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Show A White OwL While Sims Powell was sitting in liis library at his house at Prospect hill, Parkersburg, one evetiiiiK, ho heard a noi.se as of the rattle of winpi against a window. On laying down his paper and looking up, much to his astonishment ho saw a beautiful snow whito owl perched upon tho back of a chair and blinking at tho light. Mr. Powell captured cap-tured the bird and will keep it as a curiosity. curi-osity. It is snow white and is a beautiful beauti-ful specimen of the strix uivia, and is the only specimen of the kind ever seen in thiH section of the country. It is believed be-lieved by some to be a member of a species spe-cies found in the extreme north orArctiu circle. Chicago Herald. |