The San Francisco call., 1896-06-05

tbo oonptv of Richmond, the towns of West.
chester, Flushing, Newton ana Jamelca, u ., ny 81
| parts of East Chester and PheIail' anu p"A' OA
! Hampstead.
YAHoo-E. G. g.. Lvermore, Cal The woro
.yahoo'' is applied to a person OF coarse or de-
| graded habits. It is derived from the use OF
| The word by Jonathan Swift in Gullivers trav,
| els IA voyage to Houuyhnhnms) to ielgne1
| race of brutes having the form oI man anN a."
| his degrading passions.
THE NEW WORLD. T. s, Napa, Cal. Inc
| steamer New World, that came around the HORN
| in the early ffties and was used as PASSENGER
! boat between this City and Sacramento LOT
| many years was at one time hudson river
boat. having been originally built for the New
York and Albany line.
WARTS AND MoLEs-H. NJ, City. Nitrate OF
mercury may be very good to remove warts.
but whether it would avail in the removal OF
moles this department cannot say. A person
troubled with such dishgurlng MARKS snouiu
not attempt TO remove them without consuIt-
ing some competent physician, for, IN attempt
ing to remove such, person who knows notn-
ing about the matter may produce dlsng ure-
ment more annoying than mole.
MONEY ON DEPosIT-G. R., City. II person
enters the store of an acquaintance and gives
him sum of money with reques to put it
in the safe over night, and during the night
the safe is forced by burglars who carry off
that and other money, the depositor would be
the loser unless the party receiving 1t was en-
gagged in the business OF receiving deposits and
charging for the keeping. One who places
money in anothers safe takes chances unless
the party receiving il agrees on receiving 1t to
be responsible.
IT BEATS THE DUTCH-E. G. s., Livermore,
Cal. at beats the Dutch" is an Americanism
often used in New York and in the New Eng
land States to signify anything astonishing.
The earliest mention OF it is probably that
found in revolutionary song written during
the siege of Boston, 1775:
And tender all the mortars, bombs, cannon and
shell,
And bullets and guns. as the newspaper tells.
Our cargoes of meat, drink and cloths beat the
Nor who would tarry and take tother touchF
WHITE CARA. C. o., City. White Car or
White King is term applied to the Car OF
Russia. The Emperors OF Russia SO called
from the white robes these were accustomed
to wear. SigismuId in his work on Russia
says: "There are some who call the ruler OF
Muscovy the White King However ! will
diligently seek the reason why he was called
the White King, as no man prior to Baslhus
Ivanwich lad used this title of the rulers OF
Muscovy. / believe, too, now they call Persia
'Kissilpassa' H. e. red-head) on account of his
red head-covering, so the Kings of Muscovy
are called white Kings on account OF their
white head-coyering.
COMPANY L, SECOND MASSACHUSETTS - Bay
State, City. Company l., Second Massachu-
setts Cavalry, that took part in the War OF the
Rebellion was organized in San Francisco Cal,
the enrolment occupying from January 70
to March 81 1868 On the last named day it
was mustered in with T. b. Adams as captain.
The company mustered out July 20 1868,
at Fairfax Courthouse, Va. The tollowlng Is a
list of some OF the battles and engagements
in which the company took part, and this
shows where it stationed during the war:
Petersburg, Va; Dranesville, Va; W1nehester,
Torresbock, Clouds Mill, Opequan, in the She
nandoah Valley, Aldle, Va: battle with Early's .
army at Fort Reno. Washington, d. G. Rector
town, Berryvile Vienna, Va; Little River Pike,
Waynes boro, Rockville, Nd; Five Forks, Cedar
Creek, Pleasure Valley, Nd, against Mosbys
Guerrillas near Langley, Va, and Luray Court
house.