The San Francisco call., 1898-06-15

 1 The California Athletic Club is no longer In existence.
 A DIME OF TWENTY -FOUR-A. C.. City. A dime of 1924 is not one of those that commands premium
 A REMEDY-J. J. K, Coulterville, Cal As the communication you sent to this department does not bear a signature it will not be noticed.
 RELIEF FOR CUBA-J. F. D., Pre-. sidio, Cal On the 17th of day. 1897, the United States Congress voted $50,000 for the relief of destitute Americans in Cuba.
 THE UNION-C. F. R., City. There are forty-fve States in the Union at this time. During the present decade the fol- lowing States were admitted: Idaho. July 3, 1890; Wyoming, July Il, 1890, and Utah, January 4, 1896.
 sHoRTHAND-s. A. M, City. To be 2, good shorthand writer the individual should be able to report speaker who delivers 120 words minute An expert writer should have no difficulty III taxing down from 160 to 1S0 words minute
 GOVERNMENT WoRK-N. D. As you do not state in your letter of inquiry what kind of Government work you desire to apply for it is impossible to direct you State the character of employment you seek, and an answer will be given.
 BRASSEY'S ANNUAL = An Inquirer, Pacific Grove, Cal. Brassey's Annual contains list of all the navies of the world as they are a very short time be. fore the date of publication. The cost or the work is $5 per volume and 1t may be obtained from any trst-class book seller.
 GUNPOWDER = Reader, Blue Lakes, Humboldt County, Cal The invention of gunpowder is generally credited to Der tholdus or Michael Schwartz a Cordelier of Goslar, south of Brunswick Germany, about 1920. Many writers declare that 1t was known much earlier in various parts of the world. Some say that the Chinese and Hindoos possessed it centuries before.
 NATURALIST AND TAXIDERMIST- Subscriber, City. The difference between a naturalist and a taxdermist is that the former is one who is versed in the natural history of animals, while the other is one who is skilled in the art of preparing and preserving the skins of ami mals also of stuffing and mounting the skins so as to make them resemble the living animals as much as possible
 ENGRAVING ON EGGS-S. J. w. City. The art of writing or engraving on egg shells is very simple. It merely consists in writing on the shell with wax or var nish or simply with tallow, and then immersing the egg in some weak acid. such, for example, as vinegar, diluted
 
 ever the varnish, wax or tallow has not protected the shell, the lime of the latter is decomposed and the writing remains in relief.
 MOTHS-A Subscriber, City In your communication you say that you have tried several remedies to destroy moths and that they have not proved successful. Now, as in your communication you do not state what you have used, this de- partment Is at loss to give you rem edy against moths, as it might offer one you have already tried. If you will give information as to the ones you have tried it Is possible that some other will be fur nisned.
 NATIVITY-L. B. H., City. The ques- tion, What would be the nativity of a child born in China of American parent age, also of a child born in America of l Chinese parentage?" answers itself. The former would be Chinese and the latter American, for an individual is a native of the country In which he is born. Citizen ship Is different matter. A boy may be born to American parents while they are | travelling in China. The boy would be a Chinese, yet be an American citizen.
 MINT MARKS-A. D. L., City Coins l issued from the parent mint at PhiladeI- phia do not bear letter to designate the place of issue. There were no mint marks prior to 1888. c is on gold coins only issued from the mint at Charlotte, N. C.; c. C., Carson City, Nev., coins; D. on DahIonega Ga, coins; O., New Or leans, La, coins, and s. on San Francisco,
 There were but twenty-four dimes coined at the San Francisco branch mint in 1894.
 SERVING THE COUNTRIES, Usal. Mendocino County, Cal. There is no law that declares that because a man was in the Confederate army during the war of the rebellion he cannot now volunteer and l States. In 1862 the President was au- thorized to grant full pardon to all in the rebellion, excepting the most prominent movers, if they would swear allegiance to the United States The first proclamation of amnesty was issued by Lincoln, De- eember 8, 1S63 other proclamations were issued subsequently,, and December 25 | 1868, there was granted full amnesty to 1872, removed the political disabilities from all but the most prominent Confed- crates.
 PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PREsI- DENTS-Subscriber Virginia, Nev. The following is a list of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the United States who were elected, together with the date of election: George Washington and John Adams, 17Ss; the same 1792; John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, 1796; Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, 1890; Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton, 1894; James Madison and George Clinton 1908; James Madison and Elbridge Gerry, 1872; James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins, 1916; same, 1920; John e. Adams and John c. Calhoun, 1924; Andrew Jack son and John c. Calhoun, 1928; Andrew Jackson and M. Van Buren. 1892 Martin Van Buren and R. M. Johnson, 1886 (there being no choice for Vice-President John son was elected by the Senate); W. H. Harrison and John Tyler, 1S40; James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, 1S44; Zachary Taylor and Willard Fillmore, 1S48; Frank lin Pierce and William R. King. 1852; James Buchanan and J. c. Breckinridge, 1856; Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, 1860; Abraham Lincoln and Andrew John- son, 1864; U. S. Grant and Schuyler Col fax 1868: U. S. Grant and Henry Wilson, 1872; Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, 1876; James A Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. 1SS0 Grover Cleveland and T. A. Hendricks. 1884, Benjamin Har- rison and Levi P. Morton, 1888; Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson, 1892; William Mckinley and Garret A. Hobart,