The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-07

CRAPS-A L. E., City. An expert in
the game of craps says that "a player re-
tains the dice if he throws crap at the
second time.
RUGBY FOOTBALL-Footban, Oak
land Cal. Is this correspondent sure that
information wanted as to the Rugby
games is for the year 1899?
A TY-NINER-A Subscriber, Sa-
linas Cal. No premium is offered for a
ten-dollar piece of 1S49; in fact, there is
no premium offered for any coins of that
denomination issued after 1904.
VOTERS QUALIFICATION H. s.,
CITY, There are eleven States in the
Union in which aliens who have declared
their intention of becoming citizens of the
United States are allowed to vote.
CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC-L
L. H., City. If you have a collection of
Confederate sheet music you might find
a buyer for such by Offering it to some
of the Libraries.
KRAKATOA-W. B. B., Stockton, Cal
The volcano that is known as Krakatoa,
which erupted August 26, 1888. caused the
waves to rise and destroy $3.50 lives is on
an island of that name in the Straits of
Sunda, between Sumatra and Java.
TO REMOVE STAINS-R. H, City. In
some cases oxalic acid and scrubbing
d
porcelain sink, but if that does not pro
duce the desired results, the stains can
be removed by using pumicestone on the
spots.
CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. L.
H. City Confederate currency does not
command any premium. as paper money
of the Confederacy does not come under
the head of rare curioS. 1t is worth Just
what any one would like to pay for such
as curiosities of the War of the Rebel
lion.
THE TRAINING sCHoOL-B. S.,
Berkeley, Cal For information in rela-
ton to the training school to be estab-
lished on Yerba Buena, alias Goat, Island
aqdress communication to Captain
Henry Glass, United States ship Pensa-
cola, Yerba Buena Island, and you will re-
ceive a circular of information.
BANDS OF MERCY-S., City. The pur-
pose of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in establishing Bands
Of Mercy in this city is to instiIl in the
minds of the rising generation the neces-
sity of being kind to animals and to have
the members thereof use their influence to
prevent cruelty. The idea is that to
teach children to be kind to dumb crea-
lures is to make them so when they
reach years of discretion, for good les
son once taught is never forgotten.
OM-HOUSE-J. j. H, I4akeport.
AAASAS are lilISS STdu6S Oh eNdILillld-
ton for the Custom house position. one
allowing five. and half hours for, an
sWers, the other four hours and the third
three hours. The examinations for all
In spelling. arithmetic. letter writing,
penmanship and copying from plain copy;
those of the first class have added copy
ing from rough draft and geography. For
circular of information and blanks write
TO the secretary of the local civil service
board at the Custom-house in which an
applicant desires a position.
THE NEXT CENTURY,. E. s., Plac-
erville, Cal. This department was of the
opinion, from the number of times it had
informed it's readers when the next cen
fury commences. that everybody in the
State was possessed of the information
but when it discovered that Coils p
Huntington was ignorant of the time, it
has come to the conclusion that there are
others. The next century will commence
with the LIST day of January 1901. 1t takes
100 years TO complete a century, so the
first century commenced with the year
and closed with the year 100; consequently
the second cantury commenced with the
year 101, and so on down to the present
time $500