Show HAD LUCKY ESCAPE HUNTER ARMED ONLY WITH SHOTGUN MET GRIZZLY fierce attack of the monarch of the woods met with discharge of the weapon and the monster fell dead perfect specimen of ita its species clee A 1 12 9 bore shotgun was tho the weapon carried by F X king and a re beating savage was the armed equipment ment of ills partner N P peterson Po terson when they went prospecting in homestake Home stake creek at the base oi of tho the sawtooth mountains in alaska tho the men aro are proprietors of the nugget roadhouse across the nomo nome divide alter after a walk of several miles they sighted bear tracks and a little later came upon a grizzly peterson dropped to one knee took steady aim and rind fired the bullet struck but not in a vital spot and with a growl of rage and pain the wounded bear gave a spring over the cliffs and rolled almost to the bottom som I 1 three hundred feet below where sha shi regal regained ned her footing tooting and vanished among the rocks chagrined at the failure allure peterson turned and was bor tided tined at seeing another grizzly aboudi woo wice as large as tho the other spring upon his partner mr king and was more inore horrified when ho he remembered that hat his was tho the only available gun ind and as the magazine was out of repair could only be reloaded by removing the empty shell by hand when ane bear sprang at king tho the latter with habitual presence of mind inherent in the backwoods hunter thrust his shotgun into the face of fils ils assailant which was advancing with open mouth and extended cla claw la in the twinkling of an eyo eye tho bear nd grasped the muzzle of the gun in his teeth and was waa crunching the gunk gun parrel barrel towering two feet higher than king the latter realized that the only hope tor for him was to pull the he trigger and maybe stop tho the beast until his partner could reload the old rlue rifle or until they could procure safe ty by flight A loud report a sullen boar and tho the bear gave a spring in the air and fell to the ground tho men beat a quick retreat and after covering considerable ground turned and were surprised to see tho bear still lying on the spot where U 1 had fallen they waited for a feni fe minutes in the meantime reloading re loudin the rifle the shotgun beinar bein broken at a the stock and the muzzle left in mhd mouth of tho the bear after throwing several rocks trod fro a safe distance they ventu ventured rod nearer and found the bear stone dead tho the men wont went back for a sled and after several hours managed to gel the bear to the nugget road bousel and then started for nome with nine nind strong dog dogs to draw the hervy herwy liadi load it took thorn them three days to reach mhd sour dough where tho 1 shears remains were put in bold storage the big brute was taken to td nome and placed on exhibition a aj 1 the golden gate hotel it Is a pen peri feet specimen cimon of tho the grizzly and nd tho the skin Is a beautia A one the boar bear disemboweled disembowel and ed weighs nearly pounds the skin was sold for 12 25 5 1 and tho meat was purchased by local restaurants at a dollar a pound A remarkably remarkable thing was the enormous power of the jaws shown by tho deep indentations made in the barrel of the c gua gun by the bears teethe not only tho the barrel being bent but marks were made wado in the steel con 1 necking piece about one fourth of aril an anch deep |