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The  Golden  Era 


Vol.  40.     No.  10. 


A    LITERARY    AND    EDUCATIONAL    REVIEW. 
SAN    DIEGO,    CAL.,    OCTOBER,     1891. 


Established  1852. 


vinnu  iiiE  iran 


MADGE  MORRIS  WAGNER,  Editor. 


PubUshed  Monthlj'  by  THE  GOLDEN  ERA  CO. 
40  Lawyers  Block. 


Subscription  Price,  $3.00  a  Year. 


Single  Copie.',  20  Cents. 


ANNOUNCEMENT. 
Subscribers  who  have  paid  for  The  Golden  Era  in  advance  will 
have  their  time  exiendeil  in  proportion  to  amount  paid. 

Thr  Golden  Era  has  cheapened  its 
The  form — temporarily,  at  least — and  its  char- 
Change.  acter  will  partake  more  of  the  review  style 
of  literature  than  of  the  magazine.  The 
change  has  been  made  necessary  on  account  of  tiie 
lack  of  income.  For  ten  years,  The  Golden  Era 
represented  the  personal  energy  and  force  of  its 
editor,  Harr  Wagner.  His  time  and  energy  are  now 
entirely  devoted  to  his  duties  as  County  Superintendent 
of  Schools,  and  we  of  the  West  must  realize  that  new 
literature  ig  not  a  staple  product.  The  creation  of  a 
Western  literature  has  been  the  aim  of  The  Golden  Era 
Magazine,  rather  than  to  present  to  its  readers  finished 
and  cla.ssical  productions.  The  word  ' '  cnfde  "  so  often 
applied,  however,  to  its  contributors  whose  vigorous, 
vital  and  fresh  writing  has  commanded  the  attention  of 
the  critics  is  undeserved  in  its  ordinary  sen.se,  for  crude- 
ness  becomes  a  virtue,  and  is  synonymous  with  Addison- 
ian. To  a  certain  extent,  therefore,  with  this  issue 
perishes  the  literary  illusions  of  Harr  Wagner.  The 
ashes  even  of  a  monument,  built  with  the  deceptive  straws 
of  literature,  has  been  wafted  to  the  limitless  Pacific  by 
desert  winds.  The  Golden  Er.a  during  the  past  ten 
years  has  made  more  money  than  any  of  its  literary  con- 
temporaries in  the  West,  but  the  financial  part  of  it  has 
never  attracted  the  admiration  of  any  one — not  even  the 
editor  or  the  printers,  but  it  will  always  have  its  place  in 
the  making  of  a  Western  literature.     It  was  San   Fran- 


cisco's first  literary  publication  ;  it  was  San  Diego's  first 
magazine  ;  it  was  of  the  West,  and  for  the  West.  This 
is  not  the  obituary  of  The  Golden  Era  ;  it  is  rather  a 
theosophical  change,  where  the  soul  of  it  goes  into  the 
soul  of  a  new  Nirvana.  Unless  the  State  university,  or 
the  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.,  university,  will  establish  a 
chair,  not  for  the  study  of  a  Western  literature,  but  for 
.the  creation  of  one,  some  man  who  has  reaped  a  golden 
harvest  in  these  sun  lands  will  certainly  endow  either  a 
magazine,  or  a  chair  in  some  college  or  university  of  the 
West  that  will  teach  the  proper  interpretation  of  the 
voices  of  Balboa's  seas,  the  whispering  songs  of  the 
Sierras,  the  color  of  vSan  Joaquin's  leagues  of  waving 
wheat,  and  the  myriad  formed  story  of  the  pioneer.  Are 
the  bugs  and  fishes  so  much  greater  than  the  life  of 
man,  and  the  interj^retation  of  nature  into  poetic  and 
artistic  form?  Is  science  all  there  is  of  life,  that  the 
creation  of  thought  should  be  degraded  to  the  discovery 
of  a  fact  that  an  insect  has  an  extra  leg,  or  feeds  upon 
an  unsuspected  parasite. 

When  Sutro  contemplated  the  Poet's  Corner  in  his 
beautiful  Heights,  why  did  he  not  go  further  and  say 
this  is  not  for  a  dead  literature,  but  for  a  living,  growing 
literature.  The  flavor  of  the  soil  and  sea  will  presen-e 
much  that  is  written,  no  matter  how  the  effort  shall  be 
made,  or  what  reward  the  tireless  toilers  weaving  the 
web  of  thought  will  reap. 


Judge  J.   F.  Kinney  came  into  the 
The  office  with  a  cloud  of  pity  upon  his  face 

Westward  Ho!  for  our  editorial  stupidity.  "Bishop 
Berkel}-  wrote,  '  Westward  the  course 
of  empire  tak&s  its  way,'  not  star"  The  criticism 
has  been  made  so  frequently  that  it  is  time  to  print 
an  explanation.  The  lines  "Westward  the  Star  of  Em- 
pire takes  its  way  "  has  been  crowding  the  Indian  trade- 
mark for  forty  years.  It  is  true  that  in  .some  of  Bishop 
Berkely's  published  works  the  word  course  is  used  instead 
olstar.  "Star"  is  right,  however,  and  it  was  settled  thirty 
years  ago  on  a  bet  of  two  thousand  dollars.  Barry  & 
Patton's  saloon  and  gambling  rooms  were  the  resort  of 
the  literati  in  1853.  A  dispute  arose  over  the  use  of  the 
line  by  the  Golden  Era.  Two  thousand  dollars  were 
put  up.  O'Brien,  afterwards  a  member  of  the  celebrated 
firm  of  Flood,  Mackey  &   O'Brien,  held    the   stake.     A 


C^iri 


V.  ^o  ;  (0 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


newspaper  writer  bj-  the  name  of  James  Floyd  was  about 
starting  East ;  he  was  commissioned  to  go  to  Loudon. 
A  collection  was  taken  up  to  pay  his  expenses.  He 
went  to  London,  hunted  through  various  museums,  and 
finally  found  the  original  manuscript  of  Bishop  Ber 
kely's  poem,  and  on  his  return  bore  the  seal  of  the  mu- 
.seum  of  London  that  ' '  Westward  the  Star  of  Empire 
takes  its  way"  is  correct.  The  Goldicn  Eka  has  never 
changed,  therefore,  the  reading  of  the  line  to  conform  to 
the  published  works.  The  large  bet  was  won,  and 
Bishop  Berkely's  poem  became  so  well  known  in  Califor- 
nia, that  the  university  town  was  named  after  its  author. 


The  Jf'iJs/'  of  San  Francisco  began  on  October  t,i  to 
publish  a  library  of  California  writers.  The  edition  of 
November  7  will  contain  the  writers  of  the  old  (Tolden 
Era  school.  During  the  past  ten  years,  names  of  many 
of  California's  most  brilliant  writers  appeared  for  the 
first  time  in  The  Golden  Eka.  It  was  a  school  of  Cal- 
ifornia writers — a  school  in  which  there  was  no  master, 
all  teachers.  The  names  of  Joaquin  Miller,  Bret  Harte, 
Charles  Warren  Stoddard,  Mark  Twain,  Prentice  Mul- 
ford,  Adah  Isaacs  Menken,  Orpheus  C.  Kerr,  Minnie 
Myrtle,  Rowena  Granise  Steele,  Ella  Sterling  Cummins, 
Fannie  Avery,  Alice  Denison,  Edward  E.  Cothran,  Lieu- 
tenant Robert  Howe  Fletcher,  F'lora  Harris  Apponji, 
Clarence  Urni}-,  Lillian  Himeman  Shuey,  Carrie  Stevens 
Walter,  William  Atwell  Cheney — but  why  try  to  name 
them  all  ?  They  are  all  choice  spirits,  and  some  came 
down  from  the  brown  hills,  timid  as  birds,  and  their 
songs  were  faint  but  true  echoes. 

EDUCATIONAL    DEPARTMENT. 

liV   HARK  W.'S.GiN'liK. 


AN  IMPORTANT  RULING. 

The  rulings  of  Judge  Torrance  in  the  suit  of  A.  O. 
Hickman  vs.  the  city  board  of  education — which  was  dis- 
nii.s.sed  Monday — according  to  Attorney  H.  I).  Cassidy, 
are  :  First,  that  the  city  certificate  granted  by  the  city 
board  of  examination  was  invalid  because  not  signed  by 
all,  or  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the  board.  vSecond, 
that  the  city  board  of  examination  had  no  authority  to 
grant  a  temporary  certificate.  Third,  that  the  certificale, 
if  it  had  been  valid,  was  not,  n(n-  had  it  been  filed  at  tin.- 
office  of  the  county  superintendent  of  schools.  That  by 
reason  of  the  last  fact  no  warrant  could  be  drawn  at  all 
bVSr*  ifU  W«4  6H«*«'4e4  tins  I;  tHB4|FVl««»  MA  t?»IF»  JiSfi 


formed.  The  effect  of  the  holdings  above  is :  First, 
the  city  board  of  examination  has  no  power  to  grant  a 
temporary  certificate,  and  second,  all  city  certificates 
should  be  filed  with  the  county  superintendent  of  schools 
in  order  to  preserve  the  rights  of  teachers. 

SCHOOL  DISTRICT  FUNDS. 
The  County  Superintendent  of  Schools  has  apportioned 
special  funds  to  the  following  school  districts :  Sangor- 
gonio,  $14.48;  San  Diego,  $2,644.75  ;  Cuyamaca,  U.  H. 
S.,  $40.05;  Vale,  U.  H.  S..  $128.62;  Coronado,  U.  H. 
S.,  $131.69;  Oceanside,  U.  H.  S.,  $51.82;  Hemet,  U. 
H.  S.,  $88.75,  and  Elsinore,  $39.62.  The  regular  county 
apjjortionment  will  be  made  in  December  instead  of  Jan- 
uary and  on  account  of  the  .semi-annual  collection  of 
taxes  the  allotment  will  occur  in  December.  The  state 
funds  will  be  distributed  in  January,  instead  of  March, 
as  was  the  previous  time  for  making  the  division. 


TO  SFXURE  LECTURERS. 
Nov.  5,  a  meeting  of  the  principals  of  the  city  high 
schools,  county  superintendent,  a  number  of  teachers, 
several  members  of  the  board  of  education,  a  number  of 
prominent  citizens  and  some  of  the  National  City  teachers 
was  held  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  J.  Powell  Rice,  corner 
of  Fourth  and  Beach  streets,  and  formed  a  cltib  for  the 
purpose  of  securing  lecturers  and  bringing  musical  enter- 
tainments here  this  winter. 


Arbor  Day  will  be  inaugurated  in  San  Diego  county 
this  year.  The  day  will  be  fixed  by  the  teachers  during 
the  County  Institute. 

*  Attention  is  called  to  the  program,  in  another  column, 
of  the  State  Teachers'  Association  to  be  held  at  Riverside, 
commencing  Monday,  December  28th. 

Local  Institutes  have  been  held  at  liscondido,  National 
City,  Julian  and  Cajon,  and  the  Superintendent  will 
shortly  call  meetings  at  Elsinore,  San  Jacinto  and  Fall- 
brook. 


There  have  been  six  Union  High  Schools  organized  in 
San  Diego  county.  The  lowest  salary  paid  to  any  prin- 
cipal in  Sail  Diego  county  is  one  hundred  dollars  per 
month. 


C.  .\.  Stearns  of  National  City  was  elected  principal  of 
the  \'ale  high  school,  located  at  Menifee.  He  will  begin 
to  organize  at  once,  and  there  will  be  no  delay,  as  the 
Menifee  school  building  will  be  used. 

Harr  Wagner  will  represent  San  Diego  county  at  the 
State  Teachers'  association  to  be  held  at  Riverside,  Dec- 
ember 28  to  31.  He  is  down  on  the  programme  for  an 
address  on  "Ivnglish  in  the  Public  School." 


The  .Sail  Diego  County  In.stitute  will  be  held  in  San 
Diego  from  December  21  to  24.  The  programme  will 
be  \-aried,  and  in  addition  to  lectures  much  class  work 
will  be  done.  Dr.  David  .Starr  Jordan,  Prof  Earl  Barnes, 
Mary  Sheldon  Barnes,  Prof  Ira  More;   Dr,  Eli  F    Brovvn 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


"  MISTRESS  BRANICAN." 

Jules    Verne's    New    California    Novel  —  Scene 

Located  in  San  Dieco. 

[Translated  foi-  The  Uoi.den  Eha  by  Mrs.  Dr.  1>.  Cave.] 

THE  first  volume  of  "Mistress  Branican,"  the  latest 
.  novel  of  the  celebrated  author,  Jules  Verne,  was  re- 
ceived a  few  days  ago  at  San  Diego,  where  the  story  com- 
mences. 

The  heroine,  Dolly  Branican,  is  a  native  Californian, 
and  of  the  type  of  Lady  Franklin.  Her  husband  starts 
from  San  Diego  on  the  ship  Franklin,  on  a  cruise  to  the 
West  Indies,  in  the  interests  of  a  large  commi.s.sion  house. 
A  little  while  after  his  departure  his  young  wife,  while 
crossing  the  bay  in  a  steam  launch,  falls  overboard  with 
her  baby  in  her  arms  ;  she  is  rescued,  but  the  child  can- 
not be  found.     She  becomes  insane  for  four  years. 

After  that  lapse  of  time  she  recovered  her  mind,  but 
only  to  learn  that  the  ill-fated  Franklin  was  never  heard 
of  since  she  left  San  Diego.  She  is  wealthy  now,  for  she 
inherited  a  legacy  of  two  millions  of  dollars  during  the 
time  of  her  insanity,  and  the  administrator  had  placed 
her  property  in  the  care  of  the  Consolidated  National 
Bank  of  San  Diego.  Being  rich  and  childless,  she  de- 
termines to  spend  her  time  and  her  money  in  search  of 
her  husband. 

She  sent  out  able  seamen  to  crui.se  along  the  Malaisian 
and  Australian  coasts,  as  the  Franklin  had  sailed  in  that 
direction.  After  a  fruitless  cruise  of  three  years,  the 
Dollv  Hope  comes  back  to  San  Diego,  and  it  is  fully  a 
lapse  of  fourteen  years  that  the  Franklin  has  never  been 
heard  of,  when  the  San  Diego  press  receive  a  dispatch 
from  Australia,  in  which  the  Sydney  Moriihii:;  Herald  says 
that  Harry  Felton,  second  officer  of  the  Franklin,  has 
been  brought  up  to  the  Sydney  marine  hospital,  by  trav- 
elers that  found  him,  in  a  wretched  and  destitute  con- 
dition, along  the  coast  near  the  borders  of  New  South 
Wales  and  Queensland. 

As  soon  as  Mrs.  Branican  read  that  dispatch,  she  went 
immediately  to  San  Francisco,  and  left  the  next  day  on 
the  steamer  Oregon  for  Australia.  At  Sydney  she  found 
Harry  Felton  in  the  hospital,  living  yet,  but  in  such  a 
state  of  weakness  that  he  could  hardly  answer  her  ques- 
tions. All  he  could  explain  to  her  by  monosyllables  was 
that  the  Franklin  had  been  wrecked  off"  the  coast,  near 
Browse  island  ;  her  husband  was  alive  yet,  but  a  prisoner 
in  the  hands  of  the  natives,  and  that  they  two  were  the 
only  survivors  of  the  Franklin. 

Harry  I-'elton  died  the  same  evening.  The  next  day, 
when  his  funeral  took  place,  he  was  escorted  to  his  last 
resting  place  by  the  marines  in  port  and  a  part  of  the 
Sydney  citizens. 

Mrs.  Branican  walked  Itehind  the  coffin,  and  followed 
to  the  cemcterv  the  man  who  had  beeu  her  husband's 
devoted  coniiianion  and  faithful  friend. 

And,  in  the  midst  of  all  the  people  that  had  come  to 
ijlVii  ihsii'  IttSl  litjlUstgt  to  Uh'  s^eoiid  oJiktl"  ol'  this  l''J-alik- 


lin,  she  did  not  recognize  that  young  sailor  boy  who  was 
walking  by  her  side. 

Here  ends  the  first  volume. 

CHAPTER   III. 
PROSPECT   HOUSE. 

Thirty  years  ago.  Southern  California,  about  the  third 
part  of  the  State  of  California,  hardly  numbered  35,000 
inhabitants.  Actually,  its  population  has  increased  to 
150,000. 

At  that  time  its  territory,  confining  the  boundaries  of 
the  West,  was  quite  uncultivated,  and  seemed  only  fit  for 
cattle  raising. 

Who  could  have  guessed  the  future  in  store  for  such  a 
forsaken  region  when,  inland,  a  few  wagon  roads,  and 
by  sea  one  line  of  coasting  steamers,  were  the  only  means 
of  communication  ? 

Though,  however,  since  the  year  1769,  an  embryo  city 
had  been  laid  out,  a  few  miles  inland,  on  the  northern 
side  of  the  bay  of  vSan  Diego,  which,  in  the  history  of 
California,  may  consequently  claim  the  honor  to  have 
beed  the  oldest  establishment  in  its  territory. 

The  epoch  came  when  the  new  continent,  allied  to  old 
Europe  by  plain  colonial  bonds,  which  the  obstinacy  of 
the  United  Kingdom  had  tightened  too  strongly,  gave  a 
violent  shock,  and  broke  these  bonds  asunder.  The 
union  of  the  States  of  North  America  was  consolidated 
under  the  flag  of  independence,  with  the  exception  of 
two  strips  still  retained  by  England — the  Dominion  of 
Canada  and  British  Columbia,  though  undoubtedly  they 
may  join  the  confederation  at  no  distant  day.  And  the 
impulse  of  emancipation  was  rapidly  propagated  through 
the  central  populations,  which  had  only  one  thought, 
only  one  aim  :  To  deliver  themselves  from  their  fetters, 
no  matter  what  they  were. 

California  was  not  then  unber  the  Anglo-Saxon  yoke. 
It  was  a  Mexican  territory  and  under  Mexican  rule  till 
1846,  when,  after  its  enfranchisement,  it  formed  part  of 
the  federal  republic  ;  and  that  year  the  municipality  of 
vSan  Diego,  created  eleven  years  before,  became  what  it 
ought  alwa\-s  to  have  been — American. 

The  hay  of  San  Diego  is  magnificent.  It  has  been 
compared  to  the  bay  of  Naples,  but  perhaps  the  com- 
parison to  either  the  bay  of  Vigo  or  Rio  de  Janeiro  would 
be  more  correct.  It  is  twelve  miles  long  and  two  miles 
wide,  afford  all  space  necessary  to  the  moorage  of  a  mer- 
cantile fleet,  as  well  as  for  the  maneuvers  of  squadrons, 
for  it  is  considered  as  a  military  port. 

Forming  a  kind  of  oval,  opening  on  the  west  by  a 
narrow  channel,  confined  between  Coronado  Island  and 
Point  Loma,  it  is  protected  on  every  side.  It  is  sheltered 
from  the  high  wijids,  the  Pacific  sea  breeze  hardly  dis- 
turbs the  surface  of  its  waters,  large  vessels  may  easily 
enter  and  depart  from  the  harbor  and  conveniently  turn 
around,  and  its  bar  has  twenty-three  feet  of  water  mini- 
mum, at  the  lowest  tide.  It  is  practically  the  onlj-  safe 
seaport  and  the  most  favorable  stopping  i)lace  between 
San  i-'tancUco  and  Lower  Califoruia,  along  the  westera 


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littoral.  Oil  account  of  such  nalnral  advantages,  it  was 
evident  that  the  old  town  should  have  become  too  small. 
Alread)-,  a  few  miles  further,  on  chapparal  lands,  bar- 
racks had  been  built  for  the  installment  of  a  ca\-alry  post. 
Thanks  to  the  intervention  of  the  enterprising  and 
energetic  Mr.  Horton.  an  addition  was  built  near  the 
government  land.  Now  this  addition  has  become  the 
main  city,  and  extends  all  over  the  slopes,  to  the  north 
side  of  the  bay.  Its  growth  was  vigorously  pushed 
along  with  all  the  celerity  so  familiar  to  Americans.  A 
million  of  dollars  were  soon  invested  in  the  erection  of 
private  houses,  public  buildings'  offices  and  villas.  In 
the  year  1885,  San  Diego  numbered  already  15,000  in- 
habitants— to-day,  35,000.  Its  first  railroad  was  inaugu- 
rated in  1 88 1. 

Communications  with  the  East  are  facilitated  by  the 
help  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific,  Southern  California  and 
Southern  Pacific  roads,  and  meanwhile  the  Pacific  Coast 
Steamship  company's  steamers  run  frequently  between 
San  Francisco  and  San  Diego. 

It  is  a  fine  and  comfortable  city,  well  aerated,  in  a  very 
hygienic  location,  and  enjoying  a  climate  above  all 
praises.  Its  suburbs  show  a  land  of  incomparable  fer- 
tility. Vines,  olives,  oranges  and  lemons  grow  side  by 
side  with  the  trees,  fruits  and  vegetables  from  northern 
climes.  One  could  compare  this  productive  country  to 
the  beautiful  lands  of  Normandy  and  Provence  of  France. 
As  for  San  Diego  itself,  it  is  built  in  a  picturesque  and 
spacious  style,  with  a  liberty  of  orientation,  an  individ- 
ual fantasy,  so  beneficial  in  a  hygienic  sen.se,  when  one 
is  not  restricted  by  the  e.-ciguity  of  ground.  There  are 
plazas,  squares,  large  streets,  shaded  walks  everywhere, 
and  consequently  health,  direct  product  of  the  air  cube 
so  generously  conceded  to  this  privileged  population. 

And   then,    if  progress,    in   its   every    form,   was  not 
prevalent  in  a  modern  city,  where  should   it  be  found  ? 
Gas,  telegraph,   telephone,  the  inhabitants  have  only  to 
express  their  wish  and  they  have  light,  they  exchange 
their  dispatches,  they  speak  to  each  other  from  street  to 
.street.     Even  masts,-  150  feet  high,  diffulge  electric  light 
over  the  streets  of  the  city.     If  vSan  Diego  don't  own  yet 
a  general  milk  company  distributing  milk   under  press- 
ure, if  movable  sidewalks,  displacing  themselves  with  a 
rapidity  of  four  miles  an  hour,  are  not  in   full    function 
yet,  it  will  certainly  be  done  at  some  future  day.     Add 
to  these  advantages  the  divers  institutions  resulting  from 
the  concentration  of  the  great  agglomerations,  a  custom 
house  where  the  importance  of  the  transactions  increases 
every  day,  four  banks,  a  Chamber  of  Commerce,  an  im- 
migration  society,    vast   offices,    miinerous    commission 
houses  dealing  enormously  in  lumber  and  Hour,  churches 
adapted  to  different  cultes,  markets,  a  theatre,  a  gyinna- 
.sium,  three  large  schools — Russ,  vSherman   and   Middle- 
town,  city  hall,  court  hou.se.  Masonic  and  Odd    Fellows' 
buildings,  homes  founded   for  jioor  children,  and    more- 
over a  great  number  of  establishments  where   the  exten- 
sion  of  studies  is   carried  so    far   as   the  obtainment  of 
diplomas  of  university,  and  then  who  can  doubt  of  the 
future    of  this   young  city,  so   thoroughly  careful   of   its 


moral  and  material  interests,  and  accumulating  all   the 

« 

elementsof  prosperity. 

Are  the  newspapers  scarce  in  vSan  Diego  ?  No  !  It 
owns  three  daih-  papers,  and  among  others  the  Golden 
Ura  Magazine,  l^ach  of  the  daily  papers  publishes  a 
weekly  edition. 

In  San  Diego  houses  the  tourists  may  find  all  the  cou- 
ditions  necessary  to  their  comfort.  Besides  a  great  num- 
ber of  second  class  hotels,  the  city  .shows  proudly  three 
magnificent  establishments  —  Horton  House,  Florence 
Hotel,  and  Brewster  Hotel  with  its  hundred  rooms,  and 
on  the  opposite  shore  of  the  bay,  conspicuously  located 
on  Coronado  island,  on  an  admirable  site  amongst  charm- 
ing villas,  a  new  hotel,  the  cost  of  which  has  been  no 
less  than  five  millions  of  dollars.  From  every  country 
of  the  old  continent,  from  every  part  of  the  hew  world, 
tourists  come  to  visit  this  young  and  liveh-  capital  of  the 
meridional  California,  and  warmlj-  greeted  by  its  gen- 
erous citizens,  only  regret  one  thing  :  that  their  stay  has 
been  too  short. 

San  Diego  is  a  city  full  of  animation,  commercial 
activity,  and,  in  the  midst  of  its  promiscuous  Sffairs, 
very  orderly,  as  are  mostly  all  the  American  cities.  If 
life  is  expressed  by  excitement,  it  can  be  said  that  one 
lives  there  in  the  most  intense  sense  of  the  word. 
Hardly  is  there  sufficient  time  for  commercial  transac- 
tions. 


FAMOUS  STORIES   BY    WESTERN    WRITERS. 


GENTLEMAN  JOE. 
A  Storv  of  the  Great  Cattle  Range. 

BY  EI.LA  STERLING   Ol'MMI.VS. 

IN  a  spur  of  the  Sierras  lies  a  green  valley,  locked  in 
by  the  winter  snows  as  inexorably  asif  man  instead 
of  nature  were  the  jailer.  Here  are  the  winter  quarters 
of  a  herd  of  cattle,  gaining  mere  subsistence  from  the 
green  sage.  The  cattle  are  guarded  by  a  small  band  of 
vaqueros,  waiting  for  spring,  when  they  will  follow  the 
trails  toward  the  rich  mountain  pastures.  They  are  a 
hard  lot,  these  vaqueros,  dwelling  together  in  the  Tough 
cabin.  The  days  are  short,  the  nights  long.  Gambling 
and  drinking  are  the  only  pastimes  for  men  thus  hemmed 
in  ;  and  so  Romualdo  gambles  off  his  silver  spurs  and 
Jo.se  his  silver-mounted  bit  ;  and  then  they  quarrel  hotly 
over  the  result  of  the  game. 

Gentleman  Joe  is  a  unique  personage  among  the 
swarthy  group.  He  turns  from  them  with  loathing,  and, 
rolling  himself  in  his  blankets,  lies  before  the  fire.  A 
noble  face,  proud  and  of  fiue  lineaments  ;  his  hair,  brown 
and  curling,  touches  his  broad  shoulders,  while  a  patch 
of  silver  at  the  temples  shines  out  strangely  :  the  beard  is 
full  and  close  ;  the  eyes  are  dark  and  stern,  full  of  mean- 
ing long  suppre.s.sed.  To-night  there  is  almost  agony  in 
the  eyes,  as  the  Spanish  oaths  fly  thick  and  fast,  and  the 
close  atmosphere,  reeking  with  whisky,  poLsons  the 
lungs,  while  recourse  to  the  knife  is  threatened  at  every 
moment.  It  is  singularly  inappropriate,  but  there  comes 
to  his  memory  the  picture  of  a  beautiful  mother  and  a 
little  boy  kneeling  before  her  with  hands  folded  in  prayer. 
Called  back  from  this  beautiful  picture  of  memory,  Joe 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


arises  from  his  place  and  scans  the  group.  The  right 
word  at  the  right  time  may  dissipate  this   rising  tumult. 

"  Boys,  we've  got  to  start  drivin'  the  cattle  to-morrer, 
and  ye'd  better  git  a  little  sleep  afore  mornin'.  It'll  be  a 
hard  day's  job,  and  ye  won't  none  of  ye  be  fit  fur  it." 

With  some  disagreement  and  a  promise  from  Jose  to 
settle  the  matter  another  time,  the  di.ssension  dies  down. 
Joe  knows  how  to  handle  them.  In  an  hour's  time  they 
are  stretched  out  in  slumber  ;  but  Joe  looks  still  into  the 
dying  embers,  feeling  himself  more  alone  than  if  on  a 
desert  island. 

II. 

Up  from  the  Sacramento  valley  come  the  winding  herds 
into  the  riali  summer  pasturage  of  the  vSierras.  With 
one  of  the  droves  is  the  usual  old  rickety  wagon,  and  in 
it,  besides  the  dark-skinned  young  driver  and  elderly 
sun-burned  woman,  is  a  pale-cheeked  girl  who  seems  to 
defy  the  suii's  burning  glances.  Her  red-gold  hair  and 
soft,  black  eyes  make  her  an  attractive  jjicture,  even 
without  the  added  touches  in  her  costume — the  dark 
blue  dress,  the  picturesque  hat,  the  long  gauntlet  gloves, 
and  the  creamy  silk  handkerchief  about  her  throat.  She 
has  just  recovered  from  a  malarial  fever,  and  by  the 
advice  of  the  physician  she  seeks  the  balm  of  mountain 
air  and  the  experience  of  camping  out. 

Hank  Wilson  is  not  a  picturesque  object.  The  sun  has 
bleached  all  the  color  out  of  his  hair,  eyes  and  mustache, 
and  by  a  peculiar  compensation  has  turned  his  originally 
fair  skin  utterly  brown— that  burnt,  unpleasant  brown 
which  has  nothing  heroic  in  it — suggesting  no  battles, 
no  tropic  fires  :  only  a  parched  desert.  Mrs.  Wilson, 
though  common-place,  is  the  widow  of  a  wealthy  cattle- 
owner,  and  Hank  is  heir  to  thousands  of  dollars.  What 
though  he  writes  "i"  and  "mi;"  his  signature  com- 
mands more  gold  than  that  of  many  a  scholar  who  can 
express  himself  accurately  in  ten  languages. 

Hank  is  already  deeply  in  love  with  his  cousin — a 
cousin  by  marriage  merely,  being  but  the  step-niece  of 
his  mother — in  his  rough  way  admiring  her  openly  and 
freely. 

As  for  Arizona  Weston,  she  scarcely  saw  Hank  at  all. 
Utterlj^  unaware  of  her  stepmother's  design  to  make  a 
match  between  them,  she  said  frankly  to  herself,  "  He  is 
one  of  the  people  whom  when  you  look  at  you  can't  see.'' 

Arrived  at  Sardine  valley,  a  new  world  met  Arizona's 
eye.  Day  by  day  she  watched  the  moving  panorama, 
the  new  herds  driven  in  by  the  new  vaqueros — Mexican, 
Irish  and  American — all  with  the  same  bronzed  com- 
plexion and  hea\-y  cast  of  countenance.  She  was  almost 
fascinated  for  a  while  by  their  faces,  hard  aiid  sinister  in 
expression,  until  suddenly  she  roused  herself,  saying, 
' '  What  a  horrid  lot  of  people  ! — they  look  like  the  off- 
scourings of  the  earth.  "  And  so  turned  her  eyes  again 
to  nature. 

.Sitting  in  a  little  covert  of  her  own  on  the  hillside  one 
day,  u])  irom  the  road  near  her  retreat  came  the  crunch- 
ing sound  of  a  wagon.  The  sound  stopped,  and  loud 
imprecations  came  to  her  ear.  As  the  cursing  became 
louder  and   more  blasphemous,  she  shivered.     Peeping 


through  the  manzauita  around  her,  she  saw  a  heavily 
laden  hay  team,  which,  in  spite  of  eflforts  of  man  and 
beast,  could  not  be  made  to  bulge. 

Arizona  was  a  .self-willed  young  maiden,  perhaps  a 
trifle  high-tempered,  and  she  did  not  like  that  swearing 
so  near  her  sacred  bower.  Without  stopping  for  her 
hat,  she  sped  down  the  hillside.  No  one  but  a  California 
girl  would  have  presumed  upon  man's  natural  deference 
to  woman  in  appearing  upon  such  a  scene  at  such  a  time 
— no  one  else  would  have  dared.  With  hair  flying, 
cheeks  tinted  and  eyes  glistening,  she  confronted  the 
two  men  with  the  wagon.  They  ceased  their  impreca- 
tions abruptly,  as  if  it  were  an  apparition  that  had  sud- 
denly sprung  upon  them  in  that  wild  region,  or  even  a 
nymph. 

"  Don't  you  think  I  could  help  you  a  little  ? "  said  the 
nymph,  audaciously. 

"  Wall,  I  dunno,  but  you  can,"  said  one  of  the  men. 

'_'  Don't  you  think  if  you  threw  off"  some  of  that  hay 
they  could  pull  it  up  easier?" 

"  I  dunno  but  what  they  could,"  said  he,  again. 

The  men  threw  off"  some  bales.  Arizona  advanced 
meanwhile  to  the  leaders'  heads,  patting  their  noses  and 
talking  encouragingly.  Then,  taking  them  by  the  bits, 
while  one  of  the  men  lifted  on  a  wheel  and  the  other 
managed  the  lines  and  lug^  the  team  forward  with 
ejaculations  extremely  mild  and  perfectly  fit  for  publica- 
tion, she  added  that  movement  of  energy  that  horses 
understand,  and  in  a  moment  they  were  running  up  the 
hill,  putting  forth  their  strength  to  the  straining  of  each 
muscle;  and  the  men,  .with  a  curious  look  at  the  girl, 
said,  "  Much  obleeged,"  and  pas.sed  out  of  sight. 

A  new  band  of  cattle  was  winding  into  the  valley,  and 
riding  behind  was  a  man  upon  whom  Arizona's  eyes 
rested  wonderingly.  He  was  of  magnificent  physique — 
broad,  full  chest  and  well  poised  head.  The  dark  graj' 
flannel  shirt,  the  broad,  drooping  .sombrero,  the  twist  of 
crimson  silk  around  the  neck,  gave  him  a  picturesque 
appearance.  The  eyes  were  handsome  and  dark  as  night, 
the  complexion  fresh  and  ruddy,  the  hair  and  short,  curly 
beard  unacquainted  with  the  shears — the  hair  .sprinkled 
with  silver  threads  at  the  temples,  the  beard  brown  as 
manhood's  dearest  wish,  l^'here  was  a  certain  reserve 
force  in  the  eyes  that  made  her  hesitate  in  forming  her 
opinion.  To  her  snrpri.se,  he  lifted  his  hat  as  he  rode  by 
without  more  than  a  single  glance  ;  and  although  the 
gaze  of  men's  eyes  had  been  turned  on  her  so  constantly 
for  the  last  few  weejcs  that  she  did  not  notice  it  any  more, 
this  man's  polite  salute  without  the  curious  gaze  betok- 
ened him  something  different  from  his  fellows. 

"  He  is  one  of  the  persons  whom,  when  you  look  at, 
you  do  .see,"  said  the  girl  to  herself,  hurrying  down  the 
road. 

Coming  into  the  little  brown  cabin,  she  asked  impul- 
sively :  "  Who  is  that.  Aunt  Susan?  and  where  does  he 
come  from  ?  "  ■ 

"  Oh,  that's  Joe — Gentleman  Joe,  they  call  him.  He 
keeps  a  herd  of  cattle  in  one  of  the  upper  valleys  all 
winter.     He's  been  snowed  in  since  last  December.'' 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


"  But  he-  isn't  a  vaquero  ?  " 

"  Well,  he  ain't  now,  'cos  he's  Hank's  man  on  shares, 
and  owns  half  that  herd  he  just  druv  in.  He's  a  mighty 
nice  man,  but  nobody  knows  nothin'  about  'm.  He 
saved  Hank's  life  about  four  years  ago.  He  cut  the  lasso 
that  would  uv  killed  'm  in  a  minit  more." 

Arizona's  eyes  flashed  with  pleasant  expectations.  "  I 
hope  he's  nice  to  talk  to,"  she  said  to  herself. 

She  watched  the  rodeo  ne.Kt  day  with  new  interest.  All 
the  cattle  were  gathered  together — all  the  herds  and 
strays  in  the  valleys,  irrespective  of  their  owners.  About 
twenty  men  from  the  surrounding  valleys  were  present, 
and  with  e.xpert  vaqueros  "  cut  out"  the  cattle  bearing 
their  particular  brands  and  the  little  calves  following 
them,  for  many  of  them  are  straj-s  and  wander  into 
strange  herds  during  the  long  drive  up  from  the  winter 
valleys. 

Then  came  the  branding  of  the  calves  ;  but  after  Jose 
hed  brutally  put  his  silver-spurred  heel  on  the  throat  of 
one  poor  little  bull-calf,  as  he  cut  its  ears  and  put  the 
burning  brand  into  its  flank,  and  Joe  had  suddenly 
sprung  at  him  and  rebuked  hini  tcrr  his  ininecessary 
cruelty,  Arizona  turned  away  white  and  trembling,  her 
heart  going  out  to  the  man  who  found  a  place  for  tender- 
ness to  the  terror-stricken  dumb  brute  among  that  ap- 
parently brutal  and  half-savage  throng  of  vaqueros.  .She 
longed  to  speak  with  him. 

But  he  never  came  near  their  cabin,  seeming  to  avoid 
her  even.  She  saw  him  and  Hank  sitting  on  a  log  one 
evening,  after  supper,  in  the  midst  of  a  di.scussion  on 
cattle  matters.  With  her  usual  audacity  she  walked  up 
to  them,  presuming  upon  that  re.spect  and  almost  rever- 
ence with  which  men  had  always  treated  her  from  her 
babyhood,  and  sat  down  beside  them  as  if  she  were  a 
little  child  who  was  permitted  such  familiarity.  Joe  im- 
mediately raised  his  hat  to  her,  and  walked  away  as  if 
he  were  the  intruder. 

Arizona  sat  there  quite  delighted  with  herself.  "  Say, 
Henry,  do  you  think  there  is  anything  terrible  about 
me  ?  ' ' 

"Terrible,  why,  of  course  not!  Why,  what's  the 
matter?"  he  asked,  much  softened  to  .see  that  she  came 
of  her  own  accord  to  sit  and  talk  with  him. 

"  Why,  your  Gentleman  Joe,  there,  he  seems  to  think 
that  I  am  perfectly  horrid  ;  he  even  runs  away  when  I 
come  near  him.  Say,  Henry,"  in  a  confidential  tone, 
"  I'll  be  very  good  friends  with  you  if  you  will  go  and 
bring  him  back." 

In  a  moment  the  two  men  stood  before  the  capricious 
young  woman,  who  felt  under  the  grave  look  of  the  stern 
dark  eyes  bent  upon  her  that  she  would  like  to  solve  the 
mystery  of  this  strange  character  if  she  could,  aiul  not  a 
bit  afraid  to  try  it. 

"  This  is  Joe,"  said  Hank,  stupidly  ;  this  is  my  cousin 
Arizona,  from  the  Bay." 

"  Joe  ? "  repeated  Arizona,  ' '  Joe  what  ?  " 

"  Simply  Joe,"  said  the  handsome  man,  smiling  down 
at  her. 

"  Nonsense  !  you  must  have  another  name." 

"Oh,  yes,"  said   Hank,    "he   has  got  another  nanie  ; 


the  boys  call  him  Oentlemau  Joe  sometimes." 

"  What  is  that  for?  "  said  the  childlike  maiden,  mis- 
chievou.sh^  determined  to  investigate  the  matter  imme- 
diately. 

The  eyes  bent  on  her  looked  doubtful,  but  the  smile 
was  still  lingering  in  their  depths,  and  his  voice  was  rich 
and  deep  as  he  replied  : 

' '  Vou  know  the  habit  men  have  when  they  are  off  in 
a  wilderness  by  themselves — the  tendency  to  shorten 
speech  ?  They  first  drop  the  title,  then  the  surname. 
The  Christian  name'  readily  lends  itself  to  a  distinctive 
title,  and  then  they  become  Buffalo  Jim,  Three  Fingered 
Jack,  or  anything  else  that  is  first  given  them.  It  is  a 
primitive  state  of  society,  and  the  only  reason  I  can  give 
for  such  a  title  is,  that  I  have  passed  througB  it." 

Hank  looked  in  dumb  surprise,  and  even  Arizona  was 
a  little  quelled  by  his  unexpected  diction  ;  still  she  whis- 
pered to  her.self,  "  I'm  so  glad  he  is  nice  to  talk  to."  And 
from  that  moment  their  friendship  began. 

HI. 

It  was  strange  how  much  more  interesting  Sardine 
valley  became  after  Joe's  arrival,  and  at  her  ovyn  sweet 
will  Arizona  wandered  around  with  him,  or  went  riding 
with  him  in  the  moonlight,  and  lived  in  a  sort  of  child's 
paradise. 

One  day  while  sitting  by  the  creek,  hid  by  the  willows, 
she  heard  angry  voices  approaching  and  recognized  them 
as  belonging  to  Jose  and  Romualdo.  The  feud  between 
them  had  grown  since  that  night  in  the  snow-bound  v-al- 
ley,  and  had  suddenly  come  to  the  surface.  Louder  and 
louder  their  voices  grew,  deeper  and  more  taunting  the 
insults,  till  the  climax  was  reached,  and  the  ominous 
click  of  a  pistol  startled  her.  But  another  voice  broke  in 
and  the  pistol  was  struck  to  the  ground. 

"  Boys,  if  yer  must  fight,  take  yer  fists  like  men,  and 
may  the  best  man  win  !  " 

Through  the  parting  in  the  willows  she  could  see  that 
the  men  struggled  and  fought,  while  Joe  stood  looking 
on  impa.s.sively. 

The  girl  was  frightened  by  the  terrible  scene  ;  but  in  a 
moment  her  courage  came  back,  and  she  dashed  down 
the  bushes  around  her,  and  cried — 

"  How  perfectly  horrible  !  and  to  think,  Joe,  that  you 
would  let  them  !  " 

At  her  appearance  upon  the  scene  the  two  men  stopped 
fighting,  and  slunk  away.  vShe  turned  to  Joe  again,  her 
eyes  flashing  with  fire. 

"  I  am  ashamed  of  you.  Gentleman  Joe  !  I  don't  think 
yon  are  worthy  of  your  name,  to  encourage  such  a  dis- 
graceful row." 

He  looked  down  upon  her  witli  an  amused  smile.  She 
saw  in  it  a  meaning  which  Ijaflled  her.  "  Why  did  you 
do  it  ?"  she  persisted,  yet  conscious  that  she  had  wronged 
him  by  her  hasty  sj)eech. 

' '  No  power  under  heaven  could  have  kept  those 
brutes  from  killing  each  other  at  that  moment  ;  not  that 
I  care  for  the-m,  Init  I  feared  the  l)ulk-ts  would  fly  in 
other  directions  than  their  carcasses." 

She   saw  his   motive,   his    desire  to  protect   her  from 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


danger,  and  at  the  same  time  took  notice  of  the  differ- 
ence in  his  speech.  With  feminine  perversity,  she  said 
suddenly  : 

' '  Why  do  you  talk  differently  to  me  than  you  do  to 
the  men  ?  You  talk  to  me  in  the  purest  English  ;  you 
talk  to  them  like  a  vaquero." 

"  Why  not  ?  "  he  responded,  looking  away  off  at  the 
horizon  and  taking  off  his  hat,  as  if  for  relief  from  some 
tumultous  memory  that  sprang  up  at  her  words. 

"  You  have  no  right  to  live  such  a  life  as  this,"  said 
the  girl  ;   "  you  were  intended  for  better  things." 

He  still  looked  away  off  and  sighed,  pressing  his  lips 
together. 

"  I  shouldn't  wonder  if  you  understood  Latin  and 
Greek,"  she  continued,  "and  had  left  a  nice  family  in 
the  East  somewTiere,  to  mourn  you  as  one  dead." 

He  looked  down  on  her  with  a  scrutinizing  glance. 

"You  have  a  history,  Joe,  I  know  you  have — a  real 
romantic  one — and  you  will  tell  it  to  me,  won't  you  ?  " 

"  Not  now,"  he  said,  passionately,  "  not  now  !"  and 
strode  away. 

That  afternoon  the  team  with  the  weekly  supplies  and 
the  mail  came,  and  Arizona  sprang  out  to  get  her  letters. 
To  her  surprise  the  man  paid  uo  attention  to  her,  but 
drove  straight  to  the  corral.  In  a  moment  Joe  came 
toward  her  with  a  strange  look  on  his  face. 

"  Here  are  your  letters — and  there  is  something  else." 

"  What  is  it,  Joe  ?  "  said  she,  alarmed  by  his  manner. 

"  Don't  be  frightened  ;  it  is  only  a  telegram." 

"  Only  a  telegram  !  "  She  turned  it  open,  and  turned 
deadly  pale.  "Papa!  Papa!"  she  moaned.  She  tot- 
tered, and  Joe  put  her  into  a  chair.  "My  father  has 
had  a  stroke  ;  it  is  the  second.  I  may  never  .see  him 
again.     What  am  I  to  do — so  far  away,  so  far  away  !  " 

Crushed  and  hopeless,  she  sank  back  in  the  seat 
where  a  few  moments  before  she  had  sat  full  of  life  and 
brightness.  Aunt  Susan  came  to  her  with  such  sym- 
pathy as  she  could  offer.  The  thought  that  she  must 
wait  a  whole  day  before  starting  for  home  was  a.sonizing. 

"  Why  can't  I  start  to-night?  By  to-morrow  morning 
I  could  reach  the  train  in  time, and  beat  home  to-morrow 
night." 

"  Why,  you  couldn't  ride  all  night.  It's  too  ridiculous 
to  think  on." 

"  Oh,  but  I  must  !  I  can't  wait  till  to-morrow,  and 
then  take  all  day  to  get  to  the  station.  I  won't  wait  ! 
Why,  I  may  possibly  get  there  in  time  to  see  him.  Just 
think  of  that.  Aunt  Susan,  and  don't  oppose  me  !  Don't 
oppose  me  !" 

"  I  wouldn't  trust  no  wagon  on  that  road  to-night," 
objected  Aunt  Susan. 

"Nevermind;  let  me  go  on  horseback.  I've  ridden 
that  far  before." 

"  Laws-a-mercy,  hear  the  girl  !  I  couldn't  take  ye  on 
horseback." 

"  Then,  Joe,  you  will  take  me,  won't  you?  You  must 
know  how  I  feel  !  Oh,  please.  Aunt  Susan,  don't  op- 
pose me.  Let  me  go  with  Joe  ;  I'm  perfectly  safe  with 
him." 

Mrs.  Wilson  was   a  Californian,   and   had   learned    to 


rely  upon  the  reverential  feeling  displayed  by  the  rough- 
est men  in  this  new  laud  toward  the  gentler  sex.  She 
saw  no  more  impropriety  in  the  proposition  itself  than 
did  the  innocent  girl  :  so  she  only  objected  : 

"  I  don't  believe  Hank  would  like  yer  to  run  the  risk 
of  the  horses  takin'  a  mis-step." 

"  Oh,  if  Hank  were  here  I  know  he'd  take  me  !  " 
"If  you   will   trust    her  to    me,"  said   Joe,   with  the 
gravity  of  one  making  a  vow,  "  I   promise   to  take  her 
safely." 

IV. 

To  keep  her  mind  from  her  trouble,  as  they  loped 
along,  Joe  talked  of  many  things.     Finally  she  said  : 

"  How  well  you  talk  when  j-ou  want  to.  Tell  me  how 
it  is  that  you  stay  here  in  this  little  valley  where  there  is 
no  world  at  all,  when  you  could  fill  a  ])lace  anywhere  in 
the  great  world  outside  ?  " 

' '  I  did  have  an  offer  to  keep  books  for  a  hotel  in  this 
outside  world  you  speak  of,  where  I  could  have  handed 
the  ladies  in  and  out  and  have  given  the  bills  to  the 
guests.  Would  you  consider  that  better  ?  And  in  the 
course  of  time  they  would  have  probably  called  me  the 
prince  of  hotel  clerks,  if  I  did  my  duty  and  played  my 
cards  well." 

"  I'm  afraid  you're  dreadfully  Am(Jrican." 

"I  am.  I'll  be  my  own  master,  and  flunkey  to  no 
man.  You  have  been  curious  about  me,  and  have  de- 
sired to  hear  my  history.  I  have  never  told  it  before.  I 
am  a  man  who  has  been  dead  for  twelve  years.  What 
do  you  think  of  that  for  a  beginning  ?  " 

"  It  is  a  very  sad  one." 

"  My  father  and  I  parted  in  anger  ;  he  was  stubborn, 
and  .so  was  I.  Neither  would  yield  ;  and  I  came  to  Cali- 
fornia. I  kept  up  a  correspondence  with  m}-  mother  and 
sisters,  and  everything  I  turned  my  hand  to  prospered, in 
spite  of  my  father's  sneer  that  I  would  come  to  no  good 
end.  Twelve  years  ago,  satisfied  with  a  moderate  for- 
tune, I  turned  all  my  property,  amounting  to  about 
twenty  thousand,  into  gold  and  checks.  This  I  re.solved 
to  carry  with  me,  not  trusting  to  banks  or  men  ;  and, 
writing  to  my  mother  of  my  intended  departure  during 
that  week  for  the  old  home  in  Massachusetts,  I  started 
on  my  journey.  That  was  the  last  letter  she  ever  re- 
ceived from  me." 

"Oh,  what  could  have  prevented  you  from  going  to 
her  after  that  ?  " 

"  I  was  comparatively  young — only  twenty-four — and 
the  night  I  started  on  my  way  from  the  mines,  I  fell  into 
the  hands  of  gamblers,  was  drugged  and  robbed — actually 
robbed.  From  a  stupor  I  awoke  to  find  myself  iu  a  stage 
going  through  a  part  of  the  country  unknown  to  me. 
My  evil  star  was  in  the  ascendant,  and,  not  content  with 
my  already  forlorn  condition,  demanded  further  glutting 
of  its  ire.  The  stage  through  some  fault  of  the  driver 
was  overturned,  and  I  was  drawn  out  a  miserable  wreck 
my  leg  broken  and  my  body  bruised.  For  months  I  lay 
in  a  wretched  cabin,  under  the  care  of  a  miner  who  gave 
what  little  time  he  could  to  bringing  me  back  to  health. 
I    never   thanked   him    for  it  ;  on  the  contrarv  I   often 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


begged  him  to  go  awaj-  and  leave  me  to  die  alone.  But 
with  that  persistence  which  people  have  in  forcing  life 
on  human  beings  whether  they  desire  it  or  not.  he  con- 
tinued to  feed  me  when  I  wouldn't  feed  myself.  In  those 
dreary  hours  I  learned  man}-  lessons  I  had  never  learned 
before,  among  them  patience  and  humility — two  qualiiies 
I  had  never  dreamed  of.  I  saw  that  I  had  been  wrong 
in  the  quarrel  with  my  father,  but  not  at  first.  If  my 
downfall  had  been  caused  by  .something  heroic,  some- 
thing brave,  I  could  have  endured  it,  and  again  striven 
with  the  world  :  but  it  was  too  ignominous,  too  petty 
and  contemptible.  I  felt  ashamed  to  t;o  on  living,  I  who 
was  such  a  failure,  and  I  had  always  despised  the  prodi- 
gal son  too  much  to  think  of  imitating  him.  From  that 
time  I  have  been  simply  Joe.  Caring  notliing  for  the 
world,  I  have  lived  without  it  ;  and  being  without  am- 
bition, except  in  one  particular — to  gain  possession  of 
perfect  health,  if  I  must  live — I  have  been  content  with 
this  untamed  outdoor  life  with  the  roughest  of  compan- 
ions. The  man  who  is  without  ambition  is  already  dead. 
I  died  twelve  years  ago  ;  and  Joe  has  simply  taken  my 
body  and  gone  on  existing  in  it  up  to  the  present  hour." 

"  But  the  dead  man  could  not  altogether  lose  his  iden- 
tity, for  his  fellow-men  have  seen  something  noble 
enough  in  him  to  call  him  '  Gentleman  Joe.' 

"  As  if  a  man  without  a  name  could  be  a  gentleman  ! 
It  came  about  just  ss  inappropriately  as  the  most  of  such 
names  do.  After  my  long,  bitter  siege  I  could  scarcely 
meet  men  ;  how  much  less,  then,  could  I  meet  women  ? 
I  so  revered  them  as  belonging  to  another  world — one  to 
which  I  could  never  again  aspire  ;  the  world  to  which  be- 
longed my  mother  and  sisters — that  I  could  not  listen 
with  patience  to  those  who  made  the  name  of  woman  a 
means  of  slander  and  reproach,  no  matter  how  light  her 
conduct.  From  this  foolish  instinct  a  coarse-grained 
fellow  whom  I  one  day  rebuked  for  his  idle  boasting, 
called  me  in  derision,  '  Gentleman  Joe  ; '  and,  as  is  usual 
with  such  titles,  once  won,  they  cling  forever.  vSo  there 
is  no  particular  credit  in  that.  " 

"And  your  speech — to  whom  does  that  behjug?  to 
the  man  who  died  twelve  years  ago,  or  to  this  jiaradox- 
ical  Gentleman  Joe?" 

"  In  order  to  forget  tliat  I  liad  ever  existed  before,  I 
almost  anxiously  adopted  the  rough  manners  and  speech 
of  those  about  me.  It  seemed  a  satisfaction  to  assassinate 
the  King's  Hnglish,  to  indulge  in  a  Pike's  Peak  \-ernacu- 
lar,  to  be  as  rough  and  rude  as  those  al)0ut  me.  But  one 
instinct  would  never  leave  me,  and  to  meet  a  woman 
made  me  instantly  fall  back  into  the  speech  I  had  learned 
before  that  other  man  died." 

"  I  am  glad  of  that,  for  I  don't  like  swearing." 

"That  was  the  reason  I  avoided  you  so  at  first,  not 
knowing  but  that  I  had  perhaps  forgotten  my  old  tongue. 
1  knew  of  your  dislike  for  rough  language  before  1  came 
into  the  valley." 

"How?" 

"  You  rebuked  two  hay  teamsters  in  the  valley,  don't 
you  remember  ?  Such  news  spreads  very  fast  in  this  pari 
of  the  country." 

They    rode    on    for    awhile    in   silence,     The    moon 


poured  down  almost  a  solid  shower  of  silver  round  about 
them  in  that  pure  atmosphere  of  the  high  Sierras,  and  the 
pines  stood  out  against  the  horizon's  fantastic  edge  like  a 
softening  fringe  between  sky  and  earth.  But  the  fem- 
inine instinct  did  not  leave  the  girl,  and  presently  she 
said  gently  : 

"  You  have  not  told  me  j-our  real  name  yet,  and  the 
story  would  be  incomplete  without  it,  you  know." 

"Adams,"  said  he  abruptly,  and  relapsed  into  silence. 

They  saw  the  moon  grow  dim  in  the  west,  and  the 
rosy-tinted  fingers  of  morning  lift  the  curtain  of  day 
before  they  reached  the  railroad  station.  There  was  time 
for  a  few  minutes'  rest  before  the  train  would  come.  Joe, 
putting  her  ticket  in  her  hand,  said  gently  : 

"  I  hope  you  maj'  find  him  much  better." 

The  girl  looked  up  in  his  face,  and  in  the  cold  of  the 
niorning  felt  .so  desolate  and  sad  that  parting  with  the 
good,  kind  friend  who  had  helped  her  reach  her  father  a 
day  sooner  quite  overcame  her.  Her  lip  trembled,  her 
eyes  filled  with  tears,  and  with  the  confidence  of  an  inno- 
cent creature  who  has  learned  to  lean  upon  the  heart 
which  had  always  been  kind  and  gentle,  she  laid  her 
head  on  his  arm  and  wept. 

"  You  have  been  so  good  to  me,  Joe,  and  I  haven't 
even  thanked  you — I  haven't  even  thanked  you.  There 
are  no  words " 

The  man  looked  down  upon  her  with  a  singular  sensa- 
tion gnawing  at  his  heart.  This  beautiful,  innocent 
creature  was  to  pass  out  of  his  life  forever — this  confid- 
ing creature  hiding  her  tears  on  his  great  rough  sleeve. 
What  an  agony  was  in  the  thought  !  But  he  did  not 
even  jaress  the  little  hand  that  lay  in  his  ;  he  only  looked 
upon  her  with  eyes  of  tenderness,  and  said:  "It  is 
nothing,  absolutely  nothing.  Don't  think  of  thanks  ; 
onh-  keep  your  courage  up  until  you  get  home.  I  wish 
I  could  help  you  to  bear  that  burden,  for  my  shoulders 
are  so  broad  and  yours  are  so  very  sliglit." 

"You  will  call  and  see  us,  Joe,  if  ever  you  come  to 
the  Bay?  Promise  me  that  you  will,"  said  she,  anx. 
iously. 

He  smiled  sadly. 

"  I  may  safely  promise  that  I  will  call  if  ever  I  come  to 
the  Bay  :  but  it  is  extremely  improbable  that  I  ever 
shall." 

"Oh,  you  do  not  mean  to  say  that  I  .shall  never  see 
vou  again,  Joe — do  you  ?  I  can't  bear  to  think  of  it.  It 
seems  as  if  you  were  the  dearest  friend  I  ever  had." 

The  man's  heart  beat  in  heavy  beats,  his  hand  trem- 
V)led  a  little,  but  the  gentleman  was  stronger  in  him  than 
the  man  ;  and  he  only  said,  "  Perhaps  some  day  we  may 
meet  again.     I  hope  so." 

In  another  moment  the  train  was  off,  steaming  up  the 
narrow  canon  on  its  way  across  the  Sierras,  down  into 
the  Sacramento  valley. 

\', 

Three  months  after  Arizona  sat  at  the  breakfast  table 
clad  in  deepest  mourning,  her  head  buried  in  her  arm, 
and  weeping  bitterly.  Her  stepmother  had  just  left  the 
room,  after  relieving  her  mind  of  much  practical   advice. 


THE    GOLDEN     ERA. 


Arizona  could  scarcely  remember  what  it  was  all  about, 
but  it  was  something  dreadful — something  which  added 
five  years  to  her  life.  A  letter  had  come  from  Aunt  vSusan 
telling  that  Joe — her  Gentleman  Joe — had  nearly  killed, 
a  vaquero  who  had  spoken  disrespectfully  of  her.  Felicia 
had  said  that  she  had  disgraced  the  family  as  well  as  hec- 
self  ;  that  after  such  an  escapade  as  she  had  indulged  in 
— riding  all  night  with  that  man — no  one  would  be  will- 
ing to  marry  her,  perhaps  not  even  Hank  ;  that  she 
ought  to  feel  grateful  if  Hank  would  condescend  to  over- 
look it.  As  if  this  were  not  enough,  she  had  added  that 
she  must  marry  ;  that  as  all  her  father's  property  was  in 
Felicia's  name,  she  was  dependent  on  her  bounty  ;  that 
the  property  was  so  incumbered  that  there  was  not  more 
than  enough  to  support  one  of  them  decently,  and  that  a 
marriage  with  Hank  was  her  only  hope. 

With  the  perversity  common  to  women,  she  hated 
Hank  worse  than  ever,  instead  of  being  grateful  to  him 
for  his  magnanimity.  She  didn't  want  any  one  to  marry 
her.  But  how  would  she  support  herself?  Felicia's 
strong  will  had  taken  her  home  from  her.  What  was  she 
to  do  to  escape  from  this  hateful  place  which  was  no 
longer  home  ?  Aunt  Susan  was  kinder  to  her  than 
Felicia  ;  but — there  was  Hank.  Like  all  desperate  wo- 
men, she  conceived  many  wild  schemes  which  she  knew 
to  be  utterly  impracticable.  "  Oh,  if  I  were  a  boy,"  she 
sobbed,  "I'd  go  up  to  the  winter  valley  and  help  Joe 
tend  the  cattle. "  And  then  she  wept  still  more  bitterly 
as  she  realized  what  an  impossibility  it  was  to  convert 
herself  into  a  boy. 

Lifting  her  head  from  the  newspaper  upon  which  she 
had  been  weeping  unconsciously,  she  gave  a  hysterical 
laugh  at  the  little  lake  of  tears  upon  it,  then  looked  in- 
tently at  the  printed  words  just  underneath.  It  was  an 
advertisement  in  the  personal  column. 

Wanted — Information  regarding  the  death  of  Joseph  Adams, 
who  went  to  California  in  1867,  and  was  last  heard  from  in 
Placer  county  in  1870.  Any  information,  authentic  or  of  hear- 
say, thankfully  I'eceived.  Address  Mrs.  J.  L.  Adams,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Her  griefs  were  all  forgotten.  She  fell  into  a  brown 
study.  "  He  cannot  bridge  over  those  twelve  long  years 
himself.     It  is  impossible  ;  but  I  can  do  it  for  him. " 

In  a  couple  of  weeks,  Aunt  Susan  and  Hank  came  to 
spend  the  winter  with  Felicia,  and  everything  was  taken 
for  granted  in  regard  to  Arizona.  But  the  girl  showed 
signs  of  a  mental  struggle,  being  hemmed  in  upon  every 
side,  and  vainl}'  seeking  for  escape.  One  day,  after 
about  three  or  four  weeks'  constant  attention.  Hank 
brought  the  matter  to  a  point-blank  issue  : 

"  I  know  I'm  not  fancy,  like  yer  citified  fellers,  but 
I'd  give  ye  every  dollar  I  had  in  the  world,  Arizona,  and 
work  and  slave  for  ye." 

"  O,  I  know,"  said  the  girl  with  a  sigh;  "  j-ou're  a 
real  good  fellow,  Hank.  It  isn't  that,  it  isn't  that  !  I 
don't  like  these  silly  fops  a  bit  better  than  you  do.  I 
can  imagine  a  man,  a  noble,  handsome  gentleman,  honest 
and  straightforward — that's  the  sort  of  man  for  mj^  ideal." 

' '  I  hope  I'm  honest  and  straightforvv'ard — "  began  Hank. 

"  Oh,  yes,  you  are  honest  enough,  I  suppose  ;  but,  to 
tell  the  truth,  Hank,  you  are  not  the  sort  of  complexiou 


I  like — "  and  she  burst  out  laughing  as  she  looked  at  him 
with  his  faded  eyes,  pale  hair  and  mustache,  and  swarthy 
parched  skin,  while  he  turned  and  sullenly  walked  out 
of  the  room. 

It  was  only  a  hysterical  laugh  on  Arizona's  part.  She 
was  curiously  trjdng  to  analyze  why  she  disliked  Hank 
so  intensely.  When  she  said  ' '  a  noble,  handsome  gen- 
tleman," she  knew  at  once  why  the  idea  of  marrying  him 
was  so  repugnant  to  her.  She  saw  a  vision  of  her  ideal 
before  her  ;  and  in  the  midst  of  all  a  sob  filled  her  throat, 
and  then,  most  inappropriately,  she  laughed.  In  a  mo- 
ment more,  however,  she  was  sobbing  in  real  earnest.  ' '  I 
wonder  how  long  I  can  hold  out  ?  she  questioned  herself; 
"  there  seems  to  be  no  escape."  Then  drying  her  tears 
quickly,  she  said,  "  At  any  rate  there  is  plenty  of  water 
in  the  bay,  and  I  can  drown  my.self  if  necessary.  "  And 
she  held  her  head  up  in  defiance  once  more. 

At  this  moment,  the  Chinese  boy  brought  in  a  card 
and  laid  it  beside  her.  "  Joseph  Adams  !  "  she  exclaimed, 
the  roseate  color  flooding  her  face,  and  a  heavenly  spar- 
kle coming  into  her  black  eyes. 

Without  waiting  to  smooth  a  curl  or  straighten  a  fold, 
she  ran  through  the  hall  and  into  the  parlor,  like  the  im- 
pulsive creature  she  was. 

"Joe  !  "  .she  e.Kclaimed,  then  stood  abashed  and  shrink- 
ing before  the  elegant  gentleman  who  rose  to  meet  her — 
a  gentleman  in  irreproachable  black,  with  well-cropped 
head,  of  military  cut,  the  silvered  temples  more  notice- 
able than  before,  with  handsome  drooping  mustache  of 
brightest  brown,  with  ruddy  cheeks  and  fine  broad  shoul- 
ders ;  but  the  handsome  brown  eyes  were  the  same, 
kindly  and  responsive. 

"  Mr.  Adams,"  she  faltered. 

He  took  her  two  hands  in  his  ;  he  looked  full  into  her 
eyes,  dwelling  on  the  timid  look  which  was  turned  to 
him  ;  he  let  his  eyes  rove  over  the  girlish  form  in  its 
sombre  garments,  up  to  the  soft  little  white  roll  around 
her  snowy  throat,  then  back  to  the  black  eyes  once  more. 
There  was  nothing  more  to  be  said. 

vStirred  to  deepest  emotion,  once  more  she  remembered 
that  cold,  desolate  morning  on  the  platform,  when  she 
had  bidden  him  good-bj^e  on  her  waj-  to  her  father's 
dying  bed.  With  a  sob,  from  the  vividness  with  which 
the  picture  was  presented,  she  hid  her  face  once  more  on 
his  sleeve,  and  cried  softly  to  herself ;  but  the  arm  was 
folded  around  her  this  time,  and  the  little  hand  was  ten- 
derly clasped. 

And  then  she  forgot  herself  and  asked  of  his  mother. 
Sitting  down,  he  told  of  the  change  that  had  come  over 
his  life.  As  he  would  not  return  to  the  old  home,  being 
completely  unfitted  for  such  an  existence,  his  mother  was 
coming  to  him.  « 

"  Imagine  such  happiness  as  this  falling  to  my  share," 
he  said  earnestly.  "In  a  few  days  I  am  to  go  to  meet 
her ;  but  I  could  not  receive  her  till  I  had  come  to  you — 
to  you,  Arizona.  Little  did  I  imagine  the  day  the  team- 
ster told  me  there  was  a  strange  young  lady  on  the  other 
side  of  the  mountain  that  she  was  going  to  alter  the  whole 
course  of  my  life  ;  that  she " 


lO 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


' '  I'm  so  glad  that  yon  were  not  angry  at  my  taking 
on  myself  the  bridging  of  the  chasm  between  j-ou  and 
your  old  world.  I'm  so  daring  that  I  venture  often  where 
I  ought  not — and  I'm  so  glad  this  was  not  one  of  the 
times." 

"  And  I  am  so  daring,"  said  he,  "ri.sing,  "that  I  have 
ventured  here  to  your  very  home  to  tell  you  the  words 
trembling  on  my  lips — that  you  are  my  world  ;  though  I 
have  left  a  life  behind  me  and  am  about  to  enter  upon  a 
new  one,  it  will  be  naught  to  me  without  you,  for  you 
are  my  world,  Arizona." 

The  gleam  in  his  handsome,  dark  eyes  told  even  more. 
Willingly  .she  extended  her  two  hands,  and  said  with 
.something  of  her  old  audacious  spirit  : 

■ '  Then  Joe — Gentleman  Joe — your  world  stands  ready 
and  waiting." 


YOUTH'S     DEPARTMENT. 


A  GAME  OF  "KEEPS." 

(C'ontinaeil  from  last  month.) 

u  T\  TASTER  GIRARD,"said  the  teacher,  "you  have 

iVi  broken  a  rule  of  the  school,  and  you  have  be- 
sides been  viciously  disobedient  and  quarrelsome.  You 
attacked  j'our  playfellow  without  any  provocation  and 
wounded  his  face  quite  severely;  have  you  anything  to 
say  in  defen.se  of  your  actions?" 

"No,  ma'am,"  answered  Martin,  without  rai-sing  his 
ej'es  ;  his  face  was  a  flame  of  scarlet. 

"You  have  had  a  hundred  in  deportment  each  mouth 
since  you  have  been  in  the  school,  and  to-day  have  sud- 
denly shown  a  disposition  which  I  am  both  puzzled  and 
pained  to  see.  Have  yoti  not  anything  at  all  to  say  in 
extenuation  of  your  conduct  ?" 

"No,  ma'am." 

"  'Exteneration  o'  conduct;'  aint  that  a  whoppin'  word 
though?"  whispered  Henry  Boles  to  his  neighbor.  He 
made  such  a  funny  lisp  with  his  swollen  lip  that  his 
neighbor  laughed. 

The  teacher  looked  quickly  around,  but  all  the  faces 
were  straight — Henry  Boles'  the  most  solemnly  innocent 
looking  of  all  of  them.  Henry's  father  was  the  most 
influential  trustee  of  the  district.  Master  Girard  lived 
with  his  uncle,  and  did  "chores"  for  his  board  and  lodg- 
ing. The  chores  consisted  of  getting  up  at  daylight, 
milking  two  cows,  straining  the  milk,  feeding,  watering 
and  currying  a  span  of  horses,  cleaning  out  the  stable, 
feeding  the  chickens,  carrying  into  the  house  wood  and 
watei  for  the  day,  and  carrying  feed  and  water  to  a  pen 
full  of  pigs,  before  going  to  school ;  all  of  which  he  re- 
peated in  the  evening  after  school,  with  the  e.Kception 
tha't  instead  of  cleaning  out  the  stable  he  washed  and 
wiped  the  supper  dishes,  and  set  the  table  ready  for 
breakfast.  Be.sides  which  on  vSaturdays  he  did  the  churn- 
ing in  the  morning,  washed  off  the  porch  and  the  win- 
dows, and  swept  the  yard  in  the  morning,  and  worked 
with  his  uncle  in  the  field  in  the  afternoon.  His  uncle 
was  a  really  kind-hearted  man,  but  he  had  been  l)rought 


up  in  that  way  himself  away  back  upon  an  Eastern  farm, 
and  he  did  not  think  it  well  for  a  boy  to  have  too  much 
idle  time.  The  uncle's  wife  was'  also  a  strict  disciplina- 
rian, except  with  her  three  little  sons,  all  of  whom  were 
too  young  to  go  to  school.  She  also  was  of  the  opinion — 
with  the  exception  of  her  three  little  son.s — that  to  spare 
the  rod  was  to  spoil  the  child. 

It  was  therefore  "Mart"  here  and  "Mart"  there,  and 
scant  time,  indeed,  left  for  the  studying  of  "Mart's" 
lessons. 

Martin's  father  and  mother  lived  in  a  mining  town, 
which  was  not  a  good  place  wherein  to  rear  a  boy;  his 
father  had  a  mine  which  for  several  years  had  been  daily 
upon  the  point  of  yielding  up  a  fortune  to  him,  but  had 
as  }'et  turned  out  barely  enough  to  pay  his  grocer's  bill. 
That  was  the  reason  why  Martin  did  chores  for  his  uncle 
and  attended  a  country  school  so  far  from  home. 

"  Martin,''  said  the  teacher,  after  hesitating  a  few 
moments  in  which  she  had  been  too  much  surprised  to 
collect  her  thoughts,  "  Martin,"  said  she,  ".sorely  against 
my  will  I  must  puni.sh  you ;  but  I  must  allow  your  past 
excellent  behavior  to  condone  a  part  of  your  pre.sent 
misconduct.  Go  and  stand  in  yonder  corner  with  your 
face  to  the  wall,  and  study  your  lesson,  and  then  remain 
in  your  seat  during  the  afternoon  recess." 

Patty  Paine's  seat  was  directly  between  Martin  and 
the  corner  indicated  by  the  teacher  ;  he  thought  he  would 
rather  die  than  to  pass  her  and  have  her  look  at  him  in 
his  humiliation  ;  he  sat  perfectly  still  a  moment — there 
was  hardly  a  breath  drawn  that  moment  in  the  room — 
these  was  a  mighty  struggle  in  his  heart  ;  then  he  arose 
without  a  word,  or  a  glance  to  the  right  or  left,  and 
obeyed. 

During  the  recess  time,  Patty  Paine  sat  under  the  win- 
dow, and  did  not  play  with  the  other  girls  ;  but  Martin 
did  not  know  it. 

When  school  was  dismissed  and  the  scholars  were 
starting  home,  Henry,  in  sight  and  hearing  of  Martin, 
took  the  marble  from  his  pocket,  and  showed  it  to  Patty 
Paine. 

"  vSee,  Patty,  what  I  won  from  Mart,  this  morning; 
ain't  it  a  beauty  ?" 

Patty  looked  at  it,  gave  a  little  start  of  surprise,  and 
blushed  a  rosy  crimson,  all  of  which  Martin  saw — then 
said,  with  a  shrug  of  her  pretty  shoulders  : 

"  Huh  !  I've  .seen  a  heap  purtier  marbles  'n  that." 

"  Ef  the  purtiest  girl  in  .school  'd  give  me  a  taw,  I 
wouldn't  play  it  off  a-  keeps." 

Martin  heard,  and  shut  his  teeth  hard  together.  Patty 
Paine  turned  away  and  joined  .some  other  girls,  who  were 
going  her  way  home.  She  did  not  so  nuich  as  give  him 
a  look.  He  watched  the  shimmer  of  the  sunshine  play- 
ing in  her  yellow  fluffy  curls  as  she  walked  away — and 
heard  the  quick  short  steps  of  her  feet — he  thought  she 
must  be  very  angry  ;  and  his  heart  swelled  large  in  his 
breast. 

Henry  lingered  waiting  for  Martin  to  start  home  first 
— their  roads  went  the  same  way.  Henry's  house  was  a 
mile  from  the  .school,  and  the  hou.se  where  Martin  lived 
a  mile  bcx'ond  Heiirv's. 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


II 


Martin  lingered  also,  a  few  moments — then  picked  np 
his  dinner  bucket — which  was  a  suinll  empty  lard  bucket 
— and  started  slowly  homeward.  When  he  was  well  out 
of  sight,  Henry  too,  started  .slowly  homeward.  He 
wished  very  much  that  some  other  boy  or  girl  lived  out 
their  way.  He  wished  that  the  teacher  boarded  with  his 
father's  folks  ;  and  he  wondered  what  "  Mart,  was  do- 
ing, anyhow  ?"  He  wished  he  knew  whether  he  had 
gone  straight  on  home  or  not,  and  how  far  he  had  got. 

He  looked  over  toward  the  mountain  rim,  where  the 
sun  was  hanging  low,  and  hurried  his  steps  a  little  ;  there 
was  a  place  half  way  between  school  and  his  home  where 
the  manzanita  grew  so  thick  and  so  tall  on  either  side  of 
the  school  trail  that  a  wild  cat  could  hardly  creep  through 
it  ;  there  was  a  clump  of  pine  frees  there,  too,  the  trail 
went  right  around  one  of  them.  When  the  pine  needles 
began  to  crackle  under  the  .soles  of  his  shoes,  he  stepped 
more  carefully  and  more  slowly  ;  he  did  not  want  to 
make  much  noise.  When  he  got  to  the  large  pine  tree 
around  which  curved  the  trail,  he  stopped  and  pretended 
to  be  picking  the  gum  that  had  trickled  down  into  a 
notch  that  had  been  chopped  in  that  side  of  the  tree. 
He  thought  he  heard  something  drawing  its  breath.  He 
held  his  own  breath  and  listened.  He  was  sure  he  heard 
something  drawing  its  breath.  He  bagan  picking  gum 
very  industriou.sly.  He  took  out  his  pocket  knife  and 
opened  it,  and  began  to  pry  out  little  drops  of  gum  that 
had  run  down  and  hardened  in  the  big  cracks  in  the  bark. 

(TO  BE  CONTINUED.) 

STATE  TEACHERS'  ASSOCIATION. 

The  following  programme  has  been  arranged  for  the 
State  Teachers'  Association  at  Riverside.  It  is  reported 
that  the  teachers  of  Riverside  and  the  citizens  of  that 
place  intend  to  give  visiting  teachers  a  royal  welcome 
and  eclipse  the  banquet  at  Hotel  Del  Coronado  of  one 
year  ago : 

PROGRAM. 

General  Sessions,  Lokixg  Oper.\  House, 
Monday,  December  28,  1891. 


l;30iJ.  m. — Calling  the  Association  to  order  and  appointment  of  Coni- 
niitees;  President  W.  W.  Seaman,  Los  Angeles. 
Miscellaneous  busine.ss. 
Address  of  the  President. 

Address;  J.  W.  Anderson,  State  Superinteiidoiit. 
"The  Object  of  the  Public  School." 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Puruell,  Saci-ameuto. 
Address ;    Prof.  Bernard  Moses,  State  University. 


EVENING  SESSION. 
Reception  tendered  to  the  Association  by  the  Teachers  and  Citizens 
of  Riverside. 


TUESDAY,    DECEMBER  29. 

1-30  p.  m.  —Address;  "Educational  Progress  in  California." 

Prof.   Martin  Kellogg,  Acting  President  University  of  California. 
"Toil  and  Toilers." 

Miss  Emily  A.  Rice,  State  Normal  School,  Chico. 
"What  can  the  University  do  for  the  Teacher  .' " 

Prof.  Earl  Barnes,  Leland  Stanford,  Jr.  University. 
Election  of  Officers  for  1892. 
Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 
Miscellaneous  Business. 


EVENING  SESSION. 
7;30  p.  ni. — Lecture;    "Agassiz  as  a  Teacher." 

Dr.  David  S.  Jordan,  President  Leland  Stanford,  Jr  Uni- 
versity. 

WEDNESDAY,   DECEMBER  30. 
1:30  p.  m. — The  Last  Educational  Factor  in  California." 

Walter   Lindley,   M.  D.,  Superintendent    of   the    Whittier  State 

School. 
"The  Evolution  of  the  College  Curriculum."  Dr.  David  S.  Jordan. 
Addre.ss,  "Ruts."  Prof.  W.  W.  Thoburn,  Mayfield. 
"The  Teachers'  Pension  Association." 

Mrs.  Mary  Prog,  San  Francisco. 

EVENING  SESSION. 
7:30  p.  m. — Lecture. 

THIRSDAY,    DECENBER  31. 

I:;i0  p.   m.  —"The   Teacher  and   the   Taught."    Dr.  A.  AV.   Plummer, 

Santa  Aiui. 

"Scientific  Tompereuce  Instruction." 

Dr.  Eli  F.  Brown,  East  Riverside. 
Reports  of  Committees. 

Miscellaneous  Business. 

Adjournment. 


Department  of  Supervision,  H.  L.  Baldwin,  Chaik- 
m.vn.     Loring  Opera  house. 

TuESDAV— Examination  and  Promotio.v. 
Discussion. 
9:1.5  a.  m. — A.  E.  Frye,  Superintendent  of  School,  San  Bernadino' 

George  A.  Kneppert,  Superintendent  of  Schools,  Santa  Barbara. 
C.  T.  Meredith,  Principal  High  School,  Santa  Paula. 
AVednesday — Cn  y  and  Cou.vty  Supervision. 
Discussion — City  Supervision 
9:1.5  a.  m, — W.  M.  Friesner,  Superintendent  Schools,  Los  Angeles 
T.  L.  Heaton,  Principal  High  School,  Fresno. 
Discussion — County  Supervision. 
10:45a.  m.— J.  W.  Linscott,  Superintendent  Schools  Santa  Cruz  County. 
^-  -~z  P.  M.  Fisher,  Editor  Pacific  Jonnud  of  Educalion. 
Thurtday— High  School  Work. 
Discussion. 
9:15  a.  m, — Mathematics,  Irving  Stringham,  University  of  California. 
10:15  a.  m.  —Science,  Leroy  D.  Brown,  Principal  High  School,   Santa 

Monica. 
11:1.5  a.  m.— History,  R.  F.  Pennel,  Principal  High  School,  Marysville. 


Department  ot    Instruction,    G.   W.   A.    Lawlev, 
Ch.\irman.  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Hall. 

Tuesday— Science. 
9: 15  a.  m.— Entomolog}',  M.  S.  Seymour,  State  Normal  School,  Chico. 
10:15  p.  m.— Botany  and  Zooliigy,  Miss  Sarah  P.  Monks,  State  Normal 

School,  Los  Angeles. 
11:15  a.  m.— Phyics,  Fredrick  Slate,  Unsvei-sity  of  CaUfornia. 

Wednesd.\y— English.  * 

9:15  a.  m. — Primary  Grade  Language  Work,  Miss  Emma  L.   Angier, 

Los  Angeles. 
10:15  a.  m.— Granmier  Gi-ade  English,   Supt.   Harr  Wagnar,  San  Diego 
1:15  a.  m.— High  School   Engli.sh,   Miss  Henrietta   Bancroft,   Rivei-side. 

Thursday- Primary  and  Kindergarten. 
9:15  a.  m.— Numbers,    Mrs.  Elizabeth  P.  Wilson,  State  Normal  School. 

San  Jose. 
10:30  a.  m.— Kindergarten,  Mi-s.  N.  D.  Mayhew,  Los  Angeles,  and  Mrs. 
Helen  Joslin  Le  Beuf,  Riverside. 
The  Executive  Connnittee  and  the  Committee  on  Local  Arrange- 
meuts  most  cordially  invite  you,  and  your  friends  interested  in  education- 
al work  to  be  present  at  this  meeting  of  the  Association. 

The  Southern  ParilVc  Company,  including  the  Coast  Division,  and 
the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company,  will  charge  one-third,  and  (ioodall, 
Perkins  &  Co.,  one-half  the  usual  rates  for  return  tickets. 

The  Southein  California  Railway  (Santa  Fe  Routel  runs  three 
through  trains  each  way  between  Los  Angeles  and  Riverside,  and  two 
between  San  Diego  and  Riverside.  Through  trains  Los  Angeles  to 
Riverside  are  run  via  Pasadena  and  San  Barnardino;  also  via  Orange. 
Tickets  for  the  State  Teacher.s'  A,ssociation  are  good  going  and  return- 
ing via  either  route.  Teachers  coming  by  steamer  from  the  north  make 
direct  comiections  at  Redondo  with  trains  over  this  route  for  Riverside 
without  changing  cars. 


12 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


Goods  delivered  promptly  to  any  part  of  the  City  free  of  charge.    Telephone  orders  Solicited. 


COU^TEY  OEDEES  SOLICITED. 

^SATISFACTORY  PRICES. 

Telephone  201.  -  P.  O.  Box  985. 


KNOX  &  VAN  HAREN 

PEESCEiniOi^  ^  DEUGCIISTS. 


PUBLISHERS'    DEriRTMENT. 


The  Golden' Era  Company,  Publishers,  San 
Piego,  Cal. 

T.  1".  McCajiant,  Business  Manager. 

C.  S    Si'RECHER,   Associate    Kditor,   Los   An- 
geles, Cal. 

Palmer  &  Rey,  .Sole  Agents,  2.'!0  to  23.5  Temple 
Court,  New  York  City. 


Messrs.  Palmer  &  Rey  have  the  sole 
agency  for  The  Golden  Era  in  the  East, 
and  will  promptly  make  estimates  on  ad- 
vertising upon  applioation. 


Our  agency  in  Los  Angeles  is  presided 
over  by  Mr.  C.  S.  Sprecher,  who  will  look 
after  all  business  pertaining  to  the  maga- 
zine in  that  locality. 

We  feel  confident  the  change  in  the  form 
of  The  Golden  Era  will,  be  duly  appreci- 
ated by  our  advertising  patrons. 


REDUCTION    IN    PRICp:. 

With  the  change  in  the  form  of  The 
Golden  Era  the  price  has  been  reduced 
from  .|3.0()  a  year  to  |2.00,  and  our  terms 
will  be  strictly  cash  in  advance.  Sub- 
scribers who  have  paid  in  advance  will 
have  their  time  extended  in  proportion  to 
the  amount  paid.  Those  in  arreai-s  for  six 
months  or  more,  by  paying  up  all  arrear- 
ages and  a  year  in  advance  will  be  entitled 
to  a  liberal  reduction. 


Nothing  gives  a  more  comfortable  ap- 
pearance to  a  dwelling,  either  inside  or  out, 
than  nice  curtains;  and  when  properly 
made  and  hung  form  a  luxury  with  which 
no  lover  of  home  comforts  would  bo  will- 
ing to  dispense.  Stults,  824  Fifth  street, 
deals  exclusively  in  curtains,  curtain  fix- 
tures and  rugs,  and  takes  great  piide  in 
pleasing  liis  customers  and  in  making  their 
homes  look  neat. 


Tliore  is  nothing  that  will  do  so  much 
toward  dis])elling  rlieumatic  pains,  languid 
and  tired  feelings,  ,is  a  good  hot  salt  water 
bath.  It  not  only  cleanses  the  skin,  but 
the  entire  system,  and  will  make  old  per- 
sons feel  like  they  had  a  new  lease  of  life. 
One  of  the  most  convenient  places  in  the 
city  for  bathing  is  at  the  Silver  Gate  Bath 
House,  on  tne  steamsliip  wliarf  at  tlio  foot 
of  Fiftli  street.     Talje  tiie  Fiflli  street  car. 


Competition  for  cheapness  rather  than 
for  excellence,  a  desire  of  selling  much  in 
a  little  time  witliout  a  due  regard  to  the 
taste  and  ([uality  of  the  productions,  is  a 
most  frequent  and  certain  cause  of  rapid 
decay,  both  to  the  fine  arts  and  to  manu- 
facturers; but  that  if  purcliasers  should  at 
any  time  under  the  fallacious  ajjpearance 
of  saving  prefer  mediocrity,  it  would  then 
be  impossible  for  artists  and  mannfacturers 
to  pay  the  necessary  attention  to  excel 
lence.  Messrs.  Boyd  &  Stahel,  of  the 
Palace  Crockery  Store,  keep  this  important 
fact  in  view  and  buy  and  sell  their  wares 
to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  public; 
they  represent  their  wares  to  be  just  what 
they  are.  You  will  see  fine  art  in  this 
store  Nos.  1019  and  1031  Fifth  street,  San 
Diego,  Cal. 

SERIOUS  DANGER 
Threatens  every  man,  woman  or  child  liv- 
ing in  a  region  of  country  where  fever  and 
ague  is  prevalent,  since  the  germs  of  ma- 
larial disease  are  inhaled  from  the  air  and 
are  swallowed  from  the  water  of  such  a 
region.  Medicinal  safeguard  is  absolutely 
necessary'  to  nullify  this  danger.  As  a 
means  of  fortifying  and  acclimating  the 
system  so  as  to  be  able  to  resist  the  malarial 
poison,  Hostetter's  Stomach  Bitters  is  in- 
comparably the  best  and  the  most  popular. 
Irregularities  of  the  stoni.ach,  liver  and 
bowels  encourage  malaria;  but  these  are 
sj^eedily  rectified  by  the  bitters.  The  func- 
tions of  digestion  and  secretion  are  assisted 
by  its  use,  and  a  vigorous  as  well  as  regular 
condition  of  the  system  promoted  by  it. 
Constitution  and  physique  are  thus  de- 
fended against  the  inroads  of  malaria  by 
this  matchless  preventive,  which  is  also  a 
certain  and  thorough  remedy  in  the  worst 
cases  of  intermittent  and  remittent  fevers. 


EDUCATIONAL  *  DIRECTORY. 


LOS  ANGELES. 


Los  Angeles  University  for   Both 

sexes. 

On  Temple  Street  car  line. 

Collegiate,  Preparatory  and  Training   ."School  De- 
partments. 

Send  tor  Catalogue. 

CALVIN  ESTERLY, 

P.  O.  Box  2893, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal 


University  of  Southern    California 

College  of  Liberal  Arts. 
Address,  W.  S.  MATHEW,  D.  D.,  Vice-Preeident, 

Los  Angeles. 


how's  this  ? 

We  ofi'er  one  hundred  dollars  reward  for 
any  case  of  catarrh  that  cannot  be  cured 
by  taking  Hall's  Catarrh  Cure. 

F.  J.  Cheney  A  Co.,  Props.,  Toledo,  O. 

W^e,  the  undersigned,  have  known  F.  J. 
Cheney  for  the  last  fifteen  years,  and  be- 
lieve him  perfectly  honorable  in  all  busi- 
ness transactions,  and  financially  able  to 
carry  out  any  obligations  made  by  their 
firm.     West  &  Truax, 

WAlJDINCi,  KlNNAN  &  MaRVIN, 

Wholesale  Druggists,  Toledo,  O. 
Hall's  Catarrh  Cure  is  taUen  internally, 
acting  directly  upon  the  blood  and  mui-oiis 
surfaces  (;f  tlie  system.  Testimonials  sent 
free.  Price  7r)c.  per  bottle.  Sold  bj'  all 
druggists. 


St.  Vincent's  College. 

A   Boardidg  and  Day  .School  for  Boys  and  Young 

Men. 
Course.  Classical,  Scientific  and  Commercial. 
Spanish,  French  and  German  tauglit. 
Terras  for  Board,  Lodging,  Tuition,  etc.,  for  term 

of  five  months,  $140.00. 
Fall  term  begins  September  6, 18(11. 

A.J.  MEYERS,  C.  M.,  Pres., 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 


St,  Mary's  Academy. 

In  charge  of  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph. 
A  Day  School  tor  Y'oung  Ladies. 

Y'ork  street,  near  Grand  Avenue. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


School  of  Sisters  of  Charity. 

Boarding  and  Day  School. 

SISTER  JOSEPHINE,  SUPERIORESS. 
Corner  Alameda  and  Marcy  Streets, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Los  x\ngeles  Business  College. 

E.Yperienced  Teachers. 
Complete  Course  of  Study. 

E.  R.  SHRADER.I.  N.  INSKEEP,  F.  W.  KELSEY, 
Proprietors. 

144  .South  Main  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


WoodbuiT  Business  College. 

For    Catalogue    and    specimens    of    Penmanship- 
address, 

HOUtiH,  FELKER  &  WILSOE,  Proprietors. 

34.5  South  Spring  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 


Los   Angeles    School   of   Art   and 

Design. 
(Incorporated). 
L.  E.  (iARDEN-MACLEOD,  Principal. 

Corner  Spring  and  Third  Streets, 

I.os  Angeles,  Cal. 

S.  H.  St.  John,  Artist. 

Special  I'ortrait  Work  after  the  French  School. 
121  Bryson  Bincbrakc  Block. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


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A   full    and    complete  stock    of  everything- 
])crtainiiig  to  the  Jeweler's  trade. 

Diamonds    reset.     Jewelry    made    to  order. 
l''inc    watch   repairing   at    reasonable    prices. 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


13 


EDUCATIONAL  DIRECTORY  (Kontinued) 


Mrs.  M.  L.  Peck, 

studio. 

Teacher  of  Oil  Pastel,  China  and  ClAy  Modeling. 
244  South  Broadway, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Miss  Lottie  Beaumont. 

Instruction    in    Booth,     Barrett    and    Uoucieault 

Modern. 
School  of  Actintc. 

828  Oljve  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Ludlam    School    of    Oratory    and 

Arts 
An  Incorporated  School  giving  a  thorough  course 
in  Elocution  and  Physical  Culture,  Vocal 
and  Instrumental  Music,  Painting  and  Lit- 
erature, History  and  Rhetoric,  Ancient  and 
Modern  Languages. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Los  Angeles  Conservatory  of  Music 

Devoted  to  Music  in  all  its  Branches;  also  Art, 

Elocution  and  Languages. 
Sole  Agents  for  Virgil's  Clavier  and  Brotherhood 

Technicon  for  Southern  California. 
MRS.  EMILY  J.  VALENTINE,  President. 

506  South  Main  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Kensington  Art  Studio  and  Deco 

rative  Art  Rooms. 
Chenelle,  Arrascene,  Silk  Embroidery,  Indelible 

Etching,  etc. 
Orders  by  mail  promptly  attended  to. 
Lessons  given. 

MRS.  R.  P.  INGRAM, 

429  South  Spring  Street, 

Los  Angeles  Cal 


W.  Thurston  Black, 

Portrait  Painting.       "^ 

Studio,  Bakesto  Block,  cor.  H  and  Fifth  Sts. 

Sa8  Diego.  Cal- 


Guy  Bedford. 

Artist. 

Cravon  Portraits  a  Specialty. 

Lessons  given. 

Studio,  2481^  South  Spring  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal 


VV.  M.  Short. 

Crayon  Artist. 

Instructions  Given,  Drawings  Made,  Pictures  En 
larged  to  any  size,  etc. 

Studio,  Ramona  Hotel, 

Los  .\ngeles,  Cal. 


Mrs.  S.  M.  Swan. 

International  School  of  Music. 
A  three  years' course  in  thirty  lessons  guaranteed. 
Agents  for  Rice's  Phi'osophical  system  of  teaching. 
119  West  Twenty-fourth  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


School  for  Dancing, 

Private    Lessons  and   Select  Classes  in  Dancing 

Refinement  of  Manners. 
Under  the  personal  supervision  of  and  personally 

taught  by  MR.  HENRY  .1.  KRAMER. 
Teacher  of  Stately  Parlor  Dancing,  Figures  of  the 
Cotillion,  Carnival   Marches  Fancy  Charac- 
teristic Dances. 
Academy,  313  and  313)^  South  Main  Street. 

IjOs  Angeles,  Cal. 


Dancing  Academy  at  Illinois  Hall. 

School  Open  all  the  Year. 

PROF.  E.  W,  ,P.\YNE,  Instructor,  assisted  by 
Mrs.  Payne. 

Residence,  Room  4,  Illinois  Hall.  Sixth  and  Broad- 
way, Los  -\ngeles,  Cal. 


Musical  Studio. 

Instructions  given  in  all  dilTerent  branches  by 
thebesf  artists,  under  directions  of  H.  BERG. 
Corner  Main  and  Fifty-fourth  Streets, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


M.  S.  Arevalo. 

Guitar  Soloist, Teacher  of  Guitar,  Voice  Culture 

and  the  Spanish  Language. 
Studio,  Room  16,  Old  Wilson  Block, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

C.  S.  De  Lano. 

Professional  Teacherof  the  GUITAR  and  BANJO. 
Member  Faculty  Los  Angeles  College.  Director  of 

Ideal  (iuitar  and  Banjo  Club. 
Suidio,  0.34  Hill  Street,  Los  .\ngeles,  Cal. 


School  of  Physical  Culture. 

PHYSICAL  STRENGTH  GUARANTEED  to 
nervous  and  internally  weak  women  and 
children. 

MRS.  E.  A.  PINGREE. 
75  New  Wilson  Block,       Los  Angeles. 


R.  S.  Ewing's  Art  Studio. 

Portraits  in  Oil,  Water  Colors  and  Cravon. 
Jliniatures  on  Ivory. 

28  and  29,  Wilson  Block. 

Los  .Angeles,  Cal, 


The  New  Art  Gallery  and  Studio 

MR.  and  MRS.  W.M.  LEMONS,    Artists. 

Visilors  are  welcome  to  call  and  examine  the  work. 

Orders  taken  for  painting  on  any  material. 

A  fine  line  of    Hand-Painted  SOUVENIRS  for.Mr.  Carl  Vandal, 

sale  at  low  prices;  (Irange  on  orange  «-<>'>d,'-,,.a^.,,er  of  Violin,  Piano  and  Theory  of  Music. 


SAN  DIEGO. 


Carl  Meisel, 

Instructor  on  Violin. 
.MRS.  CARL  MEISEL, 

Voice  Culture,  .\ppiani  Method. 
GERTRU  U E  r  IITISTIE, 
Teacher  on  Piano. 

Music  Rooms,  Allyn  Block, 

Fifth  and  E  Streets,  Suite  17. 


Edward  H.  Coffey, 

Professor  of  .Spanish  and  French   Literature  in 
State  Literary  Institute  of  Chihaubua,  Mex. 
Teacher  of  Spanish  in  San  iJiego  High  School. 

Room  7,  Richelieu  Block. 


Waldo  F.  Chase. 

Teacher  of  Piano,  Organ  and  Theory. 

Room  2,  Bon  Ton  Building, 

San  !  >ie;:o,  Cal. 


Sprays  of  Pepper  Berries,  California  Wild 
Flowers,  etc. 
Self-Instructor  in  Painting  for  sale,  .50  cents. 
21.5  South  Broadway  Street. 


Ord 


■rs  left  at  Mct^ormick  &  Co's.  Music  House. 
951  Fifth  Street,  San  Diego,  Cal. 


Shorthand 

Mav  be  learned  at  home  from  the  AMERICAN 
MANUAL  OF  PHONOGRAPHY,  for  self- 
instruction,  by  Elias  Longley,  the  eldest 
living  reporter  in  the  U.   S.;  price  73  cents. 

Lessons  given  by  mail  at  a  small  cost. 

Write  for  terms,  etc.  LONGLEY  INSTITUTE, 

126  W.  First  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Vocal    Culture    and    Instrumental 

Los  Angeles.  Cal.  instruction  on  Piano,  Organ,  Guitar,  etc. 

W.  .VMENDE. 
Address  Birkel's  or  Lenz'  Music  Store. 


Mrs.  Beeman  &  Hendee. 

Instructions  in  Spanish-Drawn  Work,  Tinting  and 
all  kinds  of  Ait  Embroidery. 

214  West  Second  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Mrs.  Lucia  Powers  Woods, 

Select  School. 

S.  E.  cor.  Beech  and  Second  Streets, 

San  Diego,  Cal. 
Languages,  Nornnal  and  Class  Teaching. 


Miss  A.  Louise  Rumse3^ 

Shorthand  and  Typewriting. 
Literary,  Commercial  and  Legal  Work. 

Room  4,  Methodist  Church  Block. 
Cor.  D  and  Fourth  Sts.,  San  Diego 


Union  Academy, 

corner  Second  and  Broadway,  Rooms  18  and 
19  California  Bank  Building. 
A  Day  and  Night  School  for  young  Gentlemen  and 
Ladies.  Students  prepared  for  Stanford's 
and  other  universities  and  colleges. 
Private  Instructions  given  in  Mathematics  and 
Languages. 

C.  L.  GREEN,  A.  B.,  Prin. 

H.  L.  LUNT,  A.  M.,  Associate. 


Illustrated  Pocket  Guide. 

To  San  Diego  and  Bay  Regions. 
Five  Cents  per  ( 'opy. 

Guide  Publishing  Co  San  Diego,  r.^i. 


Marlborough  School, 

Select  Boarding  and  Day    School  for  Girls  and 

Young  Ladies-    Tuition  8-500  per  year. 
Number  of  pupils  limited  to  Twenty. 
Four  Vacations. 
West  Twenty-Third  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


The  Stockton  Business  College, 

Leads  all  schools  of  the  State  in  the  advantages 
offered  to  students,  cheapness  of  cxjwnse 
and  its  home  influence. 

Address,  W.  C.  R.\.NLEY. 

Pacific  Methodist  College, 

Santa  Rosa,  California. 
Thirty-first  year.    Good  discipline. 
Board,  washing,  tuition,  S300  for  forty  weeks. 
Begins  first  Monday  in  .\ugust. 
For  further  information,   or  catalogue,    address 
REV.  I).  C.  KELLEY.  D.  D.,  President, 
Or  H.  M.  Mcknight,  Agent, 

Santa  Rosa,  California. 


St.  Hilda's  Hall, 

Glendale,  Six  Miles  North  of  Los  Angeles. 

A  High  Grade  Boardintr  School  for  Girls. 

The  finest    school  building  in  California.    Loca  •   d        i     r> 

lion  unrivaled  for  health.  Beautiful  grounds  JotlCS     Book  Bazaar, 
Industrial,  Special  and  Collegiate  Courses.    Full  Buys,  Sells  and  Exchanges 

Faculty.  i  BOOKS  OF  .ALL  KINDS. 

Address,  REV.  J.  D.  E.ASTER,  D.  D.  Ph.  D.         The  Largest  Stock  Kept  in  Los  Angeles. 

Glendale,  California.  226  West  First  Street. 


Califoinia  College,  | 

Open  for  Both  Sexes  with  a  Full  Corps  of  Teachersjpowler  &  Colwell, 


Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


The  Fall  Term  opens  August  15, 1891. 
Full  .Vcademic  and  Collegiate  Courses,  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  Etc. 

S-AMUEL  B.  MORSE,  President, 

Highland  Park,  Oakland,  Cal. 


NEW  AND  SECOND-HAND  BOOKS  BOUGHT 
Sold  and  Exchanged.  Special  attention  given 
to  Ordsrs  by  Mail. 

Ill  West  Second  Street, 

1.03  Angeles,  Cal 


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THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


Edward  T.  Cook, 

Bookseller,  Stationer  and  School  Furnislier. 

HO  North  Spring  l<treet, 
Telephone  918  *"         Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

P.  L.  Abel's  Bicycle  Ridina;  School 

Hours  of  Tuition,  9  to  12  a.  m.  and  2  to  5  p.  m. 
Sixth  and  Broadway,  Illinois  Street, 

Los  Anseles,  Cal, 


The  \mm  COMMERCIAL  COLL[G[ 


Lile  !Sclio:ar!>lii|>,       ...       ii)i75 

A'o  VacatioHx.     Day  and  Evenins;-  Sessions. 
Ladies    admitted    into    all    departments.    For 
fnrther  particulars  call   at  the  College  OfBce,  or 
address  _ 

T.  A.  ROBINSON,  IVI.  A.,  Piesident. 


Un  Diego  SoHimerGial  College, 

SAN  UIEGO,  CAT.. 


N.  H.  CREPIN,  : 

Physician  and   Surgeon 

Cor.  Fifth  and  H., 
San  Diego,   California.  i 

Office  honrs,  8  to  10  a.  m.,  and  1  to  4  p.  m. 

DR.  J.  R.  DOIG, 

Special      Attention     to     Diseases    of 

Women  and  Children. 

Office,  Cor.  C  and  Fifth  Streets. 

Hours,  10  to  12  a.  m.,  2  to  4  and  7  to  8  p.  m.  Tel- 
ephone 101,  Residence,  928  Sixth  Street.  Night 
Telephone,  ICt. 


DR.     W  .     S  .      READ, 

DENTIST, 

Pierce-Morse  Bl'k,  Cor.    F  and  6th  St 

Rooms  9  and  lo. 
Telephone  159.       -      San  Diego,  Cal. 

K.      W^.      SHERIFF, 

DENTIST, 

91 S  Fifth  Street,    next  to    First   Na- 
tional Bank,   San  Diego. 


r..  M.  GILDEA,  M.  IK,  D.  J).  S. 
Surgeon  Dentist, 

5S1    Fifth  Street,  Corner  of  H. 
Over  Boscher's  Drug  Store,  San  Diego 


For  Circulars  address 

O.  P.  KoERTiNG,  Principal. 

p.  O.  Box  723. 

D.  M.  &  N.  S.  HAMMACK, 
Attorneys  at  Law. 

767  Fifth  Street. 


Notice  to  school  teachers, 


JOHN  C.  DALY'S 

BookaodStationeif  Store 

San  Jacinto,   Cal. 

District  Schools  furnished  with  Supplies  in  any 
part  of  the  county.  No  extra  expense  for  ship- 
pint<.    Send  a  trial  order. 

JOHN    C-    DALY. 


HENRY    DAGGETT, 

FINE      DRUQS 

Chemicals,  Toilet  Articles,  Etc. 
D  St.,  near  Fifth. 


PHILIPS  &  HARBISON 

DENTISTS, 

Office,  Corner  Sixth    and    D   Streets, 
San  Diego. 


s('lli.'nu<ls.  *-ii.ta  Month  to  disti  ibute  circulars.  Salary  pat<-l 
immtlilv.  Siunplf  ut  our  goods  and  contract  fret-.  Seniil 
iOe.    for  pn-^tat.'f.  jjaL-lang:  et.-.    WE    MEAN    BUSlN'KssI 

amoN  SUPPLY  CO  .  23  &  as  river  St.,  Chicago,  ill.I 


JAS.  A.  HARRIS,    &  CO. 

BOOKBINDERS, 

Blank    Book   Manufacturers. 
lawyers'    block. 


G.  H.  SCHMIDT, 
Physician  and  Surgeon 

Office,  Dispensar}'  Bldg,  on  Plaza. 


STRAHLMAIi  &  CO.,  The  Druggists, 

COR.  FOURTH  ^  D  STREETS. 

Fresh  Drugs,  Perfumery  and  Toilet  Articles 

AT  REASONABLE  PRICES.   PRESCRIPTIONS  ACCURATELY  PREPARED. 


'X'MIS 


Gfeal  Southwest  Patent  Jgencf 

All    tn.siiH'Ss  pertaining    lo    Patents,    Pensions 
and  Government  Claims  prompllj  attended  to. 

( 'or.  Fourth  and  D  Streets,    :    San  iJieso,  Cal. 


The  Sontinental  Komn^srcial  So. 

KUWnN  A.    H'KLLS,    M<nia</n\ 
918  Fifth  St.,  Rooms  33  and  34,  -  San  Uiego. 

We  make  aspecialty  of  tlie  business  id'  Non-resi- 
dents. All  U-eitimate  collections  will  receive 
pnunpt  attention. 

Hefereiices— Ciiliff  rnia  National  Hank;  liank  of 
(Jommcrce:  First  National  Bank.        1*.  <).  Hox  H'll. 


Los  Angeles   University, 


^HE  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIAN 


T 

I  Anyniu^  iiitcrcstod  in  lln'  i^rnwlli  ami  (U* 
X.  vcliipincnt  of  Soul  hiTii  ('alijorniji  is  n'<|iK'sl- 
t.o  ^(■Il(l  hiM  or  lnT  aildic's  In  the  Kalll'roi>li  I'l'iiil- 
inu  Co.,  I*'iiilt)iool4,  .-^un  l)ifuo  c<mnt.\ .  t 'aliroriiiii, 
tn  ITlnrn  lor  wliieli  a  free  copy  ol  The  SOUTHERN  CALI- 
FORNIAN "i  II  lie  sptll  wi'ckly  for  llircc  nionihs  from 
Urtotji'i'  I.  18»l. 


CALVIN  JCSTJ'RLV,   President. 


P.  O.  Box  2S93 


Fai.lTkhm  Septeinlifr  1st  to  ni'ccnilier  17tli,  ISlil.  Wintfk  Tkkm-  .January  ,")th  to  March  24th 
XWi.  si'iiiNii  Tkiik  April  M  to  June  'JM.  l.tiC.  .stmltMils  received  at  any  time,  REfH'i,.4»  Uk- 
I'AHTMKNTS    Preparatory  anfl  ( 'olIeKiaie.    .'^puciai.  Di'M'Aur.MKNTS-Miisic,  .Art  anil  Kloeution. 

Special  attention  Kiven  to  prepa.iatory  Training,  MiiJ-ic,  Art  and  Klocnlion.  Moral.  .Menial,  and 
Physical  Cultnie  are  ctmsi'lereil  eiinaily  important. 

Come  anil  see  t'nr  >  onrself,  thai  in  fa\orahIc  location,  carefnl  nmnaKemcnl  and  excellent  resnlts 
this  school  has  adsanlaucs  lo  eoininend  it.  Take  Temple  Street  ( 'ahle  I. inc.  Charges  for  School 
Year  inol  inclndiiiK  vacatloiiB),  $225.      Special  departments  extra.    Send  for  i'alalofine. 


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FISK  TEACHERS'  AGENCIES: 

7  Tremont  Place,  0  Clintun  Pku'e,  lOli  Wabash  Aviuiue,  40^  Richardsnii  Block. 

Boston,  Mass.  New  York,  N.  Y.  Chicago,  111.  Chattanooga,  Tenii 


2  Washington  Building, 

Portland,  Ore. 


120i4  South  Spring  Street, 

Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


LOS  ANQELES  TEACHERS'  AGENCT, 

C.  C.  BOYNTON,  Manager.  120 '4  South  vSpriiig  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal 

Twenty  years'  experience  in  teaching,  superintendence,  and  supplj'ing  schools  with 
teachers  qualify  nie  to  aid  trustees   in  selecting  good  teachers. 

rite  your  wants  fully.  C.  C.  BOYNTON 


THE  J.  DEWING  COMPANY. 

Publishers,  Manulacturcrs  and  School  Furnishers, 

Offer  the  Fullest  and  Best  Assortment  of 

All  that  Schools  Buv  at  the  Lowest  Possible   Prices. 


THE  IMPROVED  AUTOMATIC.  Tlie  Best  Scliool  Ml  iu  the  world. 


Best  Teachers'  Desks  and  Chairs. 

Newest  and  Best  Wall  Maps. 

Fullest  Line  of  Useful  Charts. 

Most  Useful  and  Durable  Aparatus. 

Library  Books  in  Serviceable  Bindings. 
Every  Book  embraced  in  the  various  lists  adopted  by  State,  County  and 
City  Boards  of  Education.     Send   Orders   early.     Satisfaction    Guaranteed. 

The  J.  Dewing  Company, 

FLOOD  BUILDING,  813  MARKET  ST.         SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL- 


M.  A.  WERTHEIMER  &  CO., 

Stationers, 


LARSON  &  wmm, 

(Successors  to  John  C.  Daly) 

BOOKSELLERS 


— A.\D — 

STATIONERS 

and  dealers  in 

SCHOOL    FURMSHING  SUPPLIES 

Toys,  Novelties,  Fancy  Goods,  Etc. 

I:?r'Special  attention   given  to  filling  orders 
from    the   country.     Call   and   see    our     stock 
1434  H  St.,  Ixicwwn  Fifth  and  Sixth. 

San  Diego,        -        -      California 

WALTER  S.  YOUNG 

ASSAY  ER, 

971  Fourth  Street,        San  Diego,  Cal. 

Coin  returns  on  liullion  deposits  in  24  hours. 
Saiujiles  Ijv  mail  or  oxjiress  will  receive  prompt 
and  careful  attention. 

J.  hTa^^ki  K^ 

F  FLA  R  MAC  [ST 


Boolvsellers. 


Paper  Dealers, 


Scliool  Kurnishiers. 


COMPLETE  STOCK  IN  ALL  DEPARTMENTS 


Agents  for  San  Diego  County  for  Andrews'  Improved  Triumph  and   Tri- 
umph Automatic  Desks.    Zell's  Encyclopedia,  Bancroft's  Object  Charts,  etc. 


2103  H  Street,  Corner   of    Twelfth 
SAN  DIEGO. 

^hasTa.  chase, 

DISPENSING  CJli::\IIST, 

PRESCRIPTIONS  A   SPECIALTY 

Corner  Fifth  and  F  Streets. 

HOME  FOR  INVALIDS 

1421    Columbia  Street,   between  Ash  anrl    Beech 
SAN  DIEGO,  CAL. 

This  in.stitution  is  under  the  supervision  of  pro- 
fessional nurses.  Countr.\-  patients  can  find  pleas- 
and  careful  attention  duriUE  sickness.  Terms 
moderate.  All  correspondence  strictly  confidential 

DR.  E.  V.  VAN  NORMAN, 
Physician  and  Surgeon 

(Jttice  !ii'T  Sixth  St.,  near  D. 
Hours  10  to  12  a.  m.,  2  to  3  p.  m.,    and   evenings 

Joseph  Rodes,  M.  D. 

(reneral  Medicine  and  Snritery— Special  atten- 
tion given  to  diseases  of  the 
EYE,  EAR,  NOSE  AND  THROAT. 
Omce-Si.xth  and  D  St.s.,  Hon  Ton  Block.  Rooms.') 
4,  5  and  r..  Office  hours— 9  to  12  a.  m.,  2  to  .5- 30  n 
in.  .Sundays,  !i  to  11  a.  m.  Telephones-Oftice  Hi" 
one  ring:  House,  141,  three  rings.  Residence -Fifth 
Street,  above  Spruce. 

mi.  C.  N.  LEONARD^        ' 

Only   Ground    Floor  Dental  Office  in 

the  City. 

Office,  949  Sixth  St.,  San  Diego. 

(Rooms  formerly  occupied  by  Dr.  G.  W.  Barnes) 


Drs.  Stockton,   Valle   &   North- 

KUP,  Physicians,  Surgeons, 

Obstetricians  etc. 

Office,  626  Fifth  Street.  Telephone  12 


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AND   ENGLISH  TRAINING  SCHOOL 

Is  an  institiilion  of  the  highest  grade  ;  is  incorporated,    and  is  prepared   to 

C.IVK  THE  BEST  INSTRUCTION  AND  TRAINING  IN 

Bookkeeping,  Commercial  Arithmetic,  Commercial  Law, 

Orammar,       Correspondence;       Penmanship,       Short  Hand, 
Type  Writing-,  Telegraphy,  Assaying, 

And  all  the  Common  English  Branches. 

Its  Actual  Business  Department  is  new,  improved  and  greatly  superior 
to  any  of  its  old  methods. 

In  its  Penmanship  Department  there  are  two  expert  penmen,  who  can 
show  as  fine  spencimens  of  both  plain  and  ornamental  pen  work  as  can  be 
produced  on  this  coast. 

Its  thorough  daily  recitations,  close  personal  attention  and  frequent 
reviews  places  it  in  the  front  ranks  of  the  popular  educational  institutions 
of  this  country. 

The  age,  superior  qualifications,  and  wide  experience  of  its  large  and 
well-known  faculty  gives  it  a  commanding  influence  not  held  by  institutions 
managed  by  a  young  and  inexperienced  faculty. 

Its  Teachers  are  graduates,  with  distinction,  of  such  schools  as  Bryant's 
Chicago  Business  College,  Heald's  San  Francisco  Business  College,  Delaware 
Business  College  of  Deleware.  Ohio,  Northwestern  University  of  Evanston, 
Illinois,  and  Columbian  University  of  Washington,   D.  C. 

Address  all  inquiries  to 

143  South  Main  Street,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 

And  Receive  a  Prompt   Reply 
E.  R.  SiiRADER,  Pres.     V.  W.  Kelsey,  Vice-Pres.     I.  N.  Inskeep,    Sec'y 

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A 

Small 
Army 

Oi  builders, 
bosses  and  brick-layers  as  busy  as 
B's  have  recently  been  seen  at 
Marston's. 

We  told  the  landlord  what  we 
wanted.  He  said  it  was  expensive ; 
but  he  could  not  afford  to  let  Mars- 
ton's  store  leave  the  old  corner.  So 
he  told  the  agent  to  fit  us  out  re- 
gardless of  expense.  The  agent 
employed  the  architect,  the  archi- 
tect drew  the  plan,  the  contractor 
got  a  job,  sub-contractors  got  sub- 
jobs,  and  then  the  army  of  plumb- 
ers, masons,  carpenters,  plasterers 
and  glaziers  charged  upon  us. 
They  slammed  down  big  loads  of 
bricks  just  in  front  of  out  doors, 
carted  lumber  and  mortar  right 
thnnigh  our  stacks  of  Miller  hats, 
knocked  down  our  shelving,  punch- 
ed holes  through  the  walls,  cut  off 
the  water  supply  and  raised  dust 
generally.  All  this  hubbub  comes 
about  from  the  need  of  more  room 
and  more  convenience.  Our  busi- 
ness will  persist  in  growing,  and 
we  feel  disposed  to  give  it  every 
facility  possible  to  keep  on  that  way. 

Besides  the  Addition  to  our  dry 
goods  salesroom,  we  shall  have  an 
entirely  new  front  for  the  Men's 
Furnishing  Store.  By  the  way, 
are  you  acquainted  with  our  Men's 
Department  Slock?  About  the 
best  in  town,  now,  they  say. 


Geo.W.  Marston 


8«acmtt 


«««> 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


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The   golden    era. 


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Pleasure  Boats  of  all  kinds  Constantly  on  Hand. 


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part  of  the  county.  No  extra  expense  for  ship- 
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unny.  Clean  toivels  a, specialty.  Laiiiest  swira- 
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•  All  (liseas  of 
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Skillfully 
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a  specialty. 

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If  vour  llttlp  one  should  bo  taken  TO'HIGKT  """ith  Mombmn- 

M19  i'n.iip,wliutwould  you  do'i    Wljut  jjlijalclan  cuuld  isuve 
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GROUP 


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(s  a  t^.^trlosR, harmless  powder,  and  Is  the  0iilv3;if"(,'iiiird.  In 
;t'  iiM--.lt  hasnoverfiiilua.  Onk-r  NOW  fn.iii  y^nir  di  ii^glbt 
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:rti*'(>t;.i>v.  u>uiii  is  btiugiiiudc  by  J"J  d 

K  Goo(lwiii,i'roj-,  X.Y.,nl  work   for  us 

Keiidero'ou  "i"y  ""'  mnhf  us  niucb.but 

wc  Clin  tench  youiiiiicjtly  liiiw  to  earn 

fi'oiii  f^  to   KIO  II  dii.v  lu'rlie  slnrl,  and 

iriis  j'oH  po  on   Bi'lli  scxffS.aMages. 

t.ny  pnrt  of  Ainfiicii,  yi>u  tan  com- 

11.  <■  nt  home.  givni;r  nil  your  time,or 

\rv  nii>m{-uts  only  to  the  \v<irk.  Al)  is 

(Ireul  pny  StKK  for  every  «ork- 


\Ve 


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w  »       --^p-  ^^f^     1'AI:TICI!-AUS     FHEE.     Address  al 
once.  (itUlUitsTlNSON     A:    iO.,    FUltTLAMl.    31Al.\K. 

Snug  little  FORTI'SES  liavo  bee., 
itindeatwork  for  us.by  Aniiti  I'ltgi-. 
\  11  =  1  in.  Texas,  and  J  no.  ISonn.'I'o 
li  .!.■,  Ohio.  See  cut.  Othersiire  d->- 
11,  :  lis  well.  Whv  nut  you?  Sonif 
.,i:ii  ..ver  (oOO.flU  a  month  Von 
r.iii  do  rhe  work  and  live  «l  Im.uh- 
whireveryou  are.  Kvcn  bipmii'i'- 
an-  e:isilv  enntiup  frou)  ifo  to  $1' 
Bitny.  Allairrs.  We  show  yini  Imw 
and  stiirl  you.  Can  work  in  'pup 
tiinrorniflhi- time.Bip  n5one>  fur 
workiTS.  Failiue  unknowit  lunotif: 
i\  nil. I  WoNDKKFL'L.  FiiU  nnrliculurs  KliKK 
ll.|l;.IU-|(.V<'<>..  «ox«SOI"0KTI,ANb,BI.\lMi. 

Sft  ff^lR  ft^  VJI::AK!  Iuu.l..,ta;o.tol.rieII; 
JP  Blifl  ||t*--"<l'  »"y  I«'i-ly  intellitr.nl|H-rson  of 
S  I  fl  I  K  i  I'-iihrr  se\.  who  etin  rt-ad  and  write. 
iJ  2J  iJ  11'""'  "ho.nfler  instru.tio,,, will  work 
^1^  ^^  ^r  V  iiidiiatriouKlv,  how  to  i.arii  T  Ii  r  e  e 
lliouHiiiid  llidbir>  It  Yeiiriii  tht^ir'oMn 
they  Iive.I  will  niso  furnish  the  ^itllaIi1>l 
which  voii  t-iiii  earn  that  anioiini.  No  i 
BUCceB.ifiit  as  idiove.  Knsily  iinil  qiiii-kly  i 
one  worker  tV.mi  eiirh  iliVlrifi  ur  <'ini'ii; 
laupht  an.)  |ir.Ms>l.'<i  with  t-mploMiu' 
who  are  iiuikinif  ..v.r  if  :<•  l);t  ii  >e:ir  in. 
SOl^ll».   Full  pavli..ila.'^  Tig  1:1' 

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1    -tamps    for    particulars,    testittionials    and 

"  Kellof  for  Lndicn,*'  in  U-ttrr,  bv  return 

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.    Cbl«lieMtorCiienileulC'or,Maill->onSQnnre, 

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nie 

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Is 


ELSI\'ORE    COLOIMY 

;  located  in  tilt;  luirlh  part  of  rran  I»it^}^o  county  on 
Uie  Santa  Fe  K.  K.,  ami  has  rlie  soil  and  lopugrapli- 
icul  conditions  to  produce  the  best  citrus  fruits  as 
well  as  the  best  deciduous,  and  crops  of  iili  kinds.  It 
has  niaii>  other  advanlata-s,  among  them,  Ei.sinohk  IjAKK,  a  beautiful 
hody  uf  clfar  nioiuitaiu  water,  three  b>  seven  miles,  and  over  lifty  feet 
deep,  upon  which  are  many  boats  and  myriads  of  ^^ater-fowl.  It  is  the 
only  lake  in  .Southern  California  and  contains  fish.  Elsinokk  <:itv  is  a 
beautiJul  little  town  of  UUi)  inhabitan's  <ui  the  shore  of  the  lake  and 
headtjuarier-'e  lor  all  the  lart^e  valley"  and  little  towns  m  the  vicinity. 
In  tliu  center  of  rhc  city  wre  the  famous  Ki^sinohf.  Hot  SpitiNcs.  wi'h 
oneof  the  finest  bath  houses  in  (lie  State  and  where  almost  any  disease 
of  the  blood  and  rheumaiism  can  be  cured.  Ki-sinohk  Co  \u  Minks,  be- 
ing the  only  coal  found  on  the  southern  coast,  is  bL-eoming  extensively 
used  and  is  a  very  fair  quality  of  soft  coaL  It  will  be  ihe  factor  of  plant- 
ing large  manufactures  here  as  it  can  be  furnished  at  t  lie  mines  at  less 
than  $-.00  per  ton.  Several  thousajid  acres  are  underhiid  witli  coal  and 
llio  famous  biLSiNOKK  Fikk  C'lavs.  ot  all  kinds  and  colors,  from  which 
sewer  pipe,  terra  cotta.  pottery,  etc.,  are  being  made.  (Visit  the  KIsinrtre 
IVittcry  Store,  corner  Fifth  and  K  sts.)  I-  lsinoke  Askej^tos  is  also  com- 
ing into  general  use  by  he  manufactur-^of  John  D.  Hot)  &  Co's  re- 
nownerl  paints  and  fire-proof  goods.  {Vfsit  them.)  There  are  also  mines 
of  golii,  'i'lx.  granite,  marbl-  ,  slate,  nickel,  gvpsum,  etc..  eU:. 

Address  F.  H.  HEaLD,  blsinore,  San  Diego  County.  Cal. 


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20 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


FERRIS 

GOOD 
SENSED 

CORSET  WSISTS 

have  rnpidly  Kr<'wu  iu 
favor  the  past  6  years. 
Worn  t)y  avet  a 

MILLION 

SENSIBLE 
WOMEN 

ANI> 

Children. 

These  WnifitH  Conform 

naturaT  beauty 

of  tliB  human  fomi  as 
tiOU  made  it.  and  are 

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FOR  RALE  By 

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77//<; 
AND    ROWELS 

lieingout  of  omUt.  you  wilUuffer  from 
hidiKfstiun.  Headjiohe,  Bilioiisi)e!?K, 
Constipation,  Fhituk-ncy  or  Heartburn. 
You  will  feel  heavy  after  meals,  have  a 
bad  taste  in  the  mouth,  ana  be  restless 
at  uin-htH. 

To  overcome  all  or  any  of  tliese 
troubles,  vou  should  lake  CAl.lFnK- 
NlA  FKl'lT  SYIU'r,  wliirli  i^  the  most 
yj  eft'eetiveand  pleas  mt  n-medy  ever  pro- 
L  duced;  does  not  grine  or  sicken  the  stom- 
\  acli,  and  is  comp  ised  of  pure  Fruit  and 
\     Herbs. 

Is  a  family  remedy,  tried  and  recom- 
h    mended  by  physicians. 
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PENSIONS. 

Tho  Disability  Hill  is  a  Law. 

Soldiers  Disalilcfl  Since  tlie  War  arc  Entitled 

Di-iM-ndcni    widows   and    pairnls  now   di  pendrnt 
\vli()«e  sons  died  from  eJlcct^  of  iirmv  scr\  ire  are 


i\OS.  4  AM)  .".  BRYSON-BONEBRAKE  BLOCK, 
COR.  SPRING  AND  SECOND  STREET. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Oct.,  1891. 

If  you  are  in  need  of  Raisin  Labels,  Top 
Wrappers— lithographed  or  plain.  Lower  Plain 
Wrappers,  Wax  Papers,  Cartons  or  Boxes,  and 
will  advise  me  what  quantities  and  qualities,  and 
when  you  will  need  them,  I  will  be  pleased  to 
quote  you  prices. 

My  facilities  for  furnishing  such  supplies  are 
greater  than  ever.  I  have  turned  out  the  finest 
Labels  that  have  yet  been  made  for  this  purpose, 
and  can  sell  you  good  goods  at  very  low  prices. 

Have  a  large  assortment  of  elegant  STOCK 
LABELS.     All  inquiries  promptly  answered. 

Hoping  to  hear  from  you  at  a  very  early  date, 
I  am     '  Very  respectfully  yours, 

W.  A.  YANDEKCOOK. 

I^^Orders  for  the  coming  season  should  be  placed  early  to  secure  low  prices. 


included.     If  you  wish  your    cbiini 


cdilv  ;ind 


Lttti' fommisKiontT  on'eiM  i.iii,  Wm  liiiri   n   I'  '' 


^siii'oiiPvG^o^^tK 


THE  BEST  &  CHEAPEST 
IN  THE    MARKET. 


— -^^      FOR  SALE  EVERYVVHFRE 


THE    GOLDEN     ERA. 


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THE  P[lll  MUIOAL  LIFE  llSURIillC[  a 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 


K.  M.  Needles,  Pres.      Henry  C.  Browii.Sec.-Tieas. 
il.  S.  Stevens,  V'ice-Pres.  Jesse  J.  Biuker,  Actuary. 


ASSETS,  116,574,861,00. 

A  Purely  Mutual  Company,  loi/h  no  Stoek- 
holilern  to  abtorb  its  earnings. 


Surplus  Returned   Annually  to  Policy-Holders  to 
Reduce  Premiums  or  Increase  Insurance, 


The  Official  Reports  show  the  Penn  Mutual 
to  be  one  of  the  leading  companies  in  the  country. 
Its  returns  ot  surplus  have  been  more  in  number 
and  of  a  larger  average  per  cent  than  those  of 
any  other. 

This  company  issues  all  ajiproved  forms  of  con- 
tracts adapted  to  every  legitimate  need  ;  for  pro- 
tection, for  investment,  and  for  both  ;  for  long 
or  for  short  periods,  at  the  lowest,  sure  rates. 

Its  jjolicies  are  sijuurely  reciprocal,  free  from 
ambiguity  and  objectionable  features,  absolutely 
nttnforfeitahfe  (fn(nneontesial)le. 

For  particulars,  call  on  or  address, 

A.  W.  SMENNER, 

General  Manager  for  Southern  California. 
Office,  Marston's  Block,  Cor.  F  and  Fifth  Sts. 
SAN  DIEGO,  CAL, 

|^"Good  Solicitors  wanted  for  this  Company. 

CALIFORmA. 


South  Rialto  Lands. 

$75   TO    $125    PER    ACRE,   AVITH    AVATKI!. 

ONE  INCH  TO  SEVEN  ACRES,  UNDER  WRIGHT 
IRRIGATION  ACT. 


Terms — $iO  per  acre  cash,  balance   in  two  and  three 
years  at  eight  per  cent. 


ReaS  what  some  of  the  prominent  physicians  of 
California  fay. 
Dr.  Wilson  says:— I  have  used  the  California 
Positive  and  Negative  lectric  Ijininiei.t  in  the 
treatment  of  over  300  cases  of  Catarrh,  from  the 
mildest  form  in  children  to  the  worst  cases  in 
adults;  so  bad  '  hat  holes  were  eaten  in  th>-  face  and 
around  the  nose  by  the  para--ites,  with  eyesight 
and  hearing  imijai  red,  and  it  has  never  failed  in  a 
single  case.  I  used  with  the  liniment  the  Cali- 
fornia Positive  and  Negative  Electrii-  Cough  Cure, 
and  California  I'O'ltive  and  Negative  Klectric  .-iys- 
tem  Builder,  manufactured  by  Cke.^.sinokk  <Sr 
Co.  Los  Angeles,  Cal,  $10  worth  of  these  remedies 
will  cure  any  case  of  Catarih  and  most  any  case 
of  Consumption. 

Db,  G.  a.  Stkvenson  sa>s:— 1  have  practiced 
medicine  -  year  and  acknowledge  the  power  of 
the  California  Positive  and  Negative  Electric  Rem- 
edies ;  have  cured  myself  and  twoot  my  children 
of  Catarrh. 

Dns.  Allen  <Sr  .\lt.en,  Los  Angeles  say: -The 
California  Positive  and  Negative  Electric  Reme- 
dies are  wonderful  in  destroying  disease;  we  use 
them  and  advise  their  use. 

Dr.  D.  W.  Baughan,  Nowhall,  Cal,,  says  :— I  use 
the  California  Positile  and  Negntive  Elec  ric  Rem- 
edies in  my  practice  and  recommend  their  use; 
they  give  entire  satisfaction. 

Dr.  Vaqueze  saj's  :— I  use  in  my  practice  the  Cal- 
ifornia Positive  and  Negative  Electric  Remedies; 
consider  them  the  best  remedies  in  the  world,  and 
are  harmless  to  the  system. 

B.  Cox,  of  Los  Angeles,  says: -Wa-s  cured  of  Ca- 
tarrh I  had  for  yeafs,  by  using  the  California  Pos- 
itive and  Negative  Electric  Remedies. 

Mks.  Kronic,  of  Los  Angeles,  says  ;~\Vas  cured 
of  a  very  severe  case  of  Catarrh  I  had  twenty 
years,  by  using  the  California  Positive  and  Nega- 
tive Electric  Remedies 

Mrs,  Darien.  New  Orleans,  says: — Was  cured  of 
Catarrh  I  had  two  years,  by  tlie  California  Positive 
and  Negative  Electric  Remedies. 

Mrs.  Pinney,  Los  Angeles,  says :— The  California 
Positive  and  Negative  Electric  Remedies  saved 
my  daughter's  life  of  ■  onsumption. 

^iRS.  BiONEY,  Pasadena:— The  California  r*osi- 
tive  and  Negative  Electrie  Cough  Cure  saved  my 
life  of  consumption. 

CREASINGER  &  CO,,  Props., 
Los  Angeles, 

{*"Pnld  by  all  Druggists. 


Two  hundred  families  are  wanted  immediate- 
ly to  sett  e  upon  two  thousand  acres  of  orange 
lands  just  west  of  Colton  belonging  to  the  South 
Rialto  Land  and  Water  Company. 

WATER  ABUNDANT. 

Every  acre  has  its  water  right  perpetually 
belonging  to  it,  in  proportion  to  an  inch  to  seven 
acres,  which  may  be  increased  it  required. 

Three  hundred  inches  of  artesian  water  is  al- 
ready developed  [and  piped  to  the  land,  for  do- 
mestic and  irrigating  purposes. 

SITUATION   MOST   DESIRABLE. 

Three  miles  southwest  of  San  Barnardino,  six 
miles  not  th  of  Riverside,  one  mile  west  of  Col- 
ton Terrace,  and  fifty  miles  east  of  Los  Angeles- 
right  in  the  heart  of  the  Southern  California 
orange  belt— no  better  location  can  be  found  for 
an  orange  orchard  and  a  delightful  home. 

The  Santa  Fe  and  Southern  Pacific  railroads 
pass  through  the  tract,  thus  making  the  world  a 
market  for  producers. 

LABORERS  WANTED. 

Slover  Mountain,  a  vast  dejiosit  of  limestone 
and  marble,  may  be  said  to  be  a  part  of  this 
t.iact,  and  will  furnish  employment  for  the  next 
hundred  years  to  a  thousand  men. 

The  Rialto  Irrigation  District  is  laying  pipe 
lines  to  every  twenty  acres,  and  for 
the  next  two  years  will  give  preference  to 
laborers  as  settlers. 

Thus  those  wishing  employment,  outside  of 
their  own  ten  acres,  may  be  sure  of  work  and 
good  pay. 

SOIL  A  RICH,  SANDY  LOAM. 

Sixty  per  cent  of  the  soil  is  aluminate  or  clay  • 
thirty  per  cent  is  silicate  or  sand;  the  remaind'e'' 
ten  per  cent   is  decayed    vegetable  matter.     It 

FOX  &  IIOGERS, 

COLTON. 


will  not  lireak,  but  holds  moisture  for  months 
From  six  to  fifty  feet  of  this  deposit  covers  the 
ground,  then  a  heavier  soil  is  farnished  to  deeper 
roots. 

BUILDING  SITES. 
One  might  travel  over  the  world  and  not  find 
so  many  and  such  excellent  building  sites  within 
a  like  comjiass  and  no  two  alike.  People  of  taste, 
those  who  enjoy  daily  and  beautiful  sublime 
can  here  have  homes  at  a  moderate  cost  in  the 
centre  of  a  magnificent  vista.  (Jreyback,  Old 
Baldy,  San  Jacinto,  and  the  whole  San  Bernar- 
dino range  make  an  ampitheater  perpetually 
sublime.  Twentv  villages  are  in  sight,  and  as 
many  trains  of  cars  are  often  .seen  in  full  view. 
With  such  scenery,  and  oranges  growing  on 
one's  own  premises,  pa5"lng  yearly  six  hundi^ed 
dollars  an  acre,  happiness  and  comfort  are  surelj' 
secured. 

AT  YOUR  OWN  PRICE  AM)  ON  YOUR 
OWN  TERMS. 

Honest  and  industrious  home-seekers  can 
make  their  own  bargains  with  the  owners.  No 
fixed  terms  are  published.  The  prices  range 
range  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  and 
twent}"-five  dollars  an  acre. 

ALL  TO  BE  SOLD  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS. 

From  fifty  to  eighty  families  have  settled 
lately  just  west  of  this  tract  and  now  these 
lands,  still  nearer  Colton  and  San  Bernardino, 
are  offered  and  will  be  sold  within  six  months. 
If  the  reader  wants  five  or  twenty  acre>;,  he  or 
she  must  be  quick  in  selecting  and  securiug 
them.  This  land  may  be  denominated  "ranch 
property,'"  but  it  is  really  villn,  or  suburban, 
and  will  sell,  now  the  title  is  complete  and  the, 
water  secure,  verj'  rai>idly. 


WALTERS  cV'  KILLll-E 

SAN  BERNARDINO. 


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and    BURCH   &   BOAL,    Los   Angeles.    Sole   Agents. 


California  Mortgage,  Loao  aod  Tfost  Companf, 


Capital,   i»aoo,ooo. 


Stirplvis,    s8H^,OOf>. 


Cal. 


Money  loaned  on  first-class  real  estate. 

Guaranteed  Mortgages  and  Debenture  Bonds  constantly  on  hand  for  sale. 

Correspondence  Solicited. 


THE     GULDEN     ERA. 


NE\^'  UMTEl)  STATKS  HOTEL 

Corner  Main  and  Requcna  Sts.,       Los  Angeles. 
FIRST  CLASS  HOTEL. 

EUROPEAN  PLAN. 

Free  'Bus  to   Hotel   from  all   Trains 
L.  MESMER,  Manufjer. 


C0M3IKRCIAL  liOTKL 

.1//,'.S.    ,/.      .1/,   BIRDS  ALL,     Pnqin'ctori-Hs 
Cm-.  .Sfvcnth  iiiul  i  Sts, 

Terras    $1.25    and    $2.00    {)er    Day 

Free  'Bus  to  and  from  ali  Trains. 


^MliNUFACTURERS  0F^\#^': 

^Carbonated  BeveragesP 

concentrated 
^Ginger  Extracts^ 
'^  Sugar  Coloring  '^' 

!-\e.,FLAV0RiMG  Extract 

:  :\  E.H.WOODWORTH 

_San  Dieg 


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Tllli  GliANVIlLE  "'°K.SSt.,c«, 

Private  liotel,  rooms  onlj'.       Retired  and  central 


THE  SMITHSONIAN  ?f/'^^eJil"c^l 

Mrs.  .s.  E.  "ufiHES. 
Secluded  and  central.  Hoard  and  nmui 

(JENEVA  RESTAURANT  l?^'^;!,^: 

S.  \V.  Pack.  Prop.      Between  ■Vlai.iand  Sprinc: 
Meals  l.i  cents  wnd  upward.  Lcis  Angeles,  (Jal. 


HOTEL  AM.MIDON 

1951  Grand  A\enue, 

Los  Angeles,  California 

First  class  in  every  partitnilar.  No  better 
private  hotel  in  Los  An.^eles.  Calde  car 
pass  the  door.     Telephone  964.  ^ 

aTeTdodsonV 

Life  and   Fire    Insurance.     Notary 
Public.     Commissiotier    of   Deeds. 

&o?emeiit  Lanil  latlers  a  SpecialtY. 

Railroad  Tickets  Borij;lit,   Sold    and 
F.xchanjjed. 

915  Fifth*  Street.     -     -     San  Diego 


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INDUSTRIAL  STOCKS 

CORPORATION    BONDS 

APPROVED  BANK  STOCKS 

CAREFULLY  SELECTED, 
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DESIRABLE      INVESTMENT       PROPERTIES 
IN     PROSPEROUS     CITIES. 

FOR  FULL  PARTICULARS  AND    REFERENCES, 
WRITE 

ESCHBACH,    Mcdonald    &    co., 

16  <o  26  Whltohall  St..  Naw  "ork. 


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NATURAL  FRUIT  FLAVORS 

SAN  DIEGO  CAL. 


We    hope  you    are    sufficiently   interested 

in    home   manufacture     to  give  our  goods  a 

cai'cful   trial. 

There   is   no  reason   whv   you  should  send 

away   for  Flavoring   Extracts  when  they  are 

manufactured    at     home.     Keep  our  money 

at   liome  is   what  we   want  to  d(j. 

We  thank  the  trade  kindly  for  the  cour- 
tesv  extended  us  in  this  new  enterprise  and 
hope  to  merit  yotir  continued   favors. 

Ladies  will  please  call  for  Woodwokth's 
Flavorini;  Extracts.  ' 


Pacific  Livery  and  Boarding   Stables. 

/•;.    /•'  GODDARD.  Pi-u/)riet<>r. 
Elegant  Street  and  Call  Carriages.     Careful  Drivers. 

The  Finest  Donlile  and  Sinj^le  Turnouts  in  the  City.     Hoarders  Given  No.  i  Care.   Prices 
Reasonal)le.     Satisfaction  Guaranteed. 

Corner  Third  and   F  Streets.     Telephone  No.  27.    San  Diego 

CALIFORNIA  SAVINGS  BANK. 

S.  G.  HAVKRj\L\LE.  Presid.cnt.  FRICD.  T.  HILL,  Cashier 


C'iiiiilitI, 


$'i.>4»,000. 


mmi 


Itctrirnii'rH  cni-11  tVoni  1^25  to  l^.'iO 
I  r  «'f<U,iiii(l  mori!  nftcr  11  liitl" 
Uli.ri...,  .■  nv  .-nil  ftiminh  voii 
(.].!'>>  lu.'i.i.nnr)  uill  l<-n>1i  >..ii 
to.  V.iu  «  iiik  in  }'ouro»vii  l.inl- 
Hi.lli  niMB.  (ill  njres.  Wi-  sinvl  vmi 
\.    i,-k    «■„,,   v^Mtli  HI  s|.r.rc  li.iif. M  Hl..-IilllC.  I'ull  lii'l..!- 

..H.t..^i.  niKK.     I'lci  1:  A- 4  <>.,  AiiasTA.  ii\im:. 

FOR  LADIES  ONLY.  .L":'"*  "v::;!„sr,j 

5-c'i'l,  Mil"  iiM"i  111.  |i,  i»i,.i>  11  liiiiiU.i  KiiUjW  fi.i'  '111  fi'iiti. 


The  Largest  Capital  of  .iny  Saviii;;s  Hank  ill  the  Comity. 

Inteivst  alloueil  oiiTiiur  Deposits  I'loni   Time  of  deposit. 

Money  Loaned  on  Approved  Real  Kstate. 

Correspondence  Solicited 

JJST  OF  AGENCIES 

l-'OH  SAI.K  (M-" 


^ii>iny'  Dciiimim  li\'t\w  U)[,  tU  iju:  rate  of  Imvi'  I'kr  r*  i 


"Nickel  Savings  .Stamps." 


Dod.ne  .V  Burheck,  Stationers,  Cor.  Fifth  and  D  Sts. 
.J.  1).  linreh  &•  Co.,  Groceries,  Fifth  St.  het.  E  and  F. 
vy.  I,.  I )odyo.  Drntgist,  Cor.  Sixteenth  and  K  Sts. 

A.  K.  Ci  owell.  Grocer,  'JUI  H  St.  near  Twelfth. 

A.  N,  Millm",  Grocer,  112(1  India  Street,  corner  A. 

,1.  .1.  Cliisholm.  Fruits,  etc..  10:'4  D.  adj.  D-St.  Theater. 
1'.  IC.  A.  Kimball,  Stationer  and  I'rinler, 

Orniine  .'V venue  and  Second  Street,  Coronado. 
11.  l'.  Ocsting,  (irocer,  Twenty-sixth  St   and  Nat   Ave. 

Vr    AlliHIIIl. 


THE     GOLDEN     ERA. 


E.     T.     BARNES, 

Carpenter    and    Joiner, 

GENERAL  JOBBER  mid  CONTRACTOR 

Shop  on  C  St.  bet.  Third  and  Fourth, 

San  Diego,  Cal. 


PLUi»rBING 

Wa  e[[,Wi  lams 

TINNING 

732   Sixth  St. 

PU.MP  WORK 

Beiiceen  F  and  G. 

REPAIRING 

SAX  DIKCJO. 

Practical     fi  i  1  d  <>  r  ^   Maker  and   Dealer  in     P  j  ft  f  U  f  ft      F  f  a  HI  6  S 

For  Oil  Paintings,  Etchings,  Engravings,  Crayons  and  Photographs.    1134  Fourth,  between  C  and  D 


The  Model  Bath  House 

Foot    of  Si.Nth  Street. 

Has  been  completely  reno\'at('d  and  remodeled. 
Large  fatnily  rooms,  double.  Hot  and  eold  .^alt 
water.  Tub  baths  and  fresh  water  shower  baths. 
First-class  in  evtry  respect. 

JOS.  MULLENDER,  Proprietor. 

The  Advertising  and  Subscription  Bureau 

J.  S.  AICHARD.'iON.  Miuiaijcr. 
922  Fiftti  street,  -  -  _  San  uieero 

Subscribe  for  your  reading  at  Club  Rates.  A  re- 
dttction  where  two  or  more  papers  or  magazines 
are  taken,  including  the  Got>den  Kka.  ' 


LLEWELYN'S 


-^>^  Store 

I.s  the  best  place   in  San  Diego  to   liny   your 

BOOTS  AND  SHOES. 

728  Fifth  Street,   Between  F  and  G. 

San  Diego  Lumber  Co. 

■'AH  kinds  of  Lumber  at  Lowest  Mar- 
ket Prices. 

PHILIP  MORSE,  See.  and  Mnyr. 
Yards,   L  Street,  bet.    Fifth  and  Sixth 

DAILY     SAN     DIEGAN, 

only  Democratic  Daily  soiitli  of  Los  Angeles 

.4.  McCRIMMON,  Proprietor. 

Delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  at  50c.  per 

month,  'or  f6.oo  per  vear. 

WEEKLY    SAN      DIEGAN 

Sent  to  au)-  address,         -         $2.00  per  year 


GOOD    CLOXHES 

Do  not  make  tlie  man,  but  they  greatly  assist  his 
appearance  and  especially  there  is  no  excuse  now 
why  every  man  and  boy  in  San  Diego  County 
should  not  appear  well,  as 

(iOOI)  CLOTHES 


are  being  .sold  .so  exceedingly  cheap  at 

THE  LION 


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THE  RELIABLE  CLOTHIERS, 

945-947  Fifth  St,  -  San  Diego,  Cal. 


M.  Y.  CAKEOLL, 

Cor.  .Sixth  and  H  sts. 
General  Stock  of 

mX    GOODS,   NOTIONS,  ETC. 

The  Continental  CoiTimerGial  So. 

EDWIN  A.    WELLS.    Mantigcr. 

918  Fifth  St.,  Rooms  33  and  34,  -  San  Uiego. 

We  make  a  specialty  of  till?  business  of  Non-resi- 
di'iUs.  All  lecitimate  collections  will  receive 
prompt  alteniion. 

Heferences— (-alif-  rnia  National  Bank;  Bank  of 
C'omn\erce:  First  National  Bank.        P.  O.  ilox  it.'il. 

AT  •  FOLKS  • 

uiine  *'Antl-Corpuleno  PUls"  lose  15  Ibi.  a 

icmth.     They  rftttsL'  urtiUknt>sB,  iMDUin  no  pilson  Mi.l  never 

r»il.  -Sold  i.y  Ilniji:!.!!  evcrywhiT.?  r.r  P^ni  by  mall.    l'«rtieo- 


Los  Angeles  Lithographic  Company 

48  and  52  Bannint^  Street, 
LOS     ANGELES,     CALIFORNIA. 

Labels  for  Raisin  Boxes,  Fruit  Cans,   Etc., 

A     SPECIALTY. 

Otifice  Stationary  and  Druggists'  Labels  to    Order. 


i;.   M.  ll.WVl.KV, 


c.  D.  t'oTdd. 


TODD  &  HAWLEY, 

WHOLESALE  AND  KKT.VIL  DEALERS  IX 

Builders'    Hardware    and     Mechanics'     Tools 

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Irtju.  Rope,  Nails,  Ammunition,  Blacksmiths'  Supplies,  Etc. 
GIANT  POWDER,  CAPS  AND  FUSE. 
658  Fiftli  Street,  between  G  and  H,  and  corner  Fourth  and  G  Streets 
Telephone  No.  gg.  .  .  -  S<r>/  Diego,  Cal.    • 


Pioneer  Art  Store! 


944  Sixth  St.,  bet.  D   and  E,  San   Diego. 
hOVIS;  DAMPF.  Pro}}. 
Manufacturer  of  and  iloaler  in 

Minois.  Mouldings,  Pictures  and  Frames. 


c.  f.  mm 


t     CURTAIN     PARLORS! 


8-.i4  Fifth  Street,  San  Diego,  Cal. 
'  Our  aim  in  t"  n.uvv  evei  vtliiixt  in  t'le  Curtain  line  at  reasonable  rates.  Rusfs  appecialtyi 


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p.  L.  ABEL'S 

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Broadway    and    Sixth    Street, 
LOS  ANGELES. 


CREAM 


For    c-leaiisiiig  the    skin    instead  of  soap   aiifl 

water. 
For  |)rotecting  the  skin  f  i-oni  the  effects  of  wind 

an.l  weather.  . 

For  rendeiing  the  skin  soft,  smooth,  clear  and 

\vliit«. 
For  l)nilding  uji  tlie  skin  tissues,  thus  preventing 

tlie  formation  ( >f  wrinkles. 
Bpr    gjving  yonthfiil    freshness  of  complexion. 

Mm  in  tlie  foil  Epals  It, 

AH.  DliL'GGISTSSEl.I.  IT. 

Mils.  Gkaham,  at  her  ost.;i1>lishment,  103  Post 
Street,  .San  Francisco,  treats  ladies  for  all  blem- 
ishes of  face  or  defects  of  figure.  Send  stamp  for 
her  little  book  "How  to  be  Beautiful," 


General  Agent  for  Eagles,  num- 
bers, Ormonde,  Sylph,  Psychos,  Vic- 
tors, Hartfords  and  Hickory,  and  Sun- 
dries of  all  kinds. 


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% .  BTJ  RCH  <fe  Q 

^^  Wc  kee  p  the  largest  \^M 


and  most  complete  stock  of  Fancy  Groceries 
and  Table  Luxuries  in  the  City.     Ladies  wishing  Nice  Crack- 
e  rs,  Wafers,  and  other  things  out  of  the  usual  thing  for  their  parties  will 
do  well  to  call  on  us.     We  shall   by  fair  dealing  and  prompt  attention    try  to   merit   your 
patronage      We  luakc  a   specialty  of  fine  Teas,   Fresh  Roasted  Coffee  and  Choice   Butter. 

GROCERIES.  729-731  Fifth  St. 


HOTEL      BREWSTER 


Corner  Fourth  and  C  Streets, 

(r()sr-()i-b'n  K    Ul  iLm.N(;l 
SAN      DIEQO,      CA.Iv. 


KI.KGANTI.Y    FVB>I,-.H  EI). 

Best  EpiDpil  Hotel  iu  Soiitlieru  Califoruia, 

The  Only  Hotel  in  San  Diego  Having  a 
Passenger  Elevator. 

rujilic    .'ind    Trivatc    Hatli    Rooms.       Hot    and    Cold 
Water  in  all  Suites.     .Ml  Modern  Ci>nvenionces. 


Rates  :    $2.50  per  Day  Up. 

HOTKL   KRliWSXKR  CO., 

J.    E.    O'BRIEN,    Manager. 

Fine   Large    Sample   Rooms   for  Commercial    Travelers. 


A    CARD 

To  the  CItizensof  San 
Diego. 

A   Few    Facts     Which 

They    Should 

Know. 

1st.  That  M.  Germac's 
is  headquarters  for  DIA- 
MONDS. 

2nd.  That  we  carry  tlie 
LARGEST  STOCK  of 
WATCHES  on  the  Pacific 
Coast, 

3r<l.  We  ItEPAIK,  .lEW- 
Ef.RV  and  WATCHK.'^  most 
carefully  at  the  most  rfason- 
able  prices. 

4ih.  Our  Silverware  is  the 
FINEST  made  in  Amer- 
ica and  the  largest  aS.sort- 
ment  on  this  Coast  at  the 
LOWEST  PR'CES. 

.5th.  Our  Optical  Depart- 
ment IS  under  fhe  charge  of 
a  skilled  occulii^t  and  a 
thorough  optician.  This 
give^Qtie  customer  the  bene- 
fit of  an  eye  doctor  without 
extra  pay,  included.  Mag- 
nifying Glasses,  Microscopes, 
Field  and  Opera  Glasses, 
Telescopes.  Barometers,  AU 
titude  Barometers,  GLASS 
EYES,  etc. 

fith.  That  Europe,  Asia 
and  America  all  contribute 
to  our  collection  of  ART 
GOODS.  Our  frequent  trips 
to  the  Eas't  and  Europe  en- 
able us  to  always  ofEer  the 
newest  and  choisest  produc- 
tions and  the  fact  is  now  be- 
coming universally  known 
that  the  PRK'.ES  weask  for 
our  ART  (iOODS  and  PIC- 
TURES aie  LOWER  than 
they  are  East. 

7th.  We  make  a  .SPEC- 
IALTY of  WEDDIN  }  PRES- 
ENTS, consisting  of  NOV- 
ELTIES, practicllay  with- 
out limit,  something  to  suit 
every  taste,  presents  that 
will  fill  the  heart  with  joy. 
To  look  through  the  splendid 
assortment  is  pastime,  to 
price  the  goods  is  a  pleasure, 
and  to  posses  them  is  a  pri\-l- 
leee. 

8th.  OUR  BIG  IIIT-the 
Watch  Club.  Nearly  one 
thousand  of  San  Diego's 
BEST  C!ITIZENS  belong  to 
our  Watch  and  Diamond 
Clubs. 

9th.  Society  people  need 
not  go  thirsting  for  FINE 
NOTE  PAPI<:R  and  EN\'E- 
LOPES.  as  we  have  added 
tooursti'Ck  a  complete  line 
of  line  correspondence  .sTi- 
tionery,  wedding,  rcceptibu. 
visiting  and  birthday  cards. 
10th.  New  Department. 
COPPER  and  .STKEL  EN- 
RAVING  for  Society  and 
Business  Cards,  WedJing 
Invitationf,  etc.  We  also  do 
the  printing.  Send  for  cat- 
alogue. Orders  filled  by  .'.x- 
press  or  mail. 

M.  GKRMAK, 

8».i  Fifth  Street. 


PBESGRIPTIONS 
A    SPECIALTY. 


*  BREWSTER  PHARMACY  * 


BEST     GOODS     AT     , 
REASONABLE     PRICES. 


THE   GOLDEN   ERA. 


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WHEN    YOU    TRAVEL 

TAKE  THE 


(SANTA    FE    ROUTE) 


IT   R1':.\CH1''.S  All  points  of  intfrest  in  SoiUlifiii  California. 

IT   KTNS  Two  daily  overland  trains  through  to  Chicago,  over  its  own  lini.- 

every  day  in  the  year. 

ITS  TR.MNS  Carry  I'i!i.i.M.\N  I'Ai.ACK  and  Toi'Ri.sT  Si.iUii'iNG  Cars,  and 
make  from  twelve  to  twenty-four  hours  quicker  time  than 
any  other  line  to  Cliica.tjo  and  all  Points  east. 

IT  CIVICS The  BPCST  accommodations  at  the  LOWEST  rates. 

Santa  Fe  Route  FZxcursions 

Leave    California    ever\'    Wediie.'^dax'  and    run  "Tihrongh  tu  Boston  in 
PULLSI.VN  TouRLST  Sleei'INC,  C.\rs  in  charge  of  .special  agents. 

JB^^Tliese  cars  are  furnished  complete  with  Car])ets,  Curtains  and  Heddiny. 

For  tickets,  maps,  berths  and  general  information,  ajiply  to  any  agent,  or 

K.  II.  Wadk,  H.  O.  Thompson.  H.  K.  Grecory, 

{ieneral  Manager.  Gen.  Pass.  A.gt.  .\sst.  Gen.  Pass    .\!.;t. 

LOS  ANGELKS,  CALIFORNL^. 


Call    on    H.    B.    KEELER,    Agent, 


Corner   Fourth  and   D    Sis. 


SAN    DIEGO,    CALIF. 


Overland    Excursions. 

To  Salt    Lake    Citj^,    Denver,    Oiiialia,    Kansas    City,    Chicago 
and  all  points  East,  h\'  the  l^nion  Pacific, 

The    World's    Pictorial    Line. 

Leave  Los  Angeles  and  all  Sontliern  California  Points  every 
Wednesday  in  charge  of  experienced  managers.  Thnnigh 
cars.  Rates  the  lowest.  For  sleeping  car  berths  and  full  p.ir- 
ticnlars,  call  on  or  write  to 

G.    H.   McMillan,   Gen'l  Ag-t.  Sonthcrn  Pacific 
Co.,  San  Diego: 

Or  G.  F.  HERR.  Agt.  Union  Pacific  System,  No. 
229  So.  Spring  St  ,  Los  Angeles.  Calif. 


0.  WHITMORE, 

Carriage  and  Light  Wagon  Maker 
and  Repairer. 

828  to  836  FoLii-th  Street, 
SAN   DIEGO.  CAL. 

Pure    Ice 

From  Lake  Tahoe. 

lAk'  sri'iih'iok'  ■/'()  en  EM  It  \\  I.  ici-: 
I  1 1  1  i  < )  1 1    I  o  e  Co., 

Office,  Foot  of  E  St.  Telep'ionc,  229. 


^mm^ 


miCAVhAl  0, 1  nftUt  MARKs^W 
^    COPYRIGHTS.^ 

rA\   I   OBTAIN   A    PATENT?      For  a 

prompt  answer  and  an  honest  opinion,  write  to 
i>ll)NN  di:  CO.,  who  have  had  neariv  Hity  vears' 
experience  in  the  patent  business.  Conimunica- 
tions  strictly  confidential.  A  Ilaiiflbook  of  In- 
formation conceining  I'atem»  and  how  to  ob- 
tain them  sent  free.  Also  a  catalogue  Of  mechan- 
ical and  scientitic  books  ?eut  free. 

Patents  taken   throntrU    Munn  \  Co.  reccivd 
Bpecial  notice  in  the  Scientific  American,  anti 
thus  are  hroutrht  widely  before  the  pjblicwiihl 
out  cost  to  the  Inventor.    This  splendid  paneiL 
issued  weekly,  elecantl  villustrated.bat;  bv  tar  the! 
larirest  circulation  of  any  scientihc  work  in  the  i 
world,    %'i  a  year.    Sanmle  copies  sent  free.         ' 

Euildins  Edition,  monthlv,  $.'.50  a  vear.  Single 
copies,  '^5  cents.  Every  number  contains  beau- 
tiful plates,  in  colors,  and  nhotopraphs  of  new 
houses,  with  plans,  enablins  builders  to  show  the 
latest  deslcrns  and  secure  contracts.    Address 

MUNN  &  CO.,  New  Tokk.  361  Bboadwat 

FERRIS  eOOD  SENSE 

Corset  Waists.    ^^  ;'''.';«'' 

Worn  by  over  a  luiilion  moth-  ^^'.l   Bcinilns. 

ers,  misses  ar.d  children.  \iA,  r^ 

Clamp  buckle  at  hip  for  hose  /V^y^S^    /i^ 

supporters.  />     \\     V.  is" 

Tape-fastened  buttons.         /^^-  v  \  i'  kr 
Cord-edge  button  holes.      *''^^?^' ,  l^-/' 
Various' shapes— long,      /^^kmt^Ss^^r 

short  or  medium.      j-'i^i^S^^fll   ■  \  \  BHJif 

FITALLAGbb.  -i.v\i*»-^    t«in< 

FORlUMMER  WEAR. 

M.VPi:    I.N 

Ventilatin.sr  Cloth. 
Guaranteed  Not  to  Rip. 

Stylt.  I  11  , 

255  Baby S  -^o    '^==^        "■ 

256  Child 50  f  I    I,    ^.^ 

257  Miss *5  {    \    \\    n 

258  ••      ^s  Va    \  I.I 

259  Ladies '  °°    ^    \  '    ,   I  IS 

260  ••       ....  1.25       V   \    _1  '     I    /  /// 

BE  SURZ  n\       ,  i  \\\l 

your  Waist  is  st;Ki!pcd  1  I  MM 

GOOD  SENSE      ,  , .  .^ 

For  sale  by  all  /        /  /  /    J      VuX, 

LEADING  RETi: '.ErS.        (,         H        'i.\^3 

FERRIS  BROS.,  V  P  (  i  ^?^d 

ll.-.„ufrs.  and  T...   ...«>.  \L.  ^  'C   ^D    ENSE. 

HiuNciPAL  OpricE— 341  Broadway   NEW  \  ORK 
Bkanch  OFIH.1.-537  Market  St.,  San  Francisco 


TirE  RFST  Eouinrr.n  fior/-:/.  l\'  soc'theRiV  CAL/FORjYf.i. 


HOTEL    BREWSTER- 


AMERICAN    PLAN    ONLY. 


CKNTRALLV  LOCATED. 

ELHVATORvS    AND 

FIRE  ESCAPES.     BATHS. 

HOT  AND  COED  WATER  IN  ALL  SUITES. 

MODERN  CONVENIENCES. 


Rates,  ^-.50  [)cr  day  and  up. 


J.  E.  O'BRIEN,  Manager. 


SAN     UIKGO,    CAL. 


Shirts  and  Hats 


A  Select  Stock  of  Men's  Furniisliing  Goods. 
No  rent  to  pay  eiialjles  me  to  save  l)ii_veis  from  lu  to  20  per  cent,  on  jjureliases. 

J.  PRICE,  Corner  Sixth   and  H  Sts.,  San  Diego. 


M.  A.  WERTHEIMER  &  CO., 

s  1  ATK  )x^:l^^^;, 

]3ook«eli.e:ks, 

Scn(>(  )i.    Kl;kn1vSI1l:ks. 
COMPLETE  S'/OCk'  IN  ALL  f)EPARL.M ENTS. 

Aj;ciit,s  for  San  Die^o  County  for  Andrew's  Improved  Trinniijli  and  Triinni>li  .\\itonialit 
De.sks.     Zell's  Kiicyclopedia,  Haiicroft'-s  Object  Cliarts,  elc. 


CHAS.  A.  CHASE, 
Dispensing    Chemist. 

PKIv.SCRirTKl.N.S    A    Sl'l'C  I.\  I.TV. 

Corner  F  and   I'"iflh  Sts. 

.LHWliLYN'S  s^:^5^^-£- 

Is  Ihe  best    place   in   .San    Dieiro   to    liuv 

Boots  and  Shoes. 

728   Fifth   Street,  between  F  and  G  Sts. 


SPECIAL  ATTENTION   TjA^^Sf ^^EiiO'p^RE 

EYE,E.Ui,NOWau^i  THifOAT 

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'ri?Qf'9'^'^''OI2M.   2TOSP.M, 
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kESIIMisJCE  riFTH  ST  above  spruce 
i        SAH  DIEGO.  -  CAL