MULATTO 



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MULE 



its railway from Mukden to Antung, where it 

 connects with the Korean railway. In 1912 a 

 railroad line was opened to traffic from Chang- 

 chun to Kirin, and from Mukden southwards 

 the railway extends to Dalny and Port Arthur. 

 During the Boxer uprising in 1900 the city suf- 

 fered greatly (see CHINA, subtitle History of 

 China). Population, about 158,000. 



MULATTO, mulat'o, a person belonging to 

 one of the mixed races, having white and negro 

 blood in nearly equal proportions. The mulatto 

 has tightly-curled hair and a yellow complexion, 

 but resembles the white race more than the 

 black. The child of a white person and a 

 mulatto, being three-fourths white, is termed 

 a quadroon. The term mulatto is often con- 

 fused with the name creolc; the latter is prop- 

 erly applied to a white person born in the 

 Southern states of the Union, especially Louisi- 

 ana, of French, Spanish or Portuguese ancestors. 

 In a country where there are many mixed races 

 the term Creole is one of honor and confers 

 social standing. See CREOLE. 



MULBERRY, mul'beri, a group of trees and 

 shrubs belonging to the mulberry family, found 

 in the temperate zones and in mountainous re- 



latter country, however, have not met with 

 encouraging results. The fruit of these trees 

 is a berry, which may be white, red or purple 

 in color. Mulberries as a rule are so sweet 

 they lack in piquancy, and are therefore in- 

 ferior to the blackberry, which they somewhat 

 resemble. 



The common, or black, mulberry is a low, 

 much-branched tree which bears rough, heart- 

 shaped leaves and a purplish-black fruit; the 

 latter is used both as a dessert and in pre- 

 serving and wine making. This tree is culti- 

 vated extensively in Europe and to a limited 

 extent in California and the Southern states. 

 The red mulberry, a native of Eastern North 

 America, is a large tree which grows from sixty 

 to seventy feet in height, and bears a sweet, 

 dark purplish-red berry which is also good to 

 eat. The wood of this species is valued for 

 building purposes, for it is fine-grained, strong 

 and durable. Another interesting member of 

 the group is the paper mulberry, native to 

 India, Japan and islands of the Pacific, and so 

 called because its inner bark is used by the 

 Japanese for making paper. Inhabitants of 

 the Pacific islands also make some of their 

 garments from its bark. 



On the whole, the mulberries are not of first 

 importance as fruit trees, but many beautiful 

 songsters are fond of their berries, and they 

 should be planted to attract these welcome 

 summer visitors. 



MULE, the name applied to the offspring of 

 the male ass and the mare, highly valued on 



O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen ! 

 Bare long after the rest are green ; 

 But as time steals onwards, while none perceives 

 Slowly she clothes herself with leaves 

 Hides her fruit under them, hard to find! 



But by and by, when the flowers grow few 



And the fruits are dwindling and small to view 



Out she comes in her matron grace 



With the purple myriads of her race; 



Full of plenty from root to crown, 



Showering plenty her feet adown. 



MULOCK : The Mulberry Tree. 



gions of the tropics. Of the several species, 

 the white mulberry is of special economic im- 

 portance, because its leaves form the best- 

 known food for silkworms (see SILK). The 

 white mulberry, which has been cultivated from 

 earliest times in China, is now grown in South- 

 ern Europe and in various parts of the United 

 States. The several attempts which have been The animal has a large head, long ears, slim 

 made to establish the culture of silk in the tail, short mane and pointed hoofs, and is usu- 



A CHARACTERISTIC JACK 

 account of its unusual powers of endurance. 



