The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-23

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| Mum is offered for a IS gold piece bear
ing date later than 1894: The g 30 pieces
for which premium is offered are Inose o6 OF
the following dates: 1876, 1871 IlsS' 1S9s'
1927 1929 1880, 1882, 1888 and those of 1884
which have ''E pluribus unum on the
reverse.
TRAINED NURSE-A. S., Fairfield
Cal. If you will write to the superinteno-
emit of the Training School for Nurses
City and County Hospital san eo FrS NIrses
Children's Hospital, California ana Map 1!s
streets, San Francisco, either VIII, on you 5
furnishing .self-addressed ana sIat stan t{e11
envelope mali a circular of tntormatlon
as to requirements to become tralIleo
nurse.
PLURALITY AND MAJORITY-P. NJ.
B., City In announcing the result OK
an election If the statement is made that
Smith received a majority of 400 that
means that he received 4O00 more votes
than the aggregate of the votes cast Tor
all other candidates for the same once:
If there was but one candidate agalhse
him 1t would be proper TO say lndt IS
received a majority of 1000. II 1t IS sag no
that he was elected by plurality OF 4VoV
that means that he received 3Q9o more ore
votes than the next highest candidate LOT
the same Office, there being more tnah
two running.
ALWAYS GIVE THE COUNTY-To
| Correspondents. When an individual
writes letter and dates it at the place
in which he is, he should always ADD
the name of the county to the name OF
the place, as often there are several
places of the same name in a State. A
few days since a correspondent OF this
department wrote for information, ana
inclosing a stamp requested that the an
swer be sent by mail. After giving his
name he 5; Simply gPl added French Camp.
direction, but it may be some time before
the correspondent receives 1t, as the
to each of the following places of the
same name before the party Is reached
There is French Camp in Amador County,
French Camp. in Butte County, Erench
Camp in San Joaquin County and French
Camp in Siskiyou County
FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY-H. NJ.
J., College Park, Santa Clara County.
Cal There is no regularly appointed and
fixed board of examiners TO examine can
didates for admission to the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, nor are sample ex-
animation papers given out. When KEEP
resentative from one of the Congressional
districts is notified by the Secretary OF
the Navy that there is vacancy in his
nate a candidate for the academy, II
there is to be a competitive examination
he calls upon educators in his district to
act as a board of examiners for the pur-
pose of ascertaining who, among the boys
who present themselves, will acquire the
highest and second highest percentage.
Inc names Oh UHeS6 IWO are SSlI " Inc
office of the Secretary of the Navy, the
one having the highest percentage being
the nominee and the other the alternate.
Bright boys with an eye to the future
generally go to Washington, D. c., where
they place themselves under some retired
navy officer who will instruct or prepare
them for the examination they will have
to take at the academy, as they know
what the general course of examination is,
but they do not know what the specific
line of questions viii be. Such boys. learn
as much as possible in the line of sub
iects in which they are to be examined.
When there is no competitive examina-
ton the Representative simply selects the
candidate and alternate and sends in
the names When there is to be a COM
petftive examination the fact is made
known through the papers in the district,
and those who wish have an opportunity
to appear before the board.