The San Francisco call., 1899-10-13


tory convict at San Quentin did not die
from the effects of the wounds inflicted.
SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND
vi vi, Placerville, Cal. Any f1rst-class
bookseller can procure for you a street
map of San Francisco and one of Oak
land.
A CONTINENTAL BILL. b, North
Columbia Hill, Cal. A Continental bill Of
the issue of 1876, face value of one-sixth
of a dollar, is not a sufficient description
to give an answer as to whether it is of
any value or not.
HALF DOLLAR-T. ]. NJ. Stockton,
Cal. A gold half dollar of 1889 is not a
United States coin, but charm that was
manufactured by an enterprising jeweler
in the early days of San Francisco. 1t
does not command a premium.
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS L.,
City. There are thirteen lines of steamers
that are known as transatlantic steam
ers. and which ply between New York
City and Europe. The number of steam
ers owned by these companies aggregates
ninety-one. A full list of these can be
found in the World Almanac for the cur
rent year.
MOUNT HAMILTON OBSERVATORY
Reader, City. The observatory on the
top of Mount Hamilton is by stage twen-
ty-siX miles from San Jose. Saturday
night, between the hours of I and 10. is
the only time when visitors are permitted
to look through the great telescope. The
observatory buildings are open every day
in the year during business hours.
CORPORATION-su Subscriber, Vallejo,
Cal. If a corporation is formed to work a
mine, and out of 100000 shares a certain
number is placed on the market to secure
a working capital the remainder of the
shares belong to the stockholders. Dis
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venture becoming valuable, resort to
methods by which small stockholders
could be frozen out"
vACCINATION-N., City. There is nc
law in California which compels an in
dividual to be vaccinated every seven
years, but there is a law that directs the
governing school authorities to exclude
from the benefits of the common schools
any child or person who has not been
successfully vaccinated, excepting sucl
child or person whom a prac
ticing and licensed physician shall
certify has used due diligence
and cannot be vaccinated so as to pro.
duce a successful vaccination. All appli.
cants for admission to the common
schools are required to show they have
been vaccinated within seven years.
CIVIL SERVICE RULES-W. T.. Su
sanville, Cal. The Civil Service Commits
sion says the institutions or individual:
that announce that they have special IA
cilities for preparing applicants for civi
service examination are guilty of misrep
| resentations, as they have not any in
! formation which cannot be had by an ap
plicant without cost upon writing to tn,
! United States Civil Service Commission
Washington. D. G. The commission alst
says Letters in regard to examination
and other business of this commission
! should not be addressed to members o
! Congress or other persons not connectet
| with the commission, as this only cause
delay and does not in any way assist tn
applicant"
BUILDING IN CASINO y. o. S.
Taylor, Cal One of the laws governin,
the game of casino says: Should
| player build up a card to a certain de
nomination, and his opponent decline t.
build it up higher, he, the first player
may not alter his build, but must tax
it with a card of the same denomina
ton; he is, however. at liberty to max
another build, either of the same or o
any other denomination, or he may pai
| or combine any other cards before tax
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