The San Francisco call., 1906-05-29
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JOHNSON Straw. Modoc
County, Cal. Grove L. Johnson, The at
| torney, is still living in Sacramento.
SEMPER IDEM-Subscriber. City. Sem
per idem. sometimes used as trade
mark is Latin and means always the
same"
SOCIALISTIC VOTE-N., City. The
vote for Debs. Socialistic candidate for
1856, $50.
LITTLE Subscriber. Alameda,
Cal. Fong Ching. commonly called Lit
tie Pete" was murdered in San Fran
cisco January %, 1897.
! CHAUFFEUR-L. Nj. c.. Oakland, Cal.
Chauffeur, the name applied to one who
manages an automobile. is from the
French. and means stoker.
! POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT s.,
City The expenditures of the POStofice
1
been in excess of the revenue since 1870
WHARF TO ISLAND-L. r.. City. The
distance from the foot of Powell street.
San Francisco. to AlcatFaz Island. is. in
an air line, one and three -eighths of n
mile.
! GOLD DOLLARS-N, City. If you
| want TO know the value of certain gold
dollars follow the rules of this depart
ment. Send self addressed and stamped
envelope.
/ ESPERANTO-H.. Healdsburg. Califor-
mia. For information about Esperanto,
the new language. address cOmmunica-
| ton to the University of California.
| Berkeley, Cal.
| CASH. c., Alameda, California. Thi--
| ty cubic feet of ordinary Illuminating gas
will lift one pound in weight. Thirty
cubic feet of hydrogen gas will lift
weight of two pounds.
| DOUGLASS HYDE-Country Subscriber.
Pacific Grove Cal. This department is
informed that Douglass Hyde. the pro-
moter of the Gaelic language, the son of
a Protestant minister, is himself a
Protestant.
BERMUDA oNIoNS-H. r. c., City.
and Others. The Bermuda onion is a ma
tive of the Bermudas. or Summer Isles.
1t is of large growth and is of mild
flavor. Almost any seed dealer can pro-
cure you seed of the same.
| OUTSIDE PROPERTY-C. B.. City. For
such information as you desire about
property outside of San Francisco call
upon some of the many real estate agents
who make a speciality of dealing in cOun-
| Try real estate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City. Charles
! Mortimer" whose true name was Finn.
notorious criminal of the early days of
California. was hanged May Is. 1873. for
the murder of Mary Gibson in Sacrament
to, committed September 20, 1872.
] BRIDGE Observation-Disclosures Ala
media, Cal. What is known as the Web
ster-street bridge disaster. when a train
of the Alameda narrow guage road went
through the bridge and a number of peo-
pie were killed, occurred May 80, 1890.
LAW COLLEGE Subscriber. Watson
Vile Cal. In order to enter the law
department of the universities of Cali
fornia you will have to come up to the
requirements laid down. What these rules
are you can ascertain on sending letter
| of inquiry to the recorder of either the
University of California at Berkeley or
the recorder of the Stanford University
at Palo Alto. This department has not
the space to publish such requirements.
/ LIBEI-Subscriber, Bakersfield. Cal
The writing of a libelous letter and mail
ing it to a person who receives and reads
it. is the subject of an action. for dam
ages and one for criminal prosecution
/ as much as if it was signed blythe writer
but in order to sue or prosecute. the
handwriting of the writer must be fully
established.
A NAME-G. b. H., Williams. Califor-
MIA If before the age of i you were
living with a family of a certain nams
! and were called by the name of that fam
lily and since leaving it, twenty-five years
| ago. you have been known by tha. name.
you have engaged in business under that
name and were married under that name
Ii comes pretty near being YOU name,
and as you have been known rs sueh sor
/ these many years your marriage is rot IL
legal, any business transactions you have
engaged in have not been illegal. There
Is but one possibility of annoyance to
you. In case you should be named as an
heir to property by the death of some
relative you might have some difficulty in
| establishing your identity if yo1, as an
| heir, were named by your proper family
name. 1t would be advisable for you to
go before the Superior Court. through
either adopt the name you have been
known by for more than a quarter of
century or have yourself known by your
proper name.