Show IN SAN FRANCISCO loiuis of interest in and about his pacific metropolis correspondence or the owing to sau francisco having only a attle over three hundred thousand inhabitants it is classed as a third rate city of that however it can fairly claim position at the head of the fist in of interest to the tourist As alie peninsula ou which the city ia situated is very mountainous san Franci faco has been very properly termed A city of one hundred hills the following are a few of its attractive features tho TJ S mint a building which cost upwards of three millions of dollars and in which more metal can be coined than in any other such place in tho worlds worl dis situated in a very central part of the city it is open to visitors from 9 a m to 1130 a m on each working day at noon all work ceases on visiting this place every is requested to sign in register after which u guide takes tho crowd in bharga explaining each department in its order by close observation one may follow the metal from a crude state to a coin after being properly smelter smelted gold is made into long bars resembling a lath in shape though hardly ca large it is then run through a machine which cuts pieces out of it after the manner a cow cuts biscuits from the flat piece of dough this process produces gold tho and shape but without any engraving thereon from this state the gold is rapidly stamped bcd then becomes ready fo ros theses are ver courteous and so an in their power to make ft visit to the mint both instructive tive and interesting said that if the vault doors were in anyway meddled with it would necessitate a recounting of all monies therein which would occupy the time of twelve experienced counters for several weeks there are five principal hotels in san francisco foremost among which is the palace this elegant structure is the largest of the kind in the world and cost with all its fixtures furniture etc about it is seven stories high with five elevators five broad stairways stair ways rooms above the ground floor and will accommodate twelve hundred guests on the present occasion its I 1 halla are so compactly thronged thron ged with teachers hat an entrance to some rooms is very difficult even to pass along the walk outside one is obliged to wait push and dodge chinatown is another interesting place for the tourist this portion is perhaps more densely populated by chinese than any part of the city by whites there are several hundred merchants among them all of whom are as courteous and clever as salesmen as the whites and much more reasonable in prices ladies are frequently safe in these quarters though they go there except for curiosity jt is said that some of the chinese are among the wealthiest and shrewdest people of san francisco they run theartres theatres the atres among themselves but to the whites they are very dry and monotonous the performances begin at half past four in the afternoon and run till midnight the alining bureau is free but more interesting than most museums here may be seen ores from every section of the west and everything of note pertaining to minerals that has ever been heard of has an exact copy in this place utah has its portion of the show case very well filled the streets hero are covered with boulders fastened in the ground and so uneven and miserable to travel over that almost every passing horse travels as though its feet were completely used up for twenty hire cents a very pleasant ride is afforded from san francisco to oakland and return across the san francisco bay a ride of about twenty minutes each way the teachers convention has been a success in every particular brilliant lights to education have eloquently poured their knowledge out for the anxious teachers for three days work being over most of them are enjoying a steamer ride around the bay and out of golden gate cable ears are indeed a curiosity they run every two and a half minutes up hill and down at the same speed apparently alone on some roads the fare for six miles is five cents SAN FRANCISCO july |