Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-09
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Missionary Party Takes In the Sights
=, ,,e No, Taken In Themselves.

tdtcr Deseret Ners
sae F,,ucisco may Appropriately be
~ . city set upon many hills and
.ans0rs quite broken and irregnlsr on
h'pf.,.onnt. some Of these hills are
'u 'n,s bish. but the submits are easily
I'cbei by the excellent cable cars, o.
IN are constantly running t. all
ss az the city, and comfortably
4, th.ss we run up aud down
~ ,,esp incliues and thus obtain aiair
w., NJ the city at the Golden Gate. II
49,, population Of about three hun
lied thousand, aud covers an area OF
s,ty.slx square miles, Including the
r,,t.. government reservation anu
,.lc .ouates. II Is estimated that the
INV ha. twelve hundred miles oil
.,,..,s many Of which are Wide
.a,ueh to accommodate four tracks Tor
electric cars a.. ..
We can readily believe that the
.umal, is unsurpassed In this country
awe pass through the streets In the
,nbutb, we gaze upon tho green lawns
I'D beautiful flowers, including roses
Ia mil bloom, and scmi.tropical plants.
Amongst the many attractions OF
the city may he named the Golden
cato Park which is said to be the
,,eond largest park In the United
states, comprising about sixteen
bundreI acres. Beautiful drives,
,venu,s and walks are laid oil In al
alrections aud the grounds are wei
cultivated and gorgeously beautited
with shrubs and towering plants OF Az
d.srriptlons. Tue conservatory, quit
II glass, In the form Of n Greek cross ID
filed with tropical plants Terms,
watcr-lillios, palms and birds. SeVerh
monuments and statues have been
,ucted there during the past lew
year- and these form an additional
attraction.
AZ tho Golden Gate Park we
hoard the train tor tue tIiu
House, which II n very popu-
lar resort, built on rocky i~lhl,
from which we gaze upon the mighty
Pacific which stretches away 10 the
western horizon aud Ia dotted win
sails, aud here and there may be seen
the smoke OF steamers bound for dis
uut lands. Opposite the CliT House
We observe what are called the 'seal
Rocksr on which crawl hundreds Of
seal. and sea lions, baskiug Ia the sun.
our attention was directed 10 one
large seal said 10 weigh about $500
rounds, named "Ben Butler." Con.
siderable timo was spent watching
these strange animals rolling or swim.
ming in the surf or Hcuambling and
climbing the rocks. Ia the meantime
one OF the brethren remarked that he
had been informed that there was n
large seal down on the beach, aud we
,lrolled along the sands Ia that dircc.
ton.
We were carelessly engaged picking
shells and tho dead seal was almost
tfsotten til we were asked by n cOu-
NE Of young men, going Ia tho same
direction, II we knew where II was.
SHORTLY afterwards an innocent-lOok-
inv youth was met who claimed our
attention 10 simple trick performed
ona piece OF cardboard with turee
large hutshells, under one OF which n
lea was secTetei, and gold coins were
reduced, while the tourists were
challenged TO say where the pea was
hliden. By this TINE ths young man
before mentioned, Joined the crowd,
and readily stakeJ 1--WE dollars anu
twenty dollars, aud as readily won ana
lot. One Of the brethren at once per-
eeived the dead seal hoax" anu
me brethren wore ADVISED 10 return
having crowd OF disappointed
ilArle behind, iamentlhg tne failure
Of their Weli'lnid plans rms Az
venture may serve as warning TO
some OF thn youth OF Zion VINO are not
accustomed 70 travel, ss "IakvS" anu
"cohlll,n men" are TO DO met on
every hand.
Chinatown was next selected, anu
IN Nlerno n was spont uayersing the
narrow streets near che center OF the
eiiyi whetet Is estimated that about