The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-25

women of the board were agreed, but
as to the precise length they were hard
ly united. Mrs. Sherman wanted 1t half
wav between the knee and ankle. This
shocked Mrs. Young, who wanted
them mot above the ankle" while Mrs.
O'Keeffe. who rides. fixed the line at
the knee.-Philadelphia Press.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A BACK DATES, City. The 9th Of
July, 1854, fell on Thursday
SCHOOL OF NAvIGATION-Y. ]. D.,
City Look in the classified part of the
City Directory for schools of navigation
MARRIAGE LICENSE-Dlck. City. A
marriage license in California is valid
only in the county in which it is issued.
NOT A PREMIUM CONC. w. S.. San
Jose, Cal y 10-cent piece of 1874 is not a
premium coin. The selling price or Such Is
from % to 40 cents.
SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI-A. s., Ala
media Until all the returns are in 1T will
be impossible to give what the majority OF
any candidate south of Tehachapi was.
WHEN YO' COMM HOME''-H NJ.
The piece of poetry entitled When 70
Comm Home" and referring to "Mistah
Dewey" appeared in the San Francisco
Call August 81, 1898, page g.
THE WAR CLAIM-A. R, City. At
the time that Adjutant General Barrett
left for the East to present the States
amounted to about $4,000. The General
Government allowed $S3 600, and gave a
check for that amount.
POETS WHO DIED-O. ]. w, Colfax,
Cal Nathaniel Hawthorne died in Ply
mouth, n. H, on May IS. 1854 Alfred Ten
nyson died at the Alderworth House, near
DOT nl,lr-
6, 1882. and oliver Wendell Holmes died
in Boston on October Z, 1894
PACKAGES FOR MANILA-E. NJ.
Pine Grove, Amador County, Cal. All
packages received by the quartermaster's
department to be sent to the soldiers at
Manila were sent by the St. Paul, except
those received after the 18th inst. Such
will be held until another transport leaves
for that place. AS yet no order has been
issued for any vessel for that point. Inc
packages were carried without cost to the
sender from this city.
MAIL FOR THE Notwithstanding
Newark, and A, Oakland Cal. Mail in
tended for Alaska may be deposited in the
postoffices at any time. 1t will be sent
daily to Seattle and from there to
Juneau From that point it will leave
twice month, as near the LIST and 10th
as possible and will go by way of Dyea
and Dawson as far as Tanana, formerly
Weir From there it will be sent out once
a month, but no time can be fixed as
transportation will depend upon condi-
tons.
Only letters will be carried. Neither pa,
pers nor periodicals will be taken during
the winter service.
letter at the point of sending 1t should
reach the individual addressed without
additional cost For post official to de-
mand any fee for the delivery of a letter
is unlawful.
GRIDIRON PALACES, City. At To-
ledo, nine leagues from Madrid, SPAIN is
the palace and monastery of the Escurial,
called by the Spaniards La Maravilla Oc-
tava," or eighth wonder. Philip II vowed
that If he were successful in defeating the
French at the battle of San Quentin he
would build the most magnificent monas-
terry in the world in honor of the saint
whose name should be found that day on
the calendar. The. battle was won by
Philip and the building was dedicated to
St Lawrence. The architect designed the
ground plan in the shape of gridiron,
that being the instrument upon which the
saint is said to have suffered martyrdom.
The shape is that of a rectangular paral
telegram, 700 feet long by $50 feet wide;
The huge and somber structure stands at
an elevation of 200 feet above the level of
the sea. 1t Is part of the mountain out
of which 1t has been constructed. 1t is of
the DoFic order, built Of granite and cost
So 900. 000 It contains 1860 rooms, so stair
cases, 4S wine cellars. organs and 81
bells. 1t was for a time the country pal
conference is nearly one mile.
ENGAGEMENT RING - Subscriber,
Ryde, Sacramento County, Cal. If a lady
desires to marry and is not engaged she
should wear ring on the index finger of
the left hand; If engaged, on the second
finger Of that hand. There are some who
wear the engagement ring on the third
finger of the left hand until replaced by
the wedding circle, from a belief in the
superstition that there is In that finger
vein that connects directly with the neart.
AS to what kind of a stone there should
be in an engagement ring It is matter of
taste and often of liberality on the part of
the accepted lover. There are many who
choose the month stone for the ring; that
is, the stone symbolic of the month in
which the lady was born. January Is
symbolized by the jacinth, or hyactnth.
which means consistency and fidelity; Feb
ruary amethyst. Deace Of mind and So
briefly; March, bloodstone or jasper. cour-
age and success in dangerous enterprise;
and Innocence; May. emerald, success in
love; June, agate, long life and health;
July. carnelian, cure OF evils resulting
from forgetfulness; August. sardonyx or
ONYX, conjugal felicity; September, chry-
solite preservation from folly or It's cure;
October, aquamarine, opal or oeryl, nope;
December. turquoise or ruby, brilliant
success. There is some doubt as TO May
and June and July and August, ana some ne
June the carnelian to August and the
onyx to July.
COUNTING VOTES IN NEW YORK
n. N. and c. w. D., City. In New York,
the election law says that as soon as the
polls of an election are closed the inspec
tors of election thereat shall publicly can
vass and ascertain the votes and not adj
journ or postpone the canvass until it
shall be fully completed There an cleo
tor who so chooses may vote q straight
party ticket by placing cross in cir
Gle above the party designation. Such are
called split ballots" The "stra a are are
"splits" are counted. Any. ballots that
come under the head of void by reason of
certain neglect on the part of the elector
and ballots that are protested are marked
by the officials They are then placed in
an envelope, which is sealed and Endorsed.
These. with the sworn statement of the
result of the election, are sent to an Off
Ger designated to receive them and are
preserved intact for a priod of six months
and cannot be opened except by an order
of court All the ballots except the void
and protested ballots are. after the proc
lamatfon of the result in the precinct,
placed in a box together with a statement