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His mouth was absolutely open to shut
down on my neck and finish this story
for me. could feel his hot breath on
my face, when the wolves made rush,
and one of them absolutely seized my
foot. The grizzly rushed after them
furiously. Now was my opportunity.
With superhuman exertion rose upon
my uninjured knee, and half-scram bled,
half rolled into the pen. Before i was
we'll in l could hear the huge brute
coming on run. crawled another
foot further-too late-no; l reached
the trigger with the tips of my fingers,
and down shot. the ponderous door,
scraping the grizzly's nose as it fell.
81 was shut up in the bear pen. How
the brutes did rage outside. A hundred
times they walked around and around
the pen, the bear officiating as chief
mourner and the wolves skulking after
him and bowling dismally. AS for me,
l lay stretched on the ground inside and
laughed and cried, and cried and
laughed, for my nerves were gone all to
pieces, and had o spell of what would
have been Mysteries if had been a
woman. Sometimes l varied the per.
Torrance by fainting comfortably
away, with such blessed sense of
security; and when / walked again
cried and laughed some more. staid
there and kept house in that bear-pen,
/ don't know how many hours. After
awhile a fusillade of shots aroused me,
and saw my friend the grizzly rise
upon his hsunches. Then some more
shots sounded and he fell, with faint
struggling motions of his arms. The
wolves rushed at him first, but few
more shots scattered them; and then
came John with three of the neighbors.
when ask you not to go next time
maybe you'll listen said John. He's
funny fellow, that John. You see my
horse had gone home, and then John
gathered IN some of the neighbors and
went to look for me. They found where
had been thrown and where the bear
had dragged me. They had never ex-
pected to find me alive, and there l was
in the bear-pen. Well, my broken leg
was serious matter, but it healed at
last, and You can scarcely tell any
difference in my walk. could show
you the scars on my shoulders made by
the grizzly's teeth. When a change in
the weather is brewing those places
hurt me yet, and the memory is so
vivid for moment I fancy myself ~
ing in that bear pen with huge Rocky
Mountain grizzly Two feet away. tell
you that helpless, foolish tears come to
my eyes when think of it."--St Louis
Globe Democrat
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The Tourist An italy.

A yearly income of twenty million
dollars is a handsome return to get for
the trouble of entertaining strangers.
This, it is said, represents the amount
of gold spent in Italy every year by
tourists and visitors from foreign coun-
tries. Travelling American millionaires
and others contribute about a third OF
the total amount; Engiishmen and
others the remainder. The calculation,
which is made in a report on Italian
trade issued by the British embassy, is
probably sufficiently correct Italy OBJ
tains this amount of gold over and
above her earnings in other ways; and
the sojourner in the land is the only
gold mine. He is certainly exploited
with zeal and thoroug hness which it
would be difficult to surpass- Perhaps
the opportunity might be taken to ask
that such profitable customer should
be treated little more tenderly.
Neither Italian hotels nor italian rail-
ways are perfection; nor is Naples quite
such clean city as it might be st.
James Gazette.
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TRAVELLING IN ALASKA.

It Is Difficult and Perilous In the Extreme.
A recently returned traveller from
Alaska, Mr.. Israel C. Russell, says that
he met with enough adventures in his
journeys to satisfy the most venture
some geographical explorer. The ex-
plorers got along mostly by climbing
over the steep walls of ice and snow,
and across immense fields of ice. In the
climbing, steps were cut in the ice, and
the members of the party slowly and
painfully dragged themselves up that
way. At almost any time false step
would have precipitated the party thou
sands of feet down the frozen precipices
On one occasion they were descending,
when they found that an avalanche had
carried away the steps which they had
made in going up. The impromptu
staircase was destroyed for three hun
dred feet, and they had to lower a man
by a rope to chop out another, there
being no other way of getting down.
Such accidents rs this were not uncom-.
mon. Avalanch-s were continually fall
ing, rushing down the slopes with the
speed of railway trains, and with
roar like thunder, the sound being
audible twenty miles away.
One night about IL o'clock the party
was passing over bad place in the
Agassiz Glacier. Two men were in the
lead, drawing a sled. Suddenly they
disappeared, having fallen into assure
in the ice. A projecting ledge about
twenty feet below luckily caught them,
else they wouid never have bsen seen
again. They were hauled out with
ropes.
In the same neighborhoo1, the next
day, the party were travelling over a
great ice Fl I'D, and Mr.. Russell, turning
tolook back over the way he had come,
was startled to see that the greater
part of the fell had disappeared, leav-
ing an enormous hole of unknown
depth. Another time one of the men
tumbied into crevassa, or narrow slit
in the ice, and was only saved by the
pack fastened to his shoulder, which in
terrupted his fall through twist in
the frozen tunnel which had yawned
for him.
One would think such dangers suffi-
cient to chill the ardor for adventures
in the most enthusiastic arctic explorer.
1t looks fine TO return with hard-earned
laurels, but the chances are great
against the launels. and in favor of the
ardent traveller finding an ignomini ous
grave in some ice hole, or at the bottom
of some unsupported precirice. -Har-
pcr's Weekly.
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blissful Inconsistencies. When I be-
gan to find myself again. the loud
bowling, deep growing and screams of
rage startled me back into the world.
1 found the grizzly standing over me,
while all around, not more than twenty
yards away, were great, gannt, hun
CRY wolves.
"They had gathered in great num-
bers, and saw in moment what had
saved my life thus far. They were
afraid to venture upon the bear while
he held his prey, and he could not
begin devouring his captive while they
stood around strong in numbers and
emboldened by famine. Whenever the
grizzly put his head down to take hold
of me the wolves instantly began to
crowd nearer, whereupon he raised his
head with a warning growl, and they
fed to a safer distance. This occurred
not once or twice, but dozen times.
The very fact that l am here to-day,
gentlemen, is due to gang of wolves
that would have torn me into good
many fragments if they could have
had their way.
but the brief respite came to an
end. The bear, tired of being defraud-
ed of his meal, decided to drag it to
some more secluded place, and there
feast at his leisure. He made one last
charge upon the wolves, and then,
rushing back, seized my shoulder again
and started off in a trot. A few mo-
ments of agony were followed by an
| other fainting spell, and once more,
happily, was unconscious. When / re-
covered the same bowling, raging
pandemonium was going on around
me. Added numbers had made the
wolves more courageous, and they were
pressing close upon the grizzly. He
had not yet begun to devour me. He
would stand over me and growl for a
| moment, and then make onslaughts
upon the enemy, scattering them like
chaff
'As turned to watch him in one OF
these violent attacks / was startled to
find that / was lying just before the
door of one of brother Johns bear-pens.
1t was little house, built and rooted
with logs securely clampcd together.
The door was raised and fastened to
the lever that connected with the trig.
ger inside. At first my only thought
was of the grim joke it would be upon
Johns bear-trap to have his brother
devoured by a bear right in front of it.
Then something else occurred to me.
The bear came back and stood over me.
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about fifteen feet, ! should think. l
had gone over his back in beautiful
curve, turning three or four somer-
saults before struck the ground. NV
gun had flown clear over the grizzIy's
head and now lay on the other side of
him, and there | was with my leg brok-
en- above the knee.
isn't it queer what funny things you
will think OF in some awful moment of
sorrow or suspense? | lay there, try
ing to imagine whether John would,
find enough of my bones to accord me.
decent burial when he came to search
for me. was absolutely feeling in nv
pocket little dizzily for pencil and
paper, so that l could write a few
words, when the grizzly came, smelled
me over two or three times. and at last
took hold of my left shoulder and be-
gan to drag me. Then the pain in nv
broken leg and my tortured shoulder
overcsme me, and went off into
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about grizzly-hunting, but | had lit
tie experience in that line that wasn't
pleasa mt, | assure you. You have all
told your hunting stories; now give me
a chance, and If mine don't lay it over
all of them I'll stand the cigars.
81 have lived in San Francisco, as you
know, about fifteen years. During all
that time my recreation was confined
exclusively to little sails on the bay or
fishing excursions. / had never been
able to get off on a hunt, though you
all know that am fonder of hunting
than anything else in the way of sport.
But the spring business was little
dull for awhile, and / had an oppor-
tunity to visit my brother in the north
ern part of the state. / took along one
of the finest guns you ever saw and
complete hunting outfit, for my brother
had written that game was plentiful.
and was resolved to have full month
of unlimited hunting.
THAT brother of mine is a queer fell
low. He went with me on two or three
excursions and then grew tired of it
and staid at home with his vines and
stock. You were liable to find almost
depredations had been made on his
sheep that he had been forced to build
bear traps and dig pitfalls for the
wolves on every side of his farm. He
had caught no bears yet, but wolves
had been captured nearly every day.
Still, for several days brought home
nothing more formidable than deer,
though several times l saw wolves
slxulking after me as / carried my
trophies home. / had been there about
a week. think, when one morning as
! was getting ready to ride forth on my
usual jaunt my brother begged me not
to go, and said he felt as though some
thing would surely happen. John is a
funny fellow about things like that
always having premonitions I laughed
at him and gayly told him what direc-
ton l was going to take, so that he
could trace me up if failed to put in
an appearance, and / rode away,
whistling as / went.
Before h ad gone mile saw a fine
buck, but got very poor shot and
only wounded it. felt certain, how
ever, from the way the blood was pour
ing, staining the ground as it ran. that
it was badly wounded and must as
suredly drop very soon, so l rode after
it as fast as could, trailing it easily
by the blood-stains. l had shot the
deer on the mountain side. 1t ran
along the side of the slope for perhaps
a quarter of a mile and then suddenly
struck down the mountain. And so,
following it, came at last to the edge
of the valley, with its large timber and
heavy underground. Just as entered
this valley came upon the PROSTATE
trunk of an enormous tree which had
apparently fallen several months be-
fore, turning out huge mound of clay
with its roots. The trail of blood
showed that the deer had leaped over
the trunk, but my horse was no jumper
and I began hastily circling around the
tree.
''As turned the angle of the clay
mound at its root, with vicious snort
an enormous grizzly sprang up erect
out of the shadows and faced me with
jaws open. This apparition and the
sudden 'squatting' of my horse occu-
pied one second. Before the next Sec
ond was over my horse had jumped
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disciples contravened the command
ment, ''Thou shalt not !steal.r This
eighth commandment of the Decalogue
is as binding now as it ever was, and
Christians recognize it as such theoret-
ically; yet it seems to me that more
confusion of economic thought arises
from failure to understand this sim
pie law than from any other source
whatever.
Thou shalt not steal. 1t does not re-
quire Moses or Herbert Spencer to
convince men of the truth of this law
of morals. 1t is written in the hui
man heart. Yet there is a great deal
more involved in it than is generally
realized.
What is stealing? Any one will say
'It is taking possession Of the property
of another by force or fraud" Thus
Ear, at least. all Christians go, but they
do not get to the bottom of the matter,
because they do not ask and answer for
themselves another question-what is
property? Or, If they do define prop
crty, they make its meaning dependent
upon human law, whereas it is clear
that The col imandment, ''thou shalt
not steal" depends for its significance
not upon human law at all, but upon
the fundamental law of God, who is no
respecter of persons, but created all
men equal. Stealing is stealing, wheth-
er done by king or a peasant. by the
strong or the weak, by majority or a
minority. by community or an indi-
vidual, with good intention or malice
prepense. To GRASP the full meaning
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Its getting so with me-" remarked
a practical farmer, that it isn't until
the hay days are all over that feel as
it the hey-dey of my existence had ar
rived. Courier.
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"A Narrow Escape. Y. Pense
Papa. what's the meaning of souve-
nir?" Mr.. Y. Pense (apprehensively)
Standardization! It's French word,
my dear. meaning in bad taste, rank,
snide." Jewellers Weekly.
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Preposterous.

Tailor-rve come in to collect the bill
for your last spring suit, sir.
Howell Gibbon-Yes. But / can't
wear that suit another year.
Tailor-What's that got to do with
1t?
Howell Gibbon-How am going ia
pay for it, when I've got to get another
suit?-puck
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FRO BE Continued
Favoring the Privileged.

At. recent meeting of the Detroit
city council an ordinance has been pass
ed requiring property owners to lay
stone sidewalks in front of their dwell
ings. Some objection was made to the
form of the ordinance, inasmuch as,
when taken in connection with other
and unrepealed ordinances allowing the
first sidewalks laid to be of plank, it ia
vored the owners of vacant land in the
city along which sidewalks had not yet
been laid. In the course of the discus
sion Alderman Lowrey said:
don't think it is right for the Cass
erty out of use and get the benefit of a
rise in value due to others work with
out doing it's share in the way of inn
provements. don't think it is fair to
let that estate lay plank sidewalks
when others must lay stone sidewalks.
Point was given to Mr.. Lowrey's re-
marks by the insertion in the very issue
of the Detroit Journal that published
them of real estate agents advertise
ment containing the following excel
lent advice and useful information:
Don't keep your money in the bank
at miserable 4 per cent. interest when
You can invest it in Detroit suburban
real estate and make IS or 20 per cent
Think Of the vast fortunes made in De-
troit real estate. In fact, nearly all
our greatest fortunes had their origin
In real estate investments. What made
Gen. Cass so rich? The Cass farm.
Where did the Brush estate get its inn
lnense wealth? From the Brush farm.
Now, William" said Mrs. Hicks,
''here is the blue ribbon. l want two
yards more just like it. And don't for
get, William, i must have a match"
Later, Here You are, Mary" said Will
liam. Here is the ribbon It's two
shades lighter than the other, hut I
guess it'll do. And here is the match.
got u box of en-"
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A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.
Saved from a Grizzly by a Pack
of Hungry Wolves.

)U may talk
about grizzly
hunting" said
the bronzcd and
bearded Califor-
MAN who ar
rived a few
nights ago, and
who was now
looming through
a cloud of
smoke in the
bachelor quar-
ters of a friend,
with a group of
b O h c m ! a n S
around h i m.
You may Ia k
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-05
Large Property Separated.

The deed of separation of the estate of
Major ii. B. and Mrs. Flora X. Adams,
filed with the county clerk, is follows:
Berhan Suerte, 90 acres; ii Sc 100 acres
Zambrano Suerte, on South Flores street:
lots to s, II to o. in block 1913, on West
Commerce street; blocks l16, III, 11S. l19,
Monterey street; blocks to 13, Is and l6,
and lots to Z, ~ to 16, block II; lots to
16, in block IS, in city lots to 4; lot 6
block 4, on Jackson street; lots l to 6,
block 16 on Quincy street; 2 acres on Utica
street: blocks l, 2, 8, 5, CT, in city lot
6S; blocks and 6, city lot Z: lots l to IL,
Of the Abat place; lots /, 2, 3, :, 8, o. block
s, on Elmira street; lots to 6, in block 10.
Quincy street; lot 6. block SO, city lot 1:
lots and z, block 81, Burnett street; east
block II, on Dawson street; block T. on
Centre street; lots II to 16, west block "a,
on Burleson street; lots Ii to 16, south
block "a, on Burleson street; city lot 16,
north of U. ). government reserva ton I;
4 2-3 acres in east part of city lot 90, Oh
Josephine street; lots l to 6, block So;
lots l to 6, 8 to ~, block So;
lots l to 10, block "a: lots l
to 4, 7 and s, block So; lots to s, block Sc;
lots to g., block 81; lots / to of lots
and 7, block 46; lots 5 and 10, block AZ;
lots to IA, II to 81, block 80, Nevada
street; block 43 on Virginia street; parts
OF blocks and 2, Of Pereida suerte; part
of block on Refugio street; part of block
2 on LATTE street; blocks IL to 10, on
Montana street; block 80, on Nevada
street; y Of lot on corner of Center and
Newton streets; part Of the Mission Con-
cepcion lands; part of blocks 3, 4, 5, 6, city
lot 20; east block IS, on Nevada street
and lands in Concho, Menard, San Saba
and Wilson counties.
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MILITARY NOTES.

Mr.. Geo. D'Illiney, formerly private
of B troop, 3rd cavalry and who was ap-
pointed Captain of ID. s. Stanley Ex-
Regulars. was arrested Thursday after
noon by Deputy U. s. Marshal Kilgore,
on the charge of theft and burglary. The
city authorities refused to arrest the man
man as there seemed to be very little
was given is that he had a S. gold piece
on him and that such piece of money
was stolen. He was taken to
the county Jail and locked
up. Captain Carbough swore out the
warrant against him. The charge now
preferred against him will not hold water
unless more proof is brought up In the
case. II is said that Mrs. Easton, the
lady with whom he has been boarding,
will bring two charges against him,
one for theft. She alleges that
he stole parrot from her and sold it for
s.. The other charge will probably be for
debt, if it is made. He is said to owe her
for two months board and washing. The
officers claim that he entered their club
rooms and stole IS from there and some
other articles. They claim to have strong
evidence in the case.
The children: had their regular BIZ
weekly hop at the military post hop room
last night.
The navy appropriation bill was COM
pleted by the house navy committee
at Washington yesterday. A large
amount of money was appropriated for
the improvement of our navy with new
ships, docks, etc.
The committee on Military affairs
completed the consideration of the army
appropriation bill at Washington yeSter
day. The money given for tranSporta-
tion will henceforth be less than before
l. l..
This is great change in Military affairs.
The city has had more than the usual
amount of visitors from the post this
month since pay day.
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THE COURTS.

Edwards VS.. Lanyan still occupies the
attention of Judge King.
Judge Adam tried this morning VIM. III.
Howard for assault and battery on VIM.
Ramsdorf and fined him $40. He gave
notice of appeal.
Dan Garrett pleaded guilty to abusive
language and was fined S..
Yesterday afternoon the cases of Henry
Feille VS.. VIM. White and Dolores Clares
VS.. VIM. White, suits for 500 each,
for ejecting them from house
without judicial proceedings. Judg-
ment was given plaintiff for
S25 each, but it showed by the evidence
that Feille owed SIS rent, which was de-
Quoted. Clares also owed rent to the
amount of S., which was also deducted.
White appealed.
The bar met in Judge Noonan'S court
room this morning and adopted resolu-
lions recommending the confirmation OF
Judge Alp. Mccormick for Judge of the
Fifth United States circuit court, and re
pudiating the charges made against
him and eulogiZing him as man
of honesty, purity of character, upright
ness and ability as a judge.
A committee composed of Geo. PaSchal,
w. b. Wright and Judge /. p. Simpson,
way appointed to get information in re-
gard to petitioning the legislature to
grant BeXar county q separate criminal
court.
The preliminary trial of Geo D'Illiny.
the soldier who robbed the officers club
some time ago, was commenced before
Commissioner Price this morning.
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Four Weeks Solid Work,

A four weeks revival service closed at
Trinity church last night, the last meet
ing being one of remarkable interest.
Bev. G. c. Mclean and his co-workers
have labored hard during this period and
have met with remarkable success, More
than seventy-fye conversions have re-
suited, as well as a general revival among
the church members.
The following young converts have
connected themselves with the above
named Methodist church: Sylvia John
son. Mrs. z. B. Mac Donald, Frank Davis.
George Kaighn, c. w. Palmer, Jessie M.
Smith, Nellie Van Cleve, Hattie Dayhoff,
P. Mccain. Blanche Reeves, Luther and
Matthew Potter. John Hamilton. Horace
M. Fawcett and Ralph Campbell.
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STILL IN THE LEAD.

Olsen * Wake, the leading Houston
street furniture dealers, are again on
deck ready for business aud .reopened at
322 East Houston street, next to the
Maverick hotel, lately occupied by
Koerner & Co., wholesale grocers, wher',
they will occupy much larger space than
heretofore and better able TO serve their
customers than in the past. They have
still warehouse full of elegant house
hold furniture which, together with an
entire new line from the manufacturers
Just arrived, there will be no better nor
finer and more complete furniture
house in the city. The moving, repairing,
packing and shipping business still con-
tinueS in spite OF the late fire. 3-4.t
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Local Weather News.

The following is the monthly weather
report of Observer Passailaigue for last
month and also the amount Of rainfall in
the corresponding month of each year
ton for February in 1886, 3.l5 inches. 1887,
90 inches, 1888, $50 inches, 1889, 8 as
inches, 1890, 2.92 inches, 1891, 1.3S inches,
1872, OIL. Average rainfall for the years.
2,27 inches. The above figures show at a
glance that February was an abnormally
dry month.
There were but cloudless DAYS in
February, IA partly cloudy and II cloudy
look is for mild spring, and it is pro
bable that warm weather with plenty of
rain may be expected for March.