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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

them, but they were much too quick
for him with his broken shoulder, and
were at him again directly he re-
treated to the bush. The little Mid
gan and one of my men were close
by, yelling with excitement. AS
walked up to try to get a shot with
out hitting one of the pack, the lion
took no more notice of the dogs, but
kept his eyes fixed on me. I never
saw a lion look nastier, but suppose
his broken shoulder had sickened him,
and I shot him without difficulty. The
Midgan, after calling his dogs, had
run on after us, and had come on the
wounded lion. We skinned this beast,
and the little Midgan rather amused
us, as he got so very much annoyed
because his dogs would not eat some
great chunks of raw lion-fesh he cut
off and offered them. We were on
our way to skin the other lion when
we met Hassan looking rather sorry
for himself. He said that the lioness
had trotted quite quietly at first, and
he had brought her round in circle
towards the place where he had left
us, riding alongside of her, and shout
ing to let us know where he was.
Unluckily she crossed the track of
the wounded lion, and after smelling
at the blood she became perfectly un-
manageable, making off at gallop
and charging him whenever he got
in front to try to turn her. At last
she had gone into the thick bush on
some hills, where he had lost her.
When we had skinned the other lion
we made cast to try to pick up the
fourth, but could make nothing of
him-I never got this lion, although
he killed one of our donkeys the next
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

forward, but recovering herself
caught sight of the man on the pony,
and before I could shoot again she
was half way towards him, going like
q flash. He had not seen her when
l shot, as she was hidden by the
grass, and by the time he got his pony
turned around and started she was
close to him. He galloped straight
away from me, and I dare not fire at
the lioness for fear of hitting him.
For nearly 200 yards it looked any
money on the lioness. She got right
under the pony's tail, but did not seem
to know how to strike, and at length,
to my great relief, the pony began
to gain on her. She at once pulled up,
down stretched out at full length,
painting. Running up, shot her be-
fore she could prepare for another ef-
fort. My first bullet had gone through
the muscles of the forearm just below
the shoulder, and being solid had only
drilled quite a small hole. The ma
tives said that the reason she could
not catch the pony was because lion
could not spring before a momentary
halt to crouch. If this is so, pony
could always get away from a lion
galloping straight behind it, unless the
pony was such bad one that the lion
could come alongside. On two or
three occasions I have been chased
myself in the open grass plain, but
have always got fair start, and my
pony has had no difficulty in keeping
out of the lions way. A pony boy of
mine was very nearly caught one day
In the open. He was trying to round
up a lion, and got rather too close
to it on a tired pony. He only just
got away. This same lion afterwards
chased me and two or three of my
men for quite long time. Unless a
pony falls down, am sure there is
nothing to be feared from a lion in
the open, If one gives him a pretty
wide berth, so as to get start when
he charges. AS a rule the lion will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

The Quaker, who was holding up his
hand, nodded his head in affirmation.
Judge feathers saw the attorneys smil-
ing, and feeling that things were not
exactly right, called Quinn to him and
asked him to repeat the words.
"Mr. Witness" said Judge feathers,
"you have affirmed that you will tell
the truth under the pains and penal
ties of purgatory.' Have you any OBJ
lection to that?"
The Quake said he did not object,
and the trial Observation-Disclosures
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
British Naval Estimates.

The British naval estimates call for
an expenditure of $175,713,50O during
the next fiscal year. This is almost
SAC, 100000 more than the United
States will spend and very nearly
twice the sum that Germany will de-
vote to her establishment. Great
Britain had 479 ships complete for sea
(including 149 destroyers, SO torpedo
boats and 40 submarines) in March,
1908, and the complement consisted OF
99,679 officers and men and 1881 ma
rines.-New York Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
A Wounded Lion at Bay.

While this was going on we could
hear Hassan shouting in the distance,
so now we ran off towards the sound.
When we started the shouts seemed
to be almost stationary, but as we ran
they got further and further off till
at last we could hear nothing. We
then turned to go back for the wound
ed lion. AS We got near the place
where we had left him, we could hear
tremendous row going on, men
shouting, dogs barking, and the unmis-
taxable grunts of an angry lion. Run
ming up, we found the lion, with his
shoulder broken, standing in a bush
surrounded at respectful distance
by the little dogs. They kept up an
incessant yapping, and every now and
then the lion would make a drive at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Shooting Lions with Poisoned
Arrows.

Lions are occasionally killed by
Midgans, but the poison on the arrows
cannot be very strong, as frequently,
after being sick two or three times,
the lion seems to recover and get
away. Captain Swayne gives an ac-
count of the way in which these Mid
gans hunt the oryx with their dogs.
But to get on with my story. The
little Midgan carried bow nearly as
long as himself, and was followed by
about dozen small native dogs with
curly sterns and prick ears. These
little ours were wonderfully broken.
The man trotted off in front of us,
and when he got near the place where
he had seen the lions he simply put
out his hand, and all the dogs lay
down in bunch and never attempted
to follow on after us. Then we stalked
carefully towards big thorn tree ris-
ing above the bush. This was where
the lions were said to be. The bush
was very open, and when we came in
sight of the tree the lions were Just
decamping. There were four of them,
not five-an old lioness and three
lions, perhaps not quite full grown,
and with very little name. Hassan
had followed close behind on his pony,
so I shouted to him to try and keen
his eye on the lioness, and ran on my.
self with Abdulla after one of the
lions. This one did not seem much
inclined to run, and after a short
burst 1 managed to get bullet into
him somewhere just as he disappeared
into some thick bushes.
At that moment we caught sight OF
another lion trotting along parallel to
us about 200 yards off. The wounded
one was keeping up continuous low
growing in the bushes, so, thinking
he would not get far away, we ran to
cut off the other. He turned off when
he caught sight of us, and we had a
long, stern chase after him, as re
suit of which l was so blown l could
not hit him, although he was lobbing
along not more than 100 yards ahead
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Not His Business.

"Pow'ful fertile country daoun theh
in Texas" said the colonel. Eyes, sch!
Why, sch, 1 know spots daoun theh
where the trees grow so close togetheh
that you-all couldn't shove you'll hand
between theh trunks. And game, sch!
Why, sch, I've seen Fehginyuh deeah
in those same forests with antlehs
eight feet spread! Yes, seh!"
At this point some meddlesome idiot
asked the colonel how such deer ever
managed to get their antlers between
such tree trunks.
'Thet, seh," said the colonel, draw
ing himself up with squelching dig
nifty, is theh business!"-Everybody's
Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

words to be repeated in Affirming a
witness, which are as follows:
81 do solemnly affirm that I will
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, under the pains
and penalties of perjury"
Quinn repeated the words as If he
were an old hand at the business, but
he made a slight mistake on the last
word. This Is what he said:
81 do solemnly affirm that I will tell
the truth and nothing but the truth,
under the pains and penalties of pur-
gatory."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Chinese Women Study Medicine.

The Woman's Medical school at
Shanghai awarded diplomas to six
graduates lately. The school was
founded little more than three years
ago by funds furnished by Ii Ping
Shu, president of the Chinese town
council. The principal Of the school
Is Chinese woman who took an ad-
vanced educational course in both
Canton and Hong-Kong. During the
last year there were 80 students. Zach
of the six graduates read an essay.
two of them in English.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
WAS ALL THE SAME TO HIM.

Dr.. Hubbard, a Mooresville Quaker,
was asked to take the witness stand
in a case being tried, and Clerk Quinn
was asked to swear him in as wit
ness. Quinn began to rattle off the
oath, when Dr. Hubbard stopped him,
saying he would affirm. Although he
had never been asked to affirm wit
ness before, Quinn was not to be
caught mapping. He had studied the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Work of Fish HatcherIes.

AS the. result of special efforts In
the hatchery work during the year
the output of fish and eggs in 1908 was
greater than ever before in the history
of the national bureau, reaching a to-
tai of 2,S71, 456,280. OF this number
2,413,S09,225 were young fish distrib-
uted for the stocking and restocking
of public and private waters, and the
remaining 457,647,O55 were eggs de-
livered to state and foreign hatcheries.
The output of young fish exceeds the
greatest previous record for any one
year by 376,000,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14


ers, l have always had one man, Alb
dulla Ashur, as head shikari. Besides
being an agreeable companion, he is
far and away the best finder of game
have ever seen in the country.
His pluck is undeniable, and the
only difficulty l have had with
him is to prevent him going
where 1 did not care to go myself.
This may sound exaggerated praise of
native, but among other things he
grappled lion which had knocked me
down, being severely mauled before
ne got the brute off, so that I natur-
ally entertain a very high opinion of
him. Owing to his skill in tracking
/ have only lost one wounded lion out
of many that were hit, and that was
not his faul8as the blood stopped al
most directly and the ground was
nothing but stones for miles. This
speaks for itself, as any one who has
shot lions knows how difficult it is to
recover a wounded beast without dogs.
/ only once had the help of dogs
after wounded lions. We were camped
down in the Haud among the Eidegall
villages under Sultan Deria. One day
/ went out to try to get some meat
for the natives, accompanied by war
rior called Hassan and his pony.
had just shot an oryx, and we were
cutting it up, when the smallest So
mali | have ever seen came running
up to say he had just observed five
lions asleep under tree close by.
This man belonged to the low-caste
tribe of Midgans-people who do not
live together in one tribe, but are
scattered all over Somaliland in differ
ent villages, where they are chiefly
engaged in killing antelope for meat,
other Somalis, as rule, thinking 1t
below their dignity to do anything but
go out occasionally on looting expedi-
lions. Midgans are armed with bows
and poisoned arrows, and each of
them carries a knife. Until quite
lately no other Somali would use a
bow, but now it is quite common
thing to meet a native belonging to
another tribe who has discarded his
spears for a bow and CULVER Of
poisoned arrows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Badgering an Angry Lioness.

We had not been back in camp very
long when my companion came in, say
ing he had run across a lioness in
the hills, which he was sure was the
one we had seen, as she was very
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14

anQa severe female
weakness. T b e
doctor saidI would
have to 60 to the
hospital for an
operation, but I
could not bear to
think of it. / de.
cided to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
andSanative Wash
and was entirely
cured after three
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
An Error.

An Error.
He had dined exceedingly we'll and
was standing in the hotel lobby, hat
less, and looking exactly as if he were
quite at home there. 1t was no won
der that the hotel guest walked up to
him and inquired imperiously:
where's the news stand?"
Dunno"
The guest glared.
"I1l report you for insolence," he
Kissed.
"Huh?" inquired he who had dined
well. "R'port m'?"
"Say, what are you? A bellboy or
q detective or-what?"
I'm haberdasher," answered the
other, with a pleasant smile
The other snorted and withdrew.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Horses May Be Insured.

The Saxon government has sane.
toned a horse insurance. All horses,
asses and their crossbreeds, over six
months old, may now be insured.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
RUDE SHOCK FOR THE GIRLS

vain, for the various garments which
we had used for the purpose lay scat
tered on the floor, and the opening was
occupied by a line of little heads, one
above the other, while ten cleaning
eyes were interestedly fixed upon us!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Witness Evidently Meant to Tell the
Truth and Was Not Afraid OF
the Results.

Michael Quinn, the bright page In
superior court No. 2, who was recent
ly elevated to the position of clerk OF
that court because he was competent,
30 new duty to perform the other
day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
Artificial silk Made in France.

France has five great mills and
number of smaller ones at which arti-
fetal silk is made. There are three
kinds of it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
AM BlTIOUS.

Employer-What! want another
raise? Why, you're getting SIS a
month!
Office Boy-Yessir; but I'm engaged
now, and my girl wants to be took
about.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
ANOTHER
WOMAN
CURED
ByLydia E. Pinkhaln's
Vegetable Compound

Gardiner, Maine.-"I have been q
great sufferer from organic troubles
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-14
On the
Sp0or of
the King
of Beasts
Bv Lord DeIamere

o get good sport in
Somaliland the first
thing is to get a
good shikari. There
are excellent men to
be found with care
and good luck, but a
great many who are
absolutely worthless.
r., addition to 9th.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

unbounded faith in his own abilities,
so when he reached Broadway he
Straightway hied him to Martin Beck,
general manager of the Orpheum cir
cult. How he broke past all barriers Is
not part of the story, but anyhow he
at last was in the inner sanctum. He
applied for job, and wanted an en-
gagement on the Orpheum circuit
Asked what he could do, he declared
that he could play give limitations and
do monOlogue. Mr.. Beck asked him
what sort of a monologue he could do.
why, 1 haven't any," answered the
unabashed Meyer, E'but if you would
write one think possibly could make
1t go!"
The head of all the Orpheums, the
car of vaudeville, looked up in amaze
Then he laughed, for he recognized that
the youth was really disingenuous and
meant what he said. Meyer was kind
ly Informed that Mr.. Beck wasn't writ
ing monologues, but that he might have
a tryout with his piano. The results
are now part Of vaudeville history.
Meyer made good so decisively that he
IS called a personal portege Of Mr..
Beck, and is one Of the strongest feat
ures of Mr.. Beck's own aggregation, the
Orpheum road show. He proposes to
visit Catalina when he comes here, just
to see If the island is still there, as in
the days when he was. stranded on it.
Harry Mestayer accomplished feat
of memory juggling last week which
undoubtedly never has been done by
any other Los Angeles actor. During
the week Mr.. Mestayer kept in mind
his parts in six different plays, and
finished without getting any of the
wires crossed. In Sporting Life last
weeks bill at the Burbank, he played
the part of Philip, the unfortunate
young man who is brought to ruin by
the villainess, whom he very properly
chokes to DEATH in ''Sweethearts," m
which he appeared at the Harry Glazier
benefit Friday, he had two parts, and a
third role as Bunnie in "Raff1es." At
the benefit at the Auditorium Tuesday
he took the part of the Imp, in when
We Were Twenty-one,' and during the
week daily rehearsed his lines in 1.-THE
Heart of a Geisha,' which the Burbank
company will offer this week.
David Hartford, the new stage di-
rector of the Belasco company, has
purchased a residence next door to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
CURRENT BILLS AT
LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

AUDITORIUM-Beg tomorrow
night, the Auditorium will offer series
of spectacular plays which, the man
agement claims, will be different from
anything of the kind ever given in Los
Angeles. The first offering will bt
cinderella" for which a chorus OF
sixty young women have been rehears-
ing for more than month under the
direction of Miss Florence Leslie. Elab-
crate costuming and staging are prom
Used.
The entertainments which will be
given at the Auditorium will be fash
Toned after the Drury Lane specialties
of London, and the Eden Musee in
Paris. The musical and spectacular
features will be emphasized, and it is
claimed that they will constitute the
most attractive entertainments of the
kind ever given in the city.
BELASCO-"Charley's Aunt will be
played this week by the Belasco thea
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

pany, because he has charge Of posting
the lithos, is having an almost over
Whelming run Of hard luck. Last Mon
Gay Mr.. Whites wallet, containing SIS
in real money, not stage money, was
stolen; Tuesday night his wheel was
taken, and Wednesday he lost a valu-
able bulldog.
Ferris Hartman will present another
new singer in "The Tenderfoot' at the
Grand today in the person of Anna Lit
tie, who will have the prima donna
role. Miss Little is very young, but
has had much stage experience, pos
sesses charming voice, and is good
looking. Much interest awaist her Los
Angeles debut. She is already a prime
favorite in San Francisco.
Mrs. Harry Mestayer, who before her
marriage was Miss Jessie Jordan, a
Los Angeles girl, has decided to go on
the stage. Oliver Morosco will stand
sponsor for Mrs. Mestayer in her un-
dertaking, having observed indications
Of unusual talent in Mrs. Mestayer's
acting in several amateur performances
in which she has appeared. Mrs. Mes
tayer has beauty and personality, and
Mr.. MOrOsco is not alone in predicting
that she will make a place for herself
in the mimic world.
Hyman Meyer, the imam at the pi-
ano" of the Orpheum road show, was
once stranded in Santa Catalina, and
was helped out with a benefit that was
the turning point in his career
Meyer at the time, which was several
years ago, was one of the entertainers
during a summer at the island. He
had bad luck, and when the season
closed was broke. Kind-hearted friends
who had enjoyed his rag-time and his
high class selections as well put their
heads together and decided to help
Meyer get east. So a big benefit was
arranged, and he was the star of a.
show whose receipts all went to him.
Sufficient was raised to take him back
to the great white way"
This sturdy German chap always had
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

Lewis Stones in Benton way, between
First and Second streets. Mr.. Hart
ford has brought his family to Los
Angeles and will make his home in
this city.
The new stage laid at the Orpheum
only a few weeks ago is to become a
wreck this week. The road show will
arrive Monday and already it has been
found necessary ITO cut a trap six feet
square right in the middle of it for
Mile. de dos dance effects. A small
trap up stage was made for 1.-The
Naked Truth and that was the first.
It will only be a short while now till
the stage floor is all in shreds again.
But 1 could forgive the traps said
Paul Paulson, the stage manager, till
the Franklins came and bored guy
holes in the hardwood dancing floor
across the front Of the stage. That
broke my heart
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

well trained and graceful dancers, hav-
ing taught them practically all the
steps required in spectacular produc-
lions like those which will be given at
the Auditorium.
Mr.. Howard Scott will join the Be
lasco company in "Charley's Aunt" this
week. Mr.. Scott has been i'll, but has
entirely recovered. He will be well
coined back both by his fellow players
and by the Belasco patrons, who have
missed his heavy and character roles.
Philip H. White and a company con-
sisting Of Grace Rauworth, Irwin Miller
and Harry Earle, will open at San Ber-
nardino tomorrow night with a sketch
called 1.-THE Supreme Test" by Eugene
Lewis. They will tour. Southern Cali
fornia, and possibly other western
states, already having secured bookings
for several months ahead.
Members Of the Ferris Hartman COM
pany, especially members of the "mer-
ry, merry" have gone real estate mad.
Giving up the usual chorus girl pen
chants for diamonds and motor cars,
they are investing in Los Angeles re-
atty. Already various members of the
company, including Hartman himself,
Lew Spaulding, the treasurer, Flora
Norris, Violet Elbe, Josie Hart and
Muggins Davies, have become investors
and between them they are buying q
whole block of ground out southwest,
on monthly payments. Each has the
idea Of investing, and not specializing;
all expect to build, and live here after
their stage careers close. The spot
they have selected is on the Redondo
line, commands a view Of both city and
sea, and is laid out in quarter acre
tracts. Spaulding expects to build
right away and began raising chickens
before the season is over.
But there is a husky stage door
keeper at the Grand, and it is useless
for aspiring sellers of town lots to
apply.
: Jack White, who is known as the
head photographer of the Burbank COM
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17

| ter company. There is perennial ms
| rlment in the play, and no matter h
| frequently seen it always attracts Ian
! audiences and creates fun. There is I
| diverting story of a young college fell
| low who dOns feminine attire and
passes himself off for "Charleys aunt,
from Brazil, where the nuts come
| FROM" and who succeeds in mixing up
| everything in a hopelessly ridiculous
| tangle. Richard Vivian, who has here
tofore displayed his genius as a rarely
able comedian, will impersonate the old
lady from Brazil. Howard Scott, after
being absent from the local stage for
several weeks on account of illness,
| will resume his stage work and as Mr..
| Spettigue will contribute one of his
adroit stage caricatures to the per-
| Torrance.
Manager Blackwood of the Belasco
| theater has contracted with the athlet-
&c association of st. Vincent college for
a series of Tuesday college nights. The
first Of these gatherings is scheduled
for Tuesday night.
| Following "Charley's Aunt Lewis S.
| Stone and the Belasco theater company
| will offer a revival of David Belasco's
play, THE Girl of the Golden West"
with Mr. Stone as Ramirez, the high
Wayman, and Florence Oakley as The
| Girl. Los Angeles theatergoers are eX-
pecting a performance of exceptional
power from Miss Oaklay in this Belasco
play.
| MASON-With the coming Of 1.-THE
| Wolf to the Mason opera house to-
morrow night distinct dramatic nov
| city is promised. 1t is by Eugene Wal
ter who is also the author Of paid in
Full both plays running simultane-
ously at Broadway theaters last. season.
The locale of 1.-The Wolf is laid in the
Hudson bay vicinity, and portrays a
group of rugged characters typical of
| Canada's frontier-as picturesque as
| they are human.
The most important characters are
MacTavish, a hardheaded Scotchman,
whose wife has long since left him on
account Of his nagging, leaving him a
beautiful daughter, Hilda, the coun-
| terpart of her mother, and the central
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
In the Spotlight

kkA DEAR, what are those?" ex-
claimed a fluffy little girl
holding I'D an odd collection of