OUR MINES

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3316, 7 August 1879, Page 2

OUR MINES

, / GOLD BET(HOnS. v' •" , , Kvjuvui Hi*iu-~Stevens; and ptfftju finished a crushing, of .15 tons for thi, yield of 9ozs 6dwts gold.

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• -dome twenty years ago the cinttf gbiag| public of both hemispheres iris eleetrifiel' by the.dsring and graceful equestrunieata of a person..who assumed the aame.ef. "Ella Zoyara," and bore all the outward resemblances of a young woman, bat w|s9 was long afterwards discovered to be ft man. "Ella's" real name was Omar Kiagsley, and it is probable that, he was the finest equestrian who ever appeared ia public. : He was born in St. Louis k 1840, arid joined ia circus while StiUjft small'boy. Being carefully trained bj his employer he soon became very daring, and won great celebrity and applapsf. He always appeared in female garb, and being handsome and gneefftte* jreJlaa very subtle and strong, he not only maintained the deception perfectly, bat also oreated a great sensation whettmr ht) * went. He came to Europe and rode vi female in all the principle cities. Is Moscow a Russian Count' is said tojttf* fallen madly in love with him, ami offered a large sum for an introdaetion to the fair Zoyara. It was „» th* , sunny dime of Italy, however, that the Greatest conquest took place. Yietor Immanuel saw him at tWl»rat^a«dj:» afterwards sent for him. He attended* though accompanied by his womaa servant, without whom be rarely iq^sjtfsdi, 1 in publio. Emmanuel frequently attended the performance, and Zoyara called apoa him. The Sing of Italy presented hhif with' a magnificent black stallion. Ia America > and Australia he eonstantiT met with" ; snocess,.. lore-letters r<. ,aaa-; \) would-befhasbands. At Manilla <i Spanish officer fell in love with Zoyara* and sought an introduction; ? bttf refused. ' Some of his fellow-onleen hinted that the (air rider was not a female, and wagered that he was aj|sj|.< A:;;. party of them went to the dressing-room, seized the subject of dispute as he came from the; ring, and were about to strip the clothing from him when a tomtit ensued which ended in, Zoyara, .beiag placed in gaol, where the sex of the ' equestrian was made known. After that Zoyara continued riding, bnt generally hi male attire. He was in Australia ia 1875 whence he sailed for India, where i» appeared ; until he was.taken ill at Bombay where he died last April of sn^poay thus cloSing a somewhat remarkable career. ' ■ , , .^.o