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Show MULES BORN AGAIN. After I'onr Years l':ni.r(rriiniul the Day- l'-ht Makes Tliem Ulir.k. I "I saw an odd sight in Luzerne eountv a few days ago,'' said E. B. Coxe, of S,-ranton, to C. L. Magee, of Pitts-bijr"!j- and one or two others in the Fifth Avenue hotel. New York, the other ni"ht. ''Six mules that had for four rears hauled care in the lower wrkins of a colliery to and from" the foot of the shaft had to be brought up owing to the flooding of the mine on account of fire. The mules in all that time had seen no light stronger than the flicker of the little Davy lamps the mmevs carried. The sun "was in the zenith when they reached the surface, and the atmosphere was as clear as crvst al. 'The astonished creatures closed their eves to shut out the flood of i stroiiff light, and kept them tightly ! closed while they were driven to a pas-I pas-I ture lot a mile distant and turned loose, i There they stood, trembling as if afraid something evil was about to befall be-fall them. Presently they half opened their eyes and peeped around in actual open mouthed amazement. It was : clear that they couldn't understand it. I "Y hen they became accustomed to the i sunlight they elevated their heads and i slowly swept culm piles, mountains, i sky and horizon again and again, i Toward sundown they broke into a chorus of joyous brays, the like of i which was never heard from mules before. be-fore. "After a quarter of an hour of that miv-i- thev toon to kieicinsr. lumpmsr, i whir: !-.: about like teetotums and r 1 It i t 1 g I t if t r at n v of fi i ' 1 a I r no!i":.n at t ( n t i n e L 1 1 o 1 cno i i 1 r nroelite and liiirst returned and they be "'run.-. cmm-Mi everyday mules, but wane, ihev were skvaazinir hundreds of p onln went to see their didos." |