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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-21
Assessment Notices.

COSMOPOLITAN MINING COMPANf.-
u Location of principal place OF business;
San Francisco, California. Location OF
works, DEVILS Gate District. Storey county,
Nevada Notice is hereby given that at .
meeting of the Board Of Directors, held on
the 18th day of August, 1873, an assessment
mo, y of Twenty-Five cents per share was
levied upon the capital stock Of the Corpora
ton. payable Immediately In United states
gold coin to the Secretary, at the ONCE OF
Company. Room Z. 5O7 Montgomery street.
San Francisco, California.
ANY stock upon which this assessment shall
remain upaid on the 18th day OF September,
1878, will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction. and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on MONDAY. the
4th day of October, 1875, to pay the delin.
auept assessment together with costs OF
advertising and expenses Of the sale.
NJ. LANDERS, Secretary.
Ofhce-sW Montgomery Street. Room No.
Z, San Francisco, California.
POSTPONEMENT.
1UyHE DAY FOR DECLARING THE
above assessment delinquent has been
postponed till October 10th. 1875, and the
day of sale to October 25th, 1878.
sl6td NJ. LANDERS, Secretary.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-21

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
Air.Plants..

Many are familiar with the fact that a
sprig of the wild orpine or live. forever
will retain its freshness and often con-
tinue to grow fora considerable time when
fastened to the wall or suspended in an
upright position in places where it can
have access to neither earth nor water
The plant belongs to the natural family
Crdssulace0, many of the members of
which fix themselves to dry rocks or walls
where there is little or no soil. One
species, the Bryorhyllun calycsnun,, is
called the airplant or leafplant, because a
detached leaf will grow and even flower
when hung up in a moist, warm atmos-
phere The leaf thus suspended sends
out little buds along its edges, and these
develop into perfect plants, with roots and
fibers of their own. When fully formed
these plants may be separated from the
parent leaf and are then capable of sus-
tanning an independent life.
Another species, having the same curl
Gus properties, grows in tropical countries,
and is known to botanists as the rerea
crenata. Like our common liye-forcver
it has thick, succulent leaves, but it makes
a much taller and handsomer plant, its
spike of greenish flowers rising to height
Of three feet. A single leaf Of the verea
hung in the window, or even thrown into
dark drawer, will, in the course of a
week or two, develop roots from its base
and become growing plant. A cross
section of leaf will often do the same.
The tenacious vitality of the plant is such
that to dry specimens for the herbarium it
is necessary first to kill them by INNER.
sion in hot water or the application of a
hot iron.-Chscago Tribune
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
An AnecdOte of Jules Janin.

Nevertheless, he had keen eye to his
own interest, as the following story will
show: When quite young man certain
neighbor of his owed him fifty francs
One day when he went TO ask for it he
found his debtor in great trouble I" can
not pay YOU" groancd the man. II have
no money; am ruined; in few hours
my landlord will distrain for his rent, and
carry away all l possess in the world"
Jules face fell, for his finances were very
low just then. Suddenly an idea struck
him. "You have dozen or two of ex-
cellent wine in your cellar, you told me
the other day; let me have that, and l will
give you an acquittance for the fifty
francs" Impossible; the porter will not
let it pass out" II will take my chance
of that if you will agree to my PROPOSE
ton" The debtor did agree and the re-
ceipt was signed. An hour aftcrward
man in a workman's dress, with his hat
slouched over his eyes, appeared at the
door with two wine baskets filled with bot
ties. II have come to change some wine
that was sent in to Mons. -" mention
ing the debtors name)" the other day by
mistake" he says in grutf voice. The
porter, innocent and unsuspecting, shows
the way to the cellar the man deposits tho
bottles he has brought, takes away those
he finds there, and goes on his way rcjoic
The man was Jules Janin, and the bot.
ties he left behind were filled with very
excellent-watcr!-I Bar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
A Man Supposed Dead Returns After
Five Years. Absence.

Five years ago BENZ s. Grosvcnor lived
in Dowagiac. In June, 1870, he left home
for the purpose of going to st. 10 to butch
err. He did not return, and his wife could
only learn that he got off the cars at Niles
but did not reach St. 10. She heard moth
ing of him until the following September,
when in hucklcberry marsh near BlIchan-
an a body was found so badly dccomposcd
that the features were unacceptable.
Some of those who saw it were positive
that it was GrOsvenOr, and sent to Dow
agiac for his wife to come and view tho
body She went down and was met at the
depot by dentist of Dowagiac who had
seen it, and he told her that he was posi-
tive it was GrOsvcnOr, as he recognized
the teeth from some work lie had per
formed on them She went down to sec
the remains, and, though she could not
positively identify them as her husband,
all the indications looked that way, and a
day or two after she wcpt over the grave
of her husband, as she supposed. Not
long after son, who was lying very sick
when the father went away, died also, leav-
ing her with one child, little girl She
left Dowaglac and came to this city, and
is now cook in the Grand River House.
From that time she lived widow and
believed herself such, though she says
that there was always a prcscntimcnt on
her mind that they had all been deceived
and that her husband was still alive. But
her friends were confident that lie was TO
longer living, and as the years
passed by without tidings of him
she had to give up hope, and
only at times would doubts arise in her
mind. Any doubt she might have felt
was not shared by others and it was sup
posed that he had been murdered, and she
has received a number of letters from de-
tectives-onc from Europe offering to
ferret the mystery and bring the murderer
to Justice She had some reason to hold
to her doubts, for her husband, when alb
sent before, had threatened to stay away
till he had acquired a competence, but she
did think that if he carried this threat
into execution he would have written to
her.
Tuesday night at midnight man got
off the cars and presented himself before
her 1t was the lost husband. He had
gone to Missouri and had been living
there. He had not yet become rich but
got sick Of the country and returned East
His wife was so indignant at his leaving u
sick family as he did and leaving her to
work for herself, without letting her hear
from him-though he says he did write
but the letter. miscarried-that she gave
him reception more cool than that which
is popularity supposed to be the thing in
such cases, and rather intimated that as
she had got along very we'll without him
for five years she could keep on doing so.
This somewhat dismayed him and he
went to see brother near Saginaw and is
there still.-Jackson (Mach.) Patriot.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
Decepti0ns in Candy.Making.

Not only adulteration but deception is
very widely practiced by cheap candy
sellers. Peanuts are substituted for al
monds, wheat sirup for gum-arabic, and
the commonest and worst articles of fla
voring and coloring are used with absolute
recklessncss as to consequences.
Poisonous substances arc used in color
ing less frequently than they were some
years ago, owing to the fact that good
many inquests were held and post-mortems
made; but they are still used, for the rea-
son that chrome yellow and chrome green
are much cheaper than pure vegetable
colors.
The great attraction about fancy condi-
ments is their flavor, and especially is this
the case with confectionery. Fortunes
may be made by the use Of some new and
peculiarly delicious flavor in confcction-
cry; and, so long US the human palate is
pleasantly Initiated, it makes little differ
ence to the manufacturer of cdiblcs what
means are employed. To dine upon an
ancient cat, dressed by tirst-class French
cook, would, no doubt, be very
pleasant, so long as one is igno-
rant of what creature he is eating; and it
is said that there was once a Spaniard in
Morocco who made fortune by selling
what people long believed to be pork
pies, but which were really pies of human
flesh. The receptions of the cook and
confectioner are the most difficult to de-
tect, and, therefore, the most dangerous,
especially in this age of chemical discov-
cry. 1t is safe to say that the ingredients
occasionally used in the flavoring of cheap
candies are not only disgusting but harm
full, and the war of competition is driving
manufacturers to novel devices, which
seem to be tathercd by diabolical ingcnu-
ity. OF course, the worst devices cannot
be successfully practiccd in the larger
manufactures, because of the impossible
ty OF keeping secrets where several hun
dred employees are working. But what is
done in those smaller stores, where street
peddlers manufacture their denominations,
had better be left to the Imagination. 1t
will suffice TO observe that sugar swectcns
all things, and that good fruit flavor and
vegetable extracts are not as cheap as dirt
-CtncinnGti Commercial
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
A Curious Relic.

A teamster on the railroad, while bath
ing in Whitewater, some thirty miles east
of San Bernardino, observed dark, circu-
lar object In the stream which, on being
brought to the surface, proved to be truly
marvellous piece Of workmanship. The
article in question is composed of Ger.
tain peculiar slate-colored stone, similar
to that usually employed by the Indians
of British Columbia for the manufacture
of pipes, and is not found anywhere in
this State. In form it is circular, being
somewhat shaped like a large dinner-pl !;
the bottom for about six inches in dame
ter is perfectly smooth, and has circular
orifice in the center about half an inch in
diameter. Toward the rim it presents a
singularly convex appearance; this rim on
the outer surface is surrounded with q
wreath of grapevines, so faultlessly en-
graved that even the most minute fibers of
the leaves are clearly outlined. On the
upper surface of the rim is peculiar
border, composed first of two parallel
lines extending around the entire rim,
with an interval of about two inches be.
tween the lines; in the center of these
lines, running at right angles, at regular
intervals, are smaller lines converging
from the inner line in the form of quarter
circles, meeting in the center, where they
pass through ovals, ending on the outer
line in the center of crescent facing out
ward; while travcrsing the whole is a
waving line extending around the center
of the outer lines. The center of this Gu
rious work, however, is the most astonish.
ing portion. On it appears marvelously
beautiful and faultlessly executed wreath
of flowers, leaves, vines and scroll-work,
every bud, leaf and flower being perfectly
natural and life-like to the minutest de-
tails. The whole is polished in the high
est manner, and is as smooth as glass.
The entire workmanship, in beauty Of de-
sign and delicacy of finish, excels the
choicest productions of modern artists,
and shows that the people by whom it was
executed had reached an advanced stage
of civilization. 1t is almost with feeling
of reverence that we gaze upon this relic
of past race, of whom no history has
yet been found, other than the ruins scat
tered on the plains, and whose origin and
history are enveloped in impenetrable OBJ
security, which probably never will he
penetrated. The plate is in remarkable
state of preservation, owing no donbt to
the indestructible quality Of the stone Of
which it is composed.-Sdn BeruardSno
(CGL,) Times,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
How the Rust Grows.

The transformations in the growth of q
butterfly are so evident that the merest
school-boy may try the experiment and
observe the truth Of it for himself; but in
the rust the objects are so very small that
the changes can only be seen by the keen
eyes OF skilled observers, aided by the
best powers Of the microscope. Begin.
ming with the spores of the mature rust
plant, as seen in the black stains on the
old stubble of any grain field, it will be
found that when the warm and moist davs
OF spring come these spores gcrminate
producing in few days a Short stem
bearing a crop of other spores of very
much smaller size. To avoid confusion,
these must be called by their scientific
name, sporidia, while the parent spores
are the teleutoepores. The sporidia have
never been seen or made to grow upon
the grain; but when they find their way
to the leaves of barberry bush they soon
begin to germinate, and make themselves
manifest on the under surface of the
leaves in what are commonly known as
"cluster- cups" The interior of these
pretty little cups is closely packed with
spores of still different kind, styled the
Gcidium spores. These will not grow
upon the barbcrry, but when they fall
upon blade or stalk of grain they soon
produce the yellow, rusty covering SO often
seen as the grain is beginning to ripen,
and caused by a multitude of u"edo spores.
Later in the season this urcdo state pro-
duces the final perfect telcutospores, thus
completing the circuit of life in this little
rust-plant. Long before this rust was dis
covered to be plant farmers had noticed
that there was close relation between it
and the barberry, and at present the latter
is being rapidly destroyed with good re-
suits, though it can scarcely be expected
that the rust-plant will thereby become
extinct, as probably the ecidium state
grows on other than the barbcrry, though
not yet discovered elsewhere. This is an
excellent illustration of polymorphsm, SO
common among fungi, and it also answers
we'll TO show the vast number of spores
these microscopic plants produce. The
tcleutospOre usually bears from five TO ten
sporidia, and allowing that only one Of
these finds the barberry leaf there may be
from one to fifty cluster-cups as the result
In our case suppose only one, and Il low
estimate, for its contents would be $50 600
acidium spores, and if only one in II
thousand finds place on tho grain stalk
and each brings forth its 100000 fold
there would be under such circumstances
62,5OO 900 spores from the single one with
which we started. Taking the same tclcu-
tospore, and surprising every sporc in all
the stages found its place to fill it, the re-
suit would be 1,5G2,5OO ,OO0, OOO, OOO, 900
spores, which may be looked upon as its
true descendants for the season. Or,
giving each inhahtant of the globe his
equal share Of these reproductive bodies,
he would have nearly as many as there
are individuals in the whole human race
This may seem like very large story
about very small matter, but it is not tho
only strange truth the microscope has re-
vealed.-ScribAcr for OctoJer
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
Culture a Means, Not an End.

We must not make culture an idol, as Is
the fashion, but regard it as merely one of
the forces that go to keep the world in
motion. 1t is means, not an end. 1t is
no more to be worshiped for itself than
is the knowledge of the multiplication
table. We should not let ourselves be
swamped in our luxuries. The man
should always he better than his surround
ings; he should absorb what is good in
them, and stand above them. 1t is to the
credit of man to rise purified by his OK
pe1ience, however bitter it may be, and
certainly he should not fall into Joyous
selfcontcnt because he has knowledge Of
brica-brac. That is no better than the
strength of giant who forever Tolls upon
the sofa. The collection of curiosities, the
ransacking of the globe after singularlties
and the consequent selfish. thrilling with
enjoyment are not enough. Indeed, the
mere enjoyment is IN itself idle, unpro-
ductive and, if it interferes with work,
harmful, however delightful 1t may be.
That ii IL delightful no one can deny, but
just as fear Of starvation is, however dis.
guised, one Of the strongest inspirations
OF toll known to man, the evident danger
Of comfort, pleasantly.won distinction
and elegance IS, that they produce sloth,
or passive content with things rs they are.
u. 3. Perkins, IN October Atldntic.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
Stage Readiness.

The London Echo gives the following
anecdote from foreign contemporary:
Colbert, the French actor, whose spcciallte
was the impersonation Of Napoleon l.,
was troubled with an infirmity of memory
in consequence of which all letters handed
to him to be read on the stage had really
to contain the words he was to deliver. In
some military piece or other the Emperor
had to receive d letter from his adjutant
and read it aloud to hisassembled officers
A certain Gauticr, the wag of the theatcr,
acted tle adjutant, and one evening, in
stead of giving Colbert the written letter,
lic handed him blank sheet Of paper.
The actor took it, and, pcrceiving the trick
that had been played HIM, returned the
missive to Gautier, saying with perfect
gravity: -" Read it yourself, General"
Gauticr, who did not know word of the
part and was too much taken aback to ex-
temporize, could not eXtricatc himself
from the position before the public had
discovered his discontinue. Gobert's
readiness was, indeed, almost as remarka-
bic as that Of u less celebrated actor, whose
foste was the part Of Richard III. AT the
approach of one of his best points hostile
clique induced the supers TO accost the
tragcdian with: MY lord, we've taken
Buchinoha,n and cut his head off," "'Tis
WE'LL" replied he :" had it not been 50,
should have said of with his head; so
much for Buck,ngsamr" thus getting in
his great effect after all.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07

overcome with emotion, wept like chill
dren, and some wanted to rush forth to
certain death rather than suffer to see the
victims perishing before their eyes whilst
they were powerless to render assistance
Not an eye was closed that night in
Indianola. The loud splash and cracking
of timbers proclaimed another house gone
and the sound was echoed by piercing
screams.
About daylight Friday morning the
wind lulled and the water fell as rapidly
as it had risen, and by noon it was posi-.
bic for people to get about in the higher
portions Of the town.
The severity of the damage done was
then fully appreciated. Not house in
the place but showed evidence OF
the gale: Squares completely vacant,
stores and houses having been carried of
by the current, leaving only the founda
ton to mark the spot where once they
stood.
AS soon as the citizens were able to get
out they set to work relieving those still
i'll peril. Those confined in the upper
stories of the dangerous buildings were
taken out and the corpses caught by fall.
ing timbers rem owed. 1t was sad work
and nobly did the people respond to the
call for duty. 1t watts then that the mos,
hcart-rending scenes were met. Here q
little girl, almost nude, wading in the
water in search of father, mother and sis.
tiers, whose bodies lay bleaching on the
sand, miles distant; there, old men, pale
with emotion, looked for their grandchil,
dren whose prattling voices were forever
stilled by the treachcrous waters.
No pen could portray the sad picture OF
Friday at lndianola. A town of 5000 in.
habitants under water for twelve hours
with $50 Of their number suddenly strick
en- down, could not but tear-stain the pa
per and make the hand OF the chroniclel
trcmblc.
Up to Monday evening last ninety
bodies had been recovered and given
Christian burial. AS there were no collins
left after the storm in Indianola, friends
of the deceased were forced to devise from
dry-goods boxes, in fact, from everything
covering for those who died. Fathers
bore to their last resting place the flowers
of their family flock, and alone buried
those who were dcarcr to them than life
itself; husbands laid away beneath the
sands the remains Of wives, children and
fathers.
Singular to say, most of the bodies were
not found in the town. The tremendous
current swept even many of those who
were caught beneath fallen buildings, and
carried them back to the lake in the real
of lndianola. Along the shores of this
could be seen, protruding through the
sand, almost buried, the arms or heads OF
the victims. 1t was next to impossible tc
recognize a single one
The action of the waters and waves had
been such as in cases to completely be
head the drowned. The last remnant OF
clothing was torn from them, and only in
cases where bracelet or tinger-rin re-
manned could friends identify the lost. II
would seem almost as though the demon
of cruelty had been at work. IIcadlcss
trunks, armless bodies, all were scattered
about on the beach, memorials of the
storms dreadful work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-07
Consumption Can He Cured.

SCHENCKs PulmOnic Syrup Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic, Schenck's Mandrake Pills, are the only
medicines that will cure Pulmonary Consumption:
Frequently medicines that will stop cough will
occasion the death Of the patient they lock up the
liver stop the circulation Of the blood, he'nOrrhage
follows. and in fact, they clog, the action OF tho
very organs that caused the cough
Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia are the causes OF
two thirds OF the cases Of Consumption. Many
persons com plain of dull pain In the side. consl-
patton. coated tongue, pair'in the shoulder blade,
feelings OF drOwsness and restlessncss, the 1000
lying heavily on the stomach accompanied with
acidity and belching up of wind.
These symptoms usually originate from a disor"
dered condition, 6f the stomach or torpid liver.
Persons so affected. II they take one or two heavy
colds, and il the cough In these cases be suddenly
checked will find the stomach and liver cloggcd,
remaining torpid and inactive and, almost before
they are aware the lungs are a mass OF sores ana
liberated the result OF which Is death.
Schenck's PulmOnic Syrup Is an expectorant
which does not contain opium or anything calcu-
lated to check cough suddenly.
Schenck =. Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food,
mixes with the gastric juices OF the stomach, aids
digestion and creates ravenOns appetite.
When the bowels are costive skin sallow, or the
symptoms otherwise Of bilious tendency,
Schcnck's Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared only by j.: II.
ScnENCK & Son, N. e. cor 9Th and Arch sts, Phil.
ada, and are for sale by all druggists and dealers.