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Show TREE CUTS UP coO ANTICS. Idaho Acacia Is One f '" Wonders of Weatern pliit I- ,c-Ono ,c-Ono of th" must fc.nK-.iu' trta on tho Amerlian contin'ttt W a species of ornrln found In northvr,lorn Mnbo and i.h-iervod clon ij- by pnrty if n-li-ntlsts ricently on I sr!r through Hist region. It rrowitoi hej;ht of Rliinit clcht feet ami, nh'ti grown. cloaea Its leavm togeihei In colls each dny at sinmet und curli Its twlKS to tho sbnpo of plRtnlls. Aftnr tbe true has aitthil Itsi ir thus for a nlr.ht's sleep, If touched, tha nailo thing will fluttnr aa If agltnti4 ot Impatient at being disturbed. Thi iftyner thn fo-llano fo-llano la molested thir'.Bi.rs vtnlent becomes be-comes tho HhaklnitAf the branches, and at length the ne emlta a nail-seating nail-seating odor, whirl If Inhaled for a few momenta, causa a violent, dlizy headache. The angry tree, aa It haa been nnmed, was iIIhcova-i d by travelern, who, tiKin making i camp for the night, pl.-iced one eid of a canvnn covenng over one of tho sensitive, hraurhi. unltig It for a support. Itn-nii.lnitely Itn-nii.lnitely tho trts bevau to Jerk sharply Its brnnrbri. The motion continued, growlmt moro nervous, until un-til at lat the slrkmlng odor which It gave out drove tho tired campera to a moro friendly location. Curiosity, of course, promild aa Investigation. One rf tlo ner.-y tr..., wni iln:; .in' sn.l thrown to ,, i - ,, ;, ly. v, 'in l"ini: i.-i I fn.-n n .. . fro""-'. 'I " tr. ' ;. i- I i , I. ,.i, IM I'-"-" I" t th. .r . ..t at, f ,r m.i.i.. i Mill i: over nn Iii.ut ,-.;., ilf t!, out- ! r i'-.-d brnncbi a nbi-.. d tti. ir lud-i t a- il .:i l.y a rl -s i.f uuil.!' -i, !.:. h I rrew wi.il . r. n.. tlm.. i n- e l, r.'.nlly j rr;ii;m; nlioy.-ti,. r. .-.Ii-n tl " folie-e I hil'i!! limp mnl wither. . I. Tho lieit j Iiif.rnirirt the tr. e was i l,iee. uprli;lit In the rronml bk.-iIh, a little water ! wn npiih.-.l to the ro.itM. nnd vry I soon It rr.iume.l it-i n,,rin:.l condition. |