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() 9 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895. NOTED GERMANS AT THE FRENGH GAPITAL.i OF THE BIRTHDAY SARY OF EMPEROR WILLI MINIATURE iE GAY Par 1895.—The Germans in Paris ce ¢ Sunday the birthday annivers \peror. There was a ban an embassy, and in Count von tion, in the | receptions, are near the throneroom. Here, on a console, is a small copy of the r obelisk. he throneroom is usually called Salon Quiatre Saisons, or Hall of the Four easons, because of the panels on the walls. Only for extraordinary receptions is the throne placed in thisroom. Ordinarily the throne is ir ler room beside this one, under a baldaquin of crimson velvet, the gold fringe of which fall upon Winterhal- ter’s portrait of William 1. Draped in a mantle of blue velvet and ermine, the old Emperor looks severe and warlike. _ The Salon des Quatre sons is blue and gold, and besides Robert’s four alle- gorical pictures, of which I have already spoken, it is laden with decorations of the purest empire style. - Two drawing-rooms, also used for official The first is furnished in green and gold, the o RdldeGorated wthi e Hle AT jasper. On the doors are bas-reliefs of eaglés and swans, medalions of musicians—Gluck, Ramaeun, Zucchini—and everywhere are dolphins, disporting themselves in the midst of little cupids. Passing through two more drawing-rooms—one furnished in red, the other in yellow, both decorated with mosaic mantelpieces—we reach the bedroom of Prince Eugene, now occupied by the Embassador. This is upholstered in blue satin, and the bedstead has won- derfull, arved columns decorated with bronze. The curtains at the foot of the s bed conceal a large Venetian glas pierced in the center by a cannon-shot. The hole HALL OF THE FOUR SEASONS—GERMAN EMBASSY, PARIS. is said to be a handsome one, has signed more important state papers and been kissed by more important men than the hand of any other Queen that ever lived. The Queen’ does a great deal of political work of which the public rarely hears. Every day sealed boxes of documents are brought to her, and in one year she has read as many as 28,000 state papers. em e, vas given the Imperial the German Choral bassador was assisted in his daughter, Countess Ma . who wore a very becoming The Countess Marie is one of the most interesting personalities of the diplomatic corps in Paris. As the Count von Munster is a widower the Coun- tess Marie is her father’s constant com- par s at his table and en- tertains She does not care for the gayet 1 life, but never fails in any of the duties which devolve upon her position. The Countess Marie is very fond of pets and is always accompanied b Her kindness of heart, her sweet disposition are proverbial. Sheisa ' nste: Mu von blue and white toilet. tiful dogs. Count von Munster, German Embas- sador in Paris. regular attendant of the American Church, in the Avenue de I’Alma, and much in- terested in the charitable work of the con- gregation. The Countess Marie speaks English with- out the slightest accent. Sheisan especial favorite of the Empress Frederick, \\'Im, in 1892, spent ten days at the German em- bassy in P Count_von Munster by longs to an old Hanoverian family, and his first services were given to the little king- dom of Hanover. He represented King George at St. Petersburg, when war wa declared betw and Austri: Afterward (1866) Hanover was incorpo- rated with Prussia and Count von Mun- ster entered the Prussian diplomatic serv- ice. For twelve years he was German Em- bassador in London, and when, in 1885, Prince von Hohenlohe was named Statt- halter of Alsace-Lorraine, Count von Munster was appointed to succeed him at the embassy in Paris. His manner is very agreeable, and by prudence and re- serve he seeks to surmount all obstacles. He is conciliatory and pre-eminently a peacemaker. Never hisa he countensten the German spies established throughout France, and if war were to be declared be- tween France and Munster would have the satis knowing he had done all in his power to avoid such a catastrophe. The German t‘mL ¥ occupies the house 78 Rue de Lille, near the Seine em- bankment. It was constructed by Napo- leon, after the Egyptian campaign, for Eugene de Beauharnais, and is one of the most curious types of French art at the beginning of the - cen- tury. Over the German escutcheon are | two immense eagles, placed there by Na- poleon, and in the courtyard is an antrium, supported by heavy columns, representing Egyptian figures. Two ser- pents coil around the symbolical egg in the atrium, and the lotus-lower twines about Rhameses and Osiris, seated with hands upon their knees. The magnificent staircase with wrought- fron balustrade and bronze torches, sup- ported by small gilded cupids, leads to the reception-rooms. At the top of the stair- case is a splendid picture by Lapite. From an immense hail, furnished in blue and yellow and decorated with mirrors, opens the library, with floor of yellow and white marble. This is used as a waiting-room. Opposite the library three doors lead to the throneroom, but this is preceded by an ewpire salon, furnished in green and gold. is cut as though by a knife, and the ball | remains in the masonry. This dates from the Commune. When the Emperor and Empres erick visited the Pari: osition of 1867 this was the room assigned them. The oriental dressing-room, attached to this Fred- bedroom, is e 'xlubi(--. and nothing can be more beautiful than the bathroom in Parian marble, surrounded with Vene- | tian mirrors. On the ground floor are the offices for secretaries and attaches. These havea view on the garden, which borders the Quai d’Orsay, and is planted with trees 100 yea old. When Count von Munster gives din- ner parties he uses silver and porcelain | which dates from Frederick the Great, and his table appointments are considered more | magnificent than those used by any other diplomatist in Paris. But since the war | of 1870 grand fetes are very rare at the | German_embassy. In Count d’Arnim’ time M. Thiers was the guest of the Embassador. Prince von Hohen- | lohe entertained the Marechal de | MacMahon, and in 1820 President | Carnot_dined with Count von Munster. | That dinner was a memorable one, but in | it of political importance, The oceupied by the embassy was that | evening most imposing in appearance. | Liveried servants were stationed on the grand_staircase, and two hallebardiers.| stood before the atrium. Count von Mun- ster, wearing the decoration of the Red | gle and_the Hohenzollern collar, with untess Marie and the secretaries and | attaches, stood at the foot of the grand staircase to receive the Chief of State and Mme. Carnot. Countess Marie gave to' Mme. Carnot a bouquet of red, white and blue flowers, the French colors. Thirty guests were seated at dinner, and | the table-cloth was entirely hidden by roses. After dinner a reception was given to six hundred persons. Mme. Carnot evi- dently determined to honor the German embassy with her most splendid toilette, for never have I seen a gown more mag- nificent than hers—of gray, brocaded with | silver leaves, the train trimmed with a band of gray plumes. The front of the skirt was embroidered in silver pendants and the eifect was bewilderingly beautiful. Count von Munster and his dagghter at- tend the official and diplomsfic recep- tions, but are seldom seen in the salons of French Royalist: During the winter, almost each day, they give dinners of from six to twelve covers, and to these are invited members The Atrium—German Embassy, Paris. corps. The house of Prince Eugene be- came the property of the German em- bassy in this manner: After the battle of Waterloo, during the stay of the allied armies in Paris, the King of Prussia lived in this house. When peace was re-estab- lished his Majesty remembered its com- fort, combined with splendor, and decided to purchase it for his Embassadors. It was bought for the sum of 250,000 francs, but to-day is valued at ten times that amount. BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR. Howard Gould lost over $2000 in a poker game on the steamer that brought him back | to New York. It was won by a German baron. The aristocracy of Europe are be- ginning to revere the memory of the late Jay Gould. It is computed b, curious that Queen a statistician of the ictoria’s hand, which | dividual or firm will not be a | will be & | amendment is not sa 1f correspondents neglect to give and addre they must not be S no_Answer tothe communi ot for publication, but for ref rrect names ppointed it ¢ The will D wered as possible ¢ are received. answer inot be had sooner than three weeks after start- > inguiry Questions the answers to which will amount to an advertisement of any business or article will not be answered. Questions “asking for the standing of any in- wered. No questions in arithmetic, algebra or gepmetry baters will not be furnished. i pectfully declined. MOTION AND SUBSTITUTE an assembly & member makes a motion, it re- ceives a second, is voted upon and is declared carried, it stands, and thatis the end of the proceeding unless some one who voted with the majority moved to reconsider it and it is reconsidered. After a motion has been carried a substitute for it is not in order and cannot be entertained, as that is not according to parlia- mentary usage. When a motion is made, be- fore & vote is taken, an amendment may be offered; and if that is mot satisfactory an amendinent may be offered to the amendment, but no two amendments to an amendmeni can be entertained. If the amendment to an e down and then 2 new amendment offered. If, however, & number of these amendments to amendments are not satisiactory a member may move a substitute for the whale, provided .R.S, City. Ifin the subject of it isgermane tothe other. There is no such thing recognized as a substitute for A mo eviously offered and regularly on just pi carried. “A -chairman that rules that a sc called substitute takes the place of an unre- considered motion would do well to read up some of the many books on parliamentary law. A motion to declare the previous motion illegal would e be ruled out of order by any presid who knows anything about parliamentary rulings. . B. L. Salem, Or. Ac- cording to the law of Oregon in relation to the election of a United States Senator it appears that a vote s taken in each house of the Legis- | lature and if a majority of each house votes for the same candidate then, at the joint ses- sion to be held the following day, these votes are cast for the candidate and hé 'is _declared the Senator. If, however, there isa failure of ent “on the one candidate in both hen, when the two houses come togeth- at which session there must be & majority members elected to each house, the mem- of bers are viva voce to declare their choice for Senator. The candidate who receives a major- f such viva voce votes is declared elected. Che quotation from the law, “A person having a majority of all the votes of the said joint as sembly, &’ majority of all the to.both' houses being present and doubtedly means that a majority of ail the members elected to each house must be present before an election can be had, that all such members present must vote and that a majority of the votes elects DECLARATION OF INDE e—1. B.R., Los Gatos, Santa Clara Coun . The question, “At what hour on_the Fourth of July was the Declaration of Independence s 7" cannot be answered in any other way than to state that it was not signed on that day. The docu- ment was adopted in Continental Congress on that day. On the evening of the Fourth Presi- dent Harrison reported that the declara. tion, which had been under consideration for several days, had been agreed upon, and it was then adopted. There is no record of the exact hour oi the adoption of this im- portant document. On the 19th of July Con- gress ordered the declaration engrossed, and on the 2d of August following, the instrument having been engrossed on parchment, was pre- sented to Congress and signed, but whether signed by the members in & body or not is not recorded. It is fair to suppose that so im- portant a document was presented at the morning session, which was held at 10 o'clock, and was, without delay, signed. COFFEE, TEA, ToBACCO—A. J., City. The fol- lowing statistics relating to the consumption of tea, coffce and tobaceo are taken from Mull- hall’s work: Tea—United Stetes, per each in- habitant yearly, 20 ounces; United Kingdom, 80 ounces; Australia, 88 ounces: Canada, 70 ounces, and Russia 7 ounces. Coffee, tons per annum—United States, 215,000 tons; United Kingdom, 15,000; France, 65,000; Germany, 105,000; Brazil, 75 ; Holland, 40,000; 14,000, and Russia 8000, Tobaceo, num- ber of tons per_annum tons; United Kingdom, 23,000; France, 52,- 000; Germany, 71,000; Russia, 54,000; Italy, 18,000; Spain’ and Portugal, 18,000; Japan, 38,000 The Bureau of Statistics of the Trens: ury of the United States for the year 1893 sa; that the consumption of coffee in the United States during the year was 8.25 pounds per capita and that of tea was 1.32 pounds. ted States, 85,000 PEDRO SANCHO—S., City. “In playing pedro sancho A, B and C are the players. A has seven to go, B hasone to go, and C has five to £0. Bbuys him for seven, which puts A out. B leads the ace of diamonds, A has none, C uts on the four, then B leads the four of hearts and C takes in the pedro of diamonds, which he held in his hand, and claims that he should go out be- fore B, who has the sancho, deuce and seven of trumps, while C has none. Which of the two can go out first, B or C ? Qught not B to go out first, he having made his bid good and holding high? Was that not cnough to put him out?”” This question was submitted to half a dozen pedro sancho sharps and all agree that B goes out with high, having made his bid good. PARLIAMENTARY LAW—P. R,, City. According to the best parliamentary writers if a member of an assembly believes that a motion adopted was not properly carried he may call attention to the fact, and if he was one of the prevailing party, that isone who voted with the party that carried the motion, or changed his yote from the other side to the prevailing side before the vote was announced, he would have the right to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was carried, and in making his motion would have the right 1o state his_reasons for moving for the reconsideration. If the motion to reconsider is Adng‘led then the whole matter comes up again as if it was new matter, RIVER Boat—J. A. G., Sacramento, Cal. If two men have a steamboat 50 feet long with a 15-horsepower engine and wish to engage in the business of carrying freight and passengers between two towns on the Sacramento River they come under the law that refers to steam- vessels used for commercial purposes; there- fore the engineer would have to obtain a license, and so would the captain, who could take out a second-class license, which would give him the right to act as pilot and master. For particulars in regard to the examination apply to the United States Local Inspectors of Steam-vessels, which in this case are Messrs. Phillipsand Talbot, room 21, A ppraiser’s build- ing, this city. i BOoMB-THROWING—A. A., Golden Gate, Ala- meda County, Cal. The individual who, during a performance in the Grand Opera-house on the 14th of February, 1887, threw what at that time was claimed to be an explosive bomb at the stage, but which afterward proved to be a bottle filled with turpentine, was Dr. James Hodges. He was arrested for attempt to com- mit murder and attempt at arson. The last named charge was dismissed, but he was tried in Department 12 of the Supérior Court, found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to imprisonment for two vears. His motive for the act never clearly appeared. BoMBASTES FURI080.—J. K., City. The lines ‘Who dares this pair of boots displace Must meet Bombastes face to face. Are from Bombastes Furioso, act 1, scene 4. ory it must be voted | NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. = Ofm [INCORPORATEB) Fifty Cases of New Goods | Open Monday. HE new goods are coming so fast now and in such infinite variety that it is impossibie to chronicle all of the arrivals in the daily papers. The store looks bright and cheerful with its wealth of winsome Spring Wash Fabrics, Dress Goods and Silks. To-morrow many new lines for the first time. ||| JUST OPENED. LACE RIBBON, a novelty for trim- ming underiear, aprons, etc. Narrow Valenciennes lace in- serted in rib) colors, | lavender, ¢ it blue, black and red in jour 20 widths 163 .00 B them 34 have been priced low.......85¢ to &)O JUST OPENED. POINT DE VENISE lovely patterns; le waists are out of style; these are just right. JUST OPENED. BLACK SATEEN SKIRTS, tucked, rufled (wide), ribbon trimmed; two grades at two low prices.... #1 and $10 Big Features </ This Week! A SPECIAL SALE OF FINE S ILKS. ANNUAL SALE MUSLIN UNDERWEAR, A SALE OF LADIES’ WAISTS: N February 6 there| was held in New York a great Peremptory Trade Sale of Fine Silks. Our buyer wrote: «Will buy $2000 or $3000 worth if they go cheap enough.”” They proved to be the biggest silk bargain of the year and he bought nearly $15,000 worth. They are on sale to-morrow. Here’s a few of the prices: ALLSILK BLACK FAILLE, 19 soft, lustrous, bean- i 'y thread silk; chea, C or $1; youwll save 2 60°| 5 25ca yard at least & ALL i Yard | LK BLACK ARMURE, 19 ies wide. You know | the pretty diamond-shaped pattern, the lusterless black. This special lot is worth 85¢ anyway.. 60° Yard | Special gflk Sale! ALLSILK BLACK GROS GRAT 24 inches wide, and French Gros Grain at that! it’s worth $1 253 ‘we are going to sell it at e 80° Yard ALLSILK BLACK GROS GRAIN, 24 Inches wide, Fre; ce and a very heavy, Tench make a R $1.00 Yard inches soft, heavy, well- nigh perfect; worth $1 50 at 3100 least: sale price. % Yard ALLSILK BLACK REGENCE, 21 inches wide: the ribbed pat- tern which resembles a Ben- galine this_is all silk), of the piece; It is a magnificent_fabric, worth (on! uns lengthwis $1.00 at the lowest $1 50. s Yard ALLSILK RHADAME, 19 inches 5()C wide, in colors only (no black), an 4 excellent quality, onl, . . Yara [ ALLSILK TAFFETAS, 10 L inches wide, 12 styles and 100 i F color tones, spots, dots, sprays, & i stripes, fine checks, ail the 7rc H conceits of pattern for 189! ) marked now. Yard ONTINUED this week. | Everybody exclaims ‘“how i cheap,” and are surprised | at the quantity and assort- | ments displayed on the center 5 tables, counters and in every available place. No botch sew- | ing. Styles pretty and cor- rect. Trimmings good and | liberal quantity on each gar- ment. Here’s a few sample; prices: ‘ LADIES' CAMBRIC DRAWERS, 2,’C | plain_except for tucks, cut full, o open or closed. Pair | DRAWERS, { tucked and ©EC 25 Pair | LADIES” MUSLIN £ood heavy m ruflied, the you ever saw.. n, best for the money Muslin Underwear Sale! LADIES MUSLIN DRAWERS, Su- pe v muslin, 9 ’OC tucks and 3inch embroidery trim- © g S s et Pair Other qualities 85¢, 40c, 75¢, $1 25, $1 50, ete. | L USLIN GOWNS, V-shap- tucked embroidery, in- 5()C rtion and ruffle-trimmed yoke, ©) | only s Each | LADIES' MUSLIN GOWNS, tucked and ruttie-trimmed yoke, forchon (35,0 lace edge, value at least 90c each, J nl Each $150 up to $4 50. 35° 75¢, $1, $1 LADIES' CHEMIS broidered and a zood qualit made, sale pric Other styles and qualiti Embroideries. Continuation of the big annual sale began trimmed, lin and well ‘up to $2 50. last week. All sorts white and colored. Nain- 500k sets, dotted Swiss sets, Irish point effects, cambric sets, ete. u E BURG I R'DER'D LOT HALF FLOUNCING ... 25C to 82 50 fit. We’ve got your size and! ures, etc. Very 1 at. pe Each Sale of Ladies’ Waists! | ies’ | LADIES’ PERCALE WAISTS, I - NEYV stock of Ladies dried collar and cuffs, fall front 50° Waists, the nobbiest and puft sleeves. Dark and light ¢) styles and prettiest pat narrow blue stripes. Sale price... Each S - terns, and the lowest priced LADIES' ml‘.lmn\xan WAISTS laun- o = . | dried collar a e v 2 4 garments of their Kind we | siipe pattern In several popaiae 10 have ever seen Calico. per= colors; pretty and stylish......... Each . b | cflel,jgmtgha.m, lawn, Madlras LADIES: BLUR TRIPED rER. | Z sl "ALE WAISTS with b al ro Cothcte jingtwentyfistyles. |ia = ttas monbnaiand i g5 All large sleeves, all made to| Leundried collar and cuffs........ Each men_or boys (sizes 13 0 17) th 25° | | LADIES' STANLEY WAISTS, full arc in fancy stripes, and a special 20 | color now, later the assort- tiidelaa Ve e value at. . 0 Each i . down cellar; prettiest stripe ever ment will be broken. shown, lavender, biue, pink and 1:°0 | e black stripes (also plain v\lm(‘\,n$ — | SPECIAL. great value at price Each LADI BLACK COTTON HOSE, | oAk ey German made, Hermsdor? dye, su- 100 DOZ LADIES' CALICO > perior quality, high-spllced héels, ©rC WA s mediom and lght ©XC| fApiES WHITE SHIRT WATST, | double soles and toes, sale price less ~ Ze) | colors, dots, sprays, stripes, fig- e #5ll° laundried: pleated ’ front: vhan usual cost to us. . Pair g1 | standing collar: full sleeves; the touch with the deings of the store avail themselves of. thing nice, | ion’s spice; and entice, the price. BLEACHED TU CHECKED GLASS CRASH, 17 inches, small and medium checks, 10° blue and red, a zood grade, extra | UNBLEACHED TABL: PRINTED SATEENS, black grounds, FLANELETTE OVERSHIRTS for | < INCORPORATED] Special Bargains at Every Counter | in the Store. HERE are always some special drives which those | who keep themselves in In every department some- Bearing the charm of fash- Something to please, impress With many a slice cut off Here’s a few of them: RKISH TOWELS, 21x42¢ inches — w a , special price. ... 58 inches wide, ed good sell it special ns tiny color ef- S SPECIAL. ; kind that fit and look swell. Each | ‘ 50 _DOZEN BOYS' CALICO LADIES' WINDSOR TIES,all silk, 910 | LADIES' BLACK LISLE-THREAD Abs s .. Each sleeves, pleated backs. Sale price, Each HOSE, with lace boots, double £()0 : il heels and toes; this lace effect is SIS D DARNERS, c the newest corceit in hosiery..... Palr e 4 Each PATENT TORCHON LACE, 24 EC inches wide. 3 (2 ]| - Yard | NEW BLACK GOODS. {INCORPORATED] STANDARD WORKS OF FICTION, NOVELTY JACQUARD DRESS B a hundred popular writers, such as GOODS, a dozen patterns, all Stanley J. Weyman, Sarah Grand, small and dainty figures, v 937 939 941 Ma[‘ket street Jerome K. Jerome, Beatrice Harra- choice and stylish; the fabric is s .25 y sy 3 den, Hugh Conway, Charlotte EC full 6 inches wider than the $1 25 $1_ 4 Breame, W. Clark Russell, Ouida, (3 grade Of 14St VERTr. .....ueucenennnn. Yard N FRANCISCO. The Duchess. cessecen Vol TG This {s &farce by William Barnes Rhodes and is a travesty on “Orlando_Furioso,” a play_by Robert Green, produced, itis believed, in 15 or 1589, revived in 1592 and_printed in 1594. “Bombastes Furioso” was first produced in 1790. In the play Angelica, beloved by Or- 1ando, discards hini for Medoro, a young Moor. On_this Orlando goes mad and hangs up his armor on & tree with this distich attached toit: Orlando’s arms let none displace But such who'll meet him face to face. CoLp FEET—J. D. I, City. The following is given as a remedy for cold feet: “Draw off your stockings just before undressing and rub your ankles and feet well with your hand, as hard as you can bear the pressure, for five or ten minutes and you will never have to complain of cold feet In bed.” The following is given as @ powder for the sbsorption of excessive per- spiration of the feet: Mix together 7 ounces of carbonate of magnesia, 2 ounces of powdered calcined alum, 7 ounces of orris root and half adram of powdercd cloves. Rub the feet with this powder. THE BALLOT—F. A. B., Point Arena, Mendo- cino County, Cal. The purity of election law passed by the Legislature of 1893 and approved on the 23d of February of that year makes ita misdemeanor for any one to intimidate an elector or for an employer to make any threats, expressed or implied, intended or calculated to Influence the politiéal opinions or actions of his workmen or employes. The law also ap- plies to corporations, and in ease of conviction the corporation forfeats its charter. This par- ticular section of the law is to be found in sec- tion 41 of the act. To CARPET A Roox—T. G. R., City. Carpets are measured by the running yard irrespective of width, To determine how much carpet is wanted for & room determine in the first place how you want to lay it, along the greatest length of the room or aeross the width. This being done measure the length in accordance with_the decision reached and then count the number of widths you will need of the carpet you have chosen. Multiply the number of widths by the length and the result will be the number of yards required. Oilcloth is measured in the samé way. PRIVATE R0AD—O. 8., Plainsburg, Merced County, Cal. Section 2692 of the codesof the State on the subject of private roads says: Private roads or by-roads may be opened, laid out or altered for the convenience 0f one or more resi- dents or freeholders in any road district in the same manner us public roads are opened, altered or 1aid out, except that only one petitioner shall be necessary, who must he a_resident or & freeholder In said road district; the Supervisers may for like cause order the same to be viewed, opened, laid out or altered, the person for whose benefit it is re- qguired paying for the damage awarded the land- owners and keeping the same in repair. CAPTAIN KIDD — M. E. C., Visalia, Tulare County, Cal. The old ballad entitled “Captain Kidd,” in which occur the lines: My name was Robert Kidd, when I sailed, when I sailed, My name was Robert Kidd, when I safled: My name was Robert Kidd, God's laws I did forbid, And so wickedly 1 did, when I safled. Is to be found in a volume called “Our Familiar Songs,” by Helen Kendrick. The ballad is made up of twenty-five verscs, and is too long for reproduction in this department. LEGISLATIVE CLERKS—S, J., San Jose, Cal. To what extent some of those who serve in the California Legislature in the capacity of clerks loaf after the adjournment it is impossible to tell, as it fs not possible fo keep track of them after they get away from the public crib, at which t)\eygeed for two months, but it is un- doubtedly true that after adjournment quite a number of the useless attaches who during thesession drew good pay for not doing any- thing may be seen on the streets without any visible means of support. LowEsT RATES—W. A, R., City. It is impos- sible to give “the lowest rate charged for carry- ing wheat from San Francisco to Burope since the days of the first shipment,” for the reason that in the early days people thought more of making money than of keeping records for future generations, but between 187273 and 1879-80 the lowest was £1 10s, that was in the season of 1878-79; between 1881-82 and 1893- 94 the lowest average for wood was in the season of 1892-93, 1956d; for iron the lowest wasin the season of 1887-88, £1 65 2d OUR REPRESENTATIVES—H. J. F., City. The representatives from San Francisco in the Legislature are: Senate—W. J. Dunn, Hugh Toner, T. F. Mitchell, E. F. Bert, W. J. Biggy, P. L. Henderson, C. 8. S. Arms, J. H. Mahoney and John Fay. Assembly—W. Healey, J. D. Coughlin, J. O'Day, J. J. Wilkinson, J. T. Twiggs, L. J. Dwyer, M. A. Devine, C. Ewing, J. McCarthy, G. W. Dickson, M. Lewis, H. G. W Dinkelspiel. 8. M. Bettman, F. H. Powers, J. M. Merrill, W. T. Boothby, L. P. Zocchi and J. Devitt. FENCE LAw—O. S, Plainsburg, Merced County, Cal. The general laws of the State in regard to fences are as follows: Coterminous owners are mutually bound to main- tain: 1. Boundarles and monuments between them. 2. The fences between them unless one of them chooses to let his land lie without fencing; in which case, if afterward he incloses it, he must re- fund to the othera just proportion of the value, at the time, of any division fence made by thelatter. CRIBBAGE—A. E,, City. “‘In a game of cribbage A has three deuces and a three; B has king, four and two threes. A leads deuce, B plays king, A plays three, making fifteen-two, B plays three and a pair, A plays four with a run of three (run 1), A plays two and claims a run of three (run 2). Does A count? (run 2).” The answer to this is: A has not a run of three (run 2) and does not count, but if B plaved his remaining cards he would have a run of three., GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS—R. S. B., Hay wards, Alameda County, Cal. You can secure & copy of the report of the State Mineralogist by addressing him & letter directed ‘“State Mineralogist, Mining Bureau, 24 Fourth street, San_Francisto, Cal” To secure a copy of & map of the mineral belt recently issued by the United States Government write a letter to the Congressman_from your district and make known your desire. BoaTs oN THE LAKE—F. C., City. The pleasure boats on Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park are the property of ex-Supervisor Sands W. For- man. The revenue derived from the hire of these goes to the owner, ‘‘but,” said the secre- tary of the Board of Park Commissioners, “When the ownerof the boats shall have carned the money he expended the boats will revert to the park and the money collected for the use of them will go into the park fund.” LAWFUL INTEREST—A. 8., City. Section 340 of the Penal Code of California has the following in regard to the rate of interest a pawnbroker in this State may charge: Every pawnbroker who charges or receives in- terest at the rate of more than 2 per cent per month, or, who by charging commission, discount, storage or other charges, or by compounding in- creases or attempts to increase such interest, i guilty of misdemeanor. PRISONERS—Mrs. 8., City. A convict serving a term in the penitentiary of California is not allowed any pay for work that he performs while a prisoner, but when he is discharged he is allowed a smell sum of money to enable him toleave the prison grounds. During his in- | carceration he is permitted to correspond by | letter with people outside of the prison, but ail | correspondence is inspected by the prison offi- cials. UNDERTAKING—L. D. N., City. There are two[ or three places in San Francisco where & young | woman can learn to become an undertaker. | One place in particular teaches young women how to trim coftins, and others have women | who are instructed how to dress and prepare bodies for the tomb, particularly bodies of fe- males. The Query Column, however, cannot | advertise such places | TENBROECK'S RECORD—R. L. D., Ci The | record of Tenbroeck, the running horse, is 1877, Louisviile, Ky., one mile, {; same | year, same course, two miles against time, | 3:27};; same course in 1876, three miles, !4; 1876, same course, five miles against | time, 7:15% In 1876 the animal was reck- oned as ‘& four-year-old, and in each race | carried 110 pounds. the first Atlantic cable was completed in 185 The first message that passed over the wire was | one of greeting from the President of the | United States to Queen Victoria. This was on | the 6th of August. A few more messages of | congratulation passed, after which the cable | became useless and was abandoned. | ATLANTIC CABLE—F. J., City. The laying of | | MARRIAGE—A. 8., Cit; No marriage license | ta, New Mexico, Idaho and | Oklahoma. No license is required of residents of New Jersey, but if parties from another | State go there 10 get married they are required | to procure a license. In California no one un- der age can obtain & marriage license without consent of parent or guardian, To TAMALPAIS—J. H. L., City. There are two ways to reach the top of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County, from San Francisco. You take | the ferry to Sausalito and from there take the | cars to Mill Valley and make the ascent from thatplace by a irail, or cise take the cars to Ross Valley and make the ascent by the old wagon road from there. A MECHANIC’S TooLs—A. §., City. Paragraph 4 of section 690 of the Code of Civil Procedure of this State says that “the tools or implements of a mechanic or artisan necessary to carry on his trade are exempt from execution.” If the Sheriff cannot levy on such it follows that & landiord cannot legally hold such for non-pay- ment of rent. No Suce RiGHT—C. R., City. The franchises on file in the office of the Board of Supervisors fail to show that the Market-street Railway Company has been granted permission to change its main line from a cable to an electric orasteam line.’ The company has a right to use electricity on a number of its branches and steam on one. AN ErroR—M. F., City. The use of the word “or” in the sentence quoted from Chambers' Encyclopedia is certainly incorrect and is no doubt there by negiect to correct & marked proof. The sentence should read, as it does in some other editions of the same work, ‘‘hun his own son from & window, in the spirit of Brutus.” NEw FERRY DEPOT—F. C., City. In view of the fact that no contract for building the new ferry depot has {et’ been let, it cannot be | stated how much it will cost nor how long the contractors will be allowed in_which to finish it. The cost of the depot will be paid out of the State’s earnings along the city front. THE OWNER'S NEGLECT—A. C., City. The owner of a piece of property in California who neglects the same is likely to learn that it has been sold for taxes. The law requires that property so sold must be redeemed within one vear and if not so redeemed the Tax Collector | must give the purchaser a title to the same. A QUESTION OF Law—L. J., City. The ques- tion as to your rights in regerd to property on which your late hushand loaned money is one that ought to be submitted to a lawyer well versed in land laws, and it is one that eannot be well answered through the columns of & newspaper. THE INCOME TaX L. R., City. Persons whose income during the year is less than £3500 ure exempt from taxation under the provisions of the income tax law. The amount of tax is 2 per centon all incomes above the amount named. SINGLE TAX—A. , City that Henry George advocates is the single tax, A number of speakers and writers have found grounds to oppose the stand taken by George, but the Query Column has not room to publish The taxation theory them. FASTEST RUNNING HORSE—R. L. D., City. The fastest running horse in the world is Salvator, whose record is: One mile, four-year-old, 110 pounds, Monmouth Park, August 29, 1894, against time, straight course, time 1:3534. ALWAYS A PROFESSIONAL—! professional, always a professional, is the rule among athletes. An individual who hasonce taken part in any contest for money is barred from joining any amateur organization. . B, City. Oncea PARK TO BAY—L. R., City. The distance from the eastern line of Golden Gate Park proper, which is Stanyan street, in an air line to the bay on the east is 18,000 feet, or not quite three and a half mile JorN BrowN—C. B, 8., Antioch, Contra Costa County, Cal. If there isa biography of John Brown, who was one of Queen Victoria’s house- hold, it does not appear in the catalogues of publications. GUATEMALA—J. TL, City. The United States Minister to Guatemala, also accredited to Hon- duras, is P. B. M. Young of Georgia, and_his addrets is New Guatemels, the capital of the republic. THE TERRITORIES—C. W., Antioch, Contra Costa County, Cal. The territories of the United States are New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Indian, District of Columbia, Alaska and Okla- homa. LYON T0 BEALE—G. 0. S., City. The distance from the corner of Lyon and Post streets down Post to Montgomery, across that street, down Market to Beale, is 13,760 feet. A QUARTER OF 1838 0., City. in old coins do not make any bids for 0f 1838, but they charge from 50 to for them. SourH CAROLINA NotE—H. 8., City. A ten- shilling note issued in South Carolina, April 4, 1778, is according to the coin catalogues worth 5 cents. GEORGE IV—J. M. T., City. George IV of Eng- land was born August 12,1762, and died June 26, 1830. He l’cxgicd from 1820 to 1830. THE REFEREE—G. and M. B., City. Joe Choyn- ski was the referee at the Tommy Ryan-Billy Smith fight recently held in Boston. SuTRO’S NaTIONALITY—F. C., City. Mayor Sutro_was born at_Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, April 20, 1830. Day oF THE WEEK—J. C., City. The 1st of January, 1840, fell on Wednesday. Dealers uarters cents