The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-29
French mannerisms.-N. =. Commere;n
Adcerttser.

French mannerisms.-N. 2. Commercial
Adoerttser.
Those who cheat the State ont IF
taxes, by differentiation of their nersonal
property, often lose more than thew oa;n
by their rascality. If the property Is de-
stroyed by fire, it usually turns out that It
has been insured at much higher fio,,re
than 1t Is estimated at on the Assessor,s
books, and comparison of the oaths
made to the Assessor and in the nroof
against the insurance company is ant to
develop the discrepancy. This Is q good
thing to bear in mind when the Assessor
comes round. A gentleman in Cincinnati
who has insured library for $1,000,
which is only rated at $500 for taxation,
IS IN trouble about this matter-!St. Louis
Democrat.
.-"Subscriber" writes to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle: can idea struck me this
morning by which the Modocs may lie
easily exterminated while in the lava beds.
1t Is this: Construct kite capable of
carrying weight, say ten pounds; suspend
to the tail end a can of nitro-glycerine,
having an Arrangement for its ready de-
tachment; then fly it until perpendicularly
over any spot in the lava beds, which any
experienced engineer can readily deter
mine, pull the bleaching string, and the
havoc that would follow the explosion of
the box would, I think, be terrible and
effectual. Another-for some experienced
aeronaut to ascend in balloon and drop
the box. If you think the hint worth any
thing, please give it publicity through
your valuable paper"
A correspondent writes to the Bowling
Green (Ky) Democrat: s'Mr. John B.
Lewis, one of the most reliable citizens of
Allensville, and proprietor of the hotel at
that place, witnessed few days ago the
following case of snake charming. He
heard squirrel chattering in an unusual
manner, and crept stealthily to the place,
where he saw a squirrel running up and
down a tree. A large black shake was ly-
ing at the root of the tree with its mouth
open, but perfectly motionless. The
squirrel would run to the top of the tree
each time, and each time in coming down
would come nearer the snake, until it de-
liberately put its head in the snakes
mouth, and the snake commenced swal-
lowing it. At this juncture Mr.. Lewis
killed the snake and set the squirrel at
liberty.
Prof. Hyatt delivered lecture on
mercury in Vienna, recently, when he ex-
hibitcd the leg bone of a man whose
death had undoubtedly beer h astened by
mercury. On striking the bone heavily
upon the table, out fell thousands of little
glittering globulcs of mercury-bright
metallic mercury-Which rolled about
upon the black surface before him, col
lecting here and there into drops. This
mercury had been absorbed during life,
| undermined the mans system, and proved
fatal to him. The mortality among those
who work in mines of quicksilver, or in
the works where it is reduced, is known
to be frightful. In the celebrated mines
of ldria, the men work alternately one
month in the mines and one in the smelt.
ng-house. But Notwithstanding this, it
appears that of the hundreds employed
there, one-fourth become salivated.
1t is painful spectacle in families
where mother is the drudge to see the
daughters elegantly dressed, reclining al
their ease with their drawing, their music
their fancy work, and their reading, be-
quilting themselves of the lapse of hours,
days and weeks, and never dreaming OF
their responsibilities; but as necessary
consequence of a neglect of duty, grow,
ing weary of their useless lives, laying
hold of every newly invented stimulant
to arouse their dropping energy, and blam
ing their fate, when they dare not blame
their God, for having placed them where
they are. These individuals will often
tell you, with an air of affected compass
sion (fOr who can believe it real) that pool
mamma is working herself to death, vel
no sooner do you propose that they should
assist her than they declare she is quite
in her element, in short that she never
would be happy if she had only half SC
much to do.
"A plan has recently been proposed in
Edinburg, Scotland, for taking from foul
water impurities of every kind, whether
| of sewage or of manufacturers and Divers
waste waters. The Substance proposed to
bc ueed is a peculiar kind of animal char
coal, made from any substance which is
not bone. 1t is stated to be not only a
powerful decolorizer, but has peculiar
powers of absorbing both organic and in
organic substances, while it is from twenty
to fifty times cheaper than ordinary bone
charcoal. In carrying out the proposed
method of using this material, the sewage
is caused to fall into bed of sand which
lies on a thinner bed of gravel, under
which lies a bed of the charcoal. After
passing through another layer of gravel,
| the liquid goes upward through more
charcoal and flows over into a bed of
sand. It is thus thoroughly filtered and
purified: The charcoal, after use, may be
laid aside in the open air without causing
any smell, and in little time will recover
its original power, or it may be reburnt or
distilled protitably; the whole of the nj.
trogen taken from the sewage passing over
the distillation as ammonia, accompanied
by other valuable products.