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A MULE WHIPS A BEAR
Desperate Combat in a Penn
sylvania Forest.
The Mule Usee His Heels Uoon Bruin
With Fatal Precision.
A recent letter from Scranton, Penn.,
to the New York Sun says: IUe Garvey
and Eph Dunhum, brawny woodehoppers
of the upper Lehigh timber region, took
a team of mules last Saturday und began
to draw railroad tics from the woods out
to tho main road. Along in the after
noon 'they let the mules stand in tho
wood road, while they went ahead to cut
down s lot of saplings. Presently they
saw n black bear trumping through the
snow in the rear of the sleigh. When
the boar reached the sleigh he turned to
the right, walked past it, and sniffed at
tho heels of the old mule. The mule
who appeared to be sleeping when the
hear waddled up, stuck up his earn at once,
raised his right hind foot like u flash, and
gave the bcur a terrible kick in the neck.
The bear tumbled over in the snow par
tially stunned by the blow, the sharp
calks of the mule's shoe having cut und
■bruised the flesh directly behind the ear.
Dunham and Garvey laughed heartily
at tho mule’s pcculinr conduct, for he
had always,been a very docile animal,
and ran clown to the team ut once.
Meantime tho bear had recovered from
tho kick nnd got on his feet ngain, and
.'was looking around to see where he was
'.and to'And out what hud hit him. The
mulo turned lus head and got a glimpse
lof the bear just as Duuham and Garvey
came down to tho sleigh. Tho sight
'deemed to enrage the mule, for he inrftnnt-
|ly became restless. He reared up, plung
ed forward, and tried to yank himself
jaway from his mute. Every motion indi-
:cntcd ,thut he wurilcd to bo let loose on
tho bear.
“Say wo onhurncss him an* let him
.fight the benr if ho wants to,” remarked
Garvey. .
“AH right,” said Dunhum; “we’ll do
it."
I Dunham then jumped to the mule’s
head nnd unsnnppcd tho lines. In an
other second the hamc strup und the bob
lyband were unbuckled, and the mule
slipped from under the harness with noth
ing on except the headstall nnd collar.
Then the mulo turned straight nround
and made for the l>car with all his might.
Ho lunged forward with so much force
nnd speed that ho went right over the
bear’s back before he stopped. The bear
did not attempt to get away, but stood
upon his hnunchcs nnd was ready to light
as soon us the mulo turned upon him.
The mule struck at tho bear savagely
with both forwurd feet, but the bcur
dodged and thus cscuped tho blow. Then
the bear rushed at the mule, uttering a
grunt of anger ns he did so, and tried to
strike hijn in the breust. The mulo, how
ever, showed inoro anger nnd grit than
the bear did, and, us tfeo latter came to
ward liim, he struck tho benr on the
shoulder with one of his shurp calks, nnd
the benr groaning with puin from the
blow, backed away. The mule quickly
followed up the advantage he had gained,
nnd the beur tumbled backward over a
log, making tho snow fly. The mule
leaped over tho log and struck the bear
on the buck with both fore feet before he
hod time to get up, but ho paid dearly
for it,, for the bear twisted his head
around and got the mule’s right foreleg
between his jaws and bit it badly.
Duuham and Garvey, who had the ut
most confidence in the mule’s ability to
conquer the bear, kept ut a safe distance
and watched the fight closely. While
the bear was trying to crush tho bone in
the mule’s leg, the mule bit tho bear’s ear
and mode ti e blood run. A moment
later the mule succeeded in yanking his
leg from the bear’s jaw
from the terrible blows which his long,
cared antagonist dealt him, but his effort*
were useless. The bear was getting
weaker and weaker, and, when Dunham
nnd Garvey ran to the spot and clubbed
the mule off, was unable to rise and was
moaning piteously. Garvey at once hit
the bear on the top of the head with
the back of his axe, and put un end tc
his sufferings.
Ktrangled by an Octopna.
An American travelling in Europe
about ten years ago observed in tho gay
est assemblies of Paris and Vienna, nnd in
the gambling halls at Monaco, Mr. C ,
one of his fellow-countrymen, a scholarly,
grave man, whose tastes and pursuits in
life, as also his work, lay wholly in study j
and research.
“What cun bring him night after night i
to such places? lie looks utterly wretch
ed,” the stranger asked of an American
official.
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in the snow after he had done so, and ap
peared to be madder than ever. Then
the two infuriated animals came together
again. As the mule raised his front feet
to strike, the bear sprang under his body,
knocked his hind legs from under him,
and tumbled him over, on his side. The
mule scrambled to his feet in a second,
rushed up to the bear, and gave him such
a tremendous thump on tho nose that it
mude the hear stagger and roar. lie was
not yet ready to retire from the conflict,
though, and as lie made another effort to
strike the mule the blood spurted from
his nostrils, lie stuck his nose into the
snow and groaned loudly, and the mule
stood off a few feet and eyed him steadily.
Presently the hear raised his head and
plunged at Ids antagonist again. The
mule wheeled suddenly as the bear
approached him, and, turning his tail
toward the bear, kicked him in the jaw
with one of Ids hind feet and kieled him
over on his back. Before he could get
on his feet again tho mule had begun to
stun'.]) on him with his sharp calks. The
bear struggled desperately to get away
Presence of Mind.
While traveling in Russia, Peter the
Great laid to take refuge in a monastery
from the inclemency of the weather. The
monks received him with the greatest hu
mility and deference, and prepured a bun-
quet for him.
One of the young monks presented tho j
monarch with a large glass goblet of wine
The young monk stumbled, the goblet
fell to the floor and was shattered into a
thousand pieces Beyond the hopes of re
pair, while most of the stomachic distur
ber went down the back of Peter's neck.
Furious with rugo, Peter the Great
sprang to his feet and raised his whip,
without which ho never went out, and
was about to flagellate the monk several
consecutive times. The monk, however,
folding his arms with dignity, ad
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and czar, not drop by drop, but in a per
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over thee. May all thy enemies come to
grief even as this glass has been shattered
to pieces.”
Peter the Great was disarmed. Instead
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lie made a motion to lay it on the table,
which was carried unanimously, lie also,
appointed the young monk Archimnn-
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least lie could do under tho circumstnn-
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