Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-21

Behold the mule! Around his agile form
rage the discussions. Of science and expert
ehcS, the fires of hatred and Of love. the
derhdoA OF contempt and the plaudits of
adnbf alton, says a writer in the Philadei-
phiAI North American. Into the arena OF
thes Worldwide argument he has peeh
dri1yn, silent and patient as Of DID, dumb
WI the discretion Of the centuries, wise
xSith the lore OF two species.
IL is dull of wit and stubborn OF dispo-
siti1n he is brilliant OF intellect and more
docbe thss the dove; he is no better than
his sather the jac1ass: he is endowed with
a Quality Of genius that is superior to plain
horse sense s,hes is a hysterieal old maid
and he Is gentleman and a scholar; he
hash I ,sense enough to come In when ~
rains and ne IS better qualified to run the
weather bureau than it's present admins
traNon. o.. ,..,.......
OYER in London Prof wyndham Cotue
of the Royal College of Surgeons, and In
thek Isle OF. Wight DIR. r. Conyngham
Brown, both. prominent members Of the
National Society for the Prevention OF
cruelty to Animals, have been investigating
/ the.traits OF mulishness from the mysteri-
&Dus beasts sphlnxlike head to his alto
Ather irresponsible heels and they don't
thiiM much Of him.
They sort of pity him, as we do human
idiots His scussedness, his stubbornness'
his magnificent wrath and his natural-born
kick-al these are neither his fault nor his
Elofy. They are merely symptoms of his
affiiction.
The mule these astute scientific gentle
men agree is Just a poor, miserable, weak
nersed, hysterical apology of a critter, who
rs Invariably either paralyzed with anger
or scared into catelepsy by fear. When he
balks he isn't determined not to move; he
is merely involutarily unable to move. His
emofions are suffocating him, and all the
timS YOU are lambasting him his over
whev med soul is vaeillating between unut-
tered shrieks for home and mother and a
passionate yearning to kick where it will
hur4 the most.
Bnt listen 20 an American lover Of the
mub. Eli Kindig Of Philadelphia, who has
handled thousands OF the long-eared ami
maIs and is considered an expert. He says:
4 he mule a fool Why. he has more
brstns in his heels than plenty OF people ]
know have In their heads. Nerves? Why,
~ sheer, -g uHadulterated nerve, multiplied
about a hundred times, is slated by arith-
meuc TO go into the plural and the discard,
yes the mule suffers from nerves Mad
ohS any minute OF the day; madder'n q
barrel Of hornets and twice as able to take
sgcaf.FSf himself But paralyzed- and hys-
tertcal? Not so long as he can take q
chunk out OF your shoulder with his teeth
or land you somewhere IN the vicinity OF
ArSrat with his heels.
The mule Is the best, brAysst, brainlest
kinasst animal that walks on four legs
NOBODY realizes the enormous strength a
mulo can muster If his driver knows how
to Rnlist his interest, A horse is weak.
ling beside him; chronic invalid as well
as b taol. The horse is always liable &c
corhs; I've never seen a single corn on any
OF 1he thousands Of mules I've handled
I've never seen a mule idiot enough "a
sioAsR himsslf At his feed. Take a horse
TO bis STALL whatever his condition, and
hep EIut himself on grain Il it's there
ana t. kills him. Take a mule in. all over
hegeed, and he won't touch his oats until
he has prepared himself with plenty OF
has Put = mule IN the circus and he'll