The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
Answers to Queries


sALARY-s., Oakland, Cal Is there any law
in California that forces married man to give
half of his salary to his wife?
There is no law that says so in direct
words, but the earnings of the husband
during coverture is community prop
erty and for that reason the wife has
reason to expect that her husband
will turn into the family purse all his
earniDgs.
PATENT-H. A. B.. vineburg. Cal Please
inform me how to secure patent, and whether
it costs anything.
The only way to secure a patent is
to engage the services OF reputable
patent agent or attorney. If you at
tempt to secure a patent on your own
account, not being acquainted with the
methods, you may file your application,
and before you know it some patent
shark at Washington, D. c.. will steal
your ideas and have such patented
ahead of you. The cost to secure a
patent. in addition to the attorneys
fee, which must be paid in advance
is: On fling each original appli-
cation for a patent, SIS on issuing
each original patent, $40 In design
cases: For three years and six months,
$40; for. seven years, SIS; for fourteen
years, $40. On fling each eaveat, $40.
OH SNSIJ lOI Tie IclSSu0 Ol
a patent, $50. On filing each disclaimer
$40. For certified copies of patents
and other papers in manuscript. 10
cents per hundred words and 25 cents
for the certificates; for certified copies
of printed patents, so cents. For uncer-
titled printed copies of specifications
and drawings of patents, for single
copies, or any number of unclassified
copies, 5 cents each; for copies by
subclasses, cents each; by classes, 2
cents each. For recording every assign
ment, agreement, power of attorney.
or other paper. of 500 words or under,
81; of over 300 and under 1000, So: of
over 1000, SO. For copies of draw
ings, the reasonable cost of max
ing them. The patent Office is prepared
to furnish positive Photographic copies
of any drawing, foreign or domestic.
in the possession of the office, in sizes
and at rates as follows: Large size,
10x15 inches, % cents; medium size,
7x11 inches, Is cents. Fee for exam
lining and registering trade mark, $40.
which includes certifcate.- Stamps
can not be accepted by the patent office
stamped envelopes should not be sent
to the Office for replies to letters, as
stamps are not required on mail matter
emanating from the patent office.
EMMA NEVADA Subscriber, City. When
did Emma Nevada, the singer, give her farewell
concert in San Francisco. and where?
At the California theater. January
%, 1900.
HIGHEST CoURT-w. H., Vallejo, Cal.
Which is the highest court in the state Of Cali
fornia, and who is the clerk thereof:
The supreme court The secretaries
are H. c. Finkler and L. A washburn,
Address, San Francisco.
NEW YORK-w. s., city. What was the
population of New York city 80 years ago?
There are no statistics of the popu-
lation of that city for 1854. The pop
ulation in 1855 was 629.904. and in
1860. s13.s99.
OLD TIME RACE-B.. City. In what year
did Joe Daniels, True Blue and Thad stevens
on what track?
Over the Ocean house track, Novem-
Der Is, 1853.
COULD LIE DOWN. E. G., City. Who is
the author Of the following:
/ could lie down like tired child
And leap away the life of care
Which have borne and yet must bear
The lines are by Percy Bysshe
Shelley in "Stanzas Written in Dejec-
ton, Near Naples"
NICK CARTER Subscriber Caliente. Cal.
Was Nick Carter, the author of a number Of de-
force:
Nick Carter. like Sherlock Holmes.
was the creation of some ina ginative
writer