MRS. A.S.C. FORBES,
in Mission Tales in the Days of the Dons.
A half-naked beggar will find a dirty ribbon out of an ash-barrel to ornament himself, if he happens to be a she. ∗ ∗ ∗ We women are such striking guys without our first little aids to the ugly.
MIRIAM MICHELSON,
in Anthony Overman.
JUNE 29.
During this unsettled period (1849), the "judge of first instance," or alcalde, sat each day in the little school-room on the plaza of San Francisco, trying cases, and rendering that speedy justice that was then more desirable than exact justice, since men's time, in those early days of 1849, was worth from sixteen dollars to one hundred dollars per day. The judge listened to brief arguments, announced his decision, took his fees, and called up another case; hardly once in a hundred trials was there any thought of an appeal to the Governor at Monterey.
CHARLES HOWARD SHINN,
in Mining-Camps.
JUNE 30.