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Show Vegetable Stones. "TheBo are vegetable stonos," said a geologist. "Stonos, that Is, that grow In vogotablcs. "Hero Is a tabashcor, It Is found In the Joints of certain kinds of bamboo. bam-boo. It Is always round and brown, llko this. Hero Is tho cocoanut stone, You find It In tho endosperm of tho Javanoso cocoanut Round or pear-shaped, pear-shaped, It bas always this mllk-whlto lustor, llko a pearl. Tho smaller stone, with its pearly lustor a llttlo tarnished, tar-nished, Is found in tho pomegranate. It Is pure carbonate of llmo. Thoso stones aro formed from stllclous and calcareous juices circulating In tho plant organism. They are tbo result ot n diseased condition. Man him self, you know, occasionally puts forth stony growths; nnd they must bo removed, re-moved, or the human stono-growor dies In excruciating paliu" |