The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

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 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT WOMAN SUFFRAGE-E., City. Yes. in Kansas, women exercise the right of suf- frage in municipal elections.
 RED ROCK, G. H. P, City Red Rock is in 55.30 north and 20 west at the head l of San Francisco Bay, but a short dis | tance from the southern limit of San | Pablo Bay.
 MISS VAN NEss-M. c. G., City. This | department is unable to find any record of Miss Van Ness, who recently shot her
 self, having used the expression: "Give me soldier. or give me death." MIzPAH-H. B., City. The meaning of Mizpah Is ,7atch tower. Read verse i9 of the thirty-first chapter of Genesis and you will understand the beautiful uppro- priateness of MiZpah on an engagement ring.
 CORBETT- -SHARKEY EIGHTH. w.
 K, City. In the fight between Corbett and Sharkey at the Pavilion on the 24th of June, 1896, in the fourth round Corbett nodded to Captain Whitman of the police force. He jumped into the ring and pulled Sharkey away.
 MEDICAL JOURNALS, A. G., City
 Medical journals that are generally read in the United States by the profession are the Medical Times and the Medical Review of Reviews of New York, and the Medical Bulletin of Philadelphia. ENAMEL-A. S., City. This department cannot inform you if there is engaged in this city any firm or person that is in the business named in your communication for the reason that it does not advertise the business of any firm or person. You
 are respectfully referred to the advertis- | ing columns of The Call.
 BOW ON-A. S.. Newman, Cal. The picture of the torpedo boat in The Call
 of the 18th of April is strictly correct. | It represents her bow on with strong
 wind filling her sails. The peculiarity of
 give rise to the impression that the stem
 Is the stern, or the reverse.
 NAVIES-H. NJ, Keswick, Shasta Coun-
 ty Cal. Germany has about three hun
 dred and ten fighting vessels. It is gen.
 orally conceded that the principal navies | of the world rank as follows: Great | Britain, France, Italy, Russia, United | States, Germany, Austria, Japan and
 Spain.
 | KINGDOMS. M, City. The reason i that Great Britain is not called a "queen- | dom" is because the term is not recog-
 nized. There is no essential difference
 between the titles of King and Emperor, | but in ancient times the latter ranked
 above the former. The term Emperor is | of Roman origin, while King is of Teu- 1 tonic origin.
 A QUARTER REAL-A Reader, City. l The coin submitted is 8 quarter real of l Guatemala, the smallest silver coin mint | ed. Such coins can be purchased in this city at the rate of six for a quarter In | the country where minted they repre- sent, where the peso Is the unit one l thirty-second of that unit or 3 1-S cents l The American value of the peso of tha.
 country is fl cents, therefore the coin 1 has a circulating value here of 1 9.S2 centS
 THE NORTHERN LIGHT-G. 7 L.,
 Cholame, San Luis Obispo County Cal
 The bark Northern Light Captain White 1 sides, master and agent left th.s port | for Kotzebue Sound May 12 1898 but no
 word has been received from her since. | Communication from that district is
 very irregular and that is the rsason that
 nothing has been heard from hsr. It may l be several weeks or even moathS before l any information is received from that point.
 A MATTER OF UNDERSTANDING
 A O. s., City. Whether in purchasing
 a half interest in an established business,
 a party would become responsible for one-half of the debts of the concern, would depend upon the conditions of the sale. An individual wto purchases an in-
 terest in business should always find
 out if there is any debt, and then make
 arrangements as to whether he will as sume portion of such and make his
 payment of the purchase money in ac- 1 cordance with the responsibility he as- sumes It has been held that if an indi-
 vidual blindly becomes a purchaser he
 assumes one-haf of the responsibility, 1 for 1t is a case of caveat emptor, or let
 the purchaser De on his guard.
 REGISTRATION OF VOTERS-C B. F., Oakland, Cal. Voters in California
 were not reluired to be registered until
 1878, when the present law went into ef-
 feet. In Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticgt, Delaware, Florida, Georgia.
 Idaho, Illinois. Louisiana, Maryland. Mas
 sachuset;s, Michigan. MinnesoIa, Missis-
 sippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey l North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South l Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Vir- 1 ginia snd Wyoming no one is allowed to vote Fho is not registered. In other I States there is only partial registration. ] In Iowa cities with a population of 5000 l or more: Nebraska cities of 7000 or more.