The morning call., 1892-08-28

very strong; while Napoleon appeared
rather Insignificant on foot. but presented
an imposing appearance when mounted.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES - Mrs. T..
City. The wedding anniversaries are:
First, cotton: second. paper; third, leather;
h!th, wooden; seventh, WOODEN; tenth. tin
twelfth, silk and fine linen fifteenth, crys-
tai; twentieth. china; twenty-fifth. silver;
thlrtleth. pearl; fOTtieth. ruby; fftieih,
golden, and seventy-fifth, diamond.
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCEssIoN-G. E. D.,
City. According to the existing law in the
event OF the death of both the President and
the Vlce-Presdent of the United States the
Secretary of State would become President
III he should die. then lie would be sue
ceeded by the next ranking member of the
Cabinet, etc.
OFFICIAL REsIGNATIoNs- E. s., Oak
land. The Sheriff. County Clerk, County
Treasurer. County Recorder, County Tax
Collector, Coroner and Prosecuting Attor-
ney should tender their designations 10 the
Board OF Supervisors and Supervisor
should also hand in his resignation TO the
board
VALUE OF GoLD-G. H.. City. Carat, a
twenty-fourth part, Is a denomination used
in determining the fneness of gold. Gold
p carats fine TO the ounce troy is worth
SIS 80; Is carats. Sl5; 10 carats. SIS 3S; Is
carats, S12 30; IL carats. $40; 10 carats
SIS 80. and 9 carats, 81 20.
THE PRESIDENTS SALARY. ". c.,
Alameda. The President of the United
States does not receive any stipulated sum
for his personal use outside OF his annual
salary of $4,000 but he is provided with q
house and servants, and whatever Congress
may see III TO allow.
RAILWAY FRANCHIsEs-D. NJ. c., City.
Messrs. Sherwood ct al. applied 10 the
Board OF Supervisors some five years ago for
franchises for the construction of a street
railway from the ferry to the park via
Broadway. but the desired permission has
never been granted.
DICTIONARY OF DATEs-F. H., Sacra-
mento. Chronology is a very extensive sub
jet. but there is probably no better single
volume book for reference concerning
dates. etc, than Haydn's Dictionary of
Dates, which you can procure at almost
any bookstore.
COPPER CoINs-Subscriber City. A cop
per coin dated 1869 has no commercial value
but it might be priced by a collector of coins.
| (2J Quarter dollars of 1854 also a sixpence of
1886. are only of face value. An 1858 quarter
without rays has value of about SIS.
TRoTTING HoRsE-Old Subscriber. City.
| TIE mare Matte Howard trotted 20 miles
within an hour in this city about 1868 or
| 1865, and Jack Stewart also performed the
feat some time later over the course at
| Long Island.
REGISTRATION CLERKs-T. McM., City.
| The clerks now employed at the new City
| Hail. San Francisco. in registering voters do
| not receive S8 day. The average pay is
| S125 a month.
DAYS OF THE WEEK-T. j. c., City.
September %. 1871, fell on a Wednesday;
| May "a. 1861, on Friday; May "a, 1864. on
| Tuesday and July 4, 1864, on a Monday
| BoAT-BUILDING-W. A, City. For prac-
| tical book on bodybuilding write to the
| Forest and Stream Publishing Company,
| New York City.
BANK OF CALIFORNIA SUsPENsIoN-F.
| ii. g.. City. The Bank of California sus-
| pended August 26. 1876, and resumed Octo-
| ber /, 1875
| WAsHINGToN's ADMISSION H. c. L..
| City. The Territory Of Washington was ad-
| mitted into the Union November H. 1882
| "
1 Curious Turnout.
| New York Sun.
An eQuipage that would have attracted