The Jasper news., 1902-01-30
IN DEFENSE OF THE MULE
EVERYDAY EVIDENCE or MS
GOOD SENSE.
Ills Reputation Tor stupidity Caused
by Calnness and MindiuE
His Own Affairs.
From the Kansas city Star.

From the Kansas city Star.
Patience, cAlmuess, attending to his
own business, frugality and iaithiulness
have earned for the mule the reputation
of stupidity. He has become marked az
the Ounce and hiockhead among ami.
mails. 80 long has the mule rested uu.
, der tho charge oi mental duIIness shat
his long ears have become mark Of
/ lack Of Intelligence. unjust comparison
With his NEAR relative has ma ,r horse
sense" u teri. of complement 10 men,
Aud 1t SEEMS that l,l tho time the mule
has been suffering under uulcsarycd rr.
pfoach, Tor the man who knows the
beast with sharp angles aud cNaggeratcc
curves values him above the horse m
prsctical Intelligence, aud believes hat
patience, lack ~ nerves aud the faculty
VI attending to business have been mis-
understood for absence uf sense
\ imai trainers don't take to mules
and The horse sA ws know them not, for
.hry are always beasts Of burden and du
thslr playing among themselves after
working hours ILcy may not have the
kuack ~ doing pArIur tricks, but they
have their shAre q useful, everyday
wisdom. Every one knows that horses
can hardly bc forced ont NJ a burning
stable Terror stricken, they trcmbIr
with every nerve bred Into them and
Natt for the flames. Seven or eight
wears ago Sparks Bros horso aud mule
barn burned near the stock yards Rob
rrt Booth " Sparks Bros, Saws some OF
IA, horses were dragged ont, after much
work, ouly TO tear thcmselyes looso
aud run back into the hurnng barr.
Nhur,wr there was an avenue II oscaI,
FOR the mules they came out, without
holp or urung. Two Of tho long cared
animal, sho"rd hotel ,IIcupnc-, jump
mg through windows four feet above
.Lr ground
(Which showed the horse sense "
Mr. Booth asked. "Thr mule eau be-
relied ON 10 keep his bead under circum.
stances IN which horse uf amy grade
would practically commit suicide hom
,Iritrmrut'
pIsCErur EyYN IS UUNAw,ys.
The mule show, ms sense even When
h" gtoss wicked. let a pair u horses
run away and thrrc Is q good bah for re-
PAIRS ur ior now wagon awaiting the
owner. lie is even thankful II not call
rd on to pay Tor other vehicle, wrecked
IN collisions with his own and ~ happy
TO find that his horses have escape with
a tcW cuts. When mule, run away, the
mule men say, they keep the road and
simply run tiIl they get tired The man
in the wagon who knows will sat quietly
and let them do the driving They avoid
telegraph poles IN drug store ,hoN win.
duws hike the pest aud can turn corners
ln better curve. AM With more safety 10
shat they're dragging than the msu
who's riding s. last Calm minds arc
% ASA .liy quick and O., the time the
,atI are g.uN,ag tired uf their sprint
,hcy Gcoidc tha the runaway is orrr.
Nvbudy hurt on blark,mp,hs bills
Tho, u.cd 'lors, SENSE 4 A..,r 30.
dom f1rEots runaway: ,Armulo ,l.l.
entity never remembers g."
~ mule vii, wait SIX years 10 got a
good, square XIX at a man.' That thu
mule mun say, !s another foundluoulo,s
tradition u the u.l.urusd. They de
clare most soIruuy tRI .lerr Is l",s
danger - sudden Gra.h trum mul'
than from h,tsr, 4, for kicking w
harur~,, procuco not uncommon
among horses even of the best urrrdIug,
thr mule does not know the feeling OF
hunIs against dashboard True, even
the friends uf the long om-d do not
waste much Lime 10 cutriuG TIE hnd
legs, bat that they SAY, Is because tte
mu.c uccds comparatively little ~ the
comb and brush. His coat is shorter
coarsrr aud NO, So FUN as that ot the
horse, aud he is by nature cleaner,
Mules ike to NaIiuN, but not iu mud, az
do tho hor,cs.
la the sale harms at the stock yards
the managers ~ tho mules are iiilcd With
food aud the animals eat NhSt the,
want aud quit. Tho hay aud grain