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ASILY t!:« iroat ad
mired of nil the clrcua
performers are the bare
back riders —male and
/ | female. No acts so
If thrill the spectators as
IS J do theirs, unless possl
j&s. nff bly It be the gennational
I VvjL/ - jr trapeze performances,
each engaging the serv
\ Ices of a large "family"
XI of foreign acrobats
t j which have of late years
A* / become a feature with
jy / the largest American
flhr circuses. However, not
even the aerlallsts, pro-
Bmtected by nets, brave
'Jfl W\ the dangers that con
front the bareback rid
ers, whose single mls
istep or wrong calculation may result
lln a fall more serious than the tum
ble of a trapeze artist from a lofty
(Dar.
Moreover, the riders in addition to
the dangers of falls have the ever
ipresent menace of the flying horses'
hoofs and the possibility of kicks
tfrom horses, for even the most de
pendable of circus steeds have their
moments of 111 temper when they in
dulge in kicking propensities. All
'these dangers are braved not only
by the artists known as bareback rid
ers, but in no less degree by the men
find women who present thoroughbred
horses in 'high school," or La Manage
acts, which means, of course, the put
ting of high steppers through a va-
Tlety of paces, the jumping of hurdles,
the rearing of the mount on his hind
Jegs and other dexterous feats of
masterly horsemanship.
Not only are the equestrian stars
the most conspicuous performers in
the eyes of the general public, but
from the standpoint of the circus peo
ple themselves they are the aristo
crats of the community that centers
around the sawdust ring. Socially
they are in a class by themselves
among the performers and this caste
Is generally recognized. Families de
vote themselves to circus riding
through generation after generation
to an extent unknown in other
branches of the show business. Young
members of these old equestrian fam
ilies might almost be said to grow up
on horseback; they marry in their
own little circle; and herein they find
their life work, until when too old for
riding they retire to a peaceful life on
a farm.
The equestrians, forming the ex
clusive "set" of the traveling circus
community are accorded the best
staterooms in the sleeping cars in
which the performers travel, and some
of them further emphasize their posi
tion by putting up at a hotel in each
city visited by the circus Instead of
taking their meals at the big dining
tent on the lot." With such a situ
ation It is only to be expected that
the riders should receive the highest
salaries of any of the performers—
that Is taking the Individual averaget
This matter of salary combined with
the further problem of obtaining and
Dual Personalities
We may accept as quite well estab
lished the fact that hallucinations, to
people who have them, are real
things, and that loss of memory 16 a
real thing, and that double personality
is a real thing.
Of the losa of memory many cases
are familiar. One of the most curious
■was that of a man who had been a
•cork cutter in England, says the Lon
don Daily Graphic, and went out to
America leaving a family behind him.
He was wrecked and lost all memory
of his former life. He became well
to do and prosperous and it was only
by the accident of going over a cork
cutting factory that he recovered the
clue to his former personality. His
■thinking brain was unstirred, but that
part of the brain which directs mus
cular auction enabled him by an act
of unconscious memory to cut a cork
—an act which no unpracticed person
could do. It was clear then that he
Tiad once been a cork cutter, and the
Institution of further inquiries finally
Identified him.
To return, however, to the cases of
duplex personality. The first one of
recorded historically is that of a
youth named Sorgel, in Bavaria, who
•was an epileptic, and in one of the re
ilapses into criminal frame of mind
-which followed on his epileptic seiz
ures killed a woodcutter. He made
no attempt to defend or hide his act,
"but childishly explained It. He con
tinued thus for a week after the
crime, when his first personality was
Restored to him. He then completely
iorgot all the occurrences that had
'preceded or followed the murder. Al
though this case took place nearly 100
■years ago his judges were convinced
of his innocence. Sorgel afterward
<lled in a lucatis asylum
transporting horses for the riders ex
plains why one sees so few bareback
riders with the average small country
circus. It needs the wealth and In
come of the big show to support a
goodly company of riders.
From one standpoint, the high sal
aries of the circus riders appears to
be Justly deserved. Riding Is the
most difficult of all circus stunts to
master as well as the most dangerous
to perform, once the knack of poising
on a galloping horse has been master
ed. As has been mentioned above,
the average new recruit in the ranks
of circus riders comes of an eques
trian family and consequently he or
she has the benefit of capable Instruc
tion at home. To attain the greatest
proficiency in riding, aa In any other
acrobatic line, practice should begin
In childhood. A youngster under in
struction under such circumstances Is
lifted by the father or mother onto
the horse upon which the adult rider
is practicing. At first the beginner
must be held In place on the horse's
back, but gradually confidence Is
gained and the new rider can main
tain Ms position with no aid save a
steadying hand when there comes a
sudden lurch of the plunging mount.
Finally he Is able to take care of him
self unaided and then gradually there
are mastered all the tricks of mount
ing a horse at a gallop and the fea
ture work such as leaping over ban
ners and through paper-covered hoops.
Some circus children serve an ap
prenticeship as bareback riders on
The larger number of these instan
ces of dual personality follow on
epilepsy, but one is recorded by Dr.
Drewry of Virginia, 1896, of Mr. K.
Mr. K., while apparently in perfect
health, went to a northern town to
transact some business, which he did
quite ably and rationally. He then
disappeared. He was given up for
dead. Then, six months afterward, he
was found, brought home again, a
changed man in mind and body. The
six months interval was a blank to
him and always remained so. He had
spent them as an odd job man in a
southern state. His recovery dated
from the breaking down of a growth
in his auditory canal, which had un
doubtedly affected his brain in a phys
ical sense.
But of the more curious cases of
double personality, which did not be
gin and leave off suddenly, but which
endured for a number of years, there
are a number of instances. One was
Miss Mary Reynolds, who for 15 or
16 years had two states of existence,
in one of which she was a melancholy,
morbid young woman and in the other
a gay, hysterical, mischievous child.
The alternations, in which the child
state lasted from five to six weeks,
continued at Intervals of varying
length for 15 or 16 years, but finally
ceased when she attained the age of
thirty-five or thirty-six, leaving her
permanently In her secondary or ac
quired state. The emotional opposi
tion of the two states had, however,
becomo gradually reduced, and the
; third state at which she eventually
j arrived was a rational state, removed
| from both of them.
There are cases of multiplex per-
I tonality, of which the best known Is
i '.hat of the epileptic Lulso Vive, whose
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1911.
Shetland ponies—notoriously steady
of gait and BO small that a tumble
from the back of one Is not BO likely
to result in broken bones. A very In
genious contrivance has been perfect
ed for giving confidence to new re
cruits among women bareback riders.
It is, In effect, a swinging pole sup
ported at oiie end by a pole corre
sponding to the center pole of a cir
cus ring. This pole swings round and
round the ring, keeping pace -with the
horse galloping around the sawdust
arena. At the outer end of this pole
is a contrivance which grasps the tim
id rider around the waist or under the
arms and which will enable her to
take her entire weight off the horse
at a moment's notice. The reader will
appreciate that with this support In
reserve the rider need not fear over
balancing. If she does lose her bal
ance the pole will hold her up and en
able her to regain her proper position
on the back of the horse traveling di
rectly underneath.
Circus riders exercise great care
in the selection of their horses —■
"rosin-backs," as the circus people
call them, because of the powder that
Is sprinkled on their broad backs to
prevent the riders from slipping. The
Ideal horse for bareback work must
be good tempered; steady and unvary
ing In gait, and heavy enough to pre
sent a broad back as a moving plat
form for the performer's feats. Cir
cus riders. It may be added, not only
ride in the circus ring, but also In the
| dally parade.
different states were distinguished by
different forms of paralysis, as well as
by entirely different moral proclivi
ties, and there Is the curious case of
Miss Beauchamp, a patient of Dr. Mor
ton Prince, a full account of which
was given in the International Con
gress of Psychology, Paris, in 1900.
Miss Beauchamp was a neurasthenio
but clover young woman, who over
worked at college. She was of a mor
bidly conscientious and rather re
served disposition. She was hypno
tized in order to try the power of sug
gestion, and out of one of these hyp
notic trances emerged a new Miss
Beauchamp a person entirely
different from the original Miss Beau
champ in manners, ideals, education
and temperament. This new Miss
Beauchamp was called "Sally" Beau
champ, and one of the peculiarities of
her mlchievous temper was a pro
found dislike of the "other Miss Beau
champ." The case is too complex and
too curious for complete summary
here, but it presents the amazing fact
that in one brain may reside the pos
sibility of the existence of two en
tirely different beings, different in
mind, thought, disposition, health
and temper.
Quite apart from any attempt to de
ceive on the part of such "abnormal"
cases, one of the symptoms of brain
injury or incipient brain affection is
the real ability to distinguish between
the real and the unreal. One of the
authorities In London on brain recent
ly asked a young girl who had been
deceiving her parents for some years
with fables as to Imagined incidents
and imagined acquaintances what was
the difference to her between these
imaginary things and the real exis
tence, for example, of himself and of
'.he room where they were standing.
"None at all,"" Bhe replied
IMPORTANCE OF ERADICATING
INJURIOUS CATTLE TICK
Southern Stntes Need More and Better Live Stock and
Larger Dairy Industry—Objects bo Promoted
by Destroying Pest.
The eradication of the cattle tick
from the southern stales Is a problem
of prime i:: jiortanco to the agricul
tural interests of that section. More
over, the good that would result from
the elimination of the tick would not
be entirely confined to the rc-glon di
rectly concerned, and thus the matter
assumes to a certain degree a national
importance.
The south needs more and better
live stock and a larger dairy industry,
and these objects would be greatly
promoted by the destruction of the
tick. The increased production of live
stock by reason of its important bear
ing in maintaining and Improving the
fertility of the soil, would be of dis
tinct benefit in increasing the yield of
field crops. An incidental though im
portant advantage of stock raising and
dairying would be found in the distri
bution of the farmer's income through
out the year, enabling him to live on
a cash basis. It can thus be seen that
the benefits which would accrue to
southern agriculture from the exterm
ination of the cattle tick would be
very great and far-reaching.
There are several species of cattle
ticks, but the chief one is commonly
called the "cattle" or "Texas fever"
tick. It Is the one most frequently
found on cattle and is much more
abundant than the other species.
When the losses occasioned by this
parasite are once thoroughly under
stood by farmers and stockmen there
will be Uttle need for arguments in
favor of tick eradication. Some of the
losses are not directly noticeable and
consequently make little impression,
while other losses properly charge
able to the tick are frequently attrib
uted to other causes.
Various writers have estimated the
annual loss due to the tick at from
$40,000,00 to $100,000,000. These fig
ures should be ample argument, even
to the most comprehensive, for the
eradication of the pest.
In getting rid of the tick, it may be
attacked on the pasture and on the
cattle.
In freeing pastures the method fol
lowed may be either a direct or an
indirect one.
The former consists in excluding all
cattle, horses and mules from pas
tures until all the ticks have died from
Pail Spraying Pump.
Btarvation. The latter consists in per
mitting the cattle and other animals
to continue on the infested pasture
and treating them at regular inter
vals with oils or other agents destruc
tive to ticks and thus preventing en
gorged females from dropping and re
infesting the pasture. The larvae on
the pasture, or those which hatch
from eggs laid by females already
there, will all eventually meet death.
Such of these as get upon the cattle
from time to time will be destroyed by
the treatment, while those which fail
to find a host will die in the pasture
from starvation.
Animals may be freed of ticks in
two ways. They may, be treated with
an agent that will destroy all the ticks
present, or they may be rotated at
proper intervals on tick-free fields un
til all the ticks have dropped.
Spraying is probably the most con
SLIDING PARTITION IN STALL
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The sliding partition shown In the accompanying illustration provides
a safe way to approach the head of a kicking horse to feed it or put on the
' ;:rne.'s. It does away with the neces My of entering the stall from behind
I the risk < i being kicked. The par: Mon reaches as far as the matigor,
ii ih<- entire framework and boards are carried on two rollers attached
joist above. Small inotal clips an ''outer ed to the floor 011 each side ol
•i j .rtlilcn to keep the bottom in p': . o utid guide It in sliding back.
j venlent and practical way of treating
j cattle on the majority of farma. A
! good style • I pall spray pump will bo
sufficient for trenting small herds.
About 15 feet of 3-3 inch high pressure
hose is required and a type of nozzle
furnishing a cone-shaped spray will
be found satisfactory. A nozzle with
two small an aperture should not be
used.
Every portion of the body should be
thoroughly treated, special attention
being given to the head, dewlap,
brisket, inside of elbows, thighs and
flanks, the tail and the depressions at
the base of the tail. Crude oil alone
may be used, but in general a 20 to 25
per cent, emulsion will be better.
All the cattle should be sprayed
every two weeks and the treatment
should not be discontinued simply be
cause the ticks have become scarce or
seem to have disappeared.
In localities where ticks commonly
occur on cattle in considerable num
bers during the winter time it will be
advisable to continue spraying. In lo
calities where ticks disappear or are
present in very small numbers during
the winter, the cattle should be In
spected carefully each week to remove
and destroy any ticks that may be
present. When warm weather comes,
it will be well in all cases in which
spraying has been discontinued dur
ing the winter to begin spraying and
continue until It can be determined
with certainty that eradication has
been accomplished. The spraying
should not be delayed until ticks show
again in considerable numbers. One
tick destroyed in the early spring will
save the trouble of destroying thou
sands a few months later.
MEXICAN STYLE
OF FARMING
Most Primitive Methods of Agri
culture Are Still Carried on
in Many Parts of the
Old Republic.
(By VICE-CONSUL R. M. STADDEN.)
The most primitive method of
farming is still carried on in many
parts of Mexico. The plowing is done
by the old-time bull tongue, which
is a crooked stick with the point cov
ered with an iron shoe, which only
scratches the soil.
Corn is planted by hand, a man fol
lowing the plow, dropping the seed
and covering it with his foot. It is
cultivated with the same plow, which
gives very poor results in destroying
the weeds. The fodder is gathered
by pulling the leaves or blades from
the stock, which are made into bun
dles and carried from the fields by
pack mules.
Rice is planted, after the native
plow has scratched over the land, by
being thrown broadcast, and covered
by hauling a bunch of brush over the
land. When the rice is about one
foot or 18 inches high It is cut down
with grass hooks; not even a scythe
is used for this work. This cutting
back is said to make the rice grow
more bunchy and enables the rice
plant to get the best of the weeds,
whereas, if the land had been proper
ly plowed before planting, there
would be no weeds and this cutting
back would not be necessary. Some
eight or ten days before cutting or
harvesting time the water is shut oft
from the rice fields to allow the rice
to ripen, when it is cut With the same
grass hooks. Jt is then piled up for
three days, when it is threshed by be
ing hand beaten on a rock, by which
process five to ten per cent, of the
grain remains on the straw. During
the eight or ten days the field is dry
ing out a loss of about 40 per cent, of
grain occurs from various causes.
This style of farming, without
farm implements, could be continued
through the long list of crops that are
raised in that country.
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Apropos of certain unfounded
charges of drunkenness among tho
naval cadets at Annapolis, Admiral
Dewey, at a dinner in Washington,
told a story about a young sailor.
"The sailor, after a long voyage,"
he said, "went ashore in the tropics,
and, it being a hot day, he drank, in
certain tropical bars, too much beer.
"As the sailor lurched under his
heavy load along a palm-bordered ave
nue, his captain hailed him Indig
nantly.
" 'Look here,' the captain said, 'sup
pose you were my commander, and
you met me In such a condition as
you're In now, what would you do to
me?'
" 'Why, sir,' said the sailor, 'I would
n't condescend to taJie no notice or
you at all, sir.' "
No Purchase Recorded:
There was a dealer who tried to sell
a horse to the late Senator Daniel of
Virginia. He exhibited the merits of
the horse, and said, "This horse is a
reproduction of the horse that General
Washington rode at the battle of
Trenton. It has the pedigree that will
show he descended from that horse
and looks like him in every particu
lar."
"Yes, so much so," said Senator
Daniel, "that I am inclined to believe
it ia the same horse."
There's Many a Slip.
"What Is the name of the song the
lady Is singing?"
"'Meet Me in Heaven.' "
"Don't you think she's taking a
great deal for granted?"
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