The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-28

| far enough to be at all stages OF the tide
acted upon by the waves. The incoming
hallows carry the apron inward and it
swings back by its own gravity with the re-
| ceding water The pendulum motion works
pump with which the pendulum is con-
nected by means of q mechanical device,
thus furnishing the power.
SPRING SEAsoN-E. B., City. March,
April and May are the spring months, but
to fix arbitrarily upon " the first day of
| spring in this city" is impossible, because
with the peculiar climate of California Feb
| ruary Is spring like, and. anyhow, that eli
mate is too much varied, for it has beeg said
| of it that sit might be regarded as Eetero-
Sede Whe Of ns repea snd
| climates in the State-the land climate and
| the sea climate.
PROHIBITION CANDIDATES.. W. p,
San Pablo. Cal. ~ John Bidwell. candi-
date at the election in November for Gov
ernor as the nominee of the Prohibition and
! American parties, received 1908 votes.
| (9 The Prohibition candidates tor Congress
| polled the following vote in their respective
districts: First-Scranton, unexpired term
1923. full 259; Second-Witherell.. 912 I;
Third-Falkner. TIA; Fourth-Rowell, 30;
Fifth-Howe, 574; Sixth-Dougherty 313O.
AT THE GENERAL ELECTIoN-F. H.,
| City. The people of the State of California
have been called upon only once to pass
| the general State election in 1879. 1t must
necessarily have been by popular vote"
| for how else can the expression Of the people
| be had?
PHoTAGE FEEs-H. L.. City. Not alone
English vessels, but all deep-sea vessels, in
| GLIDING American, which may enter this
| port without a pilot, or having been hailed
| by one refuse or decline his services. have,
| notwithstanding, to pay half the pilotage
| fees prescribed by law.
TOWNSHIP CoNsTABLEs-J. B. F., San
| Luis Obispo, Cal. According to the Cali
| fornia Statutes, the officers of township
are two Justices of the Peace. two Con-
| stables, and other inferior and subordinate
| officers as are provided by law or by the
County Supervisors.
DUBLIN EXPosITIoN-J. L., City. Your
| query is indefinite. There was an indus
| trial exhibition in Dublin which opened on
| May u, 1853. and closed on November /;
| there was an industrial exhibition opened
| on May %. 1864 and an International eXhi-
bition opened by the Prince of Wales on
| May 9, 1865, which closed on the 9th of No.
vember; also fine art and industrial, June
| 5-Novem6er 80. 1872, and undoubtedly
| others.
| STANFORD FUNERAL SERMON. B. f.,
| San Luis Obispo, Cal. Rev. John P. New
| man, now Bishop of the Methodist EpiSco-
! pal Church, was the divine who preached
| the sermon at the funeral of Leland STAN
| ford Jr.
me AND Jn''-G. A.. City. The poem,
Me and Jlm," as you entite it, may be the
| piece OF verse, Especially Jim,'' first pub
| lished in Scribner's Century Magazine for
June, 1884, page $40, aud signed "B. NJ"
| only.
JAMES G. BLAINE-C. NJ, City. James
| G. Blaine has never held the post OF Minis
| ter of the United States 10 England. His
| partner, John l.. Stevens. in the ownership
| of the Kennebec Journal, of Augusta, Me,
was once Minister to Sweden, and is now
Minister Resident of Hawaii.
He Is AN AMERICANA. H., City. The
child born of American parents, who may be
abroad on pleasure trip, is an American,
| Notwithstanding his birth in foreign parts.
The nationality of the parents controls that
| of the minor.
AUsTRIA-HUNG ARY-G. p. City. Aus
| tria- Hungary is nation of the world. 1t is
ranked as of the second class.