New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02

o,uov ,r,rr CORRESPONDENT of rng rRinryr)
Ncntono. CAL. May 3o.-Thcre l. a chance IL
the valley H. tn" summer dc'pcns. HE heat, u.
day GROW, more intense. In' wild Hover III
los abundant The orange blossoms gradually
disappear The roads al" deep in dust the sun
rises like u fierce flame. and holds it, course with
unrclcnting vigor through pri'ctN coudl'
.ly. The broad rApan~r Of mocriand, covered WIN
brush shrilrl. in the heat. Chipping sounds maze
hy unseen insects, are continual. Every pIa'" j.
infested with ni-a. and the scattering OF Mater Is
the chief occupation of the inh thiinnt~ Inc neat
/ am assured will incrcns". and I'll" mercury VIII
sometime stand al more than a h"hHr"l degree
II j.. ONLY tuwarl sunset ana ia the nicht that
Nt. bccomes comfortable \, Oh" sun SINKS the
air erows COOL and about the middle OF the
NIGHT the wind is cold and often i illl oi moab
inc sonnds-as if storm wcr" coming; but no
s,orm comes On the lofty SUBMITS OF NraNhach
and San Ilcrnarlino it'll" snow SIM nlt'r''
bat. all around, the mountains N"ll'd III thih
Liun lar, ar, wearing their mantle OF summer
rc.t The birds ar" nesting. and are i"~- vocal
than they were of atc-the bllthc litt' mca low
lark being almost the only on" who continues t.
.ino. and oven he is seldom heard. Just now 1t
Lappcns 10 be- the period of tli" full mo'n and
that planet rising above line Of clovcn and
,rccl.,, hills. much toward the south. casts "A
soft sploudor over the Who'll" valley. conccaling
it, every blrmsh and making it like lake of
silver. dappcd with little Islands, serene within
its maintain airdlc of granite ami ebony.
II il for sunset and evening, accordingly, that
,,a wait The parchcd and shimmcrng land
scare waits for them also, and will welcome their
,uuroach As the long shadows begin to slope
10 the eastward, the hoIlows among the foot
hills and the ravincs in the mountains grow dark
and cool Then the trees that fringe the sinuous
water eours,s sway and murmur in tho rising
freeze The light grows softer and fades away.
\ thin gray gauzc crecps along the mountain
side and the moorlands beneath are darkcned
Soon 10 is evening, and over the desolate plain
floats the mourniul call of the owl, while far
overhead in "A pale blue sky, without "A cloud "A
sin2lc star steals slowly into view-shy herald
of all the host Of heaven.
Amid these scenes. and notwithstanding the
rieors Of hat and dust, the soundess industry
Of the inhabitants of this region steadily CON
tinuts All day long YOU my see aborers at
work in the hclds-directing and experimenting
the How OF the water, which, at intervals. is
delivered upon all the orange farms. and
which is their safeguard and nouri,hmcnt Some
times that labor OF irrigation proceeds until
late hour of ;hc night. and all around Won
may discern stars of ght-thc lanterns Of these
toilcrs Of the orchard-htting about in the
wide remote and dusky plains. At all times
q nicture, this landscape is especially pictorial
under a starlit sky in the silver ustre of
rho moon-for then the encircling mountain ran,,e
is one vast mass OF coniured and broken shad-
oxs while its high, serrated outline stands
clearly revealed against u dome of sable. and
the eugirdled plain seems glimmering waste