The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-13

lt Grows In Arizona with Another THAI
Gives Lisht 1.-The m Electric Lamp.
There are moro queer things to tho
acre in Arizona than IN any other part
VI this wide land " said Colonel Brace
Dion Of Houck's Tank Apache county,
and, according to my idea, and know
pretty near what queer things are, the
qucCrest thing in al Arizona is the
uee that has temper worse than q
r|uud comic opera prima d1uua's ami
t"J- its dander up with just as small
'-nyocation They tell mo out there
,hJt this tree belongs to the coniforous
,f.".C& II grows tl be something ike
p CT tigh and then stops. Its leaves
o" i1ag, ~ ldCf and pointed. like por.
ta0n" uu.lls When this tree is in
LHNi HWaCr, these leaves lie close to the
b.u..t-. u' it spreads n pleasant arc
g. ur III around. But when it H.
III. r,r, leaf ON the tree rises up on
end 'H the aspect Of that particular
pie nher is about as fierce and
TIN q, as anything you would care
to at. The pleasant resinous odor
the tree sent forth in its peaceful mood
gives way to an odor that will put wings
on your feet to place rs much distance
rs you can between the offensive tree
and yourself
This tree is very touchy on the sub.
lect of dogs, and the coming of canine
anywhere near it will instantly MAX,
it furious. Yet wolf grizzly beau
or n mountain lion never rui,lcsth the ten
per of this tree if those animals do no;
presume ON too great familiarity wild
it. They may lie around it as long q,
they care to, hut if one OF them so IA
furgets itself rs to rub or scratch the
trunk of the tree the hot tempered thing
will fly into one of its tantrums in
stantly, and the way Mr. Bear, Wolf or
Lion will make himself scarce in those
parts is whole circus to see. Nothing
will work this tree up to concert pitch
though, so quick aud ci'ectunlly us
throwing stones at it, Then it will no.
tually rip and tear, and no living thing
would think Of going within gunshut "a
it, Some folks ont at Eouck's Tank call
this tree the rurcupino tree, and Some
say its right name is skunk tree. | call
it the holy terror tree but, no matter
what you call it, it is queer job Of
nature, aud Arizona claims it Us her
own.
while this tree is the only real,
genuine vegetable kingdom crlul; we've
got in Arizona, we point with some
more pride to another tree that only
Arizona soil has the talent to produce
This one is the electric light tree THIS
tree is not as abundant as the holy tr-
ror tree and is dwarf, seldom having
the courage to get more than IL feet
high. Its foliage is very dense, and AT
night it CLEANS like an arc light The
light that shines from this tree is ~
strong that one may sit % feet away
aud read fine print The quecrost point
of this tree is that its light begins to
grow dim with the coming uS the new
moon and steadily loses brilliancy until
the moon is full. Then the tree is as
dark as mine. When the moon begins
to wanc, the trees luminosity is gradu.
ally renewed, and by the time the moon
has disappeared the tree is shining again
as brightly as ever Sometimes the light
on this queer tree becomes faint even
in the dark of the moon. Then We have
to do II queer thing to restore it. We
drenCh it with buckctful or two OF
water, and instantly the effulgcnt glow
will return in all its brilliancy. New
N,rlr Sup