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does, and obtain their homage from a 

 distance, thus unwittingly lifting them 

 up to a higher standard of perfection in 

 order to become worthy of her smile." 



Alas ! How many of us live for the 

 true and noble object of hfc, to improve 

 humauity by au excellent example. Pre- 

 cept is well, but silent jiraotice is better. 

 The maiden shorn of her sunny locks, 

 not only saved her own health and grew 

 rosier every day, but through her exam- 

 ple and influence her delicate friend, 

 Mattie Wheeler, had her own hair cut, 

 and by observing other health rules be- 

 came stronger and better than she had 

 been for years. Three more of her 

 young friends saw the error of their ways. 

 They overcame their parents' scruples, 

 cut off their tresses, and lightened their 

 skirts of superfluous trimmings. Ke- 

 solving to live for comfort rather than 

 only for outward appearance, they be- 

 came strong enough to dare to be free. 

 They dressed as they liked, took exercise 

 when and as they liked, and finally de- 

 termined to find employment for them- 

 selves according to each one's peculiar 

 talents. One became an artist, and put 

 her whole soul into her work; another 

 learned type-setting, and became an ex- 

 pert, regardless of the sneers of unprin- 

 cipled persons. Each choosing to become 

 independent of others for support, and 

 free to select for a life companion only 

 such an one as seemed truly worthy, 

 mentally, morally and physically. 



Who can say such lives are failures? 

 Young women, everywhere, be strong 

 enough to dare to be free! Let no flat- 

 tery prevent you from studying your own 

 comfort and well-being. Health first, 

 alieayn. The healthy body is a fit abid- 

 ing place for a healthy soul, and should 

 seek in a mate one as pure-lived as itself, 

 that perfection of species may, in coming 

 generations, become possible. 



TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS 

 WITH BUT ONE ANSWER. 



Among all classes of people the de- 

 mand for knowledge, sound, practical 

 information, is increasingly urgent. 

 None are so rich as to be above the need 

 of it, and no one is so i)oor as to not 

 desire it. 



But, want of time prevents the busi- 

 ness man from using the library he may 

 possess, and want of means prevents the 

 laboring man from buying the books he 

 and his family might use. 



Amoug the questions bearing upon the 

 social and business interests of all 

 classes, few are more important than 

 those relating to the means of popular 

 education. 'Two of these questions are, 

 "How shall the over-worked business 

 man secure an acquaintance with the 

 thousands of subjects of general interest 

 which force themselves upon his atten- 

 tiouV" and ''How shall the poor man 

 supply himself and family with the 

 means of general information?" 



Fortunately, these questions have al- 

 ready engaged the earnest thought of 

 able minds, and during the past five 

 years a grand work has been inaugurated 

 and carried f(u-ward nearly to completion 

 which is destined to give a practical an- 

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 of intellectual wealth to the peuljlo. It 

 is an epitome of universal knowledge, 

 embracing all times, all nations and all 

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 well informed. From it the busiest can 

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 which, in the ordinary library, are be- 

 yond their reach, and, with "it in his 



hand, the poor man has a library of the 

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 form, he could never own. 



The leading educators and scholars of 

 the land have placed this work above 

 every kindred work for the use of pro- 

 fessional and business men and as an 

 invaluable source of instruction for the 

 homes of the people, and the following 

 extracts from notices of the work by 

 those who are well known in San Jose, 

 will serve as a sample of the testimony 

 received from critical sources every- 

 where: 



The second volume of Johnson's Universal 

 CyolopiEdla has come to hand. Itaflordsme 

 threat pleasure to call the attention of my friends 

 to the remarkable value of its scientific articles. 

 The progress of modern science is so rapid, and 

 implements and processes are so multiplied, that 

 the scientific student is tiften at a loss to obtain 

 accurate inlormation upon such subjects. To 

 such, Johnson is a perfect treasure-trove. Ev- 

 ery scientific article is the work of a master in 

 the special field treated of. I have found there 

 very elaborate and beaiitifully illustrated articles 

 upi>n many subjects concerning which I had 

 vainly sought in all other accessible works. I 

 Hhould now be very much at a loss if compalled 

 to do the work of my department without the 

 opportunity of reference to Johnson. 



H. B.NORTON, 

 Prof, of Natural Sciences, Normal School. 



I have carefully examined the first two vol- 

 umes of Johnson's Universal Cyclopfedia and 

 find the articles ably and concisely written. The 

 information to be derived therefrom is fully up 

 to the present state of scientific knowledge. 



The authors have wisely ignored the long- 

 winded and unprofitable theories of the past, 

 and, like sensible and practical men, have con- 

 fined themselves mainly to facts. Life is too 

 shtirt to be wasted, in this utilitarian age, upon 

 anything else. 



I feel s.atisfied that anyone who pm'chases the 

 work will never regret the outlay. 



JOHN D. SCOTT, M. D. 



The superiority of Johnson's over 

 other cyclopjedias is such that most of 

 those owning either of the others are 

 purchasing the former. As a matter of 

 safety and economy, we suggest to the 

 people to see and examine Johnson's 

 before ordering, and thus avoid the dis- 

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 have incurred. 



I will gladly jurnish latest editions of 

 the others for comparison with John- 

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 purpose. 



JAY FKANCIS, Agent. 



P. O. Box 48, San Jose, Gal. 



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Pupils attending this College can also 

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San Jose, Cal. 



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Manufacturers and Dealers in 



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.John W. Hinds. President; E. C. Singletary, 

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 S. W. Cor. First and Santa Clara Sts., 



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II 



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^r;l.\TY ONE AND TWO VKARS OL.D 



O —Thoroughbred Spanisli Merino K.ams, Cali- 

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 TAIN. which took the first pi-emiums at the Bay 

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 lbs. year's growtli. Also, about in« Ewes and 

 Lambs, allof GREEN MO UN'L'.UN stock, bred 

 last year. i 

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