The morning call., 1891-01-11

most care, aud all bits of flesh scraped off.
it should be rubbed well with a preserva-
tive soap made as follows One and half
pounds of whiting or chalk, one pound OF
soft soap and two ounces of chloride of
lime finely pounded and boiled together, and
then allowed to d'y.
ELECTRICITY-L. McA., City. What is
electricity? No man knows. Electricity Is
the name given to subtle power in nature,
which is only known through its manifesto
tions, though often STYLED the electric fiuld
Man has neither conception nor experience
of electricity as an independent existence
apart from electrified substance, but mas
come 10 recognize IL by certain properties
manifested by such substance. ELECTRICITY
has been described to be in nature midway
between light and heat possessing some OF
the qualities of each.
PATHS OPERA RECEIPTs-S. E. G., City.
No one save PATHS managers can answer
what we're the largest receipts on any one
night in this city during her engagements.
1t is said that when she last appeared here
in opera the receipts on one night were
between $4,000 and $1,000. Inc receipts
were undoubtedly higher when she APP
peared previously in concert, for the prices
of admission were higher Fancy prices
were also paid for boxes and stalls, and
premiums were even paid ticket Scalpers.
pHANI1 - IL d. ~ Odlith VISA; O'si'
"Shanty," also written ''shantie." meaning
a mean dwelling, appears to have been de-
rived from the Irish "sean" Odd and
Gig" Ia house,. though the Imperial Die
tonary varies in this derivation that shan"
is from either "sean," meaning 'old," or
sion, weather" Again, in American
ismS, Old and New" the word is said to
have originated in Canada from the French
''chantier," which word means work-yard,
as we'll as it does shop or a shed.
WITHIN Four YEARS &C. B., Kokah,
MINI. The note held by you and made in
this State need not be renewed until within
four years after it falls due. Regarding the
trust deed given to you to secure that note
it may be added that while such Instruments
are in frequent use in this State 10 secure
the payment of money, yet as they deprive
the debtor Of the right of redemption they
are not looked upon with favor and are
rarely used by private persons.
CHINooK-T. S. LovelocE, Cal. Chinook
is a word of uDdoubted American Indian
origin, and besides being the name of tribe
is also given in the extreme northwest OF
the United States 10 a warm, dry westerly
or nOrtherly wind felt at intervals in winter
and early spring, especially on the easterly
slopes of mountains, causing rapid diSap-
pearance OF the snow.
FIRST IN WAR, ErC.-L. F., City. The
sentiment " First in war; first in peace and
first in the hearts of his cOuntrymen " is
contained in the resolutions prepared by
Henry Lee of Virginia and passed by the
House of Representatives on the death Of
George Washington.
No SUCH LAWN. X, City. There is
and can be no such law (which fixes the
time how long a tenant can live in house
before the landlord has tine right to raise
the rent" In the case of lease, of course,
the landlord cannot alter its terms until the
lease has expired.
STATE OFFICERS ELECTED.-J. B. F.,
San Luis Obispo, Cal. The list of Stale
officers chosen at the election in November
Is too long for publication in the q. c., be-
sides such publication has been made in
the news columns of probably every paper
in this Stale.
LONGEST IN THE WoRLD-F. A, City.
Almost any school child can give the in
formation that as far as ascertainel the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers form the
miles.
Calls HEAD-C. p. B., City. If desir-
Gus at the same time to pay proper defer
euce to Lindley Murray, the hungry man
will ask for 'calfs head aud tomato sauce"
and not for calves head, etc"
LARGEST CITY PARK-A L, City. Fair
mount in Philadelphia is the largest city
park in the world, embracing as il does 2740
acres oi land.