The morning call., 1893-12-10


and ne was then nominated by acclamation
Tor Vice-President.
OLDEST LANGUAGE-R. B., Oakland.
Inc Basque language, which is now
spoken In the Basque provinces, Spain,
ana is also heard In Navarro, is now
SPOKEN by about 600.000 Spanish and
french. Its native name is Eskuara. 1t
cannot be classed with any lndo-European
OF semitic tongue, and appears TO be OF
earlier origin, presenting some grammati-
cal analogies with MoBg0l, North American
aud certain East African languages. and
Is generally conceded to be the Oldest Eu-
ropean language.
REPoRTER-C. M. S., San Jose. Short
hand is not a requirement for a reporter.
About ten years ago certain New York
newspapers employed stenographers on
their reportorial stats. but it was soon
found that their writing was apt to be
stilted. and to cover unm portant details.
Nowadays in case the verbatim report OF
speech is required sten"graphers are
employed for the occasion. (2) A canoe
such as you mention willcoSt from $50 up
to $500. See advertisements in some sport
ing periodical.
ESQ. City. The word is an
abbreviation of the Anglo. French '.Es-
quire." (2) Education is most general in
the United States. Here 80 per cent OF
the adult population can read and write.
1t Is the least in Russia, where but IL per
cent can read and write. (3) Fifty cents
will be the price of admission to the Mid
winter Fair. You will not have TO pay
extra TO enter the main buildings. (D
The largest building is to be The Manufac-
turers'. (5 The Ferris wheel will not be
brought here.
TRAINING-SHIP-A. W.. Gilroy. Your
boy would probably be greatly benefited
by a cruise in the United States navy.
Write to the commandant at Mare Island
Nayy-yard and you will be told how you
can secure his enlistment On board the
training-ship be will be subject to the
severe but just discipline provided by the
Navy Department. He will have good,
wholesome food and will perforce live
life of sobriety. Then when shipped for
cruise he VIII have about as healthy a life
as one can imagine. Your plan Is a good
one.
HAsHIsH-Subscrlber Oakland. Hash
ish is cultivated IN India and is a species
of the hemp plant. 1t has long been en-
ployed as a medicine in Asia. Arabs.
Persians. Indians. Chinese and South
Africans esteem it for its intoxicating
powers; but there are many people of
European races who are scarcely affected
by l.. and upon those who are intoxicated
by Its use the effects are SO varied that 1t is
little used as medicine.
WEDDING ANNIvERsARIEs-S. j., Sac
ramento. The following list gives the
usual names applied to wedding-day ami.
versarieS: First anniversary. cotton we'd
ding; second, paper; third, leather; fifth,
wooden; seventh, wooden; tenth. tin;
twelfth, silk and fine linen fifteenth, crys-
tai; twentieth, china; twenty fifth. silver
thirtieth. pearl; fortieth, ruby; fiftieth,
golden; seventy-fifth. diamond.
SOUTH AFRICA-C. L.. City. Alluring
tales of gold discoveries certainly come
from South Africa, but as TO their truth
none can voucn, and it is beyond the prov
inee of the query editor to advise you or
any one concerning trip to those regions.
A frst-class passage would cost you about
$780, English money circuiates there,
though American go would do as well.
ARITlIMETIc-T F. c.. City. Your ques-
ton is easily answered. If you buy two
horses for $50 each. your outlay is $500.
YOU sell one so as to gain 25 per cent, that
is you sell one for S1S7 80. On the other
you lose % per cent. This animal you dis
pose of for SIP 30. Add the two amounts
together ana you have $500.
COLUMBIAN ExPosITIoN-G. G. P.
The exposition was opened May /, 1893.
Perhaps you refer to the inaugural cere-
mony of October 81. There is a dispute
regarding the date of Columbus landing,
and those who arranged for the inaugural
of the great exposition chose the one they
thought correct.
FIRST BooK-U. S., Sacramento. The
first book published in the North Ameri-
can colonies was, it is supposed. IAN AL
manac Calculated for New England, by
Mr.. William Pierce, mariner" and ap-
peared at Cambridge in 1889. 1t was
printed by Stephen Daye, but no copy of
ii is now in existence.
REDUCTION IN FARE-Subscriber. CITY.
In 1881. when the Oakland mole was COM
pieted. the fare from this city to Alameda
and Berkeley was reduced from 20 cents
to Is. A virtual reduction occurred about
five years ago when r0und-trip tickets
were offered for sale every day (instead OF
holidays only at % cents.
CoLLEGEs-Medical. City. Look In the
San Francisco Directory under the head
ing Colleges" aud you will find the de-
sired information. By application at any
of these schools you will learn the terms
(2) 1t Is not within the province of this
depart to state which is the better
school of medicine.
FAST RUNs-Subscrber, City. Engine
999 of the New York Central road has
10 ade the run from Syracuse to Fairport.
N. Y, 70b miles. in 67 minutes and 49
seconds, aud from Fairport to East Buffalo,
rs 1-5 miles, in II minutes and 55 seconds.
There is no record for an exact hours run
ODtainatle.
bscriber, City. The gen.
erals-iD-chief who commanded the United
States armies during the War of the Re-
bellion were respectively Generals Scott,
Mcclellan. Halleck aud Grant,
WALKING-R. R.. City. good walker
can do" about four miles 10 one hour. AS
one German mile Is little more than four
English miles he could cover German
mile in about one hour and quarter.
WHITE SQUIRRELs-N. A, City. Squir.
rels of pure white color are not met with.
Those of the Siberian species. found in
the northern part of that country, are q
light gray. sOmetimps almnst Whifa