Show MULES DELIRIOUS WITH PLEASURE I saw an odd sight in Luzerno county said Eckley B Coxe Six mules that hal for four years hauled cars in the lower workings of a coal shaft to and I I from the foot of the shaft had to be I brought up owing to the flooding of the I I mine on account of fire The mules in all I that time had seen no light stronger than lght the flicker of the little Davy lamps the miners carried The sun was In its zenith when they reached the surface and the atmosphere was as clear as crystal The astonished creatures closed their eyes to shut out the flood of strong light lght and kept them closed while they were be ing driven to a pasture lot a mile ills tant and turned loose There they stood trembling as if they were afraid something some-thing evil s1 about to l1 them I Presently they half opened their eyes and peered around in open mouthed amazement amaze-ment I was clear they couldnt understand under-stand i When they had become accustomed to the sunlight they elevated their heads and slowly swept their gaze over culm gaze piles sky mountains and horizon again and again Toward sundown they broke into a chorus of joyous brays the like of which was never heard from mules before I i fore I foreAfter a quarter of an hour of that j music they took to lacking jumping whirling around like teetotums and roll ing on the sod as if they had gone mad For four days they spent their time gazing gaz-ing at the new sights of field nnd sky refusing food and water not even nibbling nibbl-ing at the grass and not as much as blinking Times an eye In sleep S Philadelphia |