The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-08-24
BOTTOM FACTS ABOUT MULES.
Humorous Review of the Animal from His tsricai and other standpoints.
lGsarss A. oaimoy ia ,hs Boston GloNe.l

The mule is the only animal that Noa didn't take into the ark with him. 1 hsy To ,kei over the freight list carefully. an could not see a mule waybilled for an place. So ciear-hesded a man as Noah di not dare to take one on hoard. as he kne' he would kick hole through her in les than week. don't know a man on who's head you could pour quicksilver aud rul less risk of its spilling of thsn on NUah's He was a dreadful level-headed man, an, bsfnre the freshet WAS over everybody oi earth realized the fact.
 Tn. origin of the mule is envelc ped in gUad deal of mystery. Tradition iIforms u tlat when the fooi had subsided and tn; ark had landed on Mount Ararat, Noah wu very much surprised in one of his first ob ssrVations to find good healthy mule stand ing ea the top of an adjoining mountain The same tradition informs us hat the mul, Is the only animal that lived through thu food outside of the ark
 The mule can be considered in a gooC mSny ways, though the worst place from which to consider him is directly from be hind. anywhere within radius of ten feet 1 neFer consider mule from that point unless I am looking out through the fluc oI boiler.
 Sea captains and people who have to do with mules always pay an extra rate to life insurance companies. 4 mule snd belt oi country where yellow fever is indigenou. generally stand the same as regards the death rate.
 Tie " 'rd mule comes from the Greek, and sig iitieS ''to stop" and the mule him self comes tp d stpp also. Like multiplied by like produces like. Gra>shoppers mul- tiplied ty grasshoppers produce famine. and po;atn bugs multiplied by potato bugs pro- daee ri>e in the price of yeast. But when you try to multiply mules by mules they don't multiply, and hence the word mule You may study vour anthmstic and read thr'nsiI ali of Tr:in's lectures, but you can- not dis cover why this is s,. any more than you can why womtn cannot put on a rul,- Der without leaning up against something.
 The mule has one mlre leg than milk. ing st 'ni, and he c m stand on one and wave tne "th .r three round in as many different directions. He has only three senses. hear ing. seeing and smelling. He has no m ore sense of taste tha1 st0le jug. and Nill eat anything that contains nutriment, and he do1't car. two cents whether it be one per cent or min siy-nins. All he asks is to pass him along his plate. and whatever hapoens to bs han ly round the pantry, and he won't go away and blow how poor the steak is. He just eats wh ,tever is set before him. and asks ne questions.
 Mules ara naturally deal, but that su- prems wisdom that te Iches the little boy to wipe his nnse on his sleeve has fitted the mule out with par of ears that counter tts d L..n a* person when you don't want him ,o These ears answer a double purpose-as tun- nels to pour sound into his ears. and also as tsns To brush away the flies with and keen his head c,ol. They are hung by hinges to the sides of his head, and flap backward and t"r~ari like pair of wet trousers round A boys legs. In cold lattitudes quite K tasty business IS done in mules ears. The ear. are cut of ani dried, aad sold for snow shoes. and then the stul,s are trimmed mn and the mules are sent South and sold for horses. In this way great many fine hor. ses were purchased for the army by inc United States
 IF were to have large picture of inno- cence to hang up in my psrlor, and I did not wish to sit for it myself, should get cnrrect likeness of mule. There is inno- ceace enough depici'ed in a mules counte. nance |" mt out Sundsy-school class. Ii looks as guileless as an angle worm.
 A mule never grows old or dies. Once brought into existence. he continues on f,r. ever. The original mule is now alive some. where II. the South.
 Mules are chiefly found in the South and west. They hsve been more abused thsn Judas lscsriot A hoy who would not thrcu stone at mule if he got a chance would pe considered by his parents ss too mean to