The record-union., 1892-12-02

EDS. RECORD D-UNION: In your "InfOr-
nation Bureau will you please publish
answers to the following questions: Is
there such thing as State examinations
for public school teachers, whereby a
State diploma can be obtained, corre-
spending in nature to the county teach
ers' examination in California Ii so,
when and where are they given; what
grade must be made for the different
school grades, and what are the REQUIRE
ments for entering? Information on the
above subject will be appreciated by sew
eral readers Of the RECORD-UNIoN at this
place. H., Napa.
Section 1921, Political Code, amend
ments of 1891, provides for the State
Board of Education granting educational
diplomas, valid for six years, and life di-
plomas. The State educational diploma
is issued to those who have held one
year, and still hold in full force, first
grade. grammar grade. or high school,
city, or county, or city and county, certi-
icates, and who furnishes satisfactory
evidence of having been successfully
engaged in teaching tor at least five
years. How the application is made
and what its form and requirements
will be found fully set set out on
page l5l, statutes of 1891. Life diplomas
are issued in proof of successful teach
ing tor ten years: not less than seven
months to each year, is meant in deter
mining what year is. The applicant
must have taught some part of each year
for ten years, not necessarily consecutive
years, and iu all seventy months, of
which at least three years, or twenty-one
months, must have been in the public
schools OF California.
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: Why is the nine
of diamonds III a pack of cards known as
1.-The Curse of Scotland"
Mrs. w. II. D., Sacramento.
VIII some curiosity hunters please re-
spond?
EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: Will you let me
ask question in the Information Bu-
reau?" Did Mr.. Lincoln say, You can
1ool part of the people part of the time,
but you can't fool all the people all the
time" or did he use the word humbug
instead of fool?
FOURTEEN YEAR-OLD READER,
Sacramento.
The Lincoln biography is enormous; it
comprises more than a thousand vol
umes. We have not the disposition 10
give the needed time to ascertain when,
where, or in what form the expression
was used. Much has been credited 10
Lincoln as having been said by hun that
is pure fiction. Our recollection is, how
ever, that he did make the remark re-
ferred to, and that it is credited with the
word fool" " not "humbug." For accu-
racy let the fourteen-year-old subscriber
search the Lincoln biography in the
State Library.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: Will you please
inform me through your query column
which is the largest seaport town or city
in Oregon outside of Astoria? (2) Which
is the largest, Marshfield. Or, or Yaquina
Bay, Or? 81 Has Marshtield, Or, deep
sea vessel harbor? III. NJ, Sacramento.
The principal ports of Oregon are
Portland, Astoria and Coos Bay, and
their order of Importance is in that order
of statement. Marshtield is on Coos Bay
and has 1900 population, and is deep
sea harbor. Marshtield is thrice the size
of Yaquina Bay. Portland, like Oregon
City, is river port, though one for deep
sea craft, and may not be intended to be
embraced in your question. But in 1889
the registry OF the following customs dis
tricts, Yaquina, Oregon City, Willamette,
was: Steam, las; 80, 545.21 tons. Sail, 40;
5,72l.94 tons. Barges, 8, with 5,972.S
tons, or a total of 1876 craft and 5l,238. I3
tonnage. During the fiscal year 1859 the
toreign-trade entries of the above GUS
toms districts, excluding Yaquina, was:
Craft, POS; tonnage, 2,390.40.