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Show A Phenomenal Rooster By Max Adeler. "Perhaps you novcr noticed ;that rooster," said Cooley, painting to a chicken on the fence between his yard and mine; 'vory ltkoly you' never paid much attention to liim! but 1 don't care In what light you look nt him, tho more you study ilm the more' talented1 ho nppt'nrs. You talk about your American Igglcs and birds of fieedom, and nil such slush as that, but that In-slguinc-'tnt-lookliig chicken yonder kin give any of them SQMjolnts nnd pocket them nt (lib first' shot. 1 pledge you my word that Uiat rooster has fine triltn of character that'd adorn almost any walk of life. He'3 just lovely 1 I don't say anything about his voice. That's neither here nor there. Although Al-though If you're going to alludo to that subject, I Just want to mention that, as far as crowing Is concerned, he kin begin earlier, knock off Inter, and reel off more crows in'a minute than' any othftr rooster in tho state. '".Most chickens aro kinder stupid; but what I like about him Is, that ho Is sympathetic; he has feeling. 1 know Init fall that my shanghai hen was taken sick while she was trying to hatch out somo eggs, and that rooster wan so compassionate that he used to ,go' In, nnd sit on that nest for hours, trying to help her out so that she could go off' recreating a.fter ekerclse. And when she, died, he turned rjght in and took charge ,qf thlngsj'Bcemcdito' fcl that ho 'ought to be a father to those unborn little orphans, nnd ho straddled around over those eggs for ever so long as graceful as a mermaid! mer-maid! !llc never got much .satisfaction 'out of It, though. Most of themiwere duck; esBB, nnd It seemed to klhdfcrv cut him lip when ho looked at those birds after they hatched out. Ho topic It to heart and appeared to feel low-spirited and mulcted. Ho would go olt and stand by hniself -stand on one leg in a corner cor-ner of the fenco and let his 'mind brood over his troubles, until you'd pity him. It disgusted him to think how the Job turned out. "Now you wouldn't think such a chicken as that would have rrncli courage, but as true ob I'm telling you he'd Just as lief light a wagon-load of tigers as to go to sleep. He got a notion no-tion in ills head that that rooster over there on tho Baptist church steeple was nllve, and ho couldn't bear to think that It was up there sailing around and putting on airs over him, and a good mnny times I'vo seen hlw try to fly up at It bo's to arrango a light. When ho found ho couldn't muke it, he'd crow at tho Hnptist rooster and dare it to c'nmo down, and at last, when all his efforts wore useless, use-less, would you believe that rooster one dny tackled tho sexton as tho weathorcock's next friend, nnd drove his spurs so far into tho sexton's shanks that ho walked on crutches for more'n a week. I novor saw n mere chicken have such flno Instincts nnd such pluck. "Ho is a splendid fighter, anyway, Just as ho stands. And so Intelligent, too. Why, ho hnd n little fuss with I'ltmnn's Poland rooster hero some' (line back, and Instead of going at him and tnking tho chances of . getting licked, that chicken nctunlly put himself him-self Into training, uto nothing but corn, took rigulnr oxerclse, went to roost early, took a cold bath evory morning, nnd got a friendly pullet to rub him down with n corncob. It was wondor-full wondor-full and In n week or so he was all bono and muscle, nnd ho dickered, over the fenco after I'ltmnn's rooster and sent him cahootlng Into tho next world In tho fourth round. "I never saw such n rooster for Intellectual Intel-lectual culture. Now" do you know I bellovo that chicken actually takes an Interest In politics! Oh; you my lnngh, but Inst, fall, during tho cam palgn, he was so excited about something some-thing that ho couldn't cat, and tho night they hnd the Democratic mass-meeting mass-meeting hero ho roosted on tho chnn' deller in tho hnll, and evory tlmo Gen, Heller made a good point that chicken would crow, nnd llnp his wings as much as to sayii 'Them's my sentiments!' Ami on tho day of tlid pnrmlo he turned out 'nnd followed the lnaf wagon, wag-on, keeping step with tho music, and nuver dropping out of lino but once, when ho stopped to light n Hepubllcan rooster belonging to old llyerly, who was on tho Republican ticket for county coun-ty commissioner. And In the morning, ufter tho Democrats won, ho Just got on tho fence out horo and crowed so vociferously you could'vo heard him, across tho river, particularly when ! run up tho American Hag and read the latest returns. "Yea, sir. Now I know you'll think it's ridiculous when I tell you, but It's an actual fact that that very day my daughter was playing tho '8lur-span-gled Hanner' on the piano, and that rooster, when ho heard it, canio scudding scud-ding into tho parlor, and after flipping up on tho piano he struck out und crowed that tune Just as natural as l( ho was an educated musician. Post, tivo truth, and ho beat tlmo with his tali! He didn't crow like any other rooster. Kvery morning ho works ofl selections from Ilcotlioven and Mozart and those fellers, nnd on Sundays he frequently lets hlniBclf out on hymn tunes. Why, I'vo known him to sit on that fenco for moro'n an hour at a time practicing the scales, and lie nearly kicked your rooster to death ono day because your rooster crowej flat. 1 saw him do it myselfi And now, I really must be going. Good morning." I am going to kill Coolcy's rooster at the first opportunity, I want him to have ono thing loss to lio about, Ho has too much variety ut present, |