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Old Grizzly Swears
Vengeance on Bears
December HI, 1000.
Wondering over the mountains of north
ern California Old Grizzly has killed bear
for forty years. Nearly half a century ago
ho vowed nuvcr to eat any meat but bear
meat, never to live In a house, never to
speak to a man and never to drink another
drop of spirits. When he must communi
cate ho docs It by writing on a slate he
carries tied around his neck. Winter and
summer ho wanders over tho hills avoiding
the chat co prospector and tho miners and
the hunters. Ho has no vow ngatnst woman
kind and will gladly talk to tho gentler
sex. lie Is an Irishman. Unco a year he
conies Into Sonora, sells his bear hides,
buys his one suit of clotlas which he allows
himself and his small supply of beans and
flour. Then he goes on to tho next town,
Columbia, and stays all night at the grave
of his wife In the quaint old miners' bury-
Km-ieKH
"OLD GRIZZLY."
lng ground where many n man "went In"
with his short shrift nnd n long ropo and
tho good priests put on his epitaph only
"May God hnvo mercy on his soul," nnd
tho ouly nnmo they knew for the wnnderer.
Doforo any ono Is stirring Old Grizzly,
whoso other nnmo has long been forgotten,
goes back to his homeless wnndcrlng, hunt
ing his enemy, tho bear. I found him, nn
old man with long wavy black hair nnd
alert bluo eyes, stooped, but strong, nnd
glad to exchango a few words with a fel
low human being.
"Some think I nm a bit cracked. I don't
know whether it's mo that's cracked or
them. When a man talks for forty years
to the stars at night nnd the hills In tho
daytlmo ho comes to know things that ho
doesn't talk nbout. Anywny, I know I'm
getting to bo a better man. I ain't lied to
any ono nnd I nln't wasted any time hang
ing around nnd talking or I haven't got
drunk for forty years, and that Is saying a
good deal."
(Jrl..ly'H Story.
"I'd been In town that day. 'It was pretty
cold and I didn't lock forward with joy to
riding homo five miles In tho snow with
tho wind bio vlng i Ip saws. It was tho
year after tho drought nnd tharo hadn't
been any mast and tho bears nnd wild hogs
came right up to the houses to get food
and were so fierce they would attack any
ono. Eomo had been killed by them when
tho snow came dcop, for there was nothing
much for the benrs to eat. My wlfo novor
did llko It over thero boyond Sonora. She
was dead afraid of most everything. Tho
rnttlors nnd Indians nnd wild things that
got out In the hills and hollered half the
night. Thero was only tho kid with her
and I'd uso to go to town nnd hang nround
every chnnco I got nnd I'd hardly evor
take her becnuso a woman Is In tho wny.
"Whon I eomo riding up tho road that
night I sco that there was no light In the
houso, but It was pretty late and thinks I,
'Bhe's gono to bed.' There was n big flro
plnco and the fire lighted up a good deal,
but I wondered when I got nenr enough
and sco tho door wns open. I looked in
quiet llko nnd In tho corner I saw my wlfo
nnd somebody with her sitting on the floor.
'So that's what you aro up to, Is It?' I
says. You seo I was tho nrnnrlest cuss
that over got Hiked. I went In and I heard
a queer sound nnd then I was Just going
'o flro off my gun whon I heard a growl
nnd I saw It wasn't a man on tho floor,
but a big grizzly. Ho growled low and
looked at mo and kept his ugly head roll
ing and then he tried to sneak out bo
hind me, but he didn't make a go of It.
for I got li I in . Ho was too heavy with
eating to run or fight and It was warm In
tho room.
"I picked my wlfo up nnd sho Just
opened her eyes and sho smiled In my face
and said low-like, 'Tommlc,' and then
sho gavo a shiver and shut her oyes nnd
sho hasn't over said anything slnco, not
anything at nil. I knew thero was no use
looking for tho kid.
"I have been killing benrs over since
nnd I'm going to kill them ns long as cvei
I live. I hnvo no call ngalnst anything
elso In tho world, but tho bears nnd me
will never bo quits. They know It. Thoy
used to tight and they used to hide, but
now they never havo time for anything
but Just to get ns far away as over thoy
know how. You think they don't know?
Why, bears knows things. Just tell me
how they know they can't be killed around
Lake Ellnoro nny more. It's government
reservation now nnd It's only tho aocond
year. Inside tho reservation aro young
cubs nnd cubs. Just outside nround Straw
berry I havo only found ono cub this sum
mer. How Is It? They never used to lay
up nround Kllnore. The cattlemen don't
llko tho reservation, bccnuBo all tho wild
things have doubled slnco thoy havo a
quiet plnco to breed In nnd when they get
big, out thoy eomo nnd then they eat tho
cattlo and tfio stockmen don't llko It.
"Thoy want mo to kill Hons, too. Now,
I havo no grudgo against tho Hons. I
keep out from under tho trees at night
nnd don't glvo them n chnnco to Jump on
me. Tho coyotes nnd such, thoy havo Just
ns much n call to mako a living as tho
stockmen. Thoy do It Just tho same. Tho
stockmen skin tho cattlo and tho folks
thoy sell to and tho Hons nnd coyotes thoy
skin tho cattlo nnd It's all turn about.
"There's one bear that has been coming
horo every summer for nlno years. I
nm going to moot thnt bear some day nnd
I hepo It will bo pretty soon, for I'm get
ting old nnd not so spry as I used to be.
Them fingers? Yes, ho chewed thoni off,
He pretty nigh dono for mo, but God Al
mighty know I wasn't ready to go home
yet. It takce lots of knocks to mako any
thing worth having out of an ordinary cuss
llko mo. I nm willing for Him to keep on
hammering JiiBt ns long as It's any use
nnd I'm glad Ho thinks It's worth while
He does It becnuso my wlfo keeps at him,
1 guess.
"I nm going to hnvo an overcoat this year
though. I am getting old nnd God Almighty
isn i nnisned witn mo yet. I'll bo glad when
Ho Is. Nobody olso could havo mado nnv-
thlng out of mo. I'll bo glad when Ho'b dono
with the linmmorlng nnd I guess Mary nnd
tiio Kid will bo glad to seo mo. too."
The Santa Claus Trust
Mary 10. Turnbull.
In classic dnys. tho business ways
Vro somewhat crude and slow.
Haeli snparato god a separnto gift
I In il power to bestow.
Now, typlc of tho times, 'tis quaint
AM gifts wo beg of ono good saint,
Who meets the duty on him thrust
My forming an enormous Trust
And holding nil tho gods In tow.
lllVHPVil'NiVVCnNwilf,'' ,KBB. i hbujV KviaHTO
INTEMOU VIEW OF
You couldn't glvo n sweeter gift than n box of our delicious candy, nnd wo are now rendy for your mall orders. All our
candy Is put up In tho hnndsomest of boxes In 1, 2, 3, G nnd 10 pounds. Theso boxes wore mado expressly for our ChrlstmaH
trade. Nothing prettier has ever been shown In Omaha. Then wo hnvo n beautiful lino of baskets tilled with our delicious
candy nil rendy to send by express as soon us wo get your order. Tho prices range f rom Slic to $C,00 a bnskot. Thore Is nothing
thnt will mnko a moro acceptablo gift than a box or basket of our pure and whole some candy.
Things that
delight all men
We nro in misiness to serve men
young and old. If wo did not
know our business wo wouldn't
hnvo been hero 14 years so you
may follow our ndvlco of glft
mnklng with perfect safety. Wo
know tho men, their whims nnd
their fancies then why not glvo
him a box of
Fine Cigars
Wo havo hundreds of dlfferont
kinds from tho C-cent ouch to
tho threo for a dollnr kind all
put up In beautiful boxes of 1'G
nnd DO. If ho onjoys a plpo why
not buy him ono. We hnvo almost
every stylo mndc, from thu Mis
souri Meorschnum to tho lino Im
ported nnd bought especially for
tno cnrlstmas trade. Wo know
wo can please you whether It's n
pipo or cigars.
0. D. Kiplinger
Wholesale nnd retail cigars.
Uox trade n specialty.
1223 Farnam St.
First Nat. Hank Hldg. Tel. 17CI.
PIANO
Do You Want a
Gonuim Bargain
in a Piano?
We have hundreds of Uprltht FUnoi returned from
renting by parsoni ruovlni which nuit I dliiond of at onca
M we cennot uieke rKiui for them in our ealeirnoiui. Thcee
)letni Include hUliiw,Kili, Fiechere, Sterling! end other
well known unlet. Meny of thtm reunot he dtttlnguUtivd
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of payment to rellehle rmni, It would nrril-al y n it lut
for freight to tieve one of theie plenoe kliipprd to )ou New
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ent anywhere on eeiy avnienti Write at mice for rooifdeU
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lng your plana from ui. tery piano warranted exactly ai rep
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CDCC by rfturn mall, fiilldmrrlniiv
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'lnlliir HVMtiin ui
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Kl Mfil li TO DaIK. '1 no foundation
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owe tlielr surress to the Moody h) Hem,
Anents wanted. ItfOOIIV it CO..
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PRIaTs. THEY ALL Say Hfc'smr
PRlAGE oE PfUiVT S. KUTH
(Until forgot to Htntu that her papa Is STONECYIMIEU. Omaha's printer, whoso
place of business Is lliOl Howard Street, nnd whoso Telephono Is 1310.)
Merry Christmas.
Louis Slnvln, proprietor of tho Omaha
I'lntlnB Co., tnkes thlH opportunity of ex
tending to his ninny customers a "kindly
Christmas grcotlng." Ho fully appreciates
(ho liberal putronaKo of tho pnst nnd earn
estly solicits a contlnuunco of tho sumo.
Tho Omaha Plating Company has had n
very satisfactory business during Its threo
year's extstonco, nml Is hero to stny. for
thu benefit of Omnha pooplu who nro not
conversant with thu inothodH of electro plat
ing, an Invitation is tendered to Inspect
tho shop and Its work. Mr. Slnvln has had
twenty year's oxporlonco in this lino, and
has been connected with somo of tho lend
ing plating companies In tho eastern cities,
IIo Is known ns nn oxpert In tho nrt of
ulectrlc plating. Thero aro at least 1200
people In Omaha and surrounding country,
who hnvo been patrons of tho Omaha Hat
lng Company within tho pnst fow months,
thnt enn testify concerning Mr. Slnvln's
ability ns a mechanic arid tho genuineness
of tho work ho turns out, Oold, silver,
nickel, coppor and brass plating nro most
In demand, however, ho Is equally as cluvor
at oxydlzlng and lacquering,
If yrti hnvo any articles which you aro
about to discard, Hint nro In need of being
replnted, bring them to tho Omnha Plating
Compnny, Ileo Building, and a trial will
convince you that ele'otro plating Is eco
nomical. &t.u,. .. . J
DEM BEl'l tR I
! G AN BUTTHEW HF Has BE-
LovtR 1H tsN.
R. C. Peters &
Company
Bonds
Loans Rentals
Insurance
Real Eestate
City Warrants
County Warrants
Rental Agents for Bee Building.
Ground Floor, Bee Bldg
Waters
Printing Co
PRINTERS and
PUBLISHERS.
Now and convoniont locution. In
oi'onsoil fuollitiuH for Kino i'rlritinjr.
Telephone 'Jl'JO.
422 South 13th Stroot,
Omaha.
WANTED
Helhiblo women or mon
to sell our cooiIb tn thn
consumer In communities from 1,000 to 10,
000 population; permanent employment at
good pay. Address THU Q It lb AT EAST.
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10th street, Bt. Louis, Mo.
