The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08

CHIEF WHAKFINGER-C. P. s., Rex, Cal. The
Chief Wharfnger at San Francisco Is G. w.
Root He is Republican and an appointee
OF the Board OF Harbor Commissioners.
FAST WAR vEssELs-J. H., Berkeley, Cal.
vessels OF the type of the Yoshino Japanese),
making twenty-three knots an hour, are built
at Elswick Yard, Newcastle on Tyne, Eng.
THE sEcRErAIRE-J. B., City. The measure
ments of the yacht Secretaire are: Over all %
feet, water line 25 feet. racing length 30 feet,
beam II feet, draught 8 feet inches without
centerboard.
NEW ENGLAND CoLLEcrIoN-G. W., City. C.
Z. Wilcomb, curator of the Golden Gate Park
Museum, is making a collection Of antique
articles from New England. He will probably
De able TO advise you as to the value OF IAN old
oaken armchair, dated 1890"
FREE HosPITALr-S. R., Mount Eden, Cal. In
San Francisco the City and County Hospital is
free TO persons who have been residents of the
th Gisy ana n County for thirty days. In Oakland
Jhere IS the HOMEOPATHIC Free Clinic and
tree-bed in the FabioIa Hospital
BALANCE OF Trade. H. N. W., Modesto
CAL The following figures show the balance
OF trade during the fiscal years 1891, 1892
1898 and 1884: In 81, excess of exports over
'ss, sss.s14, ,sO2. and 'S4, s27s, So ,05i.
succEssIoN-x., yacaville, Cal. Under the
law OF this State, in the case of man and wife,
when one dies and leaves a separate estate,
having died intestate, and there is no issue,
one-haH goes to the surviving husband or wife,
and the other half goes to descendants in the
order described in Sec 1886 of the Civil Code
OPENING LErrER-P. o., Russellvilie, Or.
To open letter addressed TO another without
permission to do so Is punishable under the
United States laws by severe penalty. In case
| n nd vnf1 Oh lu To +ho ,+aI
States Attorney of the district in which the
offense was committed for the apprehension of
the offender.
CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD-National Guard, Mo-
desto, Cal If a captain of Q company of the
National Guard fails to call for an election at
tne time that tne term Tor which ne was COM
massioned expires, and none OF the officers
who rank him in his regiment orders an cleo
ton, he holds over until his successor Is
elected.
ENGLISH EsTATEs-Constant Reader of THE
CALL, Oakland, CAL: You may learn of per
sons who have died and left unclaimed estates
in England in "Next of Kim" publication
watch tie adyertiseme nts in the English news
papers or address a communication to the
Court Of Chancery, London, Eng.
MCKINLEY AND WILSON Bills. H. N. w.
Modesto, Ca. The Mckinley tariff bill went
into effect on the 1st of October, 1890, and tie
Wilson bill on the 26th of August, 1894 The
customs revenue during the fiscal year ending
$177, ,452, 1854; for 1893. $203. 3.355, OF; for
1894, $131 ,S18, ,531, and for 1895, $152,15s,
GIT. The amount for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1896. has not been furnished.
ga HOPELESS IDIoT''-"Constant Reader
San Jose. Cal. Your communication not being
signed, it should under the rule be Consigned
to the wastebasket, but as you appear to be
very anxious for an answer to the question,
"Who is the most hopeless idiot in the stare
of California or in the City of San franciscan
would say that he does not reside in San Fran
cisco, but that it is probably the writer of the
question
THE WORLDS REcoRD-Turfite, City. The
worlds record for running horses, five fur
longs, is held by Maid Marian, 4 yearsslll
pounds, straight track, partly down hill. Nor
ris Park, westchester County, N. Y, October
| 9, 1894, time :563< Over the same traek
October 1, 1892, Hasbrouck, years, Fl22
IN pest n
track, September 20, 1898.
ssTucK ON YoU'-will, City. The expres.
sion 81 am stuck on you,p which is conto-
cred slang for ~ admire you,p is traced to the
| language used by the Duke in Measure for
Measure" after Mariana has asked him to walk
asioa. Shakespeare makes the Duke say, ac-
cording to the original text:
/ On Place, and greatness: millions Of false eiee
Are stucke upon thee: volumes of report
Run with these false, and most contrarious On est
| Upon thy doings: Thousand escapes of wit
| Make thee the father of their idle dreame,
And racke thee in their fancles. Welcome, how
! agreed?
FREE COINAGE OF SILvER-Constant Reader.
! Towle, Cal. Free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 10 to means that any person who has sill
yer bullion can take the same to any oi the
| MINIS of the United States and have the same
| converted into standard dollars that shalcon-
| tain sixteen times much metal as there is
metal in gold dollar. The opponents 81 free
silver coinage assert that the adoption Of mch
/ q measure would open the minis to all the Sill
1 yer markets of the world and would moi re-
strict the coinage to the product of the United
! States.
| GOLD AND SILVER coINs-E. G. g., Livernore.
Cal. and A. &. n, City. The value Of pure
gold in q twenty-dollar piece OF the rnintage
of the United States is $19 9999S972. The fol-
| lowing table shows the amount of pure mefal
and OF alloy, in grains, in the gold and silver
| coins named:
Fine Pure
Coins. ness. Gold. ALLOW kGr.tr,
| 500 gold pf.0 ARA A s.-1os