THE IMPORTED
GRIZZLY
A Veracious
Nature Story
By
Edwin J. Webster
(Copyricbt, by W. G. Chapman.,
“Tom Wilson's imported grizzly, cre
ated lamentable havoc among Pike
county animals during his short yet
strenuous career," said Deacon Tod
gers pensively. “I5ut in the end he
fell a victim to the intelligence and
scientific knowledge of the dean of the
local black bears. And when Tom Wil
son came to look for the remains of
his pet he found that nothing but a
patient search over this and the sur
rounding counties could collect enough
for a decent burial.
“Tom captured the grizzly out west
when it was a cub and had trained it
to hunt for him. When the bear was
nearly full grown he brought him east
and turned him loose on the innocent
bears and wildcats of this county. The
grizzly had been trained so that he
wouldn't eat anything but cooked
meat. While active, he wasn't an
especially intelligent bear. and. not
being able to cook his own food, he
would turn the proceeds of his hunt
ing expeditions in to Tom Wilson.
Tom would deduct a liberal share for
“The Local Black Bears Give Him
the Glad Hand.”
the benefit of the person he described
as 'honest Tom Wilson.’ The rest he
cooked and pave to the grizzly. Of
course, Tom got all the furs, and the
game was as good as a gold mine to
him. I remonstrated with him on the
wickedness of it.
"The next day, while I was walking
through the woods, I heard something
come tearing through the underbrush.
Not wishing to imperil a valuable life
I hustled to one side and awaited de
velopments. In a minute a black bear
broke through. After him came Tom
Wilson's grizzly. The grizzly was the
faster sprinter, and a moment more a
funeral would have been all that was
coming to the black bear. But just
in time he struck a tree big enough to
bear his weight, t'p it he scrambled.
The grizzly couldn't climb, so he
stayed at the foot and growled.
" 'Unless I am mistaken in the char
acter of that venerable bear.’ 1 said to
myself, 'swift bumps and painful ex
periences will teach Mr. Grizzly to re
gret he meddled with him.’
"That afternoon 1 went out into the
lot back of my house to blow up some
stumps with nitro-glycerin. I had the
glycerine in a can. and. as I had use
for it. would pour out a little into a
small pan. I had been at work only a
few minutes when I looked up, and
there was that same black bear watch
ing nifwim an expression oi me most
intent interest. He had evidently
stayed up in the tree until the grizzly
had grown tired and then had come
down with revenge in his heart. I
knew that kindly old black hear
wouldn't harm me: so I went on blow
ing up stumps without paying any par
ticular attention to him.
"Pretty soon the bear wandered
over to the can of nitro-glycerin. He
sniffed at it. Then he took a taste.
Nitro-glycerin. has a sort of sweet
taste, but I was surprised at the look
of joy which spread over that bear’s
intelligent coumenance.
"'You had better leave that stuff
alone.’ I warned him. 'Nitroglycerin
isn't the proper health food for black
bears. If you should swallow some of
it and then happened to stumble or
jar yourself, vour honorable career
would he brought to a sudden and ex
pansive finish.'
) "Maybe that worthy old bear didn't
' understand every word I said, but he
certainly gathered in my meaning. His
heart was set on having that nitro
glycerin. however, even if he didn’t
intend to use it himself. Hut he was
a moral bear, a bear of good prin
ciples, and he felt it wouldn't be right
to take my glycerin without giving
me something in return. He gave one
more longing look at the explosive and
then piked off to the woods as fast as
he could go.
"At first I was considerably puzzled
to account for the action of that black
bear. He certainly knew too much lo
eat the nitro-gl.vcerin, and I couldn't
think of any use that even an animal
of his wisdom could put it to. Then
I remembered the looks of hatred he’
had cast at that grizzly when r.p tfc:
tree.
'“He's preparing som- kind o' r
surprise party for that grizzly, l
thought, 'and by the time Mr. Grizzly
recovers from the surprise there won’t
be enough left of him for an inquest.’
“About naif an hour later the black
bear returned, carrying in his mouth
the biggest and fattest coon I had
seen for months. He laid the coon
down by the can of nitro-glycerin.
Then he looked at me in an inquiring
manner. 1 saw what he meant.
“ it's a fair exchange,’ I salt,.
‘Leave the coon, take the glycerine,
and try and make life interesting for
that big grizzly.’
“1 was mighty curious to know what
lilan that good old bear had in his
head, so I followed him. He carried
the can of nitroglycerin to one of the *
paths frequented by the grizzly in his
excursions for the purpose of teaching
Pike county animals the strenuous
life. Every little while the black bear
would stop and chuckle to himself at
the thought of the surprise he was i
preparing for his enemy. lint he was i
mighty carefui fo put down the can r
nitro-glycerin on these occasions, for
he was a wise bear and appreciated
that gleeful chuckles and nitro
glycerin don't go well together. When
he reached the path used by the griz
zly he carefully opened up the can
and left it standing in the middle of
the path. Then he wenttquite a dis
tance down the path to where there
was a sharp curve. Just around the
curve the black bear rolled a good
sized rock, so that it stood directly in
the path. A person or animal running
swiftly down the path and not know
ing the rock was there would be cer
tain to smash into it and get considei
able of a jar. Having laid his trap,
the black bear hurried back and hid
himself about half way between the
rock and the place where he had
placed the can of nitro-glycerin.
"Along towards evening the grizzly
came hulking rown the path. He saw
the nitro-glycerin. smelled of it. and
then tasted it. Grizzlies have quite a
sweet tooth, and. after having once
tasted the stuff, that big bear couldn't
rest until he had eaten every mouth
ful. When he finished he was a per
fect example of an explosive bear.
“ ‘If anything jars your feelings or
stomach, my furry friend,’ I remarked
but in low tones, ’you'll enter the bear
happy hunting grounds in detach
ments.’
as soon as uie Dig grizzly nau
eaten the explosive, the black bear
made his appearance down the path
ar.d began to send out challenging
grcwis. The grizzly looked up, and for
a moment seemed stunned at the im
pudence of the smaller bear in growl
ing at him. But the black bear didn't
seem frightened. Instead. ?le stayed
in the path and made insulting re
marks in the bear language, and if he
hadn't been such a venerable and re
spectable bear, one would have said he
was making faces at the grizzly. The
grizzly didn't lose any time, but start
ed down the path with the evident in
tention of giving the black bear a life
lesson on the evils of insulting bigger;
bears.
“As soon as he saw the grizzly was
fairly under way, the black bear
turned and scampered down the path
as fast as his short legs could carry
him. The grizzly was gaining on him.
but 1 noticed the black bear had al
lowed himself sufficient start so that
ihere would be a good interval be
tween them when Mr. Grizzly reached
the rock. When he rounded the curve
the black bear dodged into the bushes
at one side. The grizzly was going
too fast to turn, and of course he
never suspected there was a big rock
in the middle of his weii-worn path,
and he smashed into it at full speed.
"For about a minute there was a
steady rain of grizzly. When it stopped
the black bear emerged from the
bushes. He had been considerably
jarred himself by the explosion of the
loaded grizzly. But he didn t mind
that and was on hand with a bear
gloat that it did a person's heart good
to see. He fairly danced about the
place where his enemy had last been
seen. I never saw a look of more per
fect content bn the face of anyone,
man or bear.
" 'Grizzly bears are all right in their
uncultured way,' that good bear seemed |
“For About a Mirnuto There Was a |
Steady Rain of Grizzly."
to bo saying to himself. 'But when
they run against nitro glycerin and the
intelligence of Pike county bears, an
explosion is the only funeral sermon
coming to them.’ >
"Tom Wilson was considerably wor
ried when his pet hunter didn’t return
home that night. The next day he
started out to find him. He followed
the grizzly’s trail to where the explo
sion had occurred. Then he couldn't
understand what had happened.
" ’I’ve heard of explosive tempers'
he said, puzvlcd-like. ‘and my pet cer
tainly had one. But this is the first
time 1 ever heard of one tearing a hole
ir. the ground.’
"I explained what had happened.
Torn could hardly restrain his grief at
the thought of his grizzly's fate.
".‘His life was one long career of
victory,' said Tom with tears in his
e; 3, 'hut even a grizzly can't stand a
diet cf nitro glycerin and hard knocks.
I wcnld inter him with honors if 1
<■ id. But I would have to celebrate
id.;, r.br. euics over the bigger part ot
ti • county. And I'm r.ot willing to
r' : 1'• t continuous performance fu
nerals, even for the sake of my cher
ished pet.’ ”
These pretty braces may be reproduced in a variety of materials, and be
ing quite separate from the bodice, may be worn with any dress. The first
sketch illustrates them made up in black glace ribbon and ecru lace insertion.
The ribbon that goes over the shoulders is wide and folded, and is 'joined
to each edge of insertion. The epault tes and waistband are of narrower rib
bon with same insertion, the wide ribbon being used for the short sash ends.
In the second picture the braces are shown made of glace silk, chosen the
same color as the dress they are to be worn writh. Materials required for No.
7a: 3 yards wide ribbon, about 5 yards narrower ribbon, 4% yards insertion.
4 tassels. For No. 8a: Ha yard siik 22 inches wide, 2% yards insertion, 4
tassels.
Clever Ideas in
Birthday Surprise
A clever birthday surprise was
planned by a friend for a girl on her
twentieth birthday. Twenty giris were
invited. Each girl sen-, a little gift
appropriate for the year for which
they stood, yet adapted to the girl’s
present needs.
For one year old a neat little package
marked "Always hungry" contained
an old-fashioned candy stick; another
for two years old had written on it.
"She likes to make (mud) pies," had
in it a little apron; three, "She has a
tea party,” was' a little cup and sau
cer; on the package which repre
sented her fourth birthday w<ts
marked, “She. has a place at the
table;” it contained a napkin ring;
for her fifth birthday the gift was a
little purse containing 20 pennies and
this inscription, “She spends her first
pennies;” a sack was the present for
her sixth birthday, “She goes to par
ties."
“She learns to write;" a pretty
penholder was given her for her sev
enth birthday, and for her eighth. "She
has a sweet tooth," was a box of
candy; nine, “She loves pretty rib
bons,” was several yards of ribbon; a
little thimble was the gift for her
tenth birthday, "She learns to mend;”
the present for her eleventh was a box
of stationery with "She receives let
ters” written on it; for the twelfth a
piece of music was given with this
sentence, "She learns to play the
piano;” 13, "She is an athlete,” a pair
of Indian clubs; 14, “She loves flow
ers,” a dainty vase; 15, “She is fond
of tennis," an ornamental racquet; 16,
“She loves to read,” a book;. 17, "She
does embroidery,” a work bag; IS,
“Shfe likes to be dressed up," clasp
pins; 19, “She dresses her hair high,"
an ornamental comb; 20, "She is a
full-fledged young lady.” a fan.
Braid Effects.
Wonderful effects are gained with
braid of different widths wound around
each ether and over little forms.
Francis, who clings tenaciously to
gray, shows a fresh relay of winter
models, among which is a delicious
frock in softest dawn-gray cloth. The
skirt fits with perfect smoothness over
the hips and is very full at the foot
where appears a trimming of three
rows of flat braid inclosing rows of
narrower braid. These are set in clus
ters of three, all ending at the side of
the front breadth. Between each clus
ter is a great roll, shtiped like a bob
bin of solidly wound gray silk. It has
an appearance of great weight, but the
mold over which it is wound is hol
low.
The coat is a distinguished-appear
ing model, half-long and loosely fitting.
It has its front edges trimmed with
an immense twisted silk cord, and a
line of the bobbins in two sizes, alter
nating, follows the edges. The wide,
short oversleeves are also edged with
the twist.
The Latest Hairnet.
At last there is a hairnet which ob
viates all difficulties of adjustment
and wears extraordinarily well. It is
bag-shaped instead of triangular and
conforms so well to the prevailing
style of hair-dressing that the elastic
pressure of the net is evenly distrib
uted all over. A draw thread of
strong, but invisible, silk is intro
duced at the edge, and upon this
thread the entire strain of the net is
supported. At the end of the thread
a non-Uetachable pin gives ease of
handling and fastening. This net is
made of human hair and comes in all
shades.
Tighter Bust Line
Is Fashion’s Decree
The newer gowns and waists show
a tighter bust line than in many years,
and as all skirts are fitted closely
over the hips, underwear must be se
lected which will assist in securing a
sheathlike, or, as it is called, a hip
less dress skirt.
To effect this, underwear must be
chosen that has little fulness and no
unnecessary gathers or pleats.
The petticoat pantaloon is being
universally worn, either as a separate
garment or joined at the waist to a
boned corset cover. The latter is also
a necessity, owing to the r.ew bust
line
These petticoat pantaloons are a
great improvement over the divided
skirt.
They are draped over the hips with
out a ripple, being cir'cular, conse
quently bias, without darts or other
seamings.
Both divisions of the garment flare
to a width of a yard and a half at the
knees, to which still more fullness is
given by added ruffles, long or short.
Soft, undressed materials, such as
China silk, pongee or nainsook, are
employed.
COLLAR AND CUFF SET,
An effective collar and cuff set for a
coat, made of white linen and em
broidered in a simple design, stitched
at the edge. Valenciennes lace adds
the finishing touch.
Sailor Suits for Girls.
For the older girl sailor suits are
the most worn. They are practical
and becoming to almost everyone.
They should be made with a wide col
lar and the sleeves should be mod
erately full, with turn back .cuffs. The
skirt should be plaited. The skirt is
made of three and a half or • four
straight widths of the goods, and
should be hemmed before it is plaited.
A belt the size of a child's waist is
then taken and the plaits pinned to it
until 'they are the desired width be
fore basting.
Girls of all ages should have knick
erbockers to wear with each frock.
They should be made of the same
goods as the dress and should be
short enough not to be seen below the
hem of the skirt.
Afternoon Frocks.
The prettiest afternoon and evening
dresses seen this season are those of
mourseline trimmed lightly at the cor
sage, the effect is most lovely. The
cloth must bo the exact shade of the
mousseUne.
SAND AND CLAY GOOD
ROAD MAKING MATERIALS
Hard, Durable Highways Can Be Constructed at Small Cost—
By William L. Spoon, Government Road Expert.
Natural sand-clay roads may fre
quently be found in localities where
the soil contains the right proportions
of sand and clay, in sections of the
country where the prevailing subsoil ,
is composed entirely of clay, or, on I
the other hand, is of an extremely
sandy character, these materials may
be properly mixed so as to overcome I
as far as possible the objectionable
features of each. The mixing of sand
and clay as a form of road construc
tion has received careful study and
is of great importance, especially to
the Atlantic and gulf states, where
throughout large areas sand and clay j
are practically the only materials
available for road building.
The best sand-clay road is one in
which the weiring surface is com
posed of grains of sand in contact in
such a way that the voids or angular
spaces between the grains are entirely
filled with clay, which acts as a binder.
Any excess of clay above the amount
necessary to fill the voids in the sand
Fig. 1.—Clay mixed with sand to the i
point of saturation, with the angular j
sand grains in contact.
is detrimental. If a small section
taken from the surface of any well
constructed sand-clay road is ex
amined with a magnifying glass, the
condition of contact which exists be
tween the grains, and the small pro
portion of clay which is required
to fill the voids may be seen.
Wherever this proper condition
of contact exists for a few inches in
thickness upon the surface of a road,
it will bear comparatively heavy traf
fic for a long time, even when the sub
soil is sand or c!a>f. The proper mix
ture or saturation point of clay and
sand can easily be seen by referring
to Fig. 1. ,
All the experiments that have been
made by the government indicate that
the materials should not be mixed in
a dry state, but that they should be
thoroughly mixed and puddled with
water. It makes little difference by
what method the stirring or mixing
is done, so long as it is thorough and
proper preportions of the materials
are obtained. If an excess of clay is
used in the mixture, as shown in
Fig. 2, the grains of sand which are
not in contact are free to move among
and upon each other, so that no par
ticle exerts more resistance tj> pres
sure than if the entire mass consisted
of clay alone. On the other hand, if
an insufficient amount of clay is used,
the mixture will lack binding i>ower
and will soon disintegrate.
We may now outline the methods
which have been used to obtain the
proper contact mixture, although it
will be necessary to discuss separately
the methods of treating slaking and
non-slaking varieties of clay. It will
readily be seen that it is less economi
cal to haul sticky or plastic clay and
spread it upon sand than it is to haul
sand and spread it upon clay. The
clay is difficult to dig and handle and
Fig. 2.—Sand-clay mixture with an in
sufficient amount of sand, the grains
not being in contact.
usually comes out in lumps, which, if
placed upon the roadbed and covered
with sand, are apt to remain unbroken
unless great care is taken in the mix
ing. The bad effects of lumps of clay
in a sandy subsoil and the effects of
traffic on such a mixture are illustrat
ed in Figs. 3 and 4.
Fig. 3 shows a cross section of a
road into which lumps of clay have
been worked. Fig. 4 shows the dis
placement of these lumps when sub
jected to the prolonged action of traf
fic, and the resulting formation of
deep ruts and general disintegration
of the surface.
It has been pointed out that thor
ough stirring and puddling are abso
lutely essential to successful sand
clay construction. This is most easily
brought about , immediately after a
hard or prolonged rain, the clay hav
ing been previously spread and the
larger lumps broken up as completely
as possible. The surface should then
be covered with a few inches o? sand
and plowed and harrowed thoroughly
by moans of a turning plow and a cut
away or disk harrow. This stage of
the work will of course be found some
what disagreeable, leading, as it does,
to the formation of a thick, pasty
mud; but it is the only practicable
way in which the necessary mixing
can be accomplished. Many experi
ments have been tried with dry mix
ing of the clay and sand, but all have
been more less unsuccessful. In cases
where the plowing and harrowing are
considered too expensive the mixing
may be left to traffic. This, however,
inevitably leads to a muddy road sur
face for a long time, although finally
it is possible, by a proper distribution
of the sand upon the clay, to bring
about a fairly ,,'ood result, even by
this simple method.
In case a slaking clay is used, very
much less puddling is required, as
there are practically no lumps to be
broken up and the mixing can easily
be done with a harrow after a rain.
Slaking clays do not usually make as
effective binders as the more plastic
clays; therefore in dry weather the
road surface becomes more dusty. It
will be seen that the best clay for
this kind of construction is one which
slakes sufficiently easily to enable the
lumps to be readily broken up, and
which at the same time, without being
too plastic, has sufficient binding pow
er to cement the grains of sand and
form a smooth, impervious surface on
the road. Clays of this nature which
have given excellent results are found
in abundance in many of the southern
states and doubtless exist elsewhere.
Their color is usually red or mottled
red and white. Occasionally clays are
found sufficiently sandy to be suitable
for use without further mixing. When
this is the case it is only necessary
to spread the material on the road
and allow it to pack under traffic. It
is obvious that it is necessary to pay
careful attention to the physical prop
erties of the available clay in the
neighborhood of the road, as it will
frequently be found economical to haul
good material for some distance rath
er than use an inferior material which
is close at hand. The qualities to be
considered, as has been pointed out.
are the greatest binding power ob
tainable, together with the least
Fig. 3.—Cross section of road, showing
lumps of clay placed on a sand sub
soil and covered with sand.
Fig. 4.—Cross section of road, showing
displacement of lumps of clay when
subjected fo travel.
amount of labor necessary for disin
tegrating and mixing.
An easy method for making a
rough or approximate estimate of the
volume of the clay filler required for
any unit quantity of a given sand is
as follows: Two ordinary glass tum
blers of the same size are filled to the
brim, one with dry sand and the other
with water. The water is then poured
carefully from the one glass in
to the sand in the other until
it reaches the point of over
flowing. The volume of water re
moved from the glass which was
originally full of water can be taken
as an approximate measure of the
voids in the unit volume of sand con
tained in the tumbler. A simple cal
culation will reduce this to percent
age volume.
Practical experience has shown that
the tendency is to calculate too little
rather than too much sand for given
amounts of clay, and almost invariably
a second and even a third application
of sand is necessary over and above
the calculated amount. It often hap
pens that clay will work up to the sur
face under "he action of traffic, in
which case an extra top dressing of
sand should be added when required.
Sale of Buttermilk.—Nearly every
town or city offers a good trade in
buttermilk. The demand is much
greater than many people might think
at first notice. Many cooks prefer
buttermilk for baking certain hot
breads and cakes, both because of its
cheapness compared to sweet milk,
and of its superior acid content. Those
who do their own churning and have
a short distance to haul to town could
no doubt develop a trade In this by
product that would be worth the
while. Ordinarily buttermilk retails
at ten cents a gallon, which would
amount to about a dollar and twenty
cents a hundred. Gallon molasses
cans are nice to deliver the milk in.
Use Tar Paper.—If the poultry house
has cracks or knot holes In the walls
through which the ^d blows or the
cold gets into • the house, cover the
building with one or two thicknesses
of tar paper or, better, with some of
the prepared roofings and sidings
manufactured and sold for the pur
pose. The hens will lay enough more
eggs during winter to more than pay
the cost of making their house com
rortable.
