The San Francisco call., 1896-10-30

executions to be made in cases where snch
could be made in justice to the patty it would
open the way to fraud, whiehit is the purpose
VI she law to prevent.
LOST Your yoTE-W., City. If you were reg.
istered in this City and on the 14tIr of October
you moved to Marin County and did not take
ao transfer in time to be registered at your new
place OF residence you viii moi be able to vote S.
o. 'ne elect1on in November.
POSSIBLE REsULTs-A. C. R., Los Angeles,
Cei. Inns department is not gifted with the
power OF reading into the future therefore 10
unable tc tel you how many votes will ne cast
III, III o. So ',in propositions any more than it can
'eii ior "hom you will vote on election day.
IHE CRYSTAL PALACE FIRE-M. F. T. Citv.
The hre III the Crysta. Palace in London Enc.
Iana, occurred on the Both of December 1864
IL occurred In the north wing in which there
was the tropical departm .nr and oersad
damage to the amount of $3.50 600. u'e1
DEsERTER-C S. j., Livermore. Cal. uamsn
deserted from the army in 1868 and he wos
one who came under the provision. ~ tho
amnesty granted by President Grant thar IL
! nothing TO prevent him from voting in his
State at the next election, if he is properiv
| registered.
LABOR DAY-F. j., City. The first Monday in
| October is the legal holiday in the Stateof
! California tEat Is known as Labor day" The
first Monday in september is the legal holiday
| known in thirty-three States es ola Dor day .
| This year Labor day was observed in Florida
on the second Saturday in September.
HORSES FOR FooD-Sub.criber, City. Thers
has never been a denial that horses had been
1 killed in Oregon and the flesh fed to hogs
Horse flesh is used .or human food, and that
being the case there is no reason why it should
| nos be fit food for hogs. TINS department is
not advised that horses are raised in Oregon
for that special purpose
BEDBuGs-A R., City. Benzine or gasoline,
! il is said, forced into cracks by means OF
! spring bottom oiler, will effectually kill bed
bugs In using this care should be taken that
there is no artificial light near by, as the
| fluids are highly infammable. Borax is
| recommended as an eXtermlnator OF COCK
reaches, as is also paris green, the latter
virulent poison that must be used with care
OCEAN REcoRDs-P. P, Tracy, San Joaquin
! County, Cal. Vessels in the steamer lines on
the Atlantic that have made records are the
Lucania. New York, Furst Bismarck and La
| Touraine. The best time made was by the
| Lucania, Queenstown to New York, October
! 81 1-26, 1894, 5 days minutes and % seconds.
| The time of the Furst Bismarck from New 1ork
to Southampton was 6 days 10 minutes and 90
| seconds
Snow ON. THE COAST. F. B., City. Snow
| has fallen ON the shore line of the Pacific
down as far as San Diego. If you wish to set
! tie north of San Francisco and want to locate
| on the shore line as far north as possible with
] out encoun tering any considerable amount OF
! snow during the holidays you had better Sc
| lect spot south of Mendocino While 1t is
! true that Immediately north of that point you
would encounter but very little snow you
| would have to stand great amount OF rain
GERMAN sEMPIRE-Old Readers, City. The
area of the German empire is 2ll, ,168 English
square miles. The area OF the foreign depen-
deEcies amounts in The aggregate to, it is esti-
! mated, 1,O23, ,O70 English square miles,
| divided as follows: In Africa. Toeoland, 23,-
! l60 square miles; Cameroons, l9l, 130; Ger
man Southwest Africa. 322, ,45O, and German
East Africa, 3S4. $50. In the Pacific, KAISER
! Wilhelm Lana, ~ 900; Bismarck Archipelago,
| 81 OOO;s Solomon Islands, 5000; Marshall
| Islands, etc., 15Os
THIRTEEN DOLLARS MONTH = Constant
| Reader, Glenwood, Cal. During the time that
the several industrial armies were marching
! on to Washington, D. c., one of the leaders in
| newspaper interview suggested that the
! Government 81 hould issue bonds to the amount
| OF 81, 600, 900, 900 and out of that issue pay
! the sum OF $l3a mon TN to every unemp. Dyed
man and woman in the country for limited
/ period. The speaker declared that he would
| present such bill to Congress when he
reached Washington
THE FIRST LocoMoTIvE-J. H. F., Highland
/ SpIings, Lake County, Cal. On the 9th of Au-
gust, 1929, there was made an experimental
| trip of the first locomotive used in the United
States 1t was called the ''stroubridge Lion,"
built in England, and was run by Horatio
! Allen on the Honesdale and Carlo ndale Rail-
| road, built by the Delaware and Hudson Canal
! Companyin 1929 Its -weight--six tons-was
| found to be too much for the tracks. The
! first locomotive built in the United
States was by Peter Cooper, and was
/ experimental with On the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad on the 2Sth of August, 1880, over
fourteen miles of the company's track, which
was, opened for traffic on the 24th of May OF
that year. 1t was discovered as a result of
that experiment that the locomotive could
beat train drawn by horses.
IN CASE OF DEATH-E. J.. W., City. Ii the
majority of Presidential electors chosen. on
| thes3d of next November should be RepuhIf-
cans, and on the 5sh day OF the same month
William Mckinley, the Republican nominee
for the office of President, should die, it does
not follow that Mr.sHobart, the candidate for
\ the Vice Presidency, would be elected Presi-
| dent, for at that time there would not have
been election for either President or Vice.
| President, and it is only in the event OF death
or other disqualification of the President TO
! serve after he has been sworn in that the Vice
| President could become President. If the
! candidate for the Presidency should die at
| any time before the electoral college met, the
electors would cast their ballots for some one
they would select, and he would be the Presi-
| dent.
| No CHANCE To VoTE-F. N, Oakland, Cal. In
| yOuA SosO 1AAO "A" ASSoAo " ISStStIAllpH
works hardship and causes you to lose your
vote, Theslaw as amended at the last session
| of the Legislature, provides that registration
shall commence 160 days before a general
| election and continue. for rs days, when 1t
| shall cease. While it is true that man does
] not lose his residence while engaged in navi-
gation, he, under the present law, Loses his
opportunity TO vote If he is not on shore at the
| time hat registration is in progress and has
his name placed on the register This corre-
| spondent after telling about his liability to
register of Alameda County, says: at
I seems to me that when / left here 10
go on cruise nine months ago l was too soon
| TO be registered, and whenI returned a few
| days since | was too late. According to the
! law as it now stands q seaman has no chance
to vote unless he remains idle on shore from
ninety days before election"
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