The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1877-06-12
Blue Times in California.

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Blue Times in California.
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Seventy sewn Is destined to be blue
year in the nnnaes OF California Zero
can bc.no question that its wheat crop
will be seriously deficient. The estimate,
in brief, is one quarter of cropin south
ern California, ,halfa crop in middle Gal
ifornia, and full aversge crop in north
ern California Taking the state ~ y
whole, the deficiency is put down at half
the usual crop, which is,.usually, 20,000.-
600 bushels. So here is 4 void OF 10000
600 bushels in the resources.cfIS77. At
: per bnshel, which IL the average price
in the country, the ,lebt paying power Of
LOCO, 900 people is. reduced slO.000,OOO.
But this is, not the only misfortune OF
the year; the barley crop, which is really
the oat crop of California. as blasted;
and on tue 18th of April the ihrmers were
cutting it, in the Sacramento valley, to
be fed in the..sheaf to horses. The Gauss
of this crop delieiency..was. the 'scantiness
of the winter rains. Ordinarily the rain
tall is thirty four inches this year. it was
only fourteen inches.
In addition to the crop deficit, the min
ing resources, or rather results, arc un-
expectedly and suddenly falling OF.
The Bonanza mines of Nevada, known
as the California and Virginiajconsolidat-
ed are producing so lightly t6at the lat
ter has ceased to make dividends. This,
Of course, creates feyerish excitement
on the Stock Exchange, and the shares
have declined 70 per cent. during the
past year. California has declined in
nearly the same proportion. So large
decline in those leading corporation has
shaken the whole list Of twenty or more
quotable companies. The losses are
absolutely appalling, and fall severely on
thousands Of all classess-as,i .s6me time
or another, almost every one takes n
venture in the mining shares. estimate
that the losses by this dcclitje during
the past eigteen months ca1not be less
than 100000, 000 The nominal capital
of the various companies In california
and Nevada ia at least 200OOOy0O0. ssHgg
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Long years ago the royal couple Vic
toria and Albert quarreled Chagrincd
and vcxcd, the Prince retired TO his
room and locked the door. The Queen
took the matter vuietly for a while, but
after the lapse Of an hour she went to the
door and tapped. "Albrt," she naid,
''comc out" mo. will ROT" answered
the Prince within"l The royal temper
waxed hot q. this. 4"Sir," she cried,
'come out af once. The Queens whose
subject you are, commands yon." He
obey ed Immediately, Entering the room
she designated, he sat down. in silence.
For long time nothing was said. The
Queen was the first to break the silence.
"Albert,' she said, speak to me-"
"Does the Qnecn command it," no
asked. s,No" she Answered, throwing
her arms about his neck, ''your wife
begs ."-[Truthful Olive Logan; who
"camd away" jest at this point fA
A young lady clerk ira Philadelphia
dry goods store tainted, and in the pres.
cnce of q plying circle of customers the
symdathetsc proprietor sent for car
and had her taken home Her weekly
wages were Sc. but that week the envcl-
ope contained only one. The explana-
lou given in reply to her question was
that the other five went to pay for the
carriage,
How often we find man who will pay
! SlI for box Of cigars without quest
ton or moments hesitation. who will
contract his brows and start back in
/ specchless horror and stare for ten
! straight minutes at the item, ito one
piece of dress braid, 10 cent in a. dry
good bill that his trembling wife hsnds
| him
For real'overdone style the bumblcbee
takes the palm, lie is as fat as. the letter
| O and us moderate as seidltz powder.
He wears n black and white yelvctcen
coat and pair of yellow corduroy trow
! sers
/ When is pair of brooches like . paid
bill? When it is re-seated. -s.fe
Andrew Jackson was accused OF bad
spelling, but John Randolph defended
him By declaring that" a man must be q
fool who could not spell words more
ways then one"
His loving wife had importuned him
to take her to the Centennial. 1T viii
be so crowded that you will have no
pleasure whatever in the trip
But George she replied. half regret
fully, Il should like to go and SEQ cen .
tenuial. just to say seen one, you know.
well, never mind my darling he re
piled, don't fret; and when the next one
comes round, I'll take you there, and
vel spend a week And well take your
mother too,
oh, George she cried, in . rain OF
happy tears, you are 50 kind. We won
go this year.