The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12

land Office in the district in which such land is
located.
GET A LICENsE-W. B. j., Sacramento, Cal.
Every person who engages in the restaurant or
grocery business must obtaina license. 1t is
the duty of any one engaging in such business
to obtain license and not to wait for a
license collector to come around. II he waits
he may find himself cited to appear in court
and plead to charge of carrying on business
without license.
NICENE CoUNCIL-J. W, Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Cal. The first ecumenical council or
general council, generally known as the Coun-
Gil de Nicae, met at Nice in the year 325. 1t
over by Constantine the Great, and 1t composed
the Nicene creed. The second council was IN
session from September "a to October %, 1877,
and consisted of $50 Bishops.
MUST ANSWER. W., Vacaville, Solano
County, Cal. A witness in a court of justice
must answer the questions of an attorney so
long as the court holds that they are legal and
proper. The fact that the witness knows that
the attorney has been charged with the embez-
element of clients money will not excuse the
witness from answering all proper questions
THE YOUTHS D1REcroRY-A. s., City. He
brew children are received at the Youths Di-
rectory in this City. Creed. color or nation
atty is not allowed to bar the doors of the di-
rectory. Within the past year several Hebrew
children were received in this institution.
PRAYER AND PoTAToEs-R. B. c., Hvington,
Alameda County, Cal. prayer and Potatoes"
sketch, appeared in one of the Eastern pa
pers several years ago, and was subsequently
published in book OF recitations. You may
possibly find it in some OF the first-class book
stores.
WIDTH OF STREETs-E. T. P, City. Broad or
Fourteenth street in Philadelphia is 113 feet
wide. Market street in the same city is 100
feet wide, and Broadway, New York, is 80 feet
wide. Kearny street in San Francisco is rs
feet wide south of Broadway and 40 5-12 north
OF Broadway.
THE KINGS CoUNTY-Mrs. W., City. The ship
Kings County, that sailed for London from
this port last July, sailed for Capetown from
Cardiff on the 4th of last January and arrived
there on the 9th of March. She was there &C
cording to latest advices.
CALIFORNIA; SENATOR'S. NJ. G., Veterans
Home Yountville, Napa County, Cal When
not in Washington during the sessions of Con-
gress the addresses of Californias Senators are:
George c. Perkins, Oakland, and Stephen NJ
White, Los Angeles.
CORPORATION MooNLIGHT-C. T. T., City. The
contract price for lighting the City of San
Francisco with gas is II cents per lamp per
night. The lamps are not lit on the night be-
fore full moon, the night of full moon and the
night after
REEDS RULEs-R. R., City. Representative
7. B. Reed while he was Speaker of the House,
19S9-1S91, introduced changes in parliament
tary practice, giving greater power TO the
Speaker, particularly in the matter of deciding
on the presence of quorum.
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARTTY-C. M. H, City.
The words Faith, Hope and Charity are to be
found in the Bible in the last verse of the thir-
teenth chapter of Corinthians. The preceding
verses IN the chapter are explanatory of the
use OF the three words.
EMANUEL. W., Santa Rosa, sonoma Coun-
ty, Cal. Emmanuel, sometimes written I'm
manuel, means God with us, and is name
given to Christ, expressive of his partakIng
both OF the divine and human natures.
POINTS IN CRIBBAGE-Anon, City. If IN
game of cribbage A holds a pair of fours tray
and seven and four is turned up A IS right
in claiming fourteen.
No PREMIUM-A. s., City. There is no pre-
MUM offered for a United States half-dollar of
Io43. Dealers sell them at from rs cents TO 90
cents.
SMALL Babes. G. D., City. Small babies
are freaks, and so far as the Query Column has
been able to learn, there is no 'sofic1al 1ntor-
nation" on the subject.
SILVER RATIo-Inquirer, Oakland, Cal. The
term 16 to 1 in connection with silver, means
That sixteen ounces of silver shall be worth as
much as one ounce of gold.
CITY OF NEW YoRK-Subscriber, City. The