The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-27

piled quirts and ropes to his hide with
great violence he refused to move out
OF his tracks. Lewis was In a hurry to
catch up with the herd, and to the amaze
ment of his comrades he dismounted, and
coolly picking up the surprised mustang
In his giant arms he threw him across
his shoulder and carried him over the
bridge
In another instance, where there was
grave doubt as 20 the strength of the
bridge, Lewis waded into the water, and
making a pillar of his shoulder he sus-
tanned the beams of the structure until
the heavily-loaded grub wagon passed
safely over IL.
Having been told that bear had been
tracked into cave In the mountains of
the Colorado near a cattle camp where
Lewis was employed, the venturesome ne
gro, accompanied by sereval cowboys, all
lovers of bruins flesh, went TO the place
to investigate the story. With flaming
torch In one hand and revolver in the
other Lewis boldly entered the bears den
and he did not go very far before he
found just what he was looking for
Bruin had composed himself in his favor
lite position, with one paw in his mouth,
for a long nap. and when the negro stole
in so unceremoniously upon him he slept
on unconscious of danger Lewis gazed
at his fat, oily ribs and his mouth be-
gan to water. Never did bear hunter
placed the pistol close to Bruins head
and touched the trigger. He did not
have time 10 turn before the bear struck
him with one paw and knocked HIM
sprawling upon the floor of the cave. The
light was exhnguished and the pistol
lost. Lewis grappled with his antag-
onist, and by some means in the darkness
he managed to get on the bears back, and
the amazed cowboys saw this strange
combination of man and beast emerge
from the cave as II they had been elected
from the mouth OF a cannon. Fortunate
ly. the bear was fatally wounded and with
blood and brains oozing from his head he
rolled down the side of the mountain dead
1t is doubtful whether just such another
feat has ever been accredited to a bear
hunter In all the literature embraced UNI
der the fascinating title of bear stories"
Lewis can easily take up full barrel
OF whisky and drink from the bunghole,
and he can throw keg of beer into the
air with one hand and catch II with the
other. playing with 1t as child plays with
a ball. He can take a common dining
room table In his teeth, and while an
ordinary man is seated upon it, he can
raise IL several feet above the floor Not
long since, at the Austin and Northwest
ern depot at Marble Falls, he picked up
a bar of railroad iron In each hand and
walked five steps forward and then back
ward TO the place of starting.
An excursion boat with party of tour
lists on board ran aground at the head
of the lake a short time since, and while
the crew was preparing to throw out
spars Lewis sprang overheard and putting
his shoulder against the bow of the boat
pushed her afioat and then sprang aboard,
seemingly unconscious of the fact that
he had done something that amazed the
boats crew and passengers.
Lewis Is hardly six feet high, but he
weighs 3M pounds. and his muscles are as
firm and unyielding as a piece OF wood.
He says that he has always been able to
lift more than any five or six men who
were working with him, that he is stout
err than any horse or steer that he ever
handed, and that he is not afraid of any
thing on earth but his wife, and she only
weighs ninety pounds.