The morning call., 1895-03-03

Guatemala land is not sold by the acre, but by
the square meter. Such land as is desirable for
the cultivation OF coffee would cost about
$4,000 for thirty square meters. Coffee plants
already started there sold there for
about 81 so each and it takes Sixty-six to
plant space 300 feet square. At the Office OF
the Consul-General for Guatemala in this city
the 1nformationis is given that it takes four years
for coffee plantation to yield and that to un-
dertake the cultivation of the berry in suffi-
cient quantity to make it a paying inves tment
requires a capital of at least $50 900. AS this
department makes it rule never to advise any
one to engage in any business, it cannot an
swer the question as to the industry being a
profitable one for any one to engage in.
SERVICES RENDERED.. J. ", City. If you
were member of the National Guard last July
and did duty as a soldier at Sacramento and
since that time you have resigned, there is no
reason why you should not be entitled to YOUR
pay for the service you rendered the State.
The pay the guardsmen will receive will be not
for being a soldier continuously, but for the
service rendered the State at the time they
were called. If guardsman had served at
Sacramento during the trouble, and on the day
after his company was recalled he was relieved
from his term of enlistment, and he
did not re-enlist, he certainly would be en-
titled to pay for his services.
LF-DoLLARs-A. S., City In 1886 there
were two types of half-dollars issued.
One was with lettered edge and the words
Pluribus Unum on the diverse. The other
was with milled edge and without the Latin
legend. There is no demand for the first
named, but dealers charge from rs 10 80 cents
apiece Tor them; for the other without the
legend they offer 50, $3 and So apiece, the
price being regulated by the condition in
which the piece is. This type is described
thus: Bust smaller than on previous issue
thirteen stars, six facing Liberty, without
Plurlbus Unum, edge milled Halves of
1S40 and 1841 are worth only face value.
CHILD AND WAGoN-A T., City. There is no
ordinance of the city that prohibits a dog haul
ing toy wagon with child in it, but there
might be such case as a dog harnessed to O.
wagon-load so heavy that he could not haul it..
and if whipped to make him haul it, that might
be construed into cruelty to an animal. There
is law to cover cases of that kind. Again
there is an ordinance that declares that mo
person shall drive or draw upon any public
sidewalk any vehicle except hand carriages
for children" Possibly under a strict CON
structlon on this ordinance some Judge might
hold that the hauling by dog of toy wagon
with a child in it was a misdemeanor.
SHIPS OF IRoN-W T., City. The earliest
notice of an iron sailing vessel is mentioned by
M. Grantham in his work on ship-building.
Quoting from a publication bearing date of
July %, 1887, he gives description of an iron
canal boat built by Wilkinson, of Bradley
Forge. near Bilston, which had arrived at
Birmingham few days before. J. E. Reed, a
celebrated ship architect, in letter written in
1872 said: 81 had occasion few years ago to
look up the history of iron-ship building, but
did not discover any earlier instance than
Wilkinson's canal-boat of really commercial
vessel built of iron'
THE LARGEST CITIEs-C. W., Antioch Contra
Costa County, Cal The ten largest cities in
California, according to population, rank as
follows: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland
Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego, Stockton.
Alameda, Fresno and Vallejo. The ten largest
in the United States are: New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn On. Y.) ST. Louis'
Boston, Baltimore CId). San Francisco
Cincinnati and Cleveland (Ohio) The ten
largest in the world are: London, Paris New
York, Canton, Berlin, Chicago, Toxic Japan).
Vienna, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. The
ports.
CENCIUs-R. Fl. B., City. The painting en-
titled "Cencius Pleading for His Life" is taken
from an incident in the time of Gregory VII W.
R. W. Stevens in his work entitled .sThe Hilder-
brand says that on one occasion Gregory VII
was seized and taken to the tower of the Cen
eius; that the next morning the tower was be-
siegcd and Cencius overwhelmed with fear
pilgrimage, but instead of going to the place
where told to 60 he fled to Lombardy Wher re
he conspired with the enemies of Gregory to
undermine his power
DIcE-sHAKING-C. II. H. and NJ. D., City. No
recognized authority on dice mentions razzle-
dazzle and those who play it seem to differ con-
tinually as to how to count the dice. In order
to avoid all disputes those who wish to shake
dice, razzle-dazzle fashion, should agree before
playing as to whether aces or skies should be