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Show A Slaanllleeitl lll.plax. C'iiicauv, April 13. To usen posi 1a r eiprisslon, therloiitheru Ualliprnl orange carnival "Is out of sight" To night was tho opening night, and no less than tucnty-lwo thousand eople were crowded Into the southern end of the old Ki..-lllon building, In which the exhibit was displayed. The attendance at-tendance surpassed tho expectation of the mnnagers ol the aflalr, and was (ertnlnly a surprise lo II10 nuuy n'Ople who ere turned away from the doors, unablolo galu admittance. The fair undoubtedly scored a tremendous hit lu Chicago, and the attendance for thn remainder of tho stay will undoubtedly lai very large, r'lrn liundrttl tlnusand oranges, deftly f:roupod, arranged and constructed uto forms aud structure! novcr beforo si-en In this city beomeJ n Ihethroiig, which RonMiaturedly Jostled shoulder to shoulder thinugh Ihe evening, which was, If anything, (00 warm for the season, and lucldeiiully called attention at-tention to the "glorious climate of Call fornla." The Chicago inemlara of tho Wisteru Association of C'alllornla I'loiieers, sixty lu number, attended thu exhibition In a liody, accomiianled by the Hecontl lteglmeut baud, which during the evening rendered a sttlen did programme, to thu edtllcatlonof the gnat throng nsetublod. Tho old pioneer brought Willi them many yuing folks, to whom they discourso! of the glorious land beyond tho Hlerros aullUiuulMllllrs. Lutein the evening there was a gatlierlttfjof "I'Jera'Mu a snull room In the southuut tsirner of thu building, and several sis-ectHi were nude and storli of early experiences lu the (lold en Htate recouiitertsl. The ss-akers were J.M.Hludetiaker, wlto made tho first wagon and Aral sleigh made In ILdlfociita, north of Hacrametito. Charles I'. Jacksou ulso spoke, and Addison Ilsllard, who made the first varnUheI colli ns ever made lu thn (iolden rjtate, made a spirited address. |