Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-16


 you tired because of the modest way in which he vcils his face with fog. in Grccn- land he Is pale and cthCrcal and seems as if Inc belonged not to this world. and so on. But in Caiifornia-ah. that's where he makes up for his dClinqucncicsl He behaves himself. His rays arc at oncc as brilliant as they an in Bombay and as mild and genial in their cfTCCt ns they arc in England. Jnsultry brilliancc-that's the way t0 put 1t.
 It may scCm odd to talk so much about climate in a letter of this kind when there arr so many hard facts chasing around But let mo tell you that climate l. the most vital topic in California It l. the first, sccond and third thing that Is talked about Why. TCOplc who have ben in the | country but a month become confirmed climate Cxp"undCrs It is impossible Ia escape from their lucid and exhaustive way of putting 1t. If a conner from the cfIctc east wishes tO become unpopular and | despiscd, all he has to do Is to barely hint that the climate hero Is not quite absolute perfection.
 However. thcrc is one thing hero that the CalifOrnians rcfrain from praising to the skies, and it Is part of the climate tOo This thing Is sand If you arc foolish | enough to walk along Market street in the afternoon when the trade wind is blowing from the Pacific ocean, you will spcsIiily become acquainted with this sand IL | Is an afTCCtiUna;C-and- -plCasCsl to mot you kind of sand, and gets into your eyes | mouth. nO>tril~, ears. pCCkcts, under your vest and cVCrywhCrC it can. After IL has dalliCd with you for about u quarter Uf an hour You brEin to fCycl sorry for ever hay ing come tU Frisco and to wonder fCChly at the Caliloruians climate prai>ing fIc | ulty. When next you hear him losing himself in n apancgyric concerning thu Eild ed climate. you will, fl you ara unwi>c, hazard n sarcastic p'mark atuut tho bCnC- fits of this sand. For answer the uanCCyr ist will look at you in prprOachful >ilCnCr | as though you had struck a blow beneath | the belt
 The Chinese havC n great hold in San Francisco. All you have Ia tlO l. tn turn up Clay strNCt from kCaTnCy stp,'t, walk a block or two. and. ln' you an practical ly in n Chinese city. fou arc in the midst of the filth. squalur in n scnSc. piCtur- sequences and persistence of the Mungnl. Hcrc arc their ju>shOII~s~S. their thCatcrs | their uncanny looking shops and them. selves smoking opium mixed with tobacco | from queer looking pips-~ Even thc very | strCCts arc as narrow and un,vCn aS they are in the lower quarters Ct a town in far | away China Sup.ly this old rslC,' l. pOS- | scsScd of a wOndruuS vitality Little Chi l ncsc childrCu. who lOIk for all the world
 
 around together gravvly. Their playing with one another, if such their solemn | movements can bc called. has all the gravity of some religious CCr'iuuny. How unlike the ChildPn of the CauCa~ianSi ThCrc k a >olCmnnCSs in all things A>iatic, from d"capitatinS 10 playing, Chinese women, tOu. may bc sCcn sitting in the shops. How odd the Chinese language soundS-a sort of sinc>nng gahblc, l won hRxN- odd as theirs d"Cs t0 Us. guess At prr,- cnt their manner is GravCr and mon sol cmn than ever. They an hearing lad news about the China JapanC>o war
 ACriSs the hay, over in Oakland, livC-s JnIquin Miller. He hIs rcnounccd tho world, with all it's pnmps and vanitiC>, wears long hair and hide booiS and has cultivated n piCtup,SqucnCSS Of lunk- OC~ caSiOnally hc may la SCCn in the St trNcts nt OaklGI,I Walking; s..c-.- SsENisM ~s NN Nr TOW and looking neither tn the right nor left. He is n fine looking man. with picrr- ing eyes and q handsome. stern faC,' Poor Joaquin. What a struggle he had for nc oGnitiOn in his carly days The AmCIi- can publishers would have none of him. so hc went over tn try his luck in London. Thor" things went mighty tight with him for awhile, but at last he obtained tho fame for which he was scckinS. London went wild over him. The most exclusive English aristuCrat> made much of him and invited him tu their homes for, ssIy what you will about the English ariStOCrat, he at least rCvcrCncCs intellect. and when it comes to q pinch considers it the only true patent of nobility. In this particular he could give much needed lesson Ia The vulgar bourgeois, would bc swell AmCri, can who brings contempt upon the grand land from which he came by outtoIdyinE the VilCst English tuajy. of course when Miller came back hc was rCscivcyl with eclat.
 \ month ago was in santa Barbara A few milcs away from it, under the shadow of a great mountain, Is Jesuit mission house 900 years old. The scenery around this part of California Is tn my mind the most wonderful and beautiful in the world. It rcalizcs the ideal of the greatest descriptive writers. Byron him self could not imagine n land picturc mOre magnificent. I have gone through tho Himalayas, stood appalled, before Chim- boraza, gazcd on the Alps. roughcd it through the Andes but never have I bccn In a part of the world where sublimity, grandeur, exquisite colnring and bCauty, marvellous atmosphere and rich, glorious sunlight wcrc blended to n unity so in- thralling. Grand land of firc and gnldI Well might Americans bc proud of thcel
 BART KENNEDY.
 shot His Brother.
 NEW HAVEN, Oct l6-Elisha Trow- bridge fired two shots at his hTother, Charles II. Trowbridgr. cashier of the Me chanics' National bank in the bank One shot took effect in the cashiers leg. The deed was probably due to insanity. Princeton Beat the yirginians. BALTIMORE, Oct. lG-A large crowd assembled at the Catonsville county grounds tu witness the Princeton mi yersity of Virginia football game. The game resulted: Princeton, l4. Virginia, O. Carriage BuIIdcrs' Convention. PHILApELFHIA, Oct l6.-Thc twenty second annual convention of the Carriage Builders National Association of Amcri- ca began here today.
 Killed on the Street. RocKroRT, Ind. Oct. l6.-Robert Burr | Nrz~ LEN