The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-09

Dutch. but perfectly independent and CO.
equal branch of the great Heutonic family,
as old as High Dutch, or perhaps older
These dialects, which in their system of
letter changes agree with the ancient Gothic
and the Scandinavian rather than with
the High Dutch, form the national speech
OF the whole coast region stretching from
Picardy to Denmark, and they have been
carried by conquest far to the east along
the Slavonian and PrusSian coast of
the Baltic. But their area has been en-
croached on. in different parts by French.
Danish and High Dutch, so that the form of
Low Dutch which is spoken ia the king
dom of the Netherlands and which is now
specially known as Dutch il the only CONT
mental dialect of the whole group which is
commonly acknowledged as the national
and literary language. 81 High German is
collective name for the dialect Of southern
and central Germany as distinguished from
the Low German of the north. Low Ger
man is collective name for the dialects of
Northern Germany and the Low countries
among which. the NetheTlandish or Dutch
and the Plattdeutsch have literature at the
present time.
DISPLACEMENT AND MEASUREMENT
H., Trim idad, Cal. The displact ment ton
mage of vessel is its weight; the registered
tonnage is the amount Of space available for
cargo. AS war vessels are not built to carry
cargOes of merchandise, only the displace-
ment tonnage is given. There are three
terms used in respect to the tonnage Of
ships, namely: tonnage under decks, gross
tonnage and register tonnage. In obtaining
the gross measurement the space under the
tonnage deck is first measured. then the
space or spaces, II any, between the tonnage
deck (the tonnage deck is the second deck
from below in all vessels of more than two
decks and the upper deck in all other YES
sells, aud finally the permanent clOsed-in
spaces above the upper deck available for
cargo. stores, passengers or crew. The
allowance for engine room Is governed by
the percentage he net engine roOm--that
is the space exclusive of the coal bunkers-
bears to the gross tonnage, and varies in
paddle and screw steamers, as laid duwn 10
the merchants shipping act Of 1862. To find
the displacement tonnage, take the trans
verse area to the height of the load water
line to find the cubic content, which content
divided By thirty-fve gives tic dsplace-
ment IN tons weight, the difference between
the light and load displacement represent
ing the carrying power of vessel In tons.
AMERICAN AND EURoPEAN-Inquisitive
City. Tue difference in the style of keeping
hotel on the American plan and keeping
one on the European plan is that the
American hotel Is conducted as a rule OH
the plan of large clearinghouse, where
everything, with the exception OF wines
much per diem. In England the hotel sys-
tenn OF living Is simply that of paying for
what is called for, with the addition of "A
certain charge per diem for the rooms occu-
pled by guests In France and other con-
tinental countries the English plan is modi-
fed in this that the guests take their meals
at table d'hote, which lessons the general
expenses.
EVENING DREss-F. c.. City. II gen.
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be. SO says an authority on evening dress,
attiTed in patent leather dancing pumps,
black trousers, low cut black vest so as to
display the bosom Of the shirt, white tie,
swallow-tal coat and light-colored gloves.
The wearing OF white vest in lieu of a
black one is permissible. For a dinner
party the same dress Is worn except that
patent-lealher CATERS are worn in place of
dancing pumps or iOw-cut shoes and that
gloves are dispensed with. A gentleman
may wear Prince Albert coat at an even
ing full-dress party, but it is not looked
upon by the swels as the proper caper.
NATIONAL HYMN-Mrs K, City. Among
national hymns and songs and anthems OF
the United States may be mentioned 1.-THE
Star-spangled Banner" and america"
Some claim that the national air of the
United States is Yankee Doodle" Great
brltaln's anthem. or, more properly, It's
song or hymn, is God Save the Queen"
The air OF that hymn is also the air OF
America" On general principles, II that
AR is played and there is nothing to indi-
cate that 1t is in honor OF England or the
United States tie presumption is in favor of
England, because it is the universally
recognized national air Of that country.
A FOREIGNERS RIGHTs-A s.. Suisun,
Cal. foreigner who has served in the
| army or navy Of the United States to be
come citizen Of the United States must
prove at least one years residence previous