The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-07

labeled as library books and shall be collected by
in the school library, to be used occasion may
require in supplying other pupils. Pupils who fan
10 return books in reasonably good condltlon Shall
not be supplied with them IN future.
SPEcIFICATIoNs-W. J. T., City. If a member
of society desires to prefer charges against
another member-namely, that he has pub
lished libe, about the society-he must IN his
complaint, as in a legal complaint, insert the
language charged to be hbelous, so that the
accused may know what he has to defend. In
an action for libel against the publisher OF
newspaper 1t would not be sufficient 10 insert
in the complaint that the publisher on GER
tain day published ga false and defamatory
libel of and concerning the complainant, Wnlcn
libel appeared under the heading of - on the
third page of the ---. second column.
WITH CLOSED DooRs-F. B. L., Quincy,
Plumas County, Cal. When Justice OF the
Peace is sitting as a magistrate inquiring into
the facts of a complaint for felony, he must,
upon the request OF the defendant, exclude
from the examination every person except ms
clerk, the prosecutor and his counsel, the
Attorney-General, the District Attorney oil the
county the defendant and his counsel, anu Tue
officer having the defendant in charge he
would not have right TO hold trial WIN
closed doors.
MOLLY MAGUIREs-J. B., City. The Molly
Maguires was secret order composed OF sew
eral thousand coal-miners in the northeastern
part of Pennsylvania, formed in 1884, but not
brought to the public notice until 1870, When
members were charged with committing mur,
der and committing outrages on mining ana
railroad officials. A Pinkerton detective joined
the order and upon his information members
were arrested, and they proved TO be the
leaders. A number of these were found guilty
of murder and hanged in 1877. Since then but
little has been heard of the order.
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literally, fat Tuesday. 1t is the day before Ash
Wednesday and from very early times In
Europe the day was given to carnival and
merrvmaking The custom with its masked
parades and street pageants was, it is believed,
introduced from France into the southern part
of the United States early IN the nineteenth
century, but it was not until 1887 that IL De,
came an institution. The day is celebrated
with splendor in New Orleans and 1t is legal
holiday. At different times the day has been
observed in other cities OF the Union.
CRIBBAeE-J. W., City. Hoyle lays down this
rule in regard to sequence: plays four,
plays three, if follows with deuce he is
entitled to q run of three. Suppose A plays a
deuce, If B then follows with an ace he gains
run of four, or if he plays four he gains run
OF three and so on so long as either player
plays card that will come in; so If plays
six a five, C four and d a seven makes a
run of four. If then A passes, B passes and c
plays four he can claim run of three.
THE WHITE HoUsE-M. D.. City. The White
House, in the city of Washington, D. c., which
is the Presidents mansion, is two-story struc-
ture of freestone, painted white, hence the
name. 1t is on Pennsylvania avenue, on
reservation of twenty acres, midway between
the Treasury and the Department OF State,
War and Navy. 1t has frontage of 40 feet by
a depth of IS feet and has eight Ionic colon
nades. The foundation OF the building was
laid in 1918 and it was finished in 1929.
CoRDILLERAs AND ANDEs-A. E. R., City. Cor
dilleras is Spanish for chain of mountains.
The cordilleras of South America are the
Andes; those of Central America are confined
to the Isthmus of Panama and the smaller
States of Central America. In the United
States Mexico and British America, the main
chain is called the Rocky Mountains, and the
long unbroken line skirting the Pacific Coast
OF South America is known as the Andes.
LARGEST CHURCH-Mrs. ]. S., City. Among
the Protestant churches in this city the one
having the largest seating capacity is the First
Congrega tional, at the corner of Post and Ma
son streets. OF the Catholic churches the seat
ing capacity of st. Mary's Cathedral and of st.
nue. is nearly equal. 1t is claimed that St.
Mary's will seat 1000 people. ST. Ignatius will
seat 2016.
DOUBLE ENTENDRE"-A. L. r., City. Double
entendre is a corruption of the French "mots
double entente,' which is words that have
double meaning, and that meaning generally
in bad sense. Double entendre," so fire.
Quently written and spoken, Is bad French
and does not convey the meaning OF double
entente, for which the only English equivalent
is fwords with a twofold meaning" The in
correct expression means double hearing
OBSERVATIONS AT SEA-. G., San Mateo, Cal.
The master OF vessel in mid ocean ascertains
his position by the use of the sextant, by
means of which he ascertains the altitude of
the sun, the lunar distances and so forth, and
in that way determines the latitude and longi-
tude in which he is. An examination of his
charts then shows him exactly where his yes
sci is at the time of the observation.
THE RIGHT TO FIsH-G. B., City. The answer
10 the question, "Has a person a right to fish
in running stream IN this State if that stream
is through private property?' is, that if the
stream Is unnavigable, the private property
through which it runs is fenced in, and notice
to trespassers are displayed, then person
would not have right TO enter upon that land
to fish,
THE PUBLIC MoRGUE-J. B. NJ, City The
Public Morgue was established under the pro-
visions of an act of the Legislature during the
term OF. C. c. O'Donnell as Coroner, and the
building now used tor the purpose was pur-
chased by the City through the recommenda-
ton OF the Committee on Pubic Buildings, OF
which Supervisor D. Mcmillan was Chairman.
HOUSE OF CORRECTIONAL. c., City. Neither
the House of Correction nor the Industrial
School are in existence at this time, both hav-
ing been abolished. When in existence they
were separate institutions. Both buildings are
now used as County jails, the House of Cor
rection building for male and the Industrial
School building for female prisoners.
SAN FRANCIsCo-A. c., City. The limits of
San Francisco as a city ceased to exist April
10. 1856, when the City and County were con-
solidated Prior to that the City limits ex-
tended from point at the corner of DevIsadero
street and the bay to point near Dolores and
seventeenth streets, and from there to Center
street and the China Basin.
SHAW AND ANTHoNY-D. H., Sebastopol, So
noma County, Cal. During their stay in this
CITY the residence of Rev. Anna Shaw and
Susan B. Anthony has been at the home Of Mrs
A. Sargent, 1880 Folsom street. The home
address OF Rev. Miss Shaw is Philadelphia, Pa
and that of Miss Anthony is Rochester, N. Y.
THE SUTRo BATHs-E. H. W., Paso Robes, San
Luis Obispo County, CAL The precise time for
the opening of the Sutro baths has not yet
been determined, but they will not be opened
until the Sutro Railroad is opened to the
Heights, may be not before November.
THE MoON'S RAYs-F A R. Citv person