The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

them at a glance. Landed in Frisco
at 1890 Saturday and was there ap.
proach cd by a young man who solicit
ed me to ~patronize the International
hotel. | accepted and a few minu-
ties conversation proved him to be
Billy Barber, an old Red Cloud boy
who now IL n up and down the coast
between Portland and Frisco. He is
approved by his employers, stands well
among his friends and has gained the
re equations Of being tho best hotel
runner on the Pacific Coast. On Sun
day | took in Golden Gate Park and
| Sutro's Heights. The wheelman were
so thick | could scarcely tell which
was T..
The park, the heights, the cliff
house, the sea lions, the sea and the
ships are all fine to behold. But
when weary Of this l paid my dime
and entered the museum. Two days
could be well spent there. Egyptian
mummies, Indian relics, Attic relies,
relies of foreign nations and tribes,
implements of war, shells, stuffed
birds and animals. historical manu-.
scripts, needle work, in fact anything
you wish TO see. When | had thor.
oughly inspected the museum | she'll
ed out % cents more for a bathing
SUIT and took a swim. Down in the
bath house there was upwards of
three hundred swimmers all clad in
uniform and l came near losing my
self again. After the swim | went
back to Golden Gate and at last tired
and weary | arrived at the hotel just
at sun set. | spent Monday in the
city and Tuesday departed on my
journey but stopped off here at Red
Wood. Last Sunday l went down to
Meulo Park, Palo Alto and Stanfords
University. Rode over the grounds
but the day was spoiled at about one
o'clock, when | twisted off the right
end of the paddle crank shaft. Rode
back to Red Wood, tive miles, with
one peddlc and sent TO Frisco for re.
pairs. Or course when night came |
had that tired feeling but corroded
with bad temper to such an extent
that Hoods could do me no good, 30
| hied myself away to tho Methodist
church. 1t was Childrcn's Day.
When | entered the usher stared at
me as il he wished to throw me out
but | bristled up and looked savage
and he politely showed me to a seat.
Children's Day in California does not
differ widely from that in Nebraska.
The congregation was mostly women.
The preacher had all the little urchins
Of his Sunday.school arraigned against
the evil Of liquor, and with childish
innocence and purity they battled
His Ugliness heavily from all sides
| with recitation and song. Although
this little cold water army scarcely
outnumbered a fair sized corporal's
guard, aud it was necessary for a few
Of the soldiers to perform and repeat
in order to make an hours program
l was fully convinced that they had
the giant down and were ready to be-
head him with his own sword when
the benedietiOn was announced, but to
my surprise upon reaching the street
| saw a half dozen loaded young men
standing around the church door ap-
parently investigating tho size of the
crowd.
Red Wood is a town of about 1900
inhabitants and has only t~wenty.cight
saloons. From Frisco to San Matco
there is a saloon about every mile.
About three miles below Red Wood
is Mento Park u town whose business
capacity is about the same as that of
I~navale and thirteen saloons are sup.
ported there. | did not expect to do
mission work when | came here but
have tried to show several the straight
and narrow road but travelling makes
them dry and they invariably stop at
some way house and forget all | told
them. Many are lost sheep. | feel
serry for these Caliiornians but it is
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