The San Francisco call., 1896-10-17

! nrettv tough replied the boarder, trying
| hard to cut his mite of stake.-Yonkers states
! man.
Wiggles-well, did you make him take hls
words back as you said you were going to dor
Waggles-Yes, he took them back, but ne
used them over again more emphatieally tnan
he did before.-Someryilie Journal.
Mics Rloomerite-What kind of tree is
that?
Her companion Qacetiously)-Why, that Is
dogwood. Can't you tell it by its bark?-Juoge.
"Of course don't expect to get seat" SAID
the large lady who was hanging TO the strap
"And 1 don't think / ought to nave one
neither. 1t amt no more than right Wneh
man has spent the last nickel he's got lot
ride to make him stand up; indeed II ain l..
Seven men arose, each jinglfng some silver
in his pocket, as if to resent the imputatlon,-
Indianapolis Journal.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
MoroRMEN-J. E. G., City. The pay of motor
men in this City on the electric lines is %
cents per hour
THE Ex-QUEEN-A. s., City. The name Of
the ex-Queen of the Hawaiian Islands is writ
ten Liliuokalani.
PRoBLEMs-w. A. c., City. This department.
does not give answers to questions in arith-
metic or to problems.
A GIRLS MAJORITY In law a girl Is free
from parental restraint in the State OF Cali
fornia at the age OF 19
FACE VALUE ONLY-C. NJ. W., San Jose, Cal.
A fye-dollar piece of the year 1886 is worth
only its face value to those who purchase old
coins.
DANA AND BLA1NEZJ. c., City. Dana of the
New York Sun was opposed to Blaine during
his candidacy for the office OF PRESIDENT OF the
United States.
GERMANY AND FRANcE-H. J. W., City. The
latest estimates give the population 0 G Of the
German empire ns 49,4Zl,Oo4 anu snab VI
France as 38,218,903
CONTRACT MARRIAeEs-A Subscriber, Grand
Island, Cal Contract marriages are no longer
recognized in California, the law which per-
lnitted such having been repealed Dy the act
OF March 20. 1898.
THE MINISTERS NAME-L. N. H., City. The
minister who oficiated at the wedding OF
Major John A. Darling, U. S. A., and MIS- u u.
Catherwooo, on October %, 1895, was the
Rev. Horatio Stebbins.
COINAGE DIscoNTINUED-E. K, City. The
coinage of half cents in the United States was
discontinued by the act OF February Il, 1891
and the coinage of two-cent pieces was discon.
tinued by the act of February II, 1878.
LARGEST BREwERY--H s., City. The largest
brewery in the world is Bass in England.
This department regrets very much that it
cannot give you the information, but as 1t
does not advertise. it cannot tell you which
brewery brews the best beer.
WATER RIGHTs-J. B., City. The Supreme
Court of the State of California has not re-
Gently handed down a decision to the effect
that private irrigation ditch owners cannot
lawfully sell water rights to lands under their
canals, ETC., but case involving that point
has been submitted to the court
WHITE HA1R-White Head, City. This de-
partment has been able to discover great
many receipts for restoring hair TO its natural
color-that is, dyes which it is claimed have
that property-but has not been able to find
any that twill cause medium brown hair TO
turn to gray or white" Nature in time will
do that, and it is said that seeing a genuine
ghost will cause hair to turn white, but it
must be genuine ghost.
AssEssMENTs-C. R., watsonville, Cal. A sill
ver-mining company that levies an assess
ment would have to accept silver in payment
of that assessment unless there was contract
between the directors of the company and the
stockholders, or there was provision in the
constitution or bylaws of the company that
the assessments shall be paid in gold. Ebe
law is that standard silver dollars are legal
tender for any amount unless otherwise speci-
fed in the contract
THE Two-TAIL TIcKEr-A. G. P. R., City.
Should Tom Watson, the Populist candidate
for Vice President, remain in the field the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency will
appear on two tickets, Democrats and Populists.
Each ticket will have a set of electors, and
these will vote for Bryan, but if in State the
electors on the Popuiist ticket should by
chance be elected over the Democrats and Re-
publicans they would cast their votes for
Bryan and Watson, but ii in the same State
the Democrats should by chance be successful
the electors would vote for Bryan and Sewall.
TowNsEND's famous broken candy, 2 lbs 2ocs
CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 500 lb. TownssnGa'