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Show CALF BORN WITH ITS HEART IMJTS THROAT SPOKANE, April 3. M. Cosralman a rancher near Cheney, Wajdj., formerly for-merly the seat of Spokaue county, boasts of a freak of nature, probably without parallel in this country. It is a calf with Its heart In its throat. Just abovo tho shoulder. Tho calf was born a week ago and has been kept nllvo by cnretul nursing; In fact It lii watched as closely as the newest new-est arrival In a millionaire's household. house-hold. The freak was not discovered until tho animal was a day old, when the keeper noticed the pulsations of tho heart In the throut. These have become so pronounced they shake the calf's head at eery beat. Road showmen wintering In Spokane have pronounced the little aulmal a remarkable re-markable freak and offered largo sums to permit them to exhibit it ou their tours, but the owner has declined de-clined all, saying he will turn It over to the livestock department of tho Washington Stnte college at Pullman for experimental purjioses. |