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Show HOW TO MANDLC CAMCLb. Tli (MmIIiiI AnlinnU Mint Un lluniord or lluiiit.UKCf.l Camels nro not liko lion;os, says tho Ashton Reporter. If n homo does not want to do anything vvc multo liliu. If a camel does not want to do anything ho leaves it undone No amount of coaxlnir, no nmount ot cruelty will iimlco him budge lie tins tho determination deter-mination of n mulo eombined with the strength of an clcphnut. A camel is ono of thoso Aggravating1 brutes which will drlvo n hot-tempered man to distraction. Nothing will persuade him to listen to rennon He will op-poKo op-poKo your will with a pnudvc resmt-nnco resmt-nnco that Is absolutely unconquerable. Tho only way to treat n camel U to humor if you cannot humbug him. They will often lie down If you load them with iUr prorerbiul laslr.traw, mid you might beat them to death or otTerupnll the plensurus of Paradise before they would get up. They are pig-headed boasts. Sometimes when they havo quite it light load thoy turn nasty nnd throw thrmnclrco to tho ground But, although they nro obstinate, they nro not cute, nnd r.n Arub, by pretending to submit, can generally get the better of the stubborn hcaUs Tho driven will ostentatiously removo tbreo or four packages from the load, and the ani-mnl, ani-mnl, nlth nu inward chuckle-of satisfaction, satis-faction, rises nt unco, without perceiving perceiv-ing thai tho luroeh have meanwhile been returned to their former place As ho flnttoRihimnelf ho has shirked SOIIlO Of Ills dtltY ho iwlnr.n n.vi,, iulik some 01 ins uuly 110 iwings nvvay vvith a light heart, gratifled lieyond mens-ure. mens-ure. liko a spoiled child, nt hnving its own way. The camel It an unsociable beast. Ho Is also habitually dull, except ex-cept when he isMiifllng the salt air of the desert. When he is trending the sands, with the burning miii 011 his back nnd the boundless waste before him, he fcrls himr.elf at home The Immense heat makes him bubble over with plcasuro nnd fills liU frame with sublimo intoxication. It lias been stated on the best authority that he can go nine dayb without water And If you had ever M-ou a camel drink water when hu docs get a ehnuco o( quenching Ills thirst you would not be .surprised at this. They hare been known to put away tovon gallons and a half at a time. ASTONISHCD INDIANS. Tlmjr TliuiiElit n Itt-il.ltnlrnl fnli-riirn Saiiirlhlii- ur 11 1'rr.lk r Niiliirc. Twenty jears ngo the Indians In Colorado knew but little of the white man, mid nothing hardly of his ways or hnbita ecept from tradition. Amoinr the noonle who went to n.titi. Among me people wlio vvenl to Kettle in Colorado nt that time wiyn (olden Days, wsisu man with vuv red hnlr. He uud his party were thrown among the Indians, vvbo tboiigbt ut llrU Hint his hulr wus painted, just ns they painted thoir own bodies nnd faeoK. An old chief came up to him one day and looked ut his hair very carefully. "Ugh!" said he. And then, turning to the interpreter who had the p-irty in charge, he stunted him to .k t lie ninu where lit got the 1(1 nil of paint that would color, and yet not be gieasy or look dauby He was told thut the man's hair vviih not painted, but ho would not believe It. He open more . walked up to the man nnd serulliil7ed i. ... .nu jiuiii mm scruuui7cu his locks, running Ids bund through them nnd looking nt his lingers. Tho red-haired man became .1 little nerv mis, uud half fancied that tlio ohlel was calculating how nleo n red scalp would look hung to his belt. Thu Interpreter, In-terpreter, however, laughingly told the man what tho chief bad said Two or three more of the Indians then gathered around the party, mid they mid tho Interpreter had n powwow pow-wow Filially the Interpreter asked tho mini If hu would obleet In mitt mi. wnteron his hair. Ho wvv that the Indians would" not bellevo but that It was painted, until they miw that tho water would not 1 wash tho color out Tho nun took I some water, rubbed It on his hulr and then showed his hands to them. I (lit it took four or flvu day of wondering examination to convince thorn thut ho had not found some peculiar paint, mid got himself up ill a bright red suit of hair - |