The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

epply Tor patent in Austris 500, Italy
| Sloo Norway 300, Sweden 800, Russia $3.50,
| PORTUGAL S4OU, British India 5000, lustr Iia
ana other British colonies abb ut 500 e-ch.
Ahs wers TO Correspondents does not know of
| any way py which YOU can obtain q patent
| without paying cash for it, as the Government
| does not Go credit business unless you can
borrow the money from some one.
The PoET LAuREATE-C. X, City. The most
/ formidable opponent that Alfred Austin the
! new poet laureate, had was William Morris.
Austin is poet, dramatist. critic, essayist and
| journalist, and novelist as we'll He was born
| at Headingly, near Leeds. May 80, 1888 His
iather was merchant and magistrate. Both
| parents were Roman Catholics. IN 1853 he took
degree, , at the e. University OF London, and he
| small attention 10 the profession of the law.
| As writer OF poetry he is not considered orig
/ inaI, but he can write good poem TO order
/ and that is said 10 be what is wanted of q man
| hlnng the position OF poet laureate.
| MINING LAWs-A. D. S., Chico Cal Conn in
| his digest OF mining laws says:
/ There is no provision of law to prevent parties
from locating other Claims on the same lode out
sue o. the nrst loCatoh mace on the lode or vein.
II lode or vein 1000 feet in length is discovered
| TWO locations may be made.
/ Abandonment of claim is matter of fact
and OF law, and whether locator has forfeited
| his rights or not under certain circumstances
1 IS a matter that should be decided by the
proper authorities and not by u newspaper
| The law requires that the necessary amount of
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| made first within the year after location and
then after that within the calendar year.
| PEDDLERs-H. City person who would go
| from house TO house offering to sell oil paint
| ings or other pictures would be o peddler
| within the meaning of the following section
OF the City ordinances:
| The term peddlers shall include all persons who
shall carry from place place and SELL or ofer to
| sell, any goods or wares except religious publica
tions. newspapers. periodicals. water nuts or
4 fO
| licensed retail dealers articles manufactured in
| this CITY ana County from hand or licensed vebi
cles. belonging to the manufacturers of such art-
| cles shall not be deemed pedders within the
| meaning OF this section.
Such a peddler, if not using horse and
| wagon IN the business, would have to pay q
1 quarterly license OF 81 80.
| CLEoPATRA's NEEDLES, City. When you as
sert for q fact that you know that the original
and only Cleopatras Needle is the one cree ed
in Central Park, New York, it shows that you
are not g careful student of archaeology.
Thothmes III erected many obelisks; the old
| est is that OF the Atmelian or Hippodrome of
| ConstantinOple. Two others which formerly
| re-ereeted BY Rameses III at Alexan-
| dria and have been popularity known
as Cleopatra's Needles. One OF these.
winch long lay PROSTATE, was after an adven-
| turous voyage conveyed TO London in 1873
| and erected on the Thames embankmert The
other, presented by the Khediye to the United
| States, was conveyed to New York in 1881
aud set up at Central Park, the expense OF its
| removal and erection being betrayed by Will
| liam II. Vanderbilt
THE AToLLs &C. F. R., Lanelois. Curry
County, Or. John Murray, in his theory of the
| Atoll or Lagoon Islands OF the South Pacific
! Ocean, reverses the order OF their growth as
| given by Darwin. He enters into a full ex-
| planation of his reason for reaching the Con-
| clusion he does in structure and Origin
| OF the Coral Reefs" He holds that
1 isl 7d hTrilA Airy
! on the tops of volcanic islands which
| happened to be at the level convenient for the
| PoIyPs- hey would, OF course, build up to the
| surface OF the water and then build outward
! The corals, being dependent OH the ocean for
| food, would thrive only on the outer edge OF
! fully formed reef, and those on the inner side
! OF the reef would die out. Hence fringing
reefs, barrier reefs and atolls, according to Cir
! cumstances.
| THE TIME Balls. G.. city The dropping OF
| the time bali on Telegraph Hill at noon each
| day is Tor the purpose of furnishing the eiti-
Zens OF San Francisco the exact time once
day as given by the photographic Office from the
| observatory at Mare Island. \ few minutes be-
/ fore noon each day an observer takes his sta
| ton at the foot OF the mast on Telegraph Hill
ana stands there watch in hand waiting for the
! hour of noon. J. T. McMillen, who is stationed
| In the office in the Merchants Exchange,
watches the instruments and at the proper
| time opens the connections between this CITY
| and Mare Island and Telegraph Hill switch
ing them on at IL :55 A NJ. Everything being
| in readiness, the transmitter being switched
In, the signals are transmitted TO Yari-
/ Gus parts of the coast, being heard
| in all the telegraph offices through which
| they pass There is small wheel from which
1 certain second teeth omitted. This is in
| operation until IL so 80 A. NJ, which is the
last signal it sends. This gives time for switch
| ing in the time ball and clock circuits and
| then no more signals go out until the instant
OF noon, when the signal lasting for full see
| ond Is sent; then the time ball drops. If there
| should by chance be any accident the man on
the hill drops the ball according te the time as
| shown by an accurately set watch.
THE ARMENIAN cHuRcH-M. H.. City. The
Armenian church was probably established as
early as the second century. In theology it at
| tributes but one nature to Christ, and holds
| that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father
alone. With respects to the seven sacraments
| 1t entertafns the notion that at baptism one
must be sprinkled three times, and as often
/ dipped; that confirmation Is 10 be conjoined
with baptism; that the Lords supper must be
| celebrated with pure wine and leavened bread;
/ that the latter before being handed round
must be dipped in the former; and that ex-
| treme JUNCTION is to be administered to &C.
| cleslastlcs alone, and that, Immediately after,
worship OF saints, but not in purga-
| tory. It exceeds the Greek church in
! the. number OF its fasts, and is
/ pecially rigid in the observance of these
] but it has fewer religious festivals. These are
more enthusiastically kept. In Turkey divine
| service is held principally at night. Mass is
| celebrated in the old Armenian language;
| preaching is carried on in the new. It's sac
| erdotal constitution differs little from the
Greek. The head of the church, whose title il
! Ca atholkos, resides at Etshmiadzin, a mon-
/ astery near Erivan, capital or Russian Arme-
| MIA. To this place every Armenian must make
| a pilgrimage once in his life. The monks of
| this church follow the rule of st. Basil The
| Wartabieds form a peculiar class OF ecclesias-
| tics; they live like monks, but are devoted ex-
! clusively to learning. Secular priests must
| marry once, but none are at liberty to take
| second wife. Missionaries from the evan
gelical churches in the West have had much
success among the Armenians in gathering
churches and establishing schools and col
| leges. The Armenians number 4 900 O00 half
of which in Turkey. There are several
works on the Armenians 70 be had at the libra