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Easily Pleased.

In the recent efforts of charitable
woman to carry consolation and COM
fort in the houses Of the distressed in
New York, . crooked old woman was
found who resisted all opportunities
that she had anything for which to be
thankful One mercy and another
were suggested to her as reasons why
she should at least express herself as
having something for which to be
grateful All these she promptly de-
clined. Finally, as the visitor was
about to give up the search, the old
woman said: "Yes, there is wan thing
that forgot. I've got wan thing for to
he thankful. I've got two. toofs in me
head and they bites opposite"
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GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice of Forfeiture.

1" JoHS W. PLATT, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred $500 dol
iars s IN labor and improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL lode mining claim,
situated on the Smoky divide, about twen-
ty-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
spnngs Creek mining district. Alturas
county, Idaho, as required by section 1924,
revised Statutes of the United States, be-
Hg the amount required to hold the same
.nr nor The years ending December 81, 1887, to
december ~ !. 81, 1891: that your proportion OF
ne l;., same is $3.50, being one-half; and if
within Within ninety (9) days from the service of
,ii us notice, or within ninety 90 days after
tnis notice by publication you fail or re-
fuse to contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner, your interest in
Sa'a una claim will become the property OF the
sanui!erslgned under the provisions of said
1eEoon 232i. FRANK J. LEMON.
Aetchum.. Idaho. July %, 1892.
rlrst publication July 80. 1892
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and does not affect the silk hber; ana
consecutive and repeated runs through
chromatic acid and dilute water lead
MP to a black on the one and preserve
white on the other fiber; further It
naphthylamine be taken in place OF
analine, combination of white and
blue, garnet, and other mode colors is
the result, and subsequently the silk
may be filed up with suitable dye.
Another improvement in this line is
that by which q superior fast black on
silk is obtained; the silk is first bot
toned with Prussian blue, then NOR
danted with tannic acid or cateche and
tin, and topped with alizarine, favo-
purporine or antha-purpurine in a soap
bath; the color is much faster than =
logwood black.
A DOGS KNOWLEDGE OF TIME.
How Animals Tell tho Time OF Day-A
Boston Subject.
How do dogs know the time OF day?
some one asks the writer, and pro-
ceeds to relate some stories to prove
that they do know it. One of these
stories is about q collie who starts
every afternoon to meet his master,
who always comes on the fve-thirty
train. Trains are continually coming
and going, and whistling and ringing,
but Pete pays no attention to any but
this one. AS soon as its whistle is
heard he begins to bark joyfully, and
never makes mistake. Another dog
became so much accustomed to going
A. r1rP
his little master, that when the boy
was absent for several weeks, the dog
still went on going to school, arriving
punctually at nine every morning.
Moreover, he never went Saturday or
Sunday. vea ~.
With regard to the first case, says
the Chicago Times, it might be replied,
perhaps, by q skeptical person, that
the dog was more likely to be able to
distinguish the special whistle of the
locomotive which drew the fve-thirty
train, than to know it by the hour OF
day. And yet, the writer has no sort
of doubt that dogs do know when a
certain hour arrives at which some
thing regular and accustomed takes
place. The second case seems to prove
this very thing. There is case on
record in which doctor, who was ac-
customed to visit certain village at q
certain hour on certain day each
week, always found a dog of his &C.
quaintance waiting for him outside the
town, and it was proved that the dog
never came to the place at any other
day or hour.
Evidently, all that can be said in ex-
planation of such cases is that animals
are susceptible OF having periods or
cycles of time established in their in
telligence by use, and that their igno-
rance of timepieces only serves to make
the instinct the keener. 1t is we'll
known that men who have never pos
sessed watches, and who work or hunt
habitually at "a distance from clocks,
are very expert at estimating the lapse
of time. Perception of this kind un-
doubtedly may be cultivated in an in.
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The Krrsrosr is the 3ois representative
Of the Great Upper Wood River, sawtoota
and Smoky mining regions. Ana. localeo
a it is in the very hesrt Of the Nest prosF
isinx mining country On the fsce OF sne
earth, and leaving nothing unuone % -.
sent its readers complete synopsis OF ~
mining news and Developments, a NeeA =
matters Of local importance IN and seoes
Ketchum, it is an Invaluable guide Tor cap
ital and informant to the settler OF every
craft and position. Subscribe Tor It, seeo
it, and let yeur friends read It.
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THE SABINE CANYON.
wonders Of the Great Natural Park u
the Coast Range.

wonders Of the Great Natural Park N
the Coast Range.
Attention was drawn recently by .
San Francisco paper to natural park
in the coast range, which in scenic
heanties is no mean rival of the great
Yosemite. The picturesque features OF
the southwest do not seem TO De ex-
hausted, or even adequately noticed,
for now there is new wonder brought
to the front, the Sabine canyon. Inc
mouth of the canyon is about twenty
Eve miles northeast Of Tucson, A. 1.
One who has visited 1t says: 1.-The SIZE
of Sabine canyon ranks with the fosem-
ite and Kings River canyons, but IL
has many features distinctively its own.
It has no steep precipices like Ell Capi-
tan. and the natural beauty of grass
and flowers common in the Yoeem1te
during the summer is absent. But Sa-
bine canyon has cliffs that make one
dizzy to look up at, and surprises await
the explorer at every side, such as no
other canyon of the country can boast
of. The great popularity of Sabine
canyon is thesarietY of vegetation that
can be found within its walls at any
season of the year. From the mouth
Of the canyon to the place it ends there
is difference of six thousand feet in
elevation, and as consequence the
vegetable growth comprises nearly
everything known to botany" The
length of the canyon is twelve miles
and its width varies from one thousand
yards to three miles. Access to it is at
present difficult, and none but the har-
diest travellers would care to make the
Journey. Moreover, the heat, even In
winter, is almost unendprable.
Some of the features of the canyon
are rocks that rise seven hundred feet
into the air like church spires, SO frail
from base to peak that it would seem
as if breath of wind might shatter
them, pools of water, crystal-clear and
tree-surrounded, immense balanced
rocks, cliffs of many colors, and water
falls that descend from great heights.
Mount Lemon, with an elevation OF
thirteen thousand feet, rises abruptly
on one side of the canyon, showing In
a suggestive manner it's various stages
of vegetation. Storms of tropical vio-
: lence are frequent in this valley dur
ing the summer months. "Like mag
ic," says writer, ''the rugged cliffs
are covered with sparkling waterfalls.
Hundreds of feet into the depths of the
canyon below streams of water tum-
BILE, breaking into foam and throwing
off myriads of prismatic rainbow tints.
The water increases in volume and
rises on the bottom of the canyon, un-
til the pools all disappear and raging
torrent is tearing among the rocks" A
party of three who went from one end
of the valley to the other recently re-
turned to Tucson feeling that they had
seen one of the most wonderful places
in the world
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Notice Of Forfeiture.

AZ D. +. FULLY. his heirs and assigns:
~ lou are hereby notified that I have ex-
Runued the sum of one hundred { (10O) dol
''"'s III labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
S;a,. ue inning claim, situated in Little Smoky
ordar dIs.et, !. Alturas county, State of Idaho, in
yis;onso Ser 10 hold said premises under the pro-
,ha ,hTns wv. OF section 1924, Revised Statutes of
o";,oa S United States, being the amount re-
in. iHn n 70 hold the same for the year end
.ti9nn neeember os 81, 1902; that your proper
and and - ~ TN, the same. is $40, being one-tenth !;
service Ss Of this notice or S within ninety (so5
fsi ar after this notice by publication you
OF sual vi llefuse to contribute yolff proportion
pub1i.aat; bSIca expenditure. including costs of
wiI Saeon, your interest in said claim
siansSe SSecome the property of the under
SG S3Gleo under the provisions Of said section
JOHN GORNA0.
1st publication, June II, 1soa.
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Canoes Of F1orida r.d,.n..

The Indians Of southern Florida who
navigate Lake Okeechobee, have IN In
genlous device that steadies their long
narrow canoes in the shallow but
often fiercely troubled waters ct the
lake. Each canoe has : projecting
cornace, 50 to speak, above the bow.
SO that the waves, instsad ofdashia8
over the craft, lift Il high .out q
water at the prov. The canee i ad-
mif%blf adapted for IT.. pprpooe, -
- ttght. swift, and yet 1oothJ E
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QUARRY PRODUCTS.

Some Statistics on the Building Stone
Values Of the Country.
A report on the valuation of building
stones produced in the United States
during 1893 has been compiled by DR..
William c. Day, special agent of the
United States geological survey. 1t
shows an aggregate valuation of al
most So, 900, 900, a decrease of over
s15, ,O0O 600 from that Of 1892. The valu-
alton during the first half of the year
was larger than for the similar period
of 1892, owing to pending government
and private contracts. The large de-
crease which in the latter half took
place is attributed to the financial de-
preston.
The valuation of blue stone is esti-
mated at 81 ,00O, 900. The marble prod
uct was valued at $2.411,O92. Ver-
mont alone had product valued at
81, ,621, 900, more than six times that OF
any other state. The states having the
next largest products were Georgia,
Sc61, ,666, and New York, $2O6, 1926. The
production of granite in the country
was valued at $s,s15,934. OF this
amount that produced in Massachu-
sets was valued at 1851 ,2O4; Maine,
1,274, 1854; New Hampshire, S442, ,4s4,
and Vermont, SITS, S,45O.
Slate produced during the year was
valued at S2,52e,173, of which s., 1,472,-
275 is credited to Pennsylvania. The
product of Vermont was valued at
$685., 732 and of New York $204, ,9S2. The
valuation of the product of other states
is given as follows: Georgia, $11,250;
Maine, s139,soo; Maryland. $a7,ss4;
New Jersey, $3,653; Utah, $3.50, and Vir-
ginia, $117,347.
The sandstone production has q val
uation of S., 1875, 151. OF this amount s., :
1O1, ,932 was from Ohio and s622, $50 from
Pennsylvania. Limestone production
was valued at 3,o20,223 The states
having the largest product were:
Illinois, 81, ,305 900; Ohio, 81, $4,000; In
diana, $1,484 1895; Maine, S1,474. Cos;
Pennsylvania, $l,552, $3.50, and New
York, 81, 103, $50.
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Belgian Marriage Licenses.

Z A recent enactment in Belgium has
made it obligatory for brides to have
their marriage licenses or marriage
lipes," as they call them in that land
of fens and dikes, gorgeously bound in
gilt-edge morocco. This Is consider
ately done-or, in other words, done
for q consideration-by the municipah-
ties, who have now taken to binding
up quantity OF more or less nsefm
information with the documents
There is q summary of the Belgein
marriage laws, a rough and ready les
con on the treatment Of children, and
q table with spaces for . catalogue of
the issue Of the marriage. The table
contains room for twelve children to
be entered, so this may be taken Is =
gentle hint that that number is the
extreme limit tolerated by Belgian
burghers in well-conducted family.
The manual seems only to need the adj
dition OF few choice receipts and .
hint or two on the best means OF OBJ
tanning divorces in order to defy crit
fiayrl
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SHE SAW MRS. CLEVELAND

Tho N idole- Aged Woman Made . Run
for 1t and Got There.
I Women adopt all sorts Of devices for
getting good look at Mrs. Cleveland.
/ On fine days the mistress of the white
house generally takes ride in the
family phaeton. accompanied by her
babies and the nurses. In the after
noon between three and four,sif the
sun is shining, says Washington in
formant, she goes out in the victoria,
accompanied either by her husband or
"a friend. Women, young and old.
have discovered this habit of Mrs.
Cleveland, and are beginning to lie in
wait for her to catch her as she comes
out on the front portico to enter the
carriage. There is no privacy for in
mates of the white house, and SO when
Mrs. Cleveland goes riding she is
obliged to walk through the public
vestibule and across the public portico.
A day or two agoa bevy Of schoolgirls
joined the waiting group on the por-
tico. and when Mrs. Cleveland came
out she was obliged to run the gantlet.
When she returned an hour or two
later funny thing happened. A we'll
dressed, good-looking, middle-aged
woman, evidently stranger in the
city, was passing the street gate
when a carriage turned into the
circular drive of the white house
grounds. The quick-witted sight
seer instantly surmised that
the occupants were Mrs. Cleve-
land and her babies She saw chance
to accomplish her long-felt desire of
getting good look at the presidents
wife and she did not miss it. The race
was long one and she knew she could
not win it unless something happened
to detain Mrs Cleveland after she ar
rived under the porte cochere. Lifting
her clothes in both hands she started
up the circular pathway along the
drive at breakneck speed. The pass
ers-by and the spectators at the door
applauded, and, perspiring and pant
ing, she reached the steps just in time,
for Mrs. Cleveland had stopped to give
an order to the coachman, and the en-
ergetic lady was enabled to plant her
self where she could stare the presi-
dents wife in the face for at least ten
seconds, and could also see the babies
as they were lifted from the carriage
by the nurses and carried into the
house.
As Mrs Cleveland disappeared in the
vestibnle gentleman standing by
said. admiringly, to the female
sprinter: "Well. you made it"
''Yes," she said. mcpping her face.
'folks from my part Of the couptsy
geuer4aly do"
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The French are most peculiar and
exclusive people. A decree. has just
been signed by President Carnot for
bidding the marriage Of French diplo-
mates to foreign wives. This Is merely
the revival OF an old law and is said to
have been called out by the marriage
Of two French diplomats, Patenotre and
Daunay, to American wives. It is dis
claimed that the edict is aimed directly
at Americans, and the object is pre-
tended 70 be the prevention OF the dis
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CHEAPER TO LIVE IN AMERICA.

The Notion That Europe L. . More Eco
nomical Abiding Place Contradicted.
It appears that there are small, dull,
unattractive places in France, Germa-
ny and Italy where one may live cheap
lv if one be content to live like the
natives, says the Boston Journal.
This means bare rooms, black bread,
and meat but once day. The ordina-
ry American laborer would object to
this. The living known as s'respecta-
BILE" according to the American idea
of the term, is rather more expensive
in Europe than at home, the worship
ers of continental domestic economy to
the contrary Notwithstanding. Life in
q fashionable quarter at Paris may be
set down as one-third dearer than in
any home city except New York. At
the same time, if one understands the
language we'll enough to drive sharp
bargains, we are told that family on
an income of five thousand dollars
year can live better in Paris than in any
other European city.
Cotton goods are cheapest in Ameri-
ca. Shoes are not, but the foreign
stock is usually inferior in quality.
Rents are about equal, but American
houses are much more convenient. AS
to the expense of travelling, the ad-
vantage is greatly in favor of staying
at home. One may travel from New
York to Chicago in a sleeping car for
five dollars. A sleeper berth from Paris
to Nice costs eighteen dollars. While
servants wages are less abroad than
here, the service is SO inferior that it is
said one American servant will do the
work of two of the continental type and
do it better.
There is this to be said in favor of the
dweller in Europe. 1t is somewhat
more fashionable to be economical there
than here in America. If one will put
up with third class, slow trains, live
at cheap hotels or boarding houses and
get along on the beer-garden music, or
the footing of the German band of the
streets, there is great economy in it.
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Naval and Military Cadet Uniforms.

The question has often been asked
why the army cadets at Wset Point wear
agray uniform while the uniform Of the
army is blue. The origin of this distinc-
tiondates back to the war Of 1924,
when the commissary general Of the
army could not procure the blue cloth
required for Gen. Winfield Scott's bril-
gade, and 50 they were clad in gray.
So distinguished was the conduct of
that brigade at Lundy's Lane and Chip
pewa that when, after the war of 1872,
q reorganization of the West Point
military academy was made, out Of
compliment to Gen. Scott and his brig
ade the uniform Of the corps Of cadets
was changed from blue to gray.
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DYElNo WOOL AND SILK.
Tsheles Of Beth A1atorials Colored Il
Comblnatioa.

Comblnatioo.
A writer In the Industrie Textile
describes an improved process for dye
ing wool and silk combinations, in
which the piece to be treated IL pre-
pared In boiling neutral solution Of
bichromate Of soda, and rinsed, leaving
the wool fiber only charged with
chronic acid, and consequently in =
condition to 6x basic aminea by oxida-
tion-thus, the cloth being taken
through . solution Of 4naline salt, tae
silk becomes but slightly stained
while the wool hber assumes an
emerald green color; = second bath at
neutral tchronat;c dyes the wool b1ues
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SNAKE SKIN IS AS NECKTlEs.

The Cuticle Of . Thirty Year-Old Now .
Part Of Correct Neckwear. i
Just several shades removed from the
chameleon fad is the idea of wearing
snake skins for neckties, but the fashion
is growing in Baltimore. It promises
to become quite the proper caper to be
seen in immaculate morning suit of the
latest London cut, with the tanned
cuticle Of three-foot reptile neatly
tied around the snowy ''choker" collar,
or whatever other style Of linen neck
wear happens to be the rage. The fad
will never become generally violent,
says the New York Recorder, for fine
snake skins come high, and the crop
may thin out so as to let the West Vir-
ginians, who make business of catch
ing the possessors of variegated outer
coverings, create corner in the market
and coin fortune. To be in the swim
nowadays, and have the swaggcr thing
in neckties, Baltimore man must not
only wear a snakeskin, but the cuticle
of ''rattler" of about thirty years Of
age. The peculiar color of the rattler,
when he has passed in his checks and
gone to snake celestial spheres, is what
makes the skin more valuable than
when his fangs are still doing the
poison business at the old stand.
The necktie must be that of snake
of age, standing and family, for a
young scion of the house of rattler
doesn't seem to possess all the quail
fications as to color and durability OF
hide the head of the house can lay
claim to. Presumably it's because q
snake of three decades or so has been
through about all the different kinds
of dissipation known to the reptile
world, and his physical hide is cogni-
zant of no more compunction than his
moral nature. Then an old rattler is
generally larger than a young chap,
and tie about yard in length is
bound to bring more in the market
than a whipper-snapper snake could
show before he reaches his majority.
No other kind of a snake indigenous to
this section of the country would an
swer the purpose half as well as a rat
tier, because but few varieties attain
his length and Falstaffian girth, ex-
cept the copperhead and black snake,
and their colors, while brilliant enough
during life, are not of the right shade
after the tanner has had his innings.
A copperhead skin assumes too much
of dull brown to harmonic with odd
ideas in neckwear, and the black fell
low-well, his hide might answer for a
seedy individuals mourning tie, but
nothing else. The rattler's color, when
all the fight has been taken out of him
and his remains have been subjected to
the process that prepares them for
mems furnishing use, is something on
the very dull gold or ecru order. The
black rings show distinctly and. they
lend the odd effects that have SO capt..
vated the swells. Then when a back
and lining have been put on the skin
the tie is ready for use, but they are
worth an even three dollars any day,
counting two dollars and half for the
skin, which is the average price of q
rattler of thirty years standing, in
cluding all the trouble the catcher and
tanner combined have had to take.
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covery Of secrets by foreigners through
the wives of the ministry. The news
papers quote several instances OF this
character, in which it is conjectured
that important disclosures have been
made by the wives OF French diplo-
mates abroad. It is alleged that this
is the main reason why President Car
not signed the edict of prohibition, and
it will prevent several marriages which
are on the tapds, notably that of the
French minister at Athens to the
daughter Of the Italian minister at
Athens.
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General Dealers in
BEEF, PORK, MUTTON,
BUTCHERS SUPPLIES, ETC.

~ Prompt attention given to town and |
eeuafry orders. !
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13
AT THE HOTELS.

At the Windsor-C. E. Chapman,
Fergus Falls; Fred S. Avery, Chicago;
N. NJ. Crosby, New York; W. S. War
ner, st. Louis; Mrs. w. E. Field, Val
ley City. N. D.: D. R. Schiller, Blue
Earth City; }. Frank Dean. Owatonna.
At the Sherman-G. E. Gerry, Bos-
ton, Mass; S. l.. Moulston, DEVILS
Lake, N. D.; G. B. Lambert, Chicago;
a: Z: B59Deek, Kenyon, Mimi; Dan g.
win. Kalispel, Mont; W. E. Tubbs.
River Falls, Wis.,; Frank Downs, Green
Isle.
At the Merchants Webster Eaton,
Lincoln, Neb.; d. j. Hennessy, Du-
buque; A. 81. Taisey, Donnelly; George
N. Lamphere, Moorhead; R. Hugh
Sawyer, Livingston. Mont; w. An
drews, Red Lodge Ment.; F. M. Schu.
macher, Omaha; John F. Stone, John