The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-23

~ eerns Re.r~e,- Man Au~ rieid -
rsim to sac fs--s.-fszTS- S~sas~Ssa.
or all msnitnals 10 In cin.;s3d that MAJ
In the strongest An infantry soldiel
marches all day with seventy pounds G,
arms, ammunition aud baggage. haN
his own weight. while = cavalry ho<-.S
we'll loaded with two hundred ana
dfs,, one-auarter mis-
Even the rsSaaerfnl camel will hos.
and refuse ~ rise under n burden NOV
than ose.ihied his own weight, bus thl
little sss may be actually loaded witt
three quarters Of his own weight, AnA
will then travel OF at four and one-hah
miles an hour s7< ksen IL mp
The Syts=. .ss 10 often quite big. -
most N tail as > polo pony, and a goc1-
sized, we'll bred and fine gated white
ass o-ings .nors -...n a good r
As a ,r%~.sos, day In, day out, no 10
superior In ease to the horse. will 60
sva. roads on which a horse cannot
fn6 : roofing, aud will do as gooS =
days journey.
! fancy that s-.au must yieid the ps.a.
Vt stfsssan to the ass, by whose mann
ne "a keec!y rosents being called. 20
rar o. I ! have observed In the course oa
~ .>s~s:s nc animal can equal sh4 49,
In ability TO carry loads except p0rhap
the woman ooolie Of Thibet
She Ii . little bit Of . thing, rarely
weighing moro than one hundred and
ten pounds. and yet she will work
twelve hours a day ~nder q load Of
from eighty TO n hundred poundA
and l have heard II said she vii, carry
one hundred and twenty-five.
1t is odd how we have got to assoot
ate obstinacy and numberless ugly
qualities with the ass. This Is al
wrong. The one word which we are
won't to use to cover all these assumeA
vices Is mulishness. But a mule IL =
hybrid, and one OF the peculiarities OF
hybrids Ii their genera! lack Of the
stanch virtues. IL ] were TO hunt fc.
O creature whose conduct from birth To
old age came nearest to exemplifyinr
the four cardinal virtues l would I'm.
hesitatipgly choose the ass.
The nerves of the horse all end near
the surface; those OF the ass are deeply
imbeddad. But II there is any ono
qualify for wien, Ms / grow older, :
gain in admiration, II Is sweet reason.
ableaess, and this the ass possesses
while the horse does not.
There Is n a~ristocracy Of asses and
there are the many headed. II you
want the former look at one OF the
white Syrian asses he Is richly sad
died and bridled and has two attendant
Arabs to cater to his wants, for he
must be kept in the finest condition for
bis master, the emir. This handsome
fellow Is truly a noble. II handsome Is
- handsome doeA
His manners are perfect, and his
eaits are as smooth as they are rapid.
He will 60 off at o running walk which
would not spill a drop Of water out Of
. brimful cup. and which will cover
full six miles an hour. He can canter
al day at an eight-mile gait, but his
travelling gait is the running walk on
the rock, and In these gaits he has no
equal. lie IL far more comfortable
ehSn any horse, and in q weeks travel
will 60 quite as far.
The background Of the picture Of the
as Is always dire poverty. In prosper
Gus countries the ass Is not considered.
In countries where strict economy Is
necessary to the barest existence, where
every kernel Of wheat, every grain OF
rice, every spear of green stuff which
can be eaten Is counted, where 1t Is a
question, not of whether II man can
rise in the world, but whether he can
keep body and soul together until the
next harvest, the ass is useful as nc
other animal can be.
One hardly needs to feed him. Hs
ean pick up a living on the highway
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