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Show DRONOO BRZAKING. A I'rheeeill b Ths .'nil er Aetlon and UKelioment A loose, rindy s; t is chosen for tho breaking of tho li'n " il' enme by whl. h the wild lu.i -.a of California an J Ailwna are l.n vu. Hrjueallng. strug-giln'g, strug-giln'g, bltlntr. idiklng, imcklng, rolling In tho dust, and it douhlo b.iilc eomer saulu these nro parU of tho grand per-tormnnce per-tormnnce whenever a bronc o Is bttikcn to tho .addle, dipt llouiko deeeribes lo liialMHik, "Ou Iho V.onler with Crook " the fnu and oxcllenient assojliitod with breaking "broncos" by a troop of United HtntPH srnralry. The auluuil was first thrown, blindfolded, blind-folded, and then the bridlo and saddle; were put on, tho hitter girthed so tightly tight-ly that tlio horto's eyce started from their wckets Then, armed v. llh n pair of hpnra of tlio ilUiaoU r of a so.ip-plate and a iiieuIto club big enough to fell an ox, tho Mexican "'vnijucro' got Into tlio saddle, tho blinds wero cast off, and tho circus began. There would be ouo moment of doubt as to what tho "bronco" was going to doi now and then it might seem for a few cocouds as If a really mtld-man-uorcd stood had been sent to tho post by some mlatuke of tho quartermaster's department, Uut this doubt never lasted last-ed very long. Tlio gcuulno "bronco" eau always bo known from tho spurious one hy thefact that when ho makes up Ills mind to "buck," he sets out upon his work without dolay, and with a vim ' that means buslnost. If thcro wcro many horses arriving In a "bunch," Ihcro would bo lots ot fun. Tho men would mount and amid tho encouraging comments of tho lookcm-on lookcm-on would begin tha tank of subjugation. subjuga-tion. t Tho bronco noarly nlwnyn looked around and up nt his rider with an ex-prowlon ex-prowlon that was beniguant; then h wouhl roach ills back, get his four feet bunched together, nnd await doroloi-ments. doroloi-ments. If tho rider foolishly listened to the huggcbllous of -la critics, ho would arwnys niiitahu this temporary pnrosysm of docility for fear or lack of ipirlt. "Arrnh, thin, siitick yer tphnrs Int' him, M vltirty," aortic foolish byntaudcr would call out. No booncr did tho rider heed this evil advice nnd strike tho bronco's llanUV with bin rowels than the air wo :'d bo (Ailed with a revolving maw of mane nnd tall nod Hying hoofs, whllo tho Irishman would khoot like a meteor into tho tand and plow it un vth his chin. y IUr.o:i Munv. of Vienna, the vet- crun Minitnrlnn, 1ms issued a stront? appeal for tho establishment of an In' ternatioual sanitary coin, nnd sugt gOHlaUiosiiruuipnlng of anlntcniatlon-al anlntcniatlon-al conference to discuss and arrange such a code. The mummies of tho high priests of Amnion, now In the possession of the Ugyptinn govurnmont, aro to bo rallied off shortly. Thoy will ho divided into s(x lots and drawn for hy tho museums of Londou, Paris, Komo, Dorlln, Vltnno nnd Bt. Petersburg. Spijj.sino whocls aro not altogether things of tho past. Oo Into Cornwall orWalosor to tho Scotch Highlands and you will find plenty of cottages whero tho spinning wnoel is ns much a piece, of useful household furniture Ins aro the scrubbing brush and tho kitchen broom. |