The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 34

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25 1895. 34 Figures That Do Not Lie— Interesting Statistics for All Men. Copyrighted And Written for “The Call’”’ By L. P. McCarly, Statistician. The World.—The area of the land of the earth $s about 197,000,000 square miles: the pop- slation is about 1,555,000,000, an increase of 50,000,000 of souls, or a little over 3 per in fifteen vears or since the vear 1880; | lstanding over 682,000,000 of people notw have died through war, pestilence, famine and disease. By continentssince 1880 Asia has de- ed in population, Africa has held her Europe and North and South America have increased, as has also Oceania. But the most notable increase in population is that of the United States, the population of which wss i to be 70,504,000 on December 1, ncrease of ,000in fifteen years or 1,357,000 per annum, equal to about 15 per We glean from the tables before us, from the 15, that the world’s food pro- tions haye kept pace with that of popula- hile values upon the same have ma- v decreased. To the uninitisted the going conveys little or mo information. wi in many sections of the world n whole groups of States, that certain pr tions have increased both in quantity and c,and in other sections have decreased b n 1e and production, while the T s very opposite, to theorize | pon ti s subject is not the aim of this de- | but ly to present the facts, e reader form his own conclusions. @ Crops of the World in 1895.—The wheat, | rley and oat crops of Europe are below the average, and the wheat crop of India is 0,000 bushels less than that of | It is claimed that the shortage of the and the United States will ed by increases in the other | specially Canada and Russia. —The following table com- pares the harvest of Austria-Hungary for 18t with that of 1894, reduced to busheis: For | wheat 60, rye 56, barley 48 and osts 32 | AUSTRIA. 1895. Wheat... The wheat crop of the em: s not only less in quantity, but it is | lity, on account of the unfavorable arly part of August. eat is not of as good quality as 100 per cent); rye, ditto 110 per cent); barley, very good ¥, 115 to 120 per cent); oats, good ntity, 100 per cent). BULGARIA.—The Bulgarian harvest shows an increase above the average, and from 20 to 25 per cent more wheat, 25 to 30 per cent more e and about 50 per cent more barley has | n harvested than in 1894. DENMARK.—The heavy rains that occurred just before harvest damaged all cereal crops in many sections, but the rye crop in particular. The harvest, however, showed an average crop oth rye and barley, but the wheat crop is imated to be & little below the average. GYPT.—Of wheat, 13,962,000 bushels have and as 11,000,000 bushels, or 1 be sufficient for home con- iption, there will be an export of about 40,000 bushels. Corn is very much better than in 1894, and itis estimated that 9,200,000 tons were harvested. The report of the Suez Canal Company for 1894, presented to the shareholders in July last, shows the gross re- ceipts were $15.390,230 60, an increase over that of 1893 of 0,800. Nothing, perhaps, could give a better idea of the general condi- | tion of commerce with the Orient than the above report. FRANCE.—Wheat will vary in qualit quantity will be about 98 per cent. As there is not much of tke old crop left, it is expected that the import will be at least 42,600,000 bushels. France consumes yearly 340,000,000 bushels of wheat. Rye is estimated at 105 per cent; oats at 95 per cent. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.—The cereal crops are short from 15 to 20 per cent and of voorer quality. The weather was very bad during the time of sowing, and many farmers planted less wheat than usual. The harvest showed a falling off of wheat 25 to 30 per cent, barley 15 to 20 per cent,oatsand hay each 20 per cent. The potato crop was fully up to the average. Wheat ylelded from twenty-four 10 twenty-six bushels per acre tor the area sown and the aggregate production was about 81,250,000 bushels. England will need at UM —W Juantity BEL been harveste a little over, w least 233,500,000 bushels of wheat for the fiscal year. HOJ —Wheat and oat crops were satisfac- tory, but rye and barley suffered through rain. The average crops were: Wheat 95 per cent, rye 100 per cent, barley 95 per cent and oats 105 per cent. INDIA.—Our report from India estimates that 8,000 tons of wheat were harvested there this year, about 500,000 tons less than in 1894 and 609,000 tons less than in 1893. ITALY.—Whea! fair in quality but about 20 per centlessin quantity than in 1894. Corn is good but short about the same per cent. RoUMANTA.—Wheat, quality is good and quan- tity 100 to 120 per cent. Rye is also good; quantity 110 to 112 per cent. Oats are only fair; quantity, 85 to 90 per cent. Russia—Winter wheat was above the average yield; summer wheat suffered from drought in some of the provinces, but on the whole was a. fair crop. The rye crop, which also suffered fome in many provinces, was an average crop. SERVIA. —No report since harvest; the crop prospects in July were excellent. The area planted with wheat was about 550,000 acres, to rye 50,000 acres, and about 60,000 acres with oats. WEDEN.—The crop prospects in July were, if weather set in, that wheet would yieid 100 per cent ageinst 95 per cent in 1894; rye, 95 per cent, against 85 per cent; barley, 80 per cent, against 105 per cent; oats, 70 per cent, against 105 per cent. Norway.—There was 8 good harvestof wheat, and rye, barley and oats yielded a full average crop. SWITZERLAND.—Wheat was but slightly over hsif a crop and below the average in quality, rye 80 per cent and oats 100 per cent. WHEAT YIELD OF AUSTRALIA in 1895, by colo- nies, together with the mean average yield per acre, for the ten years from 1886 to 1895 Yield tn 1895, #. CoroxTes. | n 1895, #Mean Bushels. | average. New South Wales.. New Zealand Queensland . “*Mean average eld per acre for the ten years from 1586 10 18 e 5 in bushi As & limited amount of space in your valu- able paper confronts the writer, further con- sideration of the world’s cereal production will be deferred for a future article. MISCELLANEOUS. — Some fifteen countries amended their tariff schedules during the year just past,all of which, in the aggregnte have an upward tendency of a protective char- acter. The armies and navies of nearly every coun- try heve been increased during 1895. Nearly every nation has increased its public debt. The aggregate increase during the past year will exceed §1,000,000,000. Deaths by accident, violence and war ma- terially increased over those of 1894. The increase of monetary losses on property by fire and water on land and sea during 1895 exceed the increase of population by at least 25 per cent. FARM AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES, and the money they bring. To the real farmer and practical agriculturist of the United States, it will prove & matter ot infinite pride and satisfaction to learn that, out of the total exports of this country for the fiscal year 1894, including the products of the mines, of the forest, of the fisheries, of the manufactories, together with every miscellaneous commodit: amounting to $869,204, farm produci aggregate a value of $628,363,038. All the other exports in that year from this Republic amount to only $240.841,899. This proves that for the fiscal year 1894 the exports evolved by farmers from the farms of the United States were 78.28 per cent in cash value of the total exports of our Republic for that period of time. The following table dem- monstrates that fact: Products exported, 1894. Agriculture 3 Manufactures Forest products Mining = Fisheries s § Miscellaneous commodities. Total.. Amount. Per cent. 038 72.28 The Good Discipline of The Army Of the Sultan. Tie Turks Well Acquainted With i Modern Methods of Warfare. There may be, aside from his friendship for the Sultan, some other reason for the Kaiser’s stiange reluctance to assume an aggressive policy toward Turkey. An in- terview which a Philadelphia Times cor- respondent had in Berlin with General von der Goltz Pasha, reorganizer of the Turkish army, just retired, foreshadows on the part of the Mussulman a very dif- ferent sort of resistance to attack by a Christian power than he has been thought capable of. The general says Turkey has to-day a thoroughly modern army, commanded by officers well skilled in the art of war. “Iam not a politician,” said the Pasha to the correspoxzdent, ‘“and I have no opinions to offer as to the probable di- visions of Turkey and the fate of the im- perial Government. The Turkish Cabinet repeatedly endeavored to drag me into po- litical complications, but every time I pointed out to the Sultan that I was merely a soldier, eager to perform my specific duties, and I was excused. That happened, too, shortly before I resigned my post as instructor-general and reorgan- izer of the Turkish forces. “Since the last war the Sultan’s troops have immeasurably advanced in drill as well as strategic respects. It is no longer a force subject to antiquated methods and notions. It is entirely untrue that the re- forms proposed by myself and the staff of German instructors were executed only on paper, as has been repeatedly asserted, To the contrary, they have been religi- ously put into practice and theoretically studied with that zeal ordainarily accred- ited only to German profoundness. “The Sultan being satistied that German drill and strategy are superior to any other system, he has allowed myself and brother officers full sway in our depariments. We reorganized his standingarmy down to the last gaiter’s button, as the phrase goes, working harmoniously with the Turkish authorities, who gladly recognized us as teachers. If it comes to war the success of our efforts to raise the Turkish troops to the standard of modern efficiency will soon become apparent. It was part of the Sul- tan’s policy not to let the world at large know what we were doing and what we were accomplishing. If the powers had known the full extent of Turkey’s indirect preparations for war they would surely have interfered, either by accusing his Majesty of double dealing or by cutting off our supply of war materials by financial jugglery. “The strength of the army is entirely suflicient, considering that one word of the Sultan suffices to call the entire male population, as far as they are believers, to arms. “Ever since 1886 large detachments of Turks bave, after receiving preliminary in- struction at home, taken service in the German army, to return aiter a year or so of hard work and disseminate the knowl- edge thus gained among their comrades. In the same way, but merely for instructive purposes, have mplary German officers taken position with the Sultan’s troops. “The book of instructions newly intro- duced into the Turkish army is similar to the German military code. Sami Bey, Turkish military attache at the Berlin Embassy, is responsible for the greater part of the instructions which he has seen tried and successfully carried out. “The Turkish officers’ corps is now a very progressive and respectable body of men. While in the Sultan’s service I de- livered two or three lectures every week before army officers, followed by a lengthy discussion. I was astonished at the char- acter of the speeches, questions and de- monstrations I beard. They proved above all tbat these much maligned men are of studious habits und take their profession very much in earnest. Fatalists, as most of them are, they know that safety lies in knowledge. As to the Moslem military spirit it is as strong to-day as ever during the last two centuries. The Turk is a most enduring creature, hardy and capable of withstanding great bodily inflictions. His courage has never been doubted. Such a soldier needs only capable officers to be almost invincible, and the Sultan’s army is now splendidly officered and good ma- terial is added daily. “But, it has been asserted, ‘The Turks have no reserves.” That was true fifteen years ago, but since the period of service has been reduced from five to three years this defect has been done away with. The reserves are now in splendid condition and the army shows the same groups as the German. The only fault I ficd with the military administration of Turkey is its refusal to admit Christians to its standing army. This discrimination fosters race hatred; it makes the Turkish army a polit- ical and even a fanatic body. But the Sultan probably desires to appeal directly to the religious instincts of his people whenever international difficulties are threatened. ““The mobilization of the Turkish army, if such becomes necessary, will be effected within one week. The Macedonia con- tingent will be in marching order within five days.” ———————— A movement is on foot to induce bi- cycle manufacturers to get together in convention and agree on some standard proportions for numerous parts of their different machines, with particular refer- ence to threads, nuts, bolts and the like, | within the elbows of the black and white The: - Lifting of The Fog— An Evening Etching. Weritten for ¢ The Call’ By Lewis H. Eddy. L ‘‘Only a cabman can be cheerful on such a dismal night "’ As the words escaped his lips Charley Dimlight banged the cab door from within. There was a dreary rattlingamong | the cobblestones; the city was enveloped in thick fog; the atmosphere was damp and chill; the gas lamps cast that lurid glare which only gas lamps can; the stars were dead; the moon had not been born; the must that gathered round the soul of Charley Dimlight produced an oath; the cabman whistled merrily. 1I. The spacious ballroom was speedily filled with grace and dignity. Like twink- ling stars in a bright blue sky a myriad of precious stonee and purest gems giistened upon the flood of brilliant toilets whose beauty was enhanced by contrast with the somber black and immaculate white of living statuary. No princes or peasants, no queens or court ladies, no topsys or turveys, no gro- tesque figures or character studies, but lovely women and stately men that formen an intoxicating victure, to be improved only by the removal of the masks. The music for the grand march aroused Charley Dimlight from his dream ot dis- appointment. She was not there. He | started for the coatroom. He would go to | his elub or somewhere and drown his soul in machine-made cocktails. He would drink to the widow’s doom. The pictures in silk and lace and gems and tlowers linked their soft white arms statuary. The mist about the soul of | Charley Dimlight lifted as he strode | across the floor. Stretched around a lovely throat, a string of emerald stars, supporting a golden crescent, bedecked with tiny diamonds, shone full upon him. His heart reached his teeth. He clenched and held it fast. He crooked nis black- | sleeved elbow. A bare, white arm was laid | softly therein, and the mist was cleared | away. Only a step from the grand march i to the waltz. The soul of Charley Dim-| light was bathed in sweetest silence, | broken only by the music of the orchestra | and the throbbing of a heart. The walz | was done. He led his charming partner to a secluded seat. | “What a shock you gave me this after- | noon,” he saii. | “Indeed! How could I?” came the muf- | fled voice beneath the mask. *Come, let us have done with trifling. Do not try to deceive me further. “I deceive you! Indeed, sir, I did not speak with you this aftergoon.” “Look!” he exclaimed, and raised his | mask. “Do you now deny that you told | me this very afternoon that you might not | be here to-night?” “Solemnly I declare that 'tis a fortnight | since I've seen your face, as you well | know.” | Charley Dimlight's heart was moving upward. He gasped: ““How came yoa by that —?” “I received it with a letter. Areyou the | writer? And is it to you to whom I am | indebted for this beautiful necklace?" Again he held his heart between his teeth. The fog about his soul recurred. “Ah! fair one, yoa shall play me no longer. There!” He tore the mask from | her face. Her laughing soul bubbled | up through her navy-blue eyes. He tried | to swear, but failed, and only gasped: ‘‘Miss Rene Stunner.” “Surely, and ’tis I whose name is on the | envelope,” and drawing from beneath the | folds of silk and lace the very envelope he had addressed the day before and sent by messenger to Mrs. Rinestienner she placed | it in bishand, and asked so sweetly, “Is it | not?” And he would have lied and told her ’’ but ber merry laugh estopped him. | The mist had cleared away from the soul of Charley Dimlight as he held the | fair one in his arms and whispered : “‘But your aunty shall never know what | she haslost, nor how her niece has won a lover.” IIL. The fog had lifted from the city. The flickering gaslight perished in the flood of silvery moonlight. And as the dawn stole softly on the horizon the cab moved slowly off. The blinds were drawn. The cabman muttered sleepily: “Only lovers can be happy when the dawn and moonlight meet.”” LA GRANDE LAUNDRY. Where a Large Portion of San Fr cisco’s Washing Is Done. Ever been in a modern first-class laun- dry—not a dirty Chinese washhouse in which the workmen eat, sleep, wash, iron and smoke vile tobacco and opinm, but a great, airy, well-ventilated building, where, notwithstanding the nature of the busi- ness and the fact that 300 people work there, everything seems clean and sweet? The great La Grande Laundry on Twelfth street, bétween Howard and Folsom, is such a place as the latter. It issaid to be the best equipped laundry in California. All of the work that can be done by machinery without injury to the fabrics is done, and the results are whiter linens, glossier bosoms, collars and cuffs than can possibly be produced by hand. There are no evil odors about the clothes when the La Grande wagon brings them home; vou are not overcharged, and you are as near to *“‘godliness” as perfect cleanliness can bring you. —————— THE GRIP AND BUSTLE. The Obnoxious Twain Are En Route to America. Two foes to humanity’s peace and com- fort are announced as on their way to America from the Old World—the grip and the bustle. They will be equally un- welcome, but there their likeness ends. The grip would always be unwelcome under any and all circumstances. The bustle is chiefly obnoxious because of its appearances and disappearances; if it were a fixed, unchangeable article of attire it would at least be regarded with resigna- tion. This could never be true of ‘grip. No matter how normal a phase of exist- ence grip might become. it couldn’t be- come popular, as before very many days there would be no one for it to be popular with. Again, the grip is no respecter of persons, while the bustle devotes itself wholly to womankind. The bustle, however, is the more to be dreaded. Gripis merely a temporary ill- .or the convenience of costume, and, be- { ten them out by placing them on the trol- | the first being composed of three parts of | alkaline solution. ness, lo recover or to die from, The bustle | s “steady company.” It means more clothes to carry, more avoirdupois to weigh one down, more last year's gowns to throw away. The high priests of fash- ion may say what they will, but the high priests of hygiene must forever denounce any article that will add another ounce to woman’s wearing apparel. The bustle does not increase the warmth, the comfort sides these, what is there to consider? Beauty? Well, it the bustle enhances beauty, why is it that for 8o many seasons women have been able to do without it? All over the country wise men are dili- gently studying some way to circumvent and elude the unwelcome visitor, the grip. Wise women would do well likewise to seek to get the better of the other unwel- come visitor, the bustle. ————— CHRISTMAS COOITATIOst One Is Enriched by Sowing Seeds of Love. Is there any discouragement in the thought that all the good wishes and bless- ings that are scattered broadcast during the holidays apparently count for very little after all; that, in spite of all the peace and good will that is printed and written, said, sung and thought, the world wags on its own way very much as usual?’ What has all the Christmas-carded love and well wishing amounted to? Has it ever once helped or healed a real need of humanity ? Why, just its bulk alone ought to have been sufficient to turn the tide of wrong itself. But it hasn’t, not even for & brief veriod. Christmas aiter Christmas bas sailed past with its glowing, gracious cargo, and yet the black current under- neath is just as before. Hunger and tears, evil and ugliness are, to outward appearances, as they always were, and such drop-in-the-bucket results are not consoling. But when these reflec- tions come one must reslize the other not always obvious side of the question. One drop of sweetness in the bucket is better than all the drops being bitter; one ray of light is not quite the same as inky dark- ness. And above all, one should remem- ber the good to one’s self. It may be that much of the love and sympathy has missed its mark, nhas failed of that which it might bave done. But it has never failed to help | the one from whom it comes. The seed | may have fallen on barren soil, but the hand that sowed it has been enriched and | ennobled. ! —_————— BEATING THE MACHINE, How Up-to-Date Boys Worry the Nickel=in-the-Slot. The numerous nickel-in-the-slot ma- chines in Germantown are being well pat- ronized by up-to-date boys of that suburb, with profit to themselves but a dead loss to the owners of the machines. The owners unwittingly furnish chewing-gum and can- dies free of charge to the lads who manage this unprofitable transaction by an in- | genious plan devised by them a few days | ago. 'The boys procure a quantity of lead, which they mold into valls, and then flat- ley tracks on Chelten and Germantown | avenues. The next operation is to trim these smooth lead pieces the size of five- cent coins, after which they are ready to perform the service required of them. e An ingenious individual has invented a process by which the paper on which checks and other documents are written can, after it has once been used, have its ink-receiving qualities removed. Two solu- tions, it appears, are successively applied, some essential oil, preferably oil of laven- der, and the second being a concentrated |And Valleys Hills That Are Destined to House Many Apiaries. Written for ¢ The Call”” By George A. Brodbeck. A number of years ago, while yet a resi- dent of the Eastern States, we found the subject of California bee-keeping ohe of | great interest, and when we read of the wonderful yields and of the mystic charms surrounding the home of this far-off land, these stories came to us as a dream by night, and in the hours of waking we would ask ourselves the question: Is this truth or is it fiction? Years have passed since then, and that which to us was as once a dream is a reality, and life since then has seemingly opened anew, and we, | various parts of the State. too, have learned to know something con- cerning the experiences of a California bee-keeper. The early winter rains are the much-hoped-for longings of the bee-keeper, and when the mountains, plains and valleys after these copious showers have put on their best garment; when the vari-hued spring flowers are cropping up from every nook and corner, with the reflected sunshine glistening on | fields of gold, and as the ocean breeze in | successive waves wafts toward you the ex- | hilarating fragrance from nature’s own laboratory and you listen to the joyous warbling of God's own songsters with the | happy hum of the ever busy bee,isit surpris- ing that such enchanting and incompre- ) hensible influences result in one giving ex- | pression to the indelible impressions of ‘ this ideal life of California bee-keepers? | “These vast mountain ranges with their hills and valleys are destined to be the perpetual home of the bee-keeper, for no- | where in this vast land is there a section | 80 especially adapted to the wants and ne- | cessities of this industry as we find here in | California. In the early history of bee- | keeping in this State apiaries were located | where we now find the Home of the orange | and Jemon, and gradually as the soil was | taken up and cultivated, thereby destroy- ing forever the necessary bee forage, thz! bee-keeper was forced back to the moun- tains ana foothills, but even this has re- sulted in Jasting benefit, so that the estab- | lishment of an apiary at present is laying the foundation for an inheritance for fu- | ture generations, which has been so | strikingly illustrated in the location of the famous Sespe apiary. | ‘We admit that not all apiaries are so fortunately situated, and the consequent hardships entailed upon his family, if he has one, in the isolated location, distant | from city and railway and in some in-| stances many miles from any neighbors, | and this with some destroys all charm or novelty of their surroundings, but with | the majority of bee-keepers this is but tem-. | porary, so when the time comes for going | to the apiary we count it but a spring out- | ing, and with the busy hours and days | that follow no one but those who have en- | joyed such an experience can imagine how | rapidly time flies, and before we seem to | realize it the season is ended and we are | on our return home, feeling refreshed both in soul, mind and pocketbook. Ve have a great number who combine fruit-growing with honey production, and this class remain on their location per- | | manently, and when the off yearsin the production of honey do come, and some | years are off years, even in California, | their fruit product tides them over, so we find that bee-keeping as the sole means of subsistence even in California is an excep- tion rather than the rule, and as a wise man will build ona sure foundation we consider this the wise man’s plan. The bee-keeper’s difficulties in the past have been innumerable, but the peculiar adap- tability to circumstances has not been ex- empt in bee-keeping, and the result has often been a source of disappointment to some of our Eastern brethren when they come in contact with some of the misfit and unseemly apiaries, due to the varied dimensions of the hives and fixtures, But with the advent of hive factories and bee supply houses of late years these reminiscenses of pioneer bee- keeping are fast disappearing, and we Jook forward to the time when Califoinia bee- keeping will have reached the highest point attainable. The one great factor in this evolution of past methods has been the influence exerted by the State Bee- keepers’ Association, the establishment ot | which has resulted in the organization of district, county and Jocal associations in The greatest difficulty that conironts the California | bee-keepers to-day is the marketing of their own product, and the season just passed has demonstrated the absolute necessity of the beekeepers joining,issue in marketing their product under their own supervision. California is the greatest honey-pro- f ing State in the Union, the crop of | ‘lis‘;i"lfeing estimated at ?,000,000 pounas, | with a probable pmducno_n 01“4'0%1“’0 | pounds for the season of 1895. With a lim- | ited population our home consumption is | in proportion, and in consequence of this our only source of relief is the mixrlfels .?: the East or foreign countries. Califarnia sage honey is the equal of any honey pro- duced on the face of the glqbe, and with proper distribution will readily bring the | same remuneration to our producers that like does in the best : hon_ey marts of the world, and it lies within the province of California | bee-xeepers to accomplish the same results | that other industries are doing by practi- | cal illustration, the l|ee-kgepers of fhu | great State are just as intelligent and just as enterprising as any class of people we | have, and all that is necessary for the pros- | pective deliverance from present diffi- | culties is intelligent methods “of co- | operation. Our State association at its last session, recognizing the need f)f some such method, appointed a committee for the express purnose of farm\}lntnx?g plans for the organization of a California honey exchange and the establishment of local exchanges where necessary, and fl.le 2500 bee-keepers residing in this State will seon bave an opportunity to demonstrate their willingness in the furtherance of thelr own interests. ORANGE BLOSSOM COLONY. A Portion cf the Oakdale Land and Improvement Company’s Ranch, AT PRIVATE SALE IN TRACTS TO SUIT! 1000 acres being planted to the choicest budded Orange stock in the State. CHARMING HOMES FOR ALL! EXTRAORDINARILY LOW PRICE! EXCEPTIONALLY EASY TERMS! 2000 ACRES OF UNEQUALED SOIL FOR ALL KINDS OF FRUIT. PRIC For Land. including a Perpetual ‘Water Right, Plowed, Cultivated and Planted to Orange Trees, ONLY §175 PER AGRE Price of Unimproved Land with Water Right, $70 Per Acre. TERMS : Payable in Six Annual Payments Without Interest. NO INTEREST! TITLE PERFECT! A LIBERAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH! Pretty Orange Groves il Tracts of Five Acres and Upward. A COLDEN OPPORTUNITY! N hould lose this opportunity of buying a lovely little Orange Grove s within a fe‘?hunru' ride of San Francisco in ORANGE BLOSSOM COLONY ! The only section of Northern or Central California in every respect perfectly 2 K adapted to Citrus Fruit Culture. ORANGE BLOSSOM COLONY is situated on the n Dbank of the Stanislaus River, commencing 3 miles east of Oakdale, surrounded by hills and bluffs which afford natural protection from winds, and-StOrms, etc., Such as ure experienced on o1l is un alluvial deposit from the river, v The land which we are selling unimproved is a frost, there being a great variety of soil, some being sandy loam, so black loam suitabie for pears, prunes, etc. the plans of the San Joaquin. deep and fertil 0 adapted to the growing of any other kind of fruit, rk, and in other places a heavy 1t is not, of course, compuisory that buyers should set out oranges in the colony, but any other fruft they may wish. The Stanislaus and San Joaquin Irrigation Company’s Canal, which runs directly through the colony, assures us o an abundance of Water for Irrigation. A GREAT ADVANTAGE. Experience teaches us that Oranges in Stanislaus County ripen 3 or 4 weeks earlier than in Southern California. Our trees come into bearing the second year from planting. MARK YOU TEIS: From this colony it is only atwenty-eight-mile drive to Stockion, where you are assured of a goad market, or you can there place your aucts on the steamers for the city. We are only three mil(s from the Southern Pacific Company's station at Burnetts, and only four miles from the station at Oakdale, and only nine miles from the new Valley Road. A through special freight rate over the S. P. to Chicago and East for all products of Stanislaus County bas been secured. NO TRACE OF ANY TREE PEST IN THE COUNTY. An expericnced horticulturist who has received diplomas and medals at eight different County Fairs in the State will be constantly in atitendance and for a very small consideration care for the Orange Groves of non-residents. For further particulrrs address EASTON, ELDRIDGE & Streat, San Francisco, or their representative, ¥, T. KNEWING, & CO., 638 Market akdale, Cal. | st LT shrefasfecireacty [ sosfe S o g___l e sesferie HOME MANUFACTURE. THE CALL PRINTS ON PAPER MANUFACTURED BY THE WILLAMETTE PULP ano PAPE COMPANY. l