The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10

of black, with orange trimmings, was next
in line. Whenever they stopped they
created sensation. Every member car
ried cane, in the head of which was fixed
an apparatus, which, when set in motion,
produced noise resem bling the croak of
frog. When exercising the croakers, the
memb bers industriously gazed atthe house
| tops, so that it took the onlookers seve-
raj minutes to determine whence the
noise came. The Capital boys are we'll up
in foot movements, and showed to the de-
lighted spectators number of fancy ex-
ercises and evolutions. Hesperian Parlor
No. 137, whose members, dressed in white,
were accompanied each by lady, was the
rear guard of the division.
The sixth division was led by Sequoia
Parlor and its band. The Sequoians were
dressed in red and white and wore Turkish
caps of carmine hue. They also were
accompanied on their travels through
Stockton's streets by the ladies of their
choice, who, robed in white and shaded
by Japanese parasols, bravely underwent
the fatigue of the three hours march.
Precita Parlor No. 1877, accompanied by a
drum corps and neatly attired, preceded
the float of the Goddess of California.
This float was one of the most beautiful
in the parade. Drawn by four white
horses it represented a conch shell, in the
center of which was seated Miss Cordelia
Kerrick, daughter of County Treasurer
Kerrick, and one of Stockton's reigning
beauties. The shell was supposed to be
floating in smooth water, drawn by two
swans, driven by tiny tot, whose infant
hand held bright ribbons to guide the
pretty fowls.
The Capital City Drum Corps, composed
of twenty-five men and a small boy, es-
corted California Parlor No. % of the Ma
tive Daughters. The ladies were attired
in white and carried parasols of the same
cool color. Dixon Parlor No. go, whose
mem bers were tastefully dressed, nad with
them a colored mascot who proudly held
aloft the banner of the organization. An
Uncle Sam costume of red and white ver-
tical stripes adorned his. muscular frame.
| Sunset Parlor No. 20 followed Dixon Par
lor, and its members were attired as were
their predecessors.
! General Winn Parlor No. 32 accom-
panied by the Antioch Silver Cornet band,
occupied a post of honor in the seventh
division. Its members carried tin bear
| flags, which they ratified as they marched.
Byron Parlor No. ITO, Brooklyn Parlor No.
l5i and Halcyon No. 145 were pleasingly
uniformed. They preceded the San Fran
cisco Naval Battalion, the lads of which
marched with military precision, drag
| ging after them two Hotchklss rifles. They
mustered forty five men.
| The Amador County parlors led the
! eighth division. All were uniformed in
white and marched in couples, man and
a woman. Their costumes were relieved
by yellow streamers. A float representa-
tive of the products of Amador County
| followed its living representatives. A
miner at work under a rock, on which
stood life-sized grizzly bear, was at the
rear of the float, while banked in front
were fruits and other agricultural products
ofSan Joaquin's neighbor county. Presdio
Parlor No. 1914 was fol owe by Tuoiumne
Parlor No. IA A number of the Tuolumne
natives were in a wagon, on the sides OF
which were draped strips of canvas on
which was painted, "Tuolumne is with
you. Thirty miles from railroad. No
apologies.
The miners from Sonora were next in
line, little company they, but brave
one. With their burros and their packs,
their tin cooking utensils, their blankets,
their big revolvers and their patched raj
ment the Sonorans were greeted with
applause all along the line. Piedmont