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Show AIN'T NATURE GRAND! j fjh smile and beam, and beami and ,,iit ,. XS V&Bl USS-i tl ) I 'mile rlJ Or Y'Ji'J Dam Nature does, with springtime wiles, V J -( . fUV Jji . And then ah (eta her wires plumb fOUnP , 3r-v. j&3 ; crossed TTlAT. F?r&- , lind goes and flirt with old Jack Frost. jSiTA 2iTn' Although ah know the brut JlSt iW a r ' ' Will nip the flower and fruit SA- And then ah aenda a flood I Ss 'r0D1 severe burns on feet and . Suf'h'T"0 A. L JLT 1 1) bo(,y- The youngster was. whimper- Majrb aha next doea knout FT7 P y 0n lt llfted 11 ,nto hls Cftr t Th farmer with a drought, . J 7 and made It fast with rope. The .? . ZtSSAtEnx- sTzyrr that Bo Natur em pile, o'er the land -T -SJ tn mother bear was in hot pursuit Jh box of trick ah keep on hand. t- ." '-- i5-; T,ie forestry book, of Instructions does i Mif.!ic!il H.?. beai . -7 f , nt cover this situation, but the ranger r-bufBrd0r brand: --Lfe-r: V cub overboard. Ain't Natur grand! Si V- - attempts to untie the knots proved J- D. a J jgjA z"- futile. Finally, on a steep grade, th By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN 1$' bear threw herse1' on of bvumim DCKlNSON SHERMAN OsJjT the car. The forester Jumped off ihe : LD MOTHER NATURE S3'" car, and regained his feet In time to ,m H nas her genial moods. At see it rnntinninu it. t . Ing from severe burns on feet and body. The youngster was, whimpering whimper-ing from the pain nnd the forester j took pity on it, lifted It Into his car I and made It fast with rope. The ranger started, only to discover that the mother bear was in hot pursuit The forestry book, of Instructions does not cover this situation, but the ranger decided to throw the cub overboard. Ills attempts to untie the knots proved futile. Finally, on a steep grade, th old bear threw herself on the back of the car. The forester Jumped off ihe car, and regained his feet In time to see it continuing Its Journey. Later the automobile was found, everything intact except the seat where the cub had been tied, the old bear having torn It out to release her offspring. MOSQUITOES AND BANDITS Reno, Nev.A dozen Weary Willies unwittingly played havoc with city, county and state official life here. Camping five miles from here, the men were attacked by mosquitoes so fiercely that they tied handkerchiefs over their faces for protection. Passing Pass-ing autolsts saw In the masked group the potentiality of some high misdemeanor misde-meanor against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth of Nevada, and from Governor Boyle down through' the state, county and city offltlaldom. to the lowly constable there was a rapid Are of orders, culminating ta a charge by automobile and motorcycle on the camp of mystery. Query: Were the hoboes more scared than the officials were chagrined? Marllnton, W. Va. The far-famed "belled" buzzard has been seen again. Superstitious residents fear a disaster Is Imminent, In which there will be a great loss of life. They point to past occasions when the buzzard made Its appearance, which were followed fol-lowed by calamities. Local history has It thut the buzzard was captured and belled by pioneer residents shortly after the War of 1812. Residents are afraid to shoot It. Waxhlngton. Reports have reachb here of the success of a Danish ex peditlon to the Bermudas, In answer Ing the ancient question of the eel's origin. Dr. Jobs Schmidt, director oi the Cnrlsbcg laboratory of Copenhagen, Copenha-gen, lin boon milking a special stidj of the eel for more than fifteen years. Since at team .350 I!. C. scientists have been trying to find Ihe eel's birthplace, and by tracking down the route tulren by the young eels Doctor Schmidt placed the breeding grounds botwefn the Bermudas and the Leeward Lee-ward Islunds, whore the sea reaches a depth of more than a mile. ; '7 AIN'T NATURE GRANDI th smiles and beams, and beam and ! , amlles. Dam Natur does, with springtime wiles, . IsVnd then ah (eta her wires plumb j ' crossed . land goea and flirts with old Jack Frost, Although sh knows th brut Will nip th flowers and fruit And than ah aenda a flood Or thundarbolt-wio dud, ' ; Mixed In with forest fir ; Or noae-dlv of a filer; Maybe aha next doea knout t Th farmer with a drought, . Or blow a villa; down ' . Or cloudbursts on a town I Ho Natur empties o'er th land Th box of trlcka ah keep on hand, , Practical joke to beat th band, ; Mixed q with jokes of milder brand; Terrorist, comedian bland Ain't Natur grand I J. D. a By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN aLD MOTHER NATURE has her genial moods. At times she radiates good-cheer, good-cheer, health, strength, sanltywlth occasionally a bit of humor thrown In. But In general she Is far from being the loving old , party sung by the poets. Borne, who think they know her well, ' Insist she Is not only capricious but malldenai Others hold her neutral, with Immutable laws that roust be obeyed. The wind bloweth where It llstetb, regardless of the man-made Hldge la Its path. The bolt strikes la Its appointed place, Fire burns. Waters drown. 1 Anyway, here are some condensed Items from newspapers of recent date which show Nature In the terrorist role: ! Peking. Deaths la the typhoon at Bwatow, China, now are estimated at 40,000, with 100,000 homeless. Pueblo, Colo. D. Z. Bray and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Morrow, negroes, were drowned as they were crossing Peck creek. A wall of water six feet , high caused by a heavy rain on the prairies came roaring down the creek, overturning their automobile. Estes Fark, Colo. Lightning killed J. E. Kltts of Greeley on the summit of Long's peak (14,255 feet), Rocky Mountain National park. J. E. Bullas of Topeka, Kan., was knocked sense less, but was revived. Missoula, Mont Fifty forest fires were started by lightning during en electrical storm over District No. 1 of the forest service. During the last ten days 230 Ores have occurred In the district. The total area burned over U appi-oiiiiinteiy 24,000 acres. ( Of "ordinary drownings" there are ' hundreds that might be chronicled. Almost every newspaper contains at least one such heading as these: Life Saver, 3 Children Drown (Cellar (Ce-llar Rapids, la.). Three Children and Man Drown (Racine, Wis.) : Cramps Cause Bather's DeHth (Dundee, III.) VERSATILE OLD DAME Nature, too. Is nothing if not versatileexamples: versa-tileexamples: FittafieldL Mass. Jamei Burke, thlr-ty-eeven, whose body for nine years has been slowly turning to stone, died In the Mother Margaret Mary home In Cheshire. Nine years ago, In the Panama Canal zone, he became Infected Infect-ed from an Insect bite. Warsaw, Ind. John Zaner, sixty-one, sixty-one, died in a dentist's chair at the office of Dr. J. C. Hart at Silver Lake. Death was due to heart disease, brought on by fear, as the dentist was preparing to extract a tooth. Fort Wayne, Ala. J. Wiley Reece, a planter, died forty minutes after he had been bitten by a rattlesnake. New Orleans. John P. Thomas, sixty-four, a rigger, was overcome by heat while painting a smokestack. As he fell bnckward his feet caught In the ropes of his rigger's chair. The paint pot was emptied over him. Fie hung 25 minutes, head down, till rescued res-cued by the firemen. lie died the next dsy from shock and hemorrhages. San Francisco. Off Point Sur, below be-low Monterey, a battle between a whale and a swordflsh was reported by Frank McDonald, custodian of the customs house. "The first I saw of the battle," he said, "was when the whale churned up a field of foam that looked like a white Island In the sea. Then the big fellow spouted and leaped. I knew he was fighting a foe unseen. Suddenly, as though he hsd been coming straight up for a solar plexus blow, a swordflsh pierced the air." After a battle lasting more than a half hour the swordflsh was victorious. London. The prince of Wales' polecat, pole-cat, presented to him during his world tour on the britleshlp Renown, bit a sailor named Fred Riddell of the Renown crew, maintaining its hold until it was choked off and killed. IN CENIAL MOOD By way of contrast, here are some Items doubtless all strictly vera-clous vera-clous setting forth Nature In genial mood : Bro'kville, Ont. The members of a foursome on the Mississippi Golf club course at Carleton place have "something "some-thing to crow about." When one o them drove on the rough a crow picked up the ball and, flying to the next green, dropped It. The player then sank It with one putt. "I'll mark that down as a blrdte two," he suld. Scoobu, Miss, Shep, snake-killing dog, owned by James Edmonds, sev-enty sev-enty two, has fallen In love with a king snake and already has fought seven battles In Its behalf with other snakes, the poisonous kind. Prince Oorge, B. C A fire pntiol ranger came upon a young cub suffer- |