The San Francisco call., 1901-10-24

A DIME OF '42-SuDScrlpeI' O0
Costa County, Cal. A dime OF lS4z ooes
not command a premium
| RRECKINRIDGE-T. G. o., Oakland
Cal. G. r. Breckenridge Of Kentucky eA-
Congressman, is still alive.
| DIR. JEKYLL AND MIR. HYDE-D;
M. City. The 'entire play" Of Dr. Jekyu
and Mr. Hyde was never produced at
the Orpheum in this city
THE PREsIDENCY-T. G. o., Oakland:
| Cal. To be eligible for the Presidency OF
the United States the individual must DC
of the minimum age of 3d.
WIDOWS SHARE IN HAWAII-R. H.
| City. If a man dies intestate IN the nd
waiian Islands and leaves widow, DuI
no issue, the widow is entitled TO nan tAe
estate.
INHERITANCE TAXI. B., City. The
! inheritance tax in California is against
the property If legatee is entitled TO
] a stated amount he will receive tnae
amount, less the tax.
VICTOR HUGO-Lit. City. Arrange
! ments have been made for the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary OF the
! birth of Victor Hugo in Paris, France, on
the 18th Of February. 1902.
DEBUT-F L., City. 1t is not custo-
mary for gentlemen to make their debut
in society. A young lady makes her de-
but at a society event given in her honor
when she is presented to the select who
| have been invited
NUMBERS ON HOUSES-F. L., City.
If you are of the opinion that the num-
bers on any block in this city are not
properly placed on houses you should
make complaint to the Board Of Super
VisorS.
DIRECT PRIMARY LAVA. w. H,
Eureka, Cal. The only States in the
| Union that have adopted the direct pri-
| mary law are California and Minnesota.
! The only foreign country that has adopted
the same idea is Australia
VOTING-T. G. O., Oakland, CAL The
| old and the new constitution of California
! fixed the minimum age at which citizens
| could cast ballot at 21 years, conse-
quently the Legislature never had the
power to grant to person who was but
| Is years of age the right to vote"
SUGAR-A. c., Caliente, Cal. Sugar,
used as food. according to medical works,
| does not make flesh, but it makes fat, aids
| respirat ton, conduceS to the digestion or
fesh-making food and in other ways ex-
ats the power Of that mysterious energy
which is called life.
] NEWSPAPER-F. L., City. This de-
partment cannot~teu you how newspapers
obtain certain class of news and particu-
larly that which may be furnished by
parties not employed on a newspaper, for
| the reason that a newspaper is not bound
to and does not give it's source of infor-
nation to satisfy individual curiosity.
| RETWEEN CUP AND LIPS T.
| Lower Lake, Cal. There's many a slip
| between the cup and the lip" first ap-
peared in English Proverbs" by William
| Carew>Hazlitt, 1869. 1t is a paraphrase on
| MANY things happen between the cup
| and the lip written by Robert Burton,
| who lived from 1876 to 1910.
DEWEY'S RANK-T. G.. o., Oakland.
Cal. George S. Dewey holds the rank of
| admiral in the United States navy. He is
the third officer of the navy who has held
| that rank. 1t was first created by act of
! Congress July %, 1866. and was conferred
on Farragut in that year and on Porter
in 1870, shortly after the death of Farra-
gut.
IN ITALY-F. L., City. A man born in
the United States whose parents were
Italian may go to Italy to live there for
an indefinite period without having to
perform any military duty in that eoun-
y
on arriving at his majority he elected to
adopt the citizenship of his fathers ma
tionality. In that case he would be cit
izen of Italy and subject to its laws.
SMOOTH COIN-W. D., City. The fol-
lowing in relation to smooth coin is from
! the Revised Statutes of the United States:
Any gold coins of the United States if re-
! duced in weight by natural abrasion, not
more than One-half Of one per cent
below the standard weight prescribed by
| law after circulation of twenty years as
| shown by the date of coinage and at a
| ratable proportion for any period less
than twenty years, shall be received at
their nominal value by the United States
treasury and it's offices, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary of the Treasury
may prescribe for. the protection of the
| Government against fraudulent abrasion
or other practices.
1 PANAMA RIOT-A. r.. Oakland Cal
| In April 1856. drunken man in Panama
| went through the streets stealing fruit
| and damaging property for which he re-
fused to pay That day a steamer load OF
| passengers from the East reached Pan
anna and the natives sought revenge upon
| them, assaulting, beating and robbing
| them in revenge for the acts of the drunk
| en- man. The native soldiery was called
| upon to duell the riot, but instead of do
ing so turned on the strangers and fired
a shot from a cannon into a house where
| a number had taken refuge. The story OF
this riot is to be found. as described by
Carrie Stevens Walter, in the December
number of the Overland Monthly, volume
| 4, new series.
/ CHILTERN HUNDREDS. o. p.
| City. "Chiltern Hundreds is a hilly dis
trict in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
England, belonging to the crown and hav-
ing a nominal Office attached to it, called
I the stewardship of the Chiltern Hun
dreds-" In the long ago the beech forests
which covered the Chiltern Hills were in
Tested with robbers and to protect the
peaceable inhabitants from their attacks
it was usual for the crown to appoint an
officer who was called the steward of the
Chiltern Hundreds. The Office has long
since ceased to serve IT'S primary. but is