Show ALMOST luef BIG DISCOVERY predatory bird carried off pod containing precious seed that pro dacej burbank potatoes luther Lut lir burbank recently told colorado men a 1 story of ills his disco ery cry of tile 01 id famous burbank potato which lias has only recently come to light while burbank was naas experimenting ment ilig with potatoes about twenty years agu ago lie noticed in his patch one plant which bield one particularly pro promising inking poil pod of seeds coeds to his practiced ee these seeds and the llie plant which bore thein would contain tile lie germ of a new mid find excellent potato if he had thought it lie he bould have put a Natch watchman nian oner oer this one small seed ball As it de developed dvM lopol eloped later the lie money that would hae beell required for a at chimin would laie been hut but a deop of slier in the ocean of gold which this conr no awl was nias destined to produce every morning Curlia burbank would avoult go to the patch to see ire how low the pud pod wis faring and often during each day lay if lie would look at tile the plant to diser the time ihen the pod could lie picked one morning lie atit went into the patch ard alie ul V luta paiit T le A if fi iRTi elp af ui of lie wr aed f fur j r it t ainsil ly 13 after hunt hunting ing for hours 20 feet aay fiaui the ilia plant in the tha midst of allier ilac r plants the hie pod mas found 1 I think a hird bird must hane hae picked it off ail and tried to lo carry it awny away mr lr burbank tad tile colorado potato men anyhow Anil KW i there it lay and I 1 picked it up tin and planted the hie seeds and how ne lie lime burbank potatoes toda daa 11 self luminous animals not les lem than 30 different differ eDt a orders of animals are self luminous we are told by the lie new no work rk of D newton har uy on tile nature of A animal light these include many forms of pro bizoe jellyfish jell fish and worms brittle astarb myrlo pods insects mollusks hormats thor hor dates dats and ih ns hes none of the luminous species jes inhabit fresh water all being terrestrial or marine the luminosity Is sometimes shown by both larvae and adults aud and in a few instances by eggs in experiments made two substances Sti rices have been isolated an enzyme and lucifer lD a and the light appears to result from bringing these together in the presence of oxygen and water |