San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-10-03

spend the summer, Tor even winter mag
iue, is more delightful than summer), il
search of delightful climate, fine scener
and plenty of fruit, as Horace Greeley said
come west" California can furnish nj
these, and by all means do not fail to yisi
Hotel Del Coronado, situated on o PENN
sula, proudly overlooking the city of San
Diego and the grand old Pacific. l never
visited place SO replete with all the neces.
saries for the comfort. convenience aud
pleasure of the guests. 1t seems tina,
whatever refined taste could suggest, aidtt
by wealth, has been bountifully supplied a
this delightful resort. had heard much in
its praise, but find half has not been told
1t covers seven acres of ground, from three
to six stories high, seven hundred and fifty
rooms, two thousand FIVE hundred iucan.
descent electric lights-everything CON-
plete. Like the Roman palaces in the days
of Alexander. it is a complete city within
itself. The hotel is superb it is built after
tho Queen Anne style, and very grand. The
Coronado beach is q place of natural
beauty and sublimity. 1 will not attempt
to describe the emotion l felt when be-
held the grand Pacific. 10 me, native
Texan, it was grand sight indeed. stood
for hours and watched the surging waves
lash the shore, Us the tide would come and
go. Let us pause and contemplate the
g,nndeur and sublimity of it. Picture a
vast expsnse of water, smooth as the
polished mirror and shining like molten
silver, sky of intense blue overhead, form
ing vast arch resting on the sparkling
water, and far away into the misty distance
rs far MS your eye could reach, rose the
b.ue heaving ocean like lovely
c. III, forming a beautiful background. l
then turned to view the other side of the
l,..lce, and far away into the distance with
such imposing grandeur like proud monu-
m"nts doomed up the grand old mountains
lc,.sing the horizon, and nearer the sloping
foot hills, and then the beautiful valley with
groups here and there of the tall eucalyptus
trees gracefully waving as they were famed
AIMED by the ocean breeze. 1 had my
sketch book and with the aid Of pencil and
brush soon had q small sketch of this love-
ly picture.
California is surely possessed with aspirit
of patriotism. The 4th of July and the
fall of the Bastile were grandly celebrated.
Politics usually run high aud i! is not to be
wondered at the state going largely repub-
lican as there are 80 many eastern people
here.
Had quite n perceptlble earthquake on
the 9th September, said to be the most Sc.
we're one ever felt here.
I have had a delightful visit of few
days with Rev. Mr.. French's family. Tus-
tin is beautiful little village, connected
with a street Car line with the thriving
town of Santa Ana. Mr.. French has made |
quite successful pastor. and has endeared |
himself to his people. So I fenr it will be
some time before Texas can claim him |
ngain. Mrs. French expressed herself we'll |
pleased with California, and Miss Dial |
does not talk of returning to Texas. MI. |
and Mrs. Holmes seemed delighted with
California. Mr.. and Mrs. West, and Mrs.
aIosher, all seemed pleased and expect to
1t seems quite like home to see
80 many of my old Texas friends
l do not write tdis to eulogize California,
but to present it simply as see it. If this
is worthy of place in your columns may
,dd few lines more after my trip to San
Francisco and my return home by Denver
md Fort Worth. BETTE ELLISON,
The CENTURY MAGAZINE closes it's nine
zenith year with number for October
which, besides its leading serials on Lincoln
md Siberia and the Old Masters, contains
several papers of peculiar importance. A
.roup of brief illustrated articles on man
,al training presents this subject from three
liffereut points of view, There is a great
'ariety in the story element in this numbe
# The CENTURY.
Topics" and ''Open Letters" are on the
ate Professor Alexander Johnston, of
on ''Disasters"; "A New Col
eye for Women; "A View of the Confed {
racy from the inside" bearing upon the
ubject treated in the Lincoln iustallment; ,
The Single Tax on Land Values: 'Coun-
ry'Roads"; Prohibition in Iowa.; "A .
'enor Farm; and "Irish Estates"