The San Francisco call., 1898-08-19

what might be good for one might be harmful l for another. You should consult a rep utablee dermatologist. ARTILLERY CONDUCTORs-s.. City. l Those artillerymen in the Royal artillery who, in the field. have charge of the ann intuition wagons, are those who are known as the conductors.
 ELECTRICITY-Rea City. If you will go to the San Francisco Free Public Library you will find there a long list of books on electricity which will give you all the knowledge you may desire.
 RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM- H. Sebastopol, Cal. The pronunciation of Rubaiyat is as if written rue-bay-yat and that of Khayyam is Ki-yam, with the sound of as in pine and the sound of a as a in far.
 GOPHERS-S. If gophers are not too nu- merous, the best means to get rid of them is by trap. If plentiful, one of the best methods is to procure from a drugstore compound mat can be used to Suffocate them in their holes.
 THE CHICAGO FAIR-x. P, City. At the Worlds Fair in Chicago, May l to Oc- sG6eE s6e 1 1ss8 6s t6G fqSeI o 1 paid ebdre5 1,225, ,554; total. 21, ,4S0 Al: free admissions, 6,O5s,3SO; grand total, 27,559,521.
 THE PRESIDENCY O. E., City. It Is not necessary that the parents of man should have been born in the United States to make him eligible for the office of President of the United States. The constitution says "No person except a natural-born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of President"
 A SIMILE-J. S., San Jose, Gal. In the first three lines of the following quota ton from the Prisoner of Chiffon there is a metaphor, and in the last two simile:
 A sunbeam which hath lost it's way.
 And through the crevice and the cleft
 Of the thick wall is fallen and left
 Creeping oer the floor so damp,
 Like marsh's meteor lamp.
 PROVINCE-J. L., City. The definition of province as applied to country has al- ready been given in this department and there Is nothing to be added to what has already been given. The province of Po- sen is one of the component parts of the kingdom of Prussia and the name of that territory, by the law and the custom of in the world to prevent your friend t if he does not like the designation, to call that territory a. State or county or anything he pleases.
 A QUESTION IN CRIRBAGE-Inq.. City. The question -Four persons play game of cribbage. Can each player hold tWenty-1Our pOlntS ana nave tWenty-fOur in the crib?" was submitted to an expert, who gives the following answer:
 A holds two fours and two fives. 24 B holds two fours and two fiyes...4 c holds two sevens and two eights. .... .24 p holds two sevens and two eights. 24 The crib has three sizes and one three. .24 Six turned up.
 MAIL FOR MANILA-One of the sol diers, City. Mail for Manila is taken by every steamer that sails for China. The latest that mail should be deposited is on the evening before the departure of the vessel announced to sail. It will be re- cefved on board the vessel up to within a few minutes of sailing if the same is en- closed in a Government stamped enyeIoue afhXed will not be received Watch the advertisements in The Call for the de- parture of steamers for that point
 GRAHAM BIsCUIT-J. H., City. It is said the only ingredients that ought to be used in the preparation of graham flour in the shape of biscuits or crackers are graham flour boiling water and salt in the proportion of one pint of flour to nearly quart of water anu teaspoon full of salt. This should be rolled to the thickness of quarter of an inch, cut in round cakes, placed on buttered pan and baked in very hot oven. This is given for what it is worth. and it is said to be the only way to obtain the full nu- tritive value of the graham four
 WOMAN'S FEDERATION-A S.. City. 1 The Woman's Federation, which holds meetings every Monday afternoon in the Red Mems building, on Post street is or ganlzed for the purpose of improving the condition of woman in every way that it can be done. The federation has sneciaI | committees that look after prisons, haspi-