California gold book : first nugget, its discovery and discoverers, and some of the results proceeding therefrom . llustrate it. Forthis purpose a large number of photographs were obtainedfrom the wonderful collection of coast scenes held bv tUrkODUCTORY. 9 Tabor,of San Francisco. Only a few of these could beused, but for them we give proper credit here. California is first in climatic and health and comfort giv-ing advantages; third in wealth; fourth as an importer ofmerchandise, and fifth in exportations. This amongStates that were aged before the first American settlementhad been establishe
California gold book : first nugget, its discovery and discoverers, and some of the results proceeding therefrom . llustrate it. Forthis purpose a large number of photographs were obtainedfrom the wonderful collection of coast scenes held bv tUrkODUCTORY. 9 Tabor,of San Francisco. Only a few of these could beused, but for them we give proper credit here. California is first in climatic and health and comfort giv-ing advantages; third in wealth; fourth as an importer ofmerchandise, and fifth in exportations. This amongStates that were aged before the first American settlementhad been established within her bounds. She was givennumber 31 in the roll of States only forty-two yearsago. Situated beyond the mountains, and outside of linesof travel, she has overtaken and passed all but five of herprosperous sisters in every line distinguishing advance-ment, and in ten years more will be at the head of theclass in everything but population and importations, andshe will retain the place to which God has assigned her asthe one State to which all eyes are turned in admiration andwonder. THE AUTHOES. CALIFORN. ^^^?^^TJIA^fJte^i; EEVOLUTIONAEY ORIGIN OF A PIONEEE. The Wimtners were originally a noted family in thenorth of Ireland, and so close to the Scotch borderthat they may well be termed Scotch-Irish. Fromvarious causes large numbers of the brave and indepen-dent natives of that section were among the earliestemigrants to the JSTew World. From the beginning ofthe eighteenth century until the Declaration of Inde-pendence the departures from Irish ports of natives ofthe north of Ireland and Scotland frequently reachedthe enormous number of more than ten thousand in amonth. Comparatively, this was a larger number thannow disembark at American ports from all the rest ofthe habitable globe. No wonder that the Britishauthorities viewed with alarm the disappearance ofsuch vast numbers of the men from among whom shehad been in the habit of recruiting her armies. Nowonder that every
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