The San Francisco call., 1899-02-26

Legislature consists of two houses and
a Board of Aldermen of sixty members;
the judiciary consists of seven Justices
of the Municipal Court, twenty-three city
Magistrates and ten Justices Of the Court
of Special Session. The general executive
administration is in the hands of a num-
ecutive boards exercise supreme control
of the general administration of the city
and all its burroughs.
HOLLAND-A. E. S., City. Wilhelmina
Helena Pauline Maria is the Queen of the
Netherlands, or Kingdom of Holland; w.
II. de Beaufort. Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs; H. Goeman Borgesius,
Minister of the Interior; J. T. Cremer,
Minister of the Colonies; P; w A. Cort
Pierson, Minister of Finance; K. Eland.
Minister of War; ]. ]. A. Roell, Minister
of Marine. and c. Lely. Minister OF Wa
terways, Commerce and Industry.
DIVORCE NOT REQUIsITE-w. NJ.
s., Popes Valley, Cal. 1t is not requisite
that wife should sue her husband for
divorce because ne fails to provide her
with the necessaries of life. If husband
neglects to make adequate. provision lor
his wife, except in a case where she aban-
dons him, she can make application to
any person to supply her with articles
necessary for her support and such per-
son may recover the reasonable value
thereof from the husband.
MAJORITY AND PLURALITY-A..
French Camp, Cal. A majority of votes
is more than one-half of the whole num-
Der cast. Plurality in United States poll
tics is the number by which the votes
cast for the candidate who receives the
greatest number exceed the votes cast for
the candidate who receives the next
greatest number, when there are more
than two candidates and no one candidate
receives a majority. If Brown receives
5000 votes, Jones 1000 and Robinson 5000
neither has a majority of the u 900 votes
cast. but Brown has a plurrality of 1000 1909
Union a plurality elects, but in Connecti-
cut and Rhode Island, if no candidate
(as for Governor) fails to receive a ma
jority, the election goes to the Legisla-
ture.
= SMOKING-Puffs, Oakland, Cal The
question, "Is it improper for a man to
smoke in the presence of ladies or of a
lady?" is one that has been the subject
of a great deal of discussion. There are
many who contend that 1t is highly i'm
proper to smoke in the presence of the
fair sex; there are many who half believe
that II is improper, yet they smoke all the
same when in the presence of a lady or
of ladies, and there are a great many who
neither know nor care whether it is prop
that given by q lady when asked by a
gentleman who was about to light cigar
If smoking was offensive to her. 1t was:
II do not know for no gentleman ever
smoked in my presence.
MONEY ORDERS-Subscriber City
Russia is not included In the countries
that exchange with the United States in
the matter of postal money orders. There
are now In operation postal conventions
for the exchange of money orders between
the United States and the following coun-
tries: Switzerland. Great Britain and Ire
land Germany, France, Italy, Canada and
Newfoundland, Jamaica, New South
Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Queens
land, Cape Colony, the Windward ISL
ands, the Leeward Islands, Belgium, Por-
tugai, Tasmania. Hawaii. Sweden, Nor
way, Japan, Denmark, Netherlands
Dutch East Indies. the Bahamas, Trini-
dad and Tobago, British Guiana, republic
of Honduras, Austria and Hungary
Hongkong Salvador, Bermuda, Luxem-
burg and South Australia.
Upon receiving an international money
order from the issuing postmaster the
remitter must send it, at his own cost, to
the payee, if the latter resides in Canada
Great Britain and Ireland, Queensland
Cape Colony, France and Algeria, New
Zealand, New South Wales. Victoria, Tas-
mania; Hawaii, Jamaica, Leeward and
bananas. Trinidad and Tobago and Brit
ish Guiana. Hongkong, Bermuda and
South Australia. Rates and regulations
regarding money orders for Hawaii
Cuba Porto Rico and United States pos
sessions in the Philippines Will be revised
on the consummation of pending negotia-
tiOnS.