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Show BEAR8 THAT ARE GRATEFUL. Russian Animals Help Their Comrades Com-rades In Misfortune. A gentleman was onco making inquiries in-quiries in Russia about tho methods of catching bears In that country. Ho was told that to entrap them a pit was dug soveral feet deep, and after covering It ovor with turf, leaves, etc., some food was placed on top. Tho boar. It tempted by tho bait, easily fell Into tho snaro. "But," he added, It four or five happen to get in thero 'How Is that?" asked tho gentleman. "They form a sort of ladder by stepping step-ping on each other's shoulders, and so mako their escape." "But how does tho bottom ono get out?" "Ah, thoso bears, though not possessed with a mind and soul, such as God has given us, yet can fool gratitude, and thoy won't forget ono who hns boon tho chief means of procuring their liberty. Scampering off they fetch tho branch of a tree, which they lot down to their poor brother, cnnbllng him speedily to join thorn In tho freedom which tnoy enjoy." Sonslblo bears, wo should say, aro a great deal bettor than some peoplo that wo hear about, who never helped anybody but themselves. them-selves. Now Orleans Times-Democrat. |
