The San Francisco call., 1901-10-15

LOS ANGELES-S., CITY. Inc city III
California now called Los Angeles was
originally called Pueblo de la Reina de
Los Angeles.
WIDEST THoROUGHFARE-O. s..
City. The widest thoroughfare in San
Francisco is City Hall avenue, from Mar
ket street to Park avenue. 1t is 200 feet
wide.
Subscriber, City. The State
of Florida cannot be called a hilly coun-
try. The highest point of land in the
State is called Highland, and is but 21O
feet above sea level.
WELCHING-A. o. S., City. The term
'welchfng' means that a bookmaker on
a race takes bets and finding himself un-
able to cash the winning tickets departs
with the bettors' money.
CUSTOM HOUSE-Reader, Mare Island.
Cal. Appointments to positions in the
Custom-house are from the eligible list
under civil service rules. The selections
are made by the Collector of the Port.
That official at San Francisco is F. g.
Stratton.
TULE GRASS-O. B. S., City Tule
grass for life preservers has been ac-
cepted by the board of United States in
| spectorS at Washington, d. c. 1t is
grass are superior to those made of cork.
| PRESIDENT JOHNSON-Enq., Oak
| land, Cal. President Lincoln was assas-
| sinated on the 14th of April, 1865, in the
| evening, and died the next morning. An
drew Johnson did not take the oath of Of
| flee until the 17th of April, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon.
THE DREYFUS CASE-J. H. A. Oak
| land. Cal. OF those who figured prom
inently in the Dreyfus case Colonel Henry
committed suicide Count Esterhazy was
| sentenced to Imprisonment for swindling
| his cousin. Picquart was dismissed from
the army and Zola was sentenced for
| libel.
| LOST PILOT-BOAT-E ]. c. About
forty years ago the pilot-boat Julia, in
charge of two men, went outside the
| heads. One of these, a pilot, was taken
in small boat to an incoming vessel and
while this was being done the pilot-boat
was without any one on board. When the
one who took the pilot to the ship started
to return to the pilot-boat he discovered
that she had disappeared. She was never
found or heard of after that.
I THE FRANKLIN FOUNTAIN-sub-
| scriber. City. The Benjamin Franklin
| fountain al the junction of Kearny street
| and Montgomery avenue was donated to
| the city by the late DR.. H. d. CogswelI
| on condition that the city assume the
| care and preservation Of the fountain and
| keep 1t supplied with water. falling to do
| which the fountain was to revert to the
donor or his representative. The fountain
and conditions were accepted by the Sill
pervisors April %. 1881.
CHANGE OF RESIDENCES and e
! City.-Under the law of California in or
der to vote an elector must have been a
resident of the county in which he claims
| the right to vote for a period of ninety
days next preceding the election. If he
should move out of his county fifteen days
! before election he would lose his rest
| dence in the county out of which he
moved, and would not gain one in the
| county into which he moved, therefore he
would lose his vote.
GEOGRAPHIC VILLA. s.. Mill VAL
ley. Cal. An Geographic will is a will
wholly in the handwriting of the person
| making 1t. Such a will is recosnized as
| legal and valid. 1t is not subject to Snv
particular form other than that il must
express the wishes of the party making
| the same and be written on paper on
which there is no printing or any writing
other than that Of the maker. Such
will need not be witnessed nor has it to
be verified before any officer.
CHOIR AND QUIRE-Anxious, City.
Choir is the term to designate a company
Of singers composed of four choruses-
trebles. altos. tenors and basses-but of
| late years 1t is applied to any body of
| singers. The name choir is a corrupt
spelling of quire which came in vogue in
the sixteenth century, in imperfect imi-
| tation of the French word, "Choeur,"i or
the original Latin "choruse." Punches
| who lived 157-1626, in his "Pilgrimes" has
"rhey rise at midnight to pray unto their
idols. which they doe in Quires, as the
| FAIRIES do" Milton, in Paradise Re
gained has: "AngeHck quires sung
heavenly anthems of victory" Tennyson
uses "quIre" instead of choir in Love
and Duty"
FOR THE PRESIDENCY-A. s.. CITY.
The question rs a man who was born
to American parents in a foreign coun-
try while the father was either a United
States Minister Consul or while the
parents, citizens of the United States
were travelling in a foreign country, eligi-
BILE to the Presidency of the limited
States?" is one that has been Frequently,
asked, but it cannot be answered with
certainty and will not be unless the Su-
preme Court shall pass on the matter.
The constitution declares that mo person
/ except a natural-born citizen shall be
eligible to the Presidency. Children born
to American parents while travelling
abroad or are In the service of the United
States in foreign country are recognized
as citizens of the United states. bur there
never has been decision to settle the
question, "Are such children natural
born? " Until the highest court in the
land passes upon that I'll q question 1yiII