The San Francisco call., 1897-03-19

State, in 1860, and remained there for some
time. Alter the death of the mother Edith
and her sister Nena moved to Geneva, Ohio,
where they remained until the death of Nena,
IN 1857. Edith was educated in the Normal
school OF Geneva. At last accounts she was
living In New York City.
SAN Francisco PoLIcE-C. W., Berkeley, CAL
To secure an appointment on the San Fran
cisco police force the applicant must be citi-
zen OF the United States over 81 and under 45
years OF age, of a fixed height: must be able to
read and write the English language, and be
physically sound. SO that he would be admit
ted in the United States army. He must be
recommen nded by twelve citizens. Officers are
appointed by the Police Commissioners. Each
member OF the force is allowed one week va
cation: The duties of mounted policemen are
prescribed by the Chief of Police. They are as
rule required to patrol what are known as
long beats. The pay OF such officers Is the
same as that of ordinary patrolmen, 800 per
month, w OF which goes to the pension fund.
The WRECK OF THE .INDEPENDENcE-Sub-
scrlber, City. The steamer Independence. of
the vanderbilt line, was wrecked on the 10Th
OF February, 1858, on the upward trip from
San Juan del Sud to San Francisco. She ran
on the rocks off the south point Of Santa
Margarita Island, in Magdalena Bay. at 5:15
O'Clock in the morning. Captain Sanford ran
the vessel on shore. aud in SO doing she caught
hre, and OF the 300 peop.e on board one
hundred and met death by fire and water.
Tne others remained three days on the island,
q barren one before assistance reached them.
They were finally taken off by the whaling
snip Meteor, Captain Jeffries, and landed in
san francisco on March 81. While on the
island one of the passengers became mother
and the child, girl, was named Margarita.
AFTER the passengers were landed in San Fran
CISCO the Theatres al profession gave a monster
performance for their benefit and q good
round sum was realized.
BARREL MEAsUREMENT-H. G. D., City. Casks
are classed in three varieties and the distilc-
ton consists in the curvature of the slaves. at
what is termed the quarter-hoop-tha is, at q
point midway between the bung and the
chime, viz: Casks having the least curvature
are termed the first variety, those having q
medium curvature the second variety, those
having the greatest curvature the third va
variety, multiply the difference between the
head diameter and the bung diameter (inside
measuremenU by the decimal .55 and add the
product to the head diameter, the sum
being the mean diameter. For the
second variety multiply, the difference
between the two diameters by the decimal .63,
adding the product to the mead diameter; for
the third variety multiply by the decimal
10, and. as above, adding the product to the
head. Having thus found the mean diameter.
TO find the capacity multiply the square of
the mean diameter, in inches, by the decimal
.OO34, which is substantially the same as d.
viding by 294, being the number of cyltndri-
cal inches in a wine gallon, and the product
Will be the wine gallons in one inch in length.
Multiply this by the length inches and the
product viii be the capacity in wine gallons.