The San Francisco call., 1896-08-03

and the zephyrs from the west enlarge the
tears day by day. Yesterday one of these
had extended to such size that the visit
ors had an opportunity to obtain a profile
view of the face.
There were many visitors to the lake
around Straw berry Hill yesterday and
many of the ladies without escorts went
out in boats for row. This exercise seems
to be appreciated by them judging from
the great number who work at the oars.
Next Saturday morning the m embers OF
the San Francisco Fly Casting Club Will
goto the lake to try their luck at long dis
tance casting.
Last Saturday Louis ]. Ohnimus, who
has charge of the boats on the lake, killed
fox which for some time past had been
playing sad havoc with the ducks that
add to the attractiveness of the eastern
end of the lake. The skin of the depreda-
tor is being stuffed and it will be placed
with tn e other curios in the museum.
The site of the old Forty-nine Mining
Camp of the Midwinter Fair has been
turned into an arboretum. and, this hav-
ing been loaned, there will in few years
be fine forest there. Nothing now re-
mains of the camp to remind one OF the
general store. the stage office and the fan
dango-house but the log cabin in which
Sam Davis published The Self-Cocker and
two small log cabins near by.
In the Conservatory Foreman Holbrow
takes great pride in showing to the visit
ors that most exquisite flower, Ell Spirito
Santo (the Holy Ghost fower), which is
now in full bloom. He also shows some
beautiful Camellia Begonias in every
shade-howers that surpass any OF the
begonias heretofore shown-and he takes
an unusual pride in them from the fact
that they are California production, hav-
ing been propagated after many years of
experimenting by j. II. Sievers OF this
City. Their equal cannot be found in the
finest collections in the world.
There was good attendance at the
Cliff and beach, but there was no perform
ance in the baths, nothing but ordinary,
everyday swimming and musical selec-
tons by the band. The cause of this was
the retirement of Colonel T. p. Robinson
from the position of amusement manager
of the baths.
There was a large attendance at the
HaigLt-street grounds, the chief attrac-
tions being the boy Sandow, who gave ex-
hibitions of extraordinary strength, the
Intelligent orang-outang and the balloo n
ascension. Miss Leila Adair, the elder of
the Viola sisters, was to have made the
ascent, which was to be followed by a
parachute drop, but when let go the bal
loon gave lurch and caused Miss Ad air
TO lose her hold on the trapeZe-bar.
In endeavoring to recover 1T, some one
of the crowd ran against the aeronaut and
almost threw her to the ground Just
then the balloon gave another lurch and
this brought one end of the trapeze-bar
with great force against Miss Adair's right
shoulder blade, which was once fractured
during an ascension, and the blow caused
her such pain that she did not have
strength enough to grasp the bar, SO the
balloon went up without her and rose
higher and went further than any balloon
that ever left the grounds. Her younger
sister, who was injured the Sunday previ-
Gus, is still confined to her bed by reason
of the injury which she received when she
fell on the roof of house.