Volume 29 (1874) (428 pages)

298 SCIENTIFIC PRESS. _ [November 7, 1874. The Fall of the Leaf. The phenomenon of the ‘‘ fall of the leaf,” common ae it is, is very difficult to explain eatistactority. The following are the facts, eo far as we nnderstand them, which are exceedingly interesting and inetructive: It seems that natnre begins the provision for separation almoet ae soon as the Jeaf is horn, in epring. When first put forth into the atmoephere, the stalk of the leaf, snpposing one to be preeent, is continuoue With the stem. Ae the leaf and its etem grow, however, an interruption between their tissuee (fibrous and cellular). occurs at the base of-the leaf stalk, by meane ot which a more or lese complete articulation or joint is gradnally and ultimately formed. " This articulation is produced hy the continuation of the growth of the atem after the leaf has attained its full growth, which it generally does in afew weeks. The growth of the leaf being completed, the base of its petiole, or foot-stalk, is no longer ‘able to adapt itself to the increasing diameter of the stem, and a fracture hetween that base and the stem necessarily eneues: the excision advances from without inward, until it finally reachee the bundles of woody fiher which form the main support of the leaf. While, however, natnre is forming a wonnd, she is at the same time making provision to heal it, for the cuticle or epidermis of tbe stem is ‘seen to grow over the surface of the ecar, so that when. the leaf ie detached the tree does not suffer from the effects of an open wound. The provision for separatiog being thne completed, the leaf is parted from the etem by the growth of the twig at tbe bud hase, the force of thé wind or éven hy its own weight. Therefore as ‘soon as tbe gloridus colors of the autnmn leaves begin to fade, this provision for separation is completed, and the winds sing their death dirge ae they carry them away from their eummer’e home, on the branchee of the trees, and scatter them in countlese nnmbere upon the ground. ‘The fall of the leaf is therefore the regular vital process, which commencee witb the firet formation of the leaf, and is ouly completed when it ie no longer useful to the tree. There is no denying, however, tbat the froste of autnmn, by suddeuly contracting the tiseues at the base of the leat etalk, accelerate the fall of the leaves. All must have noticed on a frosty morning in’ antumn that the slightest breath of air moving among the decayed and dyibg leaves will bring them in complete ehowers from the treee to the ground. The leaves of the beech, hornbeam and oak die in autumn, but frequently remain attached to theee trees throughout the winter months, provided that the treee are not so situated ae to be exposed to violent winds. Such leaves when examined will be found to be continnous with the stem, and therefore without that articulation er joint which eo natnrally assiets in the separation of the leaf from the tree. Those dead leaves fall off when the new leavee are put forth in epring; they are in fact puhed off by the expansion of tbe stem when the growth of the season commences. The leavee of evergreen trees and shrubs, and of coniferoue trees, as the pine and fir, do not fallin antumn, but in epring, when the growth of the season ie proceeding; and as thie annual leaf-fall is only partial, coneisting of one-half or one-third at a time, there ie always a sufficient number of leaves on ench trees to keep them clothed with perpetual verdure. Hence it ie that their foliage consists of leavee which have been attached to tbe stem from one to three or five sneceseive yeare.— London Garden Coxumera District.—The Silver State eays: Charley Kyle and General Harris have juet returned from a hunting expedition in the northwestern part of the county. They report game plenty in that section, and, as trophiee of their suecees, brought in a lot of venieon. From Kyle we learn the following relative to the miuing proepecte of Bartlett creek and Colnmhia district, which places they vieited while hunting: Work has been commenced systematically on the Badger mine, 4 large interest in which wae recently purchased by Mr. Bollinger, of San Francisco. A few daye ago George Keating eold his interest in the mine, which comprised one-eixth of it, to a Mr. Johnson, of Baker City, Oregon, for $10,000. The new owners have enrveyed and commenced work on a ditch from Bartlett creek to an eligible site near the mine, for the purpose of running a quartz mill. The creek contains snflicient water at all seasons of the year to run a 20etamp mill. Kyle speaks in the highest terme of tbe couutry, and believes, now that capital is intereeted, that next season there will be a flourisbing mining town in Columbia district. The country evrrounding the mines afforde excellent paetnrage for cattle, large herds of which are seen in the valleye. Ocowro, in Wieconein, promiees to rival the Black Hille or any other gold mining district in the conntry. The foliowing is from the Oconto Reporter: It ie an indisputable fact that gold, in paying quantities, has heen diecovered on the north branch of the Oconto river, which in purity and riohness has been prononnced hy old California minere not to be surpaséed by any gold ever discovered on the Pagific ooaet. For reasone that we are not at ae at liberty to divulge, this discovery has een kept quiet, but in the courre of a few weeks all unhelievers and scoffers will be made acquainted with the truthfulness of thie statement, as arrangemente are being made for the opening and working of the mine. MINING AND, Manzanita Mine. The heavy rain of Mouday and Tuesday had the effect to give the ground a good soaking. Quite a cave occurred on the weet side of the cnt inthe Manzanita claims, and an acre of gronnd, more or less, was tumbled down.and brokeu np, ready for hydraulicing when water comes. Tbis mine ie in eplendid order for working now, better than it ever wae before, and the general arrangement of the worke, and the systematic manner in, which the claime have been worked to bring them to a first-clase paying mine, reflecte great credit upon the snperintendent, Mr. W. A. Roherte, who hae, for the paet two years, hattled againet many apparently insurmountable obstacles, and sneceeded in bringing order out of chaoe and making the Manzanita a paying mine. The claime are all ready for work when water comes, and it is the ; intention this season to rmn more water and use more gunpowder. Two more powder drifts are heing run, and the immense bank of gravel, one hundred and sixty feet high, will be hroken up all over a dietance of two hundred feet back, thus rendering the gravel easier to be dissolved. The bed-rock is still pitching slightly into the hill, showing that the deepest part of the channel has not yet been reached. There is still plenty of fall, however, to the claime, for the .lower tunnel at the end of the ground sluice is from thirty to forty feet helow the hed-rock. Thie tunnel will be nsed for running off bottom dirt, and all the gravel on the north and weet sides of the claime, while the upper’ tunnel, which is some twenty feet above the bed-rock, will be used for conveying away the gravel from the east portion of the miue. Two monitors are used and eight hundred inches of water are forced throngh each of them. Tbe company’s office, hlackemith shop, powder honse and other bnildinge, are conveniently arranged, and when Jupiter Pluvius eende eufficient moisture to fill the Snow Mouutain ditch with water, piping will begin, and old Manzanita will be made to disegorge the golden treaenres which are known to he in its poeseesion.—_ Nevada Transeript. Sream Pacrine.—An English writer recommends well-sifted white-wood sawduet, cnt with the grain and mixed with tale or plnmbago, ae a good material for eteam packing. Another writer eays in regard toit, ‘“Cbis ie, in itself, a good anti-friction material, hut Ido not think the addition of plnmbago would he of any uee. I fear, however, that the action of eteam would eoon destroy the elasticity, and make it like a ring of eolid wood. Once, heing in a hurry to pack the gland of a piston-rod, I filled tbe etnffing-box with finely chopped etraw. Not the least stenm escaped tbrough the interaticee, and it reqnired hut very little compreseion, the mere weight of the gland serving to keep it steam-tight. I thought I had made a good discovery, that would save a continual eource of tronble, but at the end of a few d+ye’ work the straw suddenly went rotten by the continued action of the steam, and blew out like coffeegrounde. Oat-husks are more enduring, and equally eteamtight. The experiment proved that a continuoue yarn gasket is not essential for steam packing, but that small pellete of something or otber having elasticity and eteamenduring properties will do eqnally well, and be far more easy to extract than old hard junk, to hook out which to the very bottom ie sometimee a tronbleeome job.” Lima Vautury.—A correspondent of the &.R. Reveille eaye: At no time since the settlement of thie vaNey has tbe outlook of the mining intorest been so gloomy ae at preeent. No work is being done on any of the mines save and except the Brown’a Hope, on which Superintendent Higge has a crew of two men at work on contract. The mill, wheu running (now sbut down for repairs), is working the refuee ore or waste dumps of the Brown’e Hope mine and givee employment to eight or nine men, including officere. Gen. Page has machinery here for another mill; but when or where it will he set up we know not. Messrs. Kelly & Oher, the fortnnate owners of eome very rich gold-bearing ledges inthe Gold Mountain district, are building an arrastra-mill between Lida and Gold Mountain for the rednction of their ore. The motive power of the mill will be steam. Owners of minee in Lida Valley district bide their time, confident in the merits thereof. Orrentan Miru.--The Nevada Transcript learns from Mr. Kitts, proprietor of the Oriental mill that he has crushed abont 1,000 tons of custom rock the past éummer. Most of it was prospect rock, taken from Gold flat, Wood’s ravine, from the Montana ledge and other places. The rock hae all averaged abont $25 per ton. The millierun by eteam power and has an engine of 30 horse power. The gold is saved by meane of copper slnices and Eureka rubbers. Mr. Kitte understands the working of rock and eaves the proceeds as closely as itis possible to do. The mill will run ae occasion requires dnring the winter, Tue Milton mining company are pushing work on their Milton and Moore’e Flat ditches ae rapidly as possible. Between Moore’e Flat and Enreka they have 500 men at work, and above Eureka the ditch is completed. The recent rains have given an impetus to the work, as fears are entertained that the rainy season has actnally commenced. Tux Ooneolidated Virginia bullion ie worth \ $31.50 per ponud. Machinery. BALIZS SWEEPING DREDGE, A NEW AND VALUABLE CALIFORNIA INVENTION, Has been very lately well proven by performing a job of dredging at the mouth of San Antonio Creek, at Oakland, Cal. There is but tbis one machine tbat has ever had these improvements employed. If is an old machine, formeriy built for anotber device, and is unfavorably constructed for Ball’s improvements; yet this first temporary experimental machine has filled a scow of eightyfive cubic yards in sixteen minutes in nnfavorable dig—ging. For durabillty, digging hard material and fast work, it bags a repntation (supported hy leading engineers) as having no eqnal. Testimonials and references will he given on application to the inventor, who is tbe sole owner of patents (excepting having made an assignment of the one machine now belonging to tbe Central Pacific Railroad Oompany). Having resolved not to sell any rigbts unless upon a basis of actual work performed hy a machine huilt by myself for the purpose of fairly esteblishing the worth of tbe invention; I therefore offer to sell machines or rights on the following plan, which is Srertamene tbe capacity of the Macuine hy actual work: I will enter into an a; t with any respousible party to huild and sell a macbine, scows and tender, all complete, and right of all my improvements in dredging machines thronghout the Pacific Coast for $2v,000, warrantlng the macbine to dredge six cnbic yards per minute (to filla scow at that rate). $20,000 will but little more than pay the cost of huilding the muchine, scows, etc., all complete; therefore I am proposing to ask nothing tor my patents unless my machine dredges more than six cubic yards per mlnnte. But it shall be fnrtber agreed that in case (at a fair trial to be made within s ststed time) the machine shall fill ascow at the rate of more than six cuble yards per minute, tben $10,000 sball be added to the price ahove stated for eacb and eyery sucb additlonal cubic yard tbus dredged per minute, and for additional fractions of a cuhic yard thus dredged in the same ratio th $10,000 ia to he added to said price ahove stated. I wiil sell any other Territorial or State rights (either United States or Forelga) upon the same plan and at a lower price proportionately than the rigbts for the Pacific Coast. I will sella single macbine witb scows and ail complete, and right to usethe same in a limited territory, for $20,000 on the same plan as ahove stated, hut will . add only $2,000 to each additional yard over tbe six cubic yards per minute. Each machine is not to employ more than two 10x20 inch engines. 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298 SCIENTIFIC PRESS. _ [November 7, 1874. The Fall of the Leaf. The phenomenon of the ‘‘ fall of the leaf,” common ae it is, is very difficult to explain eatistactority. The following are the facts, eo far as we nnderstand them, which are exceedingly interesting and inetructive: It seems that natnre begins the provision for separation almoet ae soon as the Jeaf is horn, in epring. When first put forth into the atmoephere, the stalk of the leaf, snpposing one to be preeent, is continuoue With the stem. Ae the leaf and its etem grow, however, an interruption between their tissuee (fibrous and cellular). occurs at the base of-the leaf stalk, by meane ot which a more or lese complete articulation or joint is gradnally and ultimately formed. " This articulation is produced hy the continuation of the growth of the atem after the leaf has attained its full growth, which it generally does in afew weeks. The growth of the leaf being completed, the base of its petiole, or foot-stalk, is no longer ‘able to adapt itself to the increasing diameter of the stem, and a fracture hetween that base and the stem necessarily eneues: the excision advances from without inward, until it finally reachee the bundles of woody fiher which form the main support of the leaf. While, however, natnre is forming a wonnd, she is at the same time making provision to heal it, for the cuticle or epidermis of tbe stem is ‘seen to grow over the surface of the ecar, so that when. the leaf ie detached the tree does not suffer from the effects of an open wound. The provision for separatiog being thne completed, the leaf is parted from the etem by the growth of the twig at tbe bud hase, the force of thé wind or éven hy its own weight. Therefore as ‘soon as tbe gloridus colors of the autnmn leaves begin to fade, this provision for separation is completed, and the winds sing their death dirge ae they carry them away from their eummer’e home, on the branchee of the trees, and scatter them in countlese nnmbere upon the ground. ‘The fall of the leaf is therefore the regular vital process, which commencee witb the firet formation of the leaf, and is ouly completed when it ie no longer useful to the tree. There is no denying, however, tbat the froste of autnmn, by suddeuly contracting the tiseues at the base of the leat etalk, accelerate the fall of the leaves. All must have noticed on a frosty morning in’ antumn that the slightest breath of air moving among the decayed and dyibg leaves will bring them in complete ehowers from the treee to the ground. The leaves of the beech, hornbeam and oak die in autumn, but frequently remain attached to theee trees throughout the winter months, provided that the treee are not so situated ae to be exposed to violent winds. Such leaves when examined will be found to be continnous with the stem, and therefore without that articulation er joint which eo natnrally assiets in the separation of the leaf from the tree. Those dead leaves fall off when the new leavee are put forth in epring; they are in fact puhed off by the expansion of tbe stem when the growth of the season commences. The leavee of evergreen trees and shrubs, and of coniferoue trees, as the pine and fir, do not fallin antumn, but in epring, when the growth of the season ie proceeding; and as thie annual leaf-fall is only partial, coneisting of one-half or one-third at a time, there ie always a sufficient number of leaves on ench trees to keep them clothed with perpetual verdure. Hence it ie that their foliage consists of leavee which have been attached to tbe stem from one to three or five sneceseive yeare.— London Garden Coxumera District.—The Silver State eays: Charley Kyle and General Harris have juet returned from a hunting expedition in the northwestern part of the county. They report game plenty in that section, and, as trophiee of their suecees, brought in a lot of venieon. From Kyle we learn the following relative to the miuing proepecte of Bartlett creek and Colnmhia district, which places they vieited while hunting: Work has been commenced systematically on the Badger mine, 4 large interest in which wae recently purchased by Mr. Bollinger, of San Francisco. A few daye ago George Keating eold his interest in the mine, which comprised one-eixth of it, to a Mr. Johnson, of Baker City, Oregon, for $10,000. The new owners have enrveyed and commenced work on a ditch from Bartlett creek to an eligible site near the mine, for the purpose of running a quartz mill. The creek contains snflicient water at all seasons of the year to run a 20etamp mill. Kyle speaks in the highest terme of tbe couutry, and believes, now that capital is intereeted, that next season there will be a flourisbing mining town in Columbia district. The country evrrounding the mines afforde excellent paetnrage for cattle, large herds of which are seen in the valleye. Ocowro, in Wieconein, promiees to rival the Black Hille or any other gold mining district in the conntry. The foliowing is from the Oconto Reporter: It ie an indisputable fact that gold, in paying quantities, has heen diecovered on the north branch of the Oconto river, which in purity and riohness has been prononnced hy old California minere not to be surpaséed by any gold ever discovered on the Pagific ooaet. For reasone that we are not at ae at liberty to divulge, this discovery has een kept quiet, but in the courre of a few weeks all unhelievers and scoffers will be made acquainted with the truthfulness of thie statement, as arrangemente are being made for the opening and working of the mine. MINING AND, Manzanita Mine. The heavy rain of Mouday and Tuesday had the effect to give the ground a good soaking. Quite a cave occurred on the weet side of the cnt inthe Manzanita claims, and an acre of gronnd, more or less, was tumbled down.and brokeu np, ready for hydraulicing when water comes. Tbis mine ie in eplendid order for working now, better than it ever wae before, and the general arrangement of the worke, and the systematic manner in, which the claime have been worked to bring them to a first-clase paying mine, reflecte great credit upon the snperintendent, Mr. W. A. Roherte, who hae, for the paet two years, hattled againet many apparently insurmountable obstacles, and sneceeded in bringing order out of chaoe and making the Manzanita a paying mine. The claime are all ready for work when water comes, and it is the ; intention this season to rmn more water and use more gunpowder. Two more powder drifts are heing run, and the immense bank of gravel, one hundred and sixty feet high, will be hroken up all over a dietance of two hundred feet back, thus rendering the gravel easier to be dissolved. The bed-rock is still pitching slightly into the hill, showing that the deepest part of the channel has not yet been reached. There is still plenty of fall, however, to the claime, for the .lower tunnel at the end of the ground sluice is from thirty to forty feet helow the hed-rock. Thie tunnel will be nsed for running off bottom dirt, and all the gravel on the north and weet sides of the claime, while the upper’ tunnel, which is some twenty feet above the bed-rock, will be used for conveying away the gravel from the east portion of the miue. Two monitors are used and eight hundred inches of water are forced throngh each of them. Tbe company’s office, hlackemith shop, powder honse and other bnildinge, are conveniently arranged, and when Jupiter Pluvius eende eufficient moisture to fill the Snow Mouutain ditch with water, piping will begin, and old Manzanita will be made to disegorge the golden treaenres which are known to he in its poeseesion.—_ Nevada Transeript. Sream Pacrine.—An English writer recommends well-sifted white-wood sawduet, cnt with the grain and mixed with tale or plnmbago, ae a good material for eteam packing. Another writer eays in regard toit, ‘“Cbis ie, in itself, a good anti-friction material, hut Ido not think the addition of plnmbago would he of any uee. I fear, however, that the action of eteam would eoon destroy the elasticity, and make it like a ring of eolid wood. Once, heing in a hurry to pack the gland of a piston-rod, I filled tbe etnffing-box with finely chopped etraw. Not the least stenm escaped tbrough the interaticee, and it reqnired hut very little compreseion, the mere weight of the gland serving to keep it steam-tight. I thought I had made a good discovery, that would save a continual eource of tronble, but at the end of a few d+ye’ work the straw suddenly went rotten by the continued action of the steam, and blew out like coffeegrounde. Oat-husks are more enduring, and equally eteamtight. The experiment proved that a continuoue yarn gasket is not essential for steam packing, but that small pellete of something or otber having elasticity and eteamenduring properties will do eqnally well, and be far more easy to extract than old hard junk, to hook out which to the very bottom ie sometimee a tronbleeome job.” Lima Vautury.—A correspondent of the &.R. Reveille eaye: At no time since the settlement of thie vaNey has tbe outlook of the mining intorest been so gloomy ae at preeent. No work is being done on any of the mines save and except the Brown’a Hope, on which Superintendent Higge has a crew of two men at work on contract. The mill, wheu running (now sbut down for repairs), is working the refuee ore or waste dumps of the Brown’e Hope mine and givee employment to eight or nine men, including officere. Gen. Page has machinery here for another mill; but when or where it will he set up we know not. Messrs. Kelly & Oher, the fortnnate owners of eome very rich gold-bearing ledges inthe Gold Mountain district, are building an arrastra-mill between Lida and Gold Mountain for the rednction of their ore. The motive power of the mill will be steam. Owners of minee in Lida Valley district bide their time, confident in the merits thereof. Orrentan Miru.--The Nevada Transcript learns from Mr. Kitts, proprietor of the Oriental mill that he has crushed abont 1,000 tons of custom rock the past éummer. Most of it was prospect rock, taken from Gold flat, Wood’s ravine, from the Montana ledge and other places. The rock hae all averaged abont

$25 per ton. The millierun by eteam power and has an engine of 30 horse power. The gold is saved by meane of copper slnices and Eureka rubbers. Mr. Kitte understands the working of rock and eaves the proceeds as closely as itis possible to do. The mill will run ae occasion requires dnring the winter, Tue Milton mining company are pushing work on their Milton and Moore’e Flat ditches ae rapidly as possible. Between Moore’e Flat and Enreka they have 500 men at work, and above Eureka the ditch is completed. The recent rains have given an impetus to the work, as fears are entertained that the rainy season has actnally commenced. Tux Ooneolidated Virginia bullion ie worth \ $31.50 per ponud. Machinery. BALIZS SWEEPING DREDGE, A NEW AND VALUABLE CALIFORNIA INVENTION, Has been very lately well proven by performing a job of dredging at the mouth of San Antonio Creek, at Oakland, Cal. There is but tbis one machine tbat has ever had these improvements employed. If is an old machine, formeriy built for anotber device, and is unfavorably constructed for Ball’s improvements; yet this first temporary experimental machine has filled a scow of eightyfive cubic yards in sixteen minutes in nnfavorable dig—ging. For durabillty, digging hard material and fast work, it bags a repntation (supported hy leading engineers) as having no eqnal. Testimonials and references will he given on application to the inventor, who is tbe sole owner of patents (excepting having made an assignment of the one machine now belonging to tbe Central Pacific Railroad Oompany). Having resolved not to sell any rigbts unless upon a basis of actual work performed hy a machine huilt by myself for the purpose of fairly esteblishing the worth of tbe invention; I therefore offer to sell machines or rights on the following plan, which is Srertamene tbe capacity of the Macuine hy actual work: I will enter into an a; t with any respousible party to huild and sell a macbine, scows and tender, all complete, and right of all my improvements in dredging machines thronghout the Pacific Coast for $2v,000, warrantlng the macbine to dredge six cnbic yards per minute (to filla scow at that rate). $20,000 will but little more than pay the cost of huilding the muchine, scows, etc., all complete; therefore I am proposing to ask nothing tor my patents unless my machine dredges more than six cubic yards per mlnnte. But it shall be fnrtber agreed that in case (at a fair trial to be made within s ststed time) the machine shall fill ascow at the rate of more than six cuble yards per minute, tben $10,000 sball be added to the price ahove stated for eacb and eyery sucb additlonal cubic yard tbus dredged per minute, and for additional fractions of a cuhic yard thus dredged in the same ratio th $10,000 ia to he added to said price ahove stated. I wiil sell any other Territorial or State rights (either United States or Forelga) upon the same plan and at a lower price proportionately than the rigbts for the Pacific Coast. I will sella single macbine witb scows and ail complete, and right to usethe same in a limited territory, for $20,000 on the same plan as ahove stated, hut will . add only $2,000 to each additional yard over tbe six cubic yards per minute. Each machine is not to employ more than two 10x20 inch engines. Payments to he made in U.8. gold coin on delivery of macbine, as may be indicated hy agreement. Address, JOHN A. BALL, 9v28-tf Qskland. Miscellaneous. Froiseth’s New Sectional, Topographical and Minerai MAP OF UTAFEH. Size, 40 sy 56 IncHEs; Soauy, 8 Mivzs To an Inox, Hand, ly eng d on stone, colored in counties and ‘mounted on oloth, showing the Oounties, Towns, Rivers, Lakes, Railroads, Mines and Mining Dlstricts throughont the Tertitory,and all GOVERNMENT SURVEYS Pocket form, $65. made to date. Price, mounted, $8; —aLso— New Mining Map of Utah, Sbowing the boundaries of the principal mining districts, some 30 in number, adjacent to Salt Lake Olty. Price, pocket form, $2.50. —-ALSO— Froiseth’s New Map of Little Cottonwood .Mining District and Vicinity, Sbowing the location of some 400 mines and tunnel Bites, together with the mines surveyed for U.8. Patent. Price $3. For sale and mailed to any part of tbe globe, on receipt of price, hy A. L. BANCROFT & CO., A. ROMAN & 00., and LECOUNT BROS. & MANSUR, San Francisco. 10v25-tf San Francisco Cordage Company. Established 1856. We have just added a large amount of new machinery 0 the iatest and most improved kind, and are again prepared to fill orders for Rope of any special lengths and sizes, Constantly on hand alarge stock of Manila Rope, ail sizes; Tarred Manila Rope; Hay Rope; Whale Line, etc., etc, TUBES & CO., de20 61] and 613 Front street, San Francisco. TWELVE COLUMNS OF PRICES EVERY WEEE. SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Weekly Price Current. NO MERCHANT SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT, W, Hi. Add 98 “ava MUREAY, Business Manager, 414 Clay’ Street. SUBSORIBE FOR IT. RELIABLE REVIEWS OF THE MARKETS. FRANCIS SMITH & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF HYDRAULIC PIPE "AND ' ° Artesian .Well Pipe. i % A te Having the Latest Improved Macbinery, we can make it an ohject to £ Ba Mining & Water Companies # OR WATER WORKS, ‘70 CONTRACT WITH US FOR SHEET IRON PIPE, ALL SIZES MADE AND ALL WORK. GUARANTEED. 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Every family should have lt in their closet for the remedy and prompt relief of its members. Sickness, suffering and even life is saved by this timeiy protection. The prudent shonld not neglect it, and the wise will not. Keep it by you for the protection it affords by its timely use in sudden attacks. PREPARED BY DR. J. GC. AYER & CO., Lnwell, Mass., PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS. Sold by all Druggists and dealers in Medicine. CRANE & BRIGHAM, Wholesle Agonts, 1v29-ly SAN FRANOISCO, OAL. WATER TANES of any capacity, made entirely by machinery. Material the best in use;construction notexcelled. Attention, dispatcb, satisfactlon. Cost less than eisewhere. WELLS, RUSSELL & CO., Mechanice’ Mills, Oor. Mission & Fremont Streets, 3v28-3m-58 2 Double-Spiral Bed-Spring. Self-Fastening Bed-Spring. We mannfacture all sizes of BED and FURNITURE SPRINGS, from No. 7 to the smallest Pillow Spring; also, the Donhle Spiral Spring, whicb {a tbe most durable Bed Springin nse. Itis adapted to upholstered or NONPAREIL OIL. 140 Degrees Fire Test, for Family Use. OWNERS OF MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES, your attention is partlcularly called to this boautifnl and safe Innunnnarino Om. Its use is urgently recommended hy the New York Fire Commissioners and Insurance Companies. For sale to the trade in iots to suit. A. HAYWARD, 22£ Califernia St. 19¥28-3m. Buy Real Estate while at Low Rates. NINE WATER-FRONT LOTS, CHEAP, On Gift Map 4, Forming abont haif of a biock fronting on the broad ship channel of Islais Creek; will he sold so low aa to make it an indncement tothe buyer. Inquire for the owner, Room —, No. 224 Sansome st., 8. F. bptf beds. We have the sole rjght in thls State to make the celehrated Obermann Self-Fastenlng Bed Spring. Any man cen make his own spring hed with them. They sre particnlarly adapted to Farmers’ and Miners’ use. Send for Circulars and Price List to WARNER & SILSBY, 14728-eow-bn-3m 147 New Montgomery 8t., 8. F. Every Mechanic Should haye a copy of Brown's 507 MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS, Tilustrated and described. Inventors, modei makers and ameature mechanics and students, will find the work valuahle far heyond its cost. Puhllsbed hy Dewey & Co., Patent Agents and pnblishers of tbe Mining and Scientific Press, Price, post paid, $1.