The San Francisco call., 1896-04-15
man. S. j., became a priest of the Catholic
church a short time before the death OF his

ADIos-E. G. S. Livermore, Cal. Adios is
from the Spanish and is the ordinary term for
gOod-by, but in saying ''a dios," which has
been corrupted into adios, the speaker means
to say, 'In leaving you leave you to the care
OF God"
GERMS IN MILK-C. E. B., Palo Alto, Cal. To
kill the germ OF the bacillus tuberculosis that
may be suspected to exist in milk the liquid
should be heated to 170 degrees and be sud
denly chilled. The heating should occupy ten
minutes.
ANTI-ToxINE-A. S. T. D. c., Goshen, Tulare
County, Cal The paragraph you quote-"We
have been fortunate in coming upon the paF-
ticular substance which will neutralize the
poison (diphtheria) which has been secre ted
refers to anti-toxine, the composition OF which
is the dlscoyerer's secret.
UNITED STATES SENAToRs-T. F., Santa Mon
lea, Cal. Senator Stephen NJ. White was born
in San Francisco June 10, 1858. Among the
youngest Senators is Marion Butler of North
Carolina, aged 33 years; Frank ]. Cannon OF
Utah, aged 81 years, and j. c. Pritchard OF
North Carolina, aged 80 years.
ADoBE-E. G. s., Livermore Cal. Adobe is
from the Spanish, meaning sundried bricks.
II. II. Bancroft, in his "History Of the Native
Races" says:
The natives make adobe or sundried bricks by
mixing ashes and earth with water, which is then
nodded into large blocks and dried in the sun.
CoPYRIGHT-"Citizen," City. Had "CItizen"
complied with the rules of this department,
and instead of sending anonymous COM
munlcatlon have given name and address,
Answers to Correspond ents would have been
pleased TO forward all information about copy
right, but that question has been answered so
often In this departmen that it cannot be an
sWered every time 1t is asked.
SANTA PAULA-Veritas, Jackson. Amador
a par1lQ &c Sjx-toa j1aS Sf
OF Ventura, the county seat OF Ventura County.
1t is situated on the line of the railroad at the
confluence of the Santa Clara and Santa Paula
rivers. 1t has a population OF about 1900; has
several churches, bank, q newspaper, coal
oil refneries and planlng-mills. The climate
is pleasant. For further details you should
write to the County Clerk OF Ventura County.
sLANG-F. w. B., City. A great many slang
words have become words of general use, but
none of them are recognized by educated per-
sons as anything but slang. For instance, such
words as "aWfully" for exceedingly, ''jolly"
Tor surprising or uncommon and daisy
for somebody or something charming ad-
mlrable, are words in daily use but they are
vulgar and inelegant. A person who uses
grammatical language in speaking or writing
Will never Introduce slang word or phrase
NAPA AsYLUM-H. NJ. NJ, Lawrence, Cal The
number OF inmates at the Napa Asylum for the
insane is 1860. There are no nurses at the in
stitution, but attendants. There is one at
tendant at $500 per annum, 81 at S540 each.
AZ assistant attendants at $420 each, ana 13
attendants at $3.50 each. Appropriation for
the past two years 5000 900 year. There are
80 patients in the pay wards and the charge
for maintaining such is $15 per month each.
There are 1886 free patients.
SwIFT's EPITAPH - Soulsbyyille, Tuolumne
County, Cal. The epitaph of Jonathan Swift
DEAN written by himself in Latin is as fol-
lows ''Hic depositum est corpus Jonathan
Swift, 8. T. P. hujus eccleslae cathedralis de-
canl; ubi soeya indignatio uterus cor lace
nequit abb viator ct imitare. 81, poteris
strenuum pro virili libertatis vfndiceum.'
This translated into English is; "Here is the
body of Jonathan Swift Dean of this church,
where cruel disdain can no longer lacerate his
heart. Go, traveller, ana initiate if thou canst.
a sturdy vindicator OF the liberties OF human
kind"