The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

is constructing them The application
Will be referred to the individual in the
company who has charge of employing
men.
POPULATION BY DISTRICT-M.. CITY.
There are no figures that show the num-
Der OF people living in San Francisco IN
the district bounded by Beach street, Van
Ness avenue, California street and thu
water front. 1t Is doubtful If any can
give an estimate of the population In that
district.
MASTER OF 4 VESSEL. c.. CITY.
II the master Of a vessel OF more than 100
tons register runs the vessel ashore while
sailing her and she is destroyed he can
not continue as master of a vessel with
out an investigate having been held by
the proper authorities and in which he
mas been exonerated.
THE wRITER-C R l.. Sonora, Cal
Several readers and friends of this de-
partment have kindly furnished the name
OF the author Of What is Timer" Il
was written by William Marsden, a YER
sattle author. who died in London in 1896
IT is to be found in the Fourth Book OF
Lessons of the National schools pub
Ished by Alexander Thorn, Dublin, 1S43
RAILWAY MAIL sERvIcE-subscrib-
er. Oakland, Cal The railway mail SER
vice was introduced IN England In 1887
and 1T proved a success from the first.
Such service was not introduced into
the United States until 1860, when an ex-
perimental train was run from New York
to Boston. The service proper was not
fully introduced until the Armstrong sys-
tenn was adopted In August. 1864.
SALUTE-A. o. s., City. Two reasons
are given why twenty-one guns are a
royal salute The first is that twenty
one is the number OF years fixed by Eng
other is that seven was the original salute
and that three salutes Of seven guns each
were fired to typtfy the three kingdoms
England, ireland and Scotland-ruled by
one sovereign.
BRICKs-subscriber City. The first au-
thentic account of brickmaking is to be
found in the Bible. In Genesis XII, "a
is the account OF the people Journeying
from the East and finding a plain in the
land of Shinar, where they dwelt. and said
to one another: Go TO. let US make brick
and burn them throughly And they had
brick for stone and slime had they for
morter.
FRUIT JARS-A Subscriber Ventura,
Cal. This department has time and again
announced that il does not advertise any
business or firms. For thar reason IL can
not print the address of a certain firm
that sells fruit jars. Those who desire
advertisement must incloSe in the letter
of inquiry self-addressed and stamped
enNelOpe TOT reply
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER-M. Y.
City A young man wishing to become a
locomotive engineer should make appli-
cation to the master mechanic of the road
selected. IL successful he will be put to
work in the roundhouse wiping the
wheels, driving rods, frames, guides, CYL
inders. trucks and tanks of the engines.
BY keeping his eyes open he will gradu-
ally learn a great deal about the work.
ings of an engine or locomotive and in
course of time will be promoted to the po-
sition of 'ffe cleaner" and from that to
"hostler. when he will be required to
keep the boilers full of water. see that
all the parts are properly cleaned and that
each engine is daily shifted into the stan
set apart for II. When he has become
thoroughly familiar with the duties OF
hostler he stands chance of being sent
out as fireman on an extra train, or to
who Is sick or taking holiday. The next
promotion Is to the rank of extra" and in
time to full-hedged engineer.
LONGEvITY-s. H, City. The Medical
Record is authority for the assertion that
woman has the advantage of man as re-
CARDS longevity The comparative NOR
tality of the sexes at different ages shows
that In the first year of life the mortality
OF The female is much less than that OF
the male, being at birth 926f per thou
sand as against 1880, and at the end OF
!. the year S1.s7 per thousand as against
S0.0S. This difference continues up to the
fourth year. From to IL the female NOR
tality Is greater than that of the male.
being at the later period 3.56 for males and
i.2S for females. At the age Of as the male
mortality equals that Of the female. the
latter having been up to this time slightly
in excess During the years as to IS the
period of the climacteric, the male NOR
tality gains rapidly on the female. being
6.S2 for the one and S.47 for the other
Hence the climacteric Is a much more
serious time for man than for woman
After 56 the female mortality gains on
that OF the male, but. Is always slightly
below 1t. Woman has not only q less NOR,
tality but greater longevity than man.