i: ' hi i r'l â- I â- â- â- fi if :â- BULL AGAINST GRIZZLY. «s»- ".tts-s^^iau: A TBRBlfiO BAiCliJB FOB r? WHOSE END THE yULTUBES WAITED. The l»ead]r W*rk •! the BaU's â- •!«â- â- â- « the Bear** Teeth afcd Clawsâ€" Interested gpeetatMs •â- fhc Barth«ml la the Alt. his pawa.' and the gmdy wentdowm^ diis( befmvj ' Ilia homa *- j~*te±^- bear,j the beV wttKraf^bf the || andwifh one l^ona iam A« grizBl^^open m traded. Then the grizzly rose to^ and with a roar that made my ' "I belonged to the engineer corps that sor- veyed the route for the Canadian Piwsiiic Railroad," said my friend. Big Eraser, ',and one day, while seeking a little recreacion, I was a witness of a scene in wild life which I have no doubt there a^e plenty of people would travel far to see if it could only be reproduced, but which 1 wouldn't be a spec- tator of again for a good many gold dollars. I left our camp one day in Joiy to try my luck at trout fishing in the head waters of a small strciam five miles from camp. The weather had been hot and dry for some time, and when I got over to the river 1 found the head waters were not Auch better than dry land, all the moisture I could find being pud- dles here and there in the bed. The only water likely to be found in that quarter with fish in it was the river, and that was twenty miles away, so I concluded that the best thing for me to do would be to march r|ght back to camp. There was a heavy thicket along the north bank of the stream, some distance above where I came out on the dry bed, and a few trees standing maybe a hun- dred yards back from the bank. As I turn- ed to retrace my steps I saw a small herd of wildcattle standing|off to myright Among them was a young bOl, and a more splendid Specimen of an animal I never saw. He and the rest of the catt'e were eyeing me with suspicious curiosity, I didn't like the appearance of the bull, for he bad a way of lowering his head, throwing dirt with his fore feet, and uttering an ominous sort of bellow that seemed threatening. I turned and walked away, moving toward the trees. I looked back over my shoulder, and saw the bull coming along after me. I increased my speed, and so did he, until I was running my fastest and the bull was doing hi? beat behind me. I can't say exactly how it was done, but it wasn't many seconds before 1 found myself in one of these trees, out of â- reach of the bull, who was immediately under the tree, pawing the dirt and acting very mad. I shall always believe that 1 was hoisted into ihat tree by the bull, al- though I had no evidence to show for it. " The bull pawed and grumbled under the tree for a few minutes, and then turned and walked toward the thicket, on the creek side of which there was a water hole. The other cattle went quietly to grazing where I had first seen them. I suppose th^ bull started toward the thicket to g^t a drink at the water bole, but he never got the drink. I saw him push his way into the thicket, and the next in- stant I could see that he had got into trouble of some Jiind, and that troudle proved to be a grizzly bear. A fierce struggle fol- lowed in the thicket. The tops of the bushes swayed to and fro, and I could hear the heavy crash of wood as the two power- ful animals writhed in fierce embrace. A cloud of dust rolled up from the spot. It was not distant over 100 yards fnom. the tree in which I had taken refuge. Scarcely two minutes elapsed before the bull broke through the bushes. His head was cov- ered with blood and great flakes of flesh hung from his fore shoulders. Bat instead of showing any signs of defeat he seemed literally to glow with defiant rage. In- stinct had simply prompted him in his re- treat to seek an open space. He was lithe and wiry, yet wonderfully massive about the shoulders, combinding the rarest qual- ities of strength and symmetry. For a moment he stood glaring at the bushes he had retreited from, his 'nostrils distended, and his whole form fixed and rigid. But scarcely had I time to note all this when the bear, a huge, repulsive looking brute, broke tliroiigh the opening. He was the most formidable specimen of hia kind I had ever seen, and my sympahtlies were at once with the bull, in spite of his belliger- ent attitude toward me a few minutes be fore, but I had my serious doubt? about the final result of the combat tha^^ began at once. "That combat was a trial of brute force that no words of mine are adequate to des- cribe. When the bear made his appear- ance out of the thicket the bull did not wait for his contestant's cnarge, but, low- ering his great nead to the gi:ound, he rush- ed madly upon the bear. The latter seedi- ed to appreciate the abilities of the bull, and summoned all the wariness of his nature to his aid. He waited until the bull yushed almost upon him andthen sprang aside with marvellous quickness, seized his assailant's horns in his powerful grasp, and pressed his head down against the ground by his great strength and the weight of his enormous bodj' biting at the bulls nose and tear- ing the flesh from his neck and shoulders with his long sharp cUws. This posi- tion was maintained for at least five min- utes, the bull struggling desperately to free his head, but being unable to accom- plish it, while the bear put forth every muscle to press the bull's body to the ground. The blood poured from the bull's nostrils in great streams, but the bear had as yet received no apparent in j ury. " Presently both anima's paused in TiiaiB DESPERATE STRUGULE, as each was blown and rapidly approac h ing exhaustion. The bear did not relax the hold he had obtained on his contestant. As yet during the tight neither animal had ut- tered a sound, except their loud and labor- ed breathing. The cessation in the struggle had probab^ been of ten minutes' duration, when suddenly the bull made one desperate lunge, broke the motionless, but terribls embrace, hurled the bear from off his head, and backed away probably ten paces. The bear lifted his hnga form on his haunches, and stood ready for the next assault. The herd of cattle had by this time gathered in from the plain and surrounded the combat- ants, moaning and bellowing and pawing up the ground but maintaining a ternfied neu- trality. From my position in tho tree I watched the exciting scene with breathless interest. • ",The bull did not remain at rest a mo- ment after backing away for a new charge, but, rendered furious by Ida wounds ne gathered all his energies, and with an un- earthly cry rushed witii impe^noos force and ferocity upon the bear. The latter attempted to nsfr the tactics thathad ao^ved him so well at tiie firat onslaught, but the second charge of the boll waa ineflistible, in spite of the bear's terrific bloira jvith his *««•., bl004 TWO. cold cioaed with his terribla enMuy, and fw i^og tiaie the twolenjhtt tbeir crifls and the cries of the enrriDBhding cattie' being frightfdl to Uaten ta • • While the fight w»t gorag on two great eagles appeared from some myaterioua aerie and sailed .and circled above the acene of the conflict, leianrely and grandaaUy drop- ping nearer to the ewrth. Almost simultan- eously with the appearence of the eagles I saw the heads of half a dc^en hong^ wolves emerge from the bnshes where the flght had begun. I knew that the battle must soon end, and that the eagles and the wolves had scented the contest from afar," and knew by their infallible instinct that it must result in choice prey for them. The presence of these hungry birds and beasts of prey add- ed to the terror of the bloody conflict. "the tebbiblb fight continued The ground was torn up and covered with blood for many feet around. Both animals were grievously wounded. It was plain that neither could hold out much longer. Maimed and gory, they fought with the certainty of death, the bear rolling over and over in the dast, vainly trying to avoid the fatal horns of his adversary, and the bull ripping, thrusting, and tearing the grizzly with irresistible ferocity. At last, as if determined to end the conflict, the bull drew back lowered his head, and made a third terrific charge, but, blinded by the streams of blood that poured down his face, he missed his mark, stumbled, and rolled headlong on the ground. In spite of his frightful injuries and great exhaustion, the bear turned quickly and sprang upon his prostrate enemy. He seemed to have been suddenly invigorated by this turn of the battle in his favor. With merciless sweeps of his- huge claws he tore the flesh in great masses from the bull's up-turned side. The advantage the bear thus obtained over the bull seemed to be understood by the ' herd, and the bellowing increased, dirt was thrown about in clouds, and one big cow drew near the struggling animals, and I believed for a moment that she intended to go to the aid of the herd's prostrate leader, so tierce were her aspect and actions; but she simply circled around the bear and the bujl, bel- lowing and'pawing. In the mean time both the eagles and the wolves grew impatient o ' the delay in the battle's endiiig. The former would now and then swoop' down, as if to hurry up the finish, uttering harsh cries, and some waiting wolf would steal from his covert and make a closer and more courageous reconuoisance, snapping and snarling in apparent disapointment. "The bull and the bear rolled over and over in the terrible death struggle. Nothing was now to be seen but a heaving, gory mass dimly perceptible through the dust. As to weight, the two fierce and determined brutes must have been about equally match- ed. The bear had +he ^advantage of greater agility and the expert and telling use of two terrible weapons, his teeth and his claws, while the bull represented more inflexible courage and greater powers of endurance. The unfortunate result of the bull's last charge on the grizzly indicated that the latter's qualities would in a few minutes more settle the fight against the bull, and I was in momentary expectation of seeing such a termination, when, to my astonish- ment, I saw the bear relax his efforts, roll over from the body of his prostrate foe, and drag himself feebly 'away from the spot. His appearance was sickening to me, so frightfully had he been ripped and torn by the bull's horns. The grizzly had no sooner abandoned his attack on the bull than the latter was on his feet, bearing himself as erect and fierce as ever. If the bear's ap- pearancewas sickening^ the bull's was doub- ly so. He was covered with blood from his forehead to his rump, and his flesh and skin actually hung in strips and tatters from his head and sides. Giving his head a shake that scattered blosd in a shower about him, and gave him a moment's sight of the reeking bear in front of him, he' low ered his head for the fourth time, and again made one of his terrific charges. When tho dying bear had dragged himself away from the bull, the eagles actually swooped down upon him, and the wolves sprang from the thicket into the opening and prepared to pounce upon him. The bull scattered the impatient birds and animals as he swept on his final charge against the grizzly, and then hastily departed, slirieking and snarling. The cattle again added their bellowing to that of the bull's, and acted as if they understood the favorable turn the fight had taken. As the bull hurled himself against the grizzly, the latter braced himself for a last desperate struggle. He struck out wildly with his paws, and the bull fell back with the force of the grizzly's blows, representing a ghastly spectacle. His tongue hung from his mouth a maugled mass of shredi His face was stripped bare of flesh to the bone, and his eyes were torn from their sockets. The charge was equally disastrous to the bear, he being ripped completely open, and he sank to the ground writhing in his agony. The indomitable courage of the bull here prevailed. Blinded and crippled as he was, he made but a slight pause after his fourth assault, and then dashed wildly at his fee again. Tie grizzly's roar now seemed to be one of • terror. With a last frsmtic effort he sojght to make his escape, scrambling and staggering through the dust. But it was useless. His great atrength was gone. The bull plunged his horns asiain and again iuto the huge form of the dying brute as he lay stretched help- les the dust. The bear's muscles quiver- ed and contracted. He drew his immense paws up once or twice in convulsive clutches, raised his huge head, gave one agonizing groan, and TELL BACK DEAD. The victorous bull raised his bloody, horridly disfigured crest, gave voice to a deep bellow, and, shaking his head tri- umphantly, turned and walked away. His progress ^as slow and painful, and he stopped and turned at short intervals and listened, as if to know whether his foe would renew the battle. He walked n«uly a hundred yards, with his herd gathering and bellowing about him. Presently hia head drooped from its proud position. He spread his legs apart as if to brace himself against the weakneaa that was steaUas upon him. Suddenly he fell as if he itt^ ««niM8. Th••^^ ML^ lilniatea whehftw ^^ down in ttwr myBtarions way upon Uod^. WhcnlcUmbed pnitof thetree_to leave tiiescuke^^that torrifi^ combat me herd of cattle had dia«ppeand on Ae pUin and two great ikeletana -^rere ul tut mnrkedtiie seld cieaaS^ • Met, l^tax shot,, a man^edi bleeding mass and wassoondead. \, • ..'... Pat's Answer- !trip an Irishman, and he will fall on his ieet; comer him, »nd lie wQi jii^P o^^i' your head; qneat^QiEiDAinpona Jtaiqect of which he is ignorant, and hia answer, though it is not a reply, wiU enibla him to retreat with his flag flying. An Irishman^ who wished for a position as letter-camer in one o^ourla^ge cities, went before the Civil Bervice,Board^or examination. He appeared, weeing a c»elessair, as one about to go through a mere formality. "V^at is the dis canoe, Mr. Mahoney, be- tw-een Toronto and Constantinople " asked the Chairman. "Wat's the distance between Toronto and that haithen city?" aatd Pat, "Well, sor, is. that's to be my route, I withdraw my application." One of Pat's countrymen, having served in the Halifax navy -yard in a subord- inate position, asked to be promoted, hinting that he would not object to going to sea, if he could be aa8ur3d of a good berth on a man-of-war. He, too, was invited to appear before the Examining Board. "Mr. Mulhone, "'asked the Chairman, "if you were in the China Sea, and the ship under full sail was going ten knots an hour, and a man should fall overlxMurd, what woidd you do?" Promptly came the answer, without the shadow of perplexity iHtpearing on Mulhones face "If I was in the China Seas, under the circumstances ye name, and a man should fall overboard I think I'd write to his friends that he was^ drowned." Bobbing a Gold. Mine. At Nevada City 1,800 pounds of ore were sold a short time ago for $8,000. It was ide»^tified as the product of the Eberhard mine, near White Pines, and there was a great deal of curiosity to learn how it had been carried out of the mine. The story was obtained in some way, and this is it A Cornish miner employed in the Eberhard had his dinnei -bucket made with a false buttom, into which he put a specimen every day, carrying it. away safely to a cabin which he shared with another Cornishman, who worked on the night shift. As his partner was absent when he was present, he had no trouble in secreting the ore," plac- ing it each night under the floor of the ca- bin and keeping its presence and where- abouts a secret. One morning he informed his partner that he was going to quit the Eberhard and leave the country. The part- ner must have been suspicious, for he only waited for the ore thief to get out of sight, when he tore up the cabin floor, and, bor- rowing a horse and wagon, loaded up the ,8L0 poun Is of stuff, and driving to Nevada City sold it. He then disappeared, and the original thie* never got a cent for his share of the plunder. â€"^ â- Kot That Kind of a Baby. 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