, 1883-05-19

Talk about the interest created by a bull
in china shop, why it is tame, sleepy,
uncNcntful performance In comparison
with live bear in a ~ ,tauraut, and Il
proof of this statement was registered
down ai the Dclmoniru Monday. Among
the curiositics about the california House
that for Il long time awakened considcrao
hle interest among the many guess that
frequent that popullr hosiery was II fine
geological sp,l linen of the genius brIlin
that was presented to the proprietor, Mr..
W. G.. Gray, when quite Young. Now Il
bear will be bear no matter bow kindly
it has been brought up, or however long
it may have lpafcd about the haItn;S Of
civilization You can waste months tryp
ing To instill into a bear the proprictics Of
an honest and peaceful career, but just
when You feel convinced that his bcarship
has mastered the rudimcnts Of a moral
clucation, G he viii up and do something
so awful wicked that You are conN inccd
that u. good deal ui valuable time has been
wasted iooling with an iucorrigil L. sub
jcct. Now this bear, from habyhuod until
lie had reached the advanced age " two
years, exhibited u playful yet dorlr dis
position, and it had become the general
suppOsition that he was going back on the
record Of former pets Of the same species,
and live long, peaceful, cnViablc cN-
istcncc. But a chunk Of disappointment
larger than a spring mattress was to knock
these fond hopes higher than Bald noun
tain; Mr.. Bear was To create u Hurry, end
his life disrcputal lc, and 20 down To the.
grave unhonorcd, in fact leaving feeling
oi thrnkfulneSS at hiSdcmsc in the brcis, :
o. several The climax q 'curr,1l Monday
evening. At that time the Re, r having
aroused himself from n late sicSta, shook
his wooly garment, and struck out for
quict stroll. Moving majesticllly along
the water front his oliactory nerves were
sulI;cd with q rich odor ui tempting cook
tturnt and distributing itself about the
vicinity to make a poor devil without a
cent wish ever 50 hard that he was a mmc
owner, or a railroad king. Taking pr,Sr
limmary snitl or two. the boar said 1t was
good, and being believer in the com
munStir dn.trinr that " Ia. is some one
cl,rS is mno also, wul'sul into the dining
room. There were number Of people
present stretching their anatomy over
large orders. They suddenly lost their
appctitrs. They liked bear, hut hIdnt
ordered any raw on the hal, shell. They
hunrcrcd more for absence Just at that
moment than for the most royal dishes,
and they searched for it, too. Without
discussing the situation they got up and
snuntcrcd out. The back door was in big
demand, and it is said the Paint is rubbed
oil the floor where some of the toc-na'ls
took hDll. hut we don't voucK for that
statement. However, vacancy ruled in
the late populated district, and the bear
was the master u the situation. Laugh
ing over the fun the intruder stepped into
the kitchen and Charley Carson sgi I'd
evening, and had business clsewy lrc.
The bear made q survey Of the room and
lit onto 4 tempting cut of beef, To which
he fruzc with an adhesive freeze. Here
h" was found by Mr.. Gray, who had been
franiically summoned. and that gentle
man at once put a quictus to all further
bcarish ccccntricitics by dcNtcrous blow
Of an axe, that ended the confusion ard
the bears career at one and the same time