The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

E That is an apt even If not very soS1nt illustration of the pride q little fhI1r takes in the friendship of . Dir fhinG, m # Mark Twain had sone further eeet t6nlI Vienna, and had made . littl0 of1l11 41 the horse trains that carry goodg frnGt t1& foot of the Caspian sea oyer to UlbufI mountains. he would have 1earne6 tn1< some classes Of animals really d0 i1n6ef- stand mere decorations. and renp0nd t0 them, about as well as man Many people think that the gay trappfnHG 6f- taohed to the brides and hune &round the necks of their horses by f1le Atnbe of flower colors on the part Of the oy1r1- CTS. but the1e thinxx arc mainly ned A4< cause they count with the autmaIn thie1o< selves. A horse thus decorated, and u1>< der sudden demand upon him. VIII h1xsk superiority to other horses not thuB ded- orated, and an eastern mule, who has once acquired the rank of caravan leader and who therefore wears the instgnta C with bell. and ribbons and frinfss' Snd tassals on the bridle-wili sulk, and R8 without food for . day or two, Gin one case for three days), and in other wax1 show an unhappy heart when these trap from him. This is the severest runizh- ment that can be applied among the car avan mules and post horses in PerEfa--fo take away the ribbons of their Legion of AA0k4Nttb tttQ AhC4 A4884Et anu 6te IL1tL{0&ks and St. George, and shove them back among the undecorated and common herd
 The sfah's horses have their leEB and long flowing tails stained pink. The shah is breeder of horses. and he probably as there ts. The Arabian is very often white or a light iron gray. The pink legs and tails of the shaiss Arabians may serve in part to avoid acidents as e SSwnsrshtp: Scr but there $ no doubt that the although their stained hair fs only one element In their scheme Of color when they are fully dressed, and particuIar1x If by some special quality or service they the little donkeys-the usual transport1- tion faculty of Persia for short distances on family purposes--wear stained hair. like conventional Parfsians, and regard themselves as better for #. Sometimes the owners of eastern donkeys arc not content to lay the color on fiat. They break 1t with lights and shades. or uss various colcrs-making little pictures All this adds to the even self-sat1sfacfion.
 We recall one little light gray fcil6pr upon whose hair had been stained eev- eral words of good luck in enlarKe1 Arabic--the beautifully formed Arabic script being very common architectural decoration in. that part of the world. Inc little eyes of the little beast. trettinE along under a heavy Mohammadan priest glimmered with heavenly contentlnent aS he looked forward toward an hoxtzon un- he was. His piors gratitude that he was not as other donkeys are, and that his master had rewarded him by raising f1fm to the dignity of the Arabic alphabet
 of the writing in which the Koran itself Is recorded-was almost unholy with the mere pride of life, and would have turn ed the vanity of Mark Twains cat inside out, showing the actual lack of seif-az- surance and the excess of imaginative when putting up bluff as to having been strengthened by the patronizing attention of an elephant.