Show ONR YOUNG FOLKS i A Half Hours Entertainment for Our Girls and Boys POWER OF THE VICEPRESIDEST The Life of a Co ibu > The Curiosity Shop The City of Sllene The Telephone Predict 1 1 lqo Srrot cattlo ranges aro being slowly but surely fenced in and covered by homesteaders home-steaders and the cowboy is losing his occupation occupa-tion Before this much talkedof and written about individual disappears from view forever for-ever wo will endeavor to enlighten our young readers about tho real life of a cowboy giving giv-ing the following items gleaned from Golden Days > t1t i AI r i i c f v I r = = i A COXY i or The most important article in a cowboys outfit is tho chuck wagon This is the wagon over which tho cook presides and it is a common prairie schooner covered with canvas to keep 1 out tho rain Next to the chuck wagon is tho pony which usually costs about 25 and is a vicious little animal liable to buck every time it is mounted The owner of the herds supplies each boy with blankets saddle bridle and lasso but as soon as they have money enough of their own they buy these things for themselves Tho lasso preferred is made of horse hair and is flexible and strong To learn to use the lasso takes from four weeks to six months constant practice and then some men never learn By the way tho cowboy never says lasso but rope Other essentials of the cowboy outfit are tho repeating rifle and the Yx shooter Tho pride of the cowboys heart is his hat Those are of felt with broad brim and cost anywhere from one dollar to ten twenty or more according to the decorations Sometimes Some-times these consist of a leather band with a clinking brass chain sometimes gold lace and cord and sometimes a band of coins Next to his hat como tho cowboys boots which are made of the best leather with long legs and high heels A cowboy cares little about his clothes what they look like provided they are stout and he usually wears leather or buckskin trousers The cowboys faro consists of bread bacon beef and coffee butter and milk are almost unknown to him His liio is full of hardships hard-ships and dangers and tho wages he receives aro small The cowboy sleeps in the open air unless ho prefers to crawl under the chuck wagon in case of rain Boys who think of becoming cowboys should ponder these facts |