The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12

air apparently satisfied. Hc has seen y nanrni
tain lion about the size OF the mature benLnl
tiger In the menaRerie cages. easily carr! "uuumJ
two sheep In its Jaws Tor the wheip1 w. - a
upon. One moonlight night he iolloMeu ~
lloness that carried an eight. nonths.old coli
three miles upn mountain side, whero ~ III
e3ed lion To- spring up ten feet a a bound. and
he has known the beasts TO cover iulls e'E"'''"
&. f.. Fulton, ex-superintendent Of schools
In Santa Ana, was hunting ia Bear valley ln
October. 1904. and heard TINT mountain ,'oms
TO catch or Kill the lions. one might, eleven
sheep were Killed In one corral. ne ION ~ ~
the blood without eating any Of the meat; One
morning Fulton visited n deer lick, nut was
ehagrlned to find no Rnme. On returnlmvi
low and switching u long tail creeping throuyI
the underbrush on the I'M below him; ngg
wounded the animal. hut g. @ lion disappeared.
Al this moment the hunters attention was
lion had sprung into a tree. but stood on a limb
exposed to full view. Moving n little up the
hill 50 as to take better aim, Fulton fired ana
shot the animal through the heart. killlng
him instantly. The dog was not inclined TO
follow the wounded one into the uuderhrush,
had freed the lion. Fulton hurried through
the brush until he aame IN with the animal. He
within our or five feet OF cash other. but sera-
rated, by a little. bunch of bushes. A we'll
aimed shot rolled the lion over dead; on exam,
ming the body TIE hunter found that his first
shot hal broken the, back OF the lion. which, OK
plaincd why he dill not spring. upon the dog.
from where he was first shot.
On another occasion Mr., Fulton was out
cass was tied to n low tree. aud the hunters
went on. ON returning they found That the
n mistd had d H." I%n"T1;, T ,Eal so that , tsGy had had
searched the forest. but in vain. They could
find no marks whore the body had been,
caused its dIsapnearaucc WIi'o they we're
discussing tho point ,Fultnn's. co:nranion han
fifteen or twenty feet htsih. where he saw one
foot OF the dccr protrudinU from the top. Bid
ding In ,, Pn'' lon, hHyG Lis rife II rcnhin"ss in case
he climbed the stub. There was the mutilatcd
carcass Of the, deer. but no lion. Footprints
lance Of twelve feet and landed on the drv
pine with the deer in his mouth. and then
climbed 70 the top of the dead tree, carrying the
Eben p. Harrison. who has been a telegraph
operator for the Southern Pacific Company at
Rcdlands and in Los Angeles In the last few
years. came from the mountains in Tnke Coun-
y, Cal. where lions used % he plentiful. He
tree. Returning Il short time aftcrward. he
found that 4 lion had carried of the %entrails Of
canon 70 a holc. beneath. q high cliff. Being
armed with II ritl" and a hunting knife; Harri,
fSn astSf tonE the K Tn frtf in III he ,e sGp, % a%a f h"ld 1h's
The gun ready for instant service. he Crnwled
in. lie expsctcd "a ch Instant to hear the angry
without finding the lion in IT'S den. The sleep
ing place was filled with the bones of animals
Tapped from III" bones and earth. hut the hun
ter was unable To find anything of the beast
himself: soon afterward Harrison. in com
pany with n companion. named Mason. was as.
cending n steep hin in the same locality. when
they saw n large lion bounding pp the hill. Mr..
is picketed On the top of the hiil.'' Tho men
hurried M the trail and found that Mason had
the back of the beast and bitten him through
the neck. cvidcntly killing him INSTANTLY. III
cnss when he was frightened away by the M
pronch of the men \ short time later this
boast was htlled and was found to be of gnrsu-
al size. The skin was stuffed and sold fr n
cool price to an Eastern museum.
Mrs. BENSON. wife of a BAPTIST minister for
with mountain lions t~o wears ago. She WIS
driving home late one e,,cni,ng from the bed
f f"oth ii ra5 S'iH ' lIsr way T"G lei 5!t tGroa "9 " II ': IarE
tnicket. She had driven tia way hundreds
Of times before. and felt no alarm at hrins
tie ground. Mrs. Benson could see n]@tnins;
the greatest signs of fright and distress. and
reared and snorted the more. In her fear that
throw her out. Mrs. benson leanei to the
ground. At that very moment She, saw what
seemed TO her in the darkness to he two big
One of the beasts chung to the flcsh Of the
horses neck and the other f"ll t, the ground.
seemed TO he a dog. The horse fcll on lis
knees. then rose to nj feet. broke loose from
the harness and carriage. and shook the beast
from his neck. while Mrs. Benson stood. terri
fed. alone in the roadway. She knew hv That
time the attack had not been made by dogs. hut
thought they must have been fierce coyotes
from the manner in which. they Glrt"l into
and at daylight went with her husband to seek
the horse; 1t WIS found from the tracks that
mountain lions, and that. they, had So torn the
flesh from tho breast Of the horse that I was
neCe.sary to KIN hin; a hunting mt went
beasts have been >con in That locality since.
The CaIifnrnia li%ns nitrate Win IVA" sea.
they descend from the higher lnuuntni"s and
spend the winter in the foothills. whore th"v do
BIDDER Ode s on first c"miHs Clown "f fra 1"'H Tie noun !"
1 bnriof Than an, = NoT AMY ,. Other e , ,Sa,2 IioG Or f. Il" %w ye1r =
mos: to his home. The child did not know
what the animal was; but told his mother ="
had ever seen.
f. Leslie, a well-known merchant Of Cuca-
monea, saws that white he lived IN S%antiat"
ka. by the way, a few wears ago, he started one
evening just about sundown to a ncighbnrinG
When he '~ Mas frirh1oned III nv the the rsrce cry ~ "
lion on his right hand. and not m re than half
z dozen rods away. lie had no weapon lie
tree. He. Ind gone but a sh"rt di-tnoc" whom
the cry Of the lion was answered by his mate.
'fiti Az N"' i'llb"tll ne llll'l' INV va 'ilt
side and now on the oIher. Sometimes they
would RIM n few rods ahead. md then drop
hnck behind him. but they were at no tim"
more than five or six rods of duringn walk of
three or four miles, nor dill they leave him I'm
~ he WINS within a short distanc" Nf III" camn.
He thinks that II he had stoUuci or showed
any signs of fear. the brutcs w"uld have sprung
upon him and torn him t. U'"Cr,.
An old man named Tceters while riding along
n mountain trail was surprised hv the sudden
stopping OF his mule and bis refusal to, GO fur
thcr,. Tcetrrs looked carefully about. hut saw
nothing 10 alarm the heat, 50 lie SpIr'ed him
VIGOROUSLY. The least planted his fore feet
firmly, threw down his head, and remained
rooted to the spot. Again the old man scru-
tinizcd. ms he supposed, every spot; but saw
nothing to frighten the mule. II" tried to
lead him forward, but in doing 50 glanced m
into an OAK tee. whore he heh"lt a huge lion
crnnchcd upon n limb, beneath. which he would
have Ia mass.
Within the last few weeks there has boon
In southern California an instance Of the dos
peration that overrOmes u monntain lion when
%tranpcd, and also Of the fidelity 81 The beasts
mate in n time of trouble. 50 much has been
written and said Of the sncakiUl. good for
nothing ways of mountain lion. that II has
been n surprise 10 find the e'f--anrifrius snlici
tude OF one of these animals for . mntc which
has met with disaster. Last August the lit
tie mining camn nj the head waters OF the san