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CURIOUS FACTS.
Orange pie is something new.

Orange pie is something new. &
Blonde hair is the finest and red the
coarsest.
P. T. Barnum's family motto was
"Love God and be Merry" "
A big ocean steamer consumes about
300 tons of coal in tweuty-four hours.
The majority of scientists say that the
top of wheel moves faster than the
bottom.
The force required to open an oyster
appears to be 1874 times the weight Of
the shelless creature.
It has been calculated that there are.
about 200, 900 families living in London
on about S. week. /
The thickness of the human hair varies.
from the two-hundred- d-fiftieth to the:
six-hundredth part of an inch.
The smallest known insect, the Pter1
atomus Putnamii, parasite of the ich!
ueumon, is but one-ninetieth of an inch.
in length. /
The Prince of Wales is direct de-
Scendant of King Alfred, beng the
thirty-third great-grandson; thus the
English throne has remained In the same
family for over one thousand years. |
In each respiration an adult inhaless
one pint of air; healthy man respires
sixty to twenty times minute;: whileE
standing the adult respiration is twenty-
two times per minute; while lying down.
thirteen.
When the postal officials sent. to Ad-
riau, Mich, the pay due a young man
who was killed in the recent Lake Shore
accident near Cleveland, they deducted
twenty. FIVE cents for the unfinished part
Of the run.
Mrs. Louise Burbank, of Leominster,
Mass, is almost 104 years of age. In
her early years she walked from Quebec
to Boston, carrying her babe upon her
back, the family finances compelling
them to make the journey in that way.
A local journal of Fulda, Mimi, notes
that woman recently brought to the
Office hens egg, which measures ~
inches in circumference the smallest
way, and nine inches the largest. Itwas
boiled, and upon opening it smaller,
perfectly-formed egg, with very thick
shell, was found surrounded by the
white of the larger egg. |
A naturalist says fish has no matur-
ity, there is nothing to prevent It from
living indefinitely, and growing continu-
ally. He cited, in proof, a. pike in Rus,
sia whose age is known to date back to
the fifteenth century. In the Royal
Aquarium at Petersburg there are hum:
dreds of fish that were put in over 150
years ago. !.
The most extensive salt mine is in
Wieliezka, near Cracow, Austro-Hun-:
gary. For six hundred years it has
been constantly worked, and from it
$4,000 tons OF salt are annually taken:
The mass of salt in it is estimated to be
FIVE hundred miles long, twenty miles
broad and 1900 feet in depth. Its COLI
lective galleries are fully thirty miles id
length, and its lower levels contain
streets and houses, making it complete
underground village. !!
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esure, xssu The cuss I mentioned s.stheNinee
ran Gu: a. the pint of the pisto-'oe be-
fore.
"Ha! ths lawyers clerk?"
Yes, sir. I've been chasing, hunting,
end dodging of 'em ever since, bu: al 1ol
nothing. 1:E sorry to say, after driag't%o
sshots, sir:
Il heard no shots"
'Rless yuu, sir! I hardly assrn (em
myself, Tor the rumpus the storm was
kicking up at the time-a reg lar cyclone!
Go to bed, you rascal! and let this be
the last pof your pistol practice in these
grounds. said Boncourt, restraining a
smile. English customs are widely DIFF.
reerent from those of the Pacific Slope OF
North America. You'll find.
But as tho Lad was moving away'he re-
called him.
Wait! Did You chance to see any one
else in the vicinity OF the house sere to-
n:ght-two women, for instance, not
young, andreither of the N well-faEored?'
Nary n pett:coat, my lord, good, bad,
or Indifferent, old or young, besm:ng or
ugly, fat Or scrawny! Why, resily, my
lord, clandestiEe rondyvoozes couldiEnrd-
ly be expected on night lihs Shis,
and"
That will dc. Dip"
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ncuta cuasse'rameet Lord SquanderalI

sncutu cuazse'rameet Lord SqUanderalI
again"
Blu, It is 10 be noted, in passing, that
both she sod her father were wide OF the
mark, as TO the real significance of the
housekeepe-'s parting words.
Peter had not overtaken or"61scovered
Miss Winfcrd for two reasons. In the
frst place, eho had proceeded up the hill
much faster than he, upon becoming
aware of tho ;rapidity with which the
ten pest was gathering; and in the next
place, upon entering the rocky gap in the
road, which has been described, the ter
rifyine flashes of the lightning had i'm
When Gwendoline was bidding he1
father goodnight il the rooms up above,
a little later, her father said:
What did ycu,think, Gwenny, of Miss
Winford's strange words at.going, about
the possibility ae'c ur some time being rich
sgain:"
Il did not know what tc think Of
them, she replied.
Neither did Just then, but begin to
understand them now," said the old gen.
tleman, with quick return to his COM
planning tone. "She meant-she referred
in some way to Lord Squanderall's offer.
But she was out. she was out! Such luck
never offers itself again, after being once
madly set aside. Never, nerer!"
And, thus sighiRg and groaning, he
disappeared into the room that, had been
allotted to him.
II suppose that must have been what
she meant, though it did not occur to me
at the time" sadly thought Gwendoline,
as she sought her own sepose. Poor, dear
papa! but for him there would be.no pub
ficity at all; and only hope I shall not
feel too mortified and shame-faeed. if
pe1Ied ner to shrink Tor safety under q
Slightly projecting shelf, which had
caused him to 60 as far as the top'o of the
road and return, without seeing hor.
A few moments afterward there was
particularly vivid fash, and she perceived
that she was not alone in her roeEy shell
ter.
why, Mrs. Beane, it is you'll" she 'e1-
claimed, as another flash followed.
Yes, it is me, Miss Winford," replied
the person thus suddenly revealed.
-Hark Just before you came, I thought
/ heard some shouts"
Il hear nothing now but the approach
of carriage wheels, said Miss Winfesd.
[To BE CONTINUED
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book, over 450 years old, in which were
the baptismal records of number of the
crew of Columbus, including among
Others, that of Rodrigo de Triana, the
sailor who first sighted land from the
Pinta. This sailor was cheated out of
the reward offered by the king. Accord
ing to Ferdinand's promise the one who
Arst sighted land should receive large
reward. But when Rodrigo applied for
it, it was refused, at which he was so en-
ragged that he left Spain and went to
Morocco and renounced both his religion
and country. This old book of records
is worth more than its weight in gold.
The cura also had complete list OF
the officers and crew OF Columbus. He
made copy of the list aud gave it to
me. The total number of officers and
crew was 120.
After our dinner, which, by the way,
was very good one, he having served us
among other things some of the finest
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chocolate I had ever tasted, we thanked
our kind host, saying we were obliged
to walk to La Rabida, a distance of three
miles, to meet our boat, for we could
not get aboard at Palos, as it was low
tide. Spaniards are as rule, priests as
well as Others, very hospitable, courteous
and kind; and, as an illustration, our
good cura friend kindly offered to ac-
company US the whole distance to La
Rabida, and We glady accepted his
company.
This walk was the most interesting
part of our trip, for along this same road
Columbus had walked more than hun
dred times while going from Ii Rabida
to Palos, often accompanied by the Prior
Marchena. The various parts of interest
that in any war related to Columbus the
the cura pointed out to US. Arriving at
the landing we found our boatmen wait.
ing for us, and, bidding farewell to our
friend, we set sail and after a half hours
pleasant ride across the bay arrived at
Huelva and took the P. NJ. train back
to Sevilla.
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try haSsng been somewhat sHeS-lor 70 hel
|. srrsu- ndings.
'.TksnRs, indeed! and fnor you, Mr..
Thomas Alworth? AS if /. eaould have
forgotten what was done -fe- me and
mine by you, in the old da*c! No, my
dearies-not so long as the water runs
in 'tke sea, and there's fish ic it for the
seine-h hauling! Say no more ofthat If you
please; and Miss Gwendoliae shall just
take her time in looking for -genteel en-
ploymen to her taste"
She was presently interrupted by her
eldest. sons stentorian voice calling up
from telow, and demanding # there was
to be any reading that evening.
"Yee, yes; to be sure, called out the
widow, in response: and then, -turning to
her guests. she added. with Sos little
pride: Peter reads a chapter every
night ks's hemo (excepting Sunday, OF
course) from q great book, The Navi.
gators os All Nations, and hsc an uncom.
mon talent for mere fisherman. 1t wantf
On hour OF bedtime, and you'll be glad to
listen"
Gwendoline smilingly asserted, for
both her father and herself, and they
forthwith sought out the seiisty of the
two stalWert brothers below, who were
already sssted in the great apartment
that answered for kitchen, dining, and
living room in one, Paul with.a tangle OF
fshing-tack.e in his lap, which he was
gravely putting into shape, ana Peter
with his vosane spread in readiness upon
4. table before him, with reading lamp
at his elbow.
The reading. however, was really only
attractive to cthe widow, her scrs, and
Christie.
Notwithstanding that Peter read cut in.
differently, in the broadcast of coast idioms,
and with loud voice that emeEsted
sog-horn both in capacity and punctua-
tdon, Mr.. AlHorth was soon doing, Psace.
fully under its influence, while even
GMendoline found some difficulty in
keeping up an appearance of interset in
the particular navigator under consiGera.
tion.
She was, consequently, not unwilling
to have tha reading curtailed by the ar.
rival of visitor, ao it was before hhs
chaptar had been finished.
The ziaito. uas Miss Winford.
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A New and Peculiar Iusect.

The currant bushes in the vicluit OF
Bloomington, ILL.,, are infected by new
an peculiar insect, which covers almost
completely the green fruit, and whose
poisonous qualities have occasioned
nuch excitement. A child of Ed. Mol
of Bloomington died, the doctors declare,
from eating the parasite-infected green
currants. The child died in the most
intense agony, suffering as If affected
with rabies. Two other children are
low from the same cause. Many people
are Kidding their gardens OF all currant
bushes. -. WASHINGTON Star.
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Prince Of Wales's Courtship.

Albert Edward CHANGED to be willing
away part of long summer afternoon
with two or three congenial spirits, young
men of rank and position near enough
to his own to make even discussions on
domestic questions possible, and the
matrimonial outlook for one of the party
was brought up. Colonel - drew from
his pocket the photograph, as he sup
posed, Of his isncee, to show It proudly
to his companions. !;
But instead of Lady IS likeness,
there appeared rather poorly taken
carte de visite of the most charming girl
the Princes eyes had ever rested upon.
q girl wearing simple little white.
gown and loose white jacket, with a
black velvet ribbon circling her throat,
and her hair smoothed back from her
brow, leaving the beautiful young face;
to be admired for itself alone. !
The eyes and lips seemed to be smil.
ing at the Prince, who gazed at the
picture, demanding to know who in the
world this lovely "country girl" might
be. "The daughter of the Prince Of
Denmark" was the answer, and, natu.
rally enough, the carte de visite changed
owners. From that moment Albert Ed
ward was in love with the lady who soon'
became his wife. /
When the ship bearing the Princess to
London. drew near Gravescnd, sixty
Young ladies, ,attired in the red and white
colors of Denmark, assembled at the
wharves to strew flowers beneath the
feet of the Princes bride. Tho moment
the Yacht came in view bearing its prec-
ious freight the air was rent with cheers
at which, so relates lady in the party
Alexandra turned pale with excitement
and clung to her mother, hardly know
ing what to do or say in answer to the
wild tumult of the people. :
Those upon the shore saw apretty
sicht-a tiuid. girlish figure, dressed
entirely in white, who appeared on ths
deck at her mothers side; then, return.
ing to the cabin was seen first at one
window, then at another, the bewitch-;
ing face framed in a little white bonnet,
the work of her own hands.
The Princes yacht approached that OF
his bride, the gangway was thrown
down, and Immediately he was seen by
all those thousands to rush across it, and
waiting for no formal word of greeting,
and to the delight of tie onlookers,
caught the Princess in his arms and
kissed her, Commercial Adcertiser.
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Carrying Ten 'Possums by One Tail.

A man came down from Cochranton
yesterday afternoon with aqueer example
Of natural history in his possession. 1t
was mother oppossum and ten little
ones. The man carried the mother sus-
pended by her tail and the little ones
com oletely covered the old ones, hanging
on by their feet and tails to any part OF
the moiher's anatomy that would afford
n hold. The man stated that he had
carried the whole family from the woods
where they were captured to Cochranton'
over two miles, and not one OF the babies
loosencd their grip in the whole journey
oil City (Penn.) Derrick.
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Gold On the Top ola Mountain.

A curious discovery has been made on
Cedros Island, Mexico, in the form OF a
bed of white sand, extending along the
ton of the mountain. 1t is believed to
be the remains of an ancient quartz ledge,
pulverized by intense heat, and is SAID
10 be as fine as though it had been run
through battery of stamps. 1t varies
from three to eight feet in thickness,
and is asserted to be rich in gold.-
PirnIuune
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Length of Soldiers Steps.

Among the Continental armies the
German soldiers have the longest legs,
Judging by the length of step, which it
eighty centimeters. The step of the
French, Austrian, Belgium and Swedish
soldiery averages seventy-fve centimc-
ters. while that of the Russian soldiers
rarely exceeds sixty mine. .-&. Louis hs-
puJlic.
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and Mrs. Sally Clark,
born at Rutland, VT,
in 1902, and conse-
quently eighty-nine
years of age at the
present time. Their
parents, named Fisk,
bad twelve children
Eve boys and seven
girls--several of whom
dind h,1t none below
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Angola, N. Y. Her
memory is remarkable
and she has a wonder
ful stock of reminis-
cences.M Mrs. Clark lives
with her children at
Hamburg, N. Y, and
she is hearty and Wig
orous. Living but
twenty miles apart
the sisters are often
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MRS. CLARK. together and they
never fail to meet on their birthday,
which is pleasantly celebrated every year.
The next oldest living twins in this
country were born in Germany in 1904
and now reside in St. Cloud, Miuu.-
Chiclgo Herald.
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uIcu, UuI HUHe UeIoW MRS. MATTESON.
the age of eighty, while one lived to. be
ninety-seven. The father died at ninety
i've and Mrs. Fisk at ninety-two. Mrs.
Matteson has attended to the sick for
fifty years and still ministers to the
afflicted. She had five children and
lives with one Of the surviving three at
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The Oldest Living Twins.

The Oldest twins now living in the
United States are Mrs. Lovica Matteson
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FROM IrELTA TO PAL0S.

only one in the village) OF st. George,
that has stood there for the past six hun
dred years, having been erected in the
thirteenth century, and at which Colum-
bus worshiped, we made inquiries OF
the crowd of boys who were following
US, apparently wondering wilat brought
US to town, and they guide,l Us to it. 1t
is small, plain little church, with white
washcl walls, like the rest of the build
Jugs, tile roof and small bell tower ut
the side. We found it closed, but one
of the boys kindly offered to so after the
cura, Don Jose Murclano Marsal, who
soon appeared. After showing him my
letter of introduction, which wss gen.
eral letter to all the Spanish clergy from
the rector of the American College at
Rome, he opened up the church ior our
inspection.
There was the same altar, with its
gilded image of the Virgin Mary, the
same round pulpit, with its iron-railed
winding stairway leading to it, before
which Columbus had worshiped. 1t is
very plain, old-fashioned church, with
no paintings or ornamentation of any
kind. The cura invited us to dine with
him at his home where he could show us
the archievcs of the church. We gladly
accepted his invitation. When we al
rived he ushered US into his studio where
was the little wooden "archivo" with its
treasures of historical value. He brought
out and showed US the baptismal record
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THE BANKERS CRIME a;
Diamond Cut Diamond.
By NATHAN D. URNER.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE FACE yN TIE FLASH.

IL y i , w ASlSA VSN
aothing!" said Bon
court, as, in much as
tonishment, his eya
followed the direction
of her pointing finger.
Stop Francois, stof
tie horses! Let us sec
the cause of this"
-Ah! you were not
c G.i c k enosgh, Al
phense-the fash was
gone in an instant,
distinct as it was,'
said Adele, still re.
naming erect, and
with her hand point
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CHAPTER XIV.
AUNT JAMES HOUSEHOLD.

-Lhat will dc..Dip."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-02-03
Application fer Patent.
NOTICE No. $40.


UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
HALEY, IDAHO, December 20, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Peliissitr
whose post office addres is Haley, Aliuras Cou ty
State of Idrho. his this day for himself and fol-
one A. r Montandon whose post Office address il
at the same place, filed his application for
United States patent for fifteen hut.rt line ar feet
of the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-02-03
Application for Patent.
NOTICE No. 341.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
II IL IL L 1

HALEY, IDAHO, December 30. 1890.
Notice is hereby given that Louis Pel.issier,
whose postcffice addrt is HALEY, hluras county
Idaho has made application for United States
Iatent Tor 1856 linear feet Of the JVATICE
mine vein bearing lead and silver with
surface grou. d 600 feet in width, situated i'll Min
eral Hill Mining District Alturas county, State
OF Idaho and designated by the field notes and
plat of the official survey on file in this office
Lot No. 90, in section 16, township 2. north of
range II, east of Boise Meridian, said lot No. 90
being az follows, to wit
Beginning at discovery stake, where nc tice Of
location was originally pr sted; hence Ecrth s
deg. As min. west lat feet to north center enc
stake; therce south So deg As min. west 900 feet
to corner No. |, from which the quarter section
corner between Sections 9 and IL, Township 2
north, Range II East. bears north 20 degrees As
minutes west 4l5.8 feet; thence north s2 deg As
min east COO feet to corner No. .; thence south 8
deg. 45 min. east 1866 feet TO No. 3; thence
thence Forth deg. IS min. wet 1866 feet to cor
ner No. l, End place Of beginning, magnt tic vara
ton Is deg. 81 min. east, cont lining 1850
The said mining claim being of record in the
office Of the Recorder of said mining district at
HALEY. in Alturas county. Idaho, in book IL of
ants are IL uis Pellissier himself and the owners
Of the Fraction Lode, Lot No. 81.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely any por-
ton OF said Justice mine or surface ground are
quircd to file their adverse claims with the Reg
lister of the United States Land Office ut Haley in
the county Of Alturas, State Of Idaho during the
sixty days period of publication hereof. r they
Will be barred by virtue Of the provisions of the
Statute.
W. T. RILEY. Register.
l direct that this notice be published in the
WocD RIVER TIMEs, the newspaper published
nearest the said mining claim for the period Of
sixty days. W. T. RILEY, Register.
First publication: December 81, 1890.
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Application for a Patent.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
HALEY, IDAHO, January Goth 1891 4
Notice is hereby given that John MacFal lane
and Mi, hazel Mahoney, whose postoffce address is
HALEY, AIturas County, taho, have made appli-
cation for United states Patent for the
BLACK HAWK" LODE MINING CLAIM,
situate in Section 81 Township north. Range II
east, Boise mt ridian. Mineral Hill Mining Dis
triet Alturas County, State Of Idaho. consisting
of 1900 linear feet of the lode and surface ground
GOO teet wide. being Lot No. "a, and described in
the field notes and plat of the official survey
on ii IN tins ofhce with magnetic ration at Is
degrees and so minutes east as follows;
Beginning at the initial point of this claim, and
running north 81 degrees % minutes east 81 0 feet
to corner No. l; thence south So degrees rs min
utes west COO feet to corner No q then.e north lS
degrees 40 minutes east 100 feet to corner No. g.:
thence north IS degree 25 minutes feet to
corner No. 4; thence south 18 degrees 40 minutes
west 1850 feet TO corner No. and place of begin.
nina survey of exterior boundaries of this claim
embracing an area of 1866 acres applied for. No
conflicts.
From corner No. the quarter section corner
between Secticn 81, Township 3 north, Range II
east. and Section q. Township north, Range II
east bears south "a degrees % minutes Al seconds
east 1928 feet.
The said mining claim being Of record in the
Office OF the County Recorder of said mining dis
trct at HALEY, in Alturas County St tie of idaho
he nearest known location being the .'Abbie"
Survey SS5, lode claim
Any and all persons clAining adversely any Dor.
ton of TIE said Black Hawk" lode mining claim
or surface ground are required to file their adj.
verse claims thereto with the Register Of the nj
tea stat Land Once at hailey. State of Idaho.
within the sixty days publication thereof or
they will be barred 10y virtue of the provisions of
the statute in such cases made ard provided.
W. L Ri Ely. Register.
dlrect that the fort going notice of application
for patent be published for the cried Of sixty
dhys in the WuoD ,IvER DAILY TIMES newspaper
published ut HALEY, Alturas County State Of
ldsho. being TIE newspaper published nearest
said claim.
VT. RILEY, Register,
First publication January 10Th A. r. 1891
W. IL. WATT, attorney for applicant.
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Order to Show Cause.

In the Probate Court of Alturas County, State of
Idaho.
lard, deceased.
on reading and Cling the petition of Arthur
smith, executor of the Estate of Joshua W. VII.
lard deceased praying FIR order of sale of GER
tain mining interests of said estate in Alturas
County. Idaho,
IL ordered that all ptrsors interested in said
estate be and appear before the Probate Court NJ
the court rcom of said court in the Cou,t ho,sSe
st HALEY. Alturas County. IdaLo, on Friday, the
18TH day OF February, A. d. 1891. at ~ o'clock NJ
Ct said day. then and there 10 shsw cause why
such an order Of sale should not be made.
1t is fn Their ordered that copy of tais :otice
be published Ut least four successive weeks in the
Moop RIVER TIMES, II NJ wspaper printed and pa b.
shed At HALEY, in saiu county, before said 18th
day of February, A. ID. 1891.
Dated HALEY, Idaho, January 7th A. d 1891.
lsEAL.1 +. B. LENNON.
Probate Judge.