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I'LATTSMO IJTII WEEKLY IIEKALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1887. KNOTTS BROS., Publishers & Proprietors. Santa Clary Vafloy Fruits. San Josk, Cai,., June 13, '87 Colifornia, the golden state of the un ion ! Ho called from the precious metal which brought the iO-crs from home unci friends, tempting them to hruvc the per ils of the terrible over-land journey in a too often vain Kcarch for wealth. Lit tle dreamed Uio.se old miners delving for gold that the true source of Californ ias wealth was not the minerals they so eagrely sought, but the soil which they disdained to cultivate, except with the pick. Years after when the gold feyer had abated the old familiar name was still appropriate by reason of the thous ands of acres of yellow grain. Still later the orchards overspread the place of the vast wheat fields, and the trees, laden with golden oranges and apricats, with prunes and peaches, brought to the owners a constantly incrcasiag stream of golden eagles. What com is to the farmer of Nebras ka, fruit is to the tillers of the soil of this Valley. Santa Clara valley with an area of 1,500 square miles, with thousands of acres of the finest orchards, vineyards and vegetable gardens to be found in the world, ships to eastern markets and the markets of foreign countries, the varied products of her soil. The canned goods of this valley have a world wide reputa tion. This year's fruit crops will be the larg est ever known. Already the season has opened with the ripening of cherries and activity is the order of the day. The cherry, one of the most delicious- iruits grown, cannot be fairly judgetby eastern people as it is picked in an unripe con dition for shipment and therefore is dc ncient in size, color ana navor. ine yield, though not large, is unusually fine in quality and cherry orchards will pay handsome profits. Canners offering T per lb for the choice white varieties and even at that price the supply is not equal to the demand. Early peaches will be ripe in about two weeks ami soon after the first of July the splendid apricot crop conies in. The yield will be immense. It is estimated that in this valley alone there will be 15,000 tons, worth, at pre vailing prices, $500,000, and when can ned or dried, as the entire crop will be, the value will not fall short of 1.000,000. To handle this vast amount of fruit will require the seryice of every man, woman and child attainable for that purpose There are single orchards that will re quire 150 men to care for the fruit. As the luscious apricot is only grown in Cal ifornia, she has the whole Uditcd States and a portion of the old world for a mar kct. Many orehardists are preparing to dry their own fruit and evaporators arc now as common in the valley as threshing machines in Nebraska. Fruit men think nothing of evaporating ten and fifteen tons of apricots per day (21 hours). Not far from where this letter is writ cn, two Nebraska men own an orchard, 2urchased last winter, and are erecting what is considered one of the largest if not the largest evaporator in the state, We were told that it is expected to dry fifteen tons of apricots per day when crowded to its lull capacity, ana as no custom fruit was to be evaporated, the readers of the IIeiiald can lorm some idea of the immensity of the crop. The gentlemen mentioned have 30 acres of aoricots and expect to have 250 tons of fruit. I will not attempt to name prices further than to say that 250 tons of green apricots will make 50 tons of dried. Is it any wonder that the people of the Santa Clara valley value their land at $1,000 an acre when capable of produc ing such results. The French prune ranks next in importance to the apricot and is also purely California product. It is a sure bearer, is free from insect pests, and the man fortunate enough to own a ten-acre prune orchard has an assured income 1-irrrpr than can be obtained from the 0-- best 1G0 acres of grain land in the east, Hums, peaches and pears, in fact all fruits of the temperate zone as well as manv semi-tropical ones attain perfection here. Oranges and lemons are no stran gers to the valley and if the specimens shown are not as fine as those of Kiycr side and Los Angeles, the fault lies with the producers, not with soil and climate. There are hundreds of acres which, if properly irrigated, would raise as fine or anges as southern California. The peo ple prefer the fruits that can be grown without irrigation. An article on fruits would be incom plete were no mention made of the straw berry. Ten months in the year it is found in the market, and has ceased to be re garded as a luxury rather, it is a neces sity. In a letter it is impossible to give more than a faint idea of the magnitude of the fruit industry in this favored region. One by one tl grain fields are replaced by orchards and it is only a question of a few years when the valley, from moun- tain to .nountain will bo one vast fruit i una. Perhaps a few words on climate may not be out of place in a letter on fruits. In the fir.-t place there are no extremes of heat and cold the seasons are not Sum mer and Winter, Spring and Autumn but the wet and dry seasons. The trade winds temper the Summer heat, and the thermometer does not often mount among the nineties. Of course, there are now and then exceptionally warm days, but they arc of rare occurence, and but serve to prove to the inhabitants of this glori ous valley how much they have to be thankful for. The rainy season, i3 of no uniform duration; light rains sometimes fall in October and November, but usual ly the rainy season is from the 1st of De cember to the 1st of May. Very often there is no rain until February. A rain after the 1st of May is regarded as a ca lamity. The readers of this letter are not to suppose the rainy season is one contin uous downpour; a heavy rain (heavy in the California sense) is succeeded by days, often weeks of pleasant weather. The rains even when protracted are no serious hindrance to the farmer's labor a man may work i$(J5 days in the year, if so inclined. Late rains are of the most benefit to fruits and the most disastrous years have had the heavy rains very early in the season. Wc respectfully beg to assure the good people who may read. this letter that we have no interest whatever in real estate. For the benefit of any who contemplate seeking homes in California we say this: Do not locate w ithout first seeing the Santa Clara valley. St, Clare. "The Printer." St. Louis Republican. The following humorous address, "The Printer, His Privileges and Characteris tics, and the Position of His Craft Among the Industries of the Country, as Review ed by a Veteran," was delivered by Mr. Richard Ennis of the Eunis Stationery company at a meeting of the St. Louis Typothehe, held in Darwick's hall, No. 117 Olive street, Friday night, before members of the society. During his ad dress Mr. Ennis was frequently interrupt ed by laughter and applause from his hearers, lie said: Gentlemen It is with gravest appre hension that one should undertake to speak in an assemblage composed of the employing printers in this or any other city; for of all classes of men, they are the most inclined to analyze, criticise, re construct, strengthen and "put sense" into all the "matter" with which they come in contact. Whether, he be professor or mechanic, politician or preacher, scientist or educator, the average printer feels it incumbent on himself to "doctor the copy" which passes through his hands, improve the grandeur and round the per iods with the absolute sway of an auto crat, feeling that no one outside of the printing office has any rights that he is bound to respect. The master printer takes no man's statement as gospel, and nothing "goes" but that which has passed his scrutiny. His individuality is su preme and complete, even to the extent of coining words and going outside of every encyclopaedia and dictionary. And there is good reason for all this. Many an ignorant stump speaker and politician have been lifted into national significance though his "tips" and "touches;" ana to the printer's aptness and constructive power, intuitive knowledge of grammar and punctuation, many of the most orig inal thinkers and vigorous writers are in debted for the proud distinction of rank ing with Addison and our own Oliver Wendell Holmes, and being handed down to posterity as an accomplished scholar, editor and author. Great ap plause. The making of great men out of slen der materials is part of the mystery of the art, and hence the secrets of the printing office are generally kept inviolate. Print ers arc at all times critical, and often cynical; and as they measure everything with a very short rule, but few men whose manuscript has "hung" upon their "copy hook" ever became heroes in their eyes; they investigate the underlying mo tives of men and measures, and get "onto" the inwardness of things by merely read insr the head lines or introduction or looking at the handwriting; and as in olden times printers were permitted to wear swords as a sign of distinction, there is generally in their composition the elementt of the cavalier, blended with the wisdom of the philosopher and the servant. If anything in particular, the printer is, in all matters pertaining to his art, a hero, and in proof of this challen ges the field by affixing his imprint to the work done in his establishment, a privilege not conceded to any other avo catiou. It has been said that in the debates of printers' unions, generally every second member is, on an average, a second Clay or Webster, and if this be the case with the journeyman printer, why not conclude that underneath the dome of thought of every gentleman present this evening lies concealed the critical incisiveness of the Scotch reviewer or the withering invec tive of a modern Junius? Being one of your guild, and knowing full we)i how my own thoughts would run were cither one of you gentlemen in my place and I among the audience, for want of a better way of getting out of the dilemma in which an attempt to make a speech would place me, "with bated breath and whis pering humbleness," permit me to com pliment this society on this suspicious be ginning, of which this highly respectable audience gives evidence. The bone and tissue of the printing business of our city is here assembled, and, from the interest expressed, nothing but good can come out of a better acquaintance and more frequent interchange of opinions. Although somewhat of a veteran among the employing printers, I want to grasp the hand of every honest competi tor and say that this is a yery large coun try, which no one man can either fence in or control. In it there is plenty of room for all to labor and gain both for tune and honor; but in the pursuit of these there are no short cu"b or corners, and the only pathway leading to their attainment is through economy and in dustry, supplemented by ability and per se yerance. A Housefull of Snakes. Years ago a young lawyer of Savannah took his wife and their eldest son to the Carolinia. In those times, says the Sa vaunah News, even Saratoga had but two hotels, in the shape of large wooden buildings very unlike the "palatial resi dences" now erected even at the South; so you may suppose the one in Rarnwell was nothing to admire. A dwelling house, with wings, and a few small build ings around constituted the "hotel". When the Savannahian got there no room could be found for him, unless he would occupy an outhouse of logs, used for fodder, one-half being supplied with a plank floor, the other being the natu ral soil. As a party was to leave in two days these accommodations were accept ed, father, mother and son sleeping in one bed, and the servant girl where she could. The rfist night they slept soundly till af ter midnight, when they became aware of things scampering and swiftly glid ing over the floor overhead, and in one instance over the bed. As the light in creased they found that their visitors were rats aud chicken-snakes, but they disappeared very soon. They determined to risk another night, especially as the strictest search could detect the presence of neither rat nor serpent. About the same hour of the night there was a re petition of the occurrences of the night before, aud having discovered that the serpents were only chieken snakes the travelers slept on, though the boy declar ed that something had crawled over his face toward morning. The fath er dressed and retired, and" the mother got up at the proper time. Her habit was to put her keys, stockings and bag under her pillow before getting into bed Slipping her feet into her shoes, which had heels, she put her hand under the pillow from which she had just risen, when she felt the cold skin of the snake. She told the child to jump out of bed and as she did so she slipped off one of her shoes, held it as a hammer, jerked away the pillow, and as the serpent raised its head, struck it a deadly blow. It squirmed to the floor, writhed a little, and then lay 'still. To her horror she then discovered it to be a "moccasin " The house was within fifty yards of a swamp, which abounded wiah those interesting reptiles. Upon being complimented for coolness and bravery she admitted that had she not thought it a chicken snake she would have acted differently. She was not one of the kind that screams aud jump on chairs at the sight of a lit tie mouse, moreover was a Beaufort girl like her sex generally in Port Royal able to break a marsh tacky, steer a boat through the surf, sail one in a stiff breeze play a drum-fish and then shine i n a drawing-room among the brilliant men and women who then abounded on our seacoast from the Santee to the St. Marys. In those days Boston, Baltimore, Charles ton Baeufort and Savannah were famed for their beautiful women and of a cul ture unsurpassed anywhere. Why the Crow is Black. The Indians of the extreme Northwest had some very remarkable legends about the creation, in which the crow takes the leading part, bringing order out of chaos. Perhaps the most curious was that which accounted for the raven coat of the crow. One night, while making a tour through his dominions, he stoped at the house of Can-nook, a chief, and begged for lodg ing and a dring of water. Can-nook of fered him a bed, but, on account of the scarcity of water, refused to give him anything to drink. When all the rest were asleep the crow got up to hunt for the water-butt, but, was heard by Can nook's wife, who aroused her husband. He, thinking that the crow was about to escape, piled log3 of gum wood upon the fire. The crow made desperate efforts to fly through the hole in the roof where the smoke escaped, but Can-nook caused the smoke to be denser and denser, and when the crow finally regained the outer air he had black plumage. It ' was pre viously white. Z. L. WJiite, in The American Mayazine. Harriet Beocher Stowe on Woman's Sphere. Womans' Rights Conventions are a pro test against many former absurd, unreason able ideas the mere physical and culinary idea of womanhood, as counectc donly with puddings and shirt-buttons, the un just and unequal burdens which the laws of harsher ages cast upon the sex. Many of the women connected with these move ments are as superior in everything wom anly as they are in exceptional talent and culture. There is no manner of doubt that the sphere of woman is properly to be enlarg ed, and thc icpublican governments in particular are to be saved from corruption and failure only by allowing to woman this enlarged sphere. Every woman has rights as a human being first, which belong to no sex, and ought to be as freely con conceded to her as if she were a man and first mid foremost, the great right of doing anything which God aud nature evidently have fitted her to excel in. If she bo made a natural orator, like Miss Dickinson, or an astronomer, like Mrs. Somerville, or a singer, like Grisi, let not the technical rules of womanhood be thrown in her way of her free use of her powers. Nor can there be any reason shown why a woman's vote in the State should not be received with as much re spect as in the family. A State is but an association of families, and laws relate to the rights and immunities which touch woman's most private and immediate wants and dearest hopes; and there is no reason why sister, wife, and mother should be more powerless in the State than in the home. Nor does it make a woman un womanly to express an opinion by drop ping a slip of paper into a box, more than to express that same opinion by conversa tion. In fact, there is no doubt that, in all matters relating to the interests of edu cation, temperance, and religion, the State would be a material gainer by receiving the votes of women. Harriet Beecuer Stowe. Astonishing Success. It is the duty of every person who has used Bos:hee's German Syrup to let its wonderful qualities be known to their friends in curing Consumption, severe Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung diseases. No person can use it without immediate re lief. Three doses will relieve any case, and we consider it the duty of all Drug gists to recommend it to the poor, dying consumptive, at least to try one bottle, as 80,000 dozen bottles were sold last year, and no one case where it failed was re ported. Such a medicine as the German syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask your druggist about it. Sample bot tles to try, sold at 10 cents. Regular size, 75 cents. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, in the United States and Canada. . (2) Looked Like a Boa Constrictor. From the Milton, (Ga.,) Democrat, Mr. Will Demsey brought to our office on yesterday a snake which measured 5 feet 8 inches n length, 2 inches in diam eter in the center. It resembled a boa constrictor slightly, but Mr. Dempsey thinks it was a bull snake, because, on approaching it, it reared its head and bel lowed; others call it a chicken snake, and 6ome say they never before saw a snake that was like it. Just think of it rearing its head, its penetrating eye3 flashing dancing glauces at you, and its forked tongue passing in and out its mouth like a shuttle of poison. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps and blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains, Sore and .Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save !?50 by use of one bottle. War ranted by Frickc & Co. druggists, Platts mouth. 3-1-1 yr The complimentary passes given to newspaper men by a county fair associa tion in Michigan, read as follows: "This ticket has probably been paid for a dozen times over y the paper to which it is is sued. It will be honored in the hands of any man, woman or child, white or black, red or yellew, who favor the asso ciation by presenting it. It is good for entrance and grand stand, and the bear er, if driving, will be entitled to pass a team free. The association recognizes the fact that its splendid success is owing largely, if not wholly, to the notices free ly given by the press, and, while we can not render an equivalent in cash, we re turn our grateful thanks." Lincoln Journal. Faults of digestion cause disorders of the liver, and the whole system be comes deranged. Dr. J. II. 3IcLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier perfects the process of digestion and as simulation, and thus makes pure blood. 8-m3 An Arizona judge has decided that peace officers have no right to carry con cealed weapons any more than private citizens. If you suffer pricking pains on mov ing the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly use Dr. J. II. 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