The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-30

City, N. Y, viii reach him.
THE PENSION OFHCE-L B. The pension
office in San Francisco is located at the north
west corner of Bush and Sansome streets.
REVENUE CUTTER sERvIcE-L. A. H, La
Honda, Cal. For information about the reve-
nue. cutter service address a communication to
the Collector OF Port, San Francisco.
WISCONSIN DIVORCE LAw-G. A, City. In the
State OF Wisconsin a party desiring to bring
al action for diYorce must have been q resi-
dent OF the STATE one year before commencing
the action.
IMPROVING NALs-T. J. B., City. A news
paper cannot advise an individual as to what
ought to be d one in the case of an ingrowng
naIl except to advise the party TO consult
competent chiropodist.
FITzsIMMoYs-C HoYNsKI-A. C. S., Oakland,
Cal. On the 17th of June, 1894, Bob FitZsim-
mons and Joe Choynski met in Boston, and
after five rounds the police interfered and the
fight was declared d draw.
EARTHQUAKEs-J. H. s, City. The heaviest
shocks OF earthquake in San Francisco since
California becIme q State were the ones
OF October g, 1865, which lasted ten seconds,
and the one OF October 81, 1868, which lasted
foIty-tWo seconds.
BooKKEEPERs-E. E. Old, City. There is no
means of ascertaining what percentage OF
pupils who grad uate from the schools OF this
city are better fitted for bookkeepers or stem
ographers than the graduates OF the CONNER
cal digh school. There are no statistics as TO
the otAer questions asked.
A Observation-Disclosures City. In the game
OF cribbage the cards do not have to follow in
numerical order TO claim a run. If in g game
the cards came out in the following order:
4, 9, 2, 1, ., 3, 4, the player who played the
last could claim run OF 5, as there is
sequence OF , after the play OF 9.
FERRY sTEAMERs-S, City. The steamers
that ply between this city and Oakland are the
Oakland, Piedmont and Encinal on the broad
gauge line; the Garden City. FL Captain and
Emma by the creek route; the Bay City and
the Newark between this city and Alameda
mole, narrow gauge; the Hope between this
city and Berkeley. The Transit and the Thor
oughfare carry freight between this city and
Oakland mole.
CULTURE-C. II. L., City. The use of the
word culture in connection with the soil is
perfectly proper. The first definition of the
word is: THE act of filling and preparing the
earth for crops; tllage, cultivation" Bacon
IN Sylvia Sylvarum says: $50 that these three
were slower than the ordinary wheat OF itself
and this culture did rather retard their ad-
vance" Pope in his Essay on Man. says:
In vain our toll. we ought to blame the cul-
ture not the soil"
MARRIAGE AT SEA-G. A. City. This depart
menJ has on several occasions stated that no
one has yet been able to discover any law that
authorized the master of a vessel 10 solemnize
marriage at sea. 1t is very probable that
court, upon esentRtion of The facts would "
declare a so-ca led marriage null and void II
a party is divorced in California neither party
can marry again in the State until after the
expiration of one year. If a Divorce should
within year after the divorce, go out to sea
and be married, there is no doubt that such a
marriage would be declared illegal.
LICENsE-An Old Reader, Grass Valley, Cal.
The law regulating municipal licenses in San
Francisco says: sit shall be unlawful for any
person 10 engage in or carry on any business, e
trade, profession or calling for the transact
ton OF which license is required, with
out first taking out procuring
The license required tor such business :
trade, profession CT calling" The law further
says that Every person who at a fixed place
OF business sells any goods, ware or merchan-
disc, on commission or otherwise, except agri-
cultural or vinicultural productions OF any
stock, dairy or poultry farm of the State, when
sold by the producer thereof, and except such as
are sold by the auctioneers at public sale
under lcense), shall pay a license" Then fol-
lows schedule setting forth that the parties
liable t. such license shall pay license accord
ing 10 the amount OF business done, the license
ranging from $3.50 o 50 per quarter. mer.
chant tailor comes within that class.