The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07

of remedies. that are said to be excellent for
the remova, OF freckles, but this department.
cannot advertise such. You had better con-
sulta phi sician.
KICKAPoo-E. G. s., Liverm ore, Cal. Kicka-
poo Is OF Indian origin and means smooth,
without rapids or obstruction, and is applied
TO rivers. 1t is also the name of a tribe of
North American Indians.
GENERAL WEYLER--E. G. S., Livermore, CAL
Ii 1t is the Spanish pronunciation of the name
OF The general that you wish it is as if written
Wey-iair; ii the English pronunciation it is
Weller, Eel" having the sound the same as in
weigh.
COUNTING IN CAsINo-A. o s., City The rule
for counting in casino is cards, spades, big
casino, little casino, ace and sweep. This de-
partment does not decide questions in cards.
but furnishes the RUE of the games and these
can be applied to the cases.
THE REVENUE OFFIcE-L. B., City. The In
ternal Revenue Office is under civil service
rules 0. NJ. Welbotn, the present Collector
Of the office November so, 1898; his siicisl isas
bond is 500, 900 and mis- salary is $4500.
THE ROBINSON BEoUEsT-O. s., City The
Finance Committee OF the Board of Super
visors and the Mayor have the control of the
Robinson bequest. At d stated time the money
on hand for distribution is divided among
CHARITIES, and a certain portion Is distribute
by the Mayor to deserving applicants. All ap-
pllcatlons are filed at the Office OF the Mayor.
THE UNIvERsITIEs-E. R., Oakland, Cal.
Tuition in the: University of California at
Berkeley and in the Leland Stanford Univer-
sity at Palo Alto is free, but in each there is
fee charged for use of mate rials in the labor
atorles; At the Berkeley University there is
also diploma Zee.
CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINATIoN-W. H. g., City.
To take an examination under the civil service
rules the applicant must be a citizen of the
United States For information about the
dates OF examinations and the requirements
call at the Office of the secre tary OF the Civil
Service Board in this City, which is located in
the office OF the secretary TO the Postmaster in
the Postofice building.
HoLoeRApHIc Willie. City. On the sub
ject of wills, section 1877 of the Civil Code OF
the State OF California says:
|. An Photographic will is one that is entirely
written. dated and sgued by the hand Of the testa-
tor 1t ssubject to no other form, and may be
N ade in or ou OF this State, and need not be wit
messed.
Such a will may be proved in the same man.
ner as other private writings.
BOTANICAL NAMEs-E. G. S., Livermore, CAL
The common names OF the steteromeles ar
butifolia of California toyon, Chris mas
berry tree and California holly. Toyon Is the
best name, California is not good one. The
herb daucus pusillus, winch grows in Cali
fOrnid, is said TO be antidote for the bite of
the rattiesnake. There is no common name lor
the orthocarpus huerilobus. Some species OF
the orthocarpus are called "owl's clover"
NIT-E. G. S., Livermore, Cal. "Nit' was
originally applied to that which stings, but
subsequently it was applied as the designation
of the egg OF louise and OF smaller insect
OF late it has been used as q slang word to sig
nifty mo" or nothing" In that sense it is a
contraction oil the German word '"nicht,"
which means ''not," and ''nichts." Some con-
tend that it is from the Low German ''nit,"
which is the pronunciation 1or nothing" in
that language.
To RECOVER WAGEs-"Young Fellow" City.
If your employer is Indebted to you for wages
and does not pay you your remedy is tn sue
him, and II, as you say you are without money
to commence an action, there is provision of
law which allows you to appear in the Justice
Court and make oath that you are without
means to proceed in the matter. Upon that
showing the court will issue the proper papers
and compel the employer to appear and show
cause why he does not pay your claims.
THE Moon IN FEBRUARY-S W., City Yes,
there was one year in which there was no full
moon in February. That was in 1866. In
that year January and March each had two
full moons, but February had none. writer
in an astronomical journal about that time
thing in nature that was? 1t has not hap
pened before since the beginning of the Chris
tlan era, or probably since the creation of the
world 1t will not occur again, according TO
the com putauons OF the astronomer of Eng
land for 100000 years from 1856"