Show w it ll 11 THE COWBOY TOO GRES about ais or skill of libe tb mordimon mitat an u cuspert can cas do D thi cattle trade in america ii Is rapidly changing litin tinna ds enid sald a boutil orn arn taid wait the other day the cowboy of the prairie aarle ii is dying way to the stable toy boy of tho he farm and the wild cattle of the south and west are being handled fed stabled and curried luto domesticity and are being bred moi more fl to born barns the via cowboy and the berdi luau lamo in with ranch life and were preceded by the cattlemen or 01 covada cirbo let catt run wild rounding roand log them theta up once it year they were shipped to cuba froin the southern terri territory toty in thousands fifty ears yo for bell Ani a eriCA the be cabau beof barket almost c f mere arc are plenty of small caff cattle in tho the bonali who have horde conf io from tw to SW head but jut the tile wire fence of n the immigrant la Is cutting up the ranges tho c one sons are going into stores and offices and it is i probable lifter the present generation atlon of iboa them dies naf hut that Us this country will see aft their like alman the they are i pecullar set of men liv log ing nn an little ittle farms farius were yere a fow deot r ables aro are raised their houses c com oni lottress foit lott losi less and the fai families nilles la in cold weather gather about pino knot hros fires in their ards sealed on ande chair with tho bottoms made of cowhide cut irom from some place in tho the skin where the hair WM was marked in wood lore they an aro skilled uLi lIed tho mon are re splendid plon did riders and nd good rigo bote shota the children fish shoot or lounge in tho sun till ill hoy they aro are old enough to get got into aoma some town whore th aboy quickie quicker pick up the waja of cirill civill lauon and leavo batro I 1 their former wild life an old cowman can do things in bis his own elul lio little short of tho the marvel oua GUL to oan coin look a young youn the tha face at branding brandi nir time and ani be ablo blo to toll tell where be he can find it when it is old enough for beef is misleading in as a fur far ns As hit his modi of ascertaining where it is concerned but it is not any more surprising than eliat be he really does texas cattle aro are as wild as deer corral ou om oui i lasso brand and turn him loose acme and he cuts the wind his tail tall stand stands out stiff his neck and head are am thrown aloft and he lie bounds forth awn agaj and uway away across the the wood woods aramis tamps under ams ever everything thing till allne he W left his Ve fir f ir behind and has wearied himself with running he lie think thinks that fae is 13 free but as the old cowman leans loans on n the pine rails of this inclosure ho he to him sells ft 1 hell be fit for beef in the fall and 1 about bis his hasty le Jep arturo it t was luy my business once to buy cattle from these inen for bi big 9 men who were situated fart farther her north and our cowboys were al always eye by the peculiar instincts w of abase sao moo to a cowboy a cow is a cow ho he knows nothing of its boded f of tho thoo tight ht but treats it as a machine bla botin e it in one direction or another ho he has DO no idea what a cow or a berd herd will ivill du dt so bo be tidus tides about it cute cuts off its progress in one direction and stimulates it in another on the open plain he is sail all right but ic the tb woods or alone be he I 1 is help helpless ess I 1 remember one old cowman turahn turning to jour lour of my boya toys who had succeeded in dis peping lisp erang a herd of 0 cattle all over cantry 1 coak tik a ayar 11 he said a cadow ant w alt a beef its Ws a critter tou jes go home bring in the chaws about ehan shank kOl of the tile evonia myself and be im did 14 1 tit take a book to tell all that obese men understood of cow sense that skill is based upon the mind acts in too the same way circumstances for insign Jn ea cattle have a fear of being bogged in mud therefore early io in n the day herd is rested if it is driven bole hole thu animals trill will all corae came out on the other side without the herdsman having to follow and chase them through I 1 IF they are hungry and isad an attempt Is made to drive them across good pasturage age they will scatter and wander if it Is 13 mosquito time you can drive them into a wood and they will come out on the other ide side but if it Is hot we ither and about midday they will scatter and stray in the woods A bull will not let his herd bard after tho the track of another herd ills feelings fe of jealousy ica lousy mut must bo be respected or there will be a split in the groces aion slon the old bulls and cc z auci ad tho the young calves form the nucleus around which the gregarious greg arloua instincts of the animals attract them if it therefore a few young heifers or lively steers steer break from the herd and go gallopini gallop back to the prairie pral rit to pursue is folly they will come back if let alone and bring their taus tarus behind them k ills lore is almost interminable an old bull will tale the herd bard to feed ing grounds that suit his declining appetite i and falling failing teeth A young bull will choose coarser pastures where tho tile grass is luxuriant but not so tender and an old cowman knows just about m where here they will all be any time of the I 1 year vear and in all weathers bere if thuy they are lire and aud he can an saddle his ills horse and anti f i ride thirty emilei 11 to a bunch of cattle that lo 10 bant seen tor for nine months i |