The morning call., 1893-12-17
QUERY COLUMN.
information About the
u. S. Government.
NATURAL GAS IN THIS STATE.
!: A Letter From the Rector of "The
Little Church Around the Cor.
ner"-Pensions and Patents.

A Letter From the Rector of "The
Little Church Around the Cor
ner"-Pensions and Patents.
[Queries reaching this Office before FRIDAY
evening Will be answered The Sunday following
Only questions that are of general interest will
be replied to- Do not inclOSe stamps expecting
personal reply.l
: POLITICAL QUEsTIoNs-J. NJ. R., Oak.
land. That's what we are here for, TO an.
swer questions. ASK as many as you like.
Now to business. % California's Repre-
sentatives are: Thomas J. Geary D) of
San Ia Rosa. Anthony Caminetti (D) of
jackson, S. g. Hilborn (R) of Oakland.
James G. Mcguire CD OF San Francisco,
Eugene F. Loud (R) of San Francisco.
Marion Cannon 3D. of Ventura, William
W.Bowers O.) of San Diego. The Sena-
tors are: Stel hen NJ. White d. and
George Z. Perkins (R). The seat Of Rep
resentat've 4Il6orn will soon be contested
BY Warren b. English. who has gone 10
Washington for that purpose. o.
There are seven Congressional dis
'tricts ia this State. 90 The special
session OF last summer Was called by Pres
ldept Cleveland, who urged that measures
De at once taken 10 repeal the Sherman
silver bill. a. The Sherman bill was re-
pealed aud few minor bills discussed.
(5) Absolute free trade is the abolition of
all dates upon things imported into a
country. 90 Protection is the placing of
an import duty sufficient to allow manu-
facturer In the country where the tariff is
levied 10 turn out goods at a reasonable
profit to himself. He is enabled to pay
higher wages to his employees by virtue IF
this tariff. % Tariff for revenue only is
the plaelng of duty upon imported goods
sufficient TO meet the financial demands
upon government economically admins
tered" Isl Reciprocity is an agreement
between TWO nations whereby one agrees
10 remove the duties upon certain class
OF imported goods providing the other does
likewise. Brazil whose chief product is
coffee, agrees, for instance, to admit Amer
lean manufactured goods free il the
Y nited States will do the same by coffee.
This carried into effect is reciprocity. 81
The political divisions at present are the
Repn bllcan, Democratic, Populist, Prohi-
bitioH and Socialistic Labor. 90 Charles
I. Crisp of Georgia is Speaker Of the
House Of Represent atives. QO Patents
are granted for seventeen years. They can
only be extended by special act of Con-
gress Original copyrights are granted for
term OF twenty-elght years, renewable
fer fourteen years by the author, his
WldOW or children.
CHURCH-A.P P, City. The rector of the
Little Church Around the Corner" takes
exception to one part of the statement
made in this column several weeks ago.
The Rev. q. 81. houghton, the clergyman
named, writes:
Allow me to say that instead of the Church OF
tile TraDsfgur ation-the Little Church Around
the: Corner" - being maintained chiefly by
members OF the profession of the stage" there
Is pot single pew-hOder, NOT single payer of
Dew rent, In the Church of the Tranfiguration
who belongs 10 the profession of the stage.
Mr.. HonsfGon is quoted correctly. His
last See9ace is somewhat ambiguous, but
Canning is evident. The CALL in the
quoted from work on New
York Cityl Although theatrical people DO
not, perhaps, own anything tangible in
that church yet they prefer il to any other,
md there they have gone for years. There
mos. of them are married and there their
remains are carried tor burial service.
They certainly cOntr butte much money to-
ward its support. even if they are not pew
holders. Why shouldn't they? 1t was there
that members were kindly treated when
turHed away from other churches.
STAMP FLIRTATToN-L. NJ. R., city.
Yes, there is a so-called stamp Irritation,
rules governing which were written by
some person with nothing better to do. In
this diotic manner expressions of degrees
Of affection are supposed TO be conveyed
by turning stamps upside down or side
ways and placing them in the left-hand
Corner or at the bottom of the envelope.
As letters are stamped nowadays by ma.
chimes which are guaged to cancel the
stamp in the upper right-hand corner, it
delays the mail service and causes clerks
much trouble by not observing the usual
custom. If man cares for a woman he
s. should be able to express his admiration In
some other manner than by licking
stamp and placing it in absurd positions on
an: envelope. The query editor declines to
give the sO-called rules and regulations for
this Irritation.
ubscriber. Redwood City.
All officers of the army. including regu-
lars, volunteers aud militia, officers of the
navy and the marine corps, and all enlist
ed men. however employed in the military
or naval service, who have been disabled
by reason of wounds or injuries received
or disease contracted in the service of the
United States, and in the line of duty, are
entitled to pensions. These constitute the
class knnwn as invalid pensioners" II
you are suffering from a wound, injury or
disease received or contracted during the
Indian war you refer to, and was at the
time enlisted either as volunteer or rpgu-
lar. you are entitled TO a pension. Either
present your case in writing TO the Interior
Department or secure reliable lawyer to
dc il for you.
: NATURAL CASE. f. G., Irvington.
There are number of natural gas wells
in California. some of which have plenti-
full flows. Stockton is pro bly, the BAN
ner natural gas city of the State. There are
six wells in that town, and it is proposed
TO light the San Joaquin County building
at. the Midwinter Fair with gas piped from
them. In the southern counties of the
State natural gas seems plentiful, but the
pressure is weak. Enough for llumina
ing purposes could be utilized 10 the vicin-
ity Of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Los
Angeles also has a gas well, but the pres
sure there is too light to render the fluid
Of any value.
:. RULES OF CoNGREss-F. L. F., City.
A member can at any time ask speaker
for. information. The Speaker of the
House can prevent his doing so. however.
If the questions are not pertinent. (2) a