Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

had supplanted the mule-the fastest Gov ne
slowest-in the street car service. mules we're
sold BY auction. and there were ter where there
is one now. In these days the eolts are sold
privately and busy on the streets are the buyer
from various localities.
A mule colt Is hy no means n homely animal
On the contrary, when he Is trimmed up for the
sacrifice he Is really pretty. He 10 nicely
groomed his hair is scft and smooth, his eycs
are bright and his psint-brush tail ia . thing Of
beauty and an activity forever
Among these youngsters the prevailing color
Is brown. Occasionally . bay or black shows
mp, rarely gray, and saw no whites or duns
IN the 500 or more on weaving day. In fact.
nobody ever saw a white mule colt.
Prices are much lower now than bcforc the
iightning struck the business. 80 70 sav. When
the demand was good sacklings brought from
$50 70 $50, and yesrling worth from $40
10 : los. Now from s40 % $50 Is a good price,
and If a man can get eco or eos for his colt he
is more than satisfied.
on WANING DAT,
October u. the colts are taken from their
mothers and delivered into the hands Of their
buyers. who are also called feeders, " and ihey
take them OF Co their stables stock wards
where the orphans ere all put in a zen together
20 LET them get used 70 doing without maternal
care and solicitude. and the amount Of CRYING
and braying and noisy demonstrations % grief
Is something terrific and would be painful II Il
were done by anything else than a mule.
When the youngsters In a week or ten davs
quiet down and become the stoical philoaophers
they always are from that time forward they
are ieu sho cared Tor uhtl they are about two
years oil' "heh thes are SOLD Again 10 the con
sumer. the greater part II them now going
south for work in the cotton belt. Tho mule il
however. a good all-around domestic animal
and can turn his hand 20 almost anything
Also his hind feet
yearling mule is worth or 10 sold usually for
fra 4 ~, ID. a.
Just why nobody can say, Tor the same author
ny says II doesn cost nything 10 keep mule.
, winner ]. Goes OF hot l know o. n1an who
.s. = uoAen - % One ,V.ooet ana
tSi Ieu tnei. GUY 10 'ne ousncs hnu shor grns-
VI s a rodeh arm rI snere ,he! h,ed AL winter
"n1 oanie up sihisins snu is' IN 'ne sprlhs.
kno" OF this, Tor horseman told AZ 10 me In
CONFIDENCE.
he hau muAes 10 Sell
THE MuLELEss MOTHERS.
During mule week the mother 81 the little
ones thew have lost are almost ms noisy a. ,hcir
ossnr;-- "a ., 4. .i.s,,i a. - -.
P..ha.Is r,or.,.;., o.. 81. .l,a-a.. ii -.
t,sin. % h. ,.on,s p-.aS "'''
nnl.'s roo,har = ;,s, ia ., h;,r
he we're a horse So il n hen xi.S a ancli,ns
g. IA g. ~ ~e
Iore q, bi,rS " NM '"'0'
All, -. - l.; -. o.. sos A. s,ro
and a rrare Il xo,,h sio 40 sts -. a..
bo~.a ,nT,ls ch;o,,r h,can.a - a. -. 49,,
and hanasoroer ana NO, ha,.,s. ~. A. -,
better ny
The hio fine ,eIlo,rs .r. ala 20 ,.. c;,v ,-.a.
"a 49, -. -. NJ seiu W ..o az e.ae
90 .nag - -. =, - -, III ~
S57S Tlo san,a Ia -, - -, 49,.
$40 now ~ q ,yar ,a,,,o5 49, -, "a 80
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MULES AND DAkktiA
The south Is the great male field at present.
and il is a fact that "a niger and a mule, ia n
natural combination science has not "a, b...n
M. ., ~ a.,
A ds-lev viii ,,,;- =. ho,.so ,,,,o.. 49,.
nra,h, -. - -. -. =. 10, 49,
IT, 80 ,,,,.,i .ta,, :, - 49, mum
As far as hsr,nonx is canca-rss ,ssrs 4. .,,,.
or no race feeling between them.
mule is good for service indefinitely IL I'M
ifIureu
AGE
IL one ever did he is like the birds and
Moses nobody ever saw him after he WAS dead
For riding or light driving the mule is mot
equal 70 the horse. That is he cannot stand as
much but for steady hard work he can XIII OF
horse in no time. He can carry a man or null
him slow for years- but IL he Il forced 20 m.ka
| a hard trim fast he NAV do il but he ia a xreck
ever after.
The mule is not an emblem OF modern pro-
gress
The color Of I. rnnla has var,, l,ttla .s,oc. as,
his yalue other tbinos heing s,;r,aI
A mule with a ..mealy" nose Is better than IL
his nose was NOT SO marked and s,ri,,as a-o,,l
mis- hind legs at the hook are said 10 be- sanger
signals.
Mules are easier TO break than horses. They
haven't anv more sense than NOT "a he
Provided as no so richly is by nature with
means of self-.,efense- NO poxar an earth conlI
break him if he thought ct to differ. But there
is where his weakness comes in: he can kick a
great deal harder than he c,n think.