The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11

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Dakota, but they are not worked. 1t is said
that the manner of producing the ore there
did not pay.
- RUNNING RECORD. L.. City. AS your CON-
municatIon does not state if you want the run
ming record for man or horse the question can
not be answered.
ED HARR1GAN-J. D., City. 1t was expected
that Ed Harriean would appear at the
engagement has been made.
COLLECTOR OF CUsToMs-M. d. @, City. The
name of J. P. Jackson for the Office of Collector
of Customs OF the port of San Francisco has not
been sent TO the Senate for confirmation.
NITRATE OF SODA DEPosITs-J. W.. City. There
are deposits of nitrate OF soda on the borders
OF California and Nevada, but they have never
been worked or thoroughly prospected.
THE LICK sCHooL-A. B., City. For informa.
ton about the Lick School of Mechanical Arts
and the requirements for admission apply in
person or by letter to principal of the school.
BooKs-T W. L., San Rafael, Cal The law
imposes a duty on books imported from a
foreign country, unless such books are more
than twenty years old from the date of publi-
cation.
AsToR-A. F., City. None of the biographies
of John Jacob Astor, the founder of the Astor
Library, show that he was of Jewish descent.
He was born i'll Heidelberg, Germany, and his
father was peasant.
MUNIcIPAL ELEcTIoNs-A. F., Oakland, Cal.
Municipal elections in Chicago are held
in the first week in April in odd numbered
years. The municipal election in Cleveland,
ohio, was held April 4, this year.
BOSTON CAPITAL-J. P. H.. City. There are
no statistics 10 show how much capital is in
vested in the city of Chicago by citizens of
Boston, Mass. After the big fire in Chicago
that municipality received assistance from
many cities of the Union.
A GIRLS MAJoE1TY-O. S., Santa Cruz. Cal
In the State of California boy attains his ma
j rity at the age OF 81 and girl at the age of
Is. girl on reaching her eighteen tn birth
day is entitled to receive property willed to
her.
LARGEST THEATER-A. T. S., CITY. If Won
mean by "the largest theater in San Fran
cisco" the largest size, the Grand Opera-house
is the answer; if you mean the one having
the largest seating capacity then the answer
is the Orpheum. The Grand Opera-house- has
25OO seats and the Orpheum about 3lOO
FOOD ADULTERATIoN-F. A., City, Tartaric
acid is an article not permitted in the manu-
ufacture of human food. All articles of man.
factured food will be subjected to ANALYSIS bv
the City Chemist. Salicylic acid, glucose cop.
peras, and any ingredient that has q tendency
TO retard digestion is injurious when used in
the manufacture of food.
RIGHT OF WAY-P. J. P, Blanchard, Tuolumne
County, Cal. An individual has no right to
close public road that runs through his land.
II there is reason why the road should De
closed he would have 10 take legal proceedings
to effect such result. The other question as
to right of compensation is one that a court
would have to answer after presentation of
the facts.
BLINDNESS IN CHICKENs-S, Alameda, Cal.
Chickens in the condition described are al
fected with what is known as "blindness." Itis
a common disease generally accompanying
roup. 1t is stated that it is readily cured by
dropping very weak solution of laudanum
into the affected eyes. Chickens kept in clean,
well-aired houses are not troubled with either
roup or blindness.
The HoRsE-J. s., City. The horse, accord
ing TO number of writer's, is possessed of 10Th
instinct and intelligence. He has the instinct
of self-preservation and intelligence or sa-
gaclty, as is manifested by his ability 10 learn
ana TO remember what he is taught. AS an
instance OF sagacity Romanes, in Animal
Intelligence, narrates mum Der OF instances,
sueh as the case of a Shetland pony going to
be shod OF his own accord after dropping q
shoe; OF Canadian horse saving woman
teeth, and several instances OF horses over
coming obstacles to the oat-bin.
Miss OR MRs-M. NJ City. When a woman
is granted divorce ana is allowed her maiden
name the decree reads: "And that the plain.
tiff in this action be permitted to resume her
IN alden name, which was" and then follows
what that maiden name was, say for instance,
"Alice Jones'" not miss" Alice Jones. There
is no rule that authorizes divorced woman
N oit or Mrsr hnn al.
lowed to resume her maiden name. She can
not by any right assume the title OF Miss"
for that is a term applied to young girl or to
an aged girl who he's never been married;
and being no longer married, she cannot call
herself "Mrs." Consequently she is neither
"Miss" nor Mrs" and has strictly no right
to use either prefix. If woman on being
divorced is allowed to resume her maiden
name, which was. say. "Alice JONES'" she could
not be introduced as MRS. Alice Jones" or
"Miss Alice JONES' but it would be proper to
introduce her as "Aice Jones'"
POCKET vETo-Schoolboy, Aberdeen, Inyo
County, Cal A veto is the act b., which the
executive refuses his concurrence in mea-
sure of the legislative body with which he is
associated and thus prevents it from becom-
ing law. The power of veto is generally
given to Mayors of cities and TO Governors of
States, the latter sometimes acting in con-
junction with other officials The veto may
be overridden by vote of the legislative
body, in most of the States two-thirds vote
being necessary for that purpose, while in
others three-ffths vote or even a simple
majority is sufficient Rhode Island North
Carolina, Ohio and Delaware are the only
States that have refused to give the executive
the power TO veto.
The right to veto acts of Congress is vested
by article l, section z. oil the constitution in
the President alone. He is required TO sign
every bill or return it to the House OF Congress
in which IL originated, with his objections.
The latter act constitutes veto, ana IL two
thirds of each house pass the bill again IT be-
comes law Notwithstanding the veto. If the
President fails to return the bill within ten
days Sundays excepted) it becomes law as if
he signed it unless congress by their ad-
journment prevents its return, in which case
it shall not be a law" If, therefore, Congress
adjourns within ten days sfter the passage of
a bill and the President has refrained from act
ing on the bill it does not become u law the dis
posal OF bill i'll that way, when the President
does not choose to veto il formally. is termed a
pocket veto,' term which it seems was first
applied by the Wings to The disposition in that
manner of tw internal Improvement bills by
President Andrew Jackson.