The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-06

united states coin 1913 cents.
EMBEZZLEMENT - New Reader, City. III
Jones Civ money to Smith TO pay Brown, and
Smith appropriates part OF the money 10 his
own use. he commits the crime of embeZzle-
ment, the degree being graduated by the
amount appropriated II under 500 The crime
is punishable as a misdemeanor. If above that
sum IL may be punished as felony. A party
who so embeZZles money may be arrested and
punished without cost TO the prosecuting party,
as The Government furnishes all The officials 10
prosecute Individuals arrested for any crime
known TO the law. A party accused, may,
"fier arrest, return to the complainant the
amount embrZZled and such act may he taken
as a mat er in mitigation OF punishment. Some.
times when such fact Is made 10 appear 10 lie
couri The action Is dismissed, hui as THIS Is
using the process of the court % enforce col
leciIOn, the practice is dlscounIenanced by con-
scie ntIous Judges. IL a prosecutor, ID a case
vile re The amount involved exceeds 500. should
accept the money embeZZed with the under
standing that he would not prosecute, he would
be guilty of compromising felony and would
be able to punishment by Imprisonment In the
pententiary. In case OF miSdemeanor prose.
cution must be commenced within IA year, and
IN case of felony within three years, else The
prosecution is barred by the statute OF limita-
ton. Alter complaint has been hled IN a
criminal acTion aud warrant has been Issued
the warrant may b served at any time there.
after that the accused can be found.
THE BARBARY CoAsr-H A. D., City, Nearly
thirty years ago, when that portion OF San
Francisco orth OF Market street and east Of
Powell was busy part, there were on Kearny
street between Washington and Broadway,
Dupont between the same thoroughfares. on
Jackson, Pacific and Broadway between Mont
gomery aud Stockton, but principally kearny,
Pacific and jackson streets. number OF dives
and dance halls where The sailors were In the
Of In I'm rNE
and their money for liquor Tor the women who
frequented these places. Things were carried
on with high hand and many were the tinan-
ciai wrecks reported at the old lily nan, not
for the Daily Alta California, and was generally
called "Stiggers," wrote up for his paper de-
scrption OF that section OF the city, told OF the
way the sailors and others were relieved of
their money, and in that article called the dis
trict "The Barbary Coast" after Barbary in
Africa. as both at that time were unsafe for
strangers TO travel through The name was
considered appropriate, was adopted ar once.
and has been used ever since. But the Barbary
Coast OF to-day is not what the Barbary Coast
was when II received that name.
LARGEST FLoWER-A. A. City. The largest
OF all known flowers is the Raff1esia, named for
Sir Thomas Stamford Rifles. an English trav-
eler and naturalist The Raffiesia Is parasitic
and native partly OF the Indian Islands and
partly OF South America. The plants OF the
genus Rafflesia have neither stalk nor leaves.
but are mere flowers seated upon the roots OF
species Of cissus, making their appearance at
first as hemispherical swelling OF The root
and after the bark has broken rising mp In the
form of head of cabbage. After the flower
has expanded IL diffuses carrion-lke smell.
The largest and first discovered OF Sc was
that discovered by Dr.. Arnold 10 Snmatra, In
1918, and who named II for SIR RafLes; sub
sequently this species. TO distinguish 1t from
others. was named Raff1esia Afn0loi. The
flower measures fully nine feet In circumfer-
ence, sometimes weighs ten pounds and Is
capable OF holding and con aiming two gallons
OF fluid A smaller species, Raillesla Patma,
the flowers OF which are from sixteen 10 twenty
four inches In diameter, is priced by the Java
nese as a medicine FOR It's strong styptlc powers.
TANNING-E. A. W.. Batavia, Solano County,
Cal. To properly tan The skin OF an animal 1t
should be carefully deprived OF hair, fat and
other impurities; 1t should be immersed In a
dilute solution OF fannie acid. The animal mat
ter gradually combines with the acid as 1t
penetrates inward and forms perfectly In
soluble compound which resisfs putrefaction:
To properly tan leather requires great deai Oh
time. There is way of tanning SKINS WIN Ine
hair on, which Is resorted 10 by those VINO nave