Show great astren strength o ath of bears in show talk the lion Is 14 always thet tha larig of beasts it sounds vali r and jand makes a fine line 0 on n the posters B but tit it if he had to defend the championship in tie tle ring writes samuel hopkins adams in mcglure mcclure s I 1 think almast any 0 of the larger bears could give him weight and beat him easily the lion looks like a fighter all bis big muscles show out good and strong and he has a kind of 0 swagger to lo his walk while any bear is a clumsy creature and has a rather clownish appearance but for sheer strength I 1 ive ve never known the living hing that could corn pare pound for pound with bruin in muscular power while the circus was sli showing owing in ohio the trick bear broke loose whatever set him to it I 1 don t know he was never vicious probably he j wanted to play hookey there was nothing to prevent him but a chain anda tolerably stout shed wall he ile broke the chain tore down the wall and went out to see the piece in a field across the way was a cow with her calf the bear went over to look at them I 1 don t suppose he n ant any harm but the calf got frightened t and the poor cow bravely atit her head down and threatened the sut tie intruder beasts are just as quick as las men in resenting a threat ot of harm burless tear fear tir i eVents reent rearing up the 1 beir the cow a blow on the sibe of the head lead it was what the P ang calls a halt arm jolt iown w m ent the cow as it if hit with an ax she might as well have been fo tor r her head was stove in like that much card I 1 loard card leaving the calf to mourn over its mother the bear set off oft across ca in try lie ile knew bed been up td mis chief besides there were a dozen of 0 tit tiit after him by this tilts time after hiding him oft off from apen country we got him in a barn yard and put a rope around his neck lie ile wouldn t budge not that there was any light fight I 1 in n him it was rather the obstinacy nacy of fear perhaps he e knew that there w was as a sound beating awaiting him lie ile dug his claws into the ground and stuck tuck As many as could lay hold 0 of the rope put all their endeavor upon it 0 o use it was anchored |