The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-09

creasing the vigor and freshness of the nervous
system and avoiding all occasions of exhaustion,
undue excitement and other cases of nervous
waste. We may do this by general constitutional
means or by stimulating the brain at the expense
of other functions. This last method is however,
no economy in the end. Every mans system has
certain fund of plastic power which may be hus-
whole the power being greatest in early life and
diminishing with advancing years. If it is strongly
drawn upon for one class OF acquisitions we must
not expect it to OF equal avail for others.
To DESTROY ANTs-S., City. The following
methods are said to be effective for the destruc-
ton of ants, and they are given for what they
worth: To destroy black ants-Boil four
ounces of quassia chips in one gallon of water
for ten minutes, and add tour ounces of soft
soap. This applied 10 places where there are
ants will kill them. To exterminate red ants
Grease a plate with lard and set it where these
insects abound. They prefer lard to anything
else and will forsake sugar for it; place few
sticks around the plate for the ants to climb
up on. Occasionally turn the plate bottom up
over the fire, and the ants will fall in with the
melting lard. Reset the plate and you will
catch them all.
MEN AND ARMs-F. A., City. The five strong
est nations as TO army. navy and guns combined
are, in times of peace Russia, ], 1856 6S4 men,
$3.50 guns, other than small arms: Germany,
660,632 men, 4197 guns; France, 644, 497
men, 1884 guns; Austria Hungary, 348, $50
men, PTS guns; Italy, 220,695 men, 1892
guns. In times OF peace England has 202 ZIG
men, 1886 guns, on war footing 1,039,760
men On war footing the other five nations
3,755 ,954 men; France, 1928, 7S5 men; Italy,
2,559,722 men; Austria-Hungary, 1855, 20S
men.
PROMINENT PEoPLE-M. P, Alameda, Cal.
Letters addressed as follows will reach the
parties they are intended for: Joaquin Miller,
Oakland, CAL; Jerome K. Jerome, The Idler,
London, Eng; Harry Romano, New York City,
N Y. (rpnTUp Mqnriar London. Pro-
lessor j. LIE Conte, University OF California,
Berkeley, CAL; Thomas A. Edison, Menlo Park,
j; Charlotte NJ. Yonge, care OF Macmillan
Pubnsh1ng,house, LONDON, Eng FRANK K.
Stockton, Morristown, N j.; Rabbi Jacob Voor-
sanger, San Francisco, Cal.
CLIMATE NoRTH-E. P, Fcrndale, Humboldt
County, Cal. There is no weather bureau sta
ton at Bandon, Coos Bay County. Or. AT the
nearest point where there is a station, which
Is Empire City, the average rainfall for five
average for six years has been A. 4. The aver
age temperature at Eureka is SIT deg, while
at Vandon, Coos County, the nearest place to
Bandon where record Is kept, it is 80 deg.
The Query Column has no Information as to
the quality OF land in Coos County.
MARION CRAwFoRD-Mrs. J. A. c., City. Fran
els Marion Crawford, the novelist, is a nephew
of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Julia Romano eld-
est daughter OF Mrs. Howe, was an educator.
She was born in Rome Italy, March 13, 1874.
In Decem Der, 1870, she married Michael Anag-
nos. She died in Boston, March 10, 1886.
Maud, Mrs. Howe's second daughter, was born
in Boston, November 8, 1855. She is an author.
In February, 1887, she married John Elliott,
an English artist
IN THE PILOT SERvIcE-L. W, Stockton, Cal.
Ii you wish to become pilot in the harbor of
San Francisco you will have to make personal
application to the boatkeeper of any of the
pllot-boats. Your qualifications for the posi-
tlon can be determined only after trial The
chances OF obtaining a position are. not the
very best, as there are 100 applicants for every
vacancy that occurs and vacancies do not occur
very often.
The Iowa Lave. D., City. The law of Iowa
provides that one-third in value OF all legal or
equitable estates in reel property possessed by
the husband at any time during the marriage,
which have not been sold on execution or by
any other judicial sale, and to which the wife
mas made no REIMBURSEMENT OF her right,
snal De set apart as her property IN lee simple
II she survive him.
CLARKs UNIvERsITY-M. A. L., Calistoga,
Napa County Cal. The Clarks University men,
toned in the reports of the Woman's Congress
is located at Worcester, Mass. The founder
TOOK great interest in kindergarten work.
FISHES AND SNAKEs-F. L., Mulberry, San
Benito County, Cal. Fishes and snakes have
hearts. The heart OF fish consists only OF one