Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 February 1890 — Page 6

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Thetrsgfiy Wi«mbly «mf-.rtut«.-»te—w»toe»' lamit« to the.fatniiy ant fn-:ds *-,u r.-tbly affl'cted nf*4 OUt Oi hi* iiafc 1' flldeIy 1 that wlii- !i can nev. be restored, and u»frtonate to the adoli juration, whose K' 'I drrt* bad ah a Jy s«en repeatedly inv.'ed the hand "f litli, and which will now pradlly find itself cript

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ular, trongand Hiant, The mdden and tragic death of H^cretar* Tracy's aroiftbto wife ii-H-MUtT'ti Si5K'ht«r complete* a Met of have come to the Immediate households of the iTaii is nt and hi? binct «fit-sen sh the sdm.ui-itration bc^n. Tlu death c: Mrs. Scott-Lord, sister of Mrs, Harrison, and a member of the Pre 'mt's family in the While House, cant a shadow over the Administration at the very outset of the #xaal season. Then came re ted blows of sorrovr (o Secretary liUtJe* umily. A brother of r. Hluine and a abler of Mrs. Blaine died nearly together, then fallowed lite death of Walker 1)1 due, the prM* of the family, followed almost fmi»«'i tely by tf»e passing away of the eldest daughter. In hi* position tut head »f the r.-sMnet, with fs!-political pre* tige uihI jierS"ii t! populari'v. Bluino was undoubtedly expected to load in the social HV of the admimY t" and had purchased tiitti filed tip a r- -."ir'ioe within a stone's throw of the White House, on I^afayette park. 'Die doors of thin historic mansion ure closed {igalnst till social life, however, and mn«t remain wiiiie (he aging Secretary sits amid the ruins of his domestic happf

Knt more grievous, bot more sndden and Jtrrihlc, is th« lt«(»w that i»ns fallen HjHinSecivtury Tracy. Ills family bad bikeu the Uue

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rmideitee on 1 etrrrt, fronting on Purmgut 8jtmn»,omip$«l lnnt winter by Don M. Dickh" n, ami the hou-t* Iiad '•-.«« remodeled and iiinjjoved ntu^Mt (Ihu-.»h1* of dollars nit extensive win.' a»l.lel, und every prejurrttJou made tor the» 'at thut nre nwessttrfly il umuded i:i Uie familkn "f enhinet oillwrs* Tl»e honse Is now rav^ed by fire and dceolnte, nirl its gapiiut mdowi mul hlnckeii«d |»ortuls are only fe-iiiy u»ibhm utk? of thedesioiatioit in the hear'# of the surviving memivn of llio happy group that »o mscntly (KHMlJUtivi It.

The sad tale of this latent, and, In many re* speeM. »nddc*t of cabinet triiKwlies, may be hriettv told."

Heeretary Tracy's household, that went to bed Sunday night, February 2d, without a ti. .|lu of the vlul flit.- Impend! •'•m *ii lofthe (bM-\rlng p^ r^ms: 1 !i• re tary and lib wife Mr*. Wllmerding (a nmr» rled rt uigidert and her ar old d«ui ler Alb*. Miss Mary Tnu (an Unn ,r:ied dinn litr!1) Josepliiiie Motiot, Prejn maidi Marie Homer, a Frv-i. 1i V. Jjun^ Welsh, a butler and one ur \va uU«er serv«nta*

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that %gd from the basement to the fifst-fioor. tbey vtn driven back by the smoke and fluao. Brent ran to give the alarm of Bie. ead llte boUer made hta way Out Meood floor by a rear stairway and urooseft the sleepiim: inmates of the bed-cbarobers. He then escaped the stmt through Uiat already were devoudttg lbe front stairway.

Mn. Wilmerdlng itnd dao^iter ooeopied fbe front rooms of the second-floor. Finding their way kvro tbe stairway eat off by lUnie aini tbey both jumped to tbe (ground fmt i*«si»d «tory window. Mm, WiliJier :,tr .-t ui.mg fracture of ttw wrist and tbe daii^l.ter severe braise*.

SKCREZART TRACT'S noCSK AVTCR TH* TOOL Mr. and Mrs. Tracy occupied tbe rear bedroom of the second Hoor. Tbey were both evidently partially overcome by the smoke when aroused by tbe butler. A moment afterward. police officer Cat tell, who was the first to answer the Are alarm, bunt into their room, having heroically fought bis way to their help through the flame and smoke after being driven back several times. He found the Secretary lyinginwr.ribleon the floor and Mis. Tracy, In dishabille, at the window shrieking for help. He tried to lift (beSecretary, but, half Stifled as he was with smoke, found the weight too much. At this ro ment he was joined by Chief Panrisof the fire department, who had likewise dashed through the flames and smoke to the n-scue of the imperilled family. They dragged the Secretary to the window, and, the tiromen having by this time arrived, ladders were put up, and the Insensible Secretary was rescued and borne to the house of Mr. J. Bancroft Davis.

A sad fate bad previously overtaken Mrs. Tracy. Overcome with fear or be poisonous gases, she had clambered or falh'ii through the window and dropped nearly 40 feet to the stone pavement of the basement area. She was carried to the home of Dr. UattfT. wiicre she lived only about an hour.

After helping to rescue the Secretary. Chief Parris turned back into the burning house, now filled with blinding smoke and crackling flattie. In the hallway, bis foot struck something, and, stooping, he found the body of a woman. Ho picked it up, and bore it down the flaming stairway to the street It was the Secretary's daughter, Miss Mary Tracy, but she was already dead from suffocation, *»d also quite badly burned.

Meantime, the French cook had been rwcued by the firemen from the roof, whither she had escapcd from the burning building. As soou as the fire was partly subdued, the firemen made their way to the third floor, where they found the French maid dead in her bed, her body burned to a crisp and scarcely re-conn liable.

Secretary Tracy remained entirely unoonsdous until 0 o'clock, and for several hours apparently hovered between life and death, rfgardlcas of bis surroundings. When at lust be was fully clothed with reason, and Insisted on knowing the fate of his family, President Harrison broke to him as gently as possible the a fill Intelligence, He swooned under the terrible news, but, on recovering, showed much fortitude while making inquiries as to thfe details of his great affliction. little remains to be

said. By direction of President" Harrison, the suffering Secretary, and his dead wire arid daughter were1 taken to the White Honse, the former to receive alt the can? and attention his condition required, ^Rud the iatter to be laid out for burial in the historic East room, which has so often been the scene of festivity and occa

sionally the scene of sorrow and death. Theiatu ral swviceeof Miw,*ttd MiseTracy took place from the East Room of the White Hou*e, on Wednesday* February 8th, and not hi many years has such gathering been witm- 1 within its walls. It Is needless to Hve l..v. details of the solemn ceremony here, ut a word may he appw| tely #ald regarding its former uses as a funeral chamber. As family alter family has made its home in the ok! mansion, the hand of tkftth In the .fumoti une of human esperience has i*llen u{Hiii one and «uotl»cr of its iumatrs. Oen. Hsrrison's grand fialjer lay there in state hardly a month after bis inaujfunntion

President. There, too, Geo. Taylor was viewed in his burial casket. When the terrible disaster on tbe war-steamer Princeton occurred, the bodies of Secretary Upshur and Mr. Gardner. ofXew York, were placed there by -nt Tylers (HreeUons. There Tyicr^s first wife »utd lain and tbe da^igliter «f Mr. Oa«ln«r aftrrward received In the n*\m\ wborx- tho retn.utts of lier pmk*ewfc»r father bad teen* JUtfle Willie bwrted flpom tbe' £aatl Boom. 1 ft»?hrr's l*x?y Igjr.tiM-rc install sfttt twfui tttgh hi Aj Fc#* quarti.* room bad not

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Barley Is our only grain of which tbe some product is Dot equal to tbe demand, fhe deficiency is chiefly supplied by importations from Canada.

Eeraeoe applications to the skin of t&imaK as remedies for lice and akin lilmems. »too lerem One gill of kerolene adde to a quart of cotton seel oil better.

The most effectual way for determining tlie iTiitiirementi of soil for tbe prod clkrtj of any particular crop is to last thj question witli different kinds tad cjtubiiiation^ of manures.

The money expended on roads, if propjrly applied, will save wear and depreciation of wagons. Many good horses ire annually killed or foundered by bad roads. A road cannot be id* too good for travel IjTiie cheapest and best preparations for lipping the bottoms of wooden fence poets in to preserve them, is oil of iar or creosote oil heated to 222 degrees, dip* (ling the poet long enough for thorough turf ace saturation. Coal tar or petroteuin is the cheapest

Every farmer should rake pigs and :rur« his bacon. There is no meat equal to that produced at homa You will at least" know what you are eating," which is a valuable point in favor of home* raised meat, as only healthy, thrifty ttock will be used for the home supply.

It is not thought to make much difference whether a hog's akin is clean or aot, judging from general custom in feeding. But this is contrary to fact, for it has been amply demonstrated that an animal with a clean »kin doro not coniume as much as one not k»pt clean, And gives a better return for the food saten.

Tl»is tiling of feeding for an extra quality of pork is no new thing. The swineherds of the ancient Greek and Roman provinces u»ea nil diligence to tempt the appetites of the nobility with tender and juicy pork. The rich, then as now, had more of a longing for the choice meats than they had for the acquaintance of the producer.

As a rule, it is true economy to produce And manufacture everything as near as possible to the place of its consumption. The man who grows on the farm all he consumes on It, saves double transportation—the hauling home what he buys, and the hauling to market what he jells to pay for it These two items of co.«t make all the difference between successful and unsuccessful farming.

A writer in the New York Tribune gives a valuable hint, which is worthy triaL He destroys noxious weeds by pouring crude carbolic acid into the "heart of the plant," which probably means the "crown" of the plant Dandelions treated in this manner were killed down afoot below the surface. It is probable that any kind of acid will answer, especially the sulphuric and mu riatic. He claims It is easier than dig ging out weed-*. Thirties may be eradiated in this manner.

K*tn»Tajfnnc« or raftturlng Cattle liver iarje Tract*. The time will come when beef cattle will be raised on small farms and the food cut and carried to the cattle instead of using the land for pasture. The system of pasturage is apparently the most profitable of all methods for raising cattle, and no doubt it will be difficult to convince farmers that oth systems are cheaper and better, but when the farmers find that they are compelled to limit their operations to smaller areas they «rti] be surprbed to

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been using the most extravagant system that is possible to be applied to dairying —that of pasturing over large tract*. Even with our advanced system of agriculture and stock raising the farmers have not become fully awakened to the tmpoiUnceof the use of thoroughbred cattle for the production of beef, butter and milk, and until 'hey have, as a class, graded their stock to a degree nearly reaching the full bred, they will not kindly adopt the intensive methods, but must ultimately be forced from their present position, and the change will be to their ad vantage.

Tlie value of the land, the interest on its value, and the possible profit from its oae are factors that should enter into the expenses of dailying or cattle-feeding. Whether it is cheaper to allow the cattle to go to the pasture, harvest the grass, and bring it to tie baru in their stomachs, or whether it 1$ cheaper to cultivate the land in order to derive all that it wiil produce, Mad feed the produce to the est* tie at the barn, is tlie important question th»t is receiving more atte itian than any other relating to feeding at tbe present time, and the ultimate solution will deerd on the growth of the country and the value of tlie land. Bat every farm* has iiad some \i«rience in a comparison of the two g^t^ter the fattoning of steer* i" winter is shnply the application of tiie intensive system though necessity, as tbe lack of pasturage forces the farmer to keep his stock confined in order that he may feed and care for them with as Imte labor

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sifcie. Tbe largest profit derived is from the taarmie, as bat 30 per cent of the food eaten is digested and Mst»thi«l, tbe cattle carrying away from tbe farm bot that proportion, though this mayrar acconli&£ to the kind of fool provided. If the cattle have no profit, when sold, over the cost of food, the manors wo&td still remains*a hutge item in their favor. The fattening of steers, however, as at present practiced, is for the farmer io go on the market and bt^y a lot fer that {tao pose. If he fceoomea Interested hi the imp* ovejineiit of hhi efock he will leant that it is cheaper to not his sleets sad fatta® thttfls, for be eaa mem* mete bed fntn a ««04td Z-ymr old than frooi two steers bought front deaiera, aa there ia ^s« U»^ diffett^ic* hei ween the tw*f C^IsmksR' animals. OeoS bveeding, with tbe me of and graia. and ths^ Ute aiMet, mil tmt only five a larger (Kottlwta&MrtBora Imm to he cultivated by a saote fo(pwi»ifcaal

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Tlte fil tiering of past years has tlitt winter dorci -ped into a battle roval. S«t« before in tlie history of Ffedeml kgkJatimi has OnifSMK been in sndi a tumult as the last ntuiUi bes witne-aad. K..ch Congrest adapts rules Sr itself, and until that defenssirc ceremony it is ail corifusiou—suhjed only to tlw arbitrary decision of the chair, tike any political caucus or other popular a» semfajage.

Tlie Itepnbllcans, Itavtnx bus a scant ma jor tyof three or four, postponed the adoption of rates, and 8j«»ker Becd came *o the front with some decisions which, whe het right or wrong, were revohuiouarv in *beij nature, being a reversal of tbe methods and pn cedents erf a eentnry.

Tlie party in a majority in Con rreas has sehlotn ^ucce«ied in getting all of Its own meiubvis present, or even eno-tgh to constitute a majority of all, an it lias been compelleil to rely

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CAIU.TRf.tb Rkkd. legislation to goon, enongh of its members would vote on roll-call to make up an audible qn rum but if tbe proposed l^iifla'io:i was ft'.-n-ive to tbem tbey bave l»e«n in U»e babii of defc ti tg a qu rum by the simple device of abstaining from vo:ing. Almos all tfe Speakers of the century have held that ii' members re rained fh»n vutiiiR tbey were nstruct vely almnt and could not be oonu'ed to make np a quorum. Mr. Randall and Mr. Blaine bave both reiteiatod this.

When Mr. Reed c»me to tlte chair and was menaced with a dofe.it of legislation by the u-u I tactics, he said: "See here! 1 atn Speaker. There are no rules. I will make a quorum. If a majority of members stay in tbe House tbey shall be counted as here whether tbey vi«te or not. If I can hsc them they are here if they are here tbey are present."

It a bold act, but he did not hesitate. The roll ea.l showed only lfiO Republican* pieeent he counted enough silent Democrats louagi in their se.ua to makeups qu jrunt of-106, and the bill was declared p!l-Stl.

Then ams? Pandemonium. A babel of rem. ns r:tnce marke I the revolt. The Speaker was dctiOitnce I as a tyrant, a czar, a usurper, a piiiul mog tl, a rev lutioitisi fists were shake nt him. and epithets were liowled at hint but, uudiffttuyed and moieor less calm, be hel I the gavel and waited for the st 'rin ur abate.

Ti«e y«s and nays were" dered oflenei than was absolntely necessary. Condcmna •ion of It? strange rulinp: fl.inied up occasion ally, Mr. Springer, itlin.iis, dl-tlnRuishing himself by holding tbe flo^ir and calling the S|M-aker to order with a clear intonation and an hiipu-m'iVti vehemence which compelled reci cnition and k« pt business at a standstill.

At last, after weary tlays of battle, In which, while there wa much vociferation there se.'iued to be lit tie real acrimony, quiet came, and, during a lull in the storm, the 8rnithJiickson elec ion case, of West Virginia, was brought t: a vo'e and the Bejiublicans seated their man Smith. In this fierce struggle they did a creditable thing which astonished themselves scarcely less than their opponents—they got a quorum of their own members present—108, a clear majority of the whole House. Tlie only Republican absentee^ were Messrs. Ciswell and Wilber, both sick. It Is not likely they that tbey will repeat the feat during the session.

The Dem era's have adopted and signed an "Apjieal to tlie Counfry," prepared by exSpeaker Carlifle, agdnst tlie rulings of Mr. Reed, and tlie Republicans have responded by reinrting a definite code of rules for tbe g-nemment of the Home, including for the tirst time in history a rule to prevent filibustering and facilitate legislation," providing that a majority of members present shall constitute & qn .rum, and that all members who are visible in the House shall be counted as present" whether they answer to their names or not. If the minority shall peacefully accept this new role and quietly go to work under it, a good deal of business will be transacted this Mat«fo»i, but if they shall still resolve to exhaust dilatory motions and continuc tbec nflict, tlie result can scarcely be Jbrecast.

In tlie new rates as adopted the Republicans have provided that tbe minority shall not prevent biutinm from being done that certain well-known and time-honored dilatory motions shall not be made thatfiUbustering beyond a narrow limit shall not be permitted, and, in siiort, that tlie majority In Congress shall have tbe pwer to tales np, lay aside, refer, pm or defeat all measures offered for consideration.

And tlte more oons rvative of the Demo«*fs say, Ve^y Well go ahead What hi moce for the Democratic goo^e will be sanoe f«r the R.^iillift»n gm ler. Have your way this year, but rettKsnber that we will bave a ensjority next Tear!" W. A. Cwnut

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P. W. Stevens^ of New York, will makes trip fo Enwpe'aatm at (he expense of Mr Puiltser. Stevens ceptnredtl»e prise oflfeed by tlte{i«#BAorof Neilks Biy's trip to the person who came itessrest to cosnpnting the scsojI time occupied In that energeiic yoong woman's d/coit of the globe. He gotseed 72days,6boars, 11 min«A»snd It 24 seeoodft, while tbe o®dal time given by the mm of the contest was 72 days, 0 bowt, il|minmes and 14 «ee -nds, leaving Mr. Stevens j*at two-ftfthi of a second oat of the way. This is eeft*inly good gnesainjt. and It taCHths partkelarly distressing to Tbomet £Ulmt, wboht beaten only oae fifth of a aseoud by the newfid Stevens. Hal ton made hfsgaess of 7S days,« boors, mio otesand 13 34seeotsds while K«llJe was on the Ocean, while the winner ddSesied bi»cak«dari« ttntS after the tfttortnsttm hadsanAnstnied the dificakks whidi dm met in tbe snow-tweed Siems. It is credit' .t.* .id*.:

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Ail UNEXPECTED ISCAPE.

Forty or more years ago, in tbe days when California was cmly poor, £ar-off Mexican California and nothing more, and I was a very young officer in Uncle Sam's little army, I ocoe found myself stationed at a certain inland town—if a collection of adobe or mud huts deserved the name—situated about sixty miles distant from the thai scarcely larger village of Yerba Buena, the now mighty city of San Francisco.

We were doing garrison duty—a single company under old Captain Jack an easy-going commander, who gave as little to do and plenty of time to do it in.

So, as the hours hung somewhat heavily upon our hands. Captain Jack and I—the only officers at the post—took to him ting and shooting, with now and then a little fishing by way of change, to vary the monotony of our soldier life.

Countless flocks of wild geese, brant, and lesser waterfowl came by thousands to banquet on the wild-oat fields, and make their reedy homes among tlie wide marshes which separate the firmer land about Sonoma from tlie spreading bays that terminate in the Golden Gate.

We had gooes for dinner, brant for breakfast, and cold duck for supper and luncb, till old Jack declared bis belief that he should quack if he ate any more such fare.

One morning I had been very successful at duck-shooting, and when I tired of the sport I proceeded to shoulder my piece and secure my game for tlie homeward tramp of three or four miles.

As I lost sight of the shooting-ground and began to enter the live-oak groves scattered here and there along the higher ridges bordering the marshy edges of the bay, I found myself suddenly enveloped in one of those dense mists which sweep up at certain seasons from the sea, like tihe ocean vapors of a Newport summer afternoon.

As 1 had no special path and was traveling by familiar landmarks, now rendered indistinct by the hoary haze, 1 was obliged to move more slowly, and soon felt satisfied that I had missed my way.

Reaching at length a space—open on thrje sides, the fourth being thinly wooded, but wit)tout a particle of undergrowth—I paused for a moment to survey, so far a) my limited horizon would permit, a tract of country which was new to me moreover, I hoped to hear tlie sound of running water, which, as I knew the general direction of the streams, would serve to guide me in taking what tailors call afresh departure.

While listening inteutly, 1 heard from the wooded side of my narrow visible world a sort of pounding, as if some man with large boots and no corns had found his feet unpleasantly cold, and was endeavoring to warm them by stamping in a manner which betokened an utter disregard of shoe leather.

Then came a wheese like that of a gruff giant troubled with the asthma, and finally a mixed compound of crunching and mumbling, as if a huge hog were eating hard corn. My attention being now thoroughly aroused by so remarkable a combination of sounds, I peered into the gloom until I fancied I could perceive the vague, misty outline of some creature stirring up the fog within twenty feet of the spot on which I had halted. "It is—no, it can't be—yes, but it fa a grizzly Don't I wish I was at home!"

That's what I thought You see I hadn't come bear hunting, I was duckshooting, and had no conveniences for carrying home a bear, even if I should kill one, and the more 1 looked at Mr. Grizzly, the better satisfied 1 was he had every convenience for killing and carry* ing me!

All 1 had ever heard or read of his ugly, hateful ways seemed lo rush into my mind.

If I had been examined on this subject in natural history just then I should bave gone up to the head of my class immediately.

Meann hite we stood looting at each other. It was evidently a surprise on both sides. 1 stared at the I war very hard willi wide-open eye*, while the bear stared very hard at me with wideopen mouth.

I think tlie bear got over his astonishment first, and, wliat Is worse, 1 could see he wasn't at all alarmed. He stopped eating, gave a sniff and a sort of interrogatory "Who are you?" grunt, and then took a step toward ma.

As 1 am of a retiring disposition, Mid have never been willing to intrude myself into company where I have not been invited, I felt some delicacy in continuing to he a witness to his repast, and was accordingly withdrawing in as unostentatious way as good manners would permit, when It seemed to occur to bruin that he owed It to good-fellowship to cultivate my acquaintance.

Declining that honor, I dropped into a backward walk, keeping my face, after the manner of royal presentation, toward this monarch of tlte Western wilds, when, to my horror, be favored me with a grin—*uch a grin I—and it was followed with a snap and a growl

As be quickened his steps towards me, unconsciously hastened my own when, taking along stride backward, I found myself suddenly oetrate in a earl of dry ditch or "sine," where I lay for a moment half stunned, in company with my dead birds and dnck-gwn.

Aa I reeomed myself, could bear ray grunting and grumbling friend, doubt'

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not a little at this sodden go tramping np and down hi the vain attempt to nose me out to the tag. 1 had now time to-think, and, as a merchant might say, "take Mock* of

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I was chased b? a bear, a f*ftngry bear, a cross bear, a bear disturbed at Ids brevkfaetof sweet acorn*. had lost my way. I had only a docking-gun, wildk, howev«rfemai.5a?ife to wildgeesa, was a mere plaything when hmwghtto besr npon the tfcfcfc tough hide of an meon-totlened %grlacly, wl weight might bo aomewh-re fa neighborhood^ nine hundred A* for my banting knife, I had left it at

liome. What wonder if, as an Iri hman might 8ar, I -4 Hiat I Iiad left myself there, before I started?

Against all this I had tlie consolatory assurance that the grizzly bear never climbs, which, a the trees were all on the side of the bean did not add much to my sense of security. Bnt my principal hope lay in tlie fact that I was just then hidden by the gully, the depth of which varied from eight to ten feet, with precipitous sides mad a dry bed which probably led down to «otoe neighboring stream «f water, "Now," tStoujrht I, "I have only to crawl along this ditch, reach the stream, cross it and bid good-by to griaaly.

I had just picked myself up and was proceeding to carry out my plan of escape, when 1 heard a crackling and breaking of tlie underbru-th which I ringed the ditch, and by which I was partly screened from view. This was speedily followed by an angry growl, as tlie treacherous earth gave way, and let Mr. Bear, with no gentle tumble, directly down into the very gully into which I had fallen.

Fortunately for me bruin had not only a greater fall, but tumbled into the ditch at a |Mint somewhat distant from my hiding-place, and the little ferret eyes did not at once pieceive me. An unlucky tumble, however, which I owed to a twisted root, betrayed me, and he turned and gave chase. .1

Tbey have a very expressive phrase Ml 1 California when a person is desired to leave suddenly it consists of two words "You git My dear reader, when that beast tumbled Into my gully I "got" and when he look up the chase I continued "to git"«ln a style \vhich astonighed even myself.

When I first saw him fall 1 certainly hoped that he had broken his noso at least, or even dislocated his great ugly neck, but that hope vanished In a mo* ment

He was evidently not a whit the worse for his somersault I 8|*d over the ground like a hunted deer, while my stout friend came lumbering and puffing on behind like a portly old gentleman who fears he may be too late for the evening train. 1 was expecting every moment to feel the blow of his heavy paw, when, turning an angle of the gully, 1 preceived, with no little dismay, that the ditch in front of me was blocked by an immense fallen tree. The smaller end of the broken trunk being toward me, showed an opening wide enough to admit my then somewhat, more than usually slender form,

There was little time for hesitation. could bear the bear's heavy tramp behind me. A moment more and I had plunged into the opening, and drew my gun after me, just as my fat friend rounded the turn of the "slue" in hot pursuit Running blindly on. ho endeavored to force himself after me, glving the log a shock which made me tremble for the security of my new tenement

One or two furlmflf plunges tended to convince him that I could enter where his huge frame could not, for ho seemed to reflect, and finally introduced a paw from whose far-reaching grab I retired into tlie inner recesses of my chamber.

Finding that his attempts in this way were equally futile, 1 began to feel a little more at ease, and when bruin again poked in his great paw, in an inquiring sort of way, I managed to push a dead duck outftihim with the butt of my gun, by way of a peace offering. I was willing just then to have^ jteace at any prioo short of surrender.

But Sir Bear had no ifiouglit of such a compromise. He tore away, and made the feathers fly wit his cruel teeth and ctaws, tn a style which gave me a pretty lively notion of what 1 might expect were 1 to trust myreif within their grasp. 1 had begun to think seriously of giving my pursuer the benefit of a charge of duck-shot, In the hope of putting out one or b6th of his ugly little eyes and making him give up the hunt, when, my eyes becoming accustomed to the darkneas, 1 discovered a faint indication of light behind me.

On working myself round, I saw that the hollow into which I had entered was divided by a narrow, rot-eaten wall from a still larger opening in the body of the trunk beyond, th« portion of the great tree In which I Iiad ensconced myself being in reality only one of the main branches, and lying almost at right angles to the parent stem. A little lusty kicking, with some help from my pocketknife, noon enabled me to worm my way with difficulty through tlte opening* Into this I immediately stuffed my light outer jacket, in order to conceal my departure frotfc the beast, who was just (ben too busily engaged in tunnelling an entrance into my hiding-place to take notice of my exit

Tbe creek was below me, and I dropped Into it in a moment, and pushed apparently unheard to the opposite bank for his excited bearship continued still at his, probably unwonted, bnt fascinat Ing pursuit of man-hunting, at wiiat may be termed the back-door of my recent domicile.

I was now comparatively safe, and felt strongly disposed to give the angry brute a more accurate not ton of my whereabouts by lodging a charge of duck-shot fit his shaggy hidebut prudence, coupled with aome doubts as to the possibility of discharging a wet mm. Induced me to leave Ursa Major to his log-boring, while I made the be*tof my way back to camp.

LESUK CtHKISO.

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