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Show Gt-een Leaf In Limestone. A roryarkablo freak of nature and a raro flijid from a geologist's point of vlow cimo to light on tho fnrnl of John R". Sandorson, located a fow mllea from Lntrobo, on Tuesday, July 7, whllo Charles D. FntiBold wna digging dig-ging a, holo In tho ground. Tho holo, about six foot squaro, wns being put through a bed of soft limestone, and i ono of tho stones encountered, a plcco ot llmostono about six by eight Inches In dimensions, was accidentally accident-ally struck upon tho odgo with a pick. It split opon it tho blow, and Inside waB.ound osrapovluo leaf- It was of an ordinary size, looking exactly as a loat from a" modern grnpovlno looks, nnd It was as green and as fresh and tendor as tjiough It had Just boon plucked from n vino, It wlthored as soon as It was exposed to the air and sun. Tho deaf was found In tho con-tor con-tor of a llvacro field of corn, Philadelphia Phila-delphia Record. |