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

100000 men engaged, between 10000 and
$4,000 were killed and wounded. rms &C.
Cured on September z, 1872. The Persians
are said to have lost 100000 at Platea.
TARIFF CoMMIssIoN-R. r., City. Under the
provisions OF an act passed on the 9th OF
March 1882, the following were named com
mission to revise the tariffof the United States
John L. Hayes of. Massachusetts,, H. W. Oliver
of Pennsylvania, Austin NJ. Garland OF IL
linois, John Amber of Ohio, R. r. Porter of the
District of Columbia, John w. II. Underwood
of Georgia, Duncan F. Kenner OF Louisiana,
Alexander P. BoIeler of West Virginia and W
H. Mcmahon OF New York.
In HALEY's TERM-T. N, City During the
twenty-four months that NJ. C. Haley was
County Clerk the expenses of his office were:
Salaries, S6679 90 per month, total OF
$16o,312; stationery, ETC., per month, $113 %,
or $2717 % for the term. The aggregate was
$6792 S8 per month, grand total OF
$l13 % per month for stationery is based
upon the demands signed for the last eighteen
months OF the term.
TRANSFERRING BEEs-F. r., Berkeley, Cal.
The several methods of transferring bees from
one hive to another in order to secure the
honey would take up more room than the
Query Column can devote to the subject. A
very full account of how this is done can be
found in the GA B of Bee Culture" edition
of 1891, in "Bee and Bee Keeping" and in
"The Hive and Honey Bee all of which publ
cations are to be found in the Free Public
Library of this City.
THE TRADE DoLLAR-A. T. F., City. An act
of 1873 authorized the coinage of trade dollars
of 420 grains for circulation in China in COM
petition with Spanish and Mexican dollars.
They were not intended for circulation in the
! United States still they were made legal ten
! der in the sum of S. This provision was re-
pealed in 1876, and in 1878 the coinage of
/ trade dollars was discontinued. For trade
! dollar OF 1876 dealers charge from W to SZ 90.
The STARTERs-S., City. The following are
] the names of the starters in the two races at
Monmouth Park in 1888 in which Lorillard's
Iroquois was entered and the order of finish,
August 25 Monmouth stakes: George Kin
ney /, Eole 2, Iro9uois 8, Monitor and Miss
Woodford 0. Same day, renewal of Monmouth
! stake: Eole !, George Kinney 2, Mo litor 3,
Drake Carter o and Iroquois o.
CHINESE QUEUEs-Octavia, City. Chinese who
are convicted of felony stand exactly on the
same ground as criminals of other nationali-
ties When they reach the State prison they
are forced to submit TO the same discipline as
| other prisoners and one OF these is that they
must have their hair cut according to the rules
OF the prison.
THE ELMBARK--A. c., City. The English ship
that came to this city with a cargo of sulphur,
and which after she was moored at the dock
! caught fire. was the Embark. The vessel was
sealed and the fire eXtinguished by Professor
/ Price by the use of carbonic acid gas, which
! was generated by pouring diluted hydrochloric
| acid on chips OF marble.
! PoGNosTIc-S., City. There is no such word
in the English language as "pognostic." 1t is
not to be found in any of the dictionaries, and
/ if you saw it in print it was misprint. The
word was probably "prognostic," an obso-
! lete name for prognoSticate, to foretell, and
printed without the or.
THE PUBLIC ApMIN1sTRAToR-E. J. w., City. II
a person having property or money in bank
dies without having made will and does not
/ leave any relatives it becomes the duty of the
Public Administrator to apply for letters and
administer on the estate. The first charge he
| has to pay is the cost of burial.
GoLDENsoN-H. C. g., Lodi, San Joaquin
| Comfy, Cal. Alexander Goldenson murdered
Mamie Kelly, schoolgirl, at Polk street and
Ash avenue, in this City, on the 10th OF No
vember, 1886, and was executed for this crime
! in the County Jail on Broadway on the 14th OF
September, 1888.
BuDDING-Brothers, City. The best time for
budding fruit trees is just as the sap is begin
| ming to rise, the "buds" at that time taking
more readily and the growth is undisturbed
| through the growing period. The proper time
| to bud roses in this State is in August and in
September.
! CoUsINs-C. H., City. If A and B are first
cousins AS children are second cousins to B,
| and BIS children second cousins to A. Their