A JSnNBEMAMTEN jg \J* . Mhjiles O£P Of7T ly held his ground. "Folks may laugh all they're a mind ♦o," he declared stoutly; "but I've made a etudy of 'em —mules, I mean— not women—and 1 am sure there's not one person in a hundred knows any thing about the real character of a mule, i know, because for the past 20 years I've made it the business of my life to leach and study horses and mules, and T guess there are not many men in this country that know much more about them than I do." There was no disputing that, for "Uncle Dan" Boyington, as he is fa miliarly known throughout the horse and cattle country of the great west, has devoted the best part of his life to teaching and training animals and is now making it his special work to show horse trainers and "bronco bust ers how they may accomplish their aims in a more thorough, a more sci entific, and a more human method, by educating and not breaking the spirit of the animals. "I have always loved all animals," continued Mr. Boyington, "but the way I first got interested in mtile3 was by watching them when I was head horse man with the Barnum and Bailey cir cus and seeing the amount of intelli gence and good, hard common-sense they brought to bear on their work. New you may not know It, but an ani mal has as much what you might call •system' in his work, as a man. Near ly every one works differently; and it is the man who knows this and who lets them use their own intelligence and judgment that gets the most and the best work out of them. If the con tractor who is employing a gang of mr-ti stood over them with a whip, and lashed and cursed them every time they lifted a hammer or struck a pick differently from the way he would have done It if he was doing the work, I don't believe he would get ahead very fast with his job; do you? The good boss watches his men and many a time he learns from them how to Improve his own methods. "It's just the same with animals; if you watch those you are working with, many a time they teach you. Now I often noticed how intelligently a mule went at his work —yes, I knew you'd smile at that. But what I mean is that he always seemed togo at it de liberately and in a quiet, determined way, as if he had thought it all out and knew just what ho was going to do, and exactly how he was going to do it Now that is my own method of working, and I got to kind of re specting the mules for It. Often in loading and unloading the circus wagons I've seen a mule use the great est intelligence, sometimes extricating himself and his load from a difficult or awkward position with far more com mon-sense and judgment than were shown by his driver.' "After awhile I made tip my mind that a mule was not stupid, he was only slow; that he was not obstinate, he was only cautious. "One night a crowd of us were talk ing things over, and one of the fel lows, a Missourian, made the old com parison about somebody's being 'as dumb as a mule.' I resented it and said right out that mules were not 'dumb,' or stupid either. All the rest of the crowd declared they were, and that got my dander up, and right then and there I put up a hundred dollars and made a bet with the Missourian that I could take a bunch of common work mules, picked up anywhere, young or old, broke or unbroke, and in six months I could drive 'em anywhere I wanted togo without lines, bridle or halter, and have 'em understand every word I said to them. "Of course the fellows all hooted at that; but I put up the money with the boss, and started right into pick up my bunch of mules. I'd been in tending to get a bunch together any way and I thought this was a goo time to do it. Well, I picked up my little mules, about 20 of them, all over the country. Some I paid only a few dol lars for Some of 'em were little fel lows, scarcely more than colts, others were poor. old. battered creatures, scarred and lamed with years of bru tal service and sold off In their old age for a mere song. When the show went into winter quarters I took my little bunch of mules down into the country, and out in a big open pas ture I began what I like to call my 'mule school.' "J had made up my mind before this that mules were Intelligent; but nobody was more surprised at the way that bunch developed than I was my self. I've spent my whole life out on the plains, working with and asso ciating with animals—a good deal more than I have with men —and I had by this time thought out a kind of system about the way an animal ought to be taught. "1 believe the first thing a person ought to do in training any animal is to awaken its interest, then its love Then, when your pupil has learned his first and best lesson—trust— you are ready to begin his education. I don't believe In driving an animal to learn. I think all kinds of learning ought to be a pleasure, and I began to teach my little mules by playing with them. They soon grew to like our little games as much as I did and I was simply astonished at how they learned." "Why," said the visitor who for the first time was visiting the mule school, "that is Froebel's system." "Whose system? Froebel? Who was he? An animal trainer? Never heard of him. No; I don't know any thing about systems or anything like that, all I know is what I studied out from nature. I believe every animal thinks, and the first thing I do after I have got him to love and trust me, is to awaken his intelligence. I be lieve in letting men, children and ani mals do their own thinking. 1 never use a whip in training my animals, and I never scold or shout at them. I tell them what I want, talk to them, show them, pet them, and when they make even an attempt to do what I tell them,, I praise and reward them lib erally. The first time your horse or mule puts out his nose to your hand or raises his foot at your command is like the first time your baby picks out the crooked S or the round O —it Is the A. B, C of his education. "When I have shown my pupil how to do a thing once or twice I appeal to his reason. I give him time and let him work the thing out in his own mind. Often 1 have left the corral after a lesson, and when I returned I would find the mules trying to do by themselves the thing I had been teach ing them. You would bo surprised how quickly they get the idea. One of the very first things a man who works with animals should find out is that every animal has its own individ uality, its own ideas, thoughts, plans and feelings, and that these should be counted upon and respected. "When a man is training a mule he ought to study its character and dis position. All horses—or mules—can't be taught alike, any more than all children. Some animals need more patience, more care, more time to mas ter their lessons than others. Some, like some children, are backward and diffident, and these have to be cheered, encouraged, petted, praised and re warded more than others. I am a great believer in rewards, anyway, and always have my pockets full of apples and sugar for my pets. They soon learn to know it, too; why, 1 have a little mule out there—but perhaps—" with a modest smile, "perhaps you would like to see my mule school?" When the visitor had given an en thusiastic assent, she was led to a big green pasture where, scattered over its velvety expanse, 20 or 30 inules were grazing quietly. The professor of this novel school used no bell to call his pupils to their duties. Walking up to the bars he called musically: "Oi-ya, oi-ya, oi-ya," and before the echoes of his voice had died out on the sunny morning air the mules were galloping toward him from every part of the field, kicking up their heels and braying Joyfully as they came. "Now line up there, boys," he said, speaking in a low, pleasant, conversa tional tone, "and show the lady what fine scholars you are." The rough, shaggy, long-eared creatures crowded up to the bars, rub bing their heads against the "profes sor's" shoulder, nipping at his ears, nuzzling his neck, and showing, as plainly as dumb creatures could, bow much they loved him. They were wonderfully intelligent, those plebeian and unlovely little mules, marvelously Intelligent at their clever and amusing tricks, their intri cate maneuvers, the varied and sur prising knowledge they displayed. They marched and counter-marched; drilled as skillfully as a troop of sol diers; counted and spelled; waltzed and polkaed; teetered on a plank; sat up like dogs on their hindquar ters, and answered questions by nod < -ng and shaking their funny, shaggy heads; chewed gum in Imitation of the CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1910. young ladies they had seen on the street; pretended to faint, and would not come to until revived with sundry caresses and lumps of sugar; and a multitude of other amusing tricks that made in part the cleverest animal per formance it was ever the visitor's for tune to witness. "But how did you ever accomplish It?" was asked In astonishment, "these are just common, ordinary mules, and yet they display almost human Intelli gence. I never imagined a mule could learn so much." "A mule," replied the "professor" with a pleased smile, "knows more than you, or I, or many other people imagine. He not only knows, but he remembers. I could go away now and not see these little fellows for ten years, and at the end of that time if I were to come back they would not only remember me, but they would recollect every one of the tricks I have taught them. It would take me all day, and more, to show you all they know. They learn not only from me, but from one another. When I teach anything to one the rest seem jealous They look on with the greatest atten tion, and the first thing I know half a dozen are doing the tricks I taught only one; and when I laugh or seem pleased they kick up and gambol about, exactly like a lot of little boys who thought they had done something exceptionally smart. "I think," he wont on presently in a thoughtful tone, "that the world has been overlooking a very useful factor in so misunderstanding the mule. It is my experience that no animal brings more common-sense and intelli gence to bear on its work than a mule —if he is only given a chance. A horse and a mule are very differently consti tuted. A horse is quick, nervous, high-strung, and both acts and compre hends much quicker than a mule. A horse would rush into danger without stopping to investigate, while a mule would not. A horse learns much more quickly, but he also forgets much mere quickly than a mule. The rea son so many people think the mule stupid and obstinate is because he is cautious and slow to make up his mind. But if you will give him time and let him convince himself a thing is all right, he will never forget it and he will never again hesitate to do that thing or go into that place." Making the Best of a Good Thing. When King Edward was last at Cowes the coxswain of his yacht, hav ing been more than usually careful in looking after Queen Alexandra's com fort. was summoned to the royal pres ence. The queen, presenting the man with a guinea, said: "Now, my friend, what will you have to drink?" "Why," please your majesty," says the coxswain. "I am not thirsty." "But," said her royal highness, "you must have a drink with me. What shall it be, a dram, a glass of grog, or a tumbler of punch?" "Why," said Jack, "as I am to drink with your royal highness, it wouldn't be good manners to be backward, so I'll take the dram now, and will be taking the glass of grog while your majesty is mixing the tumbler of punch for me." Rural Innocence. After showing the old farmer around the college grounds they rested a while on the campus. "And now," drawled the old man, slowly, "I'd like to see the cattle pen." "Cattle pen?" asked the guide, in astonishment. "Who ever gave you the idea that there was a cattle pen connected with this college?" "Why, my son Ezra. He wrote that all the boys up here were buying Bos ton bulls." Discrimination. "Bliggins' baby has beautiful golden locks." "Then it's a girl," replied Mr. Sirius Barker. "How do you know?" "Only girls have golden locks. If it had been a boy you'd say it wa« red headed." 'SijBINET Blf j OSII KILLINGS' philosophy: " I 'We should be keerful how we enrurrhlge lux uries. It is hul a step forward from boo rnik to plum puddln", but It's a mile and n half by the nearest road when we have togo back again ' " Cooking and the Nurse. Until recently, cookery has not been a part of the training of nurses, and it Is one of the most Important of sub jects. It Is not necessary that she know how to differentiate the fine points of a diagnosis; but it is neces sary and vital that she should know how to cook an egg properly, prepare a broth, or a piece of toast, knowing the why and the wherefore of the perfect operation. In convalescence, often there are no medicines prescribed by the physi cian, the work of building up the sys tem depending wholly upon food ad ministered, so then It becomes a most Important part of the nurse's busi ness; the knowing how to prepare and serve foods In an attractive, appeti zing manner. If she bolls a steak It should not be a matter of luck; but of scientific ac curacy. We talk too much about having luck In our cookery. There Is no euch thing. Good luck means knowing how, and when we know how, by meeting the conditions, there is no such thing as bad luck. A nurse should know much about the composition of foods and what treatment is best suited to each ar ticle to render it both palatable and digestible. Tilt chemistry of foods is a broad and an important subject. It should have a large place in her training as a nurse. What a blessing she is in our homes. Let us not forget that she is human and needs the rest and comfort that other mortals do. Veal Loaf. Grind three pounds of veal and one half pound of salt pork. Mix with two well-beaten eggs, one cupful of cracker crumbs, two teaspoonfuls of salt, a bit of mace, pepper and all spice, and a tablespoonful of onion juice. Put into a tin or mold, press hard, unmold and pour over it a beat en egg. sprinkle with crumbs and set in a moderate oven and bake two hours. Haste with butter and water. T'Pilsr iffl SOMH nni> feci dejected, or j 'Tis cloudy for a while Tlie sunshine may come back nsaln If you or I but smile. II you should grumble, whine or pout. Or I should snarl and fret. A storm would soon be raging that We should not soon forpet." —Pauline Frances Camp. The Odoriferous Bulb. "We come now to the root of the matter." Something is due to the much de spised, often maligned, yet neverthe less wholesome onion. Does it raise them in our estimation when we study their pedigree and find that they belong to the beautiful lily family? Those who tolerate the onion are hor rified at the mere mention of garlic in polite society. The French are fond of garlic, and they also know bow to use it wisely. The reason it is so distasteful to many Is the wholesale way some cooks have of using it. Garlic should never be anything but a suggestion, and that is the secret of French cookery. They know how to use a bit of this, a dash ef that, in combination so at tractive that It is hard to distinguish any one flavor. Onion, shallot, leek, garlic and chive all belong to the same family. The chive, shallot, leek and garlic are more commonly used to give fla vor to food. The leek and onion are used commonly as a vegetable. Onions are rich in flesh forming elements, are soothing to the mucous membrane and are otherwise medicinal. To prepare onions for cooking pare them under water and avoid the weep ing which they commonly cause. As a vegetable, onions may be served in a vast number of ways. If one has never eaten an onion roasted, unpeeled, by throwing it into a bed of coals, served with a generous portion of butter, with pepper and salt, there is something yet to try. Onions fried in pork or bacon fat are considered a great delicacy. It is said ihat Napoleon's fondness for this dish was the cause of his death. Coated with fat, as they are when cooked in this way, they are very hard to digest. Onions fried with »our apples give a variety in serving the vegetable that is generally liked. Cooked tender and served with a white sauce and half a cupful of grated cheese, they make a wholesome dish No Danger. Dr. McCree —My dear Mrs. Good man, how could you bring out n younr cdiild on such a day as this, with sue! i strong east wind blowing? Mrs. Goodman —Ah, doctor, you wiT ilways have your little joke. HOY ••.an a child of this nga possibly kno Wind it Is? —Tit-Hits. DELAY IS DANGEROUS. When the kidneys are sick, th« whole body is weakened. Aches and pains and urinary ills 112; come, and ther« is danger of diabetes and fatal Dright's disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys and impart strength to the whole system. Mrs. M. A. Jenkins, Quanah, Texas, says: "I was so badly run down that the doctors told me there was no hope. I was so low uiy relatives were called into see me before I died. Dif ferent parts of my body were badly swollen and I was told I had dropßy. Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life, and made it worth living." Remember the name—Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WELL, WHY NOT? «i7i 1 ■ '% J 'if Jimmy Crow —Say, maw! Mrs. Crow —Yes, my son. Jimmy Crow —If flies can fly, why can't crows crow? WASTED A FORTUNE ON SKIN TROUBLE "I began to have an Itching over my whole body about seven years ago and this settled in my limb, from the knee to the toes. 1 went to see a great many physicians, a matter which cost me a fortune, and after I noticed that I did not get any relief that way, I went for three years to the hospital. But they were unable to help me there. I used all the medicines that I could see but became worse and worse. I had an inflammation which made me almost crazy with pain. When I showed my foot to my friends they would get really frightened. I did not know what to do. I was so sick and had be come so nervous that I positively lost all hope. "I had seen the advertisement of the Cuticura Remedies a great many times, but could not make up my mind to buy them, for I had already used so many medicines. Finally I did decide to use the Cuticura Remedies and I tell you that I was never so pleased as when I noticed that, after having used two sets of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment '•".J Cuticura Pills, the en tire inf ...mation had gone. I was completely cured. I should be only too glad if people with similar disease would come to me and find out the truth. I would only recommend them to use Cuticura. Mrs. Bertha Sachs, IG2I Second Ave., New York, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1900." "Mrs. Bertha Sachs is my aister-in law and I know well how she suffered and was cured by Cuticura Reme dies after many other treatments failed. Morris Sachs, 321 E. 89th St., New York, N. Y„ Secretary of Deutsch-Ostrowoer Unt.-Verein, Kemp ner Hebrew Benevolent Society, etc." Hopeless. "Your store is no good, sir! I asked for lace curtains last week, and I couldn't get 'em." "Indeed?" "Yes. And I asked for silk socks yesterday, and I couldn't get 'em." "That's strange." "And today I asked for credit and can't even get that. Is this a regu lar store, or what?" There Is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the hist lew years was supposed to be Incurable. For a Rrrat many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to bo a constitutional dis ease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken Internally In dos<*s from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Bend lor circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHKNEY <fc CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Bold by Druciilsts, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills tor constipation. Or Else Burn. Andrew Carnegie apropos of his epi gram about the disgrace of dying rich said at a dinner in Washington; "Why should any one die rich' There are no pockets in a shroud, ant' as for the man who'd like to tak< his money with him, why, even if h< managed to do so, it would only melt.' A Good Butcher. There's a good butcher in Daytos His clothes, his aprons, his shirts ai< always so clean and white that peopl who buy their meats of him know th meat must be clean and good. We don' need to name him right out, but hi wife uses Easy Task soap and tha cleans butchers' clothes, aprons am linen. An egotist is a man who is more in I'iresteil in himself than he is in th< tariff question or the price of food stuffs. DOCTOR YOURSELF rben you fe.-l a mid coining on by um»ng a few doses •112 Perry Davit' r'afnJti'ler. 11 is Hotter than Quinine tnd s:if«-r. The large6oc littles are tho cheapest. It is foolish to be up to date on Somebody else's money. WORTH MOUNTAINS OFQOLD During Change of Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Granlteville, Vt. —"I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered I* from neryousness 112 :1 ' symptoms, and 112 f|!i; can trulv say that plM—■• —. K LydiaK.l'inkham'a W ■*s Vegetable Com (. pound has proved T st.'Sjl & worth mountains '. ! \ °* K"ld to me, as it restored my health muL'. ' and strength. I forget to tell r'f/fUWfFIf; I m 7 friends what P r %J, 'l\ I LydiaK. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has done for mo during this trying period. Complete restoration to healtn means so much to me that for the sake of other suffer ing women I am willing to make mr trouble public so you may publish this letter." MRS. CHAS. BARCLAY, li.F D.,Graniteville, Vt. No other medicine for woman's ills has received such wide-spread and un qualified endorsement. No other med icine we know of has such a record of cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For more than 30 years it has been curing female complaints such aa inflammation, ulceration, local weak nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration, ana it is unequalled for carrying women safely through the period of change of life. It costs but little to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and. asMrs.Barclaysays.it is "worth moun tains of gold to suffering women. Trial Bottle Free By M*H If you sailer from Kpllepsy, Fits, Palling Sickness. Bpmms, or hare children th»t do so, my New Dl»- coTcrv will relieve them, acd all you aro asked to do Is (o send for a Free Trial |2 Bottle of Dr. May'* Eplleptlolda Oure It has cored thonsands where everything e'.sa failed. Gnaranteed by May Medical Laboratory t'uder Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 80th, 190® Guarnnty No. 18971. Pleas# write for Special Freo 42 Boitle and give AGS and complete address OR. W. H. MAY, 548 Pearl S'reat, New York. l'lease mention tlila paper. Drugglsta 1111 order*. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief--Permanent Care CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never^ gestion— improve the complexion brightea die eysi. Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price GENUINE must bear signature : 112 I 3 S Package i" BE tl it of "Paxtine" ■ lltalß Will Be Sent Free of Charge to Every Reader of this Paper. Gives one a sweet breath; clean, white, germ-free teeth —antiseptically clean mouth and throat —purifies the breath after smoking—dispels all disagreeable perspiration and body odors—much ap preciated by dainty women. A quick remedy for tore eyes and catarrh. SA little Paxtine powder dis solved in a glass of hot water makes a delightful antiseptic so lution, possessing extraordinary cleansing, germicidal and heal ing power, and absolutely harm less. Try a Sample. 50c. a large box at druggifts or by mail. THE PAXTON TOILET CO., BOSTON. MASS. WESTERN CANADA What Prof. Shaw, the Wall-Known Agri culturist, Saya About It: ————— **l wort Id sooner rain© cattle in Western Canada than In tho corn belt of the United State®. Feed l imi u cheaper and climate better for the pur' -me. 1 Your market wil/ u- I prove fa*t.-r than . r 1 B [farmers will produce t» • §■.ll (supplies. Wheat ran L V A Igrown up to the 60th oar -9 .JHIICI (NX) miles north of 4 m tho International bound- A*2^Rflar>). Your vacant land 1 1? taken at a rate j J0 BX I beyond t>re*ent coneep 'on* have enough \ people in tho United States alone who want homos to take up this land." Nearly 70,000 Americans T WA will enterundmakethelr homes lwruf] !>i Wcfitorn Canada this year. I TO\ T* fli'inniiffl 1009 produced another larjfo u\ IflJWißw! crop of wheat, oats and barley, W ,u addition to which the cattle exports wan an tinmcnae Item. /•jSK* Cattle raising, dairying, mixed I farming and grain growing in the l,)r(>v',,(V,'°| l ,)r(> v ',,(V ,'°| Manitoba. Jsaakat iw' I'rec homestead and pre-omp rr jfflfiPiSl 4lo,l ® r *' a9 * U \]™ v ri nB * a s V 1 '!„> 1 provide HOMEA for IHIIHOIIH'. I literature "Last B»»nt Went,' how fe7v.-i§-1 to reach the country and other par ,-.ft ticulars, write to Sup'c of Imr.i <&Lf cration. Ottawa. Panada, or to the (ioveromcut (ioveromcut A«out. H. M. WILLIAMS Vcf Law Bii!!dino Toledo. Ohio s J»IL MMM "w, ,V Thompson's Eye Water 3
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