Arizona republican., 1898-09-13
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. LOUIgVLLLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N F.

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 There was :; slight forward tilt of the ears at this.
 Go tellin' me yo' sorry now. Like to mace q smashation wifi dem officers. l wake yo' up.'
 The long whip cracked once again, and the wagon plunged forward over rocks and mounds at q rate that threat ened to jolt it's passengers into disin- tegration.
 you try to run away wifi me. 1 crack Anybody think yo ain't got no breed good ol mule. Data right Go ahaid, now
 Still there was some rebellion in the team, and the drivers voice was raised in constant ebullition of rebuke, pro
 tsst, appeal and command until the drinking place at Fort Pond was
 reached.
 Want some watah, mules?" asked the driver
 Every ear in the team stood straight up, and ''Majah" acted as spokesman by emitting a sort of gurgie.
 Go ahead, den.'
 Down splashed the animals into the cool water, drank eagerly, and waved auricular signs of peace and content
 ment. During the rest of the drive there was no trouble.
 E,s -ir:sDle as is the army mule in the time, at night he is a different prop oSitiCn No sooner has the camp sunk into slumber than he becomes imbued with desire to get loose and go out land serenade the moon. AS 2 nightin- gale the army mule is no success. He lacks range, repertoire, and vocal quail ity, his quantity of tone bsing his only qualification as a concert Singe'. Three or four of these canaries, as the vocal mules are called, can keep an area If q square mile fairly buzzing with hide ous song. Night wanderers, having lost the rca6ways, see a dark object looming up in the night, and the next instant the rasping, throaty rattle splits the silence with hair-raising eff feet. However, the army mule has few lrecreations, and it would be cruel to de- prive him entirely of this one. While the army mule is almost in variably more intelligent than he is suspected Of being, the horse occasion ally exhibits unexpected aptitudes, as Colonel Roosevelt found out 8 day or two ago. The colonel, with a number Of the Rough Riders, had been train ing horses to lie down at a signal giv- en by a certain pressure and a. certain twist of the reins. At first Colonel Roosevelt's horse didn't quite catch the idea, but it soon learnsd and It didn't forget. Shortly after the lesson. the colonel rode back to his tent. where
 he found a number of friends waiting
 for him. Before he had time to dis
 mount they came mp and began talk ing to him On some subject iii which he was much interested. Now, it is characteristic of the famous soldier that when he becomes interested in a subject, it congresses his entire atteI-
 ton. As he talked he began to make
 gestures and to move in his saddle.
 Presently he chanced upon combina- < tion of movement and gesture that
 meant more to his horse than to his hearers. That intelligent animal be- l gan to give way under him. sank slow ily down. and left the animated speaker
 stranded in the midst of a sentence
 with both feet on the ground, strad- i dled well apart, and a prostrate horse between them. In a moment his face
 was the picture Of amazement Then
 he remembered, spoke to the horse which got up, and resumed the conver-
 sation, remarling that the animal
 didn't seem to be feeling well. But i Colonel Roosevelt isn't the kind Of a
 man who can keep a joke on himself
 and before his friends left they had J good laugh at his expense.