The San Francisco call., 1899-11-08

Francisco one in Illinois, three in Massa-
chusetts Two IN Michigan two IaId1 n mime me
six in New York and one in Ohio
BASEBALL-s.. City. In 1887 the rule
Of baseball was for a time five balls and
four strikes.
DEED OF TRUST-M. b, City. A deed
Of trust is the assignment of property to
a trustee for the purpose therein declared.
a mortgage is a transfer OF property as
security for a debt
WHITE AND BLACK-N., Oakland,
Cal. The law on the prohibition of whites
and negroes marrying is the same in East
Oakland as il is in San Francisco. The
law of the State of California prohibits
the marriage Of whites and negroes.
PROGRAMME-R D. S, Moro, Cal
According to the Century and the Stand
ard dictionaries, the pronunciation Of
''programme" and program" Is pro
grum" is an affectation that is not war
ranted by the spelling of the word,
whether written programme or pro-
gram.
CODE COMMISSIONERS-H. P. R..
Vacaville Cal The title of the Office held
by the California Code Commissioners is
commissioners for the Revision and Re-
are w. c. Van Fleet of San Francisco, A
I. freeman OF san L FIdHtlSCO anu " w
Denis of Los Angeles. The office Of the
Commissioners is at Sacramento.
THAT POEMS, French Gulch, Cal
friend of this department writing from
Sonora gives the information that the
poem in which are the lines:
The soldiers who hurried the dead away
Disturbed not the sleep of that last
embrace,
is to be found in McGuffy's fourth reader,
old series. The poem is entitled THE
Brothers"
CAUSE OF THE WAR-H. L. S., City.
The principal cause of the war between
Great Britain and the South African re-
public is that the Beers refused to give
British subjects and other uitlanders Ger
tain rights of citizenship which the Brit
ish authorities claim their subjects were
entitled to, on complying with the laws
of the country; also the refusal of the
Boer Government to recognize Great
Britain's suzeralnty.
CANNOT BE ANsWERED-M. r
City When a man is commissioned in
the United States army no question is
asked to his religious belief, conse-
quently 1t is impossible to answer the fol-
lowing: How many commissioned off,
GERS of the Hebrew faith Gather and
mother) are at the present time in the
United States army p How many COM
missioned officers of the Hebrew religion
(father and mother) We're in the service
of The volunteer army of our late warp
HOMESTEAD-C. J.. Stockton. Cal If
a homestead was selected from the com
munity property, it vests upon tie death
of either party in the survivor subject to
no other liability than satisfaction of
Judgment obtained before the declaration
of homestead ~ebts secured by mechan-
les, sub-contractors, artisans architects,
builders and laborers of all kinds, mate
rial men or mechanics lien on the prem
n rod ~
premises by husband and wife or debts
secured by mortgage on the premises be-
fore the declaration of homestead.
AN ADDREss-C. N. T., City. II you
wished to write letter to the firm Of ~.
Jones & Co." you would be justified in
supposing that the firm was composed of
men, and It would be proper for you to
q9ees 49e II aGddre$sing the firm Messrs J.
name read Mrs. J. Jones & Co.." and
you did not know if the Company was
male male or female you would be Justified in
same rule applies as to a communication
signed by the writer so that 1t Is impos-
sible to determine If the writer is a man
or woman, as, for instance. if the letter
was signed u. Jones' you would simply
address the party by that name.
ADVERSE POsSESSION-E. F.. CITY.
Where it appears that there has been an
actual continuous occupation Of land un-
der claim of title exclusive of any other
right, but not founded upon a written in
strument, judgment or decree the land
so actually occupied. and no other, is
deemed to have been held adversely. For
such purpose. 1t must appear that the
land was protected by a substantial en-
closure, that 1t was cultivated or i'm
proved, provided that in no case shall ad-
verse possession be considered established
under the provisions of the codes unless
1t shall be shown that the land was oc-
cupied and claimed for the period of five
years continuously and that the party or
parties. their predecessors or grantors.
paid all the taxes, State, county or mu-
nicipal. which were levied and assessed
upon the land
OUT OF THE ARMY-M e. NJ,
City. man who has enlisted in
the regular army of the United States
must must serve out the term OF his en-