The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-16

pointed. The candidate must have suffi-
| GENTLY advanced in education. to be able
| to pass a careful examination in reading,
| writing. photography, arithmetic, gram
mar, geography and history of the United
Sttaes. A boy who has had a high-School
| education ought to have no difficulty in
passing the prescribed examination.
THE CITY HALL. B., City The
| land upon which the City Hall of San
Francisco now stands was the property
of the city and county of San Francisco,
having been set apart as park. Pre-
Buena Cemetery.
COLUMBIAN HALF DoLLARs-J. X,
City. Columbian half dollars were coined
by an act of Congress of August 3, 1892,
and Columbian quarter dollars by an act
of Congress of March 3, 1893. Both Of
these coins are a legal tender in a sum
not exceeding SO.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE-T. L.,
| City. There are more than 200 900 words
in the English language. The German,
| then the French, come next in the great
est number of words, but there are not
| any two authorities that agree as to the
| numbe of words.
UNCLE SAM-H. w. N. City. It is
doubtful II there is any record of who it
was that conceived the well-known carl
| eature of Uncle Sam. The idea was to
represent down Easter as typical of the
/
| caricature of John Bull is used to repre-
sent the people of England.
JORDAN's LECTURE-G. c. NJ, Palo
Alto, Cal. This department has not been
able to find any letter by David Starr
| Jordan on the Philippines, but there have
been published a number of notices of
a lecture which he recently delivered on
| that subject and which attracted great
| deal of attention.
| WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE-G c. NJ.
Palo Alto, Cal. William Allen Whites
1.-The Real Issue is published in book
| form, and may be obtained from any
fTst.ciass book dealer % His What's the
lished in book form, but appeared in the
paper with which he is connected.
ART INSTITUTED. S., City. The
answer to your question in regard to the
| Art Institute appeared in Answers to
! Correspondents in The Call of Tuesday,
watched for the answer there would not
| have been any occasion for writing
! letter of complaint. The fault was not
with this department, but with yourself.
JOHN D. sIEBE-N. S., City. When
John D. Siebe was elected Assessor eight
years ago he was a candidate on the Re-
| publican ticket: when he was elected
| four years ago he was candidate on the
! Non-Partisan ticket and was supported
/ by the Republicans; this year he is a
candidate on the Republican ticket and is
supported by the Non-PartisanS.
! SEA PORrS-A s. A, City. This de-
| partment has not the space to publish
| list of the principal sea ports of the Unit
/ ed States. You will find list of them in
/ Commerce and Navigation of the United
| States, to be seen in the reference-room
of the Free Public Library. 1t contains a
list of the customs districts with the
names Of the ports of entry and delivery.
DEATHS IN THE ARMY-Inquirer,
/ City. According to a report from the Of
fee of Adjutant General Corbin, in which
1 is given the deaths in the United States
army from all causes between May 1 and
! September 80, the number was 29l0. OF
this number there were 107 officers.
were killed, 4 officers and 81 enlisted men
died of wounds and so officers and 24S5 en-
listed men died Of disease
DEPOSIT IN BANK. P, City. The
! deposit of an individual in savings
bank Is subject TO garnishment upon
/ proper showing before a court in an ac-
ton for debt. The court may inquire of
! the officers of a savings bank if the de-
PENDANT in the action has any money OF
! other personal property on deposit In the
| bank, and II the answer is in the af11rma-
| tive the court can order the bank officers
| to turn such property over to the Sheriff
BANK IN LIQUIDATION-Subs
-
/ of the condition Of the bank in liquidation
and the possibility OF meeting the claims
of depositors IL would be Impossible to tell
/ If the amount bid for your claim against
! the bank to satisfy a judgment obtained
! against you was a fair one or not. Nor
/ is this department able to determine II
there was colIusion between any OF the
i parties named. If there was, your rem
edy would be an action at law to have the
proceedings set aside.
OFFICIAL REGISTER. H. Placer
Vile, Cal The book that contains 1.-The
names positions and salaries of all the
officers of the General Government of the
/ I.ntteo States from President down, also
/ the pames and pay Of every Consul OF the
1 United States" is to be found only in
| s'The Official Register of the United
| States two volumes, No. ! devoted TO
4 Legislative, executive and judicial, 1863
/ "a syes. and No 2, devoted to the postoffice
/ and postal service, 1874 pages. This is
issued by the Government printing Office
at Washington.
/ MUSHROOMS-M r. r.. City. The
surest test for ascertaining II mushrooms
are edible or II they are of the poisonous
kind is to put pure silver spoon in the
pan when they are being cooked. If the
spoon turns black, turn the mushrooms
into the waste barrel. An onion may also
| be used for the same purpose. II the