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Show A lU.no ua lllatk or Nooil. W. Ilendt of 8 Clay street has a curiosity cu-riosity which momy caunot isirihaso from him, so hu declares. Itlsnlloikofljurel waxl cut yn-tenlsy yn-tenlsy morning from n log slxlrtn Indus In diameter, at thu mill of thu California I.ininli llulldlng Coiurany nt BauMllto. Ilntnal led In thla bh, iienrly lu the tenter, lanilui. of I ono right Indira In length, nvl Itntly from tho h g of aome nnhiinl. The bono testa anugly In the wood aa though It hat lietu pressed lu mortar, and as the trtu was over I (XI) tars old It may lu iro-sumisl iro-sumisl that the boue was a part of It fur uearly tho aiuiu long tierlod. All whohavoieentuu curiosity nre wondering how the Ikiuo laiuo tu be hnlddeillntheooilnftlietnv. The liartloularlog In which It was fond tainn froiuBunomattiuuty an I wa n brant horasrirdy laurtltrtu remei alont fifty feet from thu ground, Tho Lone wai located near the tnt wheru ltJolneithuiareiitkteni. This Is In-dkaled In-dkaled by thu knotty texture or thu woml iiirrouudlug It riioonly iiluisllla exjlinatlon or thu rn uk Is that the hone, Iflonclng lirolablylo tho nnatoniy of it lsr, mountain Hon, or souiu uthir lirge animal thai roiuned thu Bnuonn iiioiintuln isums n itii'ur) ago, wna carried up Into the trie by a tirlou blid and In some iiiaiuur Imame lialreil liisuihutkltloii ua lu renltr ltsluKiuauinintb) thu growing trio lasulllr If thern nn lo any other explanation f the piesenee of u lono lu Hiehtartofatioesliteiiilu lira In diameter, Mr. lieu It will he iilujaod to lenru It. riioilhwotorywas ina.lu lu cutting the log, which set rrod thu I onu with uloudrupliM uoImi. Thla nttrmtivl the ntiontloii uf Buiirliitondcnt lillitorlf who uun eximiiiliig thu a iw fouillthiitltattath hud Win gtuuul nssmoitlily uslfn llluhad been nn I Mr. Ilendt, win waa present, suggi sled sl-ed that an examination Into the t auto of thu dulling uf thu Saw shoull io iiiadn. with Iho limit of lludlng the Iwiie iu stated. Mr. Ilsudt thinks the curiosity uuw In IiIiimI(iii Ii u sure prise wluuer. C'Arunfo's, |
