Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1881, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO. The Great City of the West, With its Bewildering Nat- ural Beauties, Hotels, Store Architecture— Endless Chain Street Ra'lway. Perpetual Spring Some Woealth and Mnch Shoddy Correspondence of St. Louis Republican San Fraxoisco, Cal., Aug. 6. Francisco is indeed a beautiful city of palaces and sunshine. To the west the circling mountains and the rest- less ocean; to the east the quiet bay and the placid valle Standing on the far-famed summit of Knob hill, where the mammoth castles of Californian aristocracy rear their stately towers, one is literally overwhelmed by the immensity of vision. Far down into the valleys and up to the verge of the mountains the great city strotches, and the white streets stretch like silver lines crossing and re-crossing in the dazzling sun- light. To the right is Lone mountain, crowned with the solemn cross, and further still to the north Mt. Tamal. pais lifts its ruggea peak above the purple musts, Around us are all the evidences of surpassing wealth and luxury., Gardens of more than mar- vellous beauty aud homes that a prince might envy. Truly, San Fran- cisco bears the impress of that mighty mastér-spirit which the miser worships and the poor man covets. Gold, the magician that rears palaces and opens the door to all the pleasures of man- kind, bLas set her seal hore and from this famous elevation the proud favor- ites of fortune look coldly down upon the less favored ones of humanity. There are two things which contrib- ute largely to the beauty of San Fran- cisco, the irregularity of outline and surface and the great abundance of flowers. Even the poorest laborer may possess these, for they aro so little trouble in a city where no snow or frost ever comes to blight them. One sees but few nugloctu({ gardens, and such a variety of flowers, such brilliancy of color and luxuriance of growth. Great cluster of tuchias that droop-over garden walls, and bed after bed of royal purple pansics. All of the delicate blossoms that must be nursed with such tender hands in the east grow here with scarcely a care. The landscape gardening is ver, beautiful. Golden Gate park, which a fow years ago was considored solely sand dunes, is now a blooming para- dise' It seems almost incredible to see the manner in which San Francis- cans convert the barren sand lots into things of beauty. There is literally neither sumner nor winter in San Francisco. In the afternoon it is always cool, and in the evening overcoats and thick wraps are a stern necessity, © Thin dresses of any description are never seen on the streets. Think of it, what a paradise in July! No lawns or muslins to grow limp in the scorching heat and no hopeless wilting of collars and enits- We hear of warm weather at_ the Eastern watering ploces—even Long may be hot--but San Francisco never, Down town one sees seal skins worn every day, and it is not unusual to see ladies clothed in them from head to foot. In fact, furs and sealskins are in use the year round. Owing to the coolness of the weath- or the gayety uf San Francisco never ebbs, Itis one continual round of pleasure. Parties, excursions, thea- tres and amusements of every kind are always on the tapis. Consequent- 1y one need never be dull. Like all seaport towns, it has pleasures that are never dreamed of inland, The Grand opera house is rather disappointing, although immense. The Palace hote! impresses strangers in the same manner. It is perfectly mammoth in provortions, but has neither symmetry, grace nor beauty, In fact, 18 positively ugly at firstsight, This is speaking of the exterior; the interior 18 beautiful. It has an im- mense court in the centre, where the carriages enter to accommodate guests. The rooms are fitted up luxuriously and with great taste, As far as size is concerned the new Southern isn’t a circumstance, but as far as elegance and beauty is concerned the Palace is not a whit ahead of our own beautiful hotel. The general style of architecture in the city is quite graceful, but some- times somewhat monotonous. The houses with very few exceptions are built of redwood, which is almost fire- root, and there is scarcely one house in a hundred which is not painted white and that cannot boast of at least one bew-window, This gives them a picturesqueness which one does not often see in large cities. Strangers wonder at first at the prevalency of frame houses, but when one considers the frequency of earthquakes he doos not fail to see the wisdom of such an arrangement. In case of a general shake-up, brick houses would be more easily demolished. Tt seems that nature by & wise dispensation has pro- vided for the peculiar necessities of the country, for the redwood is very gl.:nfilnl and almost indistructible by . In fact one seldom. hears of a l.n?o fire—and it is indeed a blessing or the high winds which so often prevail would be terrible in sucha calamity. The fire patrol is very efficient and it is a rare treat to wit- ness their drill at 12 and 5 o'clock each day. Everything 18 worked by electricity, and it is all done in such a flash that the bewildered spectators mmy lbln]:? take it d“l.k' 'I:lllw ca) very ol and kin wed a party of hl?i‘:nwdaw rouse thfs men ab 10 p. m. in order to see teem :Png.:i;:rk from thew awakened um| To who have never scen a street car gli inidnux serenely with- out the of horses the cable lines of street railways in Ban Francisco are a source of novel pleasure and t. The diszy heights that they climb would make horses shud- der, yet aver those the cars glide with au ease and lrod that is simply mar- vellous. And what a blessing they tired, miserable horses to , and no brutahty of heartless drivers to witness. 1t is & real re to sit on the front seat of the dummy and ride up San and down the hills in perfect security, with & varied panorama to charm the vision, In fact, it is just ‘‘too awful- Iy quite.” Climbing up and down the endless hills one obtains an idea of the city he could otherwise get. Tt is like kaleidoscope; at every hill the scene changes, even if it be only an 1 mountain or a different shift- of the lights and shadows. I'he cable lines are an invention peculiarly suited to this metropolis, for they obviate the difficult of travel- ing over so hilly a city, and at the same time have nothing to fear from the interference of or frost They are comparatively safe, since very few accidents ever occur, The mornings liere are exquisitely lovely - full of sunshine and just rin enough to suggest an ideal sum- mer. Over the bay rests a dreamy haze, and the distant mountains are encircled in mist. From six until cloven this calm glory lasts and the morning is perfoct. Then from the ocean comes (he trade winds, and it grows very cool—sometimes, especial- ly at night, exceedingly cold. California is the land of fruit and flowers, and San Francisco has one of the finest markets in the world. Pears and grapes; too beautiful almost to eat, great purple plums as large as peaches, 864 large strawberries most rosily tempting. These latter are in the market every month in the year oxcept one. At present great quan- tities of fruit are being shipped east where it commands better prices than at home, One can scarcely think of a varioty of fruit that is not to be seen in the market, and immense quanti- ties of crabs, shrimps, lobsters, clams, fish and game are daily to be seen in the stalls, A visit to Andrews’ diamond palace the other day was well worth the trouble. On three sides of the apart- ment plate-glass mirrors extend from the floor to the ceiling and the effect of the multiplicity of reflections is fairly dazz he ceilings are ex- quisitely frescoed and end in_an im- mense mirror at the lower end of the room. The chandeliers are of cut glass, and through the centre of the room are pillars of bronze. At night whon the store isilluminated the array of bronzes, silverware and jewels re- flected with such brillancy on all sides render an effect that is fairly be- wildering, The jewel cases are full of unique dosigns. I only wish I might describe a few of these, for they are as odd as they are beautiful, but such things must be seen to be appreciated. The obliging gentleman in charge slipped back one of the mirror panels and led us into the oftice ~the sanctum sanc- torum, as it were, of this veritable palace—-a place luxuriously furnished and full of mystery, suggesting valu- able jewels hidden behind the Japan- ned panels of the walls and secret treaties of wealth and enterprise. The goods stores of this city com- pare favorably with those of the cast, though 1 have seon nothing as yet in that line which has been at all strik- ing. The prices, as a general thing, range much higher, and the styles are at least six months or even a year be- hind those of the far east., There is a terrible amount of shod- dy in San Francisco. More money than brains is written on more than one face. It actually scoms that the refinement and culture of Californians decreases in exact proportion to the wealth, OF course this is not always 80, for one meets refined people every day, people who have the wealth to back them, too, bui there is scarcely a city in the union where society is com- posed of such a mixture of ef’emuuu, and the morals are certainly shocking, in fact, quite awfully awful. There are many places of interest in the city, among them the ancient adobe houses, the old Mission honse, 104 years old; Telegraph hill, where they were wont to ni%nul the vessels in the early days, and Chinatown, as the Oninese portion of the city is called. Just a short drive from the city is the OLiff house, built upon the high chiffs overlooking the ocean, where one can look down upon the hundreds of sea lions disporting themselves among the rocks. What a sight that would be for the small boys of St. Louis, who gaze with eager satisfac- tion upon the imprisoned two who lazily bask in the tank at the fair grounds, Our Young Americas would go wild with delight. One could not imagine a pleasanter place to spend the sunny mornings—the long ocean beach smooth and shining, the b eak- ers dashing among the rocks and the white ships sailing away to the edge of the horizon, Standing on the broad verandah of the hotel or resting far down under the shadow of the cliffs, gazing upon the great expanse of waters, one must be filled with somewhat of the same feeling that possessed the early dis- coverers when they saw the wide Pa- cific for the first time. The great Pacific, how beautiful it 1s! so wide and full of glory! The soul must be narrow indeed which would not be impressed with its grandeur or grow broader under the influence of its magnificent splendor. The thunder of tho breakers on the shore is a wild music that thrills the heart, and like the music of Wagner, it is full of a myslerious grandeur that we cannot comprehend. . B, —— The Next House Philadelphia American, There will be contests for fifteen seats in the next house of representa- tives, Of these, thirteen will be from the south, Alabama alone furmshing four. We hope the republican major- ity will have the good sense to settle these contests on the footing of abso- lute | ¢. They can do without these seats, they cannot afford to take one of them " without satisfactory proof that the contesting candidate received & majority of the votes actually cast, It is of no use to talk of voters terrorized and thus pre- vented from ;gsouinx at the polls, That may be good reason for declaring the seat in question vacant, but it is none for seating the contestant, One of these contests will be easily sottled. Mr. Chalmers has repro- sented the Shoestring district of Mi sissippt long enough. Even the den crats are disgusted with the means he has used to secure, not an election, but a certificate of election, It is certain that he cannot rally to the support of his claims even the demo- cratic minority of the house. Mr. Chalmers 15 aware of this, and sees that mnwthins must be done. 8o he AIOW has made a bid for the support of the greenbackers of the house pi:y ouum:g forward as the rreenback candidate for Mr. Lamar's seat in the senate. The chances of Mr. Chalmers becoming senator from Mississippi are about equal fo those of his being appointed sheriff of Mecca, and he knows this His candidacy is merely a bid for sup- port which he badly needs We think Mr. Clerk Adams of the 10 exactly his duty in putting Mr. Cannon, and not Mr Camphell, on the rolls as delegate from Utah. While the governor of the territory has given his certificate to the latter, there can be no doubt that the prima facie case justifics Mr. Adam’s course, THE MORMONS. Notes of Interest From the Oapital Oity. house has do Present Condition and Pros- pects of Salt Lake. Cotrespondence of Tis Bxx. Satr Lake City, August 12, Though Utah has been settled nearly thirty-five years, up to the present it has had no territorial insane asylum. At the last session of the legislative assembly an appropriation was made and a commissioner appointed to lo- cato and erect a building. A great deal of time has been usclessly spent indiscussing the best location, the three leading cities of Central Utah all claiming it. At last it has been de- cided to locate it at Provo, the county reat of Utah county, which place is correspondingly bappy, while its disappointed peers console them- sclves by insinuating it has most need of it. Proyo is doubtless well adapted for public edifices, being centrally situated, and, as a rule, very healthy, though just at present public meetings and gatherings of every kind are for- bidden in consequence of the con- tinued presence of diphtheria. The mortality of Salt Lake City also still continues alarmingly high, especially among children, of whom there are, as yeur readers are doubtless aware, for more than the usual average per thousand, 1In fact the statistics of the Mormon church show that one-third of 1ts population in this and the sur- rounding territories are under eight years old, The non-Mormon or Gentile ele- males drawn here by the mines, many of whom have wives and families in the eastern states or in the old coun- tries. It is this portion of the popu- lation that causes the male element to iguro so largely in the census statis- tics of Utah for 1880, But there is no dea marriageable ladies, as it is sometimes asserted exists by reason ot polygamy. To the contrary, your correspondent is azquainted with numbers of most estimable members of the gentler sex verging on old maidenhood, and the ratio appears to increase as the lead- ing cities grow more populous, Partly in Utah and partly in Tdaho lies the deep and beautiful Bear lake, surrounded by lofty peaks, and with an occasional village nestling in the secluded valleys that here and there are found between the water's edge and the feot of the mountains Be- fore the white men settled in the neighborhood the Shoshones and other Imflnm bad a tradition that immense monsters flourished in its unfathomed deeps, and scrupulously refrained from bathing in its waters. Since its shores have been tenanted by the higher race numerous stories have been told by them of the sud- den appearance of a huge serpent-like form that coursed through the waters with the rapidity of an oxpress train, Efforts have frequently beenmade to entrap it, but always unsuccessfully, This month it has been seen bya party of visitors, among whom was one member of con- gress who represented that that portion of the body seen above the water was about thirty feet long, and as usual, it passad along with marvelous rapidity. ome have regarded it as a myth and doubted its existence, but after this last testimony, coming trom an M. C., who shall gainsay it? Your readers have learned from my previous letters that a building boom 18 exercising Salt Lake and her sister cities. Tt still continues, workmen and teams are scarco and wages ad- vancing. The last company of 700 Mormon immigrants were swallowed up in less than no time, and another heavy company is expected to sail from Liverpool on the 3d of Septom- ber, to be tollowed by still another on. the 224 of October. Notwithstand- g this T heard a Mormon railroad contractor say that though he gave the, preference to people of his own faith, yet not above one-tenth of the working men on his contract were members of the Mormon church; on the other hand there are doubtless many of this peo- }‘J‘lu employed by Gentile contractors. he farmers in many places have voat difficulty in gathering in their harvest. A The liquor question is still disturb- ing the Salt Lake City fathers, The ordinances passed by the city conncil to regulate the traflic in liquor have been practically set aside by the rul- ings of the territorial United States courts, and a number of saloons are running without paying license or meeting any of the requirements of the ordinances, Part of the liquor dealers sustain the ocity, with a view to limiting? the number of saloons, whilst the others, gen- erally of a less respectable Jclass, are running to suit themselves. The council is engaged in framing a new ordinance, with the vain hope of suit- ing all parties, the judiciary, the dealers, and the temperance folks, the latter having a very strong fol- lowing in all the parties and churches, If it were not for the technical rulings of the courts, which have been as va- rious as the colors on Joseph's coat, the liquor sellers would have had a hard time. Prohibition is still en- forced in a number of the larger towns in Utah, but in this city and in Ogden, under the present regime, it is impossible. Brurorn. —— Do Not Despond. Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure will drive off the worst attack of “‘blues*” eodlw, ment 18 largely composed of adult |© th here of unmarried though | Great German REMEDY FOR | BT i NEURALGIA, SCIATICA LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, GOUuUT, SORENESS or e CHEST, SORE THROAT, | QUINSY, SWELLINGS Axn SPRAINS, § FROSTED FEET axn EARS, SCALDS, GENERAL BODILY PAINS, TOOTH, EAR axn HEADACHE, axp trial ‘sntails but the comparatively trifling o 5 Crxxs, and every one suffering with pain c b fof its claims. ¥ ELEVEN LANGUAGES, TS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE, A. VOGELER & CO. Haltimore, Md., U. 8. 4. PROPOSALS FOR FILLING AL- LEY Sealed proposals will be reacived by the under signed until Lll ay, August 10th, at 12 o'clock noon, for the filling of the alley 'in block 8, eid bloek i located be Vi fornia and 14th and 15th stre the city of Omaha, said work to be done to the approval of the city engincer. Bids must be accompanicd by the proposed anrety under the usual conditions, aaid bids wii} bo opened at tho rewular meeting of the city council August 22, 1881, ~ Tho city roserves the right o reject any and all bids. Ex. ining said preposals should be m osals for Filling Alley in Block 8,” to the underslgned not later than L.C. JEWETT, City Clerk. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. ed ¢ delivered time abovespecified. J,J Bugl21w led proposals will nty Commissiones recived by the Board of Dougla ptember 1st, 1881, on of a court how ordan Myers, anty clerk's panied by a good n of five thousand dollars, ¢ d that the bidder will enter into contract and give a good and sufficient bond torthe faithful performance of the work should the same be awal d to his Sp cations will be on applic to the county cletk, al parts of the bul 1l proposals must dul 1 by the arch W ished on applic ;l')u‘ Board reseryes the hids. By order of the Board of County ( ers, JOHN R. MANCIHESTE Owmaha, Aug? 11, 1881, County Clerk. AND STILLTHE LION CONTINUES TO Roar for Moore(s) Harnesms; Saddlery. ity .. S sion- t, £.404 South 13th Stree Eave adopted the Lion a8 a Trade Mark, and all my s will bo STAMPED with the LION and my NAME on the same, NO GOODS ARE NUINE WITHOUT THE ABOVE BIAMPS, The best material is used and the moeb skillec workmen are_employed, and price. 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