The San Francisco call., 1901-10-23

department will state the law when such
questions are asked, but it will not give
legal advice or decide points of law.
BUCKING-A. o. S., Ono, Shasta Coun-
ty, Cal. 'Bucking'' in mining is term
applied to the crushing of ore by hand on
a plate by means of fiat head hammer.
ST. LOUIS BRIDGE. K, City. The
great Fades bridge across the Mississippi
at ST. Louis was, according to Switzer's
'fHistory of Missouri, the Missouri State
Gazetteer and other authorities, opened
on the 4th of July, 1874 in the presence of
at least $50 GOO persons.
OZOCERITE-Subscr City. Ozocer-
| ite, also written ozokerite, is mineral
wax of a rich brown color with a green
tint, found in immense deposits in Galicia
| and Moldavia. 1t is one of the mineral
resins occurring in shales of the coal
formation, and is refined and nodded into
candles.
| OSPITALS-Inquirer, Haywards, Cal.
To prevent one county from saddling the
destitute sick of its territory upon the
| free hospital of another county each
county in the State of California has
placed time limit as to residence before
patient can be admitted for treatment.
This does not however, apply to emer-
| geucv cases.
| MOVER OF A MOTION-P. D. R., City.
| 1t IS customary for the president of an
| assenblage to appoint the mover of
motion to name a committee as chairman
of such committee, but it is not obliga-
tory. That the president of the assembly
| does not appoint the mover on the COM
| mittee or as chairman thereof is not to be
taken as evidence that the president is
! ignorant of parliamentary law.
SUNDAY CoNTRACTs-A. M. T. Con-
tracts made Sunday are popularity
supposed to be void. This is matter
largely dependent on local statutory law.
| In the absence of a statutory inhibition
! parties may make a valid contract on
Sunday as well as on any other day. Even
when enactments exist such contracts are
not usually void, but only voidable, and
| if subsequently ratified a secular day
they may be enforceable according to the
terms.
| LICENSES-K., Kirzwood, Cal If you
| desire to go into the business of travel
| ing through the country and selling from
house to house spectacles and eyeglasses
and propose to deliver the glasses to those
who need them after an examination of
| their sight, you will become peddler and
| will have to have peddlers license in
whichever county you may do business
If you canvass for books to be delivered
by the house you represent, you will not
need license.
PUBLIC UTILITIES = T. E. MEG,
Eureka Cal. The following named places
! in the State Of California own their own
water works: Anaheim, Cotton, Giiroy,
Grass Valley, Lincoln, Lompoc, Modesto,
Monrovia, Oceanside, Ontario, Palo Alto,
Redwood City, Sacramento, San Ber-
nardino, San Diego, San Jacinto, Santa
| Ana, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Suisun.
Vallejo and Woodland. There may be
others, but this department has no data
! other than that furnished. There is no
complete list of places in the State that
own their light plants. but among those
that do may be mentioned Alameda and
Palo Alto.
LETTER OF INQUIRY-Subscr
City. A letter of inquiry addressed to The
Calls department of Answers to Core
spondents asking for answer through
the columns of the paper does not have
to have stamp inclosed, but letters OF
inquiry of personal nature or those ask
ing for answers which if printed would
amount to an advertisement of any busi-
ness or firm should be accompanied by a
self-addressed and stamped envelope. The
same rule applies to letter of inquiry
sent to any outside of a newspaper
that has department of answers to cor
d respondents. 1t is enough to ask the rar-
ty addressed to furnish the information
desired, without asking him to pay post
age for the privilege of answering.
WOODWARD'S RULES-O. c., City
You have been correctly informed as tc
the rules of the late R. B. Woodward, he
who founded Woodward's Gardens, as t.
the conduct of the What Cheer House
which he opened in this city in 1852. First
he gave man credit for room or board
If a party came to Mr.. Woodward anG
told him that he was broke and wanted
meal or bed on credit he would refuse
him, but would call him to one side anC
give him, if he appeared to be a deserv
ing person, so cents and tell him to gC
somewhere else for a meal or a bed, a:
the case may be. The second rule wa.
that no liquors should be sold on tn,
premises, and the third was the rule
which prohibited the entrance of womel
in the What Cheer under any circum
stances. No man, however high his sta
ton, could get room there for his wife
The rule was extended to apply to al
employees, and during the time he was il
charge there never was a female employ,
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