The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1895, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1895 G Philip, My King. Look at me with thy lar Philip, my King! For round thee the purple shadow lies O1-babyhood's royal dignit Tay on my neck thy tiny b With love's invisible scep 1 am thine Esther, to command Till thou shalt find thy queen hand-maiden, Philip, my King! Oh, the day when thou goest a-woolng, Philip, my King! ‘When those beautiiul 1i And some gentle heart Thou dost enter 1o Sittest all glor Tenderly. over thy kingdom fair, For we ihat love, ah! we jove so blindly, Philip, my King! are suing, bars undoing, rowned, and there Rule kindly, 1 gaze from thy sweet mouth up to thy brow, Philip, my King! rit, all sieeping now, ant and make men bow amidst his peers. iren, higher and fairer, Saul, then. 1d thee i g y Yet thy head needeth a circlet rarer, Philip, my A wreath, not of gold, but palm! One day, >hilip, my King! Thou too must treud, as we tread, & way Thorny and bitter and cold and g Rebels within thee and foes without Will snatch at © on, glorious Martyr, yet monarc shout, Asthou sittest victorious, John Halifax.” rom Dreamland. Master Frankie’s head touched his pillow last heard somebody going out at the front door. He sprang from his bed ina jiffy and flew downstairs and out of the door to see if his mamma and papa were going away to leave him alone in the house. A car had just stopped at the corner and, think- ing his moth might be on it, Frank stepped aboard, too, and sat himself down on the little seat in front. All the way out to the park the con- A Story ductor did not seem to see the little boy, | Picturesque Costumes for the Little Ones. and nobody else took the slightest notice of him. There were no guards this time to keep a boy out of the fair grounds, and presently Frank found himself walking around the central court without exactly knowing how he got there. It was very cold and pretty soon our poor little chap made. the startling discovery that he had come all the way out to the fair in a white nightgown! Hefeltso much ashamed and so very frightened and cold that he shivered and cried a good deal be- fore he could think of anything else to do. There was not a soul in sight, and all the electric lights seemed to be out; but a big moon was shining overhead, and Frank could see - everything just as well asif it were broad daylight. Finally, seeing the white huts of the Esquimaux village shin- ing in the moonlight, Frank remembered that the people who lived over there must know very well how it feels to be cold, and he thought that, perhaps they might be kind enough to belp him in his trouble. 8o he hurried along, and going to one of the funny little white houses he knocked quite bravely on the dbor. Somebody stirred inside, and presently a woman opened the door and began fo say things rank couldn’t understand. Hefell on his knees and began to talk to her, with many tears: ‘‘Ohb, please, please, Mrs. Esqui- mau,” he said. I am very, very cold. Will you please togive me a shawl or something to cover me up and make had scarcely | night when he | once, and pretty soon he laid himself down on one of the hard benches and went sound asleep. It seemed to him that he had slept along time before he was awakened by a sound of sweet music. The bells were chiming a merry air, the lights were blaz- ing everywhere and not a soul was in sight. Then gresemly around a corner close by came the jolliest little procession. imagin- able. Just a little band of children, not too many of them to have a good time with, and none of them bigger than Frankie himself. There were Chinese children in gorgeous clothes, little Apache Indians without many clothes of any kind, clever little Japanese boys in black tights and little Hawaiians and other islanders, gar- lands of flowers around them and strips of tai;pa to keep them warm. retty soon the children spied Frank, sitting up, round-eyed, upon his bench: they beckoned to him, laughing, to come and play, and wondering if he were asleen or awake Frank went along with the rest to the tea garden, where a_charming little Japanese tot, in an embroidered gown, gave him tea and sweets that woke him up and made him feel better. “Now, children,” Frank began, with dignity, when he had eaten enough, “I want to-know what you are doing here in the middle of the night?” | | ‘“OPEN YOU children to be kind and considerate to peo- ple than by bringing them up to be kind and gentle to animals. An old hunter and backwoodsman gave the following advice t>a young man seeking a wife: ‘“Watch how she treats the dogs and horses before you settle on her.” On the other hand, it is said, that Nero, who tortured so many of his fellow-men, amused his bovhood by tormenting flies. If a spider ventures to cross the floor of the parlor my boys carry him out care- fully in a piece of paper. Mice caught alive in a trap are taken out into the field and set free, with a warning not to return. The birds around the home are sacred and their nests regarded with awe and in- terest. One day little W—, the young- est, came running in with tears in his eyes. *‘Oh, papa, Willie C., a neighbor’s boy, has killed one of God’s birds with his slingshot. Isn’t he cruel, and won't God be angry with him for killing his birds?” Another time H——, the second boy, on a half-holiday excursion, found a young meadow lark and triumphantly brought it home with great glee, and when he went to bed deposited it in_a basket in the corner of his room, where it croaked dismally half the night. 'Going past his room, and_ sup- posing the boy lay asleep, I heard stifled sobs. *‘What is "the matter, H—?" I askes ““Oh, papa, I can’t goto sleep; I'm thinking how the poor mamma bird will | feel when she goes to look for her little one { and finds him gone, and he keeps callin, for his mamma all the time.” I consoleg him by telling him that in the morning we would go if he wished and put the little MOUF, WOVER.” The children laughed a great deal and danced and frisked about as gayly as fairies are supposed to do. “Why,” said they, ‘“‘we are having a fair out here that's just for children, you know. Last winter we had to be hauled around and looked at, and poked and pinched to see if we were | real. We didn't like it at all; you wouldn't yourself, you know. So this year we are | trying to have enough fun to make up for | it all; we do everything we please; we | poke the lions with sticks to make them | Rowl, we ride in the railway twenty times faster that lightning, screaming all we ca n. | *“We pick the flowers and walk on the | grass; we run up and down the big halls, | and we go swimming in the basin of the big fount: Ve are going to duck you in there right now, Master Frankie—" “Frankie, Frankie, it's time to get up!”’ And Frankie rubbed his eyes once more while he listgned to the water running in | proverbially kind to animals, much more | the bathroom. His mother was calling, | and he was lying quietly in his little white bed where he had slept all night and had dreamed every bit of this story. Picture Frocks for Little Ones. Children lend themselves charmingly to decorative schemes if they are clad in art- istic cdstumes. One little mite who fre- quently adorns her mother’s pretty studio was clad the other dayina little gown | suggestive of the Venetian. The dress of brown velvet was sprigged with pink blos- goms, and the sleeves and ruffled yoke were ofa soft silk, old pink in color. A nimbus of bright hair made the little miss a cherub, to say the least. THE CHILDREN [Dravn by a OF THE MIDWAY. Japanese artist.} me warm so that I can go home.” Now, good Mrs. Esquimau couldn’t un- the least bit in the world what Frankie said, but she could understand very well that a poor little boy no bigger than her own little son was shivering on So she brought the little chap into the house and helped him to put on the prettiest sort of suit of brown fur derstan the doorstep. with a hood that covered his head and made him as warm as toast all over in a minute. ‘Then she put some nice warm boots with fur linings on his feet and tried to tell him to lie down and go to sleep. Frank couldn’t guess what she said at all, so he went out of the house and started away, meaning to 1 But the comfort of being warm made the child sleepy all at find one of the gates. _ Bits of antigue brocades, and even dimi- ties and uslins in the patterns that were dear to the hearts of our grandmothers, suit the children so well that it is surely worth while taking a little trouble for art- istic effect. Babes can be natural and unconscious, fortunately, in the most picturesqune of cos- tumes, if u_uli; they are spared comment, and especially flauer‘y. hey are not to be spoiled by “loving looks and tender at- tentions, for, bless their little hearts, they are accustomed to all that from their ear- liest infancy—at least unless they are de- nied the natural birthright of every mother’s son and daughter of them. _ Kindness to Animals. There are few better ways of teaching bird back where he found it, and maybe | the old bird would discover it. So next morning bright and early we were off over |the prairie and puv the bird where he found it, and as a meadow lark was piping | near he went back merrily to school. I was staying in a little village in the re- mote backwoods of New Brunswick and had a young fellow studying with me who was much interested in” ornithology, and | when the nesting season began he tried | to collect woodpeckers’ and other birds’ eggs. The children of the village school | found him. at his work and were so horri- | fied at what they considered his cruelty | that in future he had to pursue his tactics far from their observation. This was an unusual trait to me in school children, re- | membering how in England the village vs delight in “‘sacking” nests and de- | stroying both eggs and young birds. Backwoodsmen and frontiersmen are so generally than city folk. A water ouzel had built ber nest under the piles of a dam of, a sawmill, and it was the delight of the “riands” to watch the little bird flitting to and fro through the spray of the waterfall, to listen to his cheery song, and watch his antics in the water. One day a bird col- lector came along, shot the pair, and took the nest, much to the anger ‘and indigna- tion of the mill men. Some lumbermen in the woods discov- ered the nest of a humming-bird and re- fused to cut down the tree till the young birds were fledged. At a little fishing village last summer on the coast of Devonshire 1 was noticing the tameness of the seagulls as they flew around the boats when they drew to land or sat like so many barndoor fowls wait- ing for any bit of fish thrown to them. “Yes,” said an old fisherman, *‘they are getting tamer again now, but for along time they kept aloof. A couple of city guests came down here and began blazing away at the poor tame creatures that did not know at_first what it meant, for they bad never had a stone even thrown at them or heard a gun fired in their life. How many they would have killed ‘just for fun,’ as they said, I don’t know, if we fishermen hadn’t stopped them, for the Just an Every Day Boy. gulls we consider our friends. We like to hear their wild cries, and they lead usto where the fish are shoaling. But it wasa long time before they became tame again.” A would-be sportsman stopped over night ata backwoods cabin with a whole arsenal of guns. Early in the morning the farmer was awakened by a fusillade in thé garden. *I jumped up,” he said, ‘‘to see what was the matter, and there was that city chap blazing away at my little robbins and orioles, to listen to whose songs I have lain awake %y the hour. I justcaught the little fellow by the collar, and, says I, ‘Look here, young man, if you fire that gun again I'll fire you out of this mighty quick.” He uropped)his ‘shooting-iron’ and looked at me in amazement.” So we might go on with many other in- stances of kindness to four-footed animals as well as birds. No one knows how much good both to boys and horses such books as “‘Black Beauty’’ have done, read aloud to the youngsters as they lie on their pil- lows before going to sleep. So we say, train up a child to be kind to dumb ani- mals, and when he is older he will be kind to people, and thus you lay the founda- tions of a gentleman at least.—A. L. in Babyhood. Philosophy of Babyland, Teacher—Now Johnnie, we’ve been lJearning of the changing seasons; how can we tell when fall is here? Johnnie—'Cause everybody’s clothes smell of camphor balls.—Inter Ocean. ‘“Mamma,’’ said the baby, ‘‘what are you soaking your feet for?” “Because my head aches, dear.” The baby was evidently puzzled and re- mained wrapt in thought for a few m Then he broke the silence again “Mamma, if your feet ached would you soak your head ?”—Truth. The light and joy of a pleasant Detroit home is a five-year-old boy of bright face and happy temperament.” A day or so ago a gentleman visiting the family engaged the little tot in conversation, and one of the numerous questions he was called upon to answer was: ‘‘Are you married 2" “Yes,” replied the gentleman, and he added Playiully, “are you?” “No,”” came the quick response; “but T've been vaccinated.”—Detroit Free Press. Little Ethel-What is those anarchists people are talking "hout? Little Johnny—Why, they want every- thing everybody else has got and they won't wash themselves. 5 l, Little Ethel—Oh, ves, I know. They is the little boys growed up.—Good News. The eye of a Washington miss was at- tracted by the dew at early morning. “Mamma,” she exclaimed, “it's hotter'n I thought it was.” “W hat do you mean?” ; ““Look here, the grassis all covered with perspiration.”’—Washington Star. “Grandma, may I take the piece of choco- late you left on the table? I will be so good.” ; ““Yes, youmay takeit.” (Little girl does !{?’t move.) “Why do you not go and get Iyl‘l&h' grandma, dear, 1 ate it first.”— " nunciator, “When I grow up,"” said a little six-year- old Phl[flsu’)her “shan’t I feel strange for a day or two!”—Tit Bits. STEVENSON'S WILL. How the Famous Novelist Disposed o His Property. Stevenson’s will, which was made over a year and a half ago, reads in full as fol- lows: This is the last will and testament of me, Robert Lonis Balfour Stevenson, known as Robert Louis Stevenson, advocate of the Scots Bar., _Ihereby revoke all former willsand codi- cils. Tappoint Charles Baxter, writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, and Henry James, novelist, London, to be my executors. One-fourth part of that part of my late father's estate, real and personal, now held in life rent by my mother, Margaret Isabella Balfour, or Stevenson, I leave to Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, Dora Stevenson or Fowke. and Katharine lizabeth Stevenson, or de Mattos, to be divided among them in_the proportion of two shares to the said Robert :\Ln Mow- bray Stevenson, and to the said Dora Stevenson, or Fowke, and Katharine Eliza- beth Stevenson, or de Mattos, one share each. Of the remaining three-fourth parts o my father's estate, one-fourth part of the three-fourth parts I give and bequeath to the said Charles Baxter and to Graham Balfour of the Inner Temple, barrister-at- law to invest and to hold in trust and pay the interest on the same to my step- daughter, Isabel Stewart Osbourne, or Strong, during her lifetime, and after her decease to administer the said sum in the | interests of her son, Joseph Austin Strong, until he shall have completed his twenty- | sixth year, when he is to receive the prin- | cipal sum of the said fourth part of three- | fourth parts, or such part of the said sum as shall not already have been so expended | in his interests. But I hereby direct that | in case of the decease of the said Joseph Austin Strong without issue, before having completed his twenty-sixth year, his inter- est in the said sum shall relapse into my residuary ests And the remaining three-fourthsparts of | the said three-fourths parts of my said | father's estate, held in life rent by my said | mother, together with all the rest of my money, books, Toyalties, manuscripts, and other effects, and_property, real and per- sonal, wherever situate, I bequeath in life- rent to my wife, Fanny Matilda Van de Grift, or Osbourne, or Stevenson, and in fee, upon her decease, to her son, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, known as Lloyd Osbourne, whom I hereby constitute my residuary legatee. But the estate known as Vanu Manutagi, situate in the municipal dis- trict of Apia, in the island of Upolu, Samoa, I hereby except from the said life rent and fee, and give and bequeath to my stepdaughter, the said Isabel Stewart Osbourne, or Strong, in fee simple. And in case the said Lloyd Osbourne shall predecease me, I make this second disposition of my property: The bequest of Yanu Manutg: to Isabel Stewart Strong, and of one-fourth part of my late father’s estate to Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, Dora Stevenson, or Fowke, and Katharine Elizabeth Stevenson, or de Mattos, shall be maintained. The life rent in favor of my said wife, as already constituted, shall be likewise maintained. But in case she shall have | predeceased me, or upon her death, then I ive and bequeath to the said Charles Bax- er and the said Graham Balfour the estate of Vallima, in the island of Upolu, Samoa, with all crops, plantations, houses, furni- ture, implements and appurtenances thereto belonging, if the said estate of Valliina shall be in my possession at the time of my decease, together with one-half of my whole remaining property whatso- ever, to be by them held in trust for the said Isabel Stewart Osbourne, or Strong, during her lifetime, and aiter her death’ for her son, the said Joseph Austin Strong, and in fee to him the said Joseph Xustin Strong upon_his cumple(ins his twenty- sixth year. But I hereby direct that in case of the decease of the said Joseph Aus- tin Strong, without leaving a wife or legiti- mate issue, and before having completed his twenty-sixth year, his interest under this wiil shall revert to his said mother, whom I hereby coustitute my sole residu- ary legatee. And the remaining one-half part of m§ whole remaining property whatsoever give and bequeath to the said Charles Bax- ter and the said Henry James to invest and hold in trust to pay the interest on the said half part to Sidney_ Colvin, keeper of the printroom, British Museum, for his life, and upon his decease to pay the sai half part to the said (Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson, the said Dora Steven- son, or Fowke, the said Katharine Eliza- beth Stevenson, or D¢ Mattos, and to Jean Margaret Stevenson, or Denton, their sis- ter, to be divided equally among them. In witness whereof I have hereunto set | mv hand and seal this — day of Septem- ber, 1893. Right words deleted and three underlined before signature. Roserr Louts STEVENSON, Samoa. .. Figures Inscribed on Human Eyes. The legendary belief that the eye of a murdered man” might retain a permanent image of his destroyer has just received something like scientific confirmation. Ac- cording to the Revue des Questions Scien- tifiques, Drs. Deneffe and Clayes of Ghent University recently had their attention directed by a medical student to the curious appearance presented by the eyes of a woman under treatment in the hospital: The student declared that he had found certain figures distinctly inscribed on the surface ofboth eyes. Dr. Deneffe was in- credulous, and suggesied that if nn{ such marks existed they must surely be the chance result of some injury, and that the resemblance to figures was probably im- aginary. Next day, however, he examined the patient himsel{ and was astonished to find that the left iris bore the number “10,” and the right *45,” these figures being traced with caligraphic perfection. Imagination and hallucination are both out of the question, as Dr. Clayes and other observers were brought in to verify the phenomenon. The eyes, moreover, were photographed and on the enlnrged proof the numbers *10° and “45” stand out with unmistakable clearness. Nor is this all. Although the origin of these par- ticnlar impressions cannot be ascertained, it has been proved that thelr acquisition may be heresimry. The woman’s daugh- ter has the same Yecn!hnty in her eyes, but with a much less degree of regularity and distinctness. The girl’s right eye is found to bear a feeble reproduction of the number *10,” while in the left iris the fig- ures “20" take the place of the mother’s 45, Here, then, is a pleasing- E]"le for the physiologists. 1t would be strange, at this time of day, to discover that the eye, under certain conaitions, could T~ form the functions of the camera.—West- minster Gazette. T correspondents neglect to give correct names and addresses they must not be disappointed if there is no answer tothe communication. The names are not for publication, but for reference. ‘Questions will be answered as soon s possible after they are received. Somelimes an answer cannot be had sooner than three weeks after start- ing the inquiry. 5"(‘!”‘{)2! the answers to which will amount to an ndvertisement of any business or article will not be answered. Questions asking for the standing of any in- Qividual or firm will not be answered. No questions in arithmetic, algebra or geometry will be answered. 3 Material for debaters will not be furnished. Religious questions respectully declined. A LADY oF WEALTH—W. L. M., Cloverdale, Sonoma County, Cal. The answer to the ques- tion, “If & man marries a lady of wealth and she dies what portion of her estate wonld her husband be entitled to?” is that it depends very much upon what disposition the lady may have made of her property. If there is com- munity property, according to the laws of this State, the entire community property, without administration, belongs to the surviving hus- band, except such portions thereof as may have been set aside by judicial decree for her cupport and maintenance, which portion is Sibject to her testamentaty disposition, and, in the absence of such disposition, it goes to her descendants or heirs exclusive of her hus- band. “A lady of wealth” has a right te dis pose of her separate )-roreny by will, and the portion that her husband would receive would Do that which she deemed proper should go to him. If she leaves a husband and one child or the Iawful issue of one child, and dies without making & will, her property goes in equal shares to husband and child. " If there is more than one child but one-third goes to the hus- band; if there is no issue half goes to the surviving husband and the remainder to the deceased’s father and mother in equal shares, or, in_case either one is dead, to the surviving one; but, if both are dead, then it goes to the brothers and sisters and children of any de- ceased brother or sister by right of representa- tion. If the deceased leaves & husband, but no issue, father, mother, brother or sister, then the 3 hole property goes to the surviving bus- band. WHALEBACK STEAMERS—E. H. B., City. No one interested In shipping in this city is aware of the existence of any whaleback steamers in the Italian merchant navy. In Europe steam- ers that are built on the whaleback pattern, forward, are used for carrying the mail between Holyhead, a seaport of North Wales, county Anglesea, and Kingston, a seaport on the sonth shore of Dublin Bay, Ireland, and they have proved successful. Probably the first “whaleback” steamer was that built for one Winens of Baltimore. It was intended to shorten the trans-Atlantic passage, but it proved a total failure. This was in 1860. It was a cigar-shaped vessel. In 1878 a similar vessel was built for the purpose of conveying the obelisk known as “Cleopatra’s Needle” from Alexandria to London. The vessel was without motive power and was in tow of a steamer. Duringa gale it was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay, but it floated, was picked up by another vessel and towed into port, proving ifs seaworthiness. In 1888 Alexander Dougall built the first whaleback barge, of 4 tons register and 1400 tons eapacity, for nse on the great lakes. His venture was ridiculed, but in two years it produced double its cost, $45,- 000, and McDougall had the laugh on his side. The first whaleback crossed the Atlantic in 1890 and it provoked adverse criticism from English naval architects. THE DEATH PESALTY—T. G., City. In this State the code says that if for any reasona judgment of death has not been executed and it remains in force the court in which the_con- viction was had, on application of the District Attorney, must order the defendant to be brought before it, or, if at large, a warrant for his apprehension may be issued. Upon thede- fendant being brought before it the court must inquire into the facts, and, if nolegal reason ex- ists against the execution of the judgment, must make an order that the Sheriff execute the judgment at a specified time. The Sherift must execute the judgment accordingly. A Californis decision, in 38 Cal., 701, says: “If the judgment of death has not been_executed on the day appointed the court rendering the judgment may appoint¥another day for carry- ing it into execution.” If a Sheriff willfully Tefused to carry out fhe order of the court he would be in contempt, and the court would be the judge of the punishment to be meted out to him. PorLTAX—M. E,, City. Thelaw of the State of California permits an employer to pay the polltax of an employe and to deduct the amount of the same from the amount due said employe. This is under the provisions of sec- tion 3850 of tHe Political Code, which say “Evyery person paying the polltax of another may deduct the same from any indebtedness to such other person.” At the office of the As- sessor in this city when the question asked was submitted the answer given was as follow: “The deputy assessors go to & firm that em- loys a number of men and after ascertaining ow many men are employed serves the firm with a notice that it will be required to pay the polltax of the number oi men it has in its em- loy. When the firm pays for its men a receipt 1< given for each man whose name appears on the payroll. The firm is not allowed any com- mission for paying the tax of its employees.” JURY TRIAL—G, B., Sonoma, Cal. The party who was denied a jury trial in a Police Court was a Chinese named Wong Yong Ting of Los Angeles, arrested for practicing medicine with- out a license, under a State law, not a town or- dinance. Under the law which gives Judges of the Police Courts of cities having 30,000 and under 100,000 inhabitants the right to try misdemeanors without a jury the accused was denied a jury trial. On habeas corpus the Su- preme Court, on the 9th of last March, de- clared the law uncounstitutional, holding that an accused could not be denied in one city a right which the constitution guarantees him in an adjoining city, and released him from custody. BicycLE RIDERS—L. D., Antioch, Contra Costa County, Cal. The rights of a bicycle-rider on a public road are those that are accorded to drivers of vehicles. The rule of the road gov- erns the bicycles just as it does all vehicles. In assing a vehicle ahead the bicycle-rider must Eeep to the right. The rule of the road applies to the world in general where bicycles are used, but in different countries there are local laws which control bicycle-riders. Any mem- ber of the League of American Wheelmen within_this jurisdiction can, by addressin Frank H. Kerrigan, this city, who is the local attorney for that organization, obtain informa- tion as to his rights on the road. CasiNo—F. J., City. Inthegame of casino A and C play as partners against B and D, part- ners, as their opponents. A, who leads, builds aten,and by so doing gives C, his partner, notice that he has a ten to take it with. B, who plays next, is unable to take the build be- cause he has not a card high enough: then it is C’s turn to play. e has a right to build another ten, taking chances t| will pass it, and in that chse A would have the right to “scoop in” the two builds of ten with the ten in his hand. If A had built a ten and it had been taken in by B, one of his opponents, C, who is A’s partner, would have a right to build a_ten 1or his partner to take in, provided D, the other opponent, could not gather it in. GREAT BusiNess—C. 8., City. The quotation you ask about is not ‘““Great business must be Wrought before noon. upon the corners of the moon.” It is from “Macbeth,” act III, scene 5, and is from the address of Hecate to the three witches: Great business must be wrought ere noon; Upon the corner of the moon There hangs & vaporous drop. profound; T'll catch Itere it comes to ground: ‘And that, distilled by magic sleights, Shall raise such artificial sprites, As, by the strength of their illusion, Shall draw him on to his confusion. PosTAGE—W. H. P, City. Adhesive postage stamps wore first used, experimentally, by James Chalmers in Dundee, August, 1834. In 1837, Februs 183, they were introduced into the English Postal Department by Rowland Hill. They were in uced in the United States in 1845, but their use was not author- ized by Congress until March 3, 1847. On the 1st of June, 1856, prepayment was made com- pulsory in the United States. Prepayment was made compulsory in other parts of the world at various times from 1837 to 1887. CREMATING A Bopy—H. A.T.. City. The cost for incinerating & body is $60. The process used in this State is similar to that used in the East. The body should be dressed in the sim- plest manner possible, but no woolen goods must be used, and everything metallic must be removed. T\vent{-fflur hoursafter incinera- tion the ashes are piaced in a copper case and locked and delivered to the relatives. The case may either be placed in an urn and deposited in & columbarium or inamonument. Reli- gious service, just prior to cremation, is Sptional with those desiring the body cremated. A GERMAN'S DUTY—A. P, City. If a German boy 17 years of age left his country, came to the United States, became & citizen and then returned to his native land, he could be ar- rested at once, because the authorities do not recognize the right of any German subject to become & citizen ot any other country until after he has performed his military service, but as & matter of courtesy to the United States they will allow such & militery delinquent to remain in Germany two months before asking him to either leave or entér upon discharge of the military duty expacted of him. W., Elmhurst, Alameda SIDEWALKS — M. County, Cal. The matter of sidewalks along county roads is controlled by the county Board of Supervisors and Commissioners of Highwa; Section 2632 of the Political Code Says: ‘““Any owner of or occupant of land may construet a sidewalk on the highway along the line of his land, subject, however, o the authority conferred by law on the Supervisors and Commissioners of Highways."” WHY Two CAPITALS—L. F., City. The State of Rhode Island has two capitals because it is ‘made up of two sections, as appears from the official title, “The State of Ruode JIsland and Providence Plantations.” At the time the charter was adopted each section demanded & separate place for the meeting of the General Assembly, and the result was the choice of Providence for the Plantations and Newport for the Island. Trovt Fisuix6—C. G. Jr., City. The trout in Lagunitas Creek, so say anglers, vary from finger lengths to beauties weighing three pounds. It is said that fishing is best before sunrise and again as the sun {s sinking. The best place to fish is where there isa ripple or in a pool. Lagunitas and most of the trout sireams are still too high and muddy at this time for excellent fishing. GROWING PLANTS—M. E. 8. Growing plants and flowers growing in pots in a sleeping- room, it is said, neither add to nor draw from humidity of the atmosphere any more than & human being does. During the daytime every green leaf on tree or plant sucks in carbonic #eid gas from the air and at night exhales that and inhales oxygen. It vitiates the air in pro- portion to the amount of carbonic acid gas sent out. INDIAN RESERVATION—A. F. 8., Wadsworth, Washoe County, Nev. As your communication does not mention the particular Indian reser- vation you wish information about it is im- possiblé to give it. 1f any unlawful business is carried on on & reservation the United States authorities will put a stop to it, if information is lodged with the United States Attorney of the district in which eservation is located. FENCES—A. C., City. The answer in'relation to the building of fences given in the Query Column on the 24th of March applies to San Francisco as well as to any other city or_town in the State. Outside of the fire limits in San Francisco no fence can be built higher than ten feet without permit of the Supervisors and consent of party on adjacenc land. Within fire limits fences must be of brick. PAWNBROKERS' S W. F. C.,, City. The three balls used by pawnbrokers as a sign were originally the arms of the Medici family, the earliest and most important of the money- lenders of Lombardy. The three balls were first used in England by the agents of that family to indicate the place where money eould be borrowed, and it was copied by others who engagedin the same business. PENNSYLVANIA HoLipays—R. C. D., City. This year April 12 will be observed as & legal holiday in_the State of Pennsylvania. That day is Good Friday. The otner legal holidays inthat State are New Year's day, Washington’s birthday, Decoration day, Independence day, Labor day, Election day, Thanksgiving day and Christmas. ‘WINDING A WaTCH—H. J. B., Napa, Cal. Jew- elers say that it does not make any difference when you wind a wateh, be it -morning, noon or night, but. that it oucht.to be wound but once & day, and that always at the same hour. Winding the watch at the same time of day each day is said to be the way to keep the main spring in first-class condition. County HosprtaL—P. O’C., City. A person who is 11l may apply at the County Hospital, and if found to be a fit subject for treatment may be admitted by order of the resident phy- sician. If too sick to present himself for ad- mission to the nospital the authoritiesavill, on & proper showing, send the ambulance for 'the patient. STURGEON—Mrs. C. D., City. The fish and game law recently signed by the Governor and now in force provides that any person who at any time between the first day of April and the first_day of September each year takes or catches, buys or sells, or_has in”his possession any fresh sturgeon is guilty of a misdemeanor. MARRIAGE—C. A. H., Oakland. If the parents furnish the bride, the trousseau and the supper, he certainly would be & niggardly groom to expect them to furnish the wines for the wed- ding feast. Thereis no rule regulating such matters, for those are generally arranged be- tween the parties most interested. ATTacHMENT—C. H.P., City. If you have & claim against a party that owns a piano, com- mence suit for the recovery of the amount, and if you have any right to levy an attachment on the piano you will be advised by your attorney. As & general proposition you would have & right to levy on the instrument. MUTILATED GR! BACKS—G. A. C,, City. A greenback that has been torn or mutilated, if in such a condition &s to enable officers of the Treasury Department to identify it, will be ex- changed for one in good condition. There is no set rule in regard to this, each bill being passed upon as presented. ANGRY PASsK —C. J., City. This corre- spondent is anxious to know the name of the author of the poem in which occur the lines given below, also where published: ‘When the angry passions gathered on my mother's face I see, She takes me to her bedroom, gently lays me on her knee. Mavor SUTRO — G. H., Rutherford, Napa County, Cal. Mayor Sutro receives persons who wish to see him about municipal affairs athis office in_the City Hall from 10 o’clock in the Yorenoon until noon. Those who wish to see him on private business must call at his business office in Montgomery block between 1:30 and 3 in the afternoon. . SMOKE—A. 8., City. Which way the smoke issuing from the smokestack of a steamer mov- ing at the rate of twelve miles an hour, the steamer going in the direction of the wind, would go, would depend upon the velocity of the wind and upon the currents the smoke would meet at different heights above the smokestack. CounseLor—E. B. Jr,, City. The latest dic- tionary makers give the preference to coun- selor, but the use of two I's in the spelli the word is not incorrect. In Eng]gfldlni%({: wr:",enh“'lgl"lh ttwt‘}‘\ I's, “col:msellor." Some ‘writers hol ' e proper historical i Ot the word would be veounselers - "PeIng THE GRAND JURY—A. F., City. The San Fran- cisco Grand Jury holds its sessions in its rooms in the City Hall. The regular meeting day is | Friday at 2 0’clock in the afternoon, but it ma call specialsessions at any time, When sueh special sessions are called parti are notified. parties interested AGE AND HEIGHT—F. A. R., Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Cal. Statistics published by Mulhail fail to show that there has been any marked change in the average height or age of the human race in the mt.&cy vears. If any- ;g:‘;t! they show there is an increase in lon- vity. CREMATORY—J. G., North Temescal, Cal. The word crematory is pronounced as if written kre-ma-to-ri, the e in the first syllable pro- nounced as € in meat, a in the second as a in fate, and o in the third as o in note, the final iin the word taking the sound ofe. - OLD DATES—J. G., North Temescal, Cal. Jan- uary 29, 1842, fell on Saturday; September 15, 1864, on Thursday; August 19, 1867, on Mon- day; September 28, 1872, on Sunday; July 22, 1875, on Thursday, and October 30, 1875, on Saturday. ScorcH CoLors—A. M., City. By calling at the Free Public Library you can there gain access to books that will give you all the information desired about distinguishing Scotch colors. The Query Column has not room to describe them in detail. B TAR ON TREES—R. F. F., Soquel, Santa Cruz County. If you trimmed your treesand covered the sawed-off limbs with tar you certainly have not improved them, says a practical agricul turist. e 0il from the tar is bound to mingle with the sap and injure them. 5 FIrsT PAPERS—P. O'C., City. If a man who has obtained his first papers in the matter of. citizenship loses them he need not take out new ones, but he can obtain a certified copy from the court that issued them originally. OrNITHOLOGY—C. W. C., Kelseyville, Lake County, Cal. Professor Whitney’s “Ornithol. ogy of California” was published by authority of the Legislature of California. Itmay be ob. é?iflr:eed through the office of the Secretary of VISITING DAYS—D., City. The first Sunday in each month is visiting day at the State prison, San Quentin. A pass should be obtained. There s no objection to a lady accompanying & gentleman who visits the prison. MEN AND WOMEN—M. E., City. The census for 1890 shows that in the United States there were 32,067,880 men and 30,584,370 women, The census of European countries show & slight predominance of women over men. THE SUTRO BATHS—P. O'C., City. The Sutro Baths are not as yet open to the public for bathing purposes, nor will they be until the completion of the Sutro railroad. They will not be free to the public. 2 q'l'v\'o }Ym(;HTF—P 8., City. The height of i"nwb?rry Hill in Golden Gate Park is414 eet, )}nd that of the Twin Peaks is given on one of the official maps of the city as 992 feet. _ THIRD TERM—L. R., City. There is nothing in the constitution of the United States that rohibits & person from bec ates Jor a third or fousth term, oo President THE ALMSHOUSE—P. 0’( who is in indigent unable o work, m house irrespective ., City. Any person ircumstances, homeless and v be admitted to the Alms- Two DAYs—“Heavenly Twins,” Santa Crugz, Cal. The 2d of May, 1878, fell on Thursday and the 2d of December, same year, fell on Monday. Must BE A CITZEN—P. 0'C., City. No one who is not a citizen of the United States can take up Government land in this or any other State. LYDIA YEAMANS’ MOTHER—B. J. C., Annie Yeamans, the mother of M Yeamans-Titus, was & native of thel City. Lydia e of Man. 0scAR WILDE—A. 8., City. Oscar Wilde first visited San Francisco in 1881 while on his lecturing tour through the United States. JoAQUIN MILLER—A. O. 8., Vallejo, Solane County, Cal. The postoffice address of Joaquin Miller is Oakland, Alameda County, Cal. THE BIGGEST SALARY, It Is Drawn by the President of a Life Insurance Company. The highest-salaried employe in the TUnited States is supposed to be the presi- dent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, Henry B. Hyde. He receives ans nually $100,000. John A. McCall gets $75. 000 to be president of the New York Life. Samuel Spencer receives §50,000 a year for telling Pierpont Morgan what he knows about railroads. Mr. Cleveland receives $50,000 a year and a house and lot for being President. Mr. Depew’s salary as presi- dent of the New York Central Railroad is believed to be $50,000. Corneliug Vanderbilt’s cook receives $16,000 a year. The Sheriff of New York used to make $100,000 and over every vear, but his wings have been clipped. asini receives $50,000 a season for singing his mighty tenor in Madrid. Jean de Reszke receives $5000 singing one song: the “Salut Demeure,” Patti’s contract called for $5000 a night when she was at the height of her fame, but she had to give $500 of it to her agent. Taral, the jockey, has made $30,000 single season. President Felix Faure of the French Republic receives ,000 a vear. Admiral Greer’s pay is $6000. An English general's pay is $2750 a day and the pay of an English admiral is $19,000 a year. Embassador Bayard receives $17,500 a year. Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Embassador to this country, re- ceives $30,000 per annum. Britain’s Em- bassador to France, the best paid diplo- matic personage in_the world, receives $50,000 & year.—New York Press. A MOTHER'S DUTY TOWARDS HER DAUGHTERS, Suggestions Which Bear Repeating, as Their Importance is Immeasurable. [PECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS.] Only a few years ago even the medical profession scouted the idea that young girls could suffer from the misery of uterus troubles. That form of disease, it was claimed, came only to married women. -~ ‘When Lydia E. Pinkham first sent out the news of her great discovery, there ‘was no lack of harsh speech from those whose practice and opinions she set at defiance. But when young girls by the hundreds were absolutely cured by Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, then the tongues of the traducers were stilled, and faith was allowed to live in the hearts of the people. ‘Young girls are subject to this trouble. It roes them of the buoyancy of youth. It makes all effort distasteful. It causes retention and suppression of menses, leucorrheea, severe headache, waxy complexion, depression, weakness, loss of appetite and interest. Certainly mothers ought to know that these are all symptoms of'the one cause of nearly all the suffering that comes to women; and to save their daughters ought to begin treatment at once. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound is the surest and most natural Temedy for women ever compounded. 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