The San Francisco call., 1897-05-19

VOLUNTEER FIREMEN-H. G., Bodie, Mono
County, Cal. There is no law of California
that guaran tees exemptions to honorary men,
bers OF volunteer fire companies, such ss are
granted TO honorary members OF the National
6 uard.
MAIDEN RAcEs-G. A. H, City. The term
maiden race means the first race in which an
individual participates. If a swimmer enters
a 100-yard race and swims that, he would OF
be eligible in so or 70 yard maiden race.
Being paced by professional places the indi-
vidual so paced outside of the amateur class.
COMMUNITY PRoPERTY-S. K, City. The best
answer that can be given to your question in
relation to community property is the follow
ing from the code of California;:
The husband has the management and control
OF the com unity property with tn. like absolute
power of disposition (other than testamentary) as
he has Of his own separate property.
DIvoRcE-Fannie, Bloomfield, Cal. In an &C.
tion for divorce the party from whom the
divorce is sought to be obtained must be per-
sonally served with a notice, If within the
jurisdiction of the court in which the action
is commenced, If the habitat of such person Is
known. Ii not found there must be service by
mail 10 the last known address and publica-
tion in newspaper. Under the provisions of
the recent law parties divorced in this State
cannot marry again in this State until one
year after the granting of the divorce.
ALIEN LAND OWNERSHIP. NJ. E., Elmfra, Cal.
The constitution OF the State of California.
section IL. article l, reads as follows:
Foreigners of the white race or Of African de-
scent eligible to become citizens Of the United
states under the naturalization laws thereof while
bona fide residents of this state, shall have the
rights in respect to the acquisition, posses
sion enjoy ment. transmission and Inheritance OF
all property other than real estate az native born
citizens; provided that such aliens owning real
estate at the time Of the adoption of this amend
ment may remain sue h owners; and provided,
further that the Legislature may. by statute, pro
vide for he disposition OF real estate which sh all
hereafter be acquired by descent or devise.
JAPANESE AND CHINEsE-E. s., City. There
are no official statistics as to the number OF
Japanese and Chinese in the United States
other than those furnished by the census OF
1890. That gives the number of Japanese at
2O39 in the UNITED States and the Chinese
107, AIS. The same authority gives the num-
Der of japanese in California as 1l47 and
Chinese 1912 The Consul for Japan at this
time estimates that there are from 25OO to
$500 japanese in San Francisco during the
winter months and about 1000 during the
summer months. During the summer por-
tion OF the colony goes into the country 10
work on farms. 1t is estimated that the are
about 30, 1000 Chinese in San Francisco at this
time.
BECHE DE MER-W. f. T., City. The beche de
mer exists on the coral reefs of the Pacific and
the several species are from six TO fifteen inches
in length, shaped like cucumber, and from
their form are sometimes called sea-cucumbers.
The skin is sometimes covered with spicules
or prickles, and more times are quite smooth.
with or without teatS or ambulacral feet is.
posed IN rows. Five varieties are recognized
in commerce. The first is the brown with
teats, and Is worth, a. the place of prepara-
tion, $3.50 per ton; then the large black, 1925
per ton; small black, 800; red-bellied, $75,
and white $50 per ton The finest sell for
$500 per ton in China, where they are
used in gelatinous soup, which forms an
important article of food in the empire.
The preparation of the beche de mer is very
simple. They are boiled for twenty minutes,
split up and gutted and then they are ready
for drying. This is conducted in large sheds
on hurdles placed over q brisk fire. The dried
beche de mer are very hygromet1c, and it is
necessary that they be packed up ready for
shipment on the conclusion of the drying
process. Unless they are thoroughly dry,
decomp position sets in rapidly and destroys the
entire package in which one decomposlng one
may be.