The morning call., 1892-10-30
CALLS" QUERY COLUMN.
Qualifications of Court In
terpr6tCrs.
THE CHARLESTON'S SHAFT.
Extraordinarily, Popular Vote-P'n 'iOns
Medical Ethics in CalifOrnla-D-s-
engaged Tonnage.

WORCESTERSHIRE CITY, Hou
will not make q success Of plating britannia
metal unless you have tie proper appliances
and nave gone through enough training ~
the work If eleetro-platng to understand
the precautions necessary. You can
.,rfate" without battery after q fashion,
Int the result is more interesting as ciieIii-
.fcal experiment than for pTacucaI anu pei-
nanpnt use. i copper coin ruboed WIN
quicksilver or dipped into a solution ot
corrosive sublimate or nitrate OF SILVER wiz
he "plated," but bri'annia-melal TEAPOT
could net be dealt with IN this rough anu.
readv way. The regular method OF plsthg
sueh articles is TO thoroughly pickle ana
scour them till they are Tree from Inc
slightest trace Of rust or grease, ~hleH
would prevent the adhesion OF the plating
metal. They are then immersed in a pam
If silypr nickel gold, etc, whichever Is
desired. and placed q the circuit OF d po 3ss
orfl1l hatterv or dynamo. Inc great uili4-
9ultv in all plating operations Is tu5 ~
nintv II the deposit 10 crack ana peer ou.
IL rpquires 8 much more powerful Cuiiel!t
10 deposit nickel than gold OF slIFeI' II
tou merely wish TO try an experiment,
thoroughly clean the article 10 be plated
and fmmerSe L in q solution OF nitrate OF
silver 10 " hiCh q little tartaTlc aclu mas teth
added On warming the ilqAld tle Sute4
viii be deposited at once. remember lbs
method has nc PRACTICAL value ID 49ut eSSe'
To,,r.,[40F TELFPHoNEs-T. d, San
Ieandro For the purpose you suggest,
5ameiy. 10 render musical performance OF
,bgrcB service audible TO a person IN an
ISOLATED building. even at a moderate dis
lance. a regular telephone OF the best con-
IN
object Is only 70 carry on q conversation
with an isolated patient at moderate dis
teuee. saw one or tWO hundred yards, ana
y.uare bound 10 study economy, you couiu
accomplish your object by very simple
continuance. Get two large piliboXes. take
ont the bottom Of each and stretch tightly
over IL a piece Of parchment or SKIN. Faslen
IL This by little sealng-waX enc end OF
thin cord and extend the cord tightly be-
tween the two stations. The other END CT
the cord should be attached 10 tle mein-
braue or parchment Oh the other pll'ooX, t4e
lids each in case being removed. on speak
Ing into one OF the plilb0Xes every word
viii be distinctly heard by tie ear Of per
son applied 70 the buX at the other END. 10
fact. tie sound is much clearer than in the
ordinary telephone. II is needless 10 say
that the cord must be kept stretched during
the conversation. An electric bell could be
easily constructed to call the attention OF
the person al either end when 4 conyerSa-
lion IS desired.
NJ D.. SYRACUSE, KAYs. % Physicians
desiring 10 practice in California must be
graduates Of some recognized school OF
medicine. There are a few irregular pTac-
tidoneTs III San Francisco and plenty Of
travelling quacks and frauds in the Stare
bur 10 obtain honorable recognition and
regular practice man can hardly be too
well qualified. ~ As you stale that you are
duly certified there wOul0 be 10 difficulty At
all Ia your case. Apply to the secretary Of
tbe State Medical Society, 800 Suffer street.
81 1Ou should be provided With proper Gre
dentials, showing that your standing etc,
Las been good IN the community IL which
yCu have lived, and especially that you have
Lot been guilty Of uuprofesslOnal conduct.
such guarantees are required CT all appll-
cauts,
BICYCLE RECoRDs-M II. L., City.
John 5. Johnson Ct MINNEAPOLIS rode a
mile over the kite-sbaped track at Indepen-
dence, Ia, on safety bicycle in :56 3-5.
lie was paced by a running horse driven to
q suky 10 which was attached a canvas
wlud-break. The last half mile on this
Track is all down grade. and as the resist
eDce Of the Wiud was removed by aTti6ci al
means JOhnson's time has not been recOg-
med as p record by the League Of Ameri-
can Wheelmen. The acknowledged worlds
record is :02 3-5, made By Willie Windle,
riding q safety on a regulation track accord
ing to the accepted rules. None Of the
great Eastern riders have ever tried for
record On a kite-shaped track.
DIsENGAGED MISUNDERSTANDING City
While it IS very possible that many ships
row lying idle in San Francisco harbor may
be held by their owners to await the result
of tile Presidential election, the reports from
the city front during the past nine months
all show that the reason Of so many for
aign ships being disengaged is that freights
are low or the ships are unsuitable. Large
iron ships OF modern construction are
quickly chartered. Ola wooden ones may
have long time to walt. (9 There are In
all eighty-two deep-water vessels waiting
charters ia the harbor. OF these sixty-one
are British and sixteen American ships
There are two German vessels. one Hawai-
ian. one Haitian and one Norwegian.
THE SIGN ARIEs-E. B. h, City. The
sun has no true place in the sign Aries, oil
in Libra or IN any other sign. It merely ap-
pears TO be traversing these signs or eclip-
.icai consultations because the earth is al
the time in the opposite quarter OF the
heavens. There is a certain point, fixed as
for convenience of measurement and known
rs the first point of Aries. When the sun
reaches this point, apparently moving back
eastward among kHb biSu5s spring COIL
menees; when the sign Libra is reached
autumn commences. Strictly, therefore, i
cannot be said that these signs are either
east or west of the sun. The annual motion
, IF the sun in the eeliptic is apparent, not
real
PENsIoNs-E. J. c., City The amount
paid for United States pensions in the veal
ending June. 1890, was S106, 493, $50 10; in
the corresponding period ending in 1891 i
was S1I8. 435, s27 48. ~ The percentage oil
Union soldiers in the War of the Rebel
lion who were under twenty-five years was
very considerable, probably 90 per cent
80 The deaths from disease and exposure
were much more numerous than from actua
casualties 10 battle. "a About 1,004. 659
Union men are supposed to have beer
killed or died since the war. % The tOta
number OF Union enlisted men was
2.7l7.695.
MATHEMATICAL WoRKs-R. NJ. Chero
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respectable publisher in San Francisco
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name of any publisher in these column
would be simply free advertisement. Con
suit the column OF publishers and book
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