, 1880-01-17

Mrs. .!nttlho" al10 tOftIiy LQehlSe1seSh hGAl1lst
Seriously as,d solernnly, only. they viii be
by the ReyelntOr when lia said: "Tlete are
asy w,'lgh hnyo come np out q !, much h ttio'''
lAt!On" NerDu,n snp, gtg. hl. Il. W. u.
THE FAR WEST.
IT'S doop AND BAD FHATUnEs.
II t.s Editor d, 7as Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-Btfort visiting Call
| fornfa I lind kind Of rague idea TINT
should find tho atmosphere nrourd Sah Fran
cisco all full Of little shining dots Of gold
dust, which Would dance A1rlly about like
NOTES In sunbeam, and, as a matter Of
course, nuggets Of gold would be quite freely
distributed about tho streets, and 1t was
rnther shock to my sonstbllities to find the
| city enyelored II, worry commonplace fog,
while tho nuggets were minus.
San Francisco Is essentially n "cfty set
! upona ahill"; in fact, It Is nothing buthil, and
In seeing Its sights dho is either gasping1y go
@pekHs @ H ohes HR III ead % tiroas ii te door Of Isayen
or else getting down, ttowrf, down 80 fir that
tl,e soul IS illiel with dismal forebolngs ns to
tho chances Of eyer eetting back ng:,in. Tho
cltnatS Of SIM Eranclsco Ia not i picasallt
one. Raw, chilling winds are very nrevn-
warmer in winter than In summer. I was
there towards the end OF June, aud saw
Hight across the bay from San Francisco,
and bearug the game relation 10, 1t that
Brdoklyn 1oes I'd NtW York, Is the charming
k "kkand ics low On % tlo sorcs ,1 ot ii' the Gay.
tho slope OF tho 1n1ul being very gradual Il,
the. mountains beyond. Here Ii a region uf
delicious, perpetual sprlng, and llere tho
oy SS % gro Hss % 81 ri ae yea seea
fuchsins and hclIutropes five nnd SIX feet
high, perfect misses OF bloom, gcrnninns
equally large, and | was much sirptlsgtl, to
covering fences with rs prolific atd sturdy 4
growth as the hop vfne with ilS- 1t iB 4 greAt
traveller. tllat wastnrti!lm. I nnce saw u
Slp q 3c9 I qTsqF nn4 ~ & Il 5,sa a WI WY Il P 's
Gult Of st. Lawrence. Onn tlny, wlAlc walk-
ing In Oakland, !cnino to adilapfsiateti slnnty
in att uncaredfor lot. :, A magnificent Iii:
" Sass" as SsswsE ss4s Gxr aq@sd me 9ff svs I
ealla lily. stopped, and when ! Thought
Of all the frantlc, soul-l,nrrowing efforts Ind
made In my lifo trying. to lntucp NY caIlas t.,
limp had wt.stetl OH ,Sptne strtng-like Ivy,
and howl ii myself. .~s~", ,''".'
0akIetd has another r. yery pleasant feature;
know, wlicIc one can ride fron, morning un.
I'll night on the cars, right tlirougI tho leArt
hf thS City, without nayIng One Gent therefor!
m ofa city ysraniss H1sfs tss{s g {Ss q Se9s 9s c0S t
aapia t5 track In erefY "no Tic bess sss stsssets'
Trains r,ui, every ten or fifteen minutes dur.
pihg i al ali Important cfoss.strests, out to lis
end Df the wharf, q milo or SO from sli0rE to
connect with the ferryooats from Sa!t Frn,l-
cisco, and return: On Sunday trnlns run
linn iiamber II picniesW vi VIII occur Tint dayH. Il
i@ofniS @ Is i, a'1neaa their calendar tius: Friiay,
saturdaS, Plcmtc7ps @ hooa .,,o.. y, ,,,r,,,,
realzo tie difference In Temperature IN eveI,
half n days journey from Oakland to the In.
terior during the summer or s'dry seasoll,,,
s sf tG sSst IN ssrfe g sat f.. 9f ad
distraction from tile dust Ind heat, nn1 It Il
not much butter In country places all through
tho Sacrnmonto aud San JoaquIn Valleys
bsas II M fa1S II ot saEh na Ehs s fay TSass ssese
, unpleasant. I'll tile sllnllner.ttme ruin rarely
falls gtass y burned 4. drler thn!n stabble i. IT,
, seen sny9 that produced by attttcial lrItgH
) ton, while over lleAd, week after week.. h
the sa,Mo daxzllns expanso OF SKY, will
ys ee e1Sd R * o te5aefF 5 the sfs " c s1.
, less skyl All mel bow near came to bias
! pl!en,y when one dear to l1,e lay unrches
Wlth tever under that 6i4s,nlnE sky. ! Mtl! i! d
u | t4l1 lUk A}lA Al$ No h&EAtA 4lVlb w
i owen, aud never even a pnssing shower. L
/ lnoisten the atmosphere. We're It not TIM
/ There Is gel,erulIy fresh breeze from thi
e9s Sss svasy sy setas s ~ ft wpa tSsIS I ans ens @
: Another discomfort to any ono aecttstuM'e.
cllring It hers. 0f eo.trso tllule Is 10 nut r!
ipp ap 4Ssss Sys tN. eera Es ts SSS ho mout @
: ains, eil It Is qulte expensive, Tllprt Is al
q artificial Leu manufacturing company IN Sa,
y This sacrctaento Valley Is ons Of the gat
+ dcn spots Of California. Here aru gTca
:, vineyards, md wlicht farllts, .nnd frui
renchsS weIs EraReSf ora1,gfs thes g
srSP!sl o{ss y fFfaScf fSs fsu{s ow wt WIKI 10 so
Il familiar III our own gHtdons. Tho Ere'
Is want Is Lack of water tn the dry sc,.so,
till Il; wSels psaetiea!ie il 5 bfonsl!t dos
II frDtn the mountains ii, trrigatlng cnnn!s, an
IL tersect, tho llnltls, each landowner, bayln
d one gentleman WHO sut up u steatn engine |
l. tlla creek near his rancl, fur irrignti',g p,l
q post.s, an1 another. WIN tGv0tes Ills time !
It It ssi,oanteti 6n wheels, wiicI, nc ,lIe.i VII
:, Now, wealu iiliu stilns lnfnTnatl1n.. W!
u sonl o.o tell ri, WHY Il y tat l'e g., e!lot u
- nmls pf tha !lnlly press nra gemsr..!iy 80 yei
nehrsl.ya!. mS", ,oor{s "esa hiIIt, aHHis
rr gother will pathetic appuals ia, s9nlebol
or nut to mind Weeplllg oyur soMltbotlY elst'
II, grave nn,!'t poets eyer seq ahyt'ilig IL
Il, pips for thelr ,lahcinK? ls'it that they wou
I'll bu cheerful II they could; but TINT tho pt,et
III lyre Is but attane4 to melancholy nnd Il