The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21


but for some years have not been minted
CUBAN TRoUBLEs-O. H. H., City. In the
Daily News Almanac and Political Register
for the current year there is published full
account OF the revolts in Cuba from the earliest
time
STEAM VESSELS. r. w, Stockton, Cal. You
can obtain q copy of the laws and regulations
that govern steam vessels by communicating
with the office of Inspector of Hulls and Boil
ers, Appraisers building, this City.
A RED NOSES. O. T. c., City. If a nose is
red because of drinking, the remedy is, stop
drinking. If it is caused by a disease OF the
skin, then the party afflicted should place him
self under the care of competent physician
who will remove the outer skin and in that
way restore the nose TO the color it ought to be.
ARMY PRoMoTIoN-Reader, Stockton, Cal An
enlisted man who has served two years or
more in the United States army, whether as
non-eommissioned officer or private, may COM
pete for vacancy for second lieutenant when
ever any such exists. He has to undergo a
mental and physical examination, and if he
passes he may rise to the highest rank in the
army.
BoNDs-J. j., Bethany, San Joaquin County.
Cal. To enter into an explanation of why the
present administration has issued SO many
calls for bonds would take more space than is
allotted to Answers to Correspondents, but in
DIl61 1t Is LndC the present administration
could not run the Government within the in
come, and for that reason had to borrow
money to meet expenses and to keep up the
gold reserve.
MARRYING CHINEsE-R. H. B., Oakland, Cal.
The question, "Can you publish the names
and the religion OF the women who have mar
ried Chinese, that is white women?" cannot be
answered for the reason that it does not ap-
pear from the question whether you want to
know about the white women OF the world
who have married Chinese, or the white women
of particular section, and Tor the turther
reason that no record is kept of the religion OF
people who apply for q marriage license. In
other words, the question cannot be answered.
A CONFEDERATE NOTE. w. K, City. AS q
note of the late Confederate Government is
not money nor representative OF money, ard
therefore not currency, an individual arrested
for utterin such could not be charged with
passing counterfeit money, but he could be
charged with obtaining money by falsely rep
resenting that the paper offered a valu-
able one, that is providing he obtained any,
thing OF value for it; if he did not obtain any
thing on 1t he could be charged with an
attempt to obtain property by means of false
representations.
NICARAGUA LANDs-F. e., CITY, The price for
agricultural land in Nicaragua is rs cents per
acre, but where there is a running stream on
the land the price is 81 25. In order to en-
courage the coffee industry in that country
the Government does not levy license tax on
coffee trees. Every person planting not less
than 5000 coffee trees is allowed by the
Government premium OF cents per tree
halt to be paid when the trees are two
years old and the balance when the
trees produce. From 400 to 500 trees to the
acre can be planted, and the cost of plant
ing is very light. The cost OF producing 100
pounds OF coffee is about So. Those who wish
to enter on this kind of venture are advised
not to undertake it unless they have between
dollars in United States gold is worth $37 in
the currency of Nicaragua. Any one wishing
TO go to that country to settle must first obtain
port in which the intended settler lives Fuller
information about the country may be OBJ
tanned from a pamphlet TO be obtained by
Washington D. c., for the special bulletin
"Coffee in Nicaragua" issued October, 1893.