The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06
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; C-yrrzESs9IP-A. G. r. City. want
know IL 7 am American citizen. csnle 9
5 Nv fathsr vas an American citizen at the tm'
l arrived. Am now "a years or age
/ Section 2I7Z OF the United states re-
vised statutes says: The chiidreh q"
persons who have duly natur2lized uh
! der any law OF the United Saates, o.
who. previous 70 the passage OF any
/ law on that subject. by the government
OF the United States. may have become
i citizens OF any one OF the states, under
the laws thereof. being under q year
/ OF age at the time OF the naturaHzariof
/ of their parents. shall if dwelling IN th'
/ United states, be considered as elel% elel%eIl
i thereof: and the children OF persons
I who now are or have been citizens o.
! the United States. shall, though oor'
! out of the limits and jurisdiction OF th'
/ United States, be considered as cIti5ehi
! thereof"
RAILROAD sPEED-w: a. r.. city WAS
/ IS the fastest time made by a railroad trsih II
either the United states or England
The fastest mile was made by ths
( Empire State express Of the New Norf
I Central and Hudson River railroad ir
a run from New XoTlS TO Crittendef
/ May, 1S9S-one mile in % seconds OF
/ at the rate of 1925 miles an hour
| For a longer run, as miles on the
/ Philadelphia and Reading road between
Egg Harbor and Brigantine junction
/ the time was minutes and so see
1 onds or at the rate OF 1880 miles al
| hour: this in July, 1901 The rasteSt
run in England is So miles an hour.
! MARRIAGE LICENSE-A Reader. City. Are
the laws in regard to the issuance Of marriage
licenses in Alameda. Berkeley and Oakland the
! same in San Franciscot Two nonresidents OF
\ this state want TO obtain license q ~ ~ma''!
/ The woman will shortly receive her decree oi
divorce from the court IN the state in which ne
\ ease was tried How viii that anect the sf
/ pIication?
/ The law as TO marriage licenses il
/ the same in every county IN the state
| There is no requirement that the CON
/ tracing parties or either of them shall
I be resident of the state. When the
woman shall have received her final
| decree Of divorce she viii be free tc
marry in this state, provided that there
/ is no provision in the state in which
/ the divorce was granted that declares
/ that a divorcee can not marry again
until after stated time
( THE POLES-C r. r.. Flmirs Is the south
! magnetic pole on the same parallel as the north
magnetic pole2 Does the needle always point in
| the north:
There is in each hemisphere a mag
q
position with the geographical poles
The north magnetic is in about latitude
i 40 degrees north. longitude 96 west
\ while the south magnetic is in about
| latitude IS south and longitude 14l
I east. The direCtiOnal force of the mag
netic needle is influenced principally by
/ the magnetic poles. and because of this
/ the needle varies at different positions
on the earth's surface. The direct
/ cause of this variation has not yet
been conclusively established
I LAND OFFICES-A Reader. Fresno. Where
the United States land Offices located in Calf
I forns? Is there general land office Tor cali
/ fornis: How is person to obtain Information
i about government land in the state:
/ There is but one general land office
/ which is located at Washington. d &.
/ The United States land Offices in Cali
/ fornia are located at Eureka, Independ-
/ ence. Los Angeles, Oakland. ReddinE
/ Sacramento. Susauvine. Sacramento
and Visalia Each office will, for q
small fee. furnish a plat of government
/ land in its district
/ SIISSION-SubScriber. Ia Honda. How
/ can young man Of good education and excellent
/ reputation obtain commission in the United
/ States army without being a graduate of the
military academy at West Point:
| Commissions as second lieutenant in
! the army are granted to such as en-
a.
/ successful examination, and TO certain
ones who serve in the volunteer forces
! in case of war.
CARDS-L- J. c. and W. F.. Chico. In look
ing over deck Of cards md that the jacks OF
clubs and diamonds have two eyes each while
those Of hearts and shades have but one each;
also that all the kings but have two eyes
and the queens each have two eyes Why Is ir
that the face cards are not all alike as to eyes:
The reason for this is that the artist
who drew the pictures for the irst
cards presented some IN profile and
others in fun face.
AGAsSIz-C F. R., Elmira. How is the name
Assssiz pronounced:
1t is pronounced Ag-a-se with the
sound of the first a as in am. the sec
ond a as in ask and the as in event.
The French pronunciation is A-gs-sie
with the sound of a as in ask and
as in event.
THE UNION-M. $. City. How many states
and territories are there in the American union
at this time: How many representatives has
California in congress:
Forty-six states. three territories.
two districts California has two sen
ators and eight representatives in con-
gress.
POSTERS-G. H. NJ. Alameda What is the
usual metbod Of dspOsing Of posters? Does the
publishing house buy them outright or does it
give percentage OF the receipts OF the ssIes
My poster is enc OF college life.
That is a matter of arrangement with
the publisher.
NAVIES-Subscriber. Presidio. What is the
relative strength OF the French aud the United
States navies:
The French navy has 269 vessels and
30.509 officers aud enlisted men. The
United States 22S ships and $4,000 on
GERS and men.
SEEDS-S. NJ. r.. Oakland. Does the United
States government give away seeds for agri-
cultural purposes: Il how 1 obtain
sOmes
Write TO the congressman of the dis
trict in which you live, tell him the
kind OF seeds you want, and he will
procure them for you.
NOTE =. r., Emirs. When will a note
that runs for three years outlaw in this state:
IL executed in the state it will out
law in four years; If executed outside
of the state. two years.
TENNIS COURT-A T. T.. city. Where
can I find out why the tennis court a. the