The San Francisco call., 1898-10-06
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS


 was announced few days since. -e-~-~---
 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CHICAGO BANKS-L. w. S.. Garber- vile, Cal. To obtain list Of the most
 important banks of Chicago in 1879 iSc,iyi2u You
 will have to address letter ot inqulry
 to Trows Directory of Chicago.
 HAIR sPECIALIsT-H. C., City Being contrary to the rules of this department to advertise any individual or business,
 it cannot .recommend some eoII7I1ns hSIrp ist' Read the advertising coluIilns'
 A DEsERTER-Cavalry City. A sol
 dier who has deserted from the army on
 the United States is always uesSl ssd ,tnL tnL unless pardoned by the President, anu m .,l u1I- less so pardoned Is liable to arrest dI any time.
 A SPORTING PAPER-Vesta, City. There is no public Astitution Tn tnls cfoy fos that has a file of the sporting paper 49. 1SS2-3 named in your communlcauon- tC is doubtful if any private lndlVloual Aas a file.
 WINDOW CLEANSING-O. S.. City.
 The following are given as means 10 cleanse window panes: "In washing Win dows a narrow bladed wooden knife, sharply pointed, will take out the dirt that hardens in the corners of the sash. Dry
 whiting will polish the glass, which shouIo do first be washed with weak black tea
 mixed with alcohol. Save the tea leaves for that purpose ,
 'tUse calcined magnesia, -moistened with benzine Apply with q rag. Mix for use
 or keep in glass stoppered bottle.
 NOT A LEAP YEAR-J L., City. The year 1900 will not be a leap year. Ii a
 year were exactly 365A days long there would be a leap year every four years;
 but as there is an excess or II mlIutes m .ts 10.3 seconds each year, this excess Is com pensated for by dropping the leap year dt the. beginning of three out or four cen5
 through the century The length of time thus established makes an error OF only
 one day in 1925 years. Of the years con
 hundredth year, such as 1900, 1900, only
 every fourth is leap year e9mmendcdlnlg ne ddlg
 that is to say. 24OO, z80O and so on.
 TWENTIETH CENTURY-A. K D., City. The nineteenth century will close
 at midnight on the 31st of January, 1900. and the twentieth century will confluence with the year 1901 It takes 100 years to
 make a century, and the century does not close until the 100 years have been com | pleted. This question, which has given
 rise to much controversy. is best illus | trated by stating that a smoker pur- chaseS two boxes of cigars containing 1VV | each He takes cigars from box until i he has emptied it, then he has used 1OO 1 cigars. When he takes cigar from box
 ond box; So it is with century. When l the first 100 years were terminated the
 next year became the first of the second l century, and was year 1O1.
 RED, WHITE AND BLUE-H A. w., | Sacramento, Cal The prevailing fashion
 of red white and blue stripes on barbers' poles is not according to the original, but
 is the idea of some patriotic barber whose | name has been lost to history. In former i times the barber served his customers 1 or in fact, any one else-as surgeon, and when cupping and bleeding were exten- I | habit of performing in that line. That 1 his place of business might be known, he l used to display at his door a pole on
 which was affixed small brass bowl, and | below hung strips of red and white cloth. | the red symboIiZing the blood that wa ! let from the patient and the white the | bandage, while the bowl represented the
 vessel in which the escaping blood was
 caught Subsequently the pole was paint | ed alternately with winding stripes of red | and white, and a gilt top supplanted the | bowl. When barbers ceased to be cuppers | and bleeders, the striped pole which had | become so familiar as the sign of the place where the barber was, was retained, l but, as before stated, some one added a
 blue stripe to make patriotic display.
 INSURANCE PREMIUM-A Potrero
 Reader City. If the insurance associa- | ton to which you became a member and | In which you insured is conducted on the
 plan of mutuality, then you must have 1 signed the constitution and bylaws and | you are bound by them. From the infor- | nation given in your communication it is 1 apparent that you are responsible for the
 extra assessment, and your failure to
 meet that assessment carries with It a 1 certain penalty. The association could no | doubt commence an action against you l for the amount due. IfsVou have nothing | but your wages the law or this State | says:
 l The earnings of the judgment debtor for his | personal services rendered at any time within | thirty days next preceding the levy of execu- l ton or attachment, when it appears by the ] debtors affidavit, or otherwise, that such l earnings are necessary for the of his family 1 residing in this State supported in whole or in
 part by his labor, exempt from execution, | but where debts are incurred by any such per son. or his wife family, for the common necessaries of life, the one-half of such earn l ings above mentioned are, nevertheless sub ject to execution, garnishment or attachment 1 to satisfy debts incurred.