The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-16
NATURE FAKIRs
Sometimes We Don't Know Whether
 to Believe All These Things

to Believe All These Things From the New York American.
 Perhaps the children's explanation is as good as any-the angels brought the little white kitten that was found in the shelter house of the Bronx zoo deer range.
 Keeper Engelholm, who tries to make life happy for the monkeys was passing that part of the range occupied by the mule deer. As Engelholm went by he heard a duck quack in the shelter house. Knowing that a duck has no business in the deer range, Engelho1m climbed the fence to learn what was going on.
 At the door of the shelter house, as if on guard, stood the boss buck of the mule deer herd, and he charged Engel- holm, who discreetly retired behind a tree and called deer keeper, who coaxed away the big mule deer with a handful of oats. Then Engelholm en- tered the shelter house. But his troubles were not over. A white "call" duck. born in old Mississippi female of the species, flew at him, presenting her bill with the pertinacity of persistent dun.
 Engelholm drove away the duck. In a corner of the shelter house he found a nest in which were several newborn duckings. That was what the proud mother duck had been quacking about, | and while Engelholm looked in several more ducklings emerged from their shells into this world of trouble, where duck1 stuffed with sage and onions is so inue appreciated.
 But most remarkable to tell in ta nest. between the halves of an egg shell | lay very young white kitten. Like everybody else Engelholm knows that kittens do not come in eggs. But whe the mischief did this kitten come from How did 1t arrive in the shelter house of a deer range to be mothered by a ducs| who was having her own family trou- ble?
 When the children of the zoo heard about it.. they said the angels brought the kitten. Engelholm thought the kit. tens presence there, and the fact tha the duck was mothering it, so remark. able that he hastened to tell Curatol Ditmars. who simply delights in snakes and Director Hornaday
 They got Harry Sanborn, the zoo', official photographer, and hurried, bu were too late. The mother duck had led her youngsters to the duck pond, no far away. and the kitten went along With much quaclsing and Tapping O wings. the mother duck forced the duck lings in the pond, and they took to tn water-well, like duckings. The litte was the last of the flock to remain the edge of the pond. rne mother duo actually drove her foster child Into tn water and the kitten drowned before tn man could pull it out with rake.
 Sad. wasn't it? t Minneapolis Dispatch to the New Tor
 Sun.
 After an absence of 15 years, Lak Minnetonkas sea serpent has reappearet Residents of Wayzata say that the ser pent was twenty feet long. swan 40 milt an hour. had snake-like head as bi as a bucket. and beat the water int froth.
 From the Danville (ISy.) Messenger.
 Charles Manning, of this city, Is a lovl of chickens. He has the speckled Wa dottes. One of his hens was allowed remain at his barn. For months failed to find any eggs at the barn. d though he was confident they were ther; Early this week he missed this pal ticular hen, and began d search. IamgiI his surprise when he found her In Il barn loft setting and making despera; effort to cover 65 eggs.
 Grand Junction (Colo.) Dispatch to Nd
 York World.
 H. B. Woods. prominent sheepman. Mesa county. is exhibiting a lamb wi perfectly shaped hoof on the end of tail. Tn emother of the lamb gave biiE to twins, both sound and perfect, WI the exception of the one with the ext hoof, whose tail, by the way, is inf1e ble