The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25

but It was dismissed Dy H.. A. xIcAV1ns the prosecutor, for the following reasons: On trial of the case the jury stood eleven for not guilty and one for guilty; Juogo Lorfgans decision in San Jose that keno Is not a game Of chance; that an oregon decision is on the same lines, and. fnallys the tmpossibility of securing conVictlont
 4 STAMPED ENVELOPES. T.. City. When person writes to another asking for an autograph 1t is proper that the writer should .inclose a self-addresseo stamped envelope. It is not fair to sup pose that person will do you favor ana then pay postage for doing that favor ln cities where there is a free delivery sealed or unsealed letters must bear tWo-cenC stamp When only one-cent stamp IS afnxed the party receiving the letter IS obliged to pay one cent due.
 MOVING A BRICK BUILDING-J. R., Antioch. This correspondent wants to know if there ever was a brick building moved in San Francisco without be- ing taken down. He is informed that in 1865 or 1866 at the time that Kearny street was wfdened, south of Broadway, from 45:5 to 75 feet, a three-story brick struc- ture on the southwest corner of kearny and Pacific streets was moved from the old line to the new line of the street ana the building stands there yet. Hydrosta- tic power was used to put the building back.
 EXPECTORATING-A S., City. It is
  Streets to enforce the ordinance against expectorating on the sidewalks of San Francisco. It is the duty of the police 1 to enforce that law, but it is not to be ex- pected that a policeman can note every one his beat who violates that law. AS rule those who violate 1t do not do ! so when there is a policeman in sight. If you are a citizen you would have the | right to arrest any such violator and turn him over to the first policeman you would meet.
 COUNTING IN CASINO-N. N, City. ] If in a game of casino G has points to go and s has but 8 points to make, and 1t should appear that on the last deal mas cards. spades, litle casino and three aces, ! and has big casino and one ace, wins l the game, as he has the right to count | first by reason of having cards. The count Is in the following order: Cards; | spades, big casino, little casino, aces ana 1 sweeps. In case no cards are out-that IS, each party having an equal number-the 1 one who has spades counts first, and IT l he has enough points to carry him out ne | wins
 | BACHARACH-S, City. Bacharach is a red wine, so called from town of the same name in the Lower Palatinate Nu- remberg obtained its freedom at the price | of four casks of this wine a year. The word Bacharach means the altar of Bac- chus The altar referred to was a rock l in the bed of the river which indicated l
 they might expect. If the head of the rock appeared above water it meant that | the season would be a very dry one, ana l that a fine vintage might be looked for; 1 if not, it meant wet season. bad for the | grapes
 WAR TAx-G. L. R.. City. What Is known as the war revenue tax law says; Bank check, draft or certificate of de- posit not drawing interest, or order for ' any sum of money arawn upon or issued I by any bank, trust company, persons, companies or corporations, at sight or on 1 demand cents.
 s'Pronlissory notes, except bank notes | issued for circulation, and for each re- newal of the same for a sum not exeeedo ssd, l ing $100, cents: for each additional $1OO' | or fraction thereof, cents.
 The party who draws the check is the one who places the stamp on It. | RUDYARD KIPLING-R.. Philo, Cal.
 Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, | India. in 1865 His father was John Lock-
 wood KipIing, for many years head Of the 1 Mayo School of Industrial Art at La | hore; also curator of the Government Mu- scum. Rudyard was sent to prepara-
 tory school in Lancashire, and after spending some years in school at 1 Westward Ho, in Devonshire, he went back to India in 1880 as sub-editor of the
 Lahore Civil and Military Gazette. His only profession has been that of writing for the press. After writing many of the
 poems that have made him famous he settled with his bride in Brattleboro, Vt, and devoted himself to writing short stories.
 TO JOIN THE NAvY-O. K, City. Having been informed that you cannot l join the navy because you are not a citi- zen, and being minor and still desirous l of joining, you had better declare your intention to become a citizen under the 1 following provisions of the naturalization | laws, and then you can join:
 alien 1lnder the age of 2f years who baa resided in the United States three years, next
 preceding his arriving at that age, and who l he may make application to be admitted citi-
 zen thereof. may. after he arrives at the age 1 within the United States, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citi- | zen.
 POPULATION OF GERMANY-Fritz,
 City The population of the German Empire is given in 1895, the latest figures published, as 52,246.5S9, divided as follows: Prussia, 31 S49, ,795 Heligeland, 208s; Bava-
 ria, 5,797 ,414; Saxony, 3,SS3O14 Wurtem-
 berg. 2.0S0 ,S9S; Baden, 1,725. .470; Hesse, 1,o3s, ,SSS; Mecklenburg-Sch 596, ,S33;
 " Weimar s1g Ss sSz a1s aM1seeeJkalenburg eJa 431 .9S6; Saxe- Meininger. 234 005; Saxe-Alten- burg, 1S0,012; Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
 216,624; Anhalts; t; a 2ss ,1ss: schwarzburg- Son
 stadt, B ,5so; Waldeck, 57,9S2; Beuss (older line). 67, ,454; Beuss (younger line), 131 ,469: ScnauTnDurg-Llppe, 4i,ZZ4, LIppe, l34, ,bl7,
 Iubeck, &, ,524: Bremen, 19s.27S: Hamburg, S6f 632; Alsace-Lorraine, ,6i0, ,9S6.
 l IN SCOTLAND-C., City. By an act of 1894 a local government board was con-
 stituted for Scotland, its president being the Secretary of Scotland, that office
 being now filled by Right Honorable Lord
 Balfour of Burleigh, appointed June 2S, 1895. Scotland has seventy-two represen- tatives in the House of Commons and six teen peers in the House of Lords. At the
 time of the Union Q700 the Scottish
 church and the judicial system were left l intact. Scottish law differs In many nota- bIe respects from that of England. The high court of justice includes court or sessions for civil cases and a high court
 of justiciary for criminal offenses. The inferior Jurisdiction is exercised by Sheriff
 courts, by borough magistrates and Jus-
 tices of the Peace (bailies).
 LEANING TOWERSIR., Philo, Cal.
 According to one account the leaning tower at Pisa is 175 feet high; according
 to another 1t is l79 feet and according to
 a third 1S3 feet. One asserts that it leans 111a feet and if the cornice is included
 13 feet: another says 13 feet, and the l other IA feet. This is a case where you | have all the figures and you can take | your choice. At Bologna, Italy taere