Show an Elss tle appetite tho the american black bear has an all appetite that may bo be appropriately termed elastic he ile will kill a thousand pound steer or capture the tiny field mouse for a meal with equal indifference if a 1 pig or a sheep is not handy to ahli reach ho be will dine line on a colony of ants or a nest of wood grubs lie will feast on dainty birds eggs or sweet ewt stores of wild w ild honey and on tho the foulest carrion with lik like gusto ogusto 1 fish for tho the savory trout but at the game time snap any warty toad or slimy lizard that may happen along th that atway way he will seek tho the luscious wild plum when it has ripened or the wild grapo grape among tho the branches where the vine clambers and bears boars its fruit but will not miss the opportunity to make food of any snake that may lio lie in ambush there for birds that como come to peck at the plums or grapes the bear has a comprehend eive palate there is scarcely a thing in the animal or vegetable kingdom that will not tickle tick loit it new york herald |