The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31


II by registered mail, and you will, by the next
mail, after its delivery, receive receipt from
the individual who received it from the post
man.
AMERICAN WHEELMEN-C. H., City. To join
the League of American Wheelmen the appli-
cant must fill out an application blank, to be
| obtained at any first-class cyclery, and for
ward 1T to the secretary of the league at Bos-
| ton, with So inclosed one half OF which is for
| joining and the other for the first years an
nual dues.
| MORPHINE HABIT. j., City. There is no
| way for a person TO cure himself OF the NOR
| phine habit except to place himself under
medical treatment and conquer the desire for
the drug. There are number of institutions
that treat patients for that trouble, but If an
individual is without means be may obtain
| Tel1et by application at the City and County
Hospital.
SINGLE TAx-Vulcan, City. The single-tax
people do not propose that the State shall own
all the land and rent it out to the highest bid
der. Their purpose is to "raise all public reve-
| nues for National, State, county and munich
pal purposes by single tax upon land values,
irrespective of improvements, and ell the OBJ
| legations of all forms of direct and indirect
taxation"
WILL NOT DOWN.. B., City. The question,
| "What is the premium on q dime of 1892
| like Banquo's ghost, will not down. 1t has
been answered at least half dozen times in
this department, and IN future no notice OF
| communications this subject VIII be
| ticed. No premium has ever been offered for
dimes of 1894, except for twenty-four OF these
| coined that year in the SAP Francisco Mintand
| distinguished by the letter S. These two dozen
| dimes have never been put in circulation.
OLD sTAMPs-L. B., City. Without knowing
| what the stamps you have are, it is impossible
! to state if they are of any value. In order to
| be able TO determine if any of them are valu-
! able, full description OF EACH color, denoml-
| nation and figure should accompany the query.
| The license OF a lawyer of 1910 is OF no value
unless it be that OF some very prominent at
| torney, and then it would be worth only what
| some curiosity hunter might be willing to give
| for it.
| YOSEMITE VALLEY-A. s., City Campers who
| desire to locate in Yosemite Valley are permit
| ted to do so under direction of the guardian of
! the valley. There are four roads leading to
the valley: Via Big Oak Flat, from Stockton;
| via Coulterville, from Stockton or MERGED; via
! Mariposa, from MERGED, and via Raymond,
! from the terminus OF the railroad. 1t is said
| that the best kept road is the one via Ray
| mond. The tolls on the various roads are as
| follows: Passengers, 81 each; freight teams,
| two animals So so, four animals So so. six ami
mas "a %; horsemen, 81; pack animals and
| tootmen, 90 cents each.
| THE TWENTIETH CENTURY-H. S. and Old
| Sport, City. The first century of the Christian
era began with the year 1 and closed with
the last day of the year 1O0 so the second CEN
| tury began with the year 20I and ended with
| 500. The nineteenth century began on the LIST
| OF January, 1901, and will end on the last day
| OF Deeem Der, 1900; therefore the twentieth
| century will begin on the LIST of January, 1901.
The contention that a century begins with the
ey f year is wrong the hrst cen
| century had been reckoned from the year 200
| there would have been but ninety-nine years
IN the century preceding it,
| LANGUAGE cr STAMPs-J. C. K, Hanford CAL
The so-called language of stamps, like the
| cryptogram, is arranged by correspondents so
| that it can be understood only by those using
it. One method is as follows: The placing of
| the stamp on the upper right hand corner
| has no significance. The lower left hand cor
| ner is called A, left hand upper corner B. the
| right hand lower corner G. stamp placed
! straight up and down at means ''You are my
| first choice; at 81 long TO see YOU; upside
| down at means 'tThere is some one ahead of
you, at When will you be at homer; at
| G "To-morrow"; slantwise at "Cheer up or
! "You may hope; at B watch for papa or
mama" as the case may be, and at "Never."
| ACROSS THE ENVELOPE, G. K. Hanford, CAL
| If young lady sends letter to gentleman
/ and writes his name and address across the
face of the envelope and then places the stamp
| on the lefthand corner, it means that she
wants to give the post officials all the trouble
she can. In the postoffces the stamp used to
| cancel postage stamps is held in the right
hand in order to readily reach the stamps that
are usually placed on the upper righthand cor
ner of the envelope. When placed on the left
| it requires an extra movement to reach it. The
practice of writing superscription across the
face of an envelope or diagonaly is silly one
and 1t should not be encouraged. 1t serves no |
purpose but that OF annoying postal clerks |
and mail carriers.
MINING CLAIMs-S., Ell Dorado Canyon, New |
In the case of the Golden Fleece against the |
Gable Consolidated Mining Company, reported |
in the twelfth Nevada reports, it was held that |
'the record is to be provided for and its effects
n
miners in the respective mining districts, and |
if they fail to provide for record then none !
is required" Section 1922, Unites States Stat
utes, says:
made and which shall hereafter be made on any |
mineral vein, lode or ledge, situate on the public
domain, their heirs and assigns where no adverse |
claim exists on the 10th of May, Is 2, so long as
they comply with the laws of the United states |
and with state, Territorial and local regulations
in conflict with the laws of the United States
governing their possessory title, shall have the
exclusive right OF possession and enjoyment.
A MANS REsIDENcE-C. K and A. S., CITY.
man can only vote in the place in which he
claims his residence. The law of this State
says:
Every person has. in law. a residence In deter
mining the place Of residence the following rules
are to be observed: First-It is place where one
remains when not called elsewhere for labor or
other special or temporary purpose and to which
ne returns a l in seasons OF Tepose
not be lost until another is gained.
For the purposes of election the law reads:
That place (resdence) must be considered and
heldto be the residence of person in which his
habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is
absent, he has the intention of returning The
place where mans family resides must be held
TO be his residences but fit be place of ternporarv
establishment for his family for transient OBJ
!ects 1t IS otherwise II man has his family fixed
in one place and he does business in another The
former must be considered his place of residence:
but any man having family aud who has Jagen !
up his abode with the intention of remaining and
whose family does not reside with him, that must
be regarded as residence where he has so taken
up his abode.
THE NEW NAVY. L. j., City. The following
is list of the new navy of the United States,
the name of each vessel, when the keel was
laid and the cost of each: Ajax. 1862 $685.
5S2; Amphitrite, 1874; Brooklyn, 1898, 81
5000; Canonicus, 1862, 1922, 1868; Catskili,
1862, S427,767; Comanche, 1862, 1913 ,I65;
Indiana, 1891, $2,020,Oo0; Iowa. 1898, 49,
100000; Jason, 1862. $422. 767; Katahdin,
1891, $930,000; Lehigh, 1862, 1922, 726;