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Show GANDER AGAINST BEAR. And thft t'tib Did Not Come Out Rent hi ; liic l iglit. I An Alameda wih nlteeper hns a bhtelt bear cub about a funl and a half , hiIi when he stands on his hind lcrs j mid readies for a stranger's eoat-tails. i He is full of mieluef or tirht. as occasion oc-casion may require, but withal very discreet. He knows he is not lii'f enough to whip the groeer's do, but j lie doesn't hesitate to intimidate the caiuly man's eat. 'Die other day, says the San Francisco Fran-cisco Post, a bijr g-aniler marched gravely grave-ly up the st reel. The bear sized him up, and said to himself: "He's my meat.'' He advanced on tiic pander, who marched slowly and steadily on till the R-fou-lii! cub barred his way. Then be extended hi;; wings, stretched out his neck and tried to make the cub ashamed of himself. The bear made i two or three vicious, but inctl'ectual. i cutfs at Hie p'ander and then stopped to see what he had accompli.1'. hcd. Just at this juncture the gander took a firm hold on the cub's car and commenced com-menced poundiny hi in over the head with his winrs. The cub was a quitter, quit-ter, and started to beat a precipitous retreat, but tiie pander wouldn't let pro. He just hung" o ami thumped away. When the dust and feathers settled the pander was trying to liud the tender ten-der portion of what appeared to be a. piece of the bear's ear. |