomas Jefferson, snd the friendship then formed continued through life. President Tyler was taught from his earliest days to revere and love his father's friend. The first time Mr. Jefferson came to Greenway Governor Tyler desired his son, then a small boy, to give orders for an especially fine dinner. Now, John cherished besides his love for Mr. Jefferson a mighty devotion to plum pudding, so he desired to regale ti)e guest with his own favorite dish. No fashionable hoatess ever felt more anxiety over the success of a stately function than did our youthful hero over this dinner. As the time for dessert grew near the look of anxiety which he had hitherto worn was replaced by one of calm satisfaction and deepened Into beaming approval as the doors flew open to admit two negro servants, each bearing aloft an immense plum pudding. These were placed with a grand flourish before Mr. Jeffersm and Governor Tyler. The latter, who had expected a little more variety, turned to his son snd said: "Two plum puddings. John! Two plum Why. this is rather expuddings! Yes, sir, said John traordinary! with honest pride, hut" bowing low to Mr. Jefferson "this Is an extraorHis admiration for dinary occasion. Mr. Jefferson (and his love for plum pudding) continued until his death. Most of the great men of the day visited Governor Tylers house and John, who was always characterized by a habit of close attention, would sit for hours listening to their conversation. He early exhibited a great degree of thoughtfulness and fondness for books. When 12 years old he, too, went to William and Mary college, where he graduated, taking the degree of bachelor of arts, and at the age of 19 wss admitted to the bar. Two years later he was elected to the state legislature, and thus began his public career, which continued almost without Interruption Truth. WHAT WOMEN TALK ABOUT. Regular redingotes are being imported for autumn wear. Fresh lime in the cellar at this season Is said to prevent malarial trouble. TO clean straw matting wipe It off with a cloth dampened in warm salt water. Soft tulle, over a scarf of colored silk or satin, Is employed as a new dinner table decoration. Don't dress the little folks up In fussy fashion if you want them to enjoy their summer outing. On English afternoon tea tables art seen Iced asparagus and white wine In lieu of the conventional tea and muffins. Despite all the attention that has been paid to woman's athletic education there Is hardly one In ten that ran run gracefully. To be sure of wearing your clothes well you must possess at least three different kinds of corsets to suit different cuts of cloth. The small sleeve shirred to the shoulder and augmented by a little puff. Is not bad, but the coat sleeve, unadorned and severe, is a trial to the artistic eye. The black skirt snd shirt waist combination is all very nice, unless the skirt Is a heavy one, when it becomes as uncomfortable an arrangement a you oould Imagine. a JOHN TYLER, for half n century. Tyler was at various times speaker of the house of delegates, member of the governor's council, member of congress, governor of Virgin! and United States senator, to all of which offices he was While governor, in 1826, he pronounced the funeral oration over Thomas Jefferson. In 1839 he was elected vire president of the national whig convention, which met at Harrisburg, Pa., to .nominate a candidate for the presidency. At this convention General William Henry Harrison obtained the nomination, defeating Henry Clay and General Winfield Scott, and John Tyler was nominated for vice president. Such a campaign as the one that followed has never been known. For months the country waa delirious with excitement. Harrison had been brought up on the frontier, and frontier emblems were immediately adopted by the whig. Log cabins hung with coon-skiwere the places sf lmmsnss meet Before the doors stood barrels of which was freely dispensed to ths cheering crowds. Enthusiasm know no bounds. The meetings were attended by large numbers of women who joined In singing the campaign songs, their clear voices rising above the deeper tones of the men. The roads swarmed with farmers, who left their fields and drove twenty and thirty miles to attend the meetings and barbecues. Union of the whlgs for the sake of the Union, reverberated on all sides. Everybody sang campaign songs. Everybody cracked campaign Jokes. Sleep, work, and rest were for the time forgotten. Whig emblems appeared everywhere; live eagles perched In log cabins; coons by themselves and coons overpowering foxes Van Buren's emblem. What has caused this great oommotlon, motion, motion. Our country through? It Is the ball en For Tippecanoe and Tyler too. For Tippecanoe and Tyler too! The partisans of Van Buren endeavored In vain to create a similar enthusiasm. The other side seemed to have monopolized all the singers, all the speakers and all the workers of the country. In the west the crowds were so large that they had to be estimated by the acre, and in Virginia, the candidates native state, excitement ran ADVERTISES HIS INJURY- - ings. hard cider, MRS. JOHN TYLER, riot. The Eagle hotel in Richmond had Just then been burned down and on its site the leading men of the city built, with their own hands, an immense A farmar Halted ta Gat Hash" With Ilia Kallraads. Hama Farmer Jake Stoddard, of Doniphan county, btlievi-- in telling the world r.f his grievance, lie has been wronged and he is determined that all who whirl by his house on the Burlington road shall know all about IL Uncle Jake's troubles are told by a signboard which stands near his house by the side of the railroad tracks. The passenger on the Burlington, If be is a lover of the romantic scenery which abounds la northwestern Kansas, may observe from the car window as the train from Atchison approaches Fanning station a large sign covering a board one by live feet, nailed to a pole twelve feet high, which reads: s t I THIS MAN HAS BEEN WRONGED t BY THE RAILROADS. t NlHiiiniiieiMi e sesoosesasewessse When the road was built It suited the convenience of the company, according to a local correspondent, to lay the track within ten feet .of the corner of Farmer Stoddard's house. The construction gang plowed through his barnyard, removed bis hen house and cut a wide swath through a fine young orchard which was the pride of Farmer Stoddard's heart. The agriculturist fixed his damages at a high figure; so high In fact, that the company compelled him to go Into court and take what he regarded a ridiculous sum. It was not long until the trains were running. When the first excursion steamed out of Atchison the passengers, when the train reached Farmer Stoddard's place, observed the sign In bold, black letters, with a background as white as snow. Stoddard had painted the sign himself, and, while It wss not executed in the highest style of the art. It could be distinctly read. Farmer Stoddard has raised a large family of boys and he has taught them to hate corporations. Not leas than half a dozen dogs of doubtful breed can always be found on the Stoddard place. The dogs, too, are taught to hate (he railroad, and when a train passes ths entire pack runs out and barks at 1L The old farmer feels tbat he Is In a measure getting even. Brakemen on freight trains have great sport throwing pieces of coal at the doga as ths train passes. Stoddard figures that ho gathers up almost enough coal around his premises to keep one stove running through the winter months. cabin of rough, undressed pine logs One day a democrat asked a whig Why don't you skin your poles?" Never mind, was the quick reply, we'll do the skinning at the polls in November!" Ab Kvldrat MUtftk. Again, an enthusiastic crowd cams 'Im looking for a man named down from Culpeper, bringing with Jones, he said, as the door was opened them the band of the old Culpeper to him by a womau almost six feet Minute Men, a goodly amount of coon? high and weighing nearly 200 pound and coonsklns and, as a matter of Cy Jones? she queried. course, a log cabin mounted on wheels. Yes. I think that Is the man. I'm On the streets of Richmond they were a white-cappand have come to give Joined by an excited crowd, and si! him warning. hands adjourned to the nearest tavern, What's Cy Jones been doing? where they proceeded to drink the Licking his wife, and he's got to too. health of "Tippecanoe and Tyler It or well take him out and switch-him- . stop Presently a diversion was created by the arrest of a pickpocket, who was inDid you ever see Cy Jones? asked dustriously making the most of the the woman as she drew herself up. opportunity. He was speedily marched Not that I know of. off to Jail, followed by an enthusiastic She went back to the sitting-room- ,, crowd, bands playing, flags waving and was gone a moment, and when she the log cabin trundling on behind returned she waa a man When they reached the Jail the prison- about four feet ten carrying Inches long under er. fired by the prevailing enthusiasm her arm. She gave him a twist and asked for a moment's respite, and, him on his feet and said: put mounting a horse block, made a ratThis Is Cy Jones! hie of tling whig speech, to the delight stammered the Your husband? hearers, who went off cheering him white-cappe- r. sentihis loudly, their admiration of The same, and I am Cy Jones wife! ments overcoming their disapproval ol Great Scott! There must be a mishis actions. take here, madam! When the decisive day arrived HarYes, I think so! she dryly replied were elected and rison, "Tyler, too," as she tossed the little man in her arm by 234 of the 294 electoral votes cast. Sorry to have disturbed you, maamr One month after his inauguration but you see" and TyWilliam Henry Harrison died, I see, and let me help you over Yes, ler, under the constitution, became the fence. States. of United the Thus, president And placing the little man carefully step by step, John Tyler rose to the on his feet she picked up the tiller counIn his of the gift highest position and tossed him over the gate and went try. back to her work In the kitchen. Among the conspicuous acts of his Exchange. of administration were the annexation recharto bill veto of the the Texas, Wbm It Is Hot. ter the United States bank, the successful negotiation by Caleb Cushing Say, if you people think this Is hot of the first treaty with China and the you ought to have my Job for about a settlement of the northeast boundary week and then see what you'd have to with England. In the latter settlement say, said a tall, thin man to a group Daniel Webster was secretary of state. of perspiring unfortunates who stood on One of Mr. Tyler's strong opinions was one of the downtown corners one afterthe United States should always be on noon during the recent hot spell. Why, what do you do? came ths the alert with regard to England. She feeble query from one of the sweltering will never forgive us the revolutionary ones, almost too overcome to be war. Mr. Tyler carried to the white house curious. I'm an oiler in the engine room of the simplicity of his home life and was as quiet and unassuming when that big building. And say, this air president as when a Virginia planter. out here la a picnic to what we gel In appearance he was striking, six feet down there. If you fellows think this 90 in the shade is hot or thfa 100 per in height, with a face which attracted Instant attention. His head was fine, cent humidity business Is hard to with calm and lofty brow, blue eyes of stand, you want to come down where a peculiar brilliancy, firm set month we work eight hours a day with the the time from. and aquiline nose, so large as to bs thermometer making 110 to 120 degrees and see what It feels the subject of many a JesL But he never got any. farther, On his twenty-thir- d birthday Tyler like. hod married Mias Letltla Christian of for at the bare mention of 110 degrees New Kent county, Virginia. In June. tbe group melted away like the mist 1842, a year after his entrance to the before the rising sun, several members white house, she died, leaving seven being seen a few moments later holdchildren, four daughters and three sons. ing themselves up in front of a soda After Mrs. Tyler's death her second water fountain with their eyes turndaughter, Mrs. Remple, presided as lady ed heavenward. New York Tribune. of the white house. Of the twenty-tw- o presidents only Ills Way. six have been Episcopalians, Tyler beA gentleman was visiting a Scotch-lunatiing one of them. During his adminiasylum, where new premises stration SL John's church In Washingadded. The inmates wera were being ton waa finished. In those days pews On seeing one of the latter assisting. manner same In the that were owned a barrow upside down from real estate Is now and were disposed of wheeling to tbe stones, the visitor the building one of Mr. the will. bought Tyler by he wheeled It In that him asked why In was sold SL John's, first pews that manner. VOh," said the lunatic, that'a but never laid claim to It after leaving took tbe the white house. It was at later times the best way. The visitor It upside dowm occupied by Buchanan and Arthur, and barrow, snd, turning This Is the proper way. Is still called the president's pew. It said: a That's you ken, said tbe Inmate; Alice was in this pew that Tyler, the It that way, but (hay filled It presidents youngest daughter, whoa a "I tried child met the man whom she afterward fu o' bricks." So raying, hs trotted os his usual way. married. er rl - c |
