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Editor’s iTablc. 
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MISTAKE OF HIS LIFE 
*.■.( . M»r- < 2 
M' •> <•.. «* A R» - T! tlr,.- 
Wp<e*cf yo IT r*ry j -w- k) lit 
*t bori'l, *i»t I l rag to iiwJo** 
11 <«' 1 1 50 in P. O. r r.k and 50 
in etampe) fur on# 5 mt'» Mbnii>toa u* 
Ure Sran-Tnurv and iL* iwur-.i A.*j- 
iTiiTiar, It *«tts odd to *wd • •qb- 
icriptioe to tb» A-iumn *.:it nr r -id 
bjr Southern Calif n, -». 
1'our paper i* ui!cir*t-rjg to b*> 5 
of a portion rd our land rnof* near!» 
Approaching Paradiec than OUT .Hi** *!i»! 
1 know of. Everything tki gora* to t-.il* 
up perfect pbiraonl condition* Ton bar* 
and the mental. room! and •octal or* 
no doubt rapidly -tpprvnin*lit,£ !t of 
the older <a*tU*tu(ota ■ the East Bui 
one thing you mast do, if you would <*- 
courage Euteni (ttifnlkm, and that i», 
get rid of Kearney and K. .nu\i--a ; not 
by rtolrar*, bat by tbe e\pre-- um of an 
overwhelming jmllvc opinion. Capital 
(and you certainly do not want het-cjor» 
witlkout capital) will not to attract* d by 
the roost tempting offers whila the body 
politic i* in such a stale of (moral. I 
am eery glad to Irani of the Iwmuera im¬ 
provement uuunfr-ted in all branch* - of 
trade, and fear 1 made the mistake of a*' 
life (pecanianlv) when I faded to bar "Gal. 
Kind! of Mr Short', an 1 make the brauli- 
ful taller of San Gabriel u»y home 
With tort wi-bea for your pnraparitT, I 
am very truly yours, C. X. li. 
Ripe- 't* 
I sort the remarks on alkali v«J‘ by 
Mr Potto. ia your »a-t tora*. jurt to ban I 
Thar* can to no question that a good deal 
of the alkali laud* n«Uu an m-u-mucly 
large supply of plant food, aa you will «e» 
by reference to the rahjot in my lata 
report, which «u roaih-d to you mm 
tone ago Stone contain large am 111 U 
of itotoah, other* ph-xphate*. and .till 
other*, nitra, in imtuml • (uaautirv 
Still, tl.v larger porta «. a d 10 
comm. all nf the urabU alkali 
• *f *olt« o*«l*-*» or injun u. 
tioB, and «p* n the rtmm«J of Urn itr«w 
from the »urf*ee dry-cut* the reclontato-u 
of m.'-t of tlw alkali land* of lha State 
1 am jart n-.-vi study uy up the ml ■;• t u 
c»nn*oto‘Si with that of i»t.>.T»iJti. in th* 
Cpprar San J«*ifuiu and King* Ki.«r rat 
b*y*, «hrr» the qimatron aaouinee a tar- 
iimikIou* imp-rtan or. 
By the way. phm* lafonu yonr reader* 
tf'ol the late report id uiy J< potto* nt wdl 
ha mailed to any addrrm up«*u trajetrt. *w 
king oe the edllhm hold* out. 
K W llii-tu' 
t>!0 1 ' ’ - *t !■ « . 1 / '. I- ■ > > a(» 
■re worth 910 each, a hundred treva to the 
Oca 
pnmkl (Hit 
In a.1 litimt to a*r immetma 
h*t. we haw rwwrd a forge nwmtor 4 
U«*k%. ra la fogate, circular*, ate., of wforh 
oar book reviewer will make due mention 
in our Mtt 
Of th# fnvstsrta f *mmi-tr»>j <*■ Call r 
na, »« ham t**a kro-lly naruhi 1 by 
the friend* of our parrar 
A hoi of ornngewfram 
ratoon •». moth ralaared ami 
tod only by ourmlrm. Ut fo 
grra vuuUag Loe Aagehi*. who 
oar uflkw. 
Mi L Has-, of the I»«oV. near Y1 
MuaU, again p!ww» a* a trier 
f"r as fine braking eml good 
orongtra as it has bee* our kit to enmpU 
That be h*«w in aa oamg* (veaby .» hjQr 
deuior.etrate-1 by tU ewmpWbU war Uhl* 
ffown. brauufal 4.ni» bar# <W 
rated our (aide from the grcood* nf Mr* 
b Young Mr* Crawford. Him Fk^re 
Carter, ami eereral who left 
uf good will and frianduhip without W* 
inf tl. ir name- We -.nteod to make an 
rograving of euane nf them ia the f iler* 
THE VICTORIA REG LA SURPASSED 
I F Mr Qwhiea Goto Pori Comuum 
BMmera i«|wu to nuUn ihetr *m 
leence as iatioleem of the mapratie in 
floriculture, they «u-t lay thrir >Vt 
Regia aerale, ami op«n ne r r an pu 
with tha awthaeitteu at fk l a ue u, Italy. 
For we read in a Knremu exchange that 
SegBor E Decewn. aa itahan. k». iwrul^ 
Jitrewnwl ta Sumatra a pfot which hie 
which *xmt|4e*rjy abm-ure the Mo m u of 
tbe Victona tUfia According to the 
pnbtwhed ihwenpri e of thin plant, the 
ewwJ <A tbe epatbe i» Ri) mrhee m drnm- 
et«r. and the naked (rartama of lW ram 
dn Mmuw no lam then ftf fee* The 
color of the ajrathe w a fovvnmh pwph- 
nd, end that uf the *pmln a dutv yel¬ 
low. on » generally the ram with fow-r* 
• loch, like tbe C- anphelh* and the A#/ 
4 *m. attract by their jwvwiiar alra, nrarb 
and auiniwl* toeding an rarrnra The tuft 
it, ,4 «bich, at fiiwt, iWiaan oalv 
.Mil 
IBB 
tw ii »ti ■ og BM (void erarve-li tkanogw to 
ram it: ito fool had • luj fort 
a*-l thnkly « <«nd nnh rjrrwinr whita 
*1«4* TV* three 
dt'i.lod •» ‘ts appor 
thick m a man e teg, awl by 
ilivwuei. form a iprral over * feral 
BUpporUug a foal u‘ 
• UWrtla fiftaeu »-{Uar» *ard* Th* euik 
uf the fruit m eU*wt th* *an*e t 
tbe W etram. and u> the eaampk hi 
b» Brtxan the fniitoheaniur tontom of *t 
wa* »> bn-hrekrc*; b 
" r. > -,.k 
m r 
w« rmw* Vrrai cw« c a. 
ibetr 1 —Iran mm U* Uata t’k 
■ I tb., i4 1 —t** Memh M Iran. 
Hrrat l.«L», of the groat pul 
huwra of hnmm. Mafreuw. fw r S r« 
Sro V. ek, w>tb baa wife ban : | 
tag 1 part of the winter with ha* 
io-dew, Mr 1 C- tkwrura, in than .-rtr 
They enprew* tkramim on dehghied mth 
tbe t it. toy a ad chnmta Mr l>*m, me 
71 y— <it ogw. anal to rarae 4 -ear «*u- 
man ** If 1 won only t* 
1 ■ iiJ n>4 h — l a l e a 1 
to twv a 
uf line riant, i f •b=H 
•uc eodrtl in Iniig 
ft-rl in riirinfMMK’ 
Ceuragn * < ■ > *1U.—I 
the f ederal C« 
•ee'vfl 0 4 
vt §»' yaare 1 * forty prar rewt ia the I 
Stra-v whileA the pmcrantage in -v otAen 
Chil'oua a mb twwaly-trww. The* ire- 
that. «f tan children who din « 
Ira sight to mrrai by 
fo*f«ag them ta Srwthera t'ahforwn f « 
the tret fira yearn Tto hum will predm- 
W« wne wton a Urge raafo of 
wi»l to uat to 
by m 
rarv.a* iraomte to h*e, ml ura beater 
place aan to 
uf Cefcfwnia for lire rearing of 
J cam than*, one of the mart enter 
Mtraag area in the State, ami vwuer nf 
Lra Cmt ura ltamto ami U- Prim Y.edre 
a wharf at Feral. ahonA haJ hi 
the new wharf <*f tto P > S 
Tto d 
kt. -me uf 
