The San Francisco call., 1896-03-10

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OAKLAND TICKETs-P. O'C., East Oakland,
Cal. The reason that tickets are DIVIDED in
some instances on the Oakland trains and one
half retained by the road employees and the
other half returned to the passenger is because
of check system of the road in use for passen-
gers going to Alameda.
SuPERFLUoUs HAIR-L. C. c., City. There are q
number OF methods for removing hair from the
face, and each is claimed to be superior than
any heretofore known. Some of the methods
are safe, and there are some that leave scars if
not properly applied. None of these ought to
be used except upon the advice of reliable
physician.
SAN JOSE ROAD Constant Reader, Pacific
Grove. Cal. The San Francisco and San Jose
Railroad was com pleted in January, 1868. 1t
WAS built by Mclaughlin & Houston, contrac-
tors for cor orporation incorporated July 21,
1860, with capital stock OF $1,000 900, and
of which Peter Donahue, c. B. Polhemus, II.
NJ Newhall b. F. Mann, Timothy Dame and
G. H. Bodfish were the first directors.
MALTA-F. B., City. The island of Malta is
British possession. 1t is the chief island of
the Maltese group in the Mediterranean, sixty
two miles SSW. of Sicily. 1t is r714 miles long,
square miles. From its position and the enor-
nous strength of its Notifications Malta is q
possession of immense value to any CONNER
protect it from blockade.
ABscENcE FROM THE CIrY-X. Y. T., Liver
more Cal. If a native of Canada should live
in the City of San Francisco for period of
three years, during which time he had declared
his intention to become citizen OF the United
States, should absent himself for forty days on
a business trip to his native country and should
return and then continue to reside two wears
more, he could at the end of that time obtain
his Naturalization papers. The fact that he
forty days with the intention of returning TO
this City. which he called his home, would not
cut any figure In the matter of the five years
consecutive residence required to enable a man
to become citizen of the United States.
COAL LANDs-F v. Los Angeles, Cal. An act
Of Congress provides that any person above
the age OF 21 years who is citizen of the
United States, or who has declared his inten-
ton to become such, or any association of per-
sons severally qualified as already stated,
shall, upon application to the register of the
proper land office, have the right to enter by
legal subdivision any quantity of vacant coal
land of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated or reserved by competent AUTHORITY
not exceeding 16O acres to such individual
person, or 800 acres to such association upon
the payment to the receiver of not less than
$40 per acre for such lands, when the same are
situated more that fifteen miles from any com
pleted railroad and not less than $50 per acre
when such lands are within fl fteen miles of
such road. Such individual or association
can make but one entry.
PAINTING WALLS-Y. Kelseyville, Lake
County, Cal. 1t cannot be said that there is any
paint that is better than another for hard-fin-
lshed walls. The success of walls being painted
in such manner that the paint will not peal off
depends on the manner in which it is put on.
One who is conversant with this subject says:
bor 6pic bod lie fret fcba
be as dark in shade of the color desired and as
thin as practicable, the object being to stain
the plaster as ZACH as possible. If the whole
mass of plaster could be stained through and