The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18

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| Only questions that are of general interest will
be replied to. Do not inelose stamps expecting
| personal reply.l
| WORLDS CIRCULATION PER CAPITA
| G. c. ", City. Argentine Republic $40 80.
Australia SO 20. Austria-Hungary SO a.
Belgium $50 90 Brazil 50 80, British India
So. Canada Sl2 81, Cage of Good Hope
SD 40, Chile SIP o. Denmark SIS 10,
France $50 09. Germany SIC II, Great Brit
ain and Ireland S23 90 Greece S13 80.
Hayti 81 %, italy SIT SO. Japan Sc 81,
Mexico S4 49, Netherlands S35 90, Peru
s. y. Portugal SO Sc, Russia So A. Cuba
S4S 20. Sweden and Norway Sc sc, Switzer-
land SIS -, Turkey So so, United States
SGT 80. Uruguay SIT 70.
| EXTEMPoRANEoUs, ETc.-S. NJ, Lock
field. % The word may be defined, Com
posed or uttered on the spur OF the mo-
ment, without having been studi ed or
digested." The word is now chiefly ap-
piled TO addresses of which the thought
has been prepared and only the language
or incidental treatment left to the sugges-
| ton of the moment. so that an extem-
pOraneous speech is understood as one
that is not read or reclted. (2) In regard
! t0 the book account the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure says section 344): ''In an action
br0ugh to recover a balance due upon a
| mutual. ODeH and current account, where
! there have been reciprocal demands be-
! tween the parties, the cause of action is
deemed to have accrued from the time Of
the last item in the account on either side"
| NAVAL ACADEMY. W. D., City.
| Pupils are not entered on applicable
| 10 oil
| delegate of the House of Representatives
| The Secretary of the Navy, as soon after
| March D in each year as possible, notifies
each member or delegate of any vacancy in
| his district. The nomination OF candi-
date 10 fill the vacancy is made on the
recommendation of the mem Der or dele
| gate and in many cases he recommends on
There are, besides, candidates at large APP
| pointed by the President.
CUsToM-HeUs EXAMINATIONS, Ere
j. f., City. Examinations are held at
each classified custom-house on the first
Tuesdays of April and October in each
year, and applications for these examina-
tons must be filed with the secretary of
the board OF examiners at least twenty
days before the ex minati0n. Applicants
cannot be examined for clerk or for mes
Senger II under 20 years nf age, or for any
other position if under q. Samuel Has
klns. secretary OF the Board of Civil Serv-
ice Examiners. will. on application, for
| ward requisite blanks.
| LANDs-P. orc. East Oakland. A lead
ing agent of country lands says good land
can he got in some of the central counties,
| just at the beginning of the foothills, on
| which wheat grain. trees, etc., could be
raised. for So an acre. The money neces-
! sary would depend on circumstances:
whether it would be profitable for several
to unite would depend on the men. Any
| time would do. but the best would be in
| the fall.
RUSSIAN CoNvICTs-A Reader, City.
Stanislaus Vazanakosky is in Jail for rob-
berry; Ivan Kovohoff is in New York en-
plOyed as shoemaker, Charlanye Nikitln
| In the city unempl0Yed; Stefan USsakoff
is in the city seeking work; Medic Solar,
| MerZa Beck and Mohammed Melegcn are
on whaler bound for trip to the Arctic
SPRING VALLEY WATER RATEs-Sub-
| scrIber, City. The rates are calculated ac-
cording to the number of stories of house
and the ground surface it occupies or
! charged by measurement of the meter
Ii would take too much space to enter into
details. The company will furnish the
printed rates.
| COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, ETC-A Sub
seriber. City. % The largest building,
longest and broadcast, was the Manufacture.
ers' building. 7S7xl6S7 feet, or a bout "A acres.
| ~ The covered area of the Worlds Fair
was 1901 acres. The area of the Midwin-
| ter Fair is said to be about 100 acres.
OLD REPUBLCs-D. p, Fresno. San
| Marine, esta bll>hed in The fourth GEN.
fury; AndOrra 10 which independence was
| guaran eed by ChaTlemagne. and SwtZer-
land. established A. ID. 1908. The other
republics are creations of the last half
century and later.
DEEDS. ETC.-J. o. It, Haywards %
deeds are recorded to give notice to the
world. so as to bind subsequent purchas-
ers and incumbraucers. (2) The deed
would take precedence although not re-
corded, over the homestead.
WRECK OFF CAPE HATTERAs-C. Fl.
p, TacaviIe. The steamer that was
wrecked off Cape Hatteras at the time
mentioned was the Central America, for
merly the George Law. Lieutenant Hern-
don was commander OF the vessel.
COLONIAL. S.. City. 1t was stated in
the telegraphic dispatches that Prince
COlonna was prince OF Italy and luriS-
dction in the matter could only be ex
ercised over him by the Italian courts.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Subscriber.
City. After A has risen to point OF in
formation respecting an order still pend
ing, BIS motion that no action be taken
on the matter at that meeting was in or
der.
INHERITANCE-E NJ F., Oakland. %
The daughter has. no right of inheritance
in supposed case. ~ The marriage would
be legal. The name is only good for the
purposes of identification.
CALIFORNIA FRUIrs-A. T., Cleveland.
Ohio. Professor Wickson published the
work on the subject and any bookseller in
San Francisco could supply it, or it could
be obtaiued through the horticultural So
ciety, Suffer street, San Francisco.
JOHANNESBURG i. ii. Y, Visalia,
The rates given were correct. ALI infor-
nation and tickets can be had on applica-
ton To Thomas Cook Il Sons agency, 62l
Co