The San Francisco call., 1897-09-23

A FIVE DOLLAR PrEcE-R g.. City. A FIVE
dollar piece Of 1886 does not command
premium.
GEORGE D1xoN-Constant Reader, City.
George Dixon. the pugilist. was born in Hall
FIX, r. S. July 20, 1870. His height is ieet
315 inches.
OLD SILVER Co1Ns-H. L. NJ, oakdale, Cal,
and E. a. B., City. dollar OF the oniled
States minted in 1900 commands prem1iIn5na I5a
OF from 20 to so cents quarter o1 1000
does n OF command premium
GOVERNOR OF CALIFoRNIA-A. c., City. The
late P. H. Burnett. who was the first Governor
of California elected under American rule
elected November 13. 1S49, tnaugurated1 De-
cember 20. 1S49. resigned January >. 1901,
and died in san Francisco May IL, 1899, Wss
Catholic.
CUSTOM HOUSE INSPECTORS Subscriber, Santa
Clara, Cal. When the question in relation TO
those who were examined for the Custom
house service last April was asked the reply
was given ''1he applicants must be patient.
AS soon as the papers are received each appll-
cant will be notltied, the notice being sent 10
the address given at the time OF examlna-
ton.
HOMES FOR OLD LADIES' S., Napa, Cal The
information desired can be obtained by writ
ing TO the superintendent of each OF the ioJ-
lowing places in which old ladies are
Quoted by the Sisters of Mercy; the Aitenhelm
Home tor Old People, also al Fruitvale, con-
Quoted by German association the Ctocker
Old Peoples Home al Pierce and Pine streets,
in San Francisco; the Lick Old Ladies Home
on the University Mound Tract, San Fran
cisco; the He ebrew Home for Aged and Dis
abled Hebrews. at 5O7 Lombard street, San
Fran cisco, and the Home for Aged and lnfrm
Females, at ST. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco
COLD SToRAGE-W. S.. Eureka, Cal. Cold
storage in general comprises the preservation
of perishable articles by means of low tenn
perature and is one of the principal cases to
which artificial refrigeration is applied.
Cold-storage rooms and cars are built to be as
perfectly insulated and protected as possible
against the egress of cold and the ingress of
heat They are kept cold by system of pipe
lines through which circulates refrigerated
ammonia direct expanslon) or eooied prime
(brine sysleml. The size OF coid-storage
house depends on the storage requirement
and it should be built as nearly square as pos
sible, be properly ventilated, nave double
doors and windows and all other protecuon
that would insure the best insulation posi- bic.
The size OF a cold-storage room varies from
small ice-box OF few feet OF capacity TO that
of the gigantic storehouse OF several million
cubic feet of space. For further Information
on tn subject you should read books on cold
storage and refrigeration.
CONGRESSIONAL DIsTRICTs-A. L. L., Sequel,
Cal. The counties OF Del Norte, Siskiyou,
Modoc, Humboldt Trinity, Shasta, Lassen,
Tehama, Plumas, Sierra, Mendocino, Sonoma
and Marin comprise the First Congressional
District.
The counties of Butte. Sutter, Yuba, Nevada,
Placer, Ell Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Mono,
Inyo, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa, San Joa-
quin and Sacramento the Second.
The coun ties of Colusa GLENN, Iolo, Lake,
Solano, Contra. Costa and Alameda comprise
the Third
A portion of San Francisco comprises the
Fourth.
All that portion of San Fran cisco not in
cluded in the Fourth District, with the FarAl-
Ion Islands, together with the counties of San
Mateo and Santa Clara, comprise the Fifth.
The counties of santa Cruz, Monterey, San
Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los
Angeles comprise the Sixth.
The counties of Sianislaus {Maders), Merced,
San Benito, Fresno, Tulare (Ktngs). Kern. San
Bernardino (Riverside), Orange and San Diego
comprise the Seventh.
The represen tatives are in numerical order.
]. A. Bsrham, Souoma; NJ. de Vries, Stockton;
S G. Hilborn, Oakland; J. G. Mcguire. San
Francisco; E F. Loud. San Francisco C. A.
Barlow, San Miguel, and G. H. Castle, Mer-
ced.