The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-08

THE FERRY CLOCK-J. c. F., Vallejo.
Cal. The minute hand on the ferry
clock San Francisco. is twelve feet long
and the hour hand nine feet long FROM
center TO tip the minute hand is ten feet.
BOOK MAKER-O. s., City. If a book
maker on race track owns three or four
hooks runs but one himself and has other
mon to run the others, he owns all, but
controls only the one that he individually
runs.
NO PREMIUMS E. L., Modesto. Cal.
There is no premium a dime of 1879
with an on it, nor is there one on
dime of 1897. nor on the japanese lucent mt
piece of which an impress was lncloseu III
your letter of inquiry.
SECOND MONEY-A. H. r., Soulsby
Vile. Tuolumne County, Cal. If three
horses run in a three-heat race and A
comes in 1-3-3, B comes in 2-1-1 and
comes in 3-2-2, B gets first money and
A gets second money, having won heat,
which c did not do.
A DEFACED BALLOT - Subscriber,
City. The instructions to voters are that
they must paste a slip under the party
head they wish to vote at the election to-
day and that if there is name erased
on that slip and another substituted 1t
inValidates the ballot, and 1t Will on the
count be thrown out.
THE WINNER-M. w, Oakland, Cal.
This correspondent asks a question that
has been answered a number of times in
this department, but like questions about
when the new century will commence
they never stop. The question is: eff in
a game of casino A wants eight to go and
B wants three and on the deal played y
gets cards spades, little casino and :hree
aces and B gets big casino and one ace,
which wins?" In the absence of an agree
ment that points are to be counted as
made the one holding cards counts first,
and in this case A, who had cards, hav-
ing made enough points to run out, wins
the game.
DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED
Reader, City. The law of California says:
Every member of the National Guard dis
honorably discharged from the military service
of the State of California shall be disfranchised
for the period of one year next ensuing such
No dishonorably discharged non-commls-
stoned officer, artifcer, musician or private
member of a company dshonorAbly discharged
from the National Guard shall be permitted
to again enter any company of the National
Guard except the offense is pardoned by the
No dishonorably discharged officer of the
National Guard of California shall be permitted
be permitted to again enter any company OF
doned by the commander in chief
MARRIAGES AT SEA-Reader, City A
marriage on the high sea was. prior to the
act in this State prohibiting what was pre-
viously to that time known as a contract
marriage, was such marriage, or rather
was so recognized, notwithstanding that
a minister or Justice of the Peace united
the couple. 1t is claimed that outside of
territorial limits neither has any authority
to perform any official act. If such
marriage took place. after the prohibit
tory act went into effect, then it is no
marriage at all and there would not be
any occasion for a legal divorce; the
parties would simply have to quit one
another. If before that act, the party
wishing to separate would have to estab-
lish proof of a contract marriage, and
there would have to be an action for u
divorce.