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Show STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS. A Kent Island, Md., farmer placed twin orphan lambs in the care of a female Newfoundland, whoso pups ho had sold She took kindly to the la?nbs and treated them with motherly care. A Garfield, Ore., citizen has discovered that the squirrels that are shot and left on the ground are devoured by their fellows, fel-lows, and he turned the knowledge to account. When he kills a squirrel he cuts a hole in it and puts in strychnine, and in this way has killed a large number num-ber of the posts. . , A well developed calf having six dis tinct legs was bora on a farm near Pittsburg Pitts-burg recently. Four of the legs protruded protrud-ed from the usual parts of the body, with the two extra appendages about midway mid-way between the fore and hind legs. Otherwise, save that the tail was a little awry, the calf was remarkably well formed. A queer white and red robin astonishes astonish-es the fishermen of Quonochoataug, R. I. It has built its nest in a snaggy reach of pasture near the thundering ocean breakers. break-ers. The bird's body is of a snowy white, even to the tip of its tail, except it breast, which is of a rosy red. An albino robin is very rare, but a red and white robin was never heard of before in that state. |