The morning call., 1893-06-11

described is an engi aVlng from the painting by
Robert Glib. 1t represents an tnciden of the
Crimean war; At The battle of Balaklava the
Ninety-third Hghlandrrs were formed by Sir
Colin Campbell IN double line. They stood
there In their scarlet uniforms and formed "a
thin red line" which furnished the title tor the
picture Determined men, they stood where
placed to await the coming of Russian horse
men, who were charging upon them. They
stood their ground ana when The Russians
were within $50 yards nom them they opened
Il deadly line of fire. This struck CONSERVATION
into lie ranks of the CosSacks, who turned and
fed moving 10 the rear faster than they came,
but not in such numbers. The brave High
landers never moved from their position untfl
commanded TO do 30 by their superior officers.
THE WARRIOR QUEEN-Through the cour-
tesy of George A. Hussey of Oakland the Query
Column Is able 10 furnish some Information Of
the wreck of the British ship Warrior Queen.
This vessel was wrecked on The 10Th of July.
1874 on the coast about five or six miles north
of the Point Reyes Lighthouse. She was from
New Zealand, in ballast, bound for San Fran
cisco o load wheat. and ran ashore during
fog. The tigHehead, yerltable warrior queen,
Is on fruit ranch at Point Reyes owned by
Mr.. Hus>ey's brother. AT the time OF the
wreck one of the keepers at he Point Reyes
Lighthouse lost his life ln attempting TO go 10
the vessel
SLEFP-W CITY. DR.. Mains. who is said to
be the best authority on the subject of sleep,
says that the proper amount OF sleep for man
is eight hours. DIR. CritchOn. who has written
much on the subject of siee asserts that the
duration OF sleep ought to be in the inverse
OF its intensity those who sleep profound
ly ing fully Iehablitaied by period OF
sIumber that would leave light sleeDrrs unre-
freshed. An old proverb says, "Five hours
sleep for a man, seven for woman and uine
for A pig" Another says, Mature requires
five. custom allows seven. laZiness takes nine.
while wlckedness takes eleven hours OF Sleep"
PUBLIC RECORDS. TAxEs-M. NJ. ", City.
The records OF court arr public records and
may be inspected by any one who desires to do
SO. An exception is made i'll divorce cases
The testimony In a case also becomes part of
the record ana is nled with the papers, but as a
rule Ii is the sHot thand notes of lie reporter.
A copy of the testimony may be obtained by
paying the reporter for transcrlDing the sam.
(2) The amount of taxes on real ana personal
property is the same. ! he real estate tax roll
and the personal properly tax roll are made up
separately. The tax levy for the current year
has not yet been fixed.
ARMY, Navy, IRRESPONSIBLE cost OF main
tainiug The army OF The United States for the
year 1892 was S33.S7s, ,24S. the navy S15,.
Az 639 and the pensions SI39, 035 612 max
ing a total of s1sS. 1921, 500. During the same
period the cost of the standing army OF Eng
land was $50, ,295. 600. the navy S70,750,o00
and the pensions S15.450.000. making a total
what The United States paid.
THE 1sT OF JANUARY-C. A. B., City. The
1st OF January is not national legal holiday
In California it is made legal holiday by the
State law. There are no legal national holidays
In this country-that Is there are no days ap-
pointed as holidays by authority of Congress-
Thanksgiving day the President nj rely recon-
mends TO the peoDle, and the 4th of July de-
pends for its observance on State laws; so with
all of our holidays.
THE QUEENS TOBACCO PIPE-C. r., City
The Queens tobacco pipe was an immense
kiln that stood on the London docks and was
used for the purpose of destroying by fire
smuggled and contrab nd goods. 1T was kept
burning day and night. IL IS only few years
since that this custom of destroying goods was
abandoned At present the goods seized are
sold for the benent OF the Government.
POINT OF THE CoMPAss-Old Subscriber
City. Howard street where it crosses Tenth
runs in A northwest southeast line, and Tenth
street at Howard Is In line from northeast to
southwest, consequently the corner OF the two
stI eets on which stands the carhousa OF the
Omnibus Cable Company is the northwest cor
ner.
EXTRADITIoN-M. NJ, City. The extradition
treaty between the United States and Great
Britain includes the British possessions. The
treaty Is known as the Ashbuiton treaty, and
nit murder. piracy. arson, robbery forgery and
the utterance OF forged paper.
CoMPLAINTs-A. N, City. If you have good
cause of complaint. are sure that the Board of
Health has paid no attention to it, after re-
peated notice, call the attention of the Mayor
20 the matter, and If that does not produce the
desired result, lay your complaint before the
Grand Jury.
CAR FARE-E. c. K, City. 1t has been held
In this city that conductor must carry enough
coin TO make change for piece of gold of reas-
enable size and IL was held that a So niece
rendered in payment of fare was coin OF reas-
enable size.
BRoTHERs-INLAw- II. D., Potrero, City
When two men, strangers to one another
marry two sisters they become the sons-in-law
of the parents OF the girls ana each man be-
comes the brother-in-law of his wife's sister,
but not each others Drotherin-law.
PoEMs.-H. S. B., San JOSE The Query
Column cannot publish the poems you name In
your communication for the reason that they
would take up too much space. You ought 10
be able to find them in any Of the libraries.
The ALABAMA. THE HATTERAs-S. C. b..
City The Alabama was sunk by the Kearsarge
on the 10Th of June. 1864. The Hatteras was
sunk by the Alabama on the 11th OF January,
1868.
To MExIco-X. Y, Dixon. Cal. The shortest
route from this city 10 Mexico is via the South
ern Pacific to FL Paso, then by the Mexican
Central. The lowest fare is second class
sos 25.
RocK-D. T.. City. The common red rock
used for macadamiZing streets in this city is a
variety OF jasper, and the whitsb rock used for
The same purpose is OF the serpentine variety.
STANFORD UNIvERSITY-O. S., City. For
information as TO qualification and require
ments TO enter the S anford University write to
the president OF the university.
SUPERFLUoUs HARM. E., City. There
are number of prescriptions for removing
superfiuOus hair from the face and they may be
obtained from any druggist.
MISSION DoLoREs-S.. City. The Mission
San Francisco de los Dolores, at the head OF
what is now Six eenih street, was founded ON
the 9th OF October, 1776.
JAKE KILRAIN-St. Nicholas Sport, City
Jake Kirain is not dead He is living in Balti-
more. Md, where communications addressed to
him will reachihlm.
In BooKsToREs-Th review you ask about
Is obtainabe IN any bookstore.
-Four Chinese forfeited $50 each in Judge
Conlan's court yesterday for having lottery
tickets In their possession.