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S 8 NAMED CITY AND STATE OFFICERS Citizens’ Independent Con- vention Adds to Ifs List. CAL EWING PROMOTED. Supervisors Selected After Be- ing Carefully Investi- gated. 1. J. TRUMAN A FAVORITE. Three State Senators and Two Assem- biymen Who Will Enter the Race for Sacramento. SUPERVISORS. Seventh Ward — C. Grambarth, Howard street. Ninth Ward—C. G. Pleree, 20 Stanley place. : Eleventh Ward—IL J. Truman, Twen- tieth street and San Carlos avenue. Twelfth Ward—J. C. Conwell, }513} Ellis street. STATE SENATORS. Twenty-fifth Senatorial District—L E. Jarrett, 1500 Mason street. Seventeenth S enatorial District-Oliver Murray, 841 Howard street. Nineteenth Senatorial District—Calvin Ewing, 208 San Jose avenue. ASSEMBLYMEN. Twenty eighth District—Thomas Wat- son, 172 Howard street. Thirty-eighth District—B, N. 19043 Golden Gate avenue. Tryon, One hundred and thirty-five delegates to the Citizens' Independent Convention | labored zealously at their meeting last nightin making selections from the nu- merous candidates. | By the time the convention adjourns Chairman Fitch will have acquired suffi- cient extra knowledge on parliamentary tactics to enable him to supercede Cush- mg or Roberts in the production of a man- ual governing legislative bodies. And as for Secretary Kingbury his scholastic rudimentary knowledge will be vastly increased every time he reads | his minutes as they are transcribed on his book. The convention settled down to business immediately after being called to order, and at once proceeded to select suitable | Assemblymen for the Twenty-eighth and | Thirty-eighth Districts. Thomas Watson | of 172 Howard street got the honors for | the former, while B. N. Tryon of 190414 Golaen Gate avenue won out on the iatter. | The honor of bein® 2 holdover Senator irom the Queen City of the Pacific fell to 1. E. Jarrett, a young and prominent at- torney from the Twenty-fifth, while Oliver Murray of 841 Howard street sandwiched in on the Seventeenth District, between the Twenty-fifth and the Nineteenth, which Calvin Ewing, the present popular Assemblyman from the Thirty-fifth has represented ip the last Legislature, when he ran independent and came in a hand- some winner. Haying disposed of these aspirants for State honors the convention made a care- ful examination of the exhibits produced by the pruning-knife committees which had been selected by the convention to examine candidates for the position of Supervisors. After the analytical test had been ap- plied the convention decided that the fol- lowing named citizens would be afforded an opportunity of having their names orintes on that pink colored sheet known in law as the official batlot: Seventh Ward—C. Grambarth, a dealer in cigars, who resides at 560 Howard street. Ninth Ward—C. @. Pierce, an old and respected drayman, who resides at 20 Stanley place. Eleventk Ward—LI. J. Truman, the well- known banker and president of the Civic Federation, who resides at Twentieth street and San Carlosavenue. Twelfth Ward—J. C. Conwell, the man- ager of the Indiana Bicycle Company, who resides at 15131¢ Eilis street. Having disposed of this amount of busi- ness, the convention adjourned until to- night, when the remaining Supervisors will be nominated. UNDENTIFED GRS, Records on Soldiers’ Headstones. in National Cemeteries Incomplete. An Appeal Will Be Made fo Congress by the Grand Army to Repeal Obnoxious Features. That noted military chieftain Bir John Falstaff esteemed - the private soldier *food for powder and good enough to fill & pit.” And when a nice review is taken of the events and the services of the men who shaped the history of the country, beginning in 1861 and ending four years later, it would seem as if the words of that bacchanalian prince were good enough to express the sentiments of many as they now regard the men who filled the ranks of the Union army during the darkest days of the country's peril. The average private soldier has not figured largely in eulogy, but this fact is no reason why the soldier’s grave should not be properly marked and his last rest- ng-place easily preserved for identifica- tion, Among the sacred acres,which hold the dust of the soldiers of the war for the preservation of the Union are those at the Presidio in this City. One would expect to %nd 2 community in death here and the accidental distine- tion in rank and uniform left behind, but sach is'not the case. There is set aside a plat for officers, within whose sacrea pre- cincts the remains of no insensate enlisted man is permitted to rest, butin another part of the hallowed ground the remains of the common soldier are interred and his last resting-place 1s often treated with a disregard of law and order. This matter the Grand Army of the Re- public in San Francisco has at. last taken up, and its members will make an appeal tdo Congress and ‘the Legislature for re- ress. The original act of Congress, roved February 22, 1867, made it mand-n‘l)ry tor the quartermaster’s department o furnish, on requisition a headstone, on which was to be graved the name, rank, company and 1egiment of every deceased indi- gent soidier, but the act was amended June 8, 1872, which changed the provi- sions of the first, and ‘making the head- stones contain only the name and State, | to all. | and was said to be about from which the soldier had enlisted, to- gether with a simple number on his grave. It is the later law which Grand Army comrades will seek to have repealed, as the omission of the company and regi- ment on the headstones is an injustice to the memory of the deceased soidier. In the plat of George H. Thomas Post in the National Cemetery at the Presidio there are seven comrades buried in this way. Grand Army men claim that the history of the soldier should be engraved on his tombstone, and the plan of placing num- bers thereon, an act so suggestive of past penal servitude or a pauper’s fate, be abrogated. e Grand Mass-Meeting. To-morrow afternoon, &t 3 o’clock, fn the auditorium of the Young Men’s Christian Association, corner of Mason and Ellis streets, there will be a grand union mass-meeting, to be addressed by Miss Anna H. Shaw. Mrs Sarah B. Coufier will preside and introduce the speaker. . George C. Adams of 8t. Louis will also assist,and severalcity pastors will take Rln in the service. The body of the hail will e reserved for men, and the gallery and bal- con for ladies. The services will be oven free The public invited. —————— Phillips Will Recover. Philip Phillips, the despondent tailor,at 5 Eddy street, who swallowed a dose of chloro- form on Wednesday, did not make a success of his atiempt to commit suicide. Yesterday he had so far recovered as to permit of his being removed from the Receiving Hospital. Phillips was & member of one of the lodges of Foresters $100 short in his ac- counts as treasurer. Whether it was business troubles or temporary insanity that caused him 10 try to end his life is not kaown. e A Family Qnarrel. Gustav Schutte, a photographer, was arrested on a charge of battery yesterday on complaint of his sister. The two conduet a photograph- ing gallery and from all accounts they do not go along well together. It is stated that on "hursday- Schutte pushed his sister along a long hallway to get her out of his way, as she disterbed bim by talking too much. The sister retaliated by causing her brother’s arrest. st il A Dangerous Game. Alfred Fawks, a1ad 9 years of age, living at 184 Ringold street, lies at the Receiving Hos- pital with a fractured skull, the resuit of play- ing “duck-on-a-rock,” & game very popular with boys. He and several companions were amusing themselves on the street, and one of the boys was trying to knock the “duck” off the Tock with a large Cobblestone. In the excite- ment of the game young Fawks got his head within the line of fire and the cobblestone fractured hisskull. He will probably recover. A WAR ROMANOE. How General McMahon Loved a Fair Virginia Girl. Happening to meet General Martin T. McMahon downtown a day or two ago, just after leaving the banking-house of ‘Work, Strong & Co., I indulged in a rem- iniscence. Mr. Strong married the best- known girl in the South during the war, | and General McMahon tried his best to marry the next best known. Half the Army of the Potomac knew of: Alice Smith, the belle of Alexandria, and a large part of the army of Northern Vir- gnia fell in love with Fanny Smith of Warrenton. The girls were not related. and were beautiful as the dawn. Alice, now Mrs. Strong, had all the manners cated and high strung. She has two grown daughters. Clifton Smith of the Stock Exchange 1s her brother. General McMahon, then on the staff of General Sedswick, met and loved Fanny Smith. Nomore gallant man went to the front. He never made war.on women and children. He was their pro- tector and guardian, wherever he hap- pened to be stationed. Hislove for Fanny was returned, but the girl declarea that she could never marry a Northern man. He pleaded with her. He said tbat if she he would resign from the army at once and take her, her mother and brother tteorge to Europe, there to remain until the war was over. Still she refused. Courted by the finest men in, the army, she could have selected any of them for a husband, but her love for the dashing Mc- Mahon and her patriotism coming in col- lision caused her to sacrifice herself. She became the wife of a farmer, and is living to-day in the mountains, about twelve miles from Warrenton. If I mistake not, General McMahon had arival in the affections of Fanny Smith. He belonged to Mosby’s command and would g-fiop thirty or forty miles in a night to get a glimpse of her at breakfast time. One he violated Mosby’s orders and came near being sent back to the reg- ular service—the worst fin:sible punish- ment fora Mosby man. He rode through the Yankee linesand stopped at the stile in front of the Smith house for a drink of water. Fanny, espying a familiar Con- federate uniform, ran down with a piece of pie, sat on the stile and talked with the stranger. He ioved her from that minute, | and it was nip and tuck between him and General McMahon. She made confirmed bachelors of both. Both live here to-day. They ought to meet and talk it over.—New York Press. QUEER THINGS ABOUT EARS, Their Shape and Size Generally an In- dex to Character. The Anthropological Society met re- cently in the parlors of the Cosmos Club, Madison place and H street northward. Dr. D. 8. Lamb opened with a lecture, entitled “A Study in Ears.” There wasa pronounced difference in ears, he sad, even when the ears of animals of the same species were considered. This, tog-ther with the different opinions .of the several specialties, made positive figures almost impossible. -Generally speaking, however, there were relative marks which gave a fair index of the character. For instance, it was nearly positive that in the brute kingdom, at least, small, well-formed ears meant intelligence. The size of the ears 'showed much, Taking a basis of fifty degrees for the medium organ, the difference could be traced mi- nutely. Ihe professor iliustrated these re- | marks with the aid of charts, compiled from Topinard indexes. Again, he said, there was much in the position of the ear. Some claimed that the organ’s ext ‘mnsion from the head invar- jably meant criminality, all other things being equal. Of course, other than nat- ural influences might have something to do with that observation, admitting, as an example that a child sleeping on one ear constantly would cause the organ of that side to grow near the head. Head dress in certain countries affected this to some extent. The power of mov- ing the organ of hearing portrayed to a certain extent the influences of life. Animals in constant danger had this power to a remarkable decree, but Darwin claimed that man bad lost it entirely through the general absence of its need. 8till, some people could move the ear re- markably well, especially upward and backward. Returning to the flat ear tbe doctor said that some claimed animals which used their teeth as weapons always had the flat ear. He would net vouch for this,—Washington Post. ————— . Savannah’s Kound Tower. ‘‘Visitors to Savannah,” said Henry B. Galloway of that cit; the Riggs House last avenlns. “‘exhibit great interest in a small, yound tower that is easily discern- ible when l})prouchinx the city from the sea. Itisof stone, moss-grown and ivy- covered. The residents of the neighbor- hood are fond of telling thrilling stories of the part the fort played in Spanish and Indian warfare, and tney say that it was buiit about the time Bt. Augustine was founded. “The truth of the matter is that the tower was erected by the Unitea States Government during the war of 1812. It saw some little service during the ‘‘iate unpleasantness,” but did not figure in any reat action on a promontory. At present t 15 used as a reporting and signal station, and frequently in the summer season par- tiesof bathers and fishermen make it their mm;gn: h:hcn on expeditions from and other seashore resorts.” —Wash- ington Times. ' 4 They just happenea to be named Smith, | good ) i | %‘biny-aixth Assembly, Jj. McGrath, A. T. that would grace a court, was highly edu- | would marry him | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1896. POPULISTS NAME MORE CANDIDATES List of Men Suggested for the Senate and 4 Assembly. MANNER OF SELECTION. Conference Committee Virtually Authorized to Select Nominees. SAM BRAUNHART'S TROUBLES. Wraith of a Cigarmakers’ Union Committez Makes His Hair Stani On Ecd. The legislative convention of the Popu- lists was held at Cambrien Hall, Mission street, between Seventh and Eighth, last night. The legislative convention is com- posed of two delegates from each of the Assembly districts, but only thirty-one delegates were present at the session. J. R. Ruxtell acted as chairman. Shortly after the meeting was called to order it went into executive session. All matters pertaining to nomination were referred to the conference committee. This means virtually that the conference committee will select all nominees. T. V. Cator told of his trip through the State and stated that forty-five out of sixty-one delegates were for him. This news was received with hearty ap- plause. Then came the most important part of the meeting—the suggestion of names as candidates for the Assembly and Senate rom the various districts. Names were suggested as follows: Seventeenth Senatorial—Samuel Braun- hart, Larry Dwyer, Thomas Egan, Peter F. Seculovich; Nineteenth Senatorial—O. ¥. Lutje; Twenty-first Senatorial — J. D. Powers, Hugo Asher, W. J. Bell; Twenty - fifth Senatorial — John Fay, George &. Czllahan; Twenty- ninth Assembly, J. ). Meagher; Thirty- first Assembly, George B Gillespie; Thirty-second Assembly, M. Livin- hirty-fourth Assembly, John Fay; Green; Thirty-seventh Assembly, H. Me- Greavy; Thirty-eighth Assembly, A. S. Goldstone, W. F. Perry, J. S. Wardell; Thirty-ninth Assembly, W. F. Baggett, F. M. Tooley, L. Barnett; Fortieth Assem- bly, J. H. Tingman; Forty-first Assembly, Frank Schmitz, J. P. Dameron, H. M. Owens; Forty-second Assembl E. Reynolds, W. N. Griswold; Fort, Assembly, G. Nathan; Forty-fifth Assem- bly, F. Mulgrew, William Gately. A resolution was adopted that the press be requested to publish the fact that the conference committee will receive nomina- tions at room 8, Murphy building, every day between the hours of 12 M. and 2 p. M. During the whole session of the body much amusement was afforded by the spectacle of Sam Braunhart collaring every delegate that came out of the meeting to learn his chances. Sam boasted that he had “done Rainey and the rest of the bosses up,” but nevertheless he appeared on pins and needles lest the Populists fail to indorse him. ‘What excited his indignation most of all was a rumor in active circulation to the effect that a committee from the Cigar- makers’ Union had come up to protest against his indorsement, on the ground that he was interested in a Chinese cigar factory on Washington street. Sam simply foamed at the mouth at the very thought. As regards the sauthenticity of the rumor, several members of the convention freely admitted that a committee had come into the corridor to meet a commit- tee from the Cigar-i.uakers’ Union, but had failed to find’it. Most of them were very reticent, but one delegate admitted the main facts. Js J. Meagher, Democratic candidate from the Twenty-minth Senatorial Dis- trict, stated that the reason the Populist committee had failed to find the om- mittee from the Cigar-makers’ Union was beeause the latter had been informed by a delegate that alil grievances would be heard at T. V. Cator’s offices in the Mills building next Monday. The convention adjourned to meet Fri- day night, the place to be selected by Secretary éillesmm Answers to Correspondents CALIFORNTA GoLp—L. B., Oakland, Cal. Cali- fornie from 1848 {o 1894, inclusive, has pro- duced ¢old of the value, in the aggregate, of $1,253,115,604. THE FIGHT AT CHANTILLY—R. 8. L, City. The fight between Sullivan and Mitchell at Chantilly, France, March 10, 1888, was de- clarea a draw after thirty-nine rounds. MiNts—Two Subscribers, City. The largest mint in the United States is the parent mint at Philldele;hll. It has the largest capacity and ltllnhil time turns gnt the greatest amount of coin. PALMER Jn.—Mrs. M. E., City. There is no opera company with Palmer Jr, at this time. Mr. Palmer is making a tour of the Continent for his own pleasure and is not in the show business. WILLIAM MCKINLEY’'S AGE—W., Rio Vista, Cal. Willlam McKinley, Republican eandi- date for the office of Presidentof the United States, was born at Niles, Ohio, on the 26th of February, 1844, DEER.IN MARIN COUNTY—O. 8., City. Accord-. ing to latestadvices received by the office of the Fish Commissioners, who are the protec tors of fish nndcglma in this State, the deer season in Marin nunt‘y opens on July 15 and closes on September 1 following. CIviL SERVICE—A Subscriber, City. By ap plying to W. A. Stowell, in the office of the seg- retary to the Postmaster, in the Postoffice building, you will obtain all the information youdesire about Postoffice appointments un- der civil service rules. TArIFF—J. C. D., Forest Ranch, Cal. A pro- tective tariff is one that affords protection to commodities of home production; it is the placing of import duties on foreign commodi- ties it is desired to produce at home. A tarift for revenue is one that shall provide revenpe for the Government without attempting to af- rd pro lon to domestic industries. High tariff is one that is so high that it becomes pmhib(lory.‘ 4 FRIENDSHIP'S DECAY—A. 8, City. The lines commencing “When friendships decay,” are from the ‘Last Rose of Summer,” by Tom Moore: ' 80 s00on may I 1 llow. Where friehdships decay, And from love’s shining eircle way; And fond ones are flown, Oh! who would inbabit “This ‘world aione! BALLOON VARNISH—A Subscriber, City. There are several kinds of varnishes used on silk balloons to prevent the escave of gas. Good boiled linseed oil, if allowed to dry thoroughly and harden, forms an excellent varnish. Ap- other varnish is made in the following propor- tions of materials: Indisrubber, cut small, one pound; oil of turpentine, six pounds; and boiled dry{ng oil, on?:fllon.' m;‘.'aosm ndia- rubber in the turpentine, keeping it in a warm Pplace for one week, frequently shaking the Yessel in which the mixture is held durin, tnat time, then place it in & warm bath an n.dnnll{qhut Jt until the solution be com- pleted. Nextadd the oil previously warme gently simmer for five minntes, stirring the mixture all the while; after a while closely cover the vessel, and when the mixture or varnish is cold, strain it through flannel. A FIVER OF ’36—J. A. G., City. There isno premium on a $5 gold piece of 1886. CHILE—M. J. G., Baden, Cal. The Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Chile to the United States is Senor Don Do- mingo Gana. No OBJECTION—A. 8. Alamaeds, Cal. The creed you name in your communication has not offered any objecti the Drake pra; cross in Golde; Gl’u P:xrlkt.o 37 ,"b LEGAL TENDER IN CALIFORNIA—E. T. T., Osk- land, Cel. ' There is nothing in the constitu- tion of the State of California that declares that silver shall Teos than 9. be legal tender only in sums DEMONE1IZE—E. G. Livermore, Cal. To demonetize silver or ot] metal used as coin is 1o divest it of standard monetary.value, such as withdrawing it from use as money ar depeiving it of the character of money. ~De- monetization is the act of demonetization. BULLIVAN-CORBETT—C. B. B., Jackson, Cal. The contest between John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett was on the 7th of September, 1892, at New Orleans, La., b won by Corbett. "~ tWenty-one rounds, RATIO—E. @. 8., Livermore, Cal. The com- mercial value of gold and silver fixes the ratio of the one metal to the other, and this is fixed by the demand and supply. In 1873 the ratio of silver to gold w: 3 ot 31.60.' as 15.92, at present itis SHIRT TAB—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. The name ‘shirt tab” is that given to & small piece of linen at the bottom of & man’s shirt iront, having a button-hole in the same. This t;‘; shswers ;‘“‘fl"“"“’ purpose of hdulding up Wi e u utton an - 1pg the shirt {mm frgr:rbnwlmg up. e MONEY 1IN CIRCULATION—Reader, Modesto, Cal. The following shows the amount of money in circulation in the United States from 1860 to 1895 inclustye: visible in Europe and Central America. In China, Japan and Australia it was visible from begiuning to end. The transit of Venus on December 6, 1882, was visible throughout the United States, South America and Africa. To THE ISLANDS—C. W., Berkeley, Cal. A person desiring to visit any of the Govern- ment {slands in the bay of San Francisco must first obtain a permit from army headquarters in the Phelan building. There is a Govern- ment Steamer that plies between the City of San Francisco and the islands, and it is on this that persons who obtain permission to visit them may take passage. The vessel gen- erally leaves from \Washington-street wharf. The party obtaining the frmn will be told ac headquarters from which point on the City front the steamer leaves. REVENUE—@. J. L., Bethnay, S8an Joaquin County, Cal. Under the McKinley tariff bill there was not only enough reve- nue to meet the expenses of the Gov- ernment, but there was a surplus. The dif- {ference between the McKinley and _the Gorman-Wilson bill is that the former helped to pay the National debt and reduce it, while the Istter plunged the country deeper into debt. Under the McKinley law during the first nineteen months of its operation there was a surplus of nearly $25,000,000, di the first son there was a deficit of $76,000,000. THE MONTEREY's GUNs—J. F. L., City. The armament of the Monterey consists of the main battery, two twelve-pound breech-losders (rifles) and two ten-pound breech-loading rifles constructed in the foundry of the Ord- nance Department, Washington (D, C.) Navy- yard; six_six-pound rapid-firing Hotchkizs guns and four one-pount rlpid»gring Hotch- kiss zuns constructed by Pratt & Whitney of Hartford, Conn.; the small arms, Lee-Reming- ton rifies by the Remington Arms Company of New York and the Coit’s double-action re- volvers by the Colt’s Firearm Company of Hartford, Conn. This shows that the arma- ment is all of American manufacture. PAYMENTS IN SILVER—J. M. H., Hengy, Butte County, Cal. United States standard dollars are legal tender in an unlimited amount un- less otherwise expressea in the contract. Sub- sidiary silver coin, which includes half dol- lars, quarters and dimes. is legal tender to the extent of $10 only. Standard silver dollars are not exchangeable for gold, but are ex- Amunnlnsol money in the United States and in clrculation on July 1 of each year, from 1860 to 1895 inciusive. Prepared In the office of the Secretary of the United Stated Treasury. Y e Amonnt in Population | Money | Circulation United Stares, | Circulation. unel. | per Capita | per Capita. $442,102477 | $485,407,252 | 81,448,321 1206 1585 452,005,767 448,105,767 ‘0sto00 | 1405 i1 858/452/079 34,697,744 | 32.704,000 10 96 1028 674,867,283 595,394,038 | 33,365,000 2023 17 84 705,588,067 669,641.478 | 31/046,000 2072 19 67 714,702,995 | 34,74.000 2218 20 67 54 75:488,244 | 85.469.000 2197 1899 ! 661,992:069 | 36:211.000 20 11 1828 680/103,661 | 38, 19 38 18 89 664.452/891 1895 760 670,212.794 1873 17 50 715,889,005 1875 1810 738309549 1879 1819 751,881,809 18 58 1804 ! 76,088,031 18 83 1813 798 754,101,947 1816 1716 790,683,284 727'809, 17 52 1612 763,083,847 729,313.883 1618 15 58 K 729/132'634 16 62 5 52 1,051,521,841 818,681,793 2152 1675 1,205,929.197 973,382.2: 2404 19 41 1,106,541, 1,114,3 2741 2171 480, 9 | 1174 28 20 22 37 1,643,489,81 1,230, 3061 22 81 1,705,454189 | 124 3108 22 65 1,817.65: 1,292 8287 2302 1)808,559,694 | 1,25 3151 2182 1/9004 131 3239 22 45 2 1,37 3110 22 88 2 7 1,380, 3388 22 52 2,144226/159 34324 2282 219523407 9 g3 2341 1 23 44 pazs0as03 | Looaolaas 3475 2387 2,249,325,4 1664,081,232 | 68,397,000 3288 24 38 2209,215,655 | 1,606,179,556 | 69,753,000 3168 2302 The difference between the smount of money in the country and the amount in circulation repre- sents the money in the treasury. Currency certificates, act of June 8, 1872, are included in the amount of United States notes in circulation in tables for years 1873 to 1891, inclusive; since 1891 they are reported separately. HisTORY—E. T. T.,.Oakland, Cal. AS this de- partment is not advertising the merits of any of the histories and so-called histories of Cali- fornia, it would refer you for an answer to any first-class book-dealer or to any librarian. ALmonps—W. H. 8., Concord, Contra Costa County, Cel. Under the McKinley bill the tariff on almonds, not shelled, was 5 cents a ound; shelled, 7}¢ cents a pound. Under the So!mnn-“'flson bill the tariff was reduced to 3 cents on the first-named class and to 5 cents on the second. Maxroor—E. G. 8., Livermore, Cal. The name manroot is that given to & morning glory (Ipomce Cptophylla), which grows on the dry plains of the Colorado Desert and ad- Jacent regions,because of the rootof the plant, which Is immense, and bears a semblance to & man in size and shape. The plant attainsa height of two or three feet. THE THIRD DisTricT—C. R., Oakland, Cal. At the election held in 1894, the vote in the Third Congressional District of California for Repre- sentative was as follows: _ Warren B, English (D.),13,103; Samuel G. Hilborn (R.), 15,795; W. A. Vann (People’s party), 5162; and L. B. Scranton (Prohibition), 637; 34,697, Hilborn’s plurality, 2692. CHINOOK—N. D. P., Port Norris, Cumberland County, N. J. Chinook is a jargon used by the Indians on the northern Pacific Coast to make themselves understood by the whites. It is a combination originated by the earlier officers of the Hudson Bay Company and consists of about eight hundred words, which sre very sily learned end remembered. There is no jpecial method for learning it. COINAGE ATTHE MINTS—J. C. D., Forest Ranch, Cal. The coinage at the United States mints since the organization of the first one et Phila- delphia in 1792 up to December 31, 1894, was as follows: . total, changeable for silver certificates or smaller silver coin. There is nothing to prevent your friend B going to a bank with $100 in stand- ard silver doliars and asking that the same be exchanged for five zwem{-doun pieces even up, but he would not receive them. As s mat- ter of accommo dation the sub-treasurer in San Francisco would exchange gold for silver, but that practice was recently stopped by order from the Treasury Depariment. THE FowLERs—N. 8. M.. East Oakland, Cal. Lorenzo Fowler, who dieG in the East & short time since, was a brother of Orson Squire Fow- ier. The last named was born in Cohocton, N. Y.,October 11, 1809, and died in Sharon Sta- tion, same State, August 18, 1887. He was a well-known_phrenologist, and in 1838 took his brother Lorenzo into partnership and be- gan the publication of the Phrenological Jour- nal. In 1843 they admitted Samuel R. Wells as & member of the firm and the firm became known as Fowler & Wells. In 1865 Orson S. Fowler withdrew, and after that, up to within & month of his death, he lectured all over the United States. It was he who visited San Francisco. ZErAH COLBURN—E. G. 8, Livermore, Cal. Zerah Colburn, the lightning calculator, was born in Cabot, Vt.,, September 1, 1804, and died at Norwich, 1n the same State, on March 2,1840. His strange mathematical power de- veloped itself at the age of 6 years, and his father rejecting the offer of Professor Wheelock, president of Dartmoutn, to give him an educa- tion, put him on exhibition as a prodigy. In Boston, in 1811, he astonished the learned, as well as the public, and thence was carried to the South, and in 1812 was taken to England. In Paris, Fiance, he instantly gave the factors of 4,294,967,297 (announced ns a rime number), the cube root of 268 536135 "otc, 'He studled tor o time in the Lycee Napoleon. The Earl of Bristol placed him in Westminster Echool from 1816 ta 1819, but his father cut Gold Cotns. Stiver Coli Nickel, Copper and Bronze. les$1,210, 700 00| Dollars .. 457,987 00| 5-cent pleces, nickel..$13,553,730 50 ey 259, ’l’gg ;’W 00| Trade dol 85,965,924 00|3-cent pieces, nickel.. 941,349 48 21z, 75 00| Half dollar 82,259,041 00| 2-cent pleces, bronze. 912,020 00 28,681,005 00|20-cent pieces 19,499,337 00| Dimes... Half dimes. 8 cent piecet Total.... Dollars........ Total...... $1,732,562.328 00 1, $7839.576 00| Quatior dotTars ++48,185.170 30| 1-cont pleces. Coppar 28,610/171 30| 1-cent pieces, bronze, $631,909,619 16 1,662,887 44 2,007,720 00 7.463,808 26 39,926 11 0 00|1-cent pleces, nickel. . Asw,'&g 40|14-cent pleces, copper 1,282,087 20| horn Total........ ... 526,481,581 79 *Including $2.501,052 50 Columbian souvenir half dollars. . fndnm:‘.‘)o.uus 75 Columbian souvenir quarter d: MALE AND FEMALE—). C, H,, City. The only official figures showing the division of the sexesin the United States are lh:u o:hthe A cording to these there ?&3“‘3{‘6617?8930 xfim and 30,554,870 fe- males. You have the figures and can work out the percentage. PROBATING A Wi.L—J. D., City. A personwho is the custodism of a will in this State must file it within thirty days after receiving notice of the death of the maker of the will. After & will has been filed and a petition for probate presented such petition must be neard not earlier than ten days after the filing and not later than thirty deys. Then there followsa publication to creditors. THE CONSTITUTION—A. D., City. The special election to decide the fate ot the new consti- tution of the State of Californis was held on the 7th of May, 1879. In San Francisco the registered vote was 47,740, and the yote cast 88,034; 9706 not voting. The vote for the con- stitution ,204, against 19,746, irregular 84, The majority against the constitution in Ban Francisco was 1542. GRAND JURY—J. D, City. The Grand Jury is composed of a body of nineteen citizens of the County, whose duty itis to examine into the affairs of the County and to present persons accused of crime to the courts for trial. Indi- viduels presented by the Grand Jury are as & rule in the Superior Court. Grand jurors are not paid and they serve until discharged by the court that swore them in. A person accused of erime before the United States Grand Jury comes up for trial before the United States courts. To REDUCE FLesH—W. D., Palo Alto, Cal A man who wishes to train and diet, with a view to reduce flesh, should not do so without consulting a competent physieian, who will be able to tell him to what extent he should diet himself and how much Mnefionmmhyllqni will stand without injury to hi; ‘As no 1wo men are constituted alike what might be for one might be harmful to another. hile limes and limejuice are in many cases oy L T SR T a to ur limes ldtylllluldylhinlp.em o TRANSIT OF VENUS—A. ., City. The transit of Venus across the face of the sun commenced 31 8:40 P. M., December 8, 1874, and ended at 20 minutes past 1 o'clock on the following morning. No f the visible in the nim'?:'.‘&-. but ‘the last th third was short his education and made him prepare for the stage, but in this he proved a failure and he engaged in teaching. natural protector died in 1824, returned to Americs, but by that time his extraordinary talent had departed, and he was in every respect an ordinary man. He continued his studies at Burlington Col- lege, Vt., joined the Methodists in 1825, was an itinerant preacher for nine yesrs, published his memoirs in 1833 and became professor of languages in Norwich in 1837 and died there in the 36th year of his age. His and he INTERNATIONAL BIMBTALLISM—A. E. B., City. Those who favor international bimetallism desire that the different countries of the world shall adopt & double standard, gold and silver, and that the two metals shall be main- tained at a fini ,and that the cotn of one country shal current in any country, party to the agreement. ‘Upon what system such an agreement could be reached it is im. ;n;;;\:l;e wd tell‘,,,u there is n? knowing what one by a congress of only a remote ponlhlmg'l: o E e D BED Bues—J. C. H., City. If the bed bugs are in the bedstead one way to destroy them is to use benzine, applied with a spring bottom oiler, 50 as to effectually force the liquid into the cracks and crevices. If in clothing the ar- tlfiufihonld be w;hed in a weak solution of chloride ot zinc; if in a Ted room the paint of the room l.ho},:s;hgl‘;. and l':ls“l: the center of tue room & dish containing four ounces of brimstone. Light it and close the and close holes. Let it remain for three or ‘t‘t‘;)n'x:hl:o::ly then open the room and air thoroughly. Thg fumes of the brimstone will turn the p-{nt toa !l::lg:oukh-. white. These remedies are given in ‘WasHINGTON, D. C.—T. M. B., Oakland, Washington, D. €., the capital city of 0‘;1.‘ United States, is in the District of Columbia, on the Potomac River, between the Anacosta and Rock Creek. It was originally called Fed- eral City, but it was afterward named in honor of General Geo: ‘thln:lon. Itis {::puhrl; known as the of M Itis on the east bank flh‘fcm‘n o ati southwest of Philadel, southwest of New Y:r Mé'm'.“ len, 18 434 miles, its extreme bread! mi] }:‘ ‘:’mm!etenut}:. miles, area juare mean eleva \bove :3 {feet and highest point 10: l‘!fi- Sy e ————————————————————— Children Cry for 2% Pitcher’s Castoria. A nrlnf neteen months of the Gorman-Wil- |° K THE SUNDAY CALL. e Great Family Newspaper of the Pacific Coast GREAT TEACHERS THINK ABOUT SILVER of POLITICAL ECONOMY SLEIEEEIEIIR R R R R IR R LI WILL THE COMING HUMAN RACE HAVE 'FINGERS ? THE MINE THAT LIES NEAREST THE NORTH POLE. IN A WORLD OF REALISTIC ROMANCE. A TOWN OF HUMAN CLOCKS THAT TRAVEL. LR LR R R LR R LR R R R R R R LR} THE SECRETS OF STEEP. RAVINE. L N (S A o S o e S A S S L A RSSO RS S A woman knows what a really is, She knows better than a “BATTLE AX” man. is selected every time by wives who buy tobacco for their hus- bands. They select it because it is an honest bargain, It is the biggest in size and the best in quality. The 10 cent picce is almost twice as large as the 10 cent of other high grade brands. piece NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.—; ‘modeled and renovated. o KING, WARD & 00, 31 NOTARY PUBLIC. plan. Rooms 50¢ to $1 50 3 HA: H. PHILLI RNE Week, $8 to 830 per mnn;n:p:udgm: Law and Nm.n?nl’u o ‘HT:ant fi"“b ater every room; fire grates id ;1:1 Palace nmbn ‘elephone 570. Residence