The San Francisco call., 1899-01-23
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

first, F. RaymouS Seconu.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
JANIToRs-N. N. City. The janltors
for the courts of San Francisco are ap-
pointed by the Board Of Supervisors.
CIVIL SERVICE ExAMINATIoN-A.
r. G.. City. For information as to time ne
and place for civil service examination III III
the Surveyor Generals department make
application at that office.
GRANTS CHILDREN-A Reader. Co
vina. Cal. General and Mrs. U. 5. Grant
were the parents of four children-;FIT{eHd1- req
erick Dent, Ulysses S. Jr., Jesse ana mel
lie, who married Algernon Sartorls'
THE GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS
! S. of F. Y, Los Angeles, Cal A hst OF
the appontees by the Governor PooiS o. Ia nF
CaIifornia: also at the Office Of the state
Controller.
DEFACING COINS, City. No one
has a right to deface United States com
except the United States officials. me
stamping Of coin light because II is
not of the standard weight is a oe1aclhs
Of the coin.
GOLD NUGGETs-W. L.. Oakland, Cal.
The United States Branch Mint at san
Francisco will receive gold nuggets ana
convert the same into coin LOT lne edG5 Va
positor 1t is not necessary tndt nle S0tN
should first be converted into pullloh
HAWAIIAN COIN-J. NJ. o., City. No
coin is legal tender in the United States
excent # be such as is issued out OF the
United States Mint or its branches a
zone dime" issued by the Government OF
Hawaii under the reign OF kalakaua Is
not legal tender in the Unlted oldleS'
nor is any other foreign com.
PRoM1ssoRY NoTE-R. G., sutter
Creek, Cal. The law Of the State of Cali
! fornia says that 'it is not necessary to
| make a demand Of payment upon the
| principal debtor in a negotiable instru-
ment in order to charge him, but if the
| instrument is by its terms payable at a
! specified place and he is able and Wllllng
! to pay it there at maturity, such ability
| and willingness are equivalent to an OIL
! fer of payment on his part.
CITIZENSHIP PAPERs-R. H, Bur
lingame, Cal. If it appears to the salts
! faction Of the court to which you shall
apply for your second papers that you
made a declaration of intention two years
! prior to making the second application,
! and that you have resided continuously
| in the United States for five years prior
/ to your final application and one year
! within the State in which you make appli-
cation, you can OBTAIN your nnaI PaPers
/. and become citizen of the United States.
THE CIVIL SERVICE-C., City. The
President of the United States has the
power to extend the civil service posi-
tions. Having the power to increase it,
he also has the power to reduce it. The
/ Civil Service Commission consists of three
! persons not more than two from one po-
| iitical party, appointed by the President
and confirmed by the. Senate: The rules
framed by the commission for the pur-
pose of carrying out the provisions OF the
act are subject to the approval OF the
President.
UNITED STATES SENATORS-C. N.
w, City. Leland Stanford was elected
United States Senator from California
January 28 1885, to succeed James T. Far
ley, and his term commenced March 4,
1885; George Hearst was appointed by Gov
ernor Stoneman March 25, 1885, to serve out
the term of John F. Miller, who died in
office at Washington, D. c., March s, 1886;
+ A. P. Williams was elected August 4, 1886,
to fill the unexpired term of John F. Mil
Ter; Leland Stanford was reelected jan
uary a. 1891. to succeed himself-died at
Palo Alto June 20, 1893; Charles n. Fell
ton was elected March 49, 1891, to succeed
George Hearst; Stephen NJ White was
Charles N. FELTON,; George c. Perkins was
appointed by Governor Markham to sue
ceed Leland Stanford July 26, 1898, elect
ed January %, 1895, to serve out the term
of Leland Stanford; reelected in 1897 to
serve until 1903.
1--we SUNDAYS IN FEBRUARY-E.,
City. The Department of Answers to
Correspondents has been furnished the
following in answer to the question How
| often does February have five Sundays
and when will it next occur?' There were
five Sundays in February in 1924, 1852 and
| 1880 There will be five in 1920 194S and
/ 1876. This occurs during the century
| once in twenty-eight years, which is
solar cycle. 1t occurred in the years Civ
en-, but prior to 1924 it was forty years
space or 1854. The same number will
/ intervene from the year 1880, so the next
/ date for the occurrence will be 1920. The
1 reason that it will not occur in 1908 is
/ that the year 1900 is not leap year. 1t
/ will be noticed that all the years in which
! it has occurred or will occur the domini-
/ cal letters are D. c., and 1900 not being a
! leap year uses only one letter. This
! causes the letters to spread, and it will
! take until 1920 before d. G. comes in for
! leap year. From that time on it will
run through two centuries without inter
ruption, once in twenty-eight years, be-
cause the year 1000 will be n loan vaar.