The San Francisco call., 1896-02-11

| tion and terms are furnished upon appl1ca-
| tiOn.
DIEGO RAMIREz-H. s. s., Stockton, Cal. The
| Diego Ramirez are q group of uninhabited ISL
| ands sixty miles southwest of Cape Horn in
latitude So deg. 25 min. south, longitude 69
| deg. Al min. west.
JUMp1Ne-J. s., Walnut Grove, Sacramento
County, Cal. The jumping record of the olym-
pic Club of this City is % feet 215 inches made
| by V. B. Schifferstein in Oakland. That also
| is the coast record.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR-O. s., City. When ex-
President Chester A. Arthur died he LETT two
| children, Chester Alan Arthur and his sister,
Helen Herndon, and at last accounts ootn were
living In the city OF New York.
DION BoUcIcAULT-H. W., City. Dion Bouci-
cault was the true name of the playwright and
dramatist.. He was born in Dublin, Ireland,
December 26, 1922 his father, Frenchman,
being engaged in business there at the time.
He died September 18, 1890.
TONNAGE. s., Walnut Creek, Sacramento
County, Cal. Gross registered tonnage is the
cubic contents Of vessel below deck. Net
tonnage is the cubic capacity after deducting
from the gross measurement the space occu-
pied by the crew, machinery, etc.
ALONE WITH My CoNsCIENCE-M. NJ. p, Oak.
land, Cal. E. Z. G. of Santa Cruz and J. II. H.
| of this city have given Answers to Core.
| spondents" the date of the publication of
Littles Living Age, July 8, 1876, credited to
The Spectator.
BECOMING OF AGE. E. O'D., City. The law
of this State says: "Nlinors are males under
21 years OF age and females under Is years OF
age. All others are adults. In minority the
periods specified must be calculated from the
first minute OF the day on which, persons are
born to the same minute of the day nplet-
ing the period of minority.
LETTER-CARRIERs-C. Y, City. The next ex-
animation of applicants for positions in the
letter-carriers' department OF this city will be
held under civil-serviee rules some time this
month. All information about qualiica-
tion and the like can be obtained by appliea-
tion at the Office of the clerk of the board OF
examiners IN the Postofice building.
SAN FRANCISCO MINT-W. McNI.. City. The
bill authorizing the erection of a branch mint
of the United States in San Francisco was
passed in 1852. The work of constructing it on
Commercial street, west of Montgomery, where
the United States treasury building now
stands, was commenced in 1858, and it was
| opened for business April 3. 1854.
0RPHEUM AIRs-S., City. The airs that were
| played by the Deltorello Brothers at the Or
pheum Music Hall in this City during the
week commencing January % were: With
| coins q marble table. "Alice, Where Art
Thou? On sleigh bells, Manhattan Beach
! and "High School Cadets" ;" also selection from
.Tannhauser' and from ''Cavalleria Rusti-
| cana"
THE NEXT CENTURY-C E. and N, Navy.
yard. Mare Island Cal, and ]. NJ, City. The
! twentieth century will begin with the year
| 1901. AS century is 100 years, it does not
close until the 100 years have been completed,
SO the first century was not ended until the
| last day OF the year 100 and the second CEN
tury commenced with the year 101. This was
explained in an answer to correspondent in
| The CALL of Friday, January 81.
! ANAME-Fannie, Bloomfield, CAL Ii man
has been known from infancy by the name his
mother bore before marriage and has never
1 been known by his fathersna e certainly
| when he arrives at the age of majority, could
register under that name and also do business
| under that name, but if in the event of the
| death OF his father there were some property
| interests at stake he would have to establish
| his identity by legal proof, and it might be
necessary for him TO apply to the court for per-
mission 10 assume his fathers name.
DUcKs-McF., City. The following section
from the game law tells when the season for
ducks closes in this State
Every person who in the State Of California be-
! tween the 10Th day Of February and the 18th day
of October in each year, shall hunt, pursue, take
taken in the State of California or any other state
or Territory or foreign country except for purposes
fridge robin any kind Of wild duck or rail- shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, provided that the
right TO nave In possession for the purpose OF
propagation shall first be obtained by permit in
writing from the game warden Of the county
wherein such birds are to be caught.
THE BoERs-Inquirer, City. In 1886 the Beers
fed from Cape Colony on account of the Eng.
lish laws, which they found oppressive, and
founded the Orange Free State. They then es-
tablisned republic in the Cashan Mountains
During the Zulu war the English annexed the
country under the colonial Government. The
people protested and sent a petition to Eng
lend, but did not obtain any relief. They then
took up arms to assert their independence.
rive thousand Beers took possession of Heidel-
Derg In the Transvaal on the 9th of February,
1881, and re-established the republic with Paul
Kruger as president. The Beers were at
lacked by the British troops, but the British
were driven off the field. The Beers finally in
| that year acknowledged British suzerainty, but
were allowed complete seltgovernment
GREAT SALT LAKE-N. A. c., City. The great
Salt Lake in Utah was at one time as large az
Lake Huron, but now it is about 100 miles
long, with an average width of from 25 to 80
miles. Its greatest depth is about 60 feet The
area of the lake is about 200 square miles, It
is 400 feet above the level of the sea- The
water is six times as salt as that of the ocean
mostly salt and soda, with small proportions OF
sulphur, magnesia, calcium chlorine brorniue
potassium, lithia and boric acid. The Atlantic
Ocean holds but 3.5 per cent of solid water of
which salt constitutes 2.6 per cent. Three
fresh river waters flow into the lake, the Bear
the Ware and the Jordan, but the inflow does
not make any perceptible increase in the
water nor diminish its. saltness. The lake has
no outlet, but part of the water is absorbed by
the dry sand and a portion of it is evaporated
! by the dry air in the great Fremont basin. In
| fish" asserts one writer, while another asserts
| that "there is not fish or any other living
| thing in all the $500 or 5000 square miles Of
beautiful ana mysterious waters, except sum-
crawls or wiggles."
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