The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895. BORN ON ,THE GOLDEN SHORE. Men Who Are Proud o Their Nativity. These Speak Always for and Believe in Cali= fornia. How the Order of Native Sons Grew From Very Small Beginnings. Written for THE CALL By HENRY LUNSTEDT. Grand Secretary and Member of the Visiting Board. The society of the Native Sons of the Golden West was organized for the mutual mental improvement and social course of its members; to perpetuate nds of all native Californians the memories of one of the most wonderful epochs in the world’s history—'‘the d of '49”; to unite them in one harmonious body throughout the State by the ties of a hip mutually beneficial to all and red by the bitterness of religious or cal diiferences, the discussion of ) is most stringently forbidden in its to elevate and ‘cultivate the ; to rejoice with one an- other in prosperity and to extend the “Good Samaritan” hand in adversity. The members must bear a good reputa- tion for sobriety and industry; they must follow some respectable calling by which to make a living, and, as a vital principle of the association, it encourages tem- perance among its members and recom- mends total abstinence from all intoxicat- ing drinks. Upon these principles and with these purpo view the first constitution of the first parior, then known by the simple appellation of Native Sons of the Goiden West, was drafte General A. M. nn, who conceived the idea of tne formation of the society, drafted the first constitution; it was a sim- ple instrument that, at the time, scarcely contemplated the formation of branches outside of San Franci older heads saw the possibility tension at some future time, but th earlier efforts were solely devoted to the cultivation of their own organiza- tion. The its pu the ciety, in the beginning, outlined e to join the beneficent sister- hood of ernal s s in agreeable and profitable social intercourse and under conditions that should develop and im- prove the young minds of its ambitious, patriotic and enthus: members. Under that guidance and the inspirations of those surroundings how many minds were turned to better, higher thought and led to emulate the pursuits and accom- plishments of the noblest of the heroic of California no one can tell now. That great good has come out of it the later lives of those Native Son Pioneers elo- s, and what influence it may yet exert on thé commonwealth only the future of these same men (few of whom are yet in the prime of life and none in the meridian) can tell to the generation that writes their history after they are laid away with their progenitors, the original Pioneers. The inal constitution bas passed through the variation of many changes and additions since then; the first great change was made when after months of experience the members found that ad- mitting young men at 16 years of age gave the society the character of an organiza- tion of boys, and the controlling minds as- pired to a recognition as a dignified body of young men, of whom California might expect much in the near future of thei maturity; it was then determined to raise the age of admission to 18 years. Fred Fenn, then the eloguent chaplain, opposed the proposed amendment with ali the force and fervor for which he was then so much admired, but the judgment of the older heads triumphed and the amend- ment was adopted. The next radical change was the abolition of honorary mem- bership. The next important change was the ex- tension of the jurisdiction to all the States and Territories west of the Rocky Moun- tains. This, however, was soon changed again and its membership confined exciu- sively to the natives of California. In 1878 the name parlor was adopted. It was the aim to secure a name different from the usuzl designation of subordinate branches, and the fertile imagination of Veteran John E. McDougald supplied the significant designation. By this time parlors had been organized in Oakiand and Sacramento. The co: tution of No. 1, known as Charter Parlor, governed the other two parlors, but no change in the general law could be made without the consent of all the parlors. In 1878 the Charter Parlor called for the elec- tion of five delegates from each parlor to form a Grand Parlor, to meet in San Fran- cisco, November 30,1878. The delegates met on November 30, 1878,and formed a Grand Parlor, but no constitution nor form of law was adopted and the officers did not assume the functions of their offices. The Grand Parlor, however, met again, June 10, 1879. A constitution was adopted, but it provided that it should not take effect until the next session. The name Native Sons oi the Golden State was adopted at the first meeting, beld June 29, 1875. As soon as an organ- ization was effected and officers chosen, which was on July 11, 1875, the name was changed to Native Sons of the Golden West. Efforts were made in 1883 and 1884 at the sessions of the Grand Parlor in San Francisco to change the name of the order to Native Sons of California, but the sentiment of the Grand Parlor was so de- cidedly opposed to any change that no attempt has since been made to alter the name under which the order has nisen to such prominence. Let us glance now at some of the more material changes that have been made as the order grew from its small beginnings to its present strength. The first and second Grand Parlors, held in San Francisco in. 1878 and 1879, were composed of five delegates from each of the three parlors then in existence. Tne constitution adopted in 1879 declared that the Grand Parlor should be composed of two delegates-at-large and one additional delegate for each fifty members or fraction f fifty over twenty-five from each parior. The Grand Parlorin Sacramento in 1852 adopted the amendment reducing the rep- .esentation to one delegate-at-large and one for each seventy-five members. The Grand Parlor at San Jose in 1885 reduced lhe representation to one delegate-at-large ; true, some of+ | and one for each one hundred members or fraction over fifty. The officers of the Grand Parlor were grand president, deputy grand president, grand secretary, grand treasurer, grand lecturer, grand chaplain, grand marshal, grand inside sentinel, grand outside sen- tinel. The Grand Parlor of 1881 abolished the office of grand chaplain, and assigned the duties of that officer 10 the junior past grand president. The Grand Parlor at San Francisco in 1883 changed the title of deputy grand president to grand vice-pres- ident. Until the Grand Parlor of 1854, at Merysville, the grand seutinels were ap- pointed by the grand president. At the same session Curtis H. Lindley’s amend- who shouald deliver the Admission day oration, was adopred. In 1885 the Grand Parlor at San Jose adopted an amendment that five grand trustees should be elected, and at the next session, at Woodland, this was amended to increase the number of grand trustees to seven. In 1884, at Marysville, the junior past grand president was made a member of the board of officers. The elective officers and the junior past grand president constitute a board of grand officers. Such board bas power to transact all necessary businessof the Grand Parlor during the recess of the annual sessions, and performs such other duties as may be assigned to them. The grand president is chairman of the board, and may call all meetings at his discretion. The grand secretary is secretary of the board. He presents to the Grand Par- lor minutes of all meetings held during the recess of the Grand Parlor. Prior to the session of the Grand Parlor at Chico in 1890, eleven applicants might petition for a charter. This was amended and now at least twenty names are re- guired. The Grand Parlor at Woodland in 1885 defeated Past Grand President J. A. Stein- bach’s amendment to organize parlors out- ment, creating the office of grand orator, | land, in 1886, more fully specified the uni- | form to be worn. The Grand Parior at | Fresno, in 1887, repealed the previous reso- lutions and adopted the substitute resolu- |tion of Charles Maginnis: “That the | members of any parlor may organize and | equip themselves for drilling, or form a drill corps, and are privilezed to use the letters N. 8. G. W. for purposes of desig- nation.” The subject of ritual for a long time per- { plexed the Grand parlors. Successively | the order has worked under the rituals of | General Winn, Higgins, Lunstedt, Hous- | ton, Pedlar, Decker, Pardee and 0'Con- nell, none of which were satisfactory. The | last Grand Parlor adopted the Coombs | ritual and the Clark secret work, which | havegiven general satisfaction. From a membership of 200 that the order enjoyed in 1878, when the three parlors formed a Grand Parlor, the order has since grown to 195 parlors, floating the American and Bear flags in every city and town that is on the mav of California, and counting a membership of nearly 10,000, and the hope | to be recognized as a peer among the fra- ternal organizations of our State, that we | ambitioned in 1875, is realized. Our par- | lors and our people are known and ap- | proved througnout the State, Our Grand | parlors have met in San Francisco, Marys- ivi]le, San Jose, Sacramento, Woodland, | Nevsda City, Fresdo, 8an Rafael, Chico, | Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, Eureka and | Oakland, and meets next year in S8an Luis | Obispo. To the general public the order | is, however, best known through its an- nual observance of the anniversary of the | admission of Caiifornia into the Union of | States. The 9th of September celebrations | have been held in Marysville, Stockton, | Santa Rosa, twice in Sacramenco, twice in | Santa Cruz, three times in San Jose, twice | in Napa, and in 1850 the memorable dem- | onstration occurred in 8an Francisco, | which was not surpassed by even the | grand Knight Templar disvlay in 1883. |~ Inthe year1900 the order proposes to | hold another celebration in San Francisco | that shall exceed in magnificence all previ- | ous exhibitions of fraternal and patriotic zeal. I On the first of the new year the parlors | Andrews amendment adopted at Wrmd-“ CALIFORNIA FRUIT. Efforts Made to Find a Larger Market in~ the East. TMany Acres of New Orchards Planted During the Past Season. Written for Tax CaLL M. By B. LELONG, Secretary of the California State Board of Horticulture, A fact that Californians shouid keep | constantly before them is that the people | of the United States expend annually §25,- | 000,000 for imported fruit, by far the larger part of which could and should be supplied | by California. How to reach the consum- ers of this fruit and control the market for our own State is the great problem before | us for solution at the present time. This | subject has been exhaustively treated, and | shows that there is yet avery large, unde- | veloved market which must be reached by our shippers, In addition to this undeveloped market there is a very large number of veople to whom California fruit is as yet an unap- proachable lnxury, but within whose reach it will be placed by more rapid and cheaper means of transportation, for both of which we may reasonably hope. The area planted to new orchards in the seasons of 1893 and 1894 was fuily up to the average. In Sounthern California the | plant of orange trees was less than usual, the low prices received for the crops of past seasons and the very larze areain oranges having inspired a feeling of doubt as to the future possibilities in orange- | growing. A stronger feeling prevailed in | tive planting, and but few large tracts will be set out this season and these largely to deciduous fruits. Very much attention is now being directed to the olive, and the culture of this fruit and its manufacture into oil and pickles give promise of becoming one of the most important industries of our State. This work has been very largely aided by the efforts of this board and the organiza- tion of the olive-growers of the State. Nurerous inquiries have rezchea me dur- ing the year in regard to the best varieties for planting, conditions required for growth, methods of treatment in the manufacture of oil and vickles, etc., all indicating a great and growing interest being taken in olive-culture. Some very large tracts have been planted to this fruit in various parts of the State, and large numbers of small orchards have been set out. California may reasonably hope to supply the demand for olive oil in the TUnited States in a few years, and the strict enforcement of the act for the prevention of its adulteration will greatly assist in this, as it will give a guarantee to the purchaser that olive oil with a California grower’s label is genuine. Not so much attention has been given to figs. Apparent insuperable difficulties stand in the way of success with this fruit. The black fig, which thrives well, is not marketable on account of its color, while the Smyrna has not yet proved successful. The white Adriatic is liable to split and sour before it ripens, and so become unflt for use. For these reasons few people have cared about eatering into fig produc- tion on a commercial scale, and, while some remarkably fine fruit has been packed by some growers, fiz culture may still be considered as in the experimental stage, awaiting the discovery that shall overcome the obstacles which at present prevent its success, when we may hope to count this {ruit among our many im- portant orchard industries. ‘While there have been a great many new plantings of prunes in the past season, a feeling of doubt as to their future has taken hold, and there has not been so large a proportionate area of new land set to prunes this year as in previous seasons. Whether this fear is justified only the PERCY V. LONG, R. C. RUST, Grand Trustee. GEORGE N. VAN ORDEN, Grand Sentirel. 8§ I U /i 9 4 7 Grand Truslee. HENRY GEORGE D. CLARKE, Grand Lecturer. FRANK MATTISON, Grand Trustee. LEWIS F. BYINGTON, Grand Trustce. C. GESFORD, Grand Vice-President. FRANK H. DUNNE, Grand President. MILTON D. GARRETT, Grand Trustce. HENRY LUNSTEDT, Grand Secretary. ROD W. CHURCH, Grand Trustee. W. M. CONLEY, Grand Orator. OFFICERS OF THE GRAND PARLOR WHO COMPOSE THE VISITING BOARD OF THE NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST. [Drawn by a “Call” ertist from a photograph.) side of the State, and for several sessions of tke Grand Parlor the same amendment was presented by him and as regularly de- feated. The Grand Parlor of 1883 refused to grant | a charter to the applicanis residing in Tombstone, Ariz., and at subsequent ses- sions petitions were received from Seattle, Tucson, Virginia City and Reno, but they were in all casesdenied. The non-resident natives and therr advocate, J. A. Stein- bach, were persistent in their cause, and the petitions, notably the one from Virginia City, provoked some warm but amicable debates in the various Grand Parlors, and | finally culminated in the prohibitory leg- islation of the Grand Parlor at Chico in 1890, which adopted the amendment pro- hibiting the granting of charters to pe- | titioners outside of California. The Grand Parlor at Woodland in 1887 adopted an amendment providing that “prior to the institution of a new parlor, the petition for a charter for the same, to- gether with the names of all persons to be initiated or admitted on the night of insti- tution, must be submitted to all the par- lors situated in either of the cities herein- after designated, at least one week prior to the institution. No charter shall be granted the avplicants without the recommenda- tion of three-fourths of ail the parlersin the district. This clause shall apply only to the cities of San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Oakland and Los Angeles.” The Grand Parlor at Chico adopted an amendment that “‘neither a patlor nor the members thereof shall use the name of the parlor or order or any portion thereof in giving a picnic or excursion on Sunday, ex- cept upon obtaining a special dispensation from the grand president.” The Grand Parlor at Marysville adopted the amendment familiarly known as the “temperance clause’: *“‘Any parior pro- viding, directly or indirectly, any liquors, spirituous or malt, at any entertainment, banquet or supper, or at any celebration given under the-auspices of the order, parlor or parlors, shall be subjected to such penalties as the Grand Parlor may determine upon.” The Grand Parlor in 1884, at Marysville, adopted an amendment providing for the formation of drill corps within the order and prescribed s regulation uniform; the lcJ San Francisco will occupy their new ha!l on Mason and Post streets. This imposing structure has been erected dur- g the past year by the hall association, of which Brother James D. Phelan is the presiding genius, It was the aim of the association to make this hall the finest fraternal heme in California. In a short time its doors witl iavite public inspec- tion ana the people will then see how far | their 8mbition has been realized. Under | that roof the parlors of the Native Sons located in the heart of San Francisco will in future meet to carry out the purposes of their life. The mission of the Native Sons is not so much one of fraternity as of patriotism ; not so much to worship at the I shrine of the good Samaritan as to garner new luster to the glory of our State. Even as California grew from a wilder- | ness into a greav Btate in the Union, | springing beautiful and bright as Venus from the sea, so will”the Nzative Sous, springing from the loins of our fathers— alike our fathers and the fathers of Cali- | fornia—grow and expand into a great and | powerful institntion—great in the good of country and of humanity. Using Natural Forces. It is reported that Mr. Wenter of the drainage board stated that 10,000 horse- power might be obtained from the water- fall of the Chicago drainage canal at Lock- port, and that this would furnish more than enough power for lighting the entire city of Chicago. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—I met that chiropo- dist who was here last week on the street to-day and he passed without speaking to me. Mr. Crimsonbeak—I woutdn’t mind that, my dear. He’s cut me, too, several times.—Yonkers Statesman. ———————— “John, is your revolver loaded?” “I don’t think it is.” “What in the world would you do then if a burglar should break into the house?’ *“Why, I'd point the revolver at him and tell him I didn’t know it was loaded.”’—Chicago Record. favor of lemons, although the severe | freeze of the preceding season resulted in | cautious planting, and only in those locali- ties in which there was a reasonable assur- ance of freedom from frost was the plant- ing very extensive. In such localities, however, very large tracts have been set to lemons, and this branch of the citrus in- dustry gives promise of being a very im- portant one. Much interest has been awakened in it by the successful experi- ments of several intellizent and successful growers, the results of whose experience have been published by the State Board of Horticulture. Whatever diminution there was in the planting of citrus fruit trees was compen- sated forin the setting out of deciduous fruit orchards, and jthe large returns yielded from apricots, peaches and prunes in 1892 resulted in a boom for those fruits, and very large tracts were set to thesein the seven soutlern countles, In the counties of the San Joaquin Val- ley, also, very extensive piantings of de- ciduous trees have been made. This is especially true of Tulare and Kings coun- ties, where an impetus has been given to orchard work of late years by the extraor dinary yield, large size and excellent qual- ity of their deciduous fruits. The compar- ative freedom of this section from fruit vests and diseases has also greatly encour- aged the extension of orchard work. In the foothill regions of Tulare County very extensive plantings of citrus fruits have been made, the lemon being largely in favor. This has been brought about by the success which has attended orange and lemon culture at Porterville and else- where in the foothilis of Tulare County. Extensive plantings of fruit, both citrus and deciduous, have also been made in Merced County, in Placer County, in Butte County, at Thermalito and Palermo, and in different parts of Tehama County. Besides these there have been large num- bers of small orchards set out inall the counties of the State, adding very largely to the orchard area. For the present season the outlook is not encouraging for much in the line of or- chard planting. The causes which have combined to depress the prices of fruit and lessen the demand during the past season lhsve also had their effect upon prospect- future can prove, and this may be deter- mived by showing what sections are espe- cially adapted to the growth of this fruit and what are not, resnlting in the destruc- tion of many orchards which have been planted indiscriminately, under the im- pression that the prune would do well any- where, The past year has been productive of great harmony on the part of our fruit- growers, resulting in their organization into associations for the purpose of regu- lating the marketing of their products. The benefits derived from co-operative ac- tion have been apparent ir the work of the older organizations—the California Fruit Union, the Orange-growers’ Union, the Santa Clara Fruit Exchange and other local organizations—and the action of these bodies has made evident the neces- sity for an association having a wider scope, and the California Fruit Growers’ and Shippers’ Association has been the re- sult. The outcome of this co-operative movement will, without doubt, ultimately be a general organization of the fruit-grow- ers of our State for the purpose of extend- ing our markets, guaranteeing our prod- ucts and obtaining the best prices possible for our crops, while furnishing them to the consumer at fair rates. The advantages of these organizations are evident. No indi- vidual can wield the same influence than an organization can, and the larger that organization the wider its influence. If the fruit-growers of our State can be made to work in harmony for their own inter- ests, the great questions of markets and transportation will soon be settled, and all fear of overproduction in any line will vanish. A Brokea Heart. OUR BIG FLOWERS California Seeds Gaining Preference Over the European. | Home Planters That Send East for Native Products Pay Double. Written for THE CALL BY JAMES SPROULE, Manager of the Sunset Seed and Plant Company, San Francisco. One of the most important of the grow- ing industries of California is that which, at the invitation of THE CALL, 1 shall en- deavor to describe with as little technical detail as may be. California people and newspapers are apt toforget in writing and talkinz of California industries that not the least of these is the nurseryman’s busi- ness, which comprehends the growing of seeds, plants and flowers. Let me say at once that the past vear has shown a creditable improvement in this industry, and that the indications for the year of 1896 are bright. Now I wish tosay something about how they might be made still brighter. The way is simple— Californians should learn the value of Cal- ifornia seeds, plants, flowers and the en- tire nurseryman’s produce. When California peovie are wiiling to buy their seeds from California nursery- men, instead of sending to the big Eastern houses for the same article and paying freight or postage both ways, the Califor- nia nursery business will improve rapidly and the California nurserymen will be- come the most famous ones of the world. Already the Eastern people have learned much and are still learning the superior vitality, size and beauty of vlants, veget- ables and flowers grown from the superior seeds that are available only in California. Itisa positive fact that there are Cali- fornia sced-growers who sell flower seeds by the ton to the great Eastern seedsmen, who in turn, through the dissemination of gaudily iliustrated catalogues—and on the principle, 1 suppose, that a prophet is not without konor save in his own land—send great quantities of these seeds back to Cali- fornia in innumerable small quantities. If these California purchasers were bet- ter acquainted with the products of their own State they could get the same goods at bome cheaper and more seasonabliy. | This is true more especially of flower seeds than of vegetable seeds, because the former are sold in smaller quantities, which are more readily transmitted. Still almost every nurseryman knows of many in- stances where considerable packages of veg- etable seeds have been planted in California so1l only after having twice traveled across the continent. Of course the seeds do not come back to the California soil as Cali- fornia seed, but merely as Jones’ or Smith’s specialties. Nevertheless they are Califor- nia seeds. With plants it is different. California customers have been disappointed so often in the arrival of plants that have twice traveled over the Rocky Mountuins that they have about abandoned the practice of purchasing California plants in Kansas City or Chicago and are now buying them at home. The nurserymen of this State find the Eastern dealers quite appreciative of the merits of California seeds. In the last few years the class of seeds that previously were grown for the Eastern dealers by the farmers of the East and North have come to be yrown more and more extensively in this State. Take as an example the item of sweet peas, the seed-growing of which had its inception in this State by Timothy Hopkins, No longer than two or three years ago it was often the case that East- ern seedmen who came out here turned up their noses when we showed them sweet- pea seed and calmly told us that they could land that seed in mixture at New York from Europe at the rate of 4 pence, or 8 cents, a pound. As a matter of fact we have this season sold many tons of this same flowering sweet-pea seed in mixture to these very same parties and others at double the New York price for European seeds. Why? Because the sweet-pea seeds of California are vastly superior to those of Europe. In Europe the seeds are grown in small patches by individual cultivators, who grow the same thing on the same land year after year and from the same seed. Herein is the secret of America’s strength in all lines of produce, I believe. Ameri- cans strive ever for improvement. Cali- fornia is no exception. If we have choice sweet-pea seeds one year we try to havea choicer crop next year. At any rate we do not let the stock depreciate by continual planting on the same land. This is true of all seed-growing in California. The growers see to it that each year’s stock is specially selected and that the land used is rested when tired. The result is that we have a crop of seed that the Eastern houses are willing to pay us double prices for, and it is of so much better grade, both as to size and quality, as to fully warrant the extra price. In fact it was European seed against American seed. Now it is California seed against the sted of the world. California is the country of monsters and monstrosities in the floral world. You can go to the nurseries to-day and see a cosmos or a petunia, or a margueritte which is a monster in size, and vou ean find there a mignonette that is truly monstrous. California grows giants in the floral world, and the real difficulty is sometimes to hold her down when necessary to preserve the finer qualities, The monsters I have named are still beautiful, but perhaps the mignonette in particular would have been more appre- ciable if less ambitious. However, the point is that whether the amazing growth be a monster of beauty or only notable for its size, we get & seed from it that, in whatever part of the world it is planted, it talks big for Californa “and produces a beautiful plant or flower. There have been a couple of new plants put on the market this year with which Californic farmers and planters generally ought to be more familiar than they are. One of these is the Australian salt bush, a fodder plant that grows wild in Australia and has been successruny rased in tnis State This is an excellent fodder plant. 1t is very hardy and thrives very well on arid land and alkali so1ls that are unfit for any other uses. I believe that this plant is destined to become of the utmost value to the farmers of this State. It makes good, wholesome feed for all kinds of An actual case of death from a broken | stock and is also an excellent food for heart is reported from Hoxton, near Lon- poultry. Under favorable conditions of don. A cab-driver's wife, after laughing | planting and weather two crops a year can hilariously, suddenly fell fo the floor limp | be obtained from one sowing. A pecu- and lifeless. A post-mortem examination | liarity of this most valuable plant is its showed her heart, either from excitement | wonderful power of spreading. Ii single or too heavy a dinner, had literally burst | seeds could be planted at intervalsof ten feet, such a planting would be sufficient | —Spare Moments. * in two. to stock the whole acreage. As it is, one can scarcely sow this plant too thinly. I believe that when the merits of this plant are once thoroughly appreciated by the farmers there will be no more arid lands or alkali wastes within the entire State, The other plant I speak of is the Ca. naigre, or tanner’s dockweed. Thisis a root which contains a remarkable amount of tannin. From the juice squeezed out of a root from 30 to 40 per cent of tannic acid is proancoa. The sale of fruit trees during the past year has been enormous, from which it is fair to argue that a great increase of fruit acreage has been going on. Nurserymen find, too, that the planters are wide awake to the importance of setting out only the best stock. California orchards are grow- ing very rapidly,and they are improving in quality even faster than in acreage. Our orders are always for the superior varieties of tree, and we are constantly taxed to supply the growing demand for novelties in this line. The question has been broached as to whether there is not danger of overpro- duction in this line. I believe there is no such danger, nor is it necessary to specu- late on the future or formulate elaborate theories to substantiate this view. We had this same question confronting us in 1880, when we exported by rail only 546 carloads, and we bad it in 1891, when we ghipped 20,706 carloads, including ship- ments by sea. Strangely enough, there are fewer persons now who doubt the mar- ket than there were in 1880, although we export forty pounds now where we shipped one then. There is one very convincing fact to my mind that the danger of overproduction is imaginary. It is this: Our horticultur- ists are deeply interested in the questionj they are, as a class, reflective and intelli- gent—I think I may truthfully say, a very superior body of men. Their interest and success are deeply involved in- knowing ° the truth of the matter; they are not land agents, and few of them have land for sale. Every versonal consideration would lead - them to discourage planting, if they thought there was any danger of overpro- duction. But they not only do not dis- courage, but are doing all they can to en- courage it, and are extending their own plantings wherever they can. 'W. H. Mills, a high authority upon the question of distribution, ' has recently pointed out the fact that our fruits do not reach over 5,000,000 of our citizens out of the 65,000,000 who will buy them if they can get them. We shipped by rail to the Eastin 1801 of green fruit less than three pounds per capita of our population; of dried fruit one pound per capita; of raisins ‘about two- thirds of a pound per capita, and of canned fruits about three-fourths of a pound per capita—about five and a half pounds per capita of all kinds. It must be obvious to all that thisis only tasting fruit—not eating it. Butour population is increasing at the rate of over one and a balf million people annually. It will take a thousand acres of new or- clmrds every year to keep pace with this increase alone at the present small per capita consumption. If, however, our fruit is consumed by 5,000,000 people, they must buy 100 pounds per capita, which shows our utter inability to overproduce when we shall have reached all the con- sumers, There is a word more, I think, could be profitably said in such an article as this, upon the subject of arboreal decorations. I refer particularly to San Francisco, where the absence of trees and shrubs in the streets must be marked to our Eastern and foreign visitors. Why should not some- thing be done to beautify our residence thoroughfares? Of course there is one answer very evident. Itis that if would be offering insult to the beautiful things of nature, trees and shrubs, to plant them on thoroughfares plethoric with chuck holes and ruts. We must firgt pave our streets, but we all live in hope of seeing that done some day. May we not hope, as well, that our Supervisors may be spurred by a public sentiment strong enough to convince them that our streets should be beautitied by the planting of trees and shrubbery? It. is well that San Francisco is built upon seven hills, as it were, and that the residence quarters as a rule sit high and command a view of the bay. We point out our marine picture to the visitor and he sometimes forgets the absence of natural decorations in our thoroughfares. And yet I have heard many comments upon our lacking of beau- tiful streets. Itis a lacking that should pe speedily mended. Let me say now, in conclusion, that in the nursery business and all its allied in- dustries, the past year has been prosper- ous, or at least more profitable than the year of 1894, and that there is a bright promise for the coming year. She Was Practical. “Yes,” said the young man, us he threw himself at the feet of the pretty school- teacher, writes the funny man of the Texas Siftings, “I love youand would go to the end of the world for you.” “You could not go to the ‘ena of the world for me, James. The world is round like a ball slightly flattened. You must have studied geography when vou were a v ““Of course, but—" “Itisno longera theory. Circumnavi- gators have established the fact.” “I know it, but I mean I would do any- thing to please you. Ah, Minerva, if you knew the acbing void—"" “There is no such thing as a void, James. Nature abhorsa vacuum; but if there was a void, how could it be a vaid if there was an ache in it?" “I mean to say my life would be lonely without you. I would go anywhere with you. If you were in Australia or at the north pole I would fly to you.- I—"" “Fly! It will be another century before men can fly. Even when the laws of gravitation are successfully overcome there still remaius the difficalty of main- taining a balance—" “Well, at all events,” exclaimed the youth, “I've got a pretty fair balance in ihe savings bank and I want you to be my wife. Therel!” *Well, James, since you put it.in that light, —" Let the curtain fall. ———————————— Millionaire—James, I am making my will. I bave been a worldly man all my. life, but 1 have made Up my mina todo good with my wealth, and Iam thinking of leaving a large sum of money to found a benevolent 1nstitution of some kind. How does it strike you? Poor Relative—About how much do you think of leaving for that object? aillionaire—About §100,000. Poor Relative—It won't square you, Roger! It won't square you.—Chicago Tribune. . “I tell you women are coming to the front,”” said the woman’s rights man. “That’s a fact,” said the bald-headed man; “there wasone in front of me at the theater last night and I neversaw the stage once.” b