What Is said to be the largest haystack in tho world'now stands near tho warehouse at Corcoran, Tulare County. Tlio gigantic setting contains 1000 tons of baled alfalfa, and,,with a height of,more than 40ft., covers 10,000 square foet'of ground. A Melbourne man named John O'Connell, who dreamed five or six times that lie had found gold not far from tho township of Cnninmbo, went to tho place indicated and discovered a gold-bearing reef. He returned to Melbourne with several specimens of gold quartz. , Carrara marble, which since the days of tho Romans has been regarded ns the choicest material for the sculptor, retains 'undiminished popularity; last year tho quarrymon woro unable to supply the demand for first-quality blocks. Readers of Benvonnto Cellini's Autobiography will recall his quarrel with tho sculptor Bandinc'ilo over a "magnificent block" of this marble, which Cellini thought should liavo been reserved for bis friend Michelangelo. '
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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149Untitled Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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