Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-12-27
NEW KIND OF BEAST.
rhn zebra Mule Said Ia Have Many u.
ful Qualities.

rh" Zebra Mule Said To- Have Many I,e,
full Qualities.
n new beast of burden hns been prp.
1uc"d ly Prof. Cossnr Stewart. of Edin,
HuiF!i. IL Is II result Of u cross between
a: In'cAtH zebra and al ordinary niurc.
It's proper designation is the zebra mule,
= :" " very pretty little creature, with
tln.G>t the sumo outlines rs II colt and
with The chnrmingly ~varicgutad cont
Of u ychra.
The 'pecies of zebra named after
R"r"'Hll j. the ouc which NOS nearly
'"""m'lcs the horse In shape. TIN,
'thrI zcbrns arc nearer to the donkey.
The Ru:, aSil zebra is, IN fact, more
ike u horse than any other animal.
The grcatcr powers of endurance OF
the mule bred from an MSS and n mare.
ns compared with the horse. are well
established. Ii is snid that in doing the
hardest kind of work n mule will last
ten years and n horse three. For the
rev Zfhra mule n great increase over the
ald-fns hionrd mule, both in strength
and IN endurance, is claimed.
The zebra, though smaller than mn or
iinhly horse. is stronger in proportion
to his size. lie is extremely tough and,
owing to his thick coat, is able 20 sus.
tain falls and blows that would criuple
or ljll a horse.
II was long suspected that the zebra
was absolutely untamable, but recent
experience has shown that this Is n
mistake. lie remains, however. harder
to doincsticate than any other animal
apparently intended by nature for Il
ncaF; 81 burden. lie Is full of spirit and
go. = h:ch are admirable qualities, when
trained in the proper direction. but are
apt " lead the zebra to jump yer walls
and Turn somcrsaults.
IN South Africa six zebras have been
hnrncsscd to n mail coach and have
given satisfactory results. They were
used in Il place where there were no
roads. They Ind to drive over piles OF
stores and fallen trees and swim
through n river. All this they did cx-
ecllcntly, n few tumbles giving them
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! PERSONAL POINTS. ,
Lady Marcus Bcresford is On English
womn who has devoted herself 10 tho
pursuit Of providing q home for cats,
She has succeeded In establishing and
cndowing II in Englcfeld Green,
Windsor Park. She hos mnde cats her
speciality, and her collection Of ADEorus
Is famous.
Charles Francis Adams has given to
the Adams chapter, Daughters Of the
Revolution, the house at Quincy, Mnss.
In which John Adams was born. The
presentation was made on the 16ist an,
niversary Of Adams birth. aud among
those present were two Of his grand
children, Miss Elizabeth Adams and
Isaac Hull Adams.
Andrew III. Green, who In called tn,
grandfather OF the greater New York
and who for many years has been prom,
inent In the development OF the inc
tropol!s, IL practically n we'll nun for
the first time in than a year. liz
is able to drive about the country sur,
rounding his summer place at Worccs
ter, Mass, where hc was born. and he
will return to New York the Inter pnrt
Of this month.
Rev. William Stevenson, a Methods,
Episcopal clergyman OF San Francisco
has seen 80 consecutive years OF worl
In tho scrvicc of God. lie also saw the
frat railway passenger train in III,
United States, which ran from Phila
dclphin to Trenton In 1882. lie saw the
first water turned into tho southern
section OF the Wabash & Erie canal 1,
lsi3. lie has seen every president o
the United States from Andrew Jack
son down to Grover Cleveland. md wa
FL " 's w. .H' lin