Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-06-12
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
CHARLES Dadiey Warner Discusses Its Cit-
mate und beauties.

| mate and Beauties.
But Il Is seldom cold in the Needles
and Mohavc dcsert-a shlmmering nj.
kaline whstei cighty-iivc degrees in
March. and say ono hundred and
twenty degrees to one hundred aud
thirty degrees In July. IL docs not
matter Tho few pcoplc in the far
apart stations live In houses that have a
second detached roof put on like fly
of tent; and tho heated. desolate
passage is u providential arrangement
TO lower the spirits of traveller to the
enjoyment of tho irrigated country
recovered from tho desert, in Southern
California 1t is n veritable paradise.
as really such Us the oasis of Fayoum
In Egypt Heavens! how the human
eye docs crave the groon color; how
grateful 1t is for field Of barley, a
straight eucalyptus tree, vines and
roses clambcrlng over tho houses,
the lustrous foliage OF the orange
groves starred with globes ofgold. This
is paradise. And tho climateP Per-
petual summer (but daily rising in
price,. There is no doubt of this
when you reach the San Gabriel Val
ley. Pasadena and Los Angeles.
Avenues OF eucalyptus, pepper and
orange trees. two, three. four rows of
them. seven and eight miles long; vast
plumed fields of oranges; the vine stubs
in the grape plantations beginning to
bud; barley fodder (he substitute for
hay) well up the verdant; paine ttos
and other scmi-tropical plants. and
all the flowers, and shrubs, and vines,
gay. rampant, vigorous, ever-bloom-
ing in dooryards gardens. ovor-run-
ming trees and houses-surely it is
summer There is snow sprinkled on
the bare. nslly hills. but everywhere
in the plain is water from the unfail-
ing mountain springs. running in
wooden conduits and bitches. You
can buy this water ut so much an
hour All you need to buy is climate
and water-the land is thrown in. 1t
is warm in the sun-the thermometer
may indicate seventy degrees; it is
even hot walking out through the
endless orange plantations and gar
dens that surround Los Angeles; but
there is chill the Instant you pass
into the shade. you still need your
winter clothing, and if you drive, or
ride in the grip-cars over the steep
hills, you require n winter ovcrcoat
The night temperature throughout Cal
ifornia is invariably in great contrast
to that in the daytime; nearly every
where fire Is necessary Mt night the
year round. and agreeable nearly all
the year. oven in Southern California
| doubt II 1t is ever pleasant to sit out
Df-doors or on the piazzas at night,
though 1t may be in the hotter months.
in the southern portion. But 1t is very |
confusing to tho mind of the ncw-
conner to reconcile his necessity for |
winter clothing 10 what he sees and
almost feels; In short to get used TO
The climate. The invalid is thrown off |
his guard by appearances; and l
should say that there is no country in
the world where a person needs to use
more care about taking cold. Yet this
must be said, the air Is bracing ami
Ibid not, in any part Of
the State. in walking or taking any
sort of exercise, fell the least fatigue.
A "cold," therefore. for n person in
ordinary health anil condition, is not
the dragging. nearly-mortal expo
rience that it is apt to be in the East.
Then the browning advantage of the
country, even if the climate is treach-
erous and needs watching in its effects,
is that one can be out of doors all the
timc nearly every day in the year.
Meantime he can eat oranges, if he is
not particular about the variety. aud
get rich selling prospective or real
orange groves to Eastern people. But
he will never get over the surprises and
contrasts of the country. Atlantic.