| Show editor deseret news one of the sights of san francisco is woodwards gardens they have a fine assortment of flowers and shrubbery a museum and a menagerie here her e we have an excellent opportunity to test the relationship between man and the monkey gentlemanly specimens of both varieties may be seen and their respective antics compared ared I 1 found several considerations fla in favor of the man and I 1 must say bay also a few in favor of the monkey the latter for instance never smokes swears or sends flirting letters to the girls on the stage he seems to mind his own business is strictly temperate and never discusses politics in a loud voice the administration methods always suit him and the tariff question never bothers his head a particle he can crack almost any kind of a nut as easily as any states man of the present day I 1 and makes less noise about it but he understand much modern religion he never gives his arienda away and as a spotter he is not as great a success is as his bis more distinguished relative and prototype he does not excel in stump speaking though he can hold bold an audience or most anything else with the aid of his bis prehensile tall tail better than any politician can with his bis tongue and the police corn com dined he draws better than the whole mena menagerie getie everybody leaves the bears and the pelicans to see the monkeys and you can always tell where the baboon is located by the crowd of intelligent people gathered around his tits quarters in this he be resembles all other dignitaries whom the masses nock flock to see so take it all in all the comparison does not do any injustice to the dar darwinian ancestor of some ome at least of our noted race in the pavil lioa is a store a saloon and a cigar stand those necessary concomitants of western as well as eastern society in tins this building is located the finest music box I 1 have ever seen or heard beard it cost and was made in germany it furnishes the music for a whole band and it is as large as a church organ is wound by a crank oi of immense liti mense strength in four different places for each set of tunes I 1 A bell notifies the winder when he liss reached the limit of the tension and each roller of which there are a dozen plays for nearly 20 minutes the instrument has doubtless saved its cost many times in band music it is always on hand never gets drunk or out oat of wind and raise the price af tin n celebration day it is of itself a great attraction as a musical curio curiosity curiosity sitf and its harmony is very beautiful beautia ul it t represents a brass band of about twenty five pieces in eluding drums and ana symbols the next place to the gardens in point of interest is the presidio this le Is toe the military post ol of san francisco here a are re stationed some fine companies of infantry and cavalry they nave have a good band that performs in the post oat pavilion every friday afternoon M the grounds are very nicely kept and convict labor is employed on anem soldiers who have been sentenced for desertion etc may be seen straightening g u up the sidewalks and an armed guard oma ar watching their movements sometimes imes one on horseback Is isloa lov bated at a little distance with carbine and holsters to cut off the retreat of a refractory reprobate who might wish to shorten his sentence by a home run the officers quarters auevery are very alcaly laid out and flowers so plentiful la in california grow almost wild over the hedges and houses making very pretty landscapes for the artistic eye the ride here can be made for five cents on cable cars with transfers to the dummy train this tramway to is one of the cheap things in california As long as you go by rail you can ride reasonably it is only when yon mount horse or take a rig that you re realize I 1 ize what money it takes to travel it makes such a difference whether a team is hitched to a street car or a rockaway as to the value of their services and as it is always preferable to ride in the cars over the paved streets along the smooth rails and much cheaper the san franciscans go that way when they ride otherwise they take the str streets beets that are macadamized or go out to the park or the cliff I 1 wi will I 1 give you a letter on the last named attract 1 tion soon GALLIC |
