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RIYEBSIDE AND ARLINGTON. 
T HIS enterprising colony h*sb**nenjoy¬ 
ing « otmlmawiK boom for more tlmn a 
year. Lands hare rapidly advanced in 
value--the reason is apparent. The area 
in which citrus culture ran lie sneeessfully 
cultivated is hut limited. Mere at a firsi 
enat of one hundred dollars per acre land 
ran in three years Im made to produce as 
much per acre annually. In live years 
from *300 to *500 per aero i* the product» 
when planted in grapes far raisins, apricots 
or oranges—no longer is the immigrant 
subjected to cost by experiment but by 
using the knowledge dearly learned by 
ni hem he ean in a lie no mistake and virtu¬ 
ally has a sure thing. This season Sliugnrt 
& SVaite realized *1*45 an acre fur their 
grapes on the vines and the manufacturer 
SEMI- TROPIV CAL IFOR SI A . 
Lure foundations laid for an independent 
‘fortune. Tho climate i* the best in the 
| Sure for pulmonar; difficulties, asthma, etc. 
j Surveys are now being made for the 
j Southern California Pacific If. R. Co , for 
! the line running from San Diego to Snn 
Hcnuthliwi. It is confidently expected 
that the mule will be located through tho 
jentire length of this valley. My all means 
[let intending settlers visit this most sue 
I’vssful colony and sen the barren waste, of 
18*1) made into the luxurious wmi-lropical 
garden of 188(1 by a Combination of soil, 
climate, water, muscle and capital. 
In agriculture there are any amount of 
theorise, but there are many nmre Tacts; 
tlicsi- have to be dug out of the soil; but! 
theories can be spun in an arm-chair. j 
! true, to those whose homes have lain in 
[ this sunny land. Kvery year witnesses a 
closer fealty, a more clinging attachment, 
[ and that is the highest compliment to bo 
| paid to any country. Ami yet, with all this 
[ love of our bright homes, wo havo seen 
dark, lowering cloud*, threatening to aettlo 
over its brightness and promise. There are 
always thorny paths in pioneer life for ten¬ 
der fest, and it is largely these who have 
trod these new ways; Us hopeful treasures, 
its wonderful beauty, Appealed strongly to 
the assthetic nature, and made them tiio last 
to give up a land of tn many attractions. 
It has long been conceded that for ideal 
homes, the material was nowhere more per¬ 
fectly to bo fnond than below the 36lh par¬ 
allel, responding so aurely to the hand of 
taste and culture. 
t® realize *100 an acre for the la 
mr ot picking and curing—over and 
m'Mio T* U ° f l>*cking com- 
r-ltivznsiliK La 
t* Compart. 
angg.-, I..1 y«r .,,14 i„ t|„. 
S “ 1,r ““,<™„ MS l„ *110 . 
Jtamnd «..« all lompwiiio,,. I, „ .... 
"““tea that the orange crop thi 
lnftltlATKUi 
THEN AND NOW. | \ Vl , . „ . 
»>e passed, year* ago, In our drivea, in 
uv MHH. V. w. w inton, ptwitss of flfnotion,* Simple«nUj»ge, ( |Uoint 
K many attractions and charms of! m",’“'‘‘- f ‘ ■ 
BtiUthern California have l,e,.„ written '* b' row '"N »'» lu>ml! 
., >. |another month wo saw that cottages 
ml 
Old sung from tlm Atlantic to' tlw- I* r *‘‘ t,i ® r roontn wo saw that cottage again, 
hose many year*. ami it 1...-< , VjwSWWDl^ltotnn waa there, tiiu lunisdiohl 
these many year*, and •« )n,x pasard'iuto one |, 
realize U.' S.XW.'J"* 2 VKr W,M "I the luxuries of caste,,, bto to I,,..,.,.... • '«" wU wtr, ‘ "> place, Urn Can s and 
! d -f I V "'.■"T 1 - V 1 ' Kiv * "into/fcc« £^ 32 ,Lware e,,.hrf,U there were dr.pl 
2d *4<S , “ * r V UliR y* « r ; which to bathe weary cure-worn hr, ' * %l lh <' windows, and .erne... for them 
Haiain arm «to. The, it. life giving sunshine H nd invi "o | , ("fi oor *n 11 -So purity and order will 
■ I,,.r r'" 6 *’ n '" 1 shrubbery, and I,right llowers 
Jfi 'ri** 1 ' 1 .w™ Vi,™. ' .. 
..‘t in place, tin- Cans and I', 
'(ishrineil-, there wen-drnpern-;. 
tin on and 
-- - g I. we knew'T i'aI 
| haven of rest, it i* the utonia of ' , n "' 1 "hrubbery, an 
. *b*ta or for longing, where bo can gather*irBriiTto f 1 * f "" ,n ^ l|,n1 ’ Tin s, 
*»t, the .oil .ichVnd adapted m 7hJ n'^t 1 “‘b ** ,i,v - A " tfijdm iSfr’" 1 *! ° f *T’ *?" • 
profitable ol ail faru„„g, ,|„ '„? Ht 2 ,* ’T'- V T' ,ki "K disparage,,lug, , )f : WB “ W , U '* t , 1,0,110 H 8“"> 'here were 
lu ion, iban live ycart seUlen, Uc iL' 1 "’ ” """ will hardly e ,.„ B I "'‘7 °[ 1 v " ,,r ^'"fring the'porches and 
u«n> have the11hotr lequiroruotila, is t rue , n j ln( f r _ ,v‘ ; Hv ' >f *i the German Jvy had clamln rod rv- 
' aud anil Cnn.nl.ul,,. 
Reiain orop will 
♦ tfi.dOO this year. 
Here ia an opening tor 
« of amail means. T|, 
