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All the so-called hotels, cottages.
tents and other makeshifts provided
for the accommodation of visitors TO
the Yosemite valley are to give way in
the near future to handsome, impos-
ing and fireproof structure, to be built
at cost of about $4,000, of granite TO
be quarried in the valley. This PROJECT
was developed at recent meeting OF
the Yosemite commissioners during
the discussion of plans to provide for
the accommodation of visitors to the
valley. "I am in favor of a granite
building that can be constructed from
the stone right on the ground sale
Gov. Budl 81 don't believe it wonld
cost more than TO build an equally Large
hotel of lumber up there in the noun
tains, where the hauling of the lumber
costs more than the lumber itself.
Commissioner Sperry said that gran
tie structure with 100 rooms could bt
put up at cost of $4,000 to $5o,oot
He suggested that plans cnght to be SC
cured to enable a proper presentation
of the scheme to the legislature wher
an appropriation was asked for. Gov
Budd said he would, in his message ts
the legislature, call attention to tns
proposition.-San Francisco Call.
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VENUS OF MILO.
Buried in an Oak CONN During the
Franco-Prusstan War.

Buried in an Oak Comm During the
Franco-Prus5.an War.
The recent death of NJ. Henri Brest,
whose name was cele ebrated many years
ago in connection with the statue o.
Venus, now one of the great treasures
in the Louvre museum, brings to mind
some interesting souvenirs connected
with that statue. 1t WAS, indeed, Nj.
Henri Brest who discovered the wonder
full statue which had been unearthed
by peasant in the island of Milo and
who bought it of him for mere song
in 1920. He soon sold it to NJ. de Mar
cellus, through whom it reached the
| Louvre. The wonderful statue re-
maincd undisturhed in the gallery OF
the Louvre, of which it was the prin-
cipal ornament, till the Franco-Prus-
sian war, in 1870, when the means OF
preserving it against the possible pill
lage of the Germans caused great anxi-
ETY. to the curators. Few Englishmen
are probably aware that the Venus de
Milo was on that occasion placed in an
immense sort Of padded oak coffin and
buried mysteriously in great trench
made to receive it in the courtyard
of the prefecture Of policsa, This
was done in the middle of the
night, in the presence Of very few
witnesses, with the object of keeping
the hiding place of the statue perfectly
secret 1t was thought by the officials
of the Louvre that the statue was in
perfect safety there; but their anxiety
for the fate of the treasure was revived,
after the signature of peace, by the
outbreak of the commune and the set
ting fire to the prefecture OF police and
to the Palais de Justice opposite
Fortunately. however, when that insur
rection had been put down the curator'
of the Louvre, on once more unearth
ing the statue. found it had suffered M
deterioration. The inscription on th'
pedestal of the statue in the Louvr
does not even mention the name of NJ
Henri Brest. 1t relates simply that j
was bought by NJ. de Marcellus TO
Marquis de Riviere. the French ambas
sador, who presented it to King Loui
XVIII. in is21.-Chicago News.
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"The latest in clocks and watches
is distinctly original. 1t comes from
France. The suggestion Is that the
decimal system should be adopted for
clocks and watches. bidding good-by to
our old friends IL and IL O'Clock entire
ly, aud to divide the face of the clock
into ten instead of twelve sections
This system is now used by the geo
graphical bureau OF the French army.
and it is urged that it diminishes the
labor of calculation by two-thirds. and
lessons the chances of mathematical
eror from four TO one The following
is an outline of the rules OF the dec imil
system as applied 10 timepieces:
THE day, from midnight to the MD
! night following, is 10 be divided into
100 equal parts, known as 'ces.'
'sThe subdivisions, according to the
decimal plan. are .decices,' OF tenths,
centices,' or hundredths. millices.' or
| thousandths.
'.0ne of the main divisions, the 'ces..
| is equal 10 IA minutes and "a seconds,
OF almost quarter of an hour
This. say the scientists, is the easi-
est possible system, but the poor lay
mind, we are afraid, will not quite
/ agree with such conclusion, and SIX
a. m. sounds far more acceptable than
25 ces. its decimal equivalent.-West-
minister Gazette.
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STORM hYPNOTIsM.

A London Writer Tells If His Strange
Experience In Paris.
The recent disastrous cyclone in
Paris. which was one of the first Of the
kind ever experienced in that city. has
opened up discussion on the subject
hitherto but little investigated, the
mesmeric or hypnotic influence OF
storms.
1t is we'll known that birds and other
animals are often restless and disquiet-
cd before an earthquake or severe
storm, and there il every reason to sup
pose that they perceive the prelim-
mary tremors and air vibrations be-
fore they are felt by man.
A correspondent of a London daily
describes the experience of himself and
his wife in Paris as illustrative of the
impressions to which highly strained
and nervous organizations are subject
under certain conditions of atmos-
pberic or electric disturbance. The
night before the storm they went to
The theater. The atmosphere was
sitting; it was almost impossible to
breathe. They both experienced a
dead, dull depression on the brain,
| that can only be described as the symp-
| toms of semi-inebriety.
They went dinnerless and supperless
to bed ard slept, unconscious of every
thing. In the morning the woman was
seriously ILL., Her lips ard skin were
burning. She could not swallow, and
could scarcely articulate. The pupils
of her eyes were dilated, the whites
we're yeined and almost jet black. She
had every symptom of narcotic poison
ing. BY dint of great courage she re-
covered somewhat and they sat in the
courtyard OF their hotel while the cy-
clone ragged, feeling it, but seeing moth
ing of its terrors. They started for
their English home on the night boat
The writer says that he went dazed into
the car and fell asleep instantly. He
has no recollection of the trip across
the channel, being in a stupor all the
way.
He left London soon after to &c
down into the country. Tie says: $.
slept in the train, and / have gone OF
sleeping every few minutes ever since
The cyclone was on Thursday. 1t i
NV Sunday, and l am as sleepy as al
owl; but gradually the mesmeric inhe
ence of the storm is fading away.
"The hypnotism of the cyclone i
decreasing The intolerable pressuT'
of the brain is getting less acute, bu
there still remain that awful burning
pain and the ache over the eyeball
from which we have suffered so long
| What h,, b,pDaua1 tn uso VIII sci
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What is believed to have been an
aurora of such extraordinary brilliancy
as to obscure the sunlight is thus de-
scribed in an old number of the Gen
tleman's Magazine: On the I'd day of
January, 1856, an unusual light, far
above the brightest day, struck all be-
holders with amazement The time was
four o'clock in the afternoon, and it
soon faded away. At seven, however,
from eart to west, streams appeared
like rivers Of bright fire. A general
feeling of alarm was caused by these,
but they gradually faded away to the
north, their disappearance being ac-
companied by shocks which were felt
by all, but which did no particular
damage,-St. Louis Republic.
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Notice Of Publication.

To B. w. Warrington, A. H. Rahm and
Nelson F. Kimball, your heirs, devisees
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the under
signed has expended 500, in the year 1885,
in labor and Improvements upon the
MEXICAN
lode mining claim in Warm Springs Creek,
or Boulder, mining district, Blaine county,
Idaho, in order to hold said premises un..
der the provisions of section 1924, Revised
Statutes of the United States. being the
amount required to hold the same during
and for said calendar year 1895, and il,
within ninety days after the expiration of
the publication OF this notice, which will be
published for ninety days, you fail or re
fuse 70 contribute your respective proper
lions of such expenditure as co-owners,
according to your respective interests in
said claim viz b. w. Warrington, one
sixteenth, $625; A. II. Rahm, one-six-
~teenth, sc. .25. and Nelson #. Kimball, one
eighth, $3.50, your interests i'll said claim
will be forfeited to and become the prop
erty of the undersigned, under and by vir.
sue of said section 1924
EDWARD BRISBIN.
First publication Feb. Is, 1896.
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changing serpent. Into Rods.

The Egyptian cobra is not unlike its
Asiatic cousin, except in the absence
of the curious spectacle-like mark
which distinguishes the latter. AL
though it is the most poisonous reptile
known to inhabit northern Africa it
is the favorite among the snake-charm-
ers. These conjurors know how to
render this serpent rigidly unconscious
by pressing the nape of it's neck with
a finger. This act appears to throw
the reptile into oatalepsy, in which he
is as stiff as an iron rod. Traces of
something similar having been prac-
ticed in olden times ma. be found in
the Bble-where Aaron made serpent
of his rod or staff.-St. Louis Republic.
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A Vegetable Pistol.

But the most remarkable instance OF
scattering the seeds shooting them
from the pod) is afforded by Hura
crepitars, handsome tree. native OF
the forests of South America The GU
rious fruit of this tree is somewhat
fiattened, deeply furrowed or futed
body, made up OF circle OF many cells
each containing one seed. When the
seeds are ripe the cells open, and expei
them with a loud report, like the crack
of pistol. Hence the fruit is some
times called the "monkeys' dinner
bell"
Stories have been told of Hura fruits
being placed in desks and subsequently
opening. and discharging their seeds
with such violence as to break ink
wells, and even to crack the wood OF the
desk.-Thomas Fl. Kearney, Jr., in St.
Nicholas.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

To Mrs MARION BYBkE, her heirs or as
signs:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred { 1901 dol
fars in labor and improvements upon the
WELLINGTON
lode mining claim, situated on Bear gulch,
about three miles northeasterly Of Galena.
in Wood River mining district. Blaine
county, Idaho, as required by section 1924,
Revised Statutes of the United States, be-
Ing the amount required to hold tse same
for the year ending December 81, 1895 /;
that your proportion of the same is $50,
being one half; and If within ninety days
from the service of this notice, or within
ninety days after this notice BY publication
you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
porAon of such expenditure as ce-owner,
Including legal costs of this publication,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned, under the
provisions Of said section 1924.
JOHN CAREY.
Kctchum, Idaho, January IA, 1893.
First publication, Jan. Is, 1886.
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which furnish large contingents to the
national guard have not single troop
OF horses. II there Is any lesson that
the failure Of the confederacy can teach
us, it il this: that an invasion OF
Canada,-and / do not mean that such
a thing is in the least probable or de-
sirable-made without sufficient cavA1;
ry would be as barren of permanent
results as it would be II made with an
army Of crossbowmen.-Duncan Rose.
in Century.
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tory must have been quite different
from that Of the earth. This, however,
Is not the opinion of Messieurs Loewy
and Puiseux, who, in a recent communi-
cation to the Academy Of Sciences in
Paris, say that study Of the latest
lunar photographs tends to show that
the condition of the moons surface has
been produced by the action Of the same
natural forces now ut work on the
earth.-Youth's Companion.
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corn. The woodbrea,l 10 made by select-
ing the sawdlst of The leest resinons
wOod-tbe breech, for example and
washing it with water to remove any
soluble matter. 1t Is then dried in an
oven and reduced to hne powder. With
the addition Of little -four, some yeast
and water, it forms q doughwhioh. when
baked, consttutes bread resembling in
appearance and taste our ordinary
brown bread. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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mensely large in proportion than those
of the earth. The moon is but one
forty ninth the size of the earth, but
its mountain peaks are nearly as ,4gh.
Twenty-Five are higher than Mount
Blanc. which is within few feet of
three miles high. The highest is n lit
tie more than four miles and half
St. Louis Republic.
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The Ksysfoss u the sols representative
Of the arsat Upper Wood Riysr. nawteosA
and Smoky mining resions, and, aocaAsa
a. It h in ths very hsaft of De most ptOa
iaing mining country o.. The hoe 81 tAs
earth, and leaving nothing undcne - pre-
,ent its readers complete synopsIs Of aIl
mining news and Developments, - we'll -
matters Of local importance II and about
Ketchum. it Il an Invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler Of every
craft and position. Subscribe for Il, read
1t, and let your friends read IT.
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Am.r,es.. Need of Cavalry.

Discussing the possibilities of war
with England, and the strength OF the
United States militia or national guard,
some of our newspapers lately boosted
that on army of 100000 men could be
thrown into Canada within lew
weeks. How many of these men would
be mounted on horseback? 1t is very
pertinent inquiry, for it requires from
three to six months training to make
a cavnl-yman, and some Of the states
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GATHERING The RETURNS.

0eomAs About New York Police AsAdquos-
tass o. Election Nighs.
The election bureau OF the police
board is the official recipient Of the
returns from the voting ppeeincAs- This
bureau furnishes ensh poll vv3tlRls,aum1ns
for the Official record and also wsth
four sets of small blanks for each ONCE.
As soon al the count for an once Is
finished the four inspectors sign all
four blanks and policeman takes
them to a police headquarters, and
quickly rcturns for others. Thus the
count goes on until it Ia completed
sometimes not before midnight.
Meantime there have gathered In .
large room at police headquarters all
the commissioners, the superintend-
ent. great number of newspaper re-
porters with pencils sharpcned nj both
ends. while the walls are lined with
messenger and telephone boys. As soon
as report is brought it is read out
by the superintende ent, taken down by
the newspaper men, and forwarded to
their editors as rapidly as possible. By
eight o'clock the returns come thick
and fast, and nothing is heard but the
scratching of PANELS and the footsteps
Of racing messengers. The commits
siopers soon go to their private Offices.
for they know that anxious candidates
will speedily be called to learn
their fate, although very 1air idea has
spread abroad by nine or ten o'clock as
to how the state and city have gone"
On the principal issues. In the case of
| the election Of November. 1894, every
body knew that TammAny was beaten
long before that hour.
But the fun OF the street is not for
that band of reporters al headquarters,
nor for those other bands of writers in
| the newspaper Offices down town, who,
with almost superhuman diligence
and endurance, are tabulatlng and put
ting into type and commenting upon
these returns for delectation of the
public next morning.
The tenement-house districts have
been alive with people since sundowp
dancing about the fires They have
learned long ago the outlines OF tbs
result, and those on ti3 successful
side are rejoicing in their tunlnltuou'
way, sure OF the support of all tn.
boys. As tie evening advances The -ax
citement spreads 70 Broadway and vi
town. The newspapers viii issue ex
tras every hour or so from nine p. II
TO two in the morning, but they do moi
hesitate to give al. this news away
upon their bulletins as fast as they gss
it.-Ernest Ingersoll. in Century. -
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First Artist-Congratulate me. old
man. I've just sold my masterpiece to
Banker Parvenu for 5000 marks.
Second Artist--Glad to hear 1.-THE
miserable skirfint deserves to be stuck.
-Fliegende Blatter.
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The Moon and the Earth.

The strangeness of the scenery of the
moon, and the enormous size OF its
crater-shaped mountains, have led some
astronomers to think that its past his
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IN times of famine bread has been
Lal.sd from wood Bran and husks Of
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EVOLUTION of THE UMBRELLA.
From the Old Time whalebone Spreader I
the Bow Channel Steel.

From the Old-Time Whalebone Spreader to
tho Bow Channel Steel.
Forty years or SO ago umbrellas were made
with stretchers or bows Of whalebone. These
bows were rather bulky in themselves, and
| they were apt to get a little permanent bend
from long use 30 that they bulRed when the
umbrella was rolled up: making the big. baggy
umbrella, familiar to middle-aged and older
! people. and occasionally still seen. though on
the stage ofterer than in real life.
With the introduction OF petroleum oil into
general use as an illuminating oil. and the con-
sequent very general abandonment OF the use Of
whale oil came the decline of the whaling In
dustry. Fewer and fewer vessels went after
whales. because there was less and less demand
for the oil. or course. the supply Of whalebone
decreased with the supply Of oil, but the price
did not, nor did the demand. There are still
some uses for which whAlebone is considered
most desirable. and with constant demand and
decreasing, supply the price Of whslebone
! steadily advanced, rs it has continued to do.
| Whaleboue soon became too costly to permit Of
its further use for umbrella spreaders. and sub
stitutes for it were sought for this use. rs there
were for other uses IN which whalebone had
been employed. steel was the substitute
slender. round. tempered steel rod. With these
slenderer bows the umbrella could be more
snugly rolled and the old baggy umbrella be-
gan TO disappear. and the modern tight roller to
take its place.
linen CANT umbrella BOWS OF IlRnt steel rolled
in V shape, and then. In the quest for a still
tighter roller. umbrella handles were made Of
metal. The first tubing handles were made of
brass. Steel would have been cheaper, but
there had then been discovered no satisfactory
method Of brazing steel tubes such as are used
in umbrella handles. There Is such a method
now. however. and umbrella handles OF steel
tubing are now made in great numbers.
steel. rolled channel-shaped. In oross section
this spreader IL shaped something like a capital
letter + without a tongue. and the ribs OF tho
1 umbrelIa-tl6 steel rods that run from the Rlid-
Ing ferrule. or runner. as It Is called. on the
handle OF the umbrella, by means of which
the umbrella is spread are so attached and ad-
justed to the spreaders that they shut into the
channels when the umbrella is closed.
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Not an Interpreter.
from he clersiand Leader.

fN'
In q dispute between the Indians and the can
merry men. according 10 the Seattle Post Intcli-
qenccr. a Mr.. March was called as "A witness, and
the way in which he gave his testimony proved
puZZlinE to the lawyers.
How long have you been In this part OF the
country, MIR. March 2"
Forty, forty-five. Afty, ffty-f FIVE years"
"Flfty-ilve years" said the lawyer. And then,
as II no were addressing Christopher Columbus,
he asked:
And what did you discover. Mr.. March ?"
"A dark.visaged savage
"Dark-visnged savage, Ell? Yes, and what
did you say TO him ~
~ said 1t was u tiue day"
you 7"
Mr.. March ratified of a whole yarn in Chi
nook, and kept on, TO the mirth OF the whole
Ravol OF the Judge.
-" ] asked you what reply the savage made to
you, Mr.. March. Please answer the question:"
said the rate crosS-examiner.
was answering"
Tell us what the savage said."
That was what he said"
Then tell IL to us In English
Not unless ! am commissioned by the court
to- act as an Interpreter aud paid the fec"
the lawyer thought a moment. looked at the
judge, who could not resist u smile, ana said
severely: Mr.. March, YOU may stand down"
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SOUL 0 NJ IN INDIA.
SALVATION ARMY WORK AMON9
TIE NATIVE HINDoos.

boom Marches and Temple BreaktnG De-
scribed by Major Devn Sundrum, q Pie
turesqus Convert Now In New York
Methods OF Work Among Low Caste
Natives In tho Jungle.
Deva Sundrum, n native East Indian. who
lisa Major in tho Saliva ion Army. is now In
New York, having CON here TO consult the
Commander and Consul Booth.Tucke about
tho work OF The Army In India. He speaks
English fluently, and is n picturesque figure In
his nadvn dress, with the scarlet coat of the
Army. He is accompanied by Ensign Guna-
sekara, also n Hindoo.
II was converted In 1884" he said to a SUN
reporter, when asked TO tell about his work.
Previous to that | was In the Government
employ MS n surveyor. and received R13 n
month for my services. After nine years the
Government transferred mo to Borneo. I
stayed there two or three years, and went back
OH q furlough to Madras to see my father.
When I got there tho Salvation Army officers
were holding meetings day aud night. My
head was in great confusion about these peo-
pie I~striking himself dramatically on the fore
h~ead]-donbt, l think you call it-and before
/ would 90 to n meeting l had conversation
with several of them. What do you think2
At-the very first meeting | got saved. and that
very week attended n holiness meeting con-
Quoted by Commander Booth-Tucker. He
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RED FOX.
When It Lost It's Tail II Kept Turning
Someraaults. and SO Was Captured.

Bill Pardy of Wheelerville, n. y, came walk
ing down the trail from Odit's Camp, up In the
North Branch. tho other afternoon with his
rife over his shoulder and leading n full grown
red fox with q dog chain fastened to a leather
strap about Its neck. Elmer Hamlin was lean
Ing against the gate post. waiting for the horses
to finish their oats. He looked at the fox, then
at Bill Pardy, then at, the fox again before he
said anything. Then he said:
"Weli. say; where did you get him ~
Up by Odits Camp" Pardy replied. Then
Elmer asked how.
Pardy said that his dog had started the fox
over on the Big Ash ridge near the Dix swamp
and he had gone ahead TO the runway by OdiI's
camp. The fox came along and he opened on IL
with his rife. He fired three times and then at
last the beast went end over end. Pardy reck-
that when the fox kept tumbling head over
heels he didn't shoot. When he got to The
beast. however. he found that the bullet had
cut is tai! Of close and clean; TIha, had made
every time il tried to leap. like n hoy turning
somersaults. Bill took his dog chain. tied il 10
the fox. and after putting tho tail into his
pocket. started for home. first tying a bag OF
cartridges to the stub Of the fox's tail SO tina. IL
could walk comfortably.