SEMI-TROPIC CALIFORNIA. 
mium list, would considerably exceed the ! manufactured by \ r ,„vl Htraxtbe v< 
space allotted to us for our report of the 1 San Francisco. re««ir«.| tbe' first Lr,n 
Exposition. Our readers, we trust, will I for sparkling wir. t .—» ,j; vt . r mulal 
kindly excuse the omission and be content The exhibit of grocer!*, hv | j Xbom , '■ 
wUh a few brief notes concerning those de- son, of fancy gm 1 « bj 
part in cuts not relating to agriculture or! of furniture by Sharp A Bln., r „j '} , 
horticulture. ] boots and aim*.* by the favorite < iite'en R t . 
15. K. Coulter’s display of fancy gmida, 1 and Shoe -',,r.-. in d an-lv by the I ... ; 
ladies dress good* and notions, was worthy I Angrlr* Candy Worker-all u t, le , , 
in every respect of the leading dry goods i Mr. Jillw.n bad a coop of hi. favorite b 
store or Los Angelos. fowl*, the Plymouth H-..ks, on e*l,ib>ti» - 
Many young couples were observed U> Mr, D. j i J} rnn k rt ,„| 0 „ handsome * 
stop during their promenade around the exhibit of rustic w/e.d 
MIBCELLAIIE0TJ3. 
oted, ha h 
Mr. Bi 
Pavilion and carefully inspect the furniture 
and carpet display made by Hotter * Brad- awarded the find prom 
Icy. This action may have been prompted '*’*■- 1 ” 
by disinterested motives, but our autpu-' 
point the other way. 
Mr. H. Cfeiso made the largest and moat _. ... 
creditable exhibit of agricultural imple- trniber 10th, with a 
meets in the Pavilion, lie deservedly r.-- ! Shorb, after which tbo 
ceived several primes. ' | “ the light fantastic toe.” '' p* r rant, of the 
Tho Ark depiuimei.t this year was ,i Novi.—If in 
to that of any preceding Fair. Mr. J. A. [ have been neglected r -ligMr-1 tm'. nbradv m-. 
Lankerahim A Co.', exhibit of flour 
rarded the fimt prvm 
The ladies were welt represented ... » wtr «.». 
department by a fine display of ombroi.l.red of 100 
work, needle work, etc. 
The b air closed Saturday evening, Sep 
Jdrw. by Pnesident 
•ed tripped 
many 
i lap 
Valder, of this city, had a fin* collection, hurriedly written report of tlu Fair, th 
Messrs. Payne, Stanton & Co. exhibited , may rest assured tlm neglect wa* . 
specimens of their artistio work in the jiho- intentional. If our attention is oall.-d to 
tographic line- The paintings of Mi** the matter in time wo will see that ju»iine 
Lillie A. Ward o f Pasadena received great ! is done in the November number of Si.m 
praise, and several ladies and gentleman Thom. Ctnnmvit. 
in this city contributed nuite liberally to 
• _ii. _*w — ■ ■ 
cry remarkable go 
Mr. Yotr»«, of & 
ultural Officer, . 
the collection. 
Mr. II. Hoinsch exhibited a single har¬ 
ness which for beauty and finish we an. 
confident has no superior on this coast. M r. 
Heinschunderstunds hisvooation thoroughly, 
his exh ibit was creditable to Los Angels* 
and well deserved the award of a silver 
medal made by the committee. 
" . . ud 
HOT STEAM FOR INSECTS A FAILURE fruit, 
- ! pound. 
istmie week* ago a gentlemen of San lOJxli 
Jose announced to the public that he had 
discovered a valuable remedy for the ex Bitm 
3 pound*, 
ich M pa 
K’ixlOi 
™rz 
*»• Dried 
etc., 30 
» pounds, 
termination of scale bug*, woolly _ 
and other tree insects. This remedy wa*|*' 
Mr. Day’s display of pianos and organs hoi steam to be applied to the foliage with |l 
was the only exhibit of musical instru- a syringe in the form of a spray, and wiih j * 
menrs in the’Pavilion. The musical non-1 h .* ,n il ''“ ,1 P n ’**d rather satisfactory. The j ^ 
test which look place Wednesday afternoon Clara County Horticultural t 
was participated in by eight young ladies, 
all of whom scorned to hare genuine 
musical genius developed by careful train 
ing. 
lid tender! 
» deep wi 
we are all akx 
of lb. .lark I 
always beat 
’ ** Mv hear 
Then 
BKAVDIED PEACHES. 
i were some twenty eight ontries nt 
the H.tby show Friday afienmou. Baby 
Robertson, Baby Bixby, Baby Lamp, lUl.y 
Ingrain and Baby Pray were the lucky 
juveniles, and recoivod the prirus in the 
order named. 
Mr. Lichtenbnrger's display of buggies, 
Mr. Oano's iron wagon, the Ac me harrow, 
the Incubator exhibited by Mr Niles, the 
the Wheoler A Wilsmi »uwing machine* 
exhibited by Mr. Glidden, Ibr i'alifornia 
windmill exhibited by Mr. S. B. Smith, the 
display of butter by the tlrange Store, To 0XC1 . p ount j ,, 
Liwl.afri.it picker, the Zimmerman fruit ,, nt gill o( whit* brandy; make . * v 
dryer, the springbud exhibit'd by Fuller A ( fi„«, » Uff , r , add only enough wat.-M 
Day, and the display of willow ware In _„| v ,. ii, let it coin.' to a | M ,tl. ihvn i 
Mi-yburg Him* , all received first premiums. , f ri „t m ’ *, u ( ),. t | 
Mis* A. Whitney received the premium ths fruit caretuMv, then let dm ayrjp I 
offered by Uih Miuhoh office for the best , „ r r , until »t ihirkmt 
recitation, and Miss L. Frick the premium j the brandy and take the kettle i>.-« 
for the best Industrial drawing. fir,.; pour’ the hot syrup over the fru 
MiS» Sarah Parkharst, Misa l>ora Burton, » em | If, a f t ,. r ik c peaches 
Miss Teddio Haines, Mr*. F. E Bn. who, j |„. vl , * r.-ddi.h i..juo. .er*. r--m 
Mik. M. M icy, Mi*. If. I- Marsh and Miss 'them, dram tin, oil bet no adding the ■ • »' 
Annie Milling were the winners in the j ,yrt,p. Put up in gltes j*n» that hate been 
breatl contest. rullc-xl in hot water. The poat-lms should 
Ths Eclipse Extra Dry Champagne, not t.e over ripe. 
sionera, however, have been experimenting | 
with the remedy recently and report that 
the steam killed every tree to which they 1 1 
administered it. Furthermore, the temper 
ature i f th* steam in warns cases wa* as ; 
low as lfO", only a few degrvo* higher |, 
than the temperature of the air during., 
sums of our warm continental Java in aum , 
rner. If such ia the case the fond hopes of ( r 
another would-be benefactor are bhghuul, |. 
and wo mu*t r<-*ort to whale oil soap, con -1 j, 
cnitratnl lye, keroaene oil, sc<ap wssbi--, 
let half a mic 
t one. Raw « 
ittd frvsi 
• half la 
Mu 
that I 
ha 
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