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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-12
LOCAL. RPEyITIES.

Some advertise when things grow siacA H.
And get a lot of business back.
But biz with some is always prime;
They're advertising all the time.
The Chamber OF Commerce will
hold its regular meeting tonight.
George T. Foster, colored, died at
his home, 400 north Patrick street, last
Saturday night.
A meeting OF the alumnae OF st.
Mary's Academy will be held at tne
hall in the academy building this
evening.
A meeting Of the Teachers Assocla-
ton OF the First Baptist Church Will e
held tonight, at which time officers Will
be elected.
Next Sunday afternoon the annual
meeting OF the Holy Name Society
will be held at the Young Mems
Sodality Lyceum Hall when officers
will be elected.
The ladies OF Grace Church have
arranged for an oyster supper and
Christmas sale which will be held in
the Young Peoples Building OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South to-
morrow evening.
John O'Riley, soldier stationed
at Fort Washington, was taken to the
AlexaHdria Hospital yesterday by
Officer Garyey while suffering from a
fractured leg which he sustained by
falling on the ice.
Three blankets were stolen from
vehicles at the Union passenger station
last Saturday night, one belonging to
the Adams Express Company, another
to Mr.. James Duncan and another TO
Mr.. Z. E. Downham.
Mr.. w. A. Barnett, the wholesale
coniectioner OF this city, adyertIses
candies for Sunday school celebrations.
His stock is large and varied. Call at
his store, 115 King street, and examine
his display and prices.
A chewing gum box was found on
Saturday evening just outside the mar
ket building on Royal street. 1t had
not been opened and contained some
chewing gum and small amount Of
money
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-12-12

RUBBER SHOES FOR EVERYBODY,
Lowest prices. ], A, Marshall 4 Bro,
A2s Kiag street.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

valpirlc-5 riippen,~ Erabtieill1llfcr;
Mrmitfolia uiio Glarf, fonliidc Gilct,.
%tiitei; 3orroip, Der ori1ilelle &aonA
fer, uno Gpnuno Stunlep & So. III
Der groben DECENTRALIZATION Sperettc
N Hopal 6omance." Ger &ineto.
graph brinst ltelle bclpealifc 9ilncr
nod original. aufnobmcn. @ic IT'D
lid, iperoen tdglih 9tadlmittngs Nor.
ltellilngen ge9eben.
IS anetp. 5,beater."
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9urlesfe.S rgoniiation, pclfe Ser be.
,iteli Der 9aii5en aHterifnniiden Sfb.
ne an Die Seite gcitelli-Weroen oori,
baIteu ntoraen ibrcffesT5ug in ooS
"a dpctp. Z bcatar!.H Cine aroSe maiia
faliid)e Garlteamng, birielhe bctjte!t
it'd ugnfericans III Yarjs," nno iii ein
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

ipicler miniaa mlutcritilbt.H Sn Dem,
Clio i~telicit iid,i einc Mn6obi hrruor.
raaelloer GnrietJSt %iiafitler benz En.
6liflull Dor, lultcr oieienI1emis 4
Green, Grant & Gotlin Miiler 4
Scmpcit nlrD Geo. :. Iopia. Gie
GbormGbel, brciBig-on Der 3obl, ollc
Hlgcnoiriid) unb bilobiibih. traqeii
notiirlid) illdt rucnig 5llnl @clitqef
bes @ol,5cn bci. Sic belibcrl ipohl.
aeidrlite Stininicn niib iinb pcricttc
EGrBcrinlten; lire aoitilnlc limo
icbensmcrtb, Is finoen toalid
Hodmitioas- &oriIeamigcn itott.
= rNition Sbeater."
1as uclte nWition+l beutcr," Dos
lid, Oorlf Der geid)aftstunoigell aei-
tina oes 0eidloilsiiibrcrs i. i. Iii
ION nilo Der G.ualitat ieincr Garlic
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

@cnliidl pplt Nunflnr Nib un0 Wtclo.
Die. Gte'Ntltiit ~ Dem Stiid iii ppn
><olcpb @ollnnNCr componirt. o@ua"
Top, Auc &%oual0cr, Sid MnntNome,
~, Mop Cummings. Tlorcncc 9crs
nett, Gillian Garter. Murgorct Gcn1a.
rclt, Nntip SuiIicr, NCIen @laolnGa,
Moric Nepcrc llt0 Mobcl Cooper lin0
IN 6eit Snliptrollcn brIhGitlNt. Gin
Sucll 5luild,en jpei Nrulten 0chort Ill
6er beitGn SCcl1cn 0ca Stildc@. Ter
Spe5iolit0tcn- (bcil lit gut bcictt ci:
ne glll5nhl Der bcltcu Null0cuilc.
&iilitlcr unb ,&iinltlerinntn trctell IL
henleiclbcIl ulli. Ter Ghpr bcitcbt
olla orciBiA rei5cnbcn iumgenpt0ncln,
Die ais SdnNerinncn mic olH GHn5c,
rilulcn 9lelG oltaQcScIdlnctc SeIltlm-
1Cu bictcn. 1890 Wcmobntcrmubcn ncr.
oCn olltG9lit WotincC'n gcQcben.
.Nem W otnumcntnl."
,Nbitc'2 @0pctp Girls" cine Nlrs
lc3telrippc CONNIE il inlit, id)lo1cn
nlorgcn ibr Guortier I'M rAcm NO.
ullmcl1tol-S bcdtCr" ouf. Inn BORT cine
@od,c lang ibr HlitiGca Hc1,mcllt ST
iiibren. ,}mci @eion1spolien uprl
iIbcruGltigcnOcr @onlif itchea nlli
Nem &ro1romm, Oic critic vGolcn
ombnN iDe Stora." bic 5mcitc ~.
Sum Cutbnlc" oocr rSbc Spuutoin
OF Tiut" h~ctitclt. %ci0c Stildc iinO
BON Eut Mbitc Ncitricbell, unlo III
teihep ipiclt oieier mpcr1lcid)lid)c
iriid)c &pmtiter bic &ouptroae. Gr
bir6 unnfreircr 'Nr8nbi itinrmhegab
ter Suuhrettcn ltn0 tiihtiger SdnE,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

uolliN llcllc, cini1e @cionNs-Ginln0crl
linO lcu binju1ciii9t, oltd) iino mcll-
rcrc Nall0cpiac Yfte in sic NllfiiIbs
rung eingcfiigt 10 bub COS Stild iebt
beinnbr Wie cine Ercnlicrc unmrtbct.
Gle Sduitipiclcr @eicliihnit, iucldc
GO Mit0lieocr 5Gblt, luuroe init gr0B'
ter SorGiolt %5lIiammcn 9%cltclt. Seoc,
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Den beIten N0noen, 10 ~0nb, cine glo1tt
o%bgcrunNetc &oriteullnN: crnl0Qlid)t
lit. -'Ga finocn. lpic itblid). tG0lidj
Mntincc'n itott.
~ nrplunb Shentcr."
@eid,ditafiibrcr &erlnl pom oNRNs
rplono (beutcr"N pcritcht mic fem
3lpeitcr sic ichmere @lnit, tiers Den
@eid)mod ot~ EllbliflmS III t"reiicn
unb nit ben NIliorbcrlmgcn Der ,3cit
iort5uihreitcn. Nbmcd)alum9sreid1
il,tcreiiunt rulb rrihboltih 0aa lill0
Er10ifotc, mcld)c olld) Die GdrbtctlnI-
gen oicier ISOLDE micocr pcrbicnclt.
Nm Scr Spibc oeS Frn0romnl@ itcHt
bas lmucraici6lid)c 9uCttiitcn Enar
Sam Clip n1G Murp Morblc III Der
bod fomild)cnS cenc oSn olO Gounl."
Cine mciterc @lnn5niummer be@ Hra-
gromms lit noa Nnitretcn poll Sri.
Coma Subp III ibrcn Snlpcr'onotlo
men beriibmtcr nmeritoniid)cr Sdloii-
ipiclcrinncH. les Wcitcrcl limo ilt
ncnncn: vSbc @reot &pmorb" in Der
elise She Goctors Chop. &ontcH
unN Sobie Seopprb uno &id)nro Pin
oerion in ci1ler Eorobic oltf NerHorA
Sbulp'S yGdiar lute CLEOPATRA" btt
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

HH-t.-#.
lbomoa g. Smitb, Stills Brieitcr
Der St. Stcpben's STRIDE IN WoibillG'
ton. jltm Gertnr Ger 1t. MINIS airdjt
i'll Scnleptomn.
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ermurtct. ~ Iic ySropc.
lera & Merdlnnta' Nliociotiou" bnt
!lbcr 10000 Ginlooumgen mlsgcianNt
mo crpnrtet IN Der pom {. bis II.
MGr5 ltattiinoen0en oMerdantS'
@ecf" mebrcre Souieno adnier ocS
Siioens. ltmiaiienoc arrangements
lucroen SIR 3cit lin llnterboltlingeil
Der &Grtier wabrcno ibres @icrieiliS
gctroifen.
= ~ 1911.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

Nina. mo mobrlit 9lt?" bilocte
Die tbcotrnliid)c S%ruioiion Der bies-
inintcrlldcn 9tclp = Dorter Sbcater.
Snlion. MouotclonG ging ooiielbe
BORT obne llntcrbreduung III Seene
lnto nod hot es nid)ts bon ieiner
Nn5icblngafruit cllacbilBt. 9lbeuo
iilr Nbcno mar ooS 5heotcr ollsper
toult. 2oa fritiIfe oniprufspollc
Eublifum Der 6uoion . Mctropolc
bat ourt) ieinen Mniicubeiudi iein
llrtbcil ilbcr Dos Stiid a~piprod)en.
llnb nidlt etruo blob oos oeutihc Sic.
ment Oeiielbcn neiu, Nbcnb iiirAbeno
~0r1ngten lid ncben ocn Ieutid)eu
oitb oic amerifaner IN oaS Sbeoter,
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27
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Cine @elltld)e @einn00poiic Ncbt III
Nicier @od)c in Ser YMiuiif Ntns
ocnlic" IN Sceuc.- Die bcriibmtc
Soubrcttc NcomiN &id,urO miro
bic Nouc Scr ,Nllmn" prrtorpcrlI.
llnicrcn Dcutid)cu (bcotcrirtlunocn
bictct lid, IN 0iclcr Sod)c eiu gang
erlcicucr WcnIB: o2llmu, 100 lpobnIt
Gn?", cine bcittldc @clong@polic, &c.
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0clltihcr SprodJc, jllr N%niliibrurN.
Sic %cicbrura Oea' Stiidca lit Die foI.
Nen0c:
Gbcpbulo Simonct, Ncutirr,
Start G0lcr.
Nutoincttr, icirlc SrolL
.......... WcIunic Wad)tcl.
@rrmninc. ocrenl od)tcr. .>Son Nicbl.
Cotton Gourd)ambuult, Sinonct'a
ShmicNcriobm Eoblo DC GoItu.
TIcltrcttc G%bombcrtiL SGn5crin,
Nntd Srotold).
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................ Gurl &ngcn.
N0olpbc Ncnnro. 9totor. Srco.S tein.
@roi @oOi1Iom 8rolhonSfp, rin mi.
iiid)cr GorlmonlL Wona Nobcrt.
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............ Tron5 Soltboll@.
Soitiic Eorfnit, Gicnitnl0bGen bel
Sinlonct ........ Gill &old)ot.
Mourice, Gicncr bel 9llmo 9uiour,
..........s.;,... Craft gSellcr.
Nuotplc FiirlId) ...... Sort Bulb.
Nina Iliiour 49,. Nc0luig Nihnro.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

GiClcr Snl1oll M.
&ird / d c3. - $n Der ,3ionSs
&ircbc all Der Noro.@ Strone pre-,
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ncn".
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pcriprid)t intcrrIiont mo lcbrrcid) 81
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Den @ciitIidcn Der GrSoio5eic Nnlti
more iolAcubc Grncnmun0cn: Eotcr
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STRIDE in @eltminitcr 5lnI Hcftor
Scr Ct. Stcpbch'H Stride ir @oih-
inaton, Fotcr ,>pl, e, Mollon. pom,
Der ct. Nuns STRIDE IN 5Hlfeptolun,
:. g.. }lun Neftor Der St. Sphn'3
Stride ir @citminitcr mo Entcr
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

Ginmonb. @einb1noler:
.Gieier @ein enpiieslt iif Defenders
9egen Wntnrmutb." @einfemier
(nnd,bcm er i'm onf Der 3unge &c.
priift): .Mmt iollte es faum glan.
ben, no Der bel ieiner Jronbenblut.
ormntb Den Mutb oasi b~ernimmt!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1910-02-27

uminmcbr, dis Dies bua cin}iAc bic
lice GoIicrt Oca @cincra m6hrcno
GiCirr Soiipn lit.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

ing me with vicious eyes, was an i'm
mense bull. elephant--anJ there was
armed only with double barrel shot
gun, the heaviest load in which was an
S. S. G.. charge, which would only have
exasperated my powerful foe without
doing him any more damage than
knocking the dust out of his hide.
took one glance at the great brute.
then /, too. turned and fed at my best
speed. Fortunately 1 knew of a foot
path which led to an old disued shaft,
over which there was q good, substan-
tial headgear and also large dump"
OF rock, both of which might afford me
a safe refuge. / made straight for the
place, and finding the headgear nearest
and consequently handiest 1 scaled it
with the agility of a monkey, nor did
l draw breath till / reached the top.
had not long to wait, for break In the
forest soon brought to view the clumsy
looking old veteran. There could be no
doubt that he was after me; he came
along with heavy. swinging. swaying
stride. Straight to the foot of the
headgear he came, while / watched him
anxiously 1t did not take him long to
sum up the situation. and he pro-
ceeded TO business at once. and in a
manner which gave one the idea that
he had come there by appointment to
do what he intended. Placing his trunk
around one OF the stout supports of the
headgear he took a cautious but power
ful grip on it, He was going to try to
pull the headgear down. / felt more
anxious than ever. for though the
structure appeared very massive IL was
not new, and was well aware of the
terrific strength an infuriated elephant
can exert.
Pausing for just a second or two the
great brute gave a tremendous heave
and tug, which made him utter a short
grunt. The structure to my vast relief
did not move in the slightest Again
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

he tried. taking a better hold with his
trunk and carefully arranging his huge
feet on the rubble scattered about the
ground. Once more he failed and with
short, impatient trumpeting noise he
let go. Next he turned his attention to
my gun, which in the scramble to get
up l had left at the foot of the head
gear. This he caught hold of with his
trunk by the muzzle, and after pre-
liminary flourish in the air brought the
weapon down with a crash against the
heavy timber, the blow splintering the
stock into matchwood. He then held
to what was left of the weapon at the
length of his trunk. Having surveyed
it critically he must have come to the
conclusion that Ii was not a finished
job, as he laid the barrels carefully in
the center of the footpath and pro-
ceeded to do sort of cakewalk upon
all that was left of my Is pound gun.
From his point OF view the dance was
great success, for he managed to fat
ten out the barrels into the shape of
piece of hoop iron.
Pausing at last for rest and cock
Ing an evil eye up at me, he trumpeted
loudly to the rest Of the herd to come
in and see how nicely he had got me
up a tree" beaming the while with
evident satisfaction on the destruction
he had wrought upon weapon which
/ believe he must have known instinc-
lively meant death 10 him If used In
the right way.
The herd was not long in turning I'm
to gaze at what to them must have ap-
peared to be an interesting but dan
gerous specimen of the apes they have
not often seen In their wanderings
through the forest. Judging from the
murmuring discussion which seemed TO
be going on among them, / should not
be surprised IL they were speculating
on how | had come 10 lose my tail,
which they would otherwise have ex-
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

pected to see twisted round the tim
bers of the headgear. and an extra an
chorage and security. l counted some
thirty odd adults in the herds. of whom
seven or eight were old "tuskers," the
remainder being young bulls and cows;
there were also a number Of calves, but
these being so intermixed with the rest
1T was difficult to tell how many there
actually were of them. The herd
viewed from my point OF vantage,
perched on the top of the headgear-
presented grand spectacle and one
am never likely to forget; but I can
assure the reader that 1t was with feel
ings of joy and relief that I at last
heard the leader trumpeting his COM
mand to the rest of the community to
move on, and saw the whole band move
slowly and ponderously away.
By this time the sun had already set,
and as the moon was about to rise
waited until / was not longer able to
hear the cracking and swapping of the
branches, as the herd moved rapidly
forward in its night march through the
dense forest, before l yentured down
and made my way home / have had a
good deal of adventure and experience
in this country in the way OF hunting
for big game. but this is the first time
have been "treed" by a rogue ele-
phant.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

One bright Sunday morning. being
anxious to relieve the monotony of life
at lonely South African mine, I de-
termined to take my shotgun and spend
the day along the banks of the Hungani
river, some six or seven miles away
from the mine, where feathered game
abounded, and where might also pick
up a stray duiker or stein book After
my usual morning coffee, therefore. I
told two of my Mashong boys to shouI-
der the "scoff" box and the usual 'im-
pashli" which 1 take with me on a
days shooting. Little did 1 know of the
surprise that was in store for me, or
i should have told one OF the boys to
carry my express" rife as well.
may mention here that some rowing
herds of elephants had lately been
causing considerable amount of
trouble In the Lomagundi district and
one or two rogue" elephants, or man
killers, had been responsible for the
deaths OF several natives. The result
was that the government temporarily
suspended the operation OF the game
law. under which the elephant had
hitherto been allowed to wander about
at his own sweet will and destroy the
native crops like a spoiled child with
out being made to pay toll. However.
elephants were far out OF my thoughts
when 1 set out. says a writer In the
Wide World magazine.
had very good days sport. I was
returning homeward, well pleased with
myself and the world in general, when
suddenly my boys. with a cry of mi
wei!' (the Mashona cry Of extreme
alarm-"The mad elephantv), vanished
into the long grass as IL they had been
spirited away
The Mashona is the most cowardIy
African native / know of, but at that
moment really enyied them for their
smartness in boiling. II did not take
me more than second TO realize the
position l was in. Just ahead, regard
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
MOTHER BEHR AND HER '07HlpEE CUDS.
YOSEMITE VALLEY

of the contents Of the box. The mamma
bear was very fat; but the cubs were
thin.
The cute little scrawny things came
sneal6ing out behind the rocks. They
were nervous and shy; but the box of
bait smelled delicious and proved very
alluring. They scrambled down over
the rocks and poked their noses in the
box.
The cameras began to snap on all
sides. The more venturesome fiends
crept forward again to get a better
view
Look out.' whispered a guide. 'Tf
you get between the bear and the cubs
she'll spring at you, sure"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

animals. who were poking funny black
boxes a her nose.
"A bear is very easy to tame" ex-
planned the guide in stage whisper.
This one has been tanned just by feed
ing her. | hardly think she'd really
hurt ANYBODY; but, Of course. you can't
tell. The soldiers have forbidden the
owners of the various camps to feed
the bears. for fear they'll become a
nuisance like they are in the Yellow
stone. There they come down and
attack the garbage cans and roam over
the hotel porches. Here they are still
pretty shy. But the tourists are tam
ing them The tourists insist on feed
ing them, in order to get their pic
lures"
And all this accounts for the fact
that nearly every tourist returning
from the Yosemite valley this year is
bringing with him several snapshots
of full grown bear and three cubs,
taken by himself "at close range" And
If In luck he will have a picture of
the father bear to show. too, and one
OF half grown big brother bear. Six
or seven bears frequent the happy
feeding ground, as the tourists call It,
The feeding ground is a beautiful
wild spot. halfway between Camp
Curry and the bridge to Happy isles.
1t is set back from the trail, half hid
den by trees. There is no advertise
ment Of the bears except by word Of
mouth. and through the picture postals
in Yosemite village But in some way
every new tourist gets wind of the
bears instantly and after three days
is an experienced bear hunter No
firearms are allowed in the valley, so
the hunting must perforce be done with
camera. The bear is Il creature of
habit and has good idea of time. She
is almost sure to make her. appearance
at 11:20 a. m. every day. Eleven
O'Clock sharp finds her audience ready.
seated on boxes and kegs around the
fire. Ten minutes after the appearance
of the mother. bear the cubs come
down. and still later the father bear
may deign to take a look in at the
happy scene.
Occasionally a tourist who has
tramped many miles from some other
camp misses the bears by getting in at
the wrong hour or after her bearship
and the cubs have vamoosed back up
the mountain.
There are surmses flying around
that her den is right up there on the
mountain behind those rocks" but no
one has been brave enough to beat
trail up. there to find out.
I'VE might scare her away for good
If we went up there" says the guide.
And, of course, no one wants to scare
her away, so no one goes UP. 1t would
be absurd to be really scared of such
nice, tame goats as those Yosemite
bears-yet it is remarkable what
wide berth everybody gives them. And
why no one gets between the mother
bear and her cubs--just to see what
would happen--is really remarkable.
People camping out just below Camp
Curry tell weird tales of how the
bears come down at night and poke
their noses in the tents and steal
freshly baked loaves of bread and
hams and other sundry articles. One
woman declared that she hit mother
Bruin over the nose with frying pan
for stealing the bacon therein. But
the guides and the tourists only sniff
There Is an imaginary line drawn
across the rocks in front Of the fire
and the tourists are very sure that the
bears never cross that line
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
TAKING SNAPSHOTS OF WILD BEARS in YOSEMITE

- IFTY camera shots at a perfectly
live wild bear-and the bear never
even blinked an eyel She cbarood
r pose once or twice, looking up as
10 say; Maybe you'd like me betta,
lnis way She lay down like preot
tame Newfoundland dog and rolled ovon
carelessly Then she opened ber via
red mouth and laughed
IL was enough to make a hear ,orrh
ne crowd or camera fends iust 10 Foo.
away was so fagrantly brave o,.s
patiently nervous. The bear vos -
without tether orr string ana No. a.eI
renee rail lay between her ana a.
SloWu' she had been baited dor,r th
mountain and over the rocks bv hnv
hlesn meat and scraps. A few mem
rIat.s .ne crowd had learnedly ex-
pialned that the bear. being ,,eootn
ran, would not care for meat. h,,t tti
particular Mrs. Bruin seemed an avcan
lion TO the rule. The crowd ta1l,ad r.
Mwnlspers and walked on tiptoes. since
WITS. bruin seemed to have a penchant
Tor sitting In the silence The cara,t
Iends were in the very front row-so
crosse that the bear could have reached
theih IN one bound-and there was not
single firearm in the crowd. One ven-
turesome girl crept forward closer and
Io'.r tiii sne was near enough to pat
the bear on the head But she did not
do any petting; instead she focused her
camera. and just as she snapped ~ a
nervous Old lady seated on box in the
packSround, let forth suueal and
somebody yanlSed the girl back And
right then the bear growled. 1t was
nothing but playful, inouisitive
growl. but the crowd in the front row
stampeded in retreat, falling over cam
eraS in an effort to back quickly IF
Mrs Bruin had been a nervous bear she
would have charged the crowd from
sheer excitement. 1t was obviously the
thing to do; the crowd expected IT.
but the bear missed her cue. Sinking
her teeth into q hunk of fresh meat.
she stood pat The crowd STONED in
stampede and looked foolish. Each
man wanted 1t distinctly understood
tnat the Fellow in front had pushed
him. The old lady ON the box had tom
pied right over backward in her ha ste
to get away.
Il don't believe in taking any chances
with wild animal like that" she said
to girl near her, who had giggled
gerie.
There was grand excitement in the
whole scene. 1t was a real wild ami
NAL turned loose in their midst-a full
grown cinnamon bear, the next thing
to grizzly! And the ferocious crea-
ture was acting like somebody's net
sheep in back yard!
Hush up Here comes the cubsv'
called voice In a piercing whisper.
A shaggy brown head appeared be-
hind rock and was quickly with
drawn Then another was poked out
from behind tree. A third cub-there
was third-crouched down behind its
brother.
she never brings the cubs down
with her." explained some Oldest in
habitant; "she always comes down to
reconnoiter first to see If it Is safe.
Then she calls the cubs"
1t looked very much as If the mother
bear had come down first to be sure of
square meal for herself before she
permitted her rayenous cubs to partake
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
DANGER-KEEP BACK.

Some one had started a fire just
below the little plateau on which the
bears tarried. Bears won't cross fire.
you know. Every minute of the time
the mother bear kept her beady eyes
fixed on the crowd. Her glance was
friendly. but keenly alert Like the
old lady on the box, she wasn't taking
any chances with the queer white faced
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Not Even for a Minute
MARGARET CRONIN

Mamma" asked little year old
boy. "are we going TO heaven some
day?"
'Yes. dear, hope So" was the re-
ply.
II wish papa could go, too" con-
tinued the little fellow.
We'll. and don't you think he will?"
20. no." replied the boy again. He
could not leave his business"
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

That was the warning sounded on
all sides: Don't get between the bear
and her cubs. Don't get too close"
Nailed to stump of a tree was big.
glaring sign: