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


blood only, and sending it to the gills, where,
being oXygenated, it passes into the greater of
systemic circulation by the dorsal vessel The
heart of the snake is placed very far back in
the body. Snakes have bones.
betty GREENE. D. H., City. Hetty Green
is considered the richest woman in the world
to-day. Those who claim to know assert that her
known wealth is of the value of $50, 000, 900,
and that the property which she claims in Chi
cago an inheritance from her father tu-
creases her wealth to over $12O, 000, 600 There
is one woman in Chile who is reputed to be
worth $1OO,000,000.
TRANSFERS City. The Market
street line of cars never exchanged transfers
with the Omnibus or Montgomery-street line
at Montgomery and Market streets. You prob
ably refer to the fact that at one time the
Montgomery street line gave transfers to cars
OF its own line that ran along Market street
from Montgomery to the ferry, but that was
before the days of the railway combination.
GAS FIXTURE. X. s., Oakland, Cal. A gas
fixture is either the bracket projecting from
the side of a room or the gasalier, a branch of
lights suspended from ceiling by means of a
tubula ar rod The burner is that from which
the flame is produced and a jet is squirting of
fame from q small orifce. To designate a
bracket or gasalier as gas jet is wrong.
NoE-srREET FRANcHIsE-M. E. L., City. The
Market-street Railway Company holds fran
chise to run cars on Noe street. The franchise
authorizes the company to run cars on Noe
street, from Twenty-fourth to Jersey. 1t was
granted on December 3, 1892, and the COM
pany has three years in which to complete the
road.
OLD SoLDIERs-H. NJ, Oakland, Cal. There
is no law that declares a man may not be re-
moved from an appointive Office, State, county
or city, because he is an old soldier who served
during the War Of the Rebellion. In many
places there are laws that provide that APP
pointees shall not be removed except for cause,
and then after trial.
ALONG THE CoAsr-Y. C. R., City. There is
not any law regulating the distance vessel
shall remain off shore while proceeding on q
voyage. The distance from shore is ma tier
that is left to the discretion, judgment and ex-
perience of the navigating officer. He is
guided principally by the charts provided for
him.
FIsHING-G. B., City. AS your communica-
ton does not state If the grounds from which
you were ordered off by man claiming to be
the owner were inclosed and had the Gus
tomary notice against trespassing, it is i'm
possible to give an intelligent answer to your
question.
To REMOVE FRECKLEs-A. C. s., City. There
are a number of preparations for the removal
of freckles, but none of these should be used
except upon the advice OF a physician, as many
corrosive.
RENT IN ADvANCE-H. NJ, Oakland, Cal
There is no law in this State that requires the
payment OF rent in advance. Whether rent
shall be paid in advance or not is a matter of
contract between landlord and tenant.
Observation-Disclosures, City. Brigadier- Gen.
eral w. s. Rosecrans (retired) held the position
of Register of the Treasury until the Cleveland
administration came into power His post
office address is Washington d. c..
QUEENsBERRY RULEs-G. B., City. 1t was the
present Marquis of Queensberry who prepared
the boxing rules that are known by his name
The father of the present Marquis was acct
dentally killed in August, 1858.
SIXTEENTH-STREET ROAD. W., City. No
date has yet been fixed for the opening of the
Sixteenth-street electric road, but it will not
be put into operation until the Fillmore-street
line is completed.
BANK CoMMIssIoNERs-H. NJ, South San
Francisco The Bank Commissioners of Cali
fornia are: Paris Kilburn, Jesse B. Fuller and
Harvey s. Magee. Their Office is located at
$50 California street.
A REPUBLIc-H. NJ Oakland, Cal. A repub-
hcan form of government is one in which the
executive power is vested in person or per-