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things and refuse to be bound by man-made laws. * * * 

 So is and does evolution. * * * However, if we remem- 

 ber correctly, I\Ir. Noah's family give rise to all the different 

 kinds of people on this planet. * * * Kentucky ought to 

 do something about this! * * * It sounds just like exo- 

 lution. * * * Somebody is always obliging enough to 

 do the tliinking for the rest of the world. * * * /^ newly 

 appointed Commisioner of Indian Affairs is devoting himself 

 to the religion of the Indians. * * * Expects to convert 

 them by law. * * * He says the religious dances of the 

 Indians is distasteful to him and they really must not do it. 



* * * And yet the Turk has been accused of being reli- 

 giously narrow-minded! * * * 'pj-^g j-,g^y Nature Maga- 

 zine has come up to expectations. * * * jj- jg remark- 

 ably well illustrated and presents the showier side of nature 

 very attractively. * * * It is bound to be popular. * * * 

 Some of the nature books are coming back. * * * Mac- 

 millan's have issuer Peterson's "How to Know Wild Fruits." 



* * * This is the only book on the subject. * * * 

 It costs $1.75 and is worth }t. * * * There are about 

 450 plants on Santa Catalina Island and L. W. Nuttall and C. 

 F. Millspaugh have told about them in a publication of 297 

 pages, issued by the Field Museum. * * * They found 

 two young plants of the "California Poppy" on the beach and 

 pronounced them a new species which they named in honor of 

 a prominent chewing-gum manufacturer. * * * Yes, 

 they did I * * * There are some truly remarkable plants 

 on Santa Catalina and somebody should give us a less tech- 

 nical account of them. * * * Anybody who has never 

 seen the Joemma Bulletin has still something in the botanical 

 line to look forward to. * * * You can get a copy free 

 by addressing Joe Smith, Longbranch, Wash. * * * 



