The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25

THE Cry HAIL.. II. NJ, City. The total
cost of the new City Hall up to July l, 1882
was 80, ,22l ,243 IL.
SIZE OF CUBA--S Subscriber, San Jose, Cal. The
island OF Cuba is 800 miles long from east 10
west. It's greatest breadth, 10 miles, is at
Cape Cruz. Its average width is between nity
and sixty miles The western a exTemisyb bas ases =
coast line of 1000 miles and an area OF 4o.ols
square miles.
SETTING THE Day Ignorance, City. III
gentleman has received the consent OF parents
that he may marry their daughter, and he ana
the lady fix the day. IL Is proper for him 10 IN
form the parents OF his selection. In TACT. IL
would be proper for both the young man d nara ana
the young woman to go together ana make
the announcement 10 the parents.
HoBsoN's CHoIoE--G. r., Centerville, Cal. In
the time of Charles there was an individual
named Hobson who let horses TO students at
Cambridge, and he made II rule to let horses
in rotation, n rule he never broke. student
who wanted horse had to take the one whose
turn IL was TO go out or else not have nny. Ana
from that custom arose the 3aylHBI "ioDson
choice-that or none"
CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINATtoN--E. A. W., City.
The civil service examinations for the Custom
house service will be held on the 7th OF April;
the 18th of March is the last day for applica-
tions to be fled The examinations for The
Postotce Department were held In February.
Blanks giving full details as to quaiifcatons
OF applicants may be had from the office OF the
secretary of the Postmaster or from the clerk
to the Collector of Customs
KITE FLYINe--S. b., City. There is an ordi-
nance of this City which declares that it is I'M
lawful to fly kite within that portion of the
City and County bounded by Devisadero,
Castro and Twenty-sxth streets; thence to Co.
lusa street; thence easterly along said Colusa
street to the waters OF the Bay OF San Francis
co, ana thence northwardly and westwardly
along the shore of said bay to the intersection
OF Devisadero street and the waters OF the
bay.'
HEIGHT OF MEN AND WoMEN-Native, City.
There are 80 many different nationalities in
California that the question, Chow about the
height of men and women in Californian" is
rather indefinite. If you refer 10 the native
sons and native daughters, it may be
said that they are, as rule, above the average
height, but whether the women are taller
than the men is impossible to say, for the
reason that there are no figures or sets OF
figures upon which to base an opinion.
VOTING QUALIFICATION - Two Subscribers,
City. No one has right to vote in the State of
California unless he is a citizen by nativity, or
citizen by naturalization. or citizen by the
treaty of Queretaro. man who received his
first papers only last August, and is by law
required to wait for second papers, would not
be entitled to vote in this State until after he
had received such second or final papers, and
that individual until he did receive such final
papers would not be eligible for the office of
Mayor or any other Office in this City or State.
LOOKS LIKE FALSE PRETENsE-Mon terey. Glen
Ellen, Cal. If a man should obtain from a
merchant bill of goods on the representation
that he would pay for the same just soon as
he reached certain point, should fail to do
SO. and should ship the goods away,
IT 1t would come % very near sa being case cas-
facts of the case should be laid before the Dis
trict Attorney of the county and he will ad-
wise as to the course to pursue after hearing all
the facts of the case.
CITzESsHIp-w., Ophir, Tooele County,
Utah. TheJ says that an alien who two
years before applying for final papers has
made 2 declaration to become citizen, upon
proof that he has resided for five years contin-
uously in the United States, shall be entitled
to his papers, but it does not say at what time
after making his declaration he shall make
application for final papers. The law further
says that the children OF parents wh0 hare been
duly ndturGlized, being under the age of 81
years at the time OF the naturalization of their
parents, shall, II dwelling in the United States,
be considered as citizens thereof.
Two HALLs-T. W. F., City. The manager of
the Native Sons new building gives the follow
ing as the dimensions of the main hall:
A0ASen, 90 ~ ioekb Hiutn, W. ieeti ~iulh OF
stage, 3O.6 feet; depth, 16 IS feet. The janitor
of the Odd Fellows Hall gives the following
dimensions of that hall, having taken the
measurements recently: Length, 90 :6 feet:
width, 63 feet; width of stage, 33 feet; depth,
II feet. The floor space of that hall, he says
is 5000 5-1O feet, that of the Native Sons
5001 $40; dancing floor of Odd Fellows Hall
4466 feet and Native Sons Hall 1885 feet.
HARLEM GoLLEcTIoN-J. NJ. Sonora, Cal.
Robert Harley was the first lord OF Oxford,
born IN London Dec. 5, 1861, died in the same
city May 81, 1874. He was an English states
man, entered Parliament in 16S 8, was Speaker
of the House of Commons, Secretary of State,
Chancellor of the Exchequer was raised to
Premier, and was impeached for high treason
in l7l5 and was acquitted two years later.
He left valuable collection of manuscripts
which was increased by his son Edward and
eventually acquired by the Government for the
British Museum. A selection of rare PAM
under the title OF ''The Harlem Miscellany.
174446."
THE RoTHsCHIDs- B. S., Calistoga. Cal. The
founder OF the house OF Rothschild was Meyer
Amschel, or Anselm, who was born at I4s
Judengasse (Jew Lane), in Frankfurt, in 1743.
In 1772 he began business as money-lender
and dealer in old coins in the house in which
he was born, and placed over the door as a
sign red shield tRothschildl Having had
business with the Landgrave (elector) of Hesse
that individual intrusted him with his
treasure, Y1,O25, 600, in 1906, when the
capital Meyer traded and made large fortune.
He restored the money to the Landgrave Upon
his death his five sons continued the business
as partners, and each of these was created a
baron OF the empire of Austria. The elder,
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