The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-10

streams so crystal clear, no grasses green as
those within her fields. Blending into the
peaceful sea are white and glistening sands
spangled with pebbles of the rainbows' hues.
No man has touched the shore, and no ships
prov has yet been yet turned toward this
wondrous cline. There are no storms of snow,
no hurricanes. no winter blasts to mar the per-
feet scene.
"'Here lives the maiden who was born OF
light, and who will only move upward and
onward when the mighty van of westward
moving masses take up the land and turn the
streams and make the earth give forth its rich
est treasures She waits for Spain and her
name is California
There was an impressive silence when the
colonel finished his resurrected story, and the
Senator from Illinois stroked his chin in deep
thought.
Every pretty. colonel very pretty. Is that
the end?"
"No. Balboa came out to this coast, planted
his flag in the Pacific Ocean, looked along the
wooded shore, into the perfect blue sky and
exclaimed to his followers:
s'This is, indeed CALIFORNIA; land and Spain
has found it,
J. c. McMullen, a rancher living near Nelson,
Butte County, told story last night at the
Grand Hotel that we'll illustrates the trouble a
little too much "mountain dew" will some
times bring on man.
A few days ago, said Mr.. McMullen, Mrs.
Owens, well-known member of the Society OF
Christian Endeavor, leetured at Nelson, taking
as her subject, "The Power OF Influence" The
church had been secured for the occasion, and
every seat was filed when the lady began her
talk. Mrs. Owens illustrated the subject with
numerous anecdotes, finally winding up with
the following story, which should be a perpet-
ual warning to the man who occasionally"
takes too much.
az knew gentleman once" said the lee
turer, "who would insist on getting in toxicated
every time he went to town. Well, on the day
before Easter this gentleman decided to pay
visit to the neighboring village, and rs he was
leaving home his wife called out to him:
"'Now, John, don't forget about that banner.
want it for the Sunday-school class to-mor-
row. Remember it must be 3 feet WIDE feet
long and bear the inscription, "Unto Us Son
Is Born."'
John, after taking one or two drinks, forgot
all about the banner, and occupied his time in
seeing how drunk man could get and still be
a gentleman. In the meantime the good wife,
remembering the frailty of mankind in gen.
eral and the peculiar appetite of her husband
in particular, sent one of the younger boys
into the village with the following note:
"'Unto US Son is born, three feet wide and
four feet long"
Even then John did not remember his wife's
parting injunction about the banner, but re-
marked, as he hastily saddled his horse:
"Now, l guess 1 viii be worried to death by
every museum-freak hunter in the country"
Such is the power of influence.
Nevada City stands tair chance of being
undermined by those in search of gold. 81
Thornton has on exhibition at the Board of
Trade rooms on Market street fine piece of
gold quartz taken out of the earth under
do ftx-
gold-bearing ledge in the Reward gold mine a
rich streak was encountered that led the
miners under the town proper at the west end.
In order to drain OFF the water tunnel was
run in from the creek, which has also been
profitable to the miners, as they followed the
ledge along the entire length of the tunnel.
Appearances indicate that the ledge runs
under the entire town. AS some of the rock
produced 1S555 ounces of gold to the ton there
are prospects OF other miners seeking for
wealth under the streets and houses of Nevada
City.
Joseph NJ. Dat, Postmaster-General of the
Hawaiian Islands, was one of yesterdays ar
rivals by the steamer Mariposa. Heb come
up here with his wife for O holiday and will
return In two or three weeks. Speaking of the
postal service in the islands, yesterday he said:
"You can understand that our work is very
irregular. Our busiest times are just after the
aTfiYai OF the steamers, put the amount OF mail
by them varies greatly. Sometimes we win
have one steamer follow another in three or
four days, and then not have another for from
IL to % days. The Mariposa, on its last trip
down, brought us 10000 letters and as many
papers. Our work comes in spurts, as it were.o
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
town prospers when it has faith in ITSELF
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