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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30
SONORA LODE MINING CLAIM,

f4teut IOf the
SONORA LODE MINING CLAIM.
situate In Sec. %. T. q n. r. H. E. Boise Meridian
Mineral Hill Mining District Alturas county, Ida.
no Territory. consisting of 500 linear teet Of the
lode. With surface ground 600 feet wide. being Lot
No. 81, and described in the field notes and plat of
the ofncial survey, on file in this Office with mag
ostie variation At 1S degrees and 80 minutes east.
- follows: Commencing at the discovery point of
snis claim, and running south 81 degrees and 80
minutes, east along the center line OF the south.
she southeastern end line, thence north 81 degrees
and IS minutes. east 800 feet TO post No 1 thence
3orth u degrees and 50 minutes west 500 feet to
post No. 2; thence south so degrees and ~ min.
utes. west 900 feet TO post No. g. thence south u
AsRrces and SO minutes, east 800 feet to post No.
Il thence north 50 degrees and As minutes, east 800
feet 70 post No l. the place of beginning survey If
sores. excluding however from this application
end description the area in conflict with tho "Du-
ssn9o'' Lode. Lot No. 5s, 80 acres. area claimed
ma sought to be patented, 10. 76 acres.
from post No. !. section corner common to sec.
None u. 70. 26 and q, township north, range II
east Boise Msridian bears south rs degrees and 10
minutes west l.ls7 O6 feet distant
The said mining claim being Of record in the
ofhcs Of the County Recorder OF said Mining Dis.
SItcs 1t HALEY. in Alturxs County Idaho Territory
The nearest known locations being the Durango
Lode. Lot No. 50, and the Kitty" Lode Lot No. 81
Any aud eli persons claiming adversely any por
don Of the said Sonora Lode Mining Claim OF
surface ground. ere required TO file their xdv-rs.
claims thereto with the Register of the United
6tetss Land Once. Boise City Idaho Territ pry
within the sixty days publication thereof or the,
vtii b barred by virtue of the provisions of tn
salute In such cases made and provided.
wyl d. P. Is. PRIDE Register.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30
Notice for Publication.
L. s. LAND OFFICE, HALEY. IDAHO, /

Jul rs, 1873
l. Ira Tine!ey. Of Lernhi county l. r.. who
made fre-empton Decistatory statement No 1853
Tor the > W. i OF X. u aud lots &, T. and Q.
section y, township Il \. Range .? f d. hereby
give notice Of my intention to make final proof IN
establish my claim to the ian | abovr dies >ribej
ana that expect to prove my residence and cult.
.aI0h before NJ NJ Mcpherson, equity Clerk If
the I. 5. Court. at salmon City, l r.. on Seutem.
Der ;, lss3 by two OF tine following W illnesses: j
', W Birds.ys. Charles A Wood. Frank Tingley,
H. r. smith all Of Salmon City. l. IT,
IRA TINGLEY
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30
MOTTO f..

The new firm of Grant l. McMaster will con
tnue the s.wmill and lumber business Of =. c
r .bertsun n Co., and have AUTHORIZED J. ID. Camp
bell to collect and tie all bills and accounts FOL
the old and new firm. He Will be found a. oul
lumber yard on Main street HALEY.
GRANT Il MCMASTER.
HALEY, I. T.. June %, 1888. jel9
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30
Notice to Creditors.
NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Joseph Dubrule has succeeded w. J. Elder, in
the firm of Parsons e. Elder, In the business
Of the Parlor Saloon, in this city, and that the
said Dubrule has formed co-partnership
with G.. D. Parsons. The new firm of Par
sons Dubrule will pay all debts OF the late
firm OF Parsons l. Elder.
c. u. PARSONS,
JOSEPH DCBRULE.
HALEY, I. T., July l6, 1883
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30
Application for Patent.
NOTICE NO. loJ.

CNlrEb STATES LAND OFFICE,
Boise CITY. IDAHO.
May 7, 1883.
Notice 10 hereby given that Walter p. Jeuncy, Of
the town Of Bullion Idaho Territory. by his le-
Sslly authorized agent. W II. Watt, whose post.
Once address is HALEY, Alturas County Idaho Ter
sttory. has made application for United States
Patent for the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-30

May I, 1888.
Notice ia hereby given that william H. Watt
whose postotfice address IS HALEY Alturas County,
Idaho Territory, has made application for Uni.
ed States patent for the
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
Three Thousand Snakes,

According to Science the number Of
snakes killed near Falls City, Neb,
during an overflow of the Nemaha
river is almost beyond belief. They
were driven by the water from the
bottom lands to the higher grounds,
and especially to- the embankments
thrown up for railways. 1t is estimat-
that more than 5000 snakes were kill
ed within a mile of this town. They
were chiefly garter snakes, but water
moccasins, blue racers and rattle
snakes were also killed. A horse was
confined in pasture surrounded by a
wire fence in the overhowtd district.
and when released it was found that
several snakes had taken refuge in his
name. Since my residence here have
travelled nearly all over this country, yet
up to the time of the present overflow,
/ had failed to see half a dozen snakes
all told. The overfowed district along
the Nemaha would not average over a
mile in width, and it is astonishing
where SO many snakes found hiding
places. Nearly all the snakes in this
country are confined to the creek and
river bottoms.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
The Second Greatest Man.

If we are united in the opinion as TO
which is our best month, we are
equally of one mind who was the
greatest man that the United States
has produced. That has become a
traditional article Of belief. But the
question now is, Who was or is our
second greatest man? This is ques-
tion which the Drawer refers to the
autumn and winter debating societies
for solution. 1t will be a good exercise
for the young gentlemen and young
ladies-for we remember what age
we are living in, that we are living in
a grand and awful time, and perhaps
it was woman-to bring forward
their candidates for the second honor,
and to refresh the mind of their
audiences with the virtues Of these
rival claims to greatness. The question
is an old one, for we learn in Judge
Curtis's able Life of James Buchanan"
that it was asked in 1888 in the Alex
ander Institution, in Moscow. In one
of his letters Mr.. Buchanan says that
he heard the boys examined
there, and to the question, "Who was
the greatest man that America had
produced?' boy promptly answered,
"Washington." But on the second
question, "WhO was the next in great
ness?' the boy hesitated, and the ques-
tion has never been answered. The
same boy, who might have settled this
question if he had not hesitated, was
asked who was the celebrated ambassa-
dor to Paris, and instantly answered,
as if he had been in a civil service ex-
animation, Ptolemy Philadelphus. But
he at once corrected himself, and said
Franklin. And the Drawer thinks
that Franklin wouldn't be a bad second
to start On.-HdrpeT'S Magazine.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
An transformations Ruler.

The French people, it is claimed, are
naturally ostentatiOus. They like
parade and display, especially in their
rulers. But the president of the re-
public, NJ Grevy, is one Of the most
modest rulers known to history. He
lives in a large house, the Chateau of
Montsons Vaudray, which has twenty
five guest rooms, to which, however,
nc strangers are invited. His
daughter is married to Mr.. Wilson, an
Englishman. Their child is the de-
light of the domestic president of the
republic. M. Grevy rises at eight,
works until the afternoon, fishes for an
hour or two on the banks of the Loire,
which is famed for its abundance of
the finny tribe After dinner, he
plays billiards and enjoys his family
life. At twenty minutes past ten all
the lamps in the chateau are
extinguished. NJ. Grevy is not very
brilliant man, but he is good and
solid one, and while he may not be a
second Washington, he has many of
the good traits of character which
have given such an enviable fame to
the first American president.-DenpOreSt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
A Strange HalIucinatiOn Cured.

Malebranche, a celebrated philoso-
pher of the seventeenth century, was
for long time the victim of a singular
notion. The London Journal says he
fancied that he had an enormous leg of
mutton attached to the end of his nose.
A friend would shake hands with him
and inquire, "How is NJ. Malebranche
today "Pretty well, on the whole;
but this horrid leg of mutton is getting
quite unbearable by its weight and its
smell" "What This leg of mutton?"
Eyes. Can't you see it hanging there
in frontP' If the friend burst into a
laugh, or ventured to deny the existence
of the strange phenomenon, Male
branche would get angry. AT length
q colleague of his, man gifted with a
sense of the humorous, determined to
cure him by some means or other.
Calling upon him one day he affected
to perceive the cause of his trouble
and inquired about it. The imaginary
patient, overcome with gratitude, ran
TO embrace this first believer, who.
stepping backwards, uttered cry,
"Whatl Have hurt you, my friend?"
Certainly; you have run your leg of
mutton into my eye. really cannot
understand why you have not tried to
get rid of that awkward appendage
long since. If you will allow me with
a razor-an operation performed with
out the slightest danger my
friend, my friend, you will have saved
my lifel Oil Ali Ohp' In the
twinkling of an eye the friend had
slightly grazed the tip of his nose, and
producing from under his coat splen
did leg of mutton, he flourished it
triumphantly in the air. "Ah," ex-
claimed Malebranche, al live, breathe!
My nose is free, my head is freel But
butt was a raw one and this one
is cookedp' "Why, of course; you
have been sitting for an hour close to
the frer' From this time Malebranche
ceased to be aunt(d by his leg Of
mutton.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
HUMOROUS.

The net that is most popular with
blonde youth-brunette.
Long courtships are to be avoided
especially when they last until three
O'clock in the morning.
A noted physician says that nearly
all women have smaller chests and
trunks than they ought Baggagemen
don't think so.
When a young man escorts his girl
home after evening service, he finds
that the longest way round is near
enough for him.
"No trouble to have my ears bored,
remarked the young lady with diamond
pendants 81 have it done at every
party attend"
The difference" unused Twistem,
between a necessary adjunct of the
kitchen and fat party going up
ladder is simply this: Ones a mutin
pan, the others putin man.
Little Nellie, six years old, who has
been at school two weeks: Mamma,
/ am next to the head Of my Glass;"
Mamma: :"How many scholars are there
in the class, Nellie?' Nellie-"Two.
mammal
The young lady who considers it an
endless piece of labor to sew on sus-
pender button, goes into ecstacies of
delight over, and thinks nothing of
making a quilt containing about four
thousand pieces of silk.
"Can you give me bite or two"
asked the tramp. Certainly" replied
the farmer. Here, Towser, Towserr'
Never mind" said the tramp as he
cleared the wall; don't go to any
trouble about it. I thought you had
it handy. I'm not very hungry now
anyhow"
Out in Manitoba couple of leading
citizens had race on foot about which
there was considerable betting and
excitement. The local paper in its
heading, "a Foot Race" got in an
az instead of st" This did not suit
the competitors to a "t." Such ar
insinuation was not Elegant.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
A WhistIIng Tree.

the deep and almost impenetrable
forests of Nubia is found tree that
utters at times the most mournful and
plaintive notes. Sometimes these
sounds are shrilI and clear, at others
die away to an almost imperceptible
whisper, as if some captive spirit were
complaining of its lot. The effect is
singular, weird and startling, until the
cause is known. The tree is species
of Acacia, and the sound is produced by
cap-shaped gals or secretions of some
insect. The wind in passing through
the tree produces the whistling noise
referred TO.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
He looked at her with puzzled, in

tent eyes.
do not see how that can be possi-
bic. Miss Graham" said he.
"Oh, l am quicker-sighted than you
think" Crocus answered, with forced
laugh. 81 have seen it coming for
some time. 1t is scarcely necessary,
l suppose, to ask my opinion"
but it is necessary very necessary,
indeed" said the auditor, 81 am some
years your senior, Miss Graham, but |
believe l could make you happy. AT
least that is the conclusion at which /
have arrived, after many days and
nights of reflection on the subject.
And if you will decide to look favor
ably upon my suit"
But" cried Crocus. with burning
cheeks, 81 was talking about my office
in the department."
And l." said Mr. Harrington, "am
talking about yo,t."
If the winged god Mercury had come
down from his marble PEDESTAL among
the catalpa-trees--if the magnificent
statue of the Pioneer" had descended
from the portico above, and asked for
her love, Crocus Graham could not
have been more taken by surprise
I'm afraid am very stupid, Mr..
Harrington" she said; "but-but did
you mean TO ask me if"
"lf you would marry me-yes.". said
the twenty-fifth auditor, composedly.
at doesn't seem possible" said Gro
Gus; and then, in her bewilderment of
happiness, she began to cry.
Poor, little, human wild-fower! she
never had anticipated any such sun
shine as this.
So Mrs. Altamont got the six-hun-
dred-dollar office, and Senator Stalk
cup was satisfied. And the Dakota
farm project remained myth.
And sometimes when Crocus comes
to her husbands private Office in the
department, a sweet-faced matron in
silk and jewels, she looks pityingly at
the lady-clerks, with Mrs. Altamont
in their midst, and wonders if it were
possible that she was once one Of
them.
at seems so long ago." says Mrs.
Harrington-"oh, so very, very long"
Helen Forest GrdCeS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
Ripened Wheat.

We bent to-day Ger a coffined form,
And our tears fell softly down.
We looked our last on the aged face,
With its look OF peace, its patient grace,
And ham like a silver crown.
We touched our own to the clay cold hands,
From life's long labor at rest
And among the blossoms white and sweet
We noted bunch OF golden wheat
Clasped close to the silent breast
The blossoms whispered Of fadeless bloom,
OF the land where falls no tear;
But the ripe wheat told of toll and care,
The patient waiting, the trusting prayer,
The garnered good of the year.
We know not what work her hands had found,
What rugged place her feet;
What cross was hers, what blackness OF night;
We saw but peace, the blossoms white.
And the bunch Of ripenei wheat
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08
Address TO a Sea.Bir0a

Address TO N SeA"blEu"
Oh, wild wave wanderer.
Precipice ponderer.
Hsunter Of heaven and searcher oil seas
Storm scorner, thunder-born,
Through clouds asunder torn
Thou not for wonder born.
Needless OF horror, with sickle-ike ease
Cuttest thy silent swsrth,
Fierce, unafraid.
When the fierce quivering lghtning-suns'
shivering,
Darts TO the dark earth
The snake OF its blade.
Polar SHOWS snow on thee,
Tropic winds blow on thee,
Tempest and terror are stung with delight;
Oceans broad billows
To thee are thy pillows,
Vast followed heaven thy chamber OF night
Sunrise and moonri.e and wildering wa
tiers,
Midnighrs pale shadows, the clouds all
yer daughters,
All gaze upon thee nld envy thy hightj
Freedom itself in ifs perilous hight,
Cries He In mine in his mien and his
might
-Blackwoofs Magazine.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08

H subscribers order the discrimination of
newspapers, the publishers may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid
If subscribers refuse or neglect to take their
newspapers from the Office to which they are
Eent. they are held responsible 0uhl tney
have settled the bills and ordered them MS
continued. ..
III subscribers move TO other places WNn-
ont Informing the publisher and the news
pauers are sent to the former place OF resi-
dence. they are then responsible.
AnUTpTTSTNG RATFS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-08


AcntorH Notices R2 O Transient ndverttsansnts and
ocsa 10 cents per line for first insert nnd cents Ter
Iue for each additional Insertion
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

One of the most frequent errors we all
make in life is the valuing of thing ac-
cording to the difficulty Of obtaining it.
And this error is universal. | do not
believe that anybody is free fro N it. No
doubt the desire of overcoming Difficult
ty was implanted in the human breast
for very good reasons; but we have car
ried this desire to an extreme and it
mostly renders us blind as to the real
value of the object we pursue.
In love, for instance, the easiest con-
quest is the best. / know that this is n
very daring saying. but am persuaded
that it is a true one. The love which
soonest responds to love-even what we
call "love at first Sights the surest
love, and for this reason-that 1t does not
depend upon any one merit or quality,
but em braces in its views the whole be-
ing. That is the love which is likely to
last incomprehensible undefinable, un
arguable about. But this love often fails
to satisfy man or woman. And he or she
pursues that which is difficult to obtain,
but which. from that very circumstance,
is not the best for him or ner.
The same thing occurs in friendship.
The friends that are easiest made, are
the best friends and the most lasting.
But often an ill conditioned or even a
cantankerous man offers some attraction,
by reason of difficulty, to other men to
gain his friendship. After much effort,
what friendship this man can give is
perhaps gained, and is ultimately found
ont to be worth but little.
AS an additional argument for not
being led away by the difficulty of the
pursuit, lei us remember how very short
life is
In material things the folly OF pursuing
them eagerly. merely because the pursuit
is difficult, is very apparent man
will seek after some almost hopeless
honor, or some station in society which
he never attains, or finds worthless when
attained; and all the while he neglects
the pleasant things in life which are
around him and within the reach of his
hand. The daises and the primroses and
the violets he passes with unheeding eye.
caring only for some plant that blossoms
once in hundred years.
Irepeat my belief that the most fire.
quent error III life is the placing an in
ordinate value, merely on account of its
difficulty, upon that which it is diilicult
to attain; and have for "a motto one that
has never yet been selected by mortal
man, and which should run thus
Choose the easiest"
am not afraid OF quelling mems efforts
in high endeavor by this motto. They
will always be prone enough TO run after
what is difficult Arthur Helps.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
A Breach OF Promise Suit.

There is young man in this county
of Wayne, State of Michigan, who i.
going to be terribly astonished before
the year 1888 is more than month old
says the Detroit Free Press. The law
will reach out and clasp his throat just
above the Adams apple, and he will get
such a shaking up and hopping around
that he will seem to feel his heels
beating tattoo upon the back of his
neck.
They were in to see lawyer-Mary
Ann and her mother. Mary Ann was a
little embarrassed. but the old woman
was calmness itself When they spoke
about breach of promise case, the law
yer asked:
"What evidence have you got?"
"Mary Ann, produce the letter, "
commanded the mother, and the girl
took the cover off a willow basket, and
remarked that she thought 927 letters
would do to begin on. The other 651
would be produced as soon as the case
was fairly before the court.
"And outside of these letters?" queried
the lawyer.
MARY Ann, produce your diary" said
the mother. Now turn to the head
ing of Promises and tell him how many
times this marriage business was talked
over"
1.-THE footing is 214 times" answered
the girl.
"Now turn to the head of Darling
and give us the number of times he has
applied the term to you"
at have figured right the total is
1854 times"
II guess you counted pretty straight,
for you are good in arithmethic. Now,
turn to the heading of 'Woodbine Cot
tage,' and tell us how many times he
has talked of such home for you after
marriage"
"The footing is 1895 times.
Every we'll. This lawyer wants to be
sure that we've got case. How many
times has Charles Henry said he would
die for you?"
"Three hundred and fifty" answered
the girl, as she turned over leaf.
How many times has he called you
an angelo"
cover II 900, mamma
How about squeezing hands?'
"Over 3S4, 900 squeezes."
"And kisses?"
Nearly AIT .0OO."
There's our caser' said the mother,
as she deposited basket and diary on the
lawyers table. Look over the docu-
ments, and, if you want anything fur
Their I can bring IN q dozen neighbors to
swear facts. We sue for $4,000 dam
ages, and we don't settle for less than an
8O-acre farm, with buildings in good re-
pair. Well call again next week. Good
day, sir"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

A perfectly formed specimen of the
tramp yesterday called into top floor
office on Griswold street, and on being
asked his business he replied:s
"Could You spare half dollar
to man who wanted to reach Buffalo,
mo, sir"
Could you spare qusrter?"
Not unless he earned it, ="
Gould he earn it?"
Yes, sir. There's ton OF coal at the
curbstone which l want brought mp
Att.
A whole TOM"
That's what / paid Tor.
And four stories high?"
Yes, this is the fourth story
The man sighed heavily and was going
away, when the gentleman cried OUT
We'll, what do you say?"
Il can't promise, sir. III walk
around the block and consult my feel
ings as TO how bad l want to reach
Buffalo. The more / look at that coal
the more / think Detroit Is the incest
place in the world to winter in.
An East Brookfield woman boasts of
having wasted her life in making patch
work quilt containing two million pieces.
She is 66 years old, and her name is
Amelia Ingrahara.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
Edge Tools

All cutting and piercing edge tools
operate on the principle of the wedge.
A brad.awl furnishes an example which
all can readily understand. The cutting
edge of the awl sewers the fbres of
wood as the instrument enters, and the
particles are compressed into smaller
compass, in the same manner as when a
piece of wood is severed by wedge. A
chisel is wedge in one sense, and an
AK, drawing knife, or iackknife is also a
wedge. When a keen-edged raz " is
made to clip hair or to remove a mans
beard it operates on the principle of the
wedge. Every intelligent mechanic I'M
derstands that when a wedge is dressed
out smoothly it may be driven with
much more force than if its surface were
left jagged and rough. The same idea
holds good with respect to edge tools.
If the cutting edge be ground and whet
to as fine an edge as may be practicable
with fine gritted milestone. AMI if the
surface back of the cutting edge be
ground smooth and true, and polished
neatly, so that one can discern the color
Of his eyes by means of the polished sur
face, the tool will enter whatever is to be
cut by the application Of much less force
than if the surfaces were left as rough as
they usually are when the tool leaves the
grindstone. All edge tools, snch as
axes, chisels and planes. that are oper-
ated with crushing instead of a draw
ing stroke, should be polished neatly
clear to the cutting edge, to facilitate
their entrance into the substance to be
cut Manufacturer and Builder