The San Francisco call., 1899-06-18

collection of poll tax and he, through his
deputies, makes all the collections he can.
lfose who do not pay such tax are sub
! Ject to be proceeded against by suit in
| the Justice Court
DUTY ON WINES-J. S, San Jose, Cal
The duty on wines sent to England is one
shilling per gallon on wines not exceeding
| 81 degrees proof spirits; for wines of 50
tgITs otsgITees and not exceeding AZ degrees two
shillings and sixpense. and for each de-
gree above AZ degrees sixpence
TRAINED NURsE-A. B. c.. Vallejo.
Cal You can obtain information about
tained nurses by writing to the CITY and
| 1Cunty Hospital on Potrero avenue near
IWenty-fourth street or to the Children's
f6ofs3Ppltal n and School for Trained Nurses at
III San Francisco
A NATTER OF CoNTRACT-A. s.,
oakland, Cal. Whether an individ-
ual can compel YOU to retain and make
pay Lhents on a piano that was purchased
! on tne lnstallment plan depends upon the
COW Of tbe ol Ihe contract Not having
not give the answer asked for.
RURAL DELIVERY-W. II. H Pe+a-
luna Cal. Under the provisions of sec
ton 43S of the Postal Laws and ReguIa-
tions as amended by order 2S7 of the Post
master General. the Postmaster where
there is rural delivery has full power to
! say whether the carrier shall deliver or
shall not deliver mail on a legal holiday.
EX-UNITED STATES sENATOR+C.
R., Independence. Ore. OF the ex-United
States Senators from California who are
still living A. P. Williams claims San
Francisco as his residence, though he
passes much of his time in the State Of
Maine; Charles N. FELTON, is a resident OF
ND ita fG
a resident of Los Angeles.
DOUBLE PEDRO-W. C. NJ, Sonora.
Cal. In the game of double pedro the
count is high. low, jack and game. If A
and are partners and require two to go
out, and B and D, the opponents, want
one TO go out, if A plays an ace or high,
and B plays a deuce or low, B and his
partner win, as they wanted but one to go
out, and B made it.
THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS A
r., City The qualifications for joining
the Native Daughters of the Golden West
are that the applicant shall be white
female over the age of Is born In the
character. Any one desiring to become a
member of the order can do so by com
municating with the recording secretary
of any of the parlors.
YUKON BILLS-D. S, City. The 50 bills
of the Bank of Commerce of Toronto, is
and having on the face the word 4ou-
kon" are negotiable anywhere, and where
such are classed as foreign money they are
subject to the same discount that the gold
coin of the country is. For instance, a IS
bill of that bank is worth S4 70 IN San
Francisco.
AN EXECUTOR-C. H. S.. Alameda,
Cal. For information about the executor
/ of the estate of a man who died in San
Diego County about twelve or fourteen
wears ago. address a communication to
the County Clerk of that county. A eau.
tious executor would preserve all papers
that came into his possession, those which
he was not required by law to return to
the court, but a careless individual might,
after the estate had been settled, destroy
them.
A GOLD BRICK-A w. r.. City. Con-
fidence operators who are usually called
''bunko men," have d swindling scheme
by which they work upon the confidence
ot some susceptible person and induce him
/ to advance a sum of money on what ap-
pears to be brick of gold. which the in
dividual. after the sharpers have obtained
/ his money, discovers is a piece of base
metal gold plated. From this swindling
transaction has arisen the phrase He has
/ bought a gold brick which means that
he parted with good money for an article
! of no value
! THE AMENDMENTS-G c. M, Cotton.
! Wash. The vote on the constitutional
amendments sumitted to the, people of
California at the last held election was a,
| yes 54.013. no 80 6O2; Senate amendment No.
/ 10. yes 74,S16. no 75,037; Senate No A. yes
! 69. .232, no 10 695; Assembly No. 81, yes 61,
S4S. no 76,i28; Assembly No &c. yes .79,74S,.
no &c ,260; Assembly No. 3S. yes 56 726. no
IS, 712; Assembly No "a, yes 63 1875 no 81 ,269.
There were several contests in Santa Clara
| County for county offices, but none Of
those elected on the face of the returns
were unseated.
TRAINED NURSE-M. E. H. Point
Arena. Cal. In order to become trained
nurse one who makes application to be-
come such at the City and County Hos
pital or the Nurses Training School in
San francisco is not required to have
beer a graduate of a high school, Dat
must have a good English education and
must be prepared for an eXamina ton in
reading, penmanship, simple arithmetic
and English diction. The examination is
to test the applicants ability to read
notes of lectures. This amount of educa-
ton is Indispensable. Women OF superior
EDUCATION and cultivation. when equally
qualified as nurses. are preferred TO those
who do not possess such advantages.
MINING CLAIM-R L., Mitchell. Colo.
This correspondent asks: Jim took up a
claim IN January, 1898. became sick. was
taken to a hospital. and was unable TO
do any work on his claim in time. Joe
came along and jumped Jim S claim.
Had b.e6 he Gsdte1 Gght to pp that clam?
perform the amount Of work on a mining
claim by the local mining laws or regula-
tens established and in force in the dis
trict where the claim is located amounts
to an abandonment OF the claim. and
thereupon it may be occupied and apPro-
priated by another In Colorado the
amount of work done or improvements to
be made during ach year is that pre-
sCribed by the laws of the United States.
REPUBLICS-H. ]. H, City The fol-
lowing is a list of the republics of the
world: In North America-Costa Rica,
Guatemala, Hayti, West Indies; Hondu-
ras Mexico, Nicaragua, San Domingo,
West Indies; Salvador, United States.
South America-Argentine, Bolivia, Bra
zil, United States of Colombia. Chile.
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. In
Europe-Andorra, France, San Marino.
Switzerland. In Africa-Liberia Orange
Free State, South African Republic.
Oceanica-Franceville. Hawaiian Islands
(now part of United States territory.
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