Show MINIATURE SPIRIT TREE Unique Curiosity from the Depths of Old Ocean Visitors to Mayor Wings office during dur-ing the past few days have been Interested In-terested in a curious marine growth which occupies a prominent position on the upper ledge of the mayors desk The thing Is a curiosity In Its way having a 1 base of fine coral cnv I erlng n space about equal to a square foot On one side of this growth of coral are attached two specimens of sheeps wool sponge which hail grown to the rock Hut the most curious thing about the object los I a treelllto growth which shoots up from tho cen ter of the coral base to a height of about 18 Inches This object Is a marine plant with a trunk like a tree symmetrical In Its proportions and with numerous branches reaching In every direction The plant Is black and looks like a tree that had been blasted by some poisonous exhalation Tho branches aro very long and reach upward and upward then droop until they touch tho coral base reminding re-minding one of the mythical spirit tree of the Polyneslas which accord Ing to tradition grows somewhere In tho Interior of the larger Islands This tree has a series of branches covered with lowers which Invite tho travelers trav-elers admiration and as tho unwary victim approaches they aro discovered discov-ered to be tentacles which reach downward and draw him Iru their horrible grasp nee i I1Kt r I man has ev escaped crufllilng crushing power nf o + iiilcgnl uorrll frtni i of natu sv the native the onlooker familar with the tale of this mythical tree cannot help won dorlng If the pant which Uco grow on a coral reef i M bottom of tho |