The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-07
CALL QUERY COLUMN.
The Federal Eight-H0ur Law Is for
General Application.
Telescopes at Mount Hamilton Sheridan in
the French-G,rman War-Greeley's
Can6idature.

Nor A LEGAL DISCHARGED. A. C.,
City. An enlisted man Of the \. G. c., who
having served his first term of enlistment
and has not re-enisted, yet for almost two
years thereafter is allowed all the privileges
OF membership in his company, but then is
dishonorably discharged for non-attendance
at drills, may with justice claim that such
discharge is Illegal. Not having re-enlisted
second time, he was not in the military
service OF the State, and, therefore, could
not have been discharged, honorably or
otherwise. The effect of the expiration of
his first term of enlistment was to discharge
him. If he was dishOnorabiy discharged.
it must have been by a court-martal and
obviously the court had no jurisdiction over
him or his case under the circumstances.
TELESCOPES AT MOUNT HAMILToN-J.
j. c.. City. Among the astronomical in-
struments at Mount Hamilton are the
following: The big telescope whose visual
objective is So inches clear aperture; the
12-inch refract0r, originally made and
mounted for Dr. Henry Draper and his
private observatory at Hastings on the Hud-
son; the 4-inch cOmet-seeker; the 61a-inch
equatorial; the 6b-inch Repsold meridian
circle; the 4-inen transit aud zenith tele-
scope combined, and the universal instru-
ment, which has an aperture OF 2.15 inches.
GREELEY's CANDIDATURE-J. W, City.
Horace Greeley was nominated for the
Presidency by the Liberal Republican party,
which had called convention at Cincinnati,
Ohio. On the sixth ballot he received 332
votes against 80 for Charles Francis Adams,
a sudden concentration of the votes having
been effected. Immediate changes swelled
his majority. SO that when the vote was
finally announced ii stood Greeley 4S2,
Adams 1877. The Democrats after that also
formally nominated him and he was the can
didate OF two parties in 1872.
He DID SPEAK W. &, City. The
answer of the @. c. that ex-Judge J. f.
Sullivan had never spoken on the sand lot
was given on the authority of his brother,
ia the absence of the gentleman himself.
Since then the q. c. has been advised to the
contrary by Mr.. j. +. Sullivan, and the
files Of The CALL Of the oath of August,
1879, have been consulted to verify the state
ment that he had spoken on the previous
day on the historical sand lot.
SHERIDAN IN EURoPE-F. w. s., City.
To say that Sheridan was on "Oyerseer in
the Frauco-PrusSisn war for American in
terests" Is arrant nonsense. During this
war Of lS70-7l tia late MajOr-General Sheri-
dan visited Europe and by Invitation OF the
German Emperor was present as a specta-
tor at several famous engagements, and
that was the long and short of the affair.
RAILWAYS IN GERMANY-H. w, CITY,
The great majority of the German railways
are now owned by the imperial or state Gov
eminent. Out Of 25,95S miles of railway
completed and open for traffic only 1913
miles belonged to private companies, and of
these GIT were worked by the Government
NaTTow-gauge lines in 1SS9-90 measured $40
miles, OF which 246 were Government lines.
PLAINLY ANswERED-O. A K, City.
The q. {. answered AS plain as language
can make it that the marriage with the
daughter OF ones sister is ali incestuous
union. Ii inceStuouS, necessarily it is not
legal marriage, is forbidden by the law of
this Stale anu, OF course, is punishable as a
crime.
AT THE LAST ELECTIoN-C. B. Y. Jr.,
Santa Cruz, Cal. o. The total vote at the
Presidential election in 1888 was II, 3S4, 937.
(2) The vote Of the Prohibition party was
5l.1i7. 90 Colorado gave a majority of
$3.50 and California plurality Of I'LL for
the Republican candidate.
a QUALIFIED JURoR-G. e. B., City. A
person to be qualified to sit as juror must
among other things have been assessed on
the last assessment roll of his county for
property owned by him. The same quail
fcations as in State courts are demanded in
the Federal tribunals.
THERE MUST BE DEDICATION j. d.
ON, City. There must have been dedi-
cation to the public as a th0rOughfare by
deed or use before the city can prevent the
closing up of that street by those claiming
to own it as private property.
VIA NICARAGUA-G. E, City, From
Liverpool. England, to Auckland, New
Zealand. via Cape Horn. it Is Il, 400 miles,
via CAPE of Good Hope Is, 975, and via the
proposed Nicaragua canal would be II, $40
miles.
AT MARE IsLAND-R. E. B., City. II
once the Q. c. has answered a half dozen
times that to place boy on a man-of-war
one must apply for his enlistment at the
recruiting Office at Mare Island.
PITTsBURG LANDING-J. F. T., City.
The Thirty-second Illinois and the gum
boats Lexington and Tyler were engaged
in the battle at Pitts burg Landing, Tenn,
fought on March ?. 1862.
ITALY's DEBT-A. n, City, The capt.
tai of Italy's consolidated and redeemable
debt amounted on July l, 1891, 10 $780,
452, 529 Tires.
De LEssEPs-J j. s., City. Ferdinand de
Lesseps. who projected and constructed the
canal of Suez, arrived in this city in 1880
on the 18th Of March.
Nor IN THE CoMPACT-J. F., City. Most
assuredly there are reliable insu rance COM
panies represented i'll this city which are
not in the compact.
CHESS CLUB-H. X. B.. City. Address
Bailin Ezra WashbUrn of the Supreme
Court regarding the chess club ana its
headquarters
MONMOUTH PARK. D., City The
racetrack at Monmouth Park. n. j., may be
considered the finest in the United States,
and probably is
PEACE JUBMEEs-L W, City The
great "peace jubIees'' projected by Gilmore
were held in Boston in 1869 and 1872.
PoPULATIoN-J. G., City. The census
showed 29S, 997 inhabitants in San Francisco
and 205.S16 in Detroit, Mich.
NONE LARGER-J. G., City. There is
not q tneater in Detroit, Mich, larger than
the Grand Opera-house in this city.
LOOKING BACKw ARD-A. III. S., City.
The first Sunday in the month of August,
1884, was on the Sd.
WORTH 10 CENTs-S. Nj. d., City. A
dime of 1885 is worth 10 cents and no more.