The Anaconda standard., 1896-02-15
DANGEROUS KIND OF PILFERINO
Men VINO Attcmps 30 steal Fear Cubs
should FAKE Due Warning.

i hen W no AiAtAhpt ~ FHffsAa -'hh NND
should Iase Due Warning.
From the New York Tribune
| New studies If the bears habits are
constantly being made. some OF them,
pursued while the student Is being pur-
sued by the animal. being thus cX-
| tremcly accurate and realistic in their
! conclusions. one of these is described
! by a trout fisherman Of otter run, a
tributary Of Pine creek. near Cammcl
| in this state. He was occupied in fish
inc ip the former estuary. and while
| So engaged got a bite which his dIsci-
! Uliutd experience Immediately identi-
J fed as big one. He therefore at once
! proceeded, according to local custom.
/ TO hang the fish in the topmost
! branches of a neiEhboring tree. While
/ preparing u recover IL by climbing the
! tree. another local custom. he heard a
I low gvowl proceeding from the under
brush nearby. Listening again, he
hear dtwo grOWls The first one pro-
ceeded from a young cub which it's
| ursine mother had deposited there; the
second one proceeded from another.
Both were on deck and ready for bus-
ness, but they We're of tender age, and
the fisherman, leaving his suspended
trout amid the boughs. had little diff
Guilty in placing one of the cubs under
his arm ana starting for home.
There was a narrow guage railway
nearby with a platform ear and a
steep down grade. and the cantor
thought If he could reach Ii without be-
ing discovered and pursued by the
maternal bear his escape with his
Whimpering quarry would be easy and
assured. But that bereaved animal
was pramaturely aroused ard was al
most upon him when he remembered
that he had in his pocket a handful OF
salt and pepper with which he had in
tended t. sauce his frugal brookside
TnuaSt of onions. Without pausing in
his flight ne threw these mingled con-
dlmnutS directly into the eyes Of the
pursuing bear. imposing upon the ami
mai considerable confusion and delay
ana Just enabling him to reach the
refuge of his rolling stock. which was
at once started down the Hill. fisher
man. cub. consumed onions and ell.
Eut ihc bear having paved the saline
ana ptppcr' lrritauts out Of her ewes
and got her second wind. was again !
upon their trail following the car
down the incline with barks ana |
hoWls of rage. the speed of both beiror /
about equal and the space between /
them too narrow to rank as a first |
class security But as the declivity |
presently began to fan at q sharper /
angie tn" car gradually drew away |
from the pursuing animal and was |
soon $50 far i'm advance that the latter /
CUP the pursuit ana when last seen |
was sitting on the cross ties howIin- |
bitterly and paving the remainder of |
the salt out OF her eyes
The lesson Of the occurrence is that
the cub hunting is most safely DUR
sued I'm forests adjacent to narrow
guage railroads with q ready plo-f1rn
oar at hand and a steep grade droppinc
away toward hahltsble regions and /
canine and chronological reinforce
inents K also goes to show that the
nrFn" eye is sensitive to che most
commonplace table condiments and /
mat while under their influence 3ts |
most violent maternal em.tions may ho
,ranslently interrupted. These arr not
very important facts. but i'm tho etudv
'l bears every E'tle hclrs. They
widen our knowledge of the animal a
-niie. but do not greatly increreo o1ll.
stert for its habits. II it had etszaa |
~ home and paid proper attention 10
.is young no such occurrence would |
nave happened. and hy the time OF ID.
'"tih47a equinox they would have be-.
come sufficiently ablc-heiied to defend
themselves against an trout fisherman
IN IN" western range Of counties ana
nigh; havoleft "a record for pig steal
UE equal to her own.