The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-12

pearing on the face of the papers that there
was probable cause for granting a new trial,
ne was not removed from the County Jail, and
ne Is still in the institution on Broadway.
AROUND THE BAY-C. L. B., City. cyclist
can go from San Francisco to Oakland or Ala
media, and from there ride on his wheel
through Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo and
san Francisco counties on tour partly around
the bay. On that trip he would pass through
San Jose and Santa Clara.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT. Santa Cruz In or
der to come within the law, if legal adver-
tisement is to run three successive weeks in
paper published every day In the year, it must
II 1t is 10 be published once week for three
successive weeks 1t must appear four times.
IRELANDs Observation-Disclosures There
are no official figures showing the population
in Ireland in the year 1916 The census of
1S41 shows 6. 1885, 597, and that of 1851 shows
6,574,27S. During the year 1916 and in 1S47
there were great many deaths on account of
tne famine, consequently great reduction in
population.
LOST PAPERS,. r. L., City If you OBJ
tanned your first papers in the city of Chi
cago before the great fire of October, 1871,
ard have lost them, you will have to write to
the County Clerk of Cook County, ILL.,, Tor
aupn,sce are TINS department cannot inform
you II the records OF such papers were saved
from destruction by the confagration.
SAN PABLO BAY-The body of water that con
meets Suisun and San Pablo bays is the Strait
of Carquinez. What is known as San Pablo
Bay is part of San Francisco Bay. There is no
name on the charts for that portion that mar
rows between the. Marin and Contra Costa
shores. and which in your communication is
described as 1.-THE strait that connects San
Francisco and San Pablo bays"
ADDRESSING LErTER-M. S. City. When a
OF twas L. 1f =
lady who does not declare whether she is Miss
or Mrs. the party written to, In reply, is not
required to use the usual formal sentence,
"Dear Miss" or Dear Madame" or even Miss
or Madame, for the reason that letter signed
with only the given and family name without
prefix, as, for instance, Jennie JONES'" leaves
the recipient of the letter in doubt In such a
case 1t is proper to place in the left hand lower
corner "To Jennie JONES'"
SHAKESPEARE. N. G., City. The first folio
edition of Shakespeare's works published in
1928 shows that the spelling of the Bard OF
Avon was not the same as it is in the modern
editions OF his works. quotation from Calls
Well That Ends Well' will show the difference
In the first folio edition, which was published
with the assurance that it was a literal i'm
transcript, there is "Faire Made send forth
thine eye, this youthful PARCEL OF noble
bachellors;" and this is rendered in the
modern text as ''Fair maid send for tn thine
eye, this youthful parcel of noble bachelors
A GUARDIAN-w. NJ, Manchester, Cal. IF a
mother is the guardian of her children
and of their property and should en-
ter into an agreement to sell their
property, she having obtained the right
to do So, and subsequently have another
party appointed as guardian of her children
and the new guardian should obtain an or
der from court to sell their property to the
highest bidder, 1t would require a judicial de-
termination for the purpose of ascertaining if
the agreement OF the mother to sell would
hold. This department is willing TO state what
the law is, but it cannot apply the law to the
facts and give judicial opinions.
BICYCLE TINES. H., City The fastest time
ever made by horse was that made by Sal
vator, running In a race against time at Mon
mouth, August %, 1890, in 1:351a. This time
was beaten by w. ]. Edwards in this State, who
made mile on bicycle on straight
away track at Livermore, Alameda Coun-
ty, in lbs 2-5. Even that record has
been beaten within two mon tins. NJ. o. Den
mis- riding a bicycle (unpaced1, on d straight
away track, slightly down grade, and with the
ing against his back, made a mile in I'LL 3-5,
the fastest time ever made. Salvatore :35I%
has been beaten several times.
ADDRESSING A Lady,. L., Honolulu. Fl. I
lady never suggests her husbands oceupa-
ton, rank or military position by her visiting
card, and for the same reason it is improper
and breach of etiquette to address commu-
nication to a lady and designate her by the
position her hus band occupies. If the lady is
the wife of John H. Jones, Governor of
Arizona, the proper way to address a letter
to her is Mrs. John II. Jones, not Mrs.
Governor John H. Jones, for she is not
the Governor and the title belongs alone to
wife are engraved on the visiting card it is
proper that it should read. supposing that the
ladv is the wife OF a captain in the army,
"Ca plain and Mrs. Robinson Mrs Captain
Robinson would be III decidedly bad taste.
The RIGHT TO VoTE-J. R. L., City There is
no law that says that alien minors coming to
the United States shall have the right TO vote
on attaining majority. The children of per-
sons who have been duly naturalized, being
under the age of 81 years at the time
OF the naturalization of their parents shall, if
dwelling in the United States, be considered
as citizens thereof. Any alien under the age
OF Il years who has resided in the
United States three years next preceding his
arriving at that age, and who has continued to
reside therein to the time he may make appli-
cation TO be admitted citizen thereof may
after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years
and after he has resided five years within the
United States, including the three wears of his
minority, be admitted q citizen; but he must
make declaration on oath and prove to the
satisfaction of the court that for two wears
next preceding is has been his bona fide in
tention to become citizen.
To REMOVE THE MARKs-w. E. B., Oakland
Cal A person who is troubled with tattoo
marks on the flesh should consult dermatol-
ogist so that he may determine what method
is the best to remove them. The following ore
some of the methods employed to remove the
dlsfguring marks: The operation is performed
by applying nitric acid with the stopper of the
bottle "a better instrument would be a glass
rod, pointed to carry the acid), just stuff Glen
to cover the stain, so as to avoid making n
Larger scar than needed, the acid to remain
about a minute and q half until the cutls vera
is penetrated aud crusted appearance is
shown, then washed off with clean, cold water.
In few days after this treatment q seab forms.
which contains the tattoo mark or stain: re,
move II, and should Inflammation supervene
poultice and battle with warm water In this
way the skin with the stain is not only re-
moved almost painlessy, but the nitric acid
a. the same time to certain extent seems to
dlscolor the stain. OF course, large tattoo
marks extending over the surface must me-
emily.
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