The San Francisco call., 1897-02-04

miles.
SELLING CRABs-C. c., City If you wish to
engage in the business of selling crabs Won
will have to procure a license. If you will call
at the license office in the City Hall you will
be informed as 10 the amount OF license YOU
Will have TO pay.
SERVICE STRIPEs-A. A B., City. A member
of the National Guard who has served a term
of enlistment and re-enlists is entitled to
wear service stripe. He is entitled to a
stripe for every enlis tment that he has com
pleted. IService in cadet company counts
Just thelsame as in any other branch.
Two IsLANDs--N. N, City Alcatraz Island
in the bay of San Francisco measures about
1900 feet extreme length and 26O at its widest
par:. The southern island of the group known
as the Farallones de los Frayles 24s< miles
from a line drawn across the Golden Gate. is
the largest. 1t measures 1890 feet In length
by 104S in width. The north and middle
Farallones are mere rocks.
THE DEVILS AUCTIoN-J. B. NJ, City "The
Devils Auction" was produced at the Bush
street Theater in this City on the 9th of june.
1887, and was on the boards for two weeks. 1t
was then produced for six nights at the Grand
Opera-house under the title of "The Devips 8
Auction or The Golden Branch" commencing
July IL, 1887. 1t was next produced at tbss
CALIFORNIA Theater, commsncing December
25, 1891.
AN ENGINEER-N. N. City. An individual
serving in an engine-room of q steamship
must serve year before he can obtain third
assistant engineer papers, and one year moro
before he can be entitled to second assists n :
papers and one year more before entitled to
hrst assistant papers. The law does not re-
quire that person should be a mechanic hut
he should know something of the duties of a
machinist.
"SHIPs THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT''-Reader
City. The following quotation is from the
''Theologian's Tale," Elizabeth, Canto r. I'm
''Tales of a Wayside Inn," by Henry w. iong.
fellow, finished January 20, is73: -'s'
ships that pass in the night and speak each o.bs,
in passing,
Only signal shewn, and distant voice in the
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one
another, ~
Only O look or a voice then darkness again and a
silence.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY-Lucine Craft, Ballards
Santa Barbara County, Cal. There are condi.
tions under which "a married wohan. hus.
band living" can take up United States land
deserted wife may make an entry "a mar.
ried woman, deserted by her husband. made q
homestead entry and provided means for i'm.
proving ana culuvating the land embraced
therein. Notwithstanding her husband's re-.
turn, she will, upon making satisfactory finsl
proof, receive The patent in her own name. 81
(Anna Oleson, Copp's Land Laws, D. 4SS.) An
abandoned wife is regarded as the mead of !
family and her rights will receive due consid.
Grafton. IL man and woman marry sfter
each has made an entry one entry must be sur.
rendered.
THE YEAR 1900-E. A. s., Alameda, Cal. The
best authorities do not agree with you in re-
gard to the year 1899 closing the nineteenth
century. In the Century Dictionary is the
following:
The first century OF the Christian era began with
the year D. and extended to the end of the yesl
loV; the third century began with the POI and
enQeQ with the year 800, and the eightapn can.
tury began with 1900 the year Completing the iOC
year psriod 10 each instance giving name TO the
the century. W
Thus the nineteenth century began with
1901 VIII be the beginning of the twentieth
century and not the nineteenth century. as
announced in this department through an
| error OF transcription few days since.