St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01


are imported, SO that there is vast
field for the expansion of the culture of
this fruit But the lemoni is much mere
sensitive to the extremes of heat and
cold than the orange, and climate
that will produce the choicest oranges
may not be suitable for the successful
culture of the lemon. l have been in
formed by those who pretend TO know
that there are 100 acres of good
orange land in Southern California
to one acre of good lemon land.
This is probably an oyerestimate,
and the man who made it may be inter-
ested in the sale of lemon lands.
fl nd one has TO be careful here and not
put full confidence in everything told
him. L have learned to divide the
stories told me about the wonderful
things that have been done and can be
done here by two or four, and in many
cases find that even a greater divsOr
will bring nearer the truth. But never
theless
THIS IS A GREAT COUNTRY.
AS almost everything will grow here
that will grow anywhere, no one need
confine himself to either the orange or
the lemon. Diversified farming in
fruits, as we'll as in graf ms, will pay best
in the long run, and people are begin
ming to find it out 1t is not best to de-
pend OH any one product
| Great preparations are being made
| here for La Fiesta dc Los Angeles, or
| Feast of the Angels, which begins on
| April 10. and will last four days. These
| flower festivals originated with Santa
Barbara some years ago, and have con-
tinued there from year to year, drawing
thither immense throngs of people and
advertising that resort as nothing else
could have done. The enterprising peo-
pie OF this city, not to be outdone
| by their wide-awake neighbOrs. have ell
tered into the spirit of the thing, and
will endeayOr TO OutdO them several
times. The festival here instead of
lasting only for day, as at Santa Bar
bara. will continue for four days, and
will partake more of the nature of a
carnival. Many of the towns within a
| radius of a hundred miles are mani
Testing desire TO participate
with Los Angeles in this week
of carnival, and even Santa Barbara
herself will lay aside her right as the
originator OF there festivals. and will
IL
greatest affair of the kind ever held in
the state. Many of these outside cities
will furnish floats typical of their re-
Spectlye localities. Among the
MANY UNIQUE FEATURES
| of the great procession, Which takes
place on the second day, will be mag
| nificent float bearing the queen and her
| angels, escorted by cavalcade of Span
ish ladies. in exquisite costumes, with
| escorts, and mounted cavaliers to fol-
| low. Many other beautiful floats are
| being designed, among which will he au
Indian wlckiup, upon which Indians
| and sQuaws will be at work in
| their various occupations. The Chinese
are also taking great interest in the
affair. and will prepare a float of pecu-
| liar Oriental construction, A Chinese
band will be in attendance and all the
merchants, III gay ATTIRE, will be carried
| in sedan chairs upon the backs of cool
les. EX-President Harrison and Gov.
| alkham have promised 10 be present
| and head tue procession. Other feat
ures OF the week will be great military
| parade, procession Of thousand
| school children dressed to represent
| flowers, and at night masked
parade. Tons Of flowers will he used
| to decorate the city and the streets
".
| Paul and st. Louis, the whole to con-
| ciude with grand ball. The queen and
| her angels are enveloped in cloud of
mystery as to their identity, which will
be kept a secret until the carnival ball,
| when, at trumpet note from herald,
the masks of the queen and her atten-
| danlS vii! fall, and the great mystery,
| which is the all-aD>orbing gossip among
| the female sex, will be solved.
A GRAND EASTER.
While | sit here this lovely Easter
morning, the sun shining SO brightly
and warm, and all nature is robed in
the brIlllanthues OF a midsummer day.
l cannot but sympathiZe with nv
| friends at home, as | read of the biz.
| card which. at this very hour, Is sweep
ing down over Minnesota from the
North. Easter Is always joyful time
| everywhere, but here in this land of
| perpetual flowers and sunshine. it
| seems dOublY SO. Flowers. flowers.
flowers everywhere, until one is really
tempted to close his eyes for rest. TINS
is the season for Openings" of millinery
! and dry goods stores, and the shop win
dows are gay with both artificial and
natural flowers of every hue. The
churches this morning are all decorated
as they only can be in Il land where
/ A
full. l had the pleasure of Wis
iting several of them just to get
peep at the decorations. A brief de-
scIiption Of Christ church, Episcopal,
which will give your readers slight
idea OF the decorations here, which are
repeated even more deliberately in MANY
others. Here the chief point of inter-
est is the altar. over which has been
erected a canopy, the framework of
which is whlte-enameled wood, orna-
mented with wreath. cross, garlands and
hanging baskets of flowers. The side
windows are literally banked with Gala
lilies filling every nook and crevice. The
space back of the altar is a mass of
SmllaX, lilies and roses, and tile altar
itself is bank of flowers. Aside from
the silk hangingS. there are pyramids of
flowers twelve feet high OH either side
of the chancel. In the arch of the
i chancel a gothic framework is garland :
ed and ornamented, and in the apex a
butterfly symbol OF the resurrection is a
feature OF marvellous beauty. In an
other church. st. Paul's EPISCOPAL 7
thlnk,l noticed a magnificent memorial
cross six feet in height, made entirely
| of smilaX and Gala lilies, over which a
novel and beautiful effect was pro-
duced by veil of white silk illusion
which folds around it like cloud. But
l must desist, Or will weary YOU with
flowers, as | have myself
This week | go to San Francisco. but