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ami it is mow Tlmrsday. 1 am wdriciiiiroul with 

 the men I'Vfry day. catiiiK bin S(|iian' meals, 

 poiiiil in my siiirt-sict'vcs. ami am well ovcry 

 way. Tilt' oiiit' rami' stni'njlit and iirdinpt and 

 spiiih/ after tliat vdnicst prayer and |ileadins 

 tlie pi'omises (if (ioti's iioly word. It eame in 

 tlie line, liowever. of a Imrsv and <-iiltivittnr. 

 Now, I don't Iviiow.dear friends, liow many itiay 

 be eiired in a lilve mannef : and I liave no rifjlit 

 to say. either, that 1 sliail not liave a feenrreiice 

 t)f tht'se tfonbies. .Sjnoe tiiat Monday afternoon, 

 the weather has been warmer ; the amount of 

 rain has been less, althoiifih it has rained more 

 or less every day. It is possible that I may net 

 be obliged to se(>k a warmer and drier eiiiiiate. 

 I ran not lay down or i)reseribe rules of hailth 

 for every one; but I ean with perfeet faith and 

 assuranee point every child of humanity to the 

 promises in the little text at the head of this 

 talk to-day. Go. \u fulth hcIlcriiKj. to the great 

 Father above, and fie will surely point out the 

 way. 



"And the prayer of faith sliull save the sick, and 

 tlie Lord shall raise him up." 



Notes of Travel 



FROM A. I. ROOT. 



In the valley of .San Jaeinto we first saw a 

 wind-storm. It took up the sand and dust, and 

 sent it all through the houses, and into every 

 crack and cranny, uutil it caused the good 



AUTKSIAN WEI.t. IN TIIK 



.MIDDLE OF A I,ITTI,E LAKK OF ITS OWX 

 MAKING. 



housewife a '• heap of trouble." After we had 

 a good rain, said I. "No more sand-storms:" 

 but the old inhabitant said. " Not so. The hot 

 whirlwind from off the Mojave Desert dries the 

 sand, almost, in the very act of whirling it into 

 the air." and so we found it. This hot wind is 



a foe to the bee-keeper, for it melts down the 

 combs whereviM' it strikes. Some sort of shade 

 to keep off the sun is here almost a nece.ssi- 

 ty. and many bee-men have windbreaks also, 

 to keep otT the hot winds. They do not, how- 

 ever, come very (jfteii, and some seasons not at 

 all. 



All through the valley, as well as at other 

 points, one is astonished at the wonderful 

 growth fruit-trees luake: iin<i this wonderful 

 luxuriance never seems to prm'cuit them from 

 bearing prodigious crops as soon as they are 

 old enough, and sometimes even sooner. I'each- 

 trees b(^ar at two years from the bud, and a 

 grape ciUtinu has been known to bear a good- 

 sized Jynncli of ijrapcs the very y<'ar it was 

 planted in the field. This Is what I mean: Cut- 

 lings were set in the (ield instead of young 

 vines: and although these cuttings, when set 

 out in the sjiring, had no sort of root whatever, 

 befori^ another spring some of them had pro- 

 duced bunches of good rijie grapes. This is, 

 doubtless, owing to the long growing season, 

 and to the water, that was given without stint, 

 as often as needed. 



You know how much I am interested in ar- 

 tesian wells? Well, San Jacinto is one of the 

 favored localities where water ri.ses several feet 

 above the surface, where a pipe is driven down 

 only a little over KX) feet. The first morning 

 after my arrival I found my way to one of these 

 wells. The men had not quite finished it: but 

 I was so much taken up with the gushing wa- 

 ter as it escaped ovc^r the top of their pipes, 

 that I scarcely looked at the workmen at all, 

 when somebody startled 

 me by saying. •' Mr. Root, 

 how do yon do?" Glanc- 

 ing up i saw one of our 

 ~^-. Medina people — in fact, 



"^v a near neighbor. It then 



transpired that his son 

 was the man who super- 

 intended the drilling and 

 putting in the pipe. I 

 did not learn how the 

 iron tube is put dosvn, 

 but was told that, while 

 sinking the pipe, they 

 make a note of the points 

 where water seems to be 

 plentiful. Then, after 

 the pipe is driven clear 

 down, an ingenious ma- 

 chine, specially designed 

 for the purpose, is put 

 down in the pipe, and, 

 by proper manipulation, 

 the pipe is bursted at the 

 points where the water is 

 to come in. This burst- 

 ing opens a seam that 

 will let in the water, but 

 not permit gravel or 

 sand to flow through. 

 The lowermost vein is 

 opened first: then the 

 different veins above it, 

 the volume of w'ater con- 

 tinually increasing at 

 each subsequent open- 

 ing. While I stood by, 

 the well was finished, 

 and the proi)rietor had to 

 hustle himself with his 

 hoe to make a channel 

 to let the water run away so It would not 

 drown him out. lie was alieady making gar- 

 den, and had his grape-cuttings out. and I could 

 see his face light up with animation as he con- 

 ducted this liquid treasure around through the 

 light .soil between the rows of cuttings, trees, 



