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A FURRY HYPOCRITE.
A Story of the Backsliding of the
Only Praying Bear in Pike County
BY EIWVTY WEBSTER.
“It almost broke the minister’s heart
when be found his pet black bear, that
he had pointed with honest pride as the
only praying - bear In Pike county, was
loading a double life,” said Deacon Tod
gers, sorrowfully. ‘Praying and prize
fighting don't go together, even in black
bears, “the good man told me.’ The
bear that pretends he can combine them
Is a hypocrite and a furry deceiver. A
viper that I’ve cherished in my bosom,
. . . <—
the SIGHT THAT MKT HTS EYES KILLED THE GOOD MAN'S SOL'L
WITH WOE AND BITTERNESS. _
>u- to have him hand me out n bunch
of uppercuts, as the worldly say.
"I never heard of even a worldly viper
who was strong on uppercuts, but I didn't
Wan to intrude on the good minister's
Self; so i |f g 0 a t that.
T’he minister had caught his pet when
tv." it ( . U h arw j had brought him up as
t' the family. When the cub began
to a; l ive nt years of hear discretion, the
t Hl '• man always had him In to family
players. 'Train up a cub in the way he
should go and he may be a missionary
r .' the minister used to say. 'Who
knows but that cub of mine has a call
to t-how the beauties of holiness to be
nighted hears sitting in damp caves and
darkness? The ptous expression on my
tarry p P f n face, when I am expounding
t""-'on. shows that he understands what
1 f lng a good de and batter than some
' v Used sinner. l - who fall asleep un
der my Influence.' **
it may have been only Ills faculty for
Ini! a,| on. hut the actions of that deceit
ful hear would have misled sharper men
than the good minister. At family pray
•*' Uic bear would waddle over to a chair
and kneel down, the same as the rest of
the family. When the minister came to
the end of his prayer, the bear would let
out a solemn little grunt, which the min
ister described at a ‘heartfelt, bear
amen.’ When they sang from the hymn
book, the bear would wave his black body
from side to side, keeping exact time to
the music, and grunting a sort of low*,
deep-toned bear accompaniment. That
bear was the pride and admiration of re
ligious people all around these parts. But
in the end he showed himself in his true
colors as a black reprobate, who cared
more for worldly excitement and the gla
mour of the prize ring than he did for
grace.
“When the minister’s pet was nearly
full grown the good man noticed that he
used to get restless in the night and want
to wander up and down the valley. But
the minister wasn't worried at this.
" 'That’s a good bear, and honest bear,'
he used to say, 'an animal that X can trust
to wander over the hills and dales of J'ike
county, and feel sure ho won't fall Into
temptation. Even If he should meet other
bears they wll be all the better for their
acquaintance with my spiritually-minded
pet. I wouldn't wonder a bit if ihoae
night excursions of his were really mis
sionary trips for the purpose or rescuing
the souls of riotous and sinful black bears
who hnva never enjoyed the precious privi
lege of nightly attending family prayers."
"One evening the bear wandered down
to Tom Wilson's tavern. All the boys
knew the hear by sight, being accustomed
lo peeing him follow the minister to
church, for. while the bear didn't go In
side, he never missed accompanying the
minister as far as the church door. Bo
none of the boys were afraid of the bear
and' they started to haw aome fun with
him Some of the crowd had been boxing
and Tom Wilson, heedless of the fact that
he was starting a pious bear on the down-
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 29, 1900.
ward path, put on the gloves and began
giving the bear a few eoft punches, more
in fun than in anything else. The good
bear stood it for a minute, then he let out
suddenly with his left paw\ caught Torn on
the side of the head and the bear had scor
ed the first knock down. When Tom pick
ed himself up he looked at the bear with
increased respect.”
44 ‘Properly trained,’ said Tom In sort of
an admiring way, ‘that bear would de
velop more accomplishments than grunt
ing soulful amens to prayers or the cho
ruses to gospel hymns. Any creature, bear
or man, who can cross-counter with the
suddenness the minister's pet did is too
swift an article to biush unseen in the iw
pacity of a missionary toother Pike coun
ty bears. With proper tuition and a few
lessons in the manly art of self-defense
that animal could hold tho black bear
Same as” the Rest of the Family.
middle-weight championship against all
comers.’
"Tom fed the bear honey end raw meat
and petted him so that the poor deluded
animal would come back the next
nei night. Sure enough, the following
evening, about 9 o'clock, the bear showed
up. Tom had been busy all day fixing up
a pal? of bear boxing gloves with which
to give the bear his first lesson in a life
of vice. The bear showed that under a
pious exterior he concealed a sinful heart
for he took to the boxing game faster
than he had to family prayers. Tom
would land on the bear's head, purposely
leaving an opening and there wasn't any
thing slow about the manner in which
the minister's pet would drive his big
gloves In. After a little Tom began to give
the bear lessons In sclentliic self-defense.
The tieur used to tome to the tavern
every evening, and it wasn t long before
a man had to be an artist with the gloves
to get in a blow on the renegade, but ac
tive bear. Then Tom taught the bear
other details of the 'fighting game, side
stepping, crosa-countering, left and right
hooks, and other devices which wicked
men say are of service In the square Eng.
Th'- hi nr never was much good at aida
ft>uil g. or straight jabs, hut his swings
and hook were enough 10 make a per
scri's heart dance with delight—lf It
hadn't been for the slnfulln ss of the bru
tal and degrading spectacle.
"The minister never suspected anything,
and the bearwent on leading his deceitful
To Sum Up.
The SUITS
Are NOT Twins.
The BUYERS
May Not be Twins.
Come to Think,
We Are Not Twins.
The Wondrous
g—— a
Bargains concern=
ed, are the
iest
TWIN MONEY
GIVERS
Ever launched be=
fore the Fortunate
People of Savan=
nah. We might
say,
“HEAVENLY
TWINS.”
I double life; attending family prayers from
7 to 7.50 o’c'ock every evening, loafing
about the minister's yard with a pious
expression for about an hour, and then
hiking oil to ihe tavern as scon as it
was dark, there to delight a select au
dience with a display of the art of self
defense. Once in a while the bear would
miss prayers, but he never missed the
boxing exhibition. All the boys took turns
standing up before him, but while the
bear received some stiff punches, it was
all up with the other fellow when one of
the pious bear's right or left swinge came
sliding in.
“One day the minister attended a con
ference on the other side of the county,
and, late at night, he came driving back
past Tom Wilson's tavern. There seemed
to be a good many people out in Tom’s
barn, and the minister stopped and list
ened, for they were making a lot of noise.
Pretty soon the good man heard cries of
'Soak him on the Jaw,’ ‘Lead for his
wind,’ ‘Wasn’t that a peach of a left
hook?’ ‘l’ll bet ten to one on the bear,’
‘Jim will be carrying colored lamps after
that one,’ and other disgusting remarks
which would indicate a prize fight was
in progress.
‘‘Now, the minister regarded prize fight-
A SHORT CHAIN AND VIRTUE.
lng as one of Salon's worst wiles, and
had done more than any other person to
drive the game from the peaceful pre
cincts of Tike county. He made up his
mind that he would break In suddenly on
the violators of the law. get their names
and hold them up to public condemnation.
So he stole softly to the barn door and
swung It open. The sight thot met his
eyes filled the good man's soul with woe
and bitterness. There on the floor of the
barn with a pair of boxing gloves on his
hands was Tom WJlson. In front of him
stood the minister's own pet, the pious
bear, who for years had grunted 'amen'
at family prayers and shambled solemnly
to church after the minister. Even as the
minister looked on the finish untie, Tom
led too fur with his right, the tear feint
ed with his left, and then hooked his right
hard to Tom's jaw r . Tom dropited in a
heap. But the jar he got wasn't any
thing to the one the bear received when
he looked around and saw the man of God
standing In the doorway, liis jaw fell, ho
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dropped down on his four feet, and acted
like a bear that wanted to crawl off and
hide himself, bujt was hindered by a pair
of big boxing gloves on his front paws.
The minister was fairly sputtering with
rage.
44 Tbu’t it enough,’ he shouted at Tom
Wilson, 'that you should train men with
minds of their own to beat each other
into bunches of insensibility, but you must
corrupt my prized and once pious pet and
turn him into a brutal prize-fighting bear?
.As for you, you furry reprobate,’ contin
ued the worthy minister, turning to the
penitent bear, ‘strip the insignia of Satan
from your front paws and hurry home.
A short chain and virtue will be your
portion In the future.’
“Tom Wilson tried 10 argue with the
minister, but Tom’s worldly manner of
expressing himself only seemed to anger
the good man the more.
44 ‘That’s a furry, but not a reprobate
Lear,’ said Tom in a remonstrating sort
of a way. ‘At heart he ain't a bad bear.
But you can s e yourself from the scien
tific manner in which he puts up his
paws that the bear is b ttrr fitted for
prize fighting than piety. Instead of be
ing angry, you ought tobe proud of the
way in which your pet has combined the
two. If you will sell that 1 will give
you your own price for him ’
“The minister wouldn’t listen to this.
44 Sf 1 that deluded animal back into a
life of sin?’ he replied in a shocked man
n*. r. Abandon my once prayerful and
pious pet to the devices of the devil? Not
for his we ght In god or silver, anyhow!
Short rations and rermons will be the
fate of that bear until he shows signs of
spiritual regon* ration. 4
44 He's more likely to show signs of
short temper under that treatment/ an
swered Torn.
“The minister didn’t make a%y reply
to this, hut hurrbd home. He found the
bear there ahead of him. The bear was
feeling mighty ashamed and tried to
show It. The m nlster didn’t pay any at
tention to his pet’s attempts to prove his
penitence, but chained the bear up in the
back yard, where he could ruminate on
his evil actions. The next day Tom Wil
son. after another unsuccessful attempt
to buy the brar, began a lawsuit, alleging
that he had a claim on the b*ar for un
paid boxing lessors. The minister almost
had a lit in his rage at Tom’s demand.
But while Tom and the minister were sMU
at ouds over their respective claims, the
Ixar settled the matter by breaking his
chain and piking oft to the w ods. Neither
Tran nor the minister were mulshed at
this settlement of the dispute.
‘‘‘The best boxing b- ar ev< r seen In
J Ike coun jr,’ said Tom sorrowfully, ’a
bear with a glorious future before him.
And now he has broken training forever.
In a yejr tha* bear won’t know un up
percut fre m a left hook. 4
“And tte m wasr.’t any better
pleased than Tom.
“ A b* ar who m‘ght have be n a pion
eer as a missionary among his fellow
Lears,’ moaned the good man. ‘But he
honey and the praises of the
wicked to th* reward of an approving con
science He'll probably be led astray by
n< me furry Deldah and bring up a brood
of worldly minded cub boxei>.’ ”
—James 8 Barker of Miw.-*ourl, is tie
sole survivor of the expedition of 1847 f'r
the relief of Gen. Zachary Taylor in the
City of Mexico. He rode on horseback
from Missouri to Austin, Tex., to enllat
in Col. Hayem’ rtgimenw
LI It L VISITORS OM WARSHIPS.
Even Hard Tack Dianppenri Ileforo
the IJeinnnt! for Souvenirs of the
Vlsit.
From the Washington Star.
American men-o-war's men of the ward
room, as well as of the fo-c’sle, like to en
tertain their young women friends aboard
ship on the home stations. If they hap
pen to be “aft” girls, the temporary guests
and prizes of the ward-room officers, they
are generully prcat*e<l to remain aboard
for a bit of luncheon. A good many young
women bulk at this proposition—not that
they nee the allghteat Impropriety in It,
but because it is an ordeal even for very
bright girls, this luncheon aboard an / i\m*r
lcan man-of-war. American girls who
have done their bit of ship visiting unite
in saying that they wish American naval
officers hadn’t fallen Into the strange, ern
barassing habit of considering their coun
trywomen all as brilliant angels right
down from above that they have 10 be on
their mettle every Instant to keep from
falling from the standard.
Neither officers nor men of a man-of-war
expect to have much left in the way of
email gear after a visit from feminine
friends. The girls never ask for these
things, of course, but they never fall to
go ashore with enough to stock a burnboat.
Anyihing that an American girl sets on
board an American man-of-war and likes,
she gets. If she could carry 6-inch rifles
the officers aft would probably give her
a few. The bluejackets are Just as g* n
erous. Kvery American warship in com
mission carries about ten times the num
ber of cap ribbons ever likely to be re
quired for the use of the changing crews.
Those extra cap ribbons arc for the girls. ,
They are rot officially made for the girls,
but it is an understood thing that the girls
are to get them. They cost the officer or
bluejacket who draws them from the pay
master’s s-iore* 15 cents each, but If they
cost the officer or bluejacket sls each, the
girls would get them Just the tame.
Petty officers in our navy are always thy
on rating badges for their watch arms aft
er theirshlphas been Invaded by the girls.
The girl innocently remarks that the an
chor or pair of crossed guns or exploding
shell or silver wheel in the |**tty officer’#
arm is pretty. She doesn't have to sny
anything else. The petty officer make* for
bis ditty box for his scissors and cuts the
rating badge off his arm before the gill’s
eyes for her. Then he has to draw on the
faymaKter for another rating badge. The
chief petty officers, who wear brass-but
toned uniforms, often go button less for a
day or so after the girls have been aboard.
They lop the buttons off their bionics for
the girls, and then have to stand by for
more buttons at the paymaster's office. The
bluejackets will give Ihe girls anything
they happen to possess, or don’t happen to
possess, for that matter.
There was sn equipment yeoman on
board a ship that visited the Ban Diego
flowrer fiesta a few years ago, who fitted
out the girls he escorted around his ahlp
with peculiar souvenirs. In his storeroom
h* had a couple of hundred old-fushion'd
wrist Irons that had done a lot of duty
In squelching the fractiousness of I
s.tiloi>. A board of survey had been held
on these Irons, which were out of dat \
and they had been condemned. It w ts
the yeornan’B business to turn them In nt
a, ravy yard storeroom at tho first oppor
tunity, 90 that they could U officially;
thrown on thr- dump. Ho made better
L. V Klv ‘ ns thom h'Khly appro
wnV/'L V ,° U " <r Womc ". who honored him
wl h their company on visits about the
ship Hie girls, tied little ribbon bowa
10 the wrist irons-, and valued them highly
as Implements that had been used for tha
toriure of poor allofmen. The skipper had
the yeoman at the mast for his nervy dis
position of government property, but the
man was not punished for his offence, re
lieved as It was by such amiable gallantry.
Officers aft hang on to the anchors and
other silver and gold devices attached to
the dollars of their blouses as lone as
possible, but most of them, sooner or latsr,
tip them off and hand them over to
younx women who like the workmanship
of the devices. The cleverness of Ameri
can ftjris In thus hypnotizing sailors of
ull nations Is remarkable. A splendid Rus
sian battleship steamed Into New York
harbor o few yearn ago, and when her
gangways were spread for visitors tha
New York girls went alioard the Russian
man-of-war In droves. Part of the uni
form equipment of every Russian naval
officer is a dagger. The daggers are beau
tifully devised affairs, the hilts of them
ti uvily wrought In gold. There wasn't a
dagger on that great Russian sitilp of war
two days after tha New York girls began
to visit the Czar's vessel, but there were
many score* of Rushlhu naval daggers
hanging by little chains in the boudoirs
of the New York girl#,
on n ship-visiting Hay In an American
port a barrel of round hordtack, standing
of><n in a man-o’-war alleyway, is a sight
tiic young women can't, very well resist.
The navy hardtack is circular in simp*
“ n d a*>ut four Inches In diameter. Tha
girls all get a handful each of the bisouit
and carry them ashore to paint ahlpa and
sea soap* s on their rough surfaces. An
other article of uniform that the bluejack
ets of our navy cannot hang on to when
tho glrW get aboard their ships la the
neckerchief. The United State# bluejack
ets neckerchief is a handsomely woven
affair of the finest black silk. It costa ths
bluejacket Ulose to $1.50. Nevertheless,
there la a general unloosening of necker
chiefs when the young women are aboard,
and the skipper, when lie inspects hl
neckerchiefless crew at quarters on the
following morning before the men have
had tim<- to draw neckerchiefs from the
paymaster, doesn’t punish the men for be
ing out of uniform, but mutters something
about the power of beauty. There is a
saying in the navy nowadays that “if you
want a jackknife ask a coalheaver for the
loan of his.” There’s a lot of truth In the
saying. The deckhands among the blue
jackets resign their huge knives to young
women visitor# time ufter time In course
of a cruise. The coal heavers, being sta
tioned down below, are Immune from
plundering by the girls. A deck bluejacket
Just about finishes a fine knife lanyard for
himself that he ha* been plaiting and
weaving for several months to wear with
his mustering uniform for shore visiting,
when a girl from ashore comes along and
“looks it away” from him. That is the
way the sailors express it—“looks it away
from me,” the Idea being that when a
girl gets her eye on any article In the
make-up of the cimn-o 4 -war’s man ihe con
verts it to her own use by that process.
When a bluejacket hasn’t much left in
the way of small gear to dish out to the
young women visitors lie races aft and
gets a pound plug of iobocV> from tho pay
yeoman for her. The girl like* to get
these big bricks of tobacco, which they
Ik*ribbon and preserve, for tho navy to
iscoo. of rock-like hardness, is an endur
ing souvenir*
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