Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, September 28, 1889, Page 6, Image 6
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Ag't OMAHA, NEB. i OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY. FREDERICK W. WHITE WniTE8 OF A CHARMING REGION. Tim Hmnf.irtl University The l.lck Obncr- tntury Wonderful (Inivra if Oriuign nnd Ollvo Trts The fllurlous Cllmat of C'ntlfoi-iiln. IH'vcIaI (Ximviponiloiice.) Han J08K, Cnl., Sept. 13. Of nil tho vnlloyn of Cnllfornln Bnnln Clnrn Is by Ioiik ol!n tlio most lonntlful, most pro ductlvo, most InturestliiK. Po-wlldy Us ncimicAH ti) Hnti Frnnclaco tuny account, In u iiuutBiirc, for tli Is. Early Bottlers proh nbly withered nenr tlio coiiunurclnl cen ter, nnd civilizing iirocciwes nnd Im provements Icopt jwico with tho growth of tho ini)lroK)lla of tho Pnclflo. But bo- PALMS NKAIl BT. JAMK8 PA11K, BAN JOSK. yond nil tlieso is tho oxquislto nnturnl Mcnuty nnd rlclincnH of tho vnlloy, which linn nindo It tho abiding plnco of tlio rop roBontntivo wealth of tho entiro slopo nnd given It n distinction pccnlinrly ita own. I cannot think of any ono hundred miles of railway in tho civilized world presenting ou its lino nnythlng liko tho number of attractions, fnnious hero and abroad, that aro seen on tho journoy from San Franc Ibco to Monterey through tho lovoly valloy of Santa Clara. First, then, is Mcnlo Park, tlio summer homo of tho Floods, tho Mackays, tho Crockors, tho Stanfords nnd other Occi dental millionaires which has about it mi oxcluslvoncsa nnd roposo not uuliko Lenox, Mass. Hero, too, is Senator Lo land Stanfonl'a "Palo Alto," tho equtno pjirndlse, a ranch of nearly ten thousand acres, whero eight or nino hundred horses livo bettor than half tho humans of tho world, whero two hundred men nro employed to caro for them, and whero tho celebrated Electioneer, valued at $100,000, heads tho stud. As I patted tho grand old horso in his roomy stall, I thought of n fow years ago when ho waa bought in tho cost for a mero iKigntelle. Ilia get, thus far, has been sold for a round million at least. To tho north of Mcnlo Park Is tho Ice land Stanford university. I wandered through ita superb yot unfinished walls of yellow stone, which, when completed, will havo cost twenty millions of dollars. Tho senator pays tills twenty millions and then endows it nil with thirty mill ions more, as n, beginning. Upon what a largo scalo those California millionaires dothlngsl Within sight of tlio univer sity buildings is San Joso, tho prettiest and most cultivated city in tho state, with a community of much moro than aVcrago intelligence. Just boyoud tho city, ou n "heaven kissing hill," is tlio famous Lick observatory, tho Mecca of tho avcrago tourist. Not many miles away aro tlio big trees and Santa Cruz, nnd near them nro tho two great estab lishments of Sprcoklca, tho sugar king, whero thousands of tons of beets nro made into sugar. At tho end of nil is Del Monto, n inlninturo gardon of Eden. Tlioy havo a legend in Santa Clam which tho loyal nntivo of San Joso will kindly tell you, to tho effect that in tho far distant, prohistorio times, this was tho homo of tho fairies, who watched over all tho provinces or counties in em bryo of California; that when tho Span ish padro camo with his bell and book thov departed from tho Pacific to other undiscovered lands; that before going tho fairy representatives of nil tho coun ties met at Santa Clara and into her lap poured tho gifts for which thoy wero each most noted. Thus it has come to pass that this valloy and county of Santa Clara lias "something and tho best" of all tho other valleys and counties pos sess, and is therefore so rich in natural treasures that it is called the- earthly paradise. Of coureo tliU pretty legend is shrewdly advanced by tho worldly wiso resident ns part of tho glorification of his homo, but tho gist and implication of yio fairy talo ia not far from the truth. Tho visitor to tho Lick observatory has a sentimental journoy if nothing more. Tlio distanco up and down tho mountain aide or thcro and back is fifty-two miles, tho faro is $5, tho tlmo occupied about ten hours. Tlio road is an excep tionally flno ono and tho scenery ox quislto. It suggests poetry and things, and they say that miles of tender verses havo been written by Inspired tourists, who leavo tho Vcndomo on tho big Con cord stages in tho oarly morning. If you tako tho ordinary convoyunco, not built for ordinary mountain travel, you aro likely, howovcr, upon your return to San Joso in tho evening, to fully appre ciate Horaco Qreeley'a remark when Hank Monk, on a wngcr, drove tho great editor over rocky roads from Virginia City to Plocorville, 113 miles, in ten hours. Tho old man, getting down from tho coach with much difficulty, observed to tho waiting and gaping mob: "Qcntlo men, I'll bet $30 that Hank Monk is tho boat driver in America, and that I'm tho sorest man," Tho olwervatory la built on tho crest of what is now called Mt. Ham ilton, a sightly cminenco which tho Spaniards a century ago gracefully chris tened Mt. Ysabcl. The now imiuo is a gross impertinence. Somo village doc tor wandered up thero ono day, aud in a burst of tremendous egotism called tho mountain nftcr himself. Ho wrote some thing about it and then decently died. When the visitor geta to the observa tory ho stays thero a couplo of hours, wanders through tho buildings, is told sovcral times that "thero, sir, is the larg r. nil Jblki!k fMmmmmMWF est teleseoK) on Mod's wide earth," nnd -that under Its foundation of ono hundred tons or moro James Lick, pioneer and philanthropist, Is laid iormancntly and deep. He rests under tho great domo of tho olmcrvatory, Jimt us Naioleon rests under the great dome of the Invnllden In lirln. Hut tho Frenchman gives, oven to this home of death, a touch of artistic beauty by brightening It with ilch colors nnd decorating It with line mosaics. Lick's vault, on the contrary, is dark and gloomy, The Lick olmervatory has been hero for several years mid is jet to m heard from. It remind moof Charles Dickens' refreshment station at Mugby, "whose proudest boast was that (I had never re freshed anybody," I can't for tho lifoof mo see how James Lick acquired a repu tation for great philanthropy by build ing this observatory with Its "biggest telescopo on earth." Your corresond out may U of tho (Irudgrlnd species, aud might make palatable, soup of his grandmother, but ho really cannot see what practical uso tho observatory Is. It has been hero nearly a decade and its ns tronomors havo accomplished nothing. Possibly there Is nothing to accomplish. Astronomical science has virtually reached Its r.enlth. Tho movements of tho heavenly orbs, tho principles by which their motions nro regulated, with tho causes of tho various phenomena, aro known thoroughly, and If nil tho observatories on tho' globo wero aban doned today tho science of navigation, for example, would know, nnd does know, nil that can nld it for tho next thousand years. San Joso, howovcr, Is very proud of this observatory, which overlooks Its beautiful valloy, nnd novor asks unpleasant questions concerning its utility. At tho broad bases of these towering hills lies somo of tho fairest land under tho sun. Deep green ornngo groves, lus cious vinoynrds, oxtonslvo orchards, with ollvo and prune trees galore. I spent two or threo dnys driving nbout under tho shadow of Mount Hamilton, and novor did my eyes rest on a rosier or moro prosperous country, seeing uowhero a sign of poverty, and meeting a people of uncommon thrift. Ono afternoon I unexpectedly visited nn ollvo ranch, mooting tho owucr on tho highway by accident. It was near Los Qatos, n fow miles from San Jose, and Is known, I bo llcvo, ns the Quito grove. Could 1 1)0 in Cnllfornln? I recalled a day In Tuscany, when I sat eating olives nnd black bread with n sandaled Italian priest, nnd heard him sing his dreams of hope, and laugh his satisfaction over tho drooping yield of his purplo trees. Somo ono has said that no landscape, Is spiritual from which tho ollvo is absent. I do not know ns to that, but tho grow ing ollvo to mo seems to havo tho breath of heaven on its body just as it had on that mount whero tho sermon tvas preached moro than eighteen centuries ago. Quito grovo isan Italian reproduc tion. All the men employed on it havo been brought from tho olivo groves near Florcncoj and havo given a nntional cliaracfer to their present homo. Tho owner is Mr. Goodrich, a gentle man with a passion for ollvo culture Ho Is an eastern man, an alumnus of Yalo and a traveler of observation nnd taste. Ills family Is living in Flor ence, whero his children nro being edu cated, and ho has mudahis present quar ters resemble tho Italian homo of his wlfo ns much as possible. Tho servants and tho scrvico nro Italian, which is tho ono iangungo spoken, and tho wholo plnco has tho truo Tuscan flavor, Ho is Improving tho olivo nnd, I assumo, mak ing money in this delicious vnlloy, wliilo all about him aro tidy llttlo ten aud twenty ncro farms do voted to tho French pruno, tho grnpo and tho olivo, whoso owners say they realize two nnd threo hundred dollars an aero. To tho visitor it scorns nn ideal existence; what its drudgery may bo I do not know. Dut this I do know, that tho roads of a neigh borhood aro a fair criterion of tho neigh borhood's Intelligence nnd prosperity, and tho roads of Santa Clam nro mag nificent, well graded and ballasted. Tho Aiauicdn, for instance, a broad avo nuo running from San Joso to Santa Clara, la lovel as a floor and shaded by trees planted by tho mission fathers 100 years ago. In tho perfection of ita roadways California gives tho east many points in tho game. "If you nro In San Joso next Sunday I will run up and dlno with you at tho Vendomo," said a San Francisco friend ns on a ifnrcfi Monday ovening ho saw mo off for Del Monto and Monterey. Tho noxt Sun day I sat in tho cool of the veranda awaiting tho arrival of the noon train, when my friend quietly bowled into the court yard ou his bicycle. Tho distance from San Francisco to SanJoso is fifty miles, no hod mado it in a triflo over threo hours, bo perfect nro tlio roods. LBLAND STANFORD'S MKMOIUAL. CHAPEL Toward dusk ho returned, thinking noth ing of tho spin. It Is ono of tho ordina ry Sunday jaunts of tho wheelmen, es pecially during, say February and March, when the warm spring sun has nothing enervating In its caress. Wasn't it Cervantes who said ' It was liko bidding farewell forever to a travel ing companion with whom ono has passed ngreenblo travel from home? He is not a friend, yot you eem to lovu him liko one, and you will remember him nil through llfo wlthafcellngof desiro moro lively than you would experience toward many of thoso to whom you glvo tho namo of friends. And fco, with a tingo of regret I bid ndiau to tho prosperous city of San Jose, tho enchanted gardens nt Del Monte, tho marvels of Mcnlo Park) tho "gloiious climate of California." Fueueuicu W. White. 'its THE COSSACK IN CENTRAL ASIA. Information A limit an Iiitotmtliig I'eoplo by it I'miiou. Tratrrlnr. (Rppclnl Corrcsitondcncu. Nkw YoitK.Sept. 20. A wide, treeless plain, looking vaster aud drearier than over Ixmcutli tho creeping shadows of evening, amid which tho last gleam of sunset glows red nnd angrily lu tho far west: a dark belt of matted brushwood, marking the winding coiirso of n shallow, muddy river; a score of camp fires twinkling faintly along its bank nmid tho gathering (IIiiiiickh, like stars seen through a mist: sheaves of Inures aud rifles piled around them with mili tary exactness, nnd groups of gaunt white clad llguresaiid (lark, lean, wolllsh faces lllltlng ghostlike to and fro in tho spectral glare of the firelight? Such was tho scene iiimiii which i came suddenly ono evening in Central Asia during Rus sia's last war with tho iiativu tribes of Tartary. These men were tho renowned "Cos sacks," of whom tho world has heard so much and seen so llttlo, nnd whom it usually pictures to Itself as forever rush ing nt full gallop across a boundless plain, with n writhing bnby on their lanco jHiInt and a slice of raw horseflesh "keeping hot" between tho steed and tho saddlo maintaining thcmselvesnnd their horses where thero Is nothing to eat, nnd amassing stores of 111 gotten gnln whero thero Is no ono to rob. In reality, I havo always found this legendary ogro a very jovial, boyish, siuiplo hearted fellow, who, though too often committing fear ful atrocities when his blood Is up in battle, has nover done anything worso than many recorded deeds of far moro civilized FoldlerB within tho memory of living men. It Is with warriors liko tlieso that Rus sia Is now bowing n path of conquest across tho wholo breadth of Central Asia and overpowering tho fierce Afghans and Turkomans with a hardihood aud en durance even greater than their own. In bearing heat and cold, thirst and hun ger, long marches and unwholesomo camping grounds no man living can sur pass the Cossack. It is truo that ngainst tho disciplined armies of Germany tlieso , wild spearmen would bo of llttlo uso ox ccpt as scouts and foragers; but for tho Irregular warfare of tho eastern deserts they havo no match on tho fnco of tho earth. Most of tho men wero lying stretched on tho ground after their tunrch, in lazy enjoyment; for a Cossack's life has no medium either rushing ncross tho stop po like n whirlwind, or snoring in the dirt like a hog. But n fow wero still busy around tho fires, nnd somo of them struck up nil at once an old Russian war song as familiar to my cars as to their own: "Soldiers, KOldlora, lads of tho czar. Who nru your fathers, say!" "Our fathers nro battles wlicwo famo rings loud, They nro our fathers thoy I" "Soldiers, soldiers, lads of tho czar. Who nro your mothers, say f " "Our mother aro tcnU standing white on tho Held, They aro our mothers Ihcyl" "Soldiers, soldiers, lads of the czar. Who nro your slstil-s, say f " "Our sisters aro sabers whetted to smite. They aro our sisters they I" "Soldiers, soldier , tell mo onco more Who aro your brides, I pray?" "Our brides they nro gun well loaded for flght, They aro our brliles nyo, theyl" As tho song ended, I walked Into tho camp quite unnoticed: for, in my soiled whlto Russian forage cap, travel stained cotton jacket and trousers nnd kneo high boots, I was quite lllto enough to tho men around me to havo passed for ono of themselves In that uncertain light. But I had no wish to avoid their observa tion. I sat down on a Btono nnd, taking out my colored map of Central Asia, pre tended to bo studying it, knowing well thnt tho CobKickuf who, like most sav ages, aro as curious as children) would soon bo drawn around mo by tho sight or this strange object, which, with its gay colors, queerly printed nnmes and puzzling network of crossed lines, would bo a very novel and startling thing to them. And so it proved, I suddenly liecame nwaro of a gaunt, sallow, gray mus tached visage so crisscrossed with saber scars as to look just liken railway map peering inquisitively over my shoulder. Then another and another camo edging in lesIdo it, till I was hemmed in by a complcto ring of wild figures and grim faces. "What's that picture, father? We can't quite, mako it out." "It's not a picture at all, brothers it's a plan that shows mo tho very way by which you havo como hero from Holy Russia and all tho places that you havo passed through. " And then, seeming not to notice tho looks , of unbelief and meaning grins with which my hearers received what they considered to bo a most outrageous lio, I went on: "Up hero, at Orenburg, you passed tho Ural river and then marched eastward to Orsk, whero you crossed tho frontier nnd turned to tho southeast." "3o wo did. comradcsl" shouted half a dozen voice at onco. "He speaks the truth 60 we did." "Then you paused Fort Kara Butak, crossed tho Kara Koum desert and halt ed here and hero and hero (naming and describing the various posts, all of which I know well). The Cossacks listened open mouthed and wido eyed to tho familiar names, nnd thu excited clamor was followed by a sllenco of utter amazement. Then one said timidly: "Father, can you show us tho very place where wo aro now?" 'To bo sure I can, my lad, See, that black spot la the village yonder: there's the river, twisting nnd winding; nnd hoi e, just where you see this lino, la your camp." Thero was another pauso of blank be wilderment, mid then the scarred jet crnn with the gray mustache nsked In awe stricken u hlsper: "But, father, tell mo, for tho lovo of 4iven, If hii' marched n thousand miles sinco leaving Holy Russia, how tho devil can It nil go into n llttlo scrap of paper no bigger than an Easter enke?' David Kkh. hhhbI Wo Only Tv " M St, opp. Masonic Temple. Stylish Carriages and Buggies, At all Hours tT Ilortcs Hoarded nnd bcsl of care tnken of nil Stock entrusted to us. J$ PRICES REASONABLE. BILLEMEYER & CO., Proprietors. Call and Soo Us. Tolophono 435- faBBBaHRHuriSlBTiaVBWKaiiSBiK''? A7 SSSSSSSSSSSI.7.aiMLJ'ISSISSSSSSISSSSSMSiereSSSSSStE' SHEIIllIflUaWiflnw aBHHHIIHHjL Itntcs rcnsonnblo. KorylliiiiK now nnd complete. l'lompljucrvlco nnd II f I cM ircnu ln Omnhn. Hot and cold wnter In every room. Oftlco nnd dlnlhrfnall on nrst fir rr. All mod--cm Improvements. I.lucnlnllrs always receive a cordial welcome. Call and m o iib whllo In Omnhn. 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