The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-19

purchase after he has served certain
time.
ELEcTRIcAI-c. p. City. For in
formation about electricity at the Uni
versity of California, Berkeley, ADDRESS q
;TiYarsitv at berkeley, and he will for
ward a circular Of information.
cARysFoRr REEF-E., City. carys-
fort Reef is a dangerous coral reer near
the southern extremity of Florida, latltuoe
25:1s north, longitude S0;13 west, on me
edge Of the Gluf Stream. Upon !. mere
is an iron lighthouse with reVoiVins
light 166 feet above the sea-
NO RECORD HEREIN. M. Los An
geles, Cal. There is no record at the
army Headquarters of the Department OF
California of the troops that were +i tete
at Guam. Ladrone Islands. at the time
that they were captured. fou VIII nave
to write to the Secretary OF war.
YOSEMITE vALLEY-A Reader, City.
The United States troops that are sent
to the Yosemite Valley remain there dur
ing the tourist season to act as ponce on
the reservation. They remain there as
long as their services are required. mere
is no exact date when they shall leave
the post of duty.
SNAKES. NJ, Kelseyville, Cal.
Snakes are oviparous. They deposit from
ten to eighty eggs Of an ellipoid shape
covered with soft leathery snel. MIX
snakes, king snakes and swifts or racers
are described in works on natural history
as harmless, still they are not the most
desirable of the animal creation 10 nave
as pets.
MEDICAL COLLEGES. A. s.. Or
land, Cal If this correspondent will be
a little more explicit in regard to medi-
cal colleges this department will find an
answer to the question asked, but 1t Is
at loss to know what the correspond
ent wants to know by the question AIRS
there any non-recognized medical COL
leges?" Non-recognized by whom?
TWO POEMs-L E. S., City, and City
Subscriber. This department has not
been able to locate through the sources
Of information at it's command the fol-
lowing lines:
1 would ma gle the linnets sang
That echoes Ger the broomy lea,
Nor has it found in any of the collec;,,
Possibly some reader of this department
can assist the correspondents.
SICK MAN OF THE -subscrib-
er. Oakland. Cal. The following is given
as the origin of the term sick Man of the
East as APPLIED to Turkey: On the night
of the 9th of January, 1858. Sir George
Hamilton Seymour the English Minister
to the Court OF Russia, was at a party in
the parlors of the Archduchess Helene,
when. Nicholas, the Gar of Russia, ap-
affairs, and in the course of conversation
said that in regard to Turkey they had "a
very sick man on their hands," He also
spoke of Turkey as 1.-THE sick man Of the
East
SAILORS SNUG HARBOR-Water
Front, City. The following are the quail
f1cations for admission into the Sailors
Snug Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y: The
persons for whose maintenance and SUD-
port the asylum was established are de-
scrfbed In the will of its founder and also
In the act of incorporation as ''aged, de-
crepit and WORKOUT Sailors" Persons of
this description only are eligible to adj
mission as benefciaries of the institu-
ton. No person can be admitted who is
anected with any contagious disease or
who is possessed of adequate means of
self support, either by his own labor or
from other sources; or, if foreign born
who cannot furnish satisfactory evil
dence of having sailed for at least five
years under the flag of the United States.
either in the merchant or the naval serv-
ice. Every applicant must present let
tiers from at least two parties for whom
he has sailed, showing him to be eligible
to admission to the institution under the.
rules, stating how long he has sailed for
them, and that he is unable to earn a
livelihood for himself. Applicants must
apply in person at the agents office at 81
Nassau street, New York City.