The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-24

fear. but they have altered their opin-
ions about that He takes care OF
No. /, the same as all other animals.
II man offers easy prey the lion is
after him; IL there is doubt about
the matter old Leo drops his tail and
goes looking for an easier thing. "A
full grown lion can drag away a car
cass weighing 1900 pounds. One blow
of his mighty paw would knock both
Jeffrics and Johnson into grease spots.
''oh. bring on your white man. said he,
"And let him come here unto me!
BY thunder, I'll scare him.
And then 1 will tear him!
And a wreck of a man you shall sect"
1t is said by trainers Of wild beasts
that should an alderman meet lion
In a lonely spot and refuse to divvy
UP with him there would be terrible
combat. The alderman would proba-
bly, triumph In the end, because virtue
always triumphs over vice, but he
would be covered with porous plasters
from head to heel for year to come.
II you will put your hand through the
bars of lions cage at the zoo you
will get pretty good idea Of the
strength of his jaws. Keep watch Of
his left eye. He always winks 1t be-
fore he bites.
Result of Ono Hunt.
This lion. so brave and SO bold,
He had good wife who was old.
1.-THE white man beware
Or you'll come to despair"
at
The natives of Africa assemble to
the number of 200 to hunt the lion,
and 1t Is only after they have got him
all mixed up that they succeed In kill
ing him. On one of these hunts few
years ago the lion killed forty men
before he fell beneath the spears of
the survivors. OF course there are
plenty Of lions who never saw white
man. and they judge them from the
standard Of the natives. In time. how
ever, they find out their mistake. The
one we are speaking Of will In time,
but meanwhile:
But old Leo. he roared the more,
And then he most dreadfully swore
BY the beard of his dad
That he was SO mad
He wanted barrel of gore.
Gordon Cummings, the great lion
slayer OF years ago, measured the
spring of lion and found 1t to be
thirty-four feet. This beats the best
record of the tiger by eight feet. For
the first half mile the lion can main
tain the pace of the swiftest horse. but
then his trolley begins to slip. Off the
wire, and he lets up and finally comes
TO halt with the exclamation of
whats the useY' When the lion is
in playful mood he runs giraffe for
five or six miles. lie knows he can't
catch him, but he has lots of fun see.
ing the gi's heels throwing up the
sand. But we left our buffer roaring
for gore.
He roared some more, and he said:
| 1--WE fought'em and licked 'em and bled
Just let me get sight t
or a white man some night,
And a roar--and he will be deadl'
Roars When He Wakes.
II the afternoon be cloudy lion
will go abroad seeking his prey. but
otherwise he will wait till sundown
His first act on rising from sleep is tc
roar. The roar can be heard for -four
miles on still night. The lion moi
only likes to hear his own voice. like 0
| great many men. but the roar says Il
every living thing within sound; "Yor
felIers all make your skiddo. for I'm
awake and about to take a promenade
II / find any Of you In my path 1t vii
be bad for some one" Mr.. Cummings
had the curiosity to follow the trail
OF a hungry Hon made at night and
found that the beast covered dis
tance OF twenty-eight miles. The lion