The San Francisco call., 1896-06-28

commission!
ALIENS VoTEs-A. c. H., City. In some of
the States ali ems who have declared their in
tention to become citizens have a right to vote
and are not required to wait five years before
exercising that privilege. Such is the rule in
Alabama. Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisi-
ana, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Wisconsin. In those States there is no limit as
TO time when the alien shall have declared his
intention. There are other States in which q
limit is fixed. The States that require full citi-
zenship before an individual can vote are:
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Illinois, Iowa, Maine, MARYLAND, Massachu-
setts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wyoming. In New
York no one can vote who has not been a citi-
zen for ninety days.
THE LARGEST FoRT-Country Subscriber The
largest fort in the United States is Fortress
Monroe. There is no other fortifcation like
1t in this country. 1t is at Old Point Comfort,
Va, and commands the water approach to
Norfolk ana Gosport Navy-yard. 1t is the
only fortification in this country designated as
fortress. 1t covers eighty acres of ground,
and the distance around its exterior to the
bitches and redoubts is one and six-tenths
miles, 1t was begun in 1877, is irregular
hexagon in shape, has three channel fronts, is
Fashioned, has water ditch feet deep at
feet above high water. 1t has cost about
So, 900, 600 and was designed by General ST.
mon Bernard, a French Lieutenant of engi-
neers who under resolution of Congress in
1916, was commissioned by President Madi-
son as brevet brigadier-general of engineers of
the United states army; His original plan was
mortars, howitzers and fieldpieees, but his
plans were considerably modified After the
civil war the fortress was arranged to mount
lis guns, eighteen Ranking howitzers in case
mates and fifty-one guns in barbette Since
1898 the work of fitting it up with modern
steel-r1hed canon and mortars has been going
on, and 1t is also being provided with a sys-
tenn OF submarine mines The plans Tor the
present include four 16-inch guns, ten each of
II and 10-inch guns and thirty-two 12-inch
mortars, exclusive OF guns already in position.
COLLEGE OF PHARMAcY-C. R. N, City. Re-
quirements for admission to the College of
Pharmacy of the University of California are
as follows:
1. Applicants for admission must be at least 1s
years OF age. while 1t is advisable that students
shall have one two years practical training in
drugstore before entering the college, this is not
compulsory
2. Applicants will be accepted who bring the
following credentials:
(a) Certificates Of graduation from high schools
of this State (bl Diplomas of graduation from
schools or academies accredited bv the state UNI
versity.. tc) Certificates OF high standing n other
institutions of the co egiate grade. (d) DIpiomes
from normal schools of this State (e) First-grade .
teachers certificates of this state. ~ Certifi-
SalcS VI having COmplelcu satisfactorily the first
years course in high schools of this State.
3. Applicants who do not present any OF the
foregoing credentials Will be examined in the fol-
lowing branches: (dD English-They will be re-
ouired to show their ability in spelling, pupctu-
ating, use OF capitals, grammatical construction
and correctness of expression. (The hand writing
will be estim ated and form part of this examina
tion) tb) Geography - American and general.
free-h and drawing (c) Arithmetic; fundament
rules; fractions, common and decimal: 'denomi-
nate numbers; percentage; proportion. (d1 Al
ebra-Fundamental rules; fractions; equations OF
g, or mn
known quantities. (in the session Of 1895 appIi-
cants may be excepted from this examination bnt
In the year 1896 it will be enforced) fe) latin
Rudiments; declension of nouns, pronouns ad
1ecttves' conjugation of verbs; translator of
lish to Latin e
Applicants who fail to obtain the required per-
centage in free-hHnd drawing and Latin NAV be
entered conditionaly but will be required to pass
the examination satisfactorily IN these studax at
the close Of the junior lecture course