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THE ARMY MULE. 
in stamping out this, the greatest of all animal scourges, that 
we may feel that we have, in this instance at least, fulfilled our 
duty towards mankind. 
Bibliography.—( i) Paper by Prof. E. F. Brush, M. D., of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., 
before the New York Academy of Medicine, April 18, 1899, The Relationship existing 
between Human and Bovine Tuburculosis. (Veterinary Review, Vol. XIV, No. 11.) 
(2) State Board of Health of New York, Fifteenth Annual Report, 1895. 
(In compiling this paper, I have freely consulted all authorities at hand, and especially 
the two above cited.) 
THE ARMY MULE. 
Let others sing of the noble horse, 
High-stepping, brave, and gay, 
Who prances proudly o’er the 
course, 
In his patrician way. 
A humbler figure claims our song, 
A victim of misrule, 
The poor, oppressed, yet tough and 
strong 
American army mule: 
The long-eared mule, 
Missouri mule, 
The balking, biting, 
Kicking, fighting, 
Rough and rusty, 
Tried and trusty, 
Tough old army mule. 
He’s no prize beauty, and, beside, 
He wasn’t made for show. 
The meat inside his leathery hide 
Is gristlier than a crow. 
But warring nations wait until 
He comes across the sea 
Before their armies move to kill 
The blarsted enemju 
He’s ugly, churlish, crabbed, glum, 
And cross, and sullen, yet 
He’s won his crown of martyrdom 
A thousand times, you bet! 
That tough old mule, 
Missouri mule, 
That aw-he-hawing, 
Kicking, jawing, 
Bucking, biting, 
Swearing, fighting, 
Ugly, rancorous, 
Rude, cantankerous, 
Old, moth-eaten, 
W eather-beaten, 
Measly, piebald, 
Glistening eyeballed, 
Grouty, grumpy, 
Rope-tailed, dumpy, 
Darned old mule, 
Missouri mule, 
American army mule! 
—Chicago Tribune. 
Beneath a grotesque photo of Dr. H. L. Ramacciotti, who 
sits beside the sick bed of a poor mule taking his pulse from the 
plantar artery of the off front leg, the Omaha Daily Nezvs has 
this to say : “ Dr. Hugo L. Ramacciotti is a muchly known man 
about Omaha. He’s been here for years—is the first veterinary 
surgeon to locate this side of the Missouri River—and has a rep¬ 
utation extending from New York to San Francisco. He is 
now city meat inspector and a leader among the Italians of the 
city. He is an active knight of Ak-Sar-Ben and his clever work 
at the initiations this summer called forth many words of praise.” 
