Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-03-01
NATURAL TRAP.
Death Gulch Captures or Asphyxiates
 Many Nild Animals.

Death gulch is a small and gloomy ravine in the northeast corner of the Yellowstone national park, says App pleton's Monthly. Tn this res .on tho lavas which fill the ancient basin of the park rest upon the Hanks of noun tains formed of fragmentary volcanic ejecta, .. . while the hydrothermal forces of the central portion of the park show but feeble manifestation of their energy in the almost extinct hot spring areas of Soda Butte, Lamar river, Cache creek and Miller creek" Although hot water no longer flows from these vents. gaseous emanations are now given off in considerable vol ume." "On Cache creek, about two miles above it's confluence with Lamar river. are deposits of altered and crys- talline travertine, with pools in the creek violently efferyescing locally. This is due to the copious emission of gas. Above these deposits the creek cuts into bank of sulphur and gravel cemented by this material, and few yards beyond Is the debouchure of small lateral gully coming down from the mountain side. In It's bot am is small stream of clear and cold water. sour with sulphuric acid, and flowing down a narrow and steep channel cut In beds of dark gray volcanic tLff. As- cending this gulch the sides, closing together, become very steep slopes of white, decomposing rock. The only springs now flowing are small, oozes of water issuing from the base bed, forming a thick. creamy, white deposit about the vents and covering the stream bed. This deposit consists largely of sulphate of arumina. :. About 150 feet above the main stream these oozing springs of acid water cease, but the channel of ths gulch remains the same. The odor of sul- phur now becomes stronger, though producing no other effect than a slight irritation of the lungs. Climbing through this trough. a frightfully weird and dismal place, and occupied by only a tiny streamlet and an ap- palling odor, we at length discovered some brown furry masses lying scat- tered about the floor of the ravinA about quarter of mile from the point where we left Cache creek. Ap- preaching cautiously, it became quick ly evident that we had before us large group of huge, recumbent bears. The one nearest to us was lying with his nose between his paws, facing us. nd ca h,,0 Hn ocla that 1t did not seem possible that it was the sleep of death. To make sure, I threw pebble at the animal, strik- ing him on the flank. The distended skin resounded like drum head, and the only response was a belch of poi- sonous gas that almost overwhelmed IS. Closer examination showed that the animal was young silver tip grizzly (Ursus horribilis). A few drops of dark red blood stained his nostrils and the ground beneath. There proved to be five other carcasses, all bears, in various stages of decay; careful search revealed oval areas of hair and bones that represented two other bears, mak- ing total of eight carcasses in all.
 A sensationnN Intidcnt
 During the performance of the drama When London Sleeps" at the Broad way theater, Deptford England, an unrehearsed incident of sensational character was witnessed by the audi ence. When the performance had reached the stage at which the villain attempts to strangle the girl whom he has wronged and drown the child, someone in the gallery, apparently car ried away by the situation, threw knife at him as he stood in the center Of the stage. The knife missed it's aim, but struck the musical director in the back of the head, who staggered from his seat in the orchestra, and proceed cd underneath the stage where his in- juries were attended to. The sensa- tional incident passed unnoticed by the actors, but was noticea by the audi. anea
 The Skau Gull the Eagles Foe.
 The natives of Foula, one of the Shet- land islands, make business of rear ing sKau gulls in order to rid the island of the eagles that commit so many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone cliffs that skirt the north western coast became favorite haunt of the eagles. and in this inaccessible spot they increased so rapidly that they became terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this iso- lated spot. The skau gulls are also strong and fierce, and the inyeterate fee of the eagle In battle the gulIs