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The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

"She has a strain Of the Corsiean."
him. II was the new man. the one
who came yesterday. The senior
knows"
Yes, yes" assented the Diplomat.
He stood for several seconds look
inG curiously at the thorn.
As he passed through an inner gate.
Rllow dressed as an under-g groom
cane out into the stableyard. He was
taking to a pretty servant girl who
wore a bright-colered mantilla. At
sight of the Diplomat the girl walked
hastily away. He beckoned to the
nan.
You may take this TO My Lady and
tell her its point was not sharp
enough" he said quietly.
The fellow shrank away, his face
challSy. The Diplomat pitched the
thorn towards him and turned round.
Passing through the library into his
reading room, he rang. The door open
ed and girl wearing a bright.colored
mantilla entered. She carried a silver
waiter on which was a glass of hot
milk.
Toto is Ill, senior" she explained
obseouiously. Nicola directed me to
bring the milk"
The Diplomat took the glass from
the waiter, but. without tasting It, set
II down again.
I'm afraid 1t is sour" he said slow
ly. See if II Is not"
With a frightened exclamation she
shrank away from him.
Mono" she cried.
On a sofa, curled up comfortably,
was a sleek Maltese cat. The Diplo-
mat set the glass down temptingly and
the cat began to lap the milk. II had
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06
MY IlDY.
RY a. M Perklnson.

ny n. NJ rorkinson.
The Diplomat ,odded 20 the groom,
who stepped bad, and the horse cat
tered up the driveway. From a side
road a carriagerattled into the broad
pebbled ayenu, and a woman raised
herself from te cushions and stared
up at the Diplmat with dark, intent
face.
My LadyHhe exclaimed aloud. and
his eyes foDwed the carriage down
the drivewa.
He was nlf turned in the saddle
when the brse. rearing straight into
the air, seemed about TO crash over
backwards AS the front hoofs touch
ed the grund. the groom. who had
come runrng up, seized the bride.
The Dilomat, dismounting, looked
at the bi then hastily took of the
saddle. long thorn had been fixed
into the Addlecloth so that II prodded
the hors cruelty.
"HolyYirgin, senor!" exclaimed the
groom, airing with frightened eyes at
the thou. 1T was not | who saddled
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06
FASHIONS

Crashes and grass linens are well
liked
Two materials frequently appear in
enc summer gown.
Cloth top shoes come in colors TO
match tailored costumes.
Some braid novelties show touches
OF leather in their makeup.
The French vogue for colored en-
broidoTies upon white in other gar
ments beside waists is partly respon-
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

sIble for the favor with which colored
effects are being received. An all
white waist is much favored by most
women, however.
Champagne is the popular glove
color of the moment
Parasols OF brocaded silk are hand.
some end expensive.
Plain harness buckles are used on
smart belts.
Lace OF Persian coloring and design
trims cream-colored jabots.
Huge pansies with curled and with.
cred edges are new in millinery.
job Printing done right. Times
Printing Co., Is John R.-st. Call Main
1893. or City 1886.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

enthusiasm into your brothers pleas
ures and discuss these and other mat
tiers OF interest TO boys with him and
his friends. You'll soon forget your
timidity and be almost like "one OF
the boys" Cd Don't do II unless It's
imperative. When the next dance Is
announced your partner will natural
ly excuse himself TO And his partner.
Thus no ones feelings will be hurt.
Dear Miss Grey: IL / am tired
wearing my hail. turban style. Tell
me pretty way TO wear II, CD Should
one wear hose to match the gown?
go VIII a hat OF black and old rose
look well with white dresses?
GREENHORN.
A.-O The turban is out OF style;
wear your hair parted. rolled and
coiled in low figure eight. (2) Yes.
(3) Yes.
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

There are about 10000 automobiles
In the United States 49,, =
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

Taffeta Ribbons ia black and white,
red and white, pink and white and blue and white
shepherd checks; sold regularly at 25c per yard.
Black Moirs Silk Ribbons with satin stripe, rich
quality; sold regularly at 35c per yard.
Large Plaid Ribbons in all the popular color com.
binations; sold regularly at 35c per yard.
Taneta SILK Ribbons in hairne stripes; dozen
different coIo:s select from; sold regularly at 35c
per yard.
and 6-inch Taffeta Ribbons, soft silk white With
blue pink and green pin dots sold regularly at 25c
Polka Dot Ribbons, inches wide, with solid
color borders; sold regularly at Csc per yard.
When you can buy Csc. 55c to 45c Ribbons IN
going to let anything keep you away from the sale
rnnnnnrnnnt Snn uindnw dIsnlaV
The Detroit times., 1910-07-06

Changeable Moire Ribbons, serpentne stripe ell
fects all colors; sold regularly at 45c per yard.
Plain .Taffera Ribbons, inches wide, in brown
pink blue. green lavender, white red, light blue
Copenhagen, Nile hunter green, reseda, champagne
cardinal gray and navy blue; sold regularly at Zoe
per yard.
Fine Satin Ribbons in beaudful Paisley patterns
s inches wide: sole regularly at S5c per yard
Satin TaTeta Ribbons, inches wide, in pastel
shades; sold regularly at 35c per yard.
Satin Messaline Ribbons, inches wide. good Sc
elctionllII o shades and colors sold regularly at
Csc per yard.
most wanted styles for 12kc per yard, you aren't
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They are elaborate and dalnty--the
shoes OF today--and they take various
forms. The most notable feature Is
the lowered heel.
The news comes that the buskln
shoe OF sixty years ago will be again
the hight OF fashion, and that even
the shoes of other styles will Indicate
the buskin influence in the narrow
pointed toe with sQuared-off tip.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
The Victim Rescued

Everyman seized a f1rcbrand and we
rushed In pursuit II surprises me
yet, that we rescued the man. About
two hundred yards from the camp VIC
found him lying on the ground &c
verely lacerated; the lion had dropped
him and fed. l carefully examined
the spot next morning A strong, but
withered branch stretched out hori-
lontally q sharp pointed lions short
hairs My belief is. that the lion.
bounding away with his prey. acct
dentally struck his side against this
sharp branch He may have taken IL
Tor spear thrust from one OF us pur.
suipg him with shouts and blazing
brands
The wounded man was carried to
my tent. He had dreadful wounds In
Inc upper part Of the thigh. where
the lions jaws had seized him AS
Ind every surgical requisite AT hand,
lie was soon bnndagcd up, and he rc.
9ained that night under my tent. No
ope ventured 10 so to sleep as we
fully expected the baHled man-catcr
. would make another attempt before
dawn. The injured man was in great
pain. and his means were distressing.
lie told US q remarkable story-that.
though the lien had seized him aud
Was carrying him OF. he was stu
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i was returning TO camp, and within
sight OF II. when / observed jackal
silnking round the base OF hillock
Intending to get shot at him, i bur
rled UP the hillock AS reached the
top. heard shouts OF "Simbn simba."
dion, lion). ] naturally turned round
to see who were shouting. and then
heard some OF my men call out that
the lions were in front OF me. In fact.
at the critical moment. when / would
have seen them. / had turned round.
A lion and a lioness, peacefully re-
posing Ia the grass. had been dis
turbed by my approach. and we're now
trotting off towards some high grass
a few hundred yards Away, / had
barely time to fire three shots from
the magazine rife at their reccdlnG
figures. The first two shots fell short.
hut my third shot. put at 300 yards,
threw up the dust close to the left
hind leg OF the lion. The shots did not
apparently disturb their equanimity
After my third shot they stopped for
second TO look at us, Before / could
try a fourth shot. the pair had dis
aneared in the long grass, where IL
would have been foolhardy to follow
them The donkey boy told me, that
WHOM he was bringing my riding-don-
key, TO meet me. the donkey suddenly
broke loose and gallopcd back to the
camp, He had to return 10 fetch II,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
Trying a Trap

There Is something In this Robinson
Crusoe life which stimulates the most
unlnyentiye intellect. IL was an un.
pleasant predIcament that. unless
found some means, the cage would
very shortly be ready, and placed in
the ridiculous position of not knowing
how to make the trap work. Inspira-
ton came at last had asked the ma
tive officers. the Soudanese soldiers,
the Swahili porters, my Arab servant,
and the Wanyroro onlookers. TO find
out. II anyone could help me. They
calmly assured me that they had new
or built a trap; in vain / told them
nor had I. But hit on the following
plan j constructed sort Of picture
frame. the trap-door resting In the
forked ends of the two perpendicular
pieces. Attaching rope to the middle
OF the lower horizontal stick, even a
slight tug withdrew the supporting
framework. and caused the heavy
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
Killing a Man Eating Lion
By DR.. w. J. Ansorge NJ A., LII d. M r. S., L. r. c. P

conceded to them. as their day OF
rest First of all We made firm
stockade OF stout perpendicular poles.
TO use these We loshed tree stems laid
horizontally one on top Of the other.
finally we planted an outer row Of
poles. perpendicular like the frst row
firmly and deeply into the ground
This gave us the sides OF the cage
The top.we closed in With horizontally
laid tree trunks. on to which we piled
large heavy stones, till we felt sat
isfled that the. fiercest lion could not
possibly break out OF this cage The
trap door consisted OF seven heavy
blocks OF wood fastened together .hor-
izontally on top OF each other. and
held In position by short perpendicular
pieces on both sides. So far all went
smoothly. But never having construct
ed wild beast trap before. was sor-
iously puzzled how to make tho trap
door act
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
TAKE SETTER AIM TO SEND THE BULLET CRASHING II

inches from mine. realized how the
merciful Gcd had twice that day pre-
served me from death Soon after.
wards, news was brought me that the
man-eater had just attempted to carry
of woman at the nearest Wanyoro
village, but was driven off. presum.
ably with flrcbrandS. by men who had
happened TO sit near her This alarm.
ing news was shortly followed by my
COW stampeding She was tied TO a
peg, close to the Soudanese watch
FIRE Tearing herself loose. she bolted
like mad She never stopped until
she reached distant village, whence
she was returned to me next day
The Soudanese on guard declared that
he saw the lion crouching and trying
to spring upon the COW. when forum
atcly. she Just tore herself loose in
time and escaped. IL was too dark
for him to aim. or be would have
fired his rifle,
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take the preoaution OF fixing two vert
ical poles inside the but. go that the
reed screen slides between them. and
Is retained in position; the door is
then firmly closed by some faggots
placed transversely. Having dispersed
the crowd, ! determined to put bait
for the man-eatcr. and to sit up and
watch for him
We tied a young goat to tree a
few feet from my door. The night was
very dark, and | was obliged to kjndle
fire to enable me TO see the fore
sight Of my rifle. Then the silent and
dreary watch began. AS the hours
crept on. the stiffness and the dark
ness told on me. had had fatigu-
Ing day. In the early morning had
marched from Wakibara to Fajoa. az.
terwards | had attended to patients
and then came the lively doings OF the
evening By and by I caught myself
noddlng II the man-eater bad chosen
10 pass my hut once more. 1t could
have had ME, notwithstanding the
loaded rife on my knees. AT $3.50 q.
m gave up the struggle to keep
awake. and resolving to set trap for
the lion. l went to bed.
At a. m. next morning I began
to build the lion trap. Everybody
helped willingly. although 1t was Fri.
day, the Sunday equivalent to the
Soudanese who are Mohammedans and
who have consequently had this day
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-12
Simba Attacks by Night

IL was hot night, and most OF the
portcrs slept In the open air, by their
camp fires: No one dreamt there could
be any danger: we all thought that
the man-cating lion had been left nine
miles behind US at Hgomeni. felt
unaccountably restless, and kept toss
ing on my bed. / could not sleep.
I sauntercd out OF my tent, saw that
The night watchman was awake.
looked at the sleeping figures around
the glowing camp fires, and then
strollcd into the silent darkness be-
yond the camp. II was providential
that | was not seized by the man,
cater, for he was close at the very
moment He had followed US from
NgomenI. and had swum across tho
Tsayo river. Ny dog had followed
me. He growIed ongrily at some bush,
so near that I could see some OF the
caves stirring THIS was my fourth
Journey without ever meeting with
lion, and was at the moment SO COM
pletcly unconscious of any danger,
that said TO my dog: You silly, to
growl whom the wind stirs few
leaves" Since this night | never like
TO venture outside the circle of camp
fires on q dark night, however, safe
others may consider the surrounding
unInhabited country.
Lcisurely returning to my tent. /
lay down on my campbell when |
beard a horrid growing sound like
''woon' few yards from my tent
door The next moment there were
shrleks and cries. In second every
man was awake, and shouting "slmba,
simba," 0lon. lion). Dashing out
with loaded revolver. l found that
The man -oatcr had carried of one OF
my Dorters
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the bullets might knock some of US
over, With the help Of the native off,
Gers, we put a stop to this haphaznrd
shooting, which was endangerlng our
lives more than the mancater's. On
hurrylng TO the scene OF the screams,
found that the man-eater had on
tered a hut, the door having foolishly
been left open, and tried to carry off
one OF our Soudancse soldiers. The
huts are crowded together. and have
reed fence round each. and narrow
paths and winding entrances lead to
each separate enclosure. II was
therefore no easy matter. even for q
hon. to carry of its prey Owing to
tho general hubbub the lion had
dropped the man. AS In the Tsavo
case, I was fortunately at hand to
dress the wounds. There were ten
Of them. A scratch. about two inches
long. had splIntered the heel bone.
/ removed piece OF the bono about
the size OF a shilling. This was one
OF the minor wounds. the worst were
in the thigh. The man ultimately
made good recovery, and so did the
woman who was injured earlier.
To allay the excitement and to calm
the people. / told them l would kill
the lion next day. The natives were
not surprised that this came true, for
they are very superstitious. and with
them medicine man" and wizard are
synonymous terms. The native lieu
tenant reminded me. Of this fact. You
told u.s." he said. that you would kill
the lion next day. but then-you are
medicine man."
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The Rifle Does the Work

It seemed long while, though prob
ably only minute or two. before
succeeded In distinguishing the outline
OF the lion. ] fred, but as could not
see very clearly the foresight OF my
rife, ] probably missed The lion gave
an ominous growl which was heard
and received with mad shouts by the
crowd surging around us. at a safe
distance, The brute bounded TO the
other end of the hut, but as it left
the bind part exposed. was able this
time to take better aim and to send
the bullet crashing through its body.
AS 1t turned to escape by the door, /
had time to reload-I was using a
MartlniHenri rine-and to give 1t a
good shoulder-shot 1t staggered, and
fell dead in the outer shed.
The man-eater turned out to be a
lloness. II was gaunt and grim. old
and emaciated. II had but five other
wounds, in spite of the subsequent
fusiladc. besides the two inflicted by
me. one Of these five shots had car.
ried off the little toe of the right fore
foot, the others were principally flesh
wounds, 1t required seven men to car.
ry the lloness TO where I camped.
There was feeling of JOY and relief
that the man-eatcr was slain l had
to remain close to the body to pre-
vent its being torn to pieces by the
frenzied mob Even then one of the
Wanyamwezi portcrs managed to
dodge me and to deliver with club
a terrific blow at the dead lioness,
smashing her skull. The women
joined in the uproar with their shrill
tremulo- scream OF "he-he-he-he-he-he
ad in1nitum. only stopping when quite
out OF breath. This was meant as a
sort OF triumphal chant.
On my sixth journey-wc had
pitched our tents at "Campiya. .Simba"
l. e., the camp of lions"-we saw
four animals in the distance a mile or
two OF No one could make out what
they were, l came to the conclusion
they must be wart hogs. because
the body seemed unusually long
and legs comparatively short
AS Tar as the hills and tree
less ground was covered with
short grass. only here and there a
patch OF grass three feet high would
dot the undulating surface Accom-
panied by my gun-bearer. / tried TO
get as near as l could before attempt
ing shot The place was toe open
to make stalking possible or practica
BILE. Three Of the animals trotted off
to the left. one went OF TO the right
in the direction of our camp. This one
l followed. / felt more than ever con.
vlneed 1t was wild boar, as it con.
stantly placed It's head near the
ground and only occasionally raised
IL to look at us as We followed It.
Our persistent pursuit seemed TO an.
noy 1t. and 1t went to hide in a patch
OF high grass.
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shot, on which the life OF the two OF
us might have depended.
This brings to my mind passage
IN a medical lecture / once attended
The lecturer. TO impress the medical
students with the proximity OF certain
nerve centers In the brain, used Eve
and the apple as an illustration
This Is the center for sight" he said
Eve saw the apple"-"and this is
the center for movement OF the arms
Eve stretched out her hand for It,"
In my case the sight OF the lion
prompted the defensive motion OF my
arms. Fortunately for me. the lion
turned and bounded of l reloaded
my rife and hurried after 1t. eager TO
shoot II and to secure such a splendid
brute But though it seemed to DO
merely trottlng, and my gun bearer
and i were running, as IL it were
a racing match, the lion got steadily
beyond the undulating ridges. When
we reached camp. ! was greeted by
my companion with the remark that
lion had been In sight of the camp and
had disappeared in the scrub near us.
that be had gone to look for it, bu
had seen no trace OF it.
The whole caravan were greatly e1-
cited saying the lion was croucbiDg
In the long grass. and would wait till
dusk, and then pay us an unpleasant
visit Having rested myself. / went
once more after the lion; but I fol
lowed a different plan to what my
companion had tried. AS the lion had
crossed the caravan road, went to
track him instead Of looking for him
at haphazard. / found the footprints,
and several OF my men now systemat-
icelly tracked them for me. The trail
led downwards to a grassy dell. Just
then couple of partridges flew up
and settled in patch OF grass on the
higher ground l exchanged my rifle
for gun, and thought might as well
bag a partridge for supper. whilst my
men went tracking towards the dell.
The boy who had carried the gun sc-
companicd me, though the gun was
now in my own hands.
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and leading It once more along, be
and the others saw the lions which
had terrified the donkey. That night
we heard lions growing round the
camp. but no one was attacked
Narrow Escape When Unarmed
On my second visit TO Fajoa. ON
forthest military station towards the
north. another lion incident, fell to my
lot, 1t was on the 25th OF November
1897. had arrived in the early morn
ing and having attended to my medi-
cal duties, won't In the afternoon un
armed for a walk TO a narrow rocky
gully which winds through the wood
Suddenly ] observed the fresh foot
prints OF a lion In the moist sandy
patches between the rocks. The foot
prints of young one by Its side
showed it must be lioness with her
cub Tho tracks were so fresh that
1t was evident the beasts had been dis
tuTbed by my approach, and In this
immediate neighborhood, and 1t was
not pleasant TO find myself unarmed
and in such proximity to them. !
retraced my steps pretty sharp and
beat hurried retreat. thanking Prov
idence for bringing me safely back to
the station. told the men what had
seen and inquired II they knew that
there were lions SO near to us.
received the disturbing news that
man-eating lion had harassed the
neighborhoring Wanyoro village for
the past month, and that 1t had car
ried of four OF the villagers. The
inhabitants had deserted their homes
en- maSse. and had fed for safety to
another village: but hitherto the man
eater had not visited the Soudanese
settlement
Darkness sets In about p. m.
and though ventured by myself only
sixty yards from my hut, found
next morning that for the second time
l must have been pretty close to the
man eater, as his track was but six
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asleep that our shouts woke him up
and to his horror he found that he
himscf was the one being carried
on by the lion. and thon he olasped
MS arms around the lions neck and
screamed.
we were all wondering why the lion
oid not pay us another visit, but 1t
was explained next morning A num-
Der OF Wakamba natives on their way
10 'Mobassa to barter their sheep and
goats for cloth. beads and brass wire,
had passed us. They camped for the
night about half an hour farther on.
The man-eater had visited them IN.
stead, and had carried on native and
devoured him. The others fed The
road next day bore plain evidence of
their headlong fight. being Uttered
with beans. broken provision bags, and
some leather garments.
With early dawn we left Tsayo; the
injured porter We carried In a ham
mock. We saw the footprints OF the
lion along the dusty road apparently
following the Wakamba. Two OF my
men declared that they saw the brute
about mid day, standing painting under
a shady bush by the roadside. with the
tongue hanging out Of his mouth.
hurried up to them with loaded rifle,
but saw nothing except the footprints,
which here turned OF the road We
made double march and reached
the camp at Ndi In safety. and saw
nothing further Of the lion for the
rest Of the journey, The wounded
man progressed favorably and on our
reaching Mombasa. be insisted on
walking In the procession, supporting
himself with a stick. He refused to
be carried or to be assisted by others.
The safe Homecoming OF q caravan TO
Mombasa is generally a day OF re.
joicing with the porters
Two Lions in the Grass
On nay fifth journey-it was Lake
Nnkuru-I had my first shot at lion.