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WHICH is the better weather fore-caster, a squirrel or the Maintenance Department? Tradition assumes the sqirrel, and according to reports so far the squirrel has not prepared for a cold winter...
...William Seifriz of the University of Pennsylvania lives a quiet bachelor's life in Chester Springs, collects old Italian bronze and French porcelain, permits no telephone in his house. At his ground-floor laboratory in Philadelphia he good-humoredly allows an impertinent squirrel to come in by the window, make off with chocolate bars and filter paper. Squirrels, however, are not Dr. Seifriz' favorite pets. On a far greater favorite of his he last week performed an experiment with extraordinary results...
...Taoist-Confucianist view better, but cheerfully admits that he has taken many of his opinions from humbler authorities who include "Mrs. Huang, an amah in my family; a Soochow boatwoman with her profuse use of expletives; a Shanghai street car conductor ... a lion cub in the zoo; a squirrel in Central Park in New York. . . ." But his main guide is himself...
...chinchilla is a hopping rodent about ten inches long. It resembles a cross between a squirrel and a rabbit, with the squirrel's tail. Largest supply lives in Bolivia, Peru & Chile at altitudes between 12,000 and 19,000 feet. Chinchillas live gregariously in rocky burrows, eat leaves and nuts. The prime fur is so dense that fleas and lice cannot penetrate it. Each hair is tipped with black, slate blue about half its length, merging into a delicate pearl grey. Difficult to capture alive, chinchillas are shot by Indians with blow-guns using poisoned darts. The wound...
...every hand," thought he heard God telling him to "take a little wine for thy stomach's sake." His wife scurried out for elderberry wine, fed him a few spoonfuls. A second message from the Lord recommended orange juice. Finally, said Jackson Whitlow, the Lord prescribed squirrel soup and beef tea, which his doctor approved and supplemented with whey and more orange juice. Said Jackson Whitlow: "The Lord's divine purpose has not been revealed to me yet, but it will be before long. I'm mighty happy it's all over...