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Show I IDEAL CAVALKYMEN7 MUST BE BRED TO THE HORSE FROM CHILDHOOD. merla Cotibaf rilla Ih. IIIM lie laxl la Lira la the laddlo for !. Il Itaiourctful, Hat aa Indian laillncl f Locality. (Special Letter 1 f"" alryman the man p, mutt have learned j1 to ride before ho 7Hw'i learned to walk," "muMS ' "" '" ' eKtltafct! hUli military " "WMfclff53 thorlty It la up f U ported by the fact o-JL-r that tho conquer- SBCr" Ing cavalry force In all agea of hla- tory have been recruited from region In which tho horirman waa the only man of conalderatton, and the art of riding waa taught the boy at ao early an age that It wa an Inatlnct with him rather than an acquirement There la another claaa of cavalryman like tho llrlttab mounted reglmenU In India, the French In Algler and thoee aplendld rider the United State cavalry, cav-alry, aeaaoned by acoutlng aervlce and Indian campalgna on the plalna cavalrymen caval-rymen of the modern acbool who fight either In tho aaddle or dltmounted, nnd through contlant frontier warfare agalntt aavage horaemen have becomo admirably effective trooper. For the gathering, branding, herding and ahlpment of the mllllona of rattle that roamed the plalna a claa of men who could ride, and enduro and take rlaka, wa required, and thua the cowboy cow-boy waa developed Hell the aucceaaor of the Texaa and Mexican vaquero, multiplied and modified Ho onn ride and throw the rope aa well n the old-time old-time vaqueroa but baa more of the clv-lllied clv-lllied and fewer of the homicidal tralta A HAItl) MOUNT than tie lawlea plcturreque predeeea-or. predeeea-or. II wa bred upon the ranche or oam a a young man from the "Blatea." attract! by tha adv.nturoui Ufa of. the plalna, nnd lnaDlra.lw)o hope of making a fortune In cattle railing aa ao many men did In the beginning be-ginning Uauatly the newcomer waa a paaaable rider before lie came weat. Afterwarda, by experience more or let painful, be learned tbo Idloeyncrailr of broncho nature how to keep hi aaddle In a "pitching tea " with hi pony Jumping atlfr-lrgged beneath blm, and to handle cattle In all their mood In all weathera It would bo difficult to find anywhere any-where cavalry recrulta belter fitted In character and training than the cowboy cow-boy of the plain In everything but military dlaclpllne he I a proved eol dler through hla mode of life He I hardy, enduring, accuatomed to hard-ihlpa, hard-ihlpa, to audden calVi to duty, and to long itretche In tho aaddle without food or reat Hla bed la tho grouud under the rain or atara aa may happen, hi alniple fare la much the ame aa that of the army aoldler III home I the aaddle, and be I utually a good tbot, who ran manage hi firearm handily from the back of a boree Ilia atandard of honor and duty aa he ec them, I high and he think that nothing noth-ing I ao dlagrareful aa cowardice In hla peraonal quarrela and In defending hla Ufa and hi employer property agalnat Indiana and whllo robber be haa In many caae had already hla bap-tlim bap-tlim of Are He I resourceful In emergency emer-gency and a valuable quality In a cavalryman cav-alryman he ha an Indian Inidnct of locality and difficult country Moreover, More-over, he I an ultra-loyal American, aggreatlvely patriotic and ready at all time tn fight for hi country' honor "at the drop of tho hat ' What dltcl-pllno dltcl-pllno and Intrepidity the cowboy will ahow In action wheu led by officer like Wood and Itooaevelt la told In the tory of tho charge of Ln Qiualna and tha carrying of the hill of San Juan In the taking of Santiago de Cuba Km ployed aa Infantry throughout the ad Vance and alege, tbo rough rider bowed the ateadlnea nf regulara, not only In active fighting but In the harder hard-er ordeal of waltlug uiider fire Tha laiallMl lluok In the World. The amallett book In tho world le preclaely five-eighth of an Inch long, teven elxteentha of an Inch wide and three elghtha of an Inch thick, aay the New York Journal It contalna two hundred page and Ave page of the very finest type Imagla-able Imagla-able The point of a pin would cover a letter, and a magnifying glaae la nee-eaaary nee-eaaary for anything llko reading Cbarle flcrlbner Son have a copy of thl wonderful litis volume which I kept In an envelope In the rafo to Inture It afe keeping It wat printed In I'adua, Italy, In 1! and la a reprint of an Italian article on Oallleo, prlntod originally In 1SS9 It la only a curloalty but a luch It out-doc out-doc all prerlou attempt at making mall book, "thumb book " aa they are called, for they aro no larger than your thumb |