The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-01

VIII Bring Up Their Cubs TaIne-Pea
nuts Better than Men.
The,bear pit In Central park was surround
ed by the usual collection of admiring spec
tetors The brown bear from the Rockie
landthe black bear from Pennsylvania were
walking around and looking solemn.
''See the ecUteendcunning bearsi" exclaimed
lady to her little boy Isn't il too bad tc
shut them up sol See how they pine for Their
far away forest home Pass in the cakes tC
them, Johnnier'
Johnnie passed in the cakes, and other pity
ing admirers handed in a lot of peanuts and
ihandfuis of candy. The bears accepted the
ltoothsoms offerings and retired to the grotto
In the rocks
'SPining for our far away forest homer
chuckied the black bear, crammlng cake in
his mouth and Poking the brown bear in the
ribs. 'Are you piuing much, Browny?'
''Not as far as the returns are int" replied
the brown, Tipping peanut shell into the
pit and grinning from ear to ear
This beats doubling up IN a holler tree or
hole in the rocks and smoking paws all win
ter, doesn't it4' said the black bear
docs it?" replied the brown. why, this
is snapI No more shopping around in the
dim Lit woods, roofing for grub and dodging
buckshot for mel How's that cakeg'
''Better'n a ton o. wild honeyl Here, grab
piece l only wish l could git word up to
some O. my folks IN Pennsylvania to come
down here and be tame bears Is the peanuts
good!"
''BeechnutS and acorns can't hold a candle
to one side of 'em Shucl a few. Pining
for far away forest home, ehl Certainly
Chuck over toothfuI o that candy, please
Say, you never told me yet how you hap
pened to strike luck and git fired in nere,
Blacky."
HOW BLACKY WAS CAPTURED
al was taking stroll in the woods, hesi-
tating between a pig that belonged to a
farmer couple of miles away and bee skip
that knew was full o. honey in an orchard
about mile in the other direction, when [
got my eyes on a man who was lnping
along toward where l stood. l was in the
scrub oaks, and he couldn't see me.
81 didn't hesitate a second. l had him by
the neck In less time than it takes to tell it,
and his wife don't know to this day, it hain't
likely, why he never got back home. l took
him to my den, but found he was so old and
tim that he was no good, and had to throw
him away. He had big, fiat bottle n his
pocket. and l took it out and snle1t of it. The
stuff that was in it snelG elegant. tasted Of
it and it tasted elegant l Iswigged,st it till |
began to tumble around and yell like
painter. / remember kicking both O my
young ones ont ofdOors, and that's all re-
member till / came to and found myself tied
fast with ropes and a couple o. men standing
by and looking happy. | was too sick to try
and find ont what was up. Ny head felt as
big as four bears heads ought to feel, and
oh! the thirst l had in me- The upshot of
the whole thing was that | wound up here,
and SO | amt kicking. Have another pea
nut9"
"Hullo4" exclaimed the brown bear.
There's woman and a baby, and another
bag of candyt Shes going to let the baby
hand it in. I wish they'd make mistake
some time, and pass one o them babies
thToughI Then life would be worth living,
and no mistake; wouldn't it? One o. them
babies d bs almost as good as young pIgl"
'Sureio said the black besr, throwing a
gumdrop in his mouth. did you do much
in pig and mutton where you came from,
BrOwny?"
BROwEY'S FOOD BEFORE CAPTURE.
"No, not much, said the brown. eve had
to depend on miners, and on hunters from
the east. We had to hustle to get miner,
but the hunters came easy. ! didn't think
anything of going out and gathering in a
hunter or two almost any day. But they
weren't much good. Too soft. Pshawl Yon-
der comes one Of them chaps in gray coats
they call sparrow chasers We won't get
any peanuts or things while he's around. A
little boy was PASSING me someCake the other
day, and the sparrow chaser came up and
says to him:
Break away there! That amt fit for
bears to eati TIN make 'em sick! Give it
here to mep And hestook it and ate it him
selfF"
81 gobbled UP dog one day that happened
to belong to miner, and the miner started
out after me. / wasn't feeling very well, and
went and hid in a big hollow log. The miner
didn't make any fuss, but just plugged up
the hole where ! went IN, and shipped me,
log and ell, on east. only wish I could see
him and thank him. he tumbled me right
into a puddiB'."
''If bears only knew it," said the black, re-
hecJively, they'd bring up their cubs 10 be
tame bears, and give 'em a future Hay,
BrownyY'
'You bet your toe nailsI' said the brown.
'When do the wild bear act again you can
have my skin for an ulsterl We're the people
here"
So the two bears went out in the pit aud
walked around and whined and looked sol
emn, SO some more people would feel sorry
for them, because they were pining for their
fer away forest homeS.-New York Evening
Sun.