Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-06-20

Der of 40, who live at Williamsport, have
lost their occupation, their boats lying
stranded all along the canal 25 men en-
ploycd in DeFrchn's chair factory were dis
charged last Friday; Messrs. Darby e. EN-
brcy discharged "a men last Saturday, only
retaining two of the large number they usu-
ally cmployed.-HeraM d Torch.
Los Angeles to San nciscO.
We spent almost month in Los Angeles
and vicinity. During that time we visited
many of the towns of Southern California
and sampled" many grove of golden
fruit" The near approach OF warm weather
fastened our departure from this delightful
winter resort. So far all our trips have been
made by rail or the uncertain stage coach.
San Francisco is accessible from Los An
gcles either by rail or water, ana fora change
we concluded to take ride "o'cr the bound
ing main" We took passage on the Queen
of the Pacific the largest vessel plying
along the Pacific coast. 1t took us two days
and two nights to make the trip. On cur
way we stopped at Santa Barbara aud Port
Hartford. AT the latter place one of the pas
scngcrs lost or had his pocket picked to the
extent of $l050. The first day and night the
majestic old Pacific maintained all the calm
ness characteristic of its name, hut on the nf-
tcrnoon of the second day storm arose,and
the apparently sleeping ocean began to heaye
and swell as though it had an attack OF con-
yulsions. The storm increased until night
when it blew perfect gale. The captain
informed us "that it was the heaviest sea he
had encountered IN the last twelve months. y
Many soon began to experience certain
,lneasincss in the lower regions; and were
shortly made aware of the fact that they were
victims of that peculiar maladv, sea sickness.
Fortunately the writer was not among the
number, but had the pleasure of viewing the
stormy scene without being encountered in
any way. How insignificant one feels, and
how appropriate seems Byron's apostophe
to the ocean, as you stand and watch the
surging pillows roll almost mountain high.
On the last evening before reaching Frisco,
the crew went through an exercise known
us the fire drill" a messenger is sent to all
the state rooms to inform the passengers of
the coming event. The alarm whistle IS
then blown, the fire bell rings and in an in
slant all hands are on the upper deck. The
hose is turned on and the life boats lowered
with all the haste possible to avert an magi
nary danger. The passengers, who are abb
sent from their state rooms when the mcssen-
ger comes round are not aware the danger
is only imaginary, consequently some OF
them pay the penalty of their absence with II
good scare. On this occasion one young Ia
dy tainted and another middle aged man was
SO excited that he adjusted one Of the life
prcservers on his back, upside down, and
then tried to make his exit through the little
state room window instead of the door. The
laughter that greeted his cXcrtions made him
think he was dreaming and he gave it up 4
wiser but "madder' man.
During the latter part of the night the
storm ceased and in the morning just at sun
rise, we passed through the far famed G I'D
en- Gate into the lIarbor Of San Francisco
The city presents a broken appearance owing
to the greater portion being built Oh hills,
some of which attain quite an altitude: Tel
egraph hill being 1914 feet high. Market
street divides the city into two sections: all.
tbn nf thn Ct &c ra1iutc from fhiS
San Francisco, besides being the great me-
tropois of the Pacific coast, possesses one of
the most regular climates in the world: the
variation during the whole year being only
about 10 degrees. Boarding Is very cheap;
a good meal, with wine included, can be had
at most of the hotels for twenty cents.
mob Hill" is the finest portion of the city
1t contains the residence of Senator STAN
ford and a score ofothcr mllIonaircs
The largest mint IN the world is situated
in Frisco. The cabinet at the mint contains
many old CONS and different kinds of metal.
Here can be seen the first piece Of money
ever coined in the Untel States 1t came
from New England mint and bears the
date of 1929.
Chinatown is one of the "sights' in San
Francisco. 1t is a filthy, broken down local
ity, and no doubt was the part of the city
first settled upon. Mongolans to the num-
Der of $4,000 dwell here. They carry on
business mostly on the sidewalk One
popularity Of these people is, that they al
ways walk Indian style, or single file, and
they are rarely seen IN conversation with
each other AMI they seldom speak or bow
when passing one another. They are close
mouthed people and hard ON the mighty
dollar, just like the Mclean man.
In our next and last letter, we will give
our readers some points on Tie Yosemite
Valley and the big fields of California.
In our Ogden letter the number of miles
down grade was 300. The CLARtoN's devil
omitted one cipher which made il read 80.
EAuARDY.