The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-01-27
NOTES AN

capitalist, who expects great results.
Four hundred acres OF land near ST.
Louis have been reserved for the un-
iertaking.
THERE are 1880 breweries and
i,Isl d%istilleries i'm the United States.
The Empire State OF New York leads
in the number OF both, Pennsylvania
being second. In breweries Wiscon-
sin stands third ON the list, and Cali
fornia fourth. Illinois is third in
distilleries, and California fourth.
A SPLENDID record for safety Of
ships and cargoes was made during
1898 by the large fleet Of grain ear
riers between Pacific ports and Eu-
rope. The voyage is the longest
and stormiest Of all routes in the
worlds commerce, yet ont OF 800
vessels which sailed from San Fran
cisco and other Pacific ports for Eu-
rope only II failed TO arrive at her
destination safely and with cargo in
good order. This one ship was
stranded on a South Pacific island,
and lack of wrecking facilities alone
prevented her getting off and rcsum-
ing her voyage. Her crew was saved.
CALIFORNIA prosperS apace. At
the close OF last year the State had a
population Of 1900, 600, and since
1880 the assessed value OF property
has just doubled. She has the larg-
est per capita wealth OF any State in
the Union, and her savings banks
now have on deposit Sl3S, 600, 600.
She ranks first among the States in
the production of gold, wine, honey,
oranges, almonds and walnuts, and
is running close to first on many
other products. Last year her mines
yielded gold TO the value of | 1000
900, and other precious metals to the
value Of 81, 200, 600. SAN Francisco
is now the leading whaling port of
the world.
THE Antwerp international EXPOSE
ton will continue from May . to No
vember -. Ii will be general in
scope and compared with previous
foreign expositions, Of commanding
proportions. 1t will occupy about
two hundred acres Of ground i'm the
new quarter OF the city beside the
River Scheldt. Its main buildings,
constructed Of iron and steel and
rooted with zinc, will cover l,OSO, 600
square feet. They will be continuous
with one another, covering the west
and northwest sides OF the ground,
forming an obtuse angle. There will
be foreign villages and an American
Plaisance. The clou 10 the oNpoSi-
ton will be a castle i'm the air-a cafe
supported above the tops Of the
buildings by balloons.
Miss MARY Cutler, OF Hollister,
Mass, owns and manages IA nursery
farm which affords pleasure to all
visitors and knowledge to many. In
heriting the homestead and business
from her father nine years ago, she
began the task of showing what an
intelligent, energetic woman may do,
and has made money growing choice
trees, plants and flowers for sale.
While all the branches Of market
gardening are under her supervision,
she can entertain visitors with all the
ease OF "A fashionable dame, says the
Times-Democrat. She is u good mu-
stefan, paints pictures which would
please an artist, and can converse
upon any topic Of the day. Such II
woman is not buried by being n
proiit-making farmer.
WHILE much of the area OF New
Mexico and Arizona is arid land on
which such hardy vegetation "a can
exist is low, sparse, and dry, wher-
ever the soil Is irrigated It's enduring
fertility is revealed. The water turned
over the land in all the lower valleys
carries the detritus OF mountain sides
in solution, which makes II fertilizing
deposit akin to that left by the an
nual inundation in the valley Of the
Nile. Such a soil, in many places
composed Of d~isintegrated volcanic
matter, is naturally favorable TO the
cultivation OF the vine, and the visitor
is not surprised at the fine quality OF
the Rio Grande grape. Such fruit IA
peaches, nectarines, and
raised on the higher slopes
and levels, are unsurpassed anywhere
in beauty and favor.
81 HAVE been all over New York in
the last week" said Frederic Reming-
ton, the artist, and | have discovered
that ! did not know the town any
than thousands do who make
the circuit Of a daily round in one
quarter Of the city all the while. ]
have seen districts that reminded me
Df Warsaw, and though the wealth
per capita was doubtless lower in
Warsaw than i'm Ludlow, Orchard and
streets, the scenes were very
] have also seen places that
more than suggestive Of WhiAe-
,hapel-worse. think. Coming face
20 face with want and distress gives
)ne a shock and makes one realize
hat though all men read Of such
until they think they are
with them, the truth is that
AVERAGE man does not realize what