Show reminiscences OF THE PAST the world is never tired of th 0 marvellous marcellous marv ellous and is as ready today to day to fit out expeditions to go in search of hidden treasures as it was fifty years ago ago 0 for proof of which assertion examine the records of new in corporations in tile the county court within tile the past six mo months I 1 it hs we have been shown a colored lithograph certificate of a company organized for the purpose of searching for the cocoi cocoe island treasure the certificate bears date october 1864 capita stock john benson secretary and james tobin president at the top of the certificate is a representation of tile the taking of a schooner supposed to be the one carrying the treasure to old spain the decks are crowded with the combatants from the scup pers may be seen flowing streams of blood altogether disproportionate to the aforesaid uppers scuppers sc the vignette represents a seminude semi nude female one hand resting on the horn of plenty on her left is a sheaf of wheat at the base of which is a package of whisky or bullion on the left a very piratical specimen eilien of the g genus enus homo armed and equipped a la semmes on the right of the certificate a view of the island a schooner at anchor a dorrick derrick with which boxes of treasure are being behrig 0 hoisted on board at the bottom of all is represented presented r the division of the spoils jn in san francisco bay a very respectable looking gentleman is handing out packages of coin or something za else the parties represented as receiving tho the spoils look very much like montgomery street brokers or getters up of incorporated mining companies we lare understand that ar new cocos expedition is nearly ready for departure from our port S F aud 0 0 a jtb 1 I wonder where these clouds are going 12 asked ra flora lora pensively as she pointed with her delicate fin finger in cr to the heavy masses that floated in the sky 11 1 I think they are going to thunder ill 1 answered her brother mw M the arms of a pretty girl wound tightly around a fellows neck have been discovered to be a greedy and in infallible fal lible remedy I 1 th in cases sore throat aw old maids get al along onig p poorly for the vama reason that t 06 7 CW ty t y |