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Show On Kir-iking F.xaiupl. Ban I'ran' i-. New Letter. When it wasiuiimated that rros'.dent ILirrisou m,;lii start on a little expedition expedi-tion through the country a shriek of entreaty vibrated aerons the country from California, "t.'ome and sen us, Mr. l'residt'Bt," we (.creamed; "come and let us show you the most remarkable remarka-ble aggregation of attractions" rver gathered under a single tent. Come and tasto our w ines, and you will never look at a Trench label again." The president came, aud we got up a treat banquet for him at $'20 a plate, and the w ines were French. If any of tho visiting vis-iting party had asked why the California Califor-nia article was excluded, the master of ceremonies would have responded with pitying astonishment: "You don'tsup-pose don'tsup-pose we drink our own witio, do you!1 We make that to sell." And when the presidential party goes home we shail seud delegations to Washington to urge an increa-e of duties, so that the viti-cultiual viti-cultiual industry of California may be raised from iit unaccountable depression, |