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Show Horn Long Imbedded In Tree. A ram'H horn that was Imbedded in n tree 183 years ago Is n curiosity that Janson IOldcr, 11 forester ranger living at Paisley, Ore., has discovered. Whllo ramhlng In the woods In 1888 Elder camo ncross n yellow pluo tree In tho ImBO of which wus Imbedded tho horn of a mountain sheep. Ho did not then hnvo tlmo to make, n thorough Investigation, Investi-gation, hut since he became a forest ranger ho had occasion to go to cut down tho tree. He took a section of tho trunk containing the horn to Lake-view. Lake-view. The horn was a llttlo to ono side tho center of tho ticc. It was not curlecT as aro the horns of mountain moun-tain sheep nowadays, but was almost straight. Counting tho rings of growth, tho trco wns shown .to bo 213 years oh. Outside of tho horn wero 183 lugs, Indicating tho number of years that had olapsed since the mountain uhrpp was caught and held fast by tho yellow pine. Tho horn was soaked with pitch. It Is ten Inches in dlnme-tcr dlnme-tcr at tho baso nnd 30 Inches long. |