RJEXtT-TROPIC CALIFORNIA. 
Jhc Climatt. 
SOME RANDOM REFLECTIONS UPON THE 
WEATHER. 
MY r.BO. C. S«»\ **■*• WltCO. 
New that Zero Imu bww been felt, ami 
fhe pent la owphyrs b*w- h»«ti blowing— 
Strums, gale*. and destruction on Hip ocIk -r 
aide of the Rnokte-4—your eoiYfxpwHh-id 
fct'U like makiiijr, for ynlrr Christmas mini 
her, a thanksgiving thome of the mild and 
eoninl seuson Southern California has en 
"With the exception of one or two m id 
wave* during Uni winter, nipping tender 
shoots and trees in some tedious, and a 
wird storm or two, prostrating a few trees, 
in the vicinity of Anaheim, we cannot 
chronicle any further damage or disturb 
ancc during the entire year. The lowest 
ern States in regard to thunder storms 
and tornadoes Only those who have wit¬ 
nessed the storms of Florida and the lower 
Mississippi tan testify to the fcarfulnesa of 
their thunder storms. 
We thank Dr. Grigg, in his nlilo article 
recently published in ynor monthly, for 
.•ttHinjr’ attention to the fact of our exemp¬ 
tion from such storms, and regret that no 
did not emphasize it more strongly. We 
do not wonder at tho remark of uno who 
had witnessed such storms in all their »o 
purity — the late 1’rof. Agassi*. When 
spunking to the people here, lie said that 
'•they ought to lift up both hands and 
thank God for bring in the none of oalm*." 
He struck a key note for Southern Califor¬ 
nia which should resound throughout the 
length and liteadth of the land. Head the 
accounts of the storms, hurricane*, mid tor¬ 
nadoes ranging from Maine to Florida, and 
from Minnesota to Huuisiana, as published 
in the Kastern pujiers. I,ocik at the long' 
hare spent some part of it out of door*. 
The nights arc cool, requiring warm blank¬ 
ets to sleep in comfort, and not one night 
can hn mentioned during the whole year 
but that one or two blanket* were neces¬ 
sary, and during a residence of over seven 
vears only one night has been found when 
one blanket was uncomfortable -a ratio of 
one to a.tJQO, What a luxury some of 
those nights would have been to a Ciiicin- 
nfttiuu, a Louiavillian, or a oitixen of St. 
I.uois, where WO have known thirty nights 
in lucccssiou with the thermometer in the 
nineties. 
To-day—a fair sample of December’s 
early winter day—with coat off, wo have 
nicked olives from a tree in the garden. 
Part of this nrtielp has linen written with 
door and window open, and the thorinmn 
etcr Ho in the shade. 
A letter from one of Ohio's favorite sons 
last season, dated at Paris, who hail previ¬ 
ously spent a winter in Southern Califor- 
point indicated hero by tho signal service 
thermometer wa* .Vi 1 '. 
M 1 W#i ail, lik Uat winy if rcuiart 
able munoryand large expei ii-imp, it w.>uld 
not be ur-ci'an.iry to make a comparison of 
oar delightful *e«*r,„* ; but w |,j| u mnety 
nine oue-bundmcU).!' of u* are like lull- 
children, requiring M liiu: upon fin■ ami pie 
tepl on precept," got e-u.tti somewhat by 
tbs fe.-ling* of the moment, it become* 
» : Y»h( hi vo 
bt-i-n croaking about our Weather to bem in 
mind that although the mmsoh * l( , 
|B«l,fSptubturit Oaiiforttia *.*». better .-,11 dm 
JUg U*i year than the much celebrated v n, 
tor resort* of Southern Kuropi.; thirty M .\ 
time* better off, as regards storms, tli.m nil 
the balance of the Tinted Sut.. B; thirty 
time* better off than a portion of the N uil, 
«rn Sutoa and af) the Northern .StHt'-c 
)« regard to sold and wind otormv, and 
infinitely batter off than the warmer South- 
I..1 ®f .long tho »l.ola 00M,„r „i s jn j „|,„ 0 r.mily il«.ir,J to ... IS,, 
. I 1 "", S '"’ »»• un|H". ■ <l.",tc.I mm , report,,,] ,1... ,.f Soull,. 
' "I., UI “» . . . M 'U, or,, K.irnp.- ... .,,1,1 ,l„„ „|, r | 0 
f* r wr “»e' '-if loAfrinau,,.,,;„™. 
' . 1 , [ '' 'J'" ' lf ,tl " 0,1. .,1 (Jli,,prominent m-i raid l,,t 
'•■ ■■ w™* ««.i.,—ru. a .ici,«i,ii»i » 
, , '■ 'l '"""i . dr" ln "ow.'lor wu.llmr lltan ,l.„ I ,l,.ll 
iiiiir. . ..'>• . .. 
A /one of mltd weather! The high, si ! I ’' vu . promisor.t tailroad men spending 
point, renehed. na reportrd by the Mgmil. f,R ''’’’ *“tt wintor hero, Who had Wintered 
service, n|v ; Thina of it, ye dcnuciia "f' JV Kuropo, preferred Southern 
a fiotvr. /.on.-, irnpriaoued within walls of | i wru,ll ‘ 
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