The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-08
THE PONY WHIPPED THE BEAR
DUNCAN prudcmtIy Declined tu Accept the
Hear tn s'ay SNen. tor the service

bear t0 Payment tor the service
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Two men who belong to "a wandering
tribe of Ru--iaus now camping in Ni~stn-
oming were nearly killed 10y a big brown
grizzly bear last evening, after "a dcspcr-
ate battle, ON Dark Run lane. near Trsn-
ton avenue. They wcr,. rescued 10y the
bravery nf .Alhcr, DUNCAN. liz. ~l5-ycar-oid
son of Lieutenant DUNCAN of the Fifteenth
police district.
The bear Belongs To the two men who
were attacked, and they made "a prrcari-
o,is living by taking him on dancing
tours. When ou tl,,s.. tours he is always
securely nuIzzlcsi and led by "a chain.
Yesterday the men Thought they would
see how the bear would behave While oil
the cliaiu and released Of his muzxlr.
The animal acted in - hocilr manner for
the u,eatrr part of the day and the, men
thought that le had bscom. entir.ly do
mcsticat,sl. Atrout d o'clock i'm the even
ing they sat down 10y the roadside in Dark
Run lane. and began eating some slices Of
bread which they carried in their pockets.
They were entirely obIivious of ruin,
who was hungry, too. The powerful
brute finally decided to- seize - sls,r. of
the Feast, and he crawl"d up Ia ON. of the
men and seized the unsusprctinv wander
ar in his claws. The victim shouted. and
,ri.. Go I'm S.. his sp fri"Sd 10 frn nns , TS,ni .. RS
clutches, hut his efforts only served to
further anger the beast. He held his vic
time with one powerful front claw, while
he extended the other and drew the seq
ond man tO him.
when both men found themselves FAIRLY
i'm the bears clutches they screamed in
terror. They i'm every way tn
release themselves from the vic.-likc
grasp, but were unsuccessful. While
they Were. lighting against almost certain
death, young DlIGan. who was riding ~
mustang not far away. heard their p,tco,is
appeals for help and dashed to the rescue.
He took i'm the situation at "a glance. and
bravcly tried tn ride his pony, head first.
spirited stc..d could hc forced to do. Fail
ing in this the hoy turned the horses head
around and hacked IL up against br'iiI.
Ill. was just i'm time.
The bear was about to bring his ponder
ols jaws down ON one of the mems
shoulders wl,cn the little mustang, pro-
vokcd by contact will, the unyiciding
mass, let fly his heels with such force a-
T." literally kick III" brIrly grizzly half
across tin. lane. The bear was So SUR
pris..d 10y this sudden and unexpected at
tack that he dropped his human load and
started To turn To face his new enemy.
Before, he could get fairly INTO "a lighting
position the it'll. mustangs heels again
flew out and again the bear, now thor.
oigl,ly confused and varquisi g ID opp'd
IL was the work of only "a few moments
time to place the chain and muzzle on the
defeated brute. The two men were almost
stripped. Their clothing was i'm rags anu
they were badly scratched and bruised n
TO young DUNCAN that they wanted I.
make him "a present of the bear. hut the
boy scnsihly declined. His timely pres
cncc and novel method OF warfare nm
do,Ibtcally saved the lives of the two men
Rustie~s Iron.
From the Iittshurg Dispatch.
The rustlcss process, which has bceI
until lately an experiment, has now dem
onstrsitctl that great can b.
used. not only in ice pipes, but i'm ever
article where iron is used. In the pas
year over 2.OO,OUO kettles have been sub
jcctcd to his prurcss i'm Pittsburg. Tn
method il very peculiar. After the articl
/. is made il is put into IA furnace about 81
feet high. 10 feet long and eight f.,
broad. The furnace. is made in AN ova
shape. air tight. After the iron has bee
in the furnace for two hours. and il ha
attained almost IL white heat. the air tina
A comes through the r.geicr.tors and al
valves il shut securely oil. aud the furiiac
is made air ti.ht.
! After the air has been shut oil the stpcl
heater. which il located in the conibr,
ton chamber at the rear Of the furnace
! and at right angles from the air valves,
opened and the furnace il filled wit
steam and kept in this condition Tor cigl
~ hours. Al short intervals "a small valv"
opened. so as Ia allow AN exodus of st'ii
in th" furnac". allowing fresh steam t. d
: ,ut into the furnace.
When the articles have been 10 hours
the furnace. tiIerc has been
II the formation 81 magnetic oxide upo
the iron surface. They are then put iut
lu acid we'll. which il tho last tr..ttincn
The. Art.p..t.. UsI.,t..r.r "a rl.sr-