General Routes From San Francisco, 
(CONT1NUKD. ) 
Quincy, Cal.—276 miles ; str. or rail to Sac., rail to Oro- 
ville, stage to Quincy via La Porte. 
Red Bluff— 255 miles; seamer or rail to Sac., rail to Red 
Bluff. 
Redwood City, £al.—28 miles; S. P. R. R. three times 
a day. 
Roseburg, Oregon - 532 miles; steamer or rail to Sac., rail 
to Redding, stage to Roseburg. 
Sacha vi ento, Cal. - 88 miles; rail or steamer. 
Salem, Oregon—780 miles; steamer to Portland, rail or 
steamer to Salem. 
Salt Lake City, IT. T. —750 miles; steamer or rail to Sac., 
rail to Ogden, rail to Salt Lake City. 
San Andreas, Cal.-152 miles; rail to Milton, stage to 
San Andreas. 
San Bernardino. —454 miles ; steamer to San Pedro, stage 
to San Benardino. 
San Diego, Cal.—446 miles; steamer weekly. 
San Jose, Cal.—50 miles; C. P. R. R. and S. P. R. R. 3 
times a day. 
San Leandro, Cal.—18 miles ; ferry andrail, via Aalmeda, 
5 times a day. 
San Luis Obispo, Cal.—309 miles, steamer 3 times a month, 
rail to Salina, stage to San Luis Obispo, 
San Mateo, Cal.—20 miles; S. P. R. R. three times a day. 
San Pablo, Cal.-20 miles; ferry to Oakland, stage to San 
Pablo twice a day. 
San Rafael, Cal.—14 miles; ferry to San Quentin, rail 
to San Rafael. 
Santa Barbara, Cal.— 280 miles; steamer weekly, or rail 
to Salinas, and stage to Santa Barbara, daily. 
Santa Clara, Cal.—46 miles; S. P. R. R. three times 
a day. 
Santa Cruz, Cal.—76 miles; railroad to Santa Clara, rail 
to Watsonville, stage to Santa Cruz. 
Sitka, Alaska—1663 miles; steamer. 
Snelling, Cal.—174 miles; steamer or rail to Stockton, 
stage to Snelling. 
Sonoma, Cal.—56 miles, steamer to Vallejo, rail to Napa, 
stage to Sonoma. 
Sonora, Cal.—173 miles; steamer or railroad to Stockton, 
stage to Sonora, via Chinese Camp. 
Suisun, Cal.—43 miles; steamer to Vallejo, rail to Suisun, 
(Fairfield.) 1 ’ 
Susanvillf, Cal.—296 miles; steamer or rail to Sacra¬ 
mento, rail to Reno, stage to Susanville. 
Vallejo, Cal.—25 miles; steamer twice a day. 
Victoria, B. C.— 750 miles; steamer. 
Virginia, Nev.—258 miles; steamer or rail to Sacramento, 
rail to Virginia. 
Yreka. Cal.—405 miles; str. or rail to Sac., rail to Red¬ 
ding, stage to Yreka. 
ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, 
IN MEAN TIME, 
By Berlin H. WRIGHT. Penn Yan, Yates Co., N.Y. 
Eclipses.—T here will be two Eclipses this year: 
I. —A total Eclipse of the Sun, April 6, invisible in the IT. S. 
II. —An Annular Eclipse of the Sun, September 29, visible 
in the U. S., at all places east of the Mississippi Valley, the 
Sun will rise more or less Eclipsed. The Eclipse will be an¬ 
nular or ring-like, from Sodus Point, on the south shore of 
Lake Ontario, Lyons, Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Sarutoga and 
northern Massachusetts to the Ocean. Along the path of 
Central Eclipse the size will be 11J£ digits. At New York 
the Eclipse will end at 7h. 18m. morning; size 10 % digits. At 
Boston, 71i. 32m. morning, size 11 digits. At Chicago, 6h. 
20m. morning, size 3 2-5 digits. 
PLANETS BRIGHTEST. 
Mercury, Feb. 10, June 6, and Oct. 3, setting then soon 
after the Sun; also, March 31, July 30, and Nov. 18, rising 
then a short time before the Sun. Venus, Jan. 12; Saturn, 
Aug. 15 ; Mars, June 20; Jupiter, April 16. 
THE FOUR SEASONS. 
Winter begins Dec. 21, 6h. 26m. evening, 1874; Spring 
begins, 1875, March 20, 7h. 25m. evening; Summer begins 
June 21, 3h. 51m. evening; Autumn begins Sept. 23, 6h. 19m. 
morning; Winter begins Dec. 22, Oh. 20m. morning. 
MORNING STARS. 
• 
Venus...until Sept. 23 
Mars. “ Feb. 26 
Jupiter. u Jan, 20 
Saturn.from Feb. 6 and after May 16 
EVENING STARS. 
Venus. after Sept. 23 
Mars. “ Feb. 26 
Jupiter.from Jan. 20 to Nov. 4 
Saturn.until Feb. 5 and after May 16 
