The morning call., 1890-11-09

number given 1889 are of the line and SEQ Of
the staff, etc. ~ The officers OF the con-
solidated out of 20 cavalry troops and
infantry companies go infantry and 20 cav
airy have been assigned to vacant positions
in other regiments or military bureaus. 10
There are in the United States some 119
garrisoned POSTS.
10. o. F. BANK-G. b.. City. The l. o.
0. F. Bank has not paid dividend in liQui-
dation for all of two years. 1t has paid in
liquidation So per cent of its Indebtedness,
with $342, $50 due depositors and real estate
and cash in hand amounting to S142, 900.
The litigation pending on appeal in the
United States Supreme Court between the
dep0StOrs and stockholders has made the
extension of time unavoidable, and until il
is determined further dividend need not be
looked forward to.
VIvIPARoUs FIsHEs-W. F. A.. Alameda,
Cal. The majority of fishes are oyiparous
and comparatively few are viylparous.
Among the latter may be named the cod:
Norway paddock, whiting, hake, blenny OF
England, the dogfsh and the whale, II you
call. the whale fish. The fish which you
say resembles the perch and which is vivi-
parouS, is known scient ideally as the d.
trema argentum.
CONTROLLING THE MARKET-J. j. D.,
City. All things being equal the American
does not absolutely control the foreign mar
ket in any commodity nor the foreign the
American market. The question of demand
and ability to supply are the controlling fac
tors. Of course, a fall or rise in one mar
ket may affect the prices in another.
Nor IN THE LAWS CLUTcHEs.-M. F.
H., City. Nothing has ever been done to
prosecute ex-Policeman John Hawkins for
oil oclr, ba fa6
the country. Besides his otfense was not
committed in this county. More reprehen-
sible acts than his do and have passed out of
the memory Of the general public.
INNoCUoUs DEsUETUDE-W II. NJ, City.
On March l, 1885, resident Cleveland sent
special mes sage to the Senate on the sub
ject of removals from office and in it he used
the words ''innocu0us desuetude" in refer
ring to certain laws which had become dead
letters. The dictionary will give you the
definition of the quoted words.
w. c. 7. U.-J. NJ, Anaheim. Cal. Any
respectable woman. married, single or
widowed. may join the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. She must obligate her,
self to work for the cause OF temperance
and to be eligible to hold Office must be
mem Der IN good standing Ut an evangelical
church.
CHAMIZA-J. A. A. R., Searsvile, Cal.
Neither the word ''chemise" nor "chemisap
has been found by the Q. c. in the Spanish
dictionary as the name of a shrub or under
growth found in California on rocky hill
sides. The word given is "chamiza," and
the definition "a kind Of wild cane or reed
CHAUTAUQUA-J. NJ, Anaheim, Cal. No
conditions are dem anded to join Chautau-
qua circle save responsibility and desire to
improve ones knowledge. For particulars
how to form a circle address Mrs NJ. ii.
Field, San Jose, Cal, Secretary Pacific Coast
Chautauqua Association.
MEASURING LoGs-L. G. l., Covelo, Cal.
To answer your question regarding the
measurement Of a log, the Q. c. will have to
know more than the circumference OF the
log about to be measured.
FROM THE HAwKEYE STATE-E. j. O.,
City. William f. Cody, better known as
Buffalo Bill, was born in the backwOods
OF Scott County, Iowa.
SIR FRANCIS BURToN-A. W., City. Sir
Richard Francis Burton, the explorer, who
died at Trieste on the Goth of last month,
was born at Norfolk, England, in 1921.
In RATIO TO GoLD-J. D. R., Black
Pine, Mont. Silver's lowest ratio to gold
since the year 1860 was during that year
1929.