Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-19

A traveller who recently returned from
Alaska says: 1.-The Alaskan brown bear
Is a huge. shaggy animal. varying In
length from TO ~ feet and weighing
from 500 TO 1900 pounds. found him
10 be an expert fisher. and during the
salmon season he frequents all the rivers
emptying into the Boring sea and the
north Pacific and their tributaries as far
as the fish go After the salmon run is
over the animal retreats into the recesses
of the hills, where berries and small
game are plentiful Among other things
be does besides fishing and occasionally
chewing up hunter. he is great road
maker for this part of Alaska Nor only
are the banks Of the streams trodden into
good trails by these huge numbering
beasts. but the swampy plains are cross
ed in every direction by paths leading to
the hills. The traveller will do well TO
follow them in journeying across the
country, as they invariably lead 70 the
best feeding places along the stream and
form the best routes 20 the hills
A hunter who has spent some time
there recently chasing brown bears
Seattle Telegraph.
MY first encounter" he says with
one Of these brown bears was startling
experience for me, and l have always
Thought equally so for the bear We had
been working mp against a strong cur
rent of the Koowak river oil day, and
toward nightfall pitched our tent AZ the
base Of nigh bluff forming the right
bank Of the stream. While supper was
being prepared / climbed the bluff 10
get look ut the country and was walk
ing along with my gun carelessly held
in my left hand. The top Of the bluff
was densely covered almost TO the edge
with spruce and alders, and the under
growth was so thick that IL was impos-
sible to see more than a few feet through
it, Ahead Of mo cluster Of rocks offer
ed temporary place to sit down and
enjoy the view, and made for it, just
as reached the nearest rock tremen-
dous shaggy animal arose apparently
from under my feet. and immediately
recognized in him the brown bear OF
whose fierceness the natives had been
telling me for weeks. My first instinct
was to shoot, and probably would have
done so had my gun been in my right
hand, but the first motion | made the
beaa. reared ON his launches and was so
formidable looking that concluded to
wait and see what he intended doing
After moments hesitation, during
which he turned his head from side to
side and licked his chops in most sug-
gestiye fashion, he dropped on all tours,
and with wonderful quickness turned
and sprang out of sight in the dense
undergrowth. When ] returned to camp
and related my experience, Tah- tah-rok,
my native guide, assured me that the
bear must recently have concluded a
heavy meal, or otherwise he would have
attacked me.
"Some officers from some of the YES
sells of the Boring sea feet went ashore
at Herendeen bay duDing the summer of
| 1891 ON q deer hunt, and one Of the
party saw bear about 100 yards distant
eating berries. Without thought of the
consequences, he raised his gun and fired
at the animal.
1.-THE shot went wide Of the mark, but
at the report of the gun the bear started
| for the hunter on dead run. His charge
was met with a shower of bullets from
| the officer repeater; but, although bad
| " wounded, the Infatuated animal did
not hesitate an instant and rushed
/, straight at his enemy. When within
about 10 feet of the hunter, the bear
rose ON his launches and prepared to
close. Blood was pouring in streams
| down his body One bullet had shattered
| his upper jaw, but he was so full of fight
! that the final outcome of the struggle
! would have been extremely doubtful had
not another of the party arrived and
ended the fight by shooting the brute
| through the brain. An examination of
( the bears body showed that he had been
| struck six times. Three of the shots
were in parts of the body ordinarily con-
sidered vital and would doubtless have
caused death, but the vitality of these
animals is almost incredible. Instances
are cited of their running over 100 yards
after being shot through the heart
Last summer, while was at Sand
| Point, two hunters came in, after an abb
sence Of over month in the vicinity Of
| Portage bay, and reported having killed
| 33 bears. One day they killed seven. In
order to show that they were not spin
ming hunters yarns they brought the
| skins with them, and sold them at a
| trading post at Sand Point During the
summer of 1891 two prospectors We're
looking for coal lands near Port Moller,
/ and about a mile from the shore they
came upon an immense brown bear en-
gagged in catching salmon in small
stream One Of the prospectors immedi-
ately opened fire, and evidently wound
ed the brute badly, but he got ont OF
sight in the thick brush Being anxious
to secure the skin the two men started
to follow the wounded animal They
had not gone dozen steps before the
enraged and wounded brute turned ON
them, and before either one could fire a
shot he seized enc man by the leg and
bit il nearly Off, and then sprang upon
his companion and knocked him sense
less with tho blow Of his terrible paw.
Having. rs he thought. Finished his enc
mics. the bear quietly anib,ed of. and
was subsequently found dead few hun.
dred yards from tine scene Of battle.
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with Tears In Her Eyes
She was thrown on the world
"Mercsfnl ,heayeni' she gaspcd-
Considerable turf was knocked OF tho