The morning call., 1894-03-18

The SILVER DOLIAR-J. n. G., Turn
water. The silver dollar now in use is full
legal tender as far ss the law can make it.
The Bland llison act of 1878 declared it
legal tender. but the Treasury Department
has given creditors the option as to which
kind OF coin they would receive. The
Government accepts the silver dollar for
all dues. All private debts not made pay
able by the terms of the agreement NAV
he paid in standard silver dollars. On the
Pacific Coast most people follow the Gus
tom of paying large sums in gold.
BUSINESS CARD-N c., City. A firm
might use the word incorporated on
business cards if it felt inclined although
it were fact that the company was not
incorporated, but by so doing il would be
publishing an untruth and when that fact
became generally known its business
would suffer. for the public would not care
to patron'Ze firm that would deliberately
publish false announcement for it would
reason that firm VINO is false in one is
false in all. TruthfulnPss and honesty in
business win every time.
RUSSIAN RAILRoADs-D. p, Fresno.
Cal. The first line of railroad in Russia
was short one established in 1887, COM
menced In 1885 and built in the neighboy-
hood of St. Petersburg. The first road of
any length was the one from st. Peters
burg to Moscow, built IN 1851. Russia has
now 90, 357 miles of road in operation
That country Is now building the great
Siberian railway which is to connect
Eastern Russia with a port on the Pacific
Ocean. 1t will be stretch of 5000 miles
of railway, all on Russian territory. The
estimated cost of this work Is 100000, co.,
SCHOONER DELLA-J. ID. NJ, City. The
records of the cuStom-hnuses at San Fran
cisco. Astoria. Portland, Eureka, Whining
ton and San Diego. corrected I'D to the 1st
of last January. do not show the schooner
Della sailing out of San Francisco for
ports along tile coast. The only We sell of
that name appearing in the list published
annually by the United States Bureau of
Navigation at Washington, which con-
tains the names of all merchant vessels
in the United States, is the schooner
Della, 7.50 tons, built at Biloxi, Miss, in
1883, home port Shieldsboro, Miss.
WooD ENGRAvING-J. E., City. En-
gravers on wood use different kinds of
wood according to the nature of work re-
qnired. That which Is most preferred Is
bnXw OOd, for the reason hat it takes ink
better than any other. Ii has to be pre-
pared for the engraver, and there are sew
eral methods used after the blocks have
UcCu Is dS RUOu I'LL OUDOT-
tuDity of learning the art in this city as
anywhere else. prnviding some one here
feels inclined to teach it.
The INCOME TAX Old Subscriber
Santa Rosa, Cal. In the Wilson bill as it
now stands in the Senate the clause on the
subject of taxing incomes retains the rate
OF per cent on the amount of income over
$4,000. as prescribed in the Wilson bill.
The classes of income are brOadened by
adding to rents. profits. salaries. e.c.. the
words "or from any source whatever"
and the persons TO whom the lax applies
are every citizen of the United States
and every person residing therein"
SUNSET BUILDINGS j. G. B., City.
The only brick building at the Midwinter
international Exposition at Sunset City is
the Egyptian. in which is displayed the
| paintings and statuary. When this was
erected II was understood that it was to be
permanent improve rment.
QUESTION OF LAw-O r. L., City.
There Is law IN his State that protects
inn-keepers, ho;el-keepers and others and
which provides what may be done in case