The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03

THE MONITOR AND vIRGINIA-s. City. A fine account of the naval fight between the Monitor and the Virginia commonly called the Merrimac, during the Civil War Is to be found in Naval History of the War;" by Admiral D. s. Porter.
 ANGLO-SAXON-S. C., Watsonville, Cal. The use of Anglo-Saxon as applied to the personnel of the army and navy of Tin It's widest sense 1t is used In relation to all English speaking or English ap- bearing people" That is one definition given in the Century dictionary.
 EXTRADITION TREATY-"Eureka," Mendocino County. The crimes that are embraced in the extradition treaty be- tween the United States and Great Brit ain. in which Is embraced Canada. were published in the department of Answers to Correspondents In The Call April 21, 1898, In answer to query by Lucius.
 BRONZE-"Eureka." Mendocno Coun- ty, Cal. Bronze is apt to be affected by a green rust. The hardness of and re- sistance of bronze to oxidation fit 1t ad- mirably for coins, and many ancient bronze coins have come to us but little deteriorated, though buried for ages in damp soil or immersed in water. Bronze does not rust in the sense that iron rusts.
 NEITHER MISS NOR MRS.-o. S., Oakland, Cal A woman who has ob- tained divorce and has been allowed to resume her maiden name has no right to use either Miss or Mrs, because not be- ing married woman nor a widow she Is rot entitled to the prefix Mrs, and not being maid cannot be called Miss If the woman's name before divorce was Mrs. Jennie Brown and the court allows her to resume her maiden name which was Smith, she becomes Jennie Smith.
 PROPORTIONS OF THE FLAG-Mrs. R. B., City. A ten-foot American flag should be five feet wide. The blue field should be one-third the length of the flag and cover the width of seven stripes. The width of five feet should be divided into thirteen stripes of equal width There Is no rule for the size of the stars; that rests with the fancy of the maker. They must however, not be so large as to crowd the forty-five, one against the other nor must they be too small so as to leave too much space between. Any dealer in bunt- ing will tell you how many yards of ma terial you will require to make a ten-foot flag.
 A MATTER OF CONTRACT-J. L., City. If Il man rents a house, the manner in which he pays the rent Is a matter of contract. written or verbal. between him. self and the owner or agent. If the un- derstanding Is that the rent shall be paid in advance, the owner or agent would
 
 ejectment in case the tenant did not pay as he agreed to. A tenant cannot claim that because he paid the first months rent in advance the contract being rent in advance, that he Is entitled to con- tinue occupying the house and pay in the middle or latter part of the succeed ing month.
 MURDER NEAR BAKERSFIELD-J T. L., City. This department has been unable to find any record of "a man John Davis, who kept a restau- rant in Los Angeles. who killed his wife. Jessie Davis, at or near Bakersfield in 1897. and was either sentenced in Bakers field to be hanged or sent to prison for life" but has found that on the 2oth of May, 1887. David I. Davidson. who at one time, with his wife, Emily Davidson kept a restaurant at IF East First street Los shot and killed his wife at was tried in Bakersfield, found guilty of murder in the first de- gree and on the 12th of December was sentenced to life imprisonment.
 ELECTION-"Eureka, Mendocino. Cal. The name of candidate and the office for which he runs must be plainly set forth on the ticket. The law of Califor- mia defines a ticket as "a paper upon which is written or printed the names of