The morning call., 1893-12-17

with little pitch and placed IN m0lds,
which are packed in boxes and put into
furnace, where they are submitted TO an
intense heat. The capacity Of an ordinary
furnace is $4,000 crayons.
PRESIDENTS MEssAGE-C. A. L.. City.
Your query was handed to w. j. Martin,
chief operator at the Western Union. who
kindly replied as follows:
The Presidents massage was handled at an
average speed of ihirty-hv words per minute
over one wire. Between some cilies eight and
as many as ten, wires were used, and In other
eases only TWO or three. Over two wires the
$4,000 words would be handled in three hours
aId THU ~ minutes; over ten wires the message
would be handled IN less than one hour As 10
the second question: would say about twenty
words per minute Is the average time made In
handling ordinary business.
OCEAN REooRD-F NJ. R., City. The
Campania holds The record between
Queenstown and New York. She made
the trip in days. ii hours and 80 minutes.
She is go feet over all, IS feet inches
beam, II. 800 gross tonnage and Is. coo tons
displacement. 60 Connect has not beaten
record. He made mile in St. LOUIS, on
October 8, 1891, In 80 3-5. Your other
question will be answered next week.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND-Geo K, Ros-
Ign, Wash. The President was never In
Gables or elsewhere. he has suffered
much pain Of late from some trouble with
his jaw and while he was at Gray Gables
last summer this gave rise to many
rumors, but the ridiculous one that he re-
quired keeper has not yet reached tins
coast.
CHILEAN WAR-Su bscriber, City. 1t is
not known If any pictures of the warshps
ire in this city. ANY one having photo
graphs or sketches of the Chilean men-of-
war Blauco Encalada and Admirante
Cochrane, and of The ironclad Huascar
(uow Chilean), or of any of them will
confer favor by notifying the query edi-
tor.
NATURALIZATIoN-I.O o. B.. Santa Cruz
A is wrong. A man cannot secure his
first papers until he has resided FIVE years
in this country. (2) To become a member
of the police force one must be citizen of
the United States. ~ Your query in re-
gard to steamships Is answered in the re-
ply to +. w. L. In this column.
BAKER CITY-R. d. 3. The last census
gives Baker City. Ore, a popu alton of
2600. As to its future how can the query
editor or any one else tell. beyond The
statement that all tt ese northwest towns
have much in store for them? (2J. AS to
the height of Grover Cleveland that is not
a question of general interest.
APPRENTICEs-Subscri City. Per-
sons who ship as apprentices on merchant
vessels leaving this port generally pay for
the privilege Masters are occasionally
met with no take apprentices for moth
ing, but they are a rarity. ~ A mans
wife is citizen OF the country he be-
longs TO.
SURVEY-E. t., City. 1t is not Gus
tomary to have survey made every time
property is transferred. If purchaser
doubts the correctness of the lines he can,
OF course, have them survey ed again,
and IL is only question of agreement as
to who shall pay therefor.
WHITTIER-W. j. c.. San Jose. John
Greenleai Whittier was born in Haverhill,
Mass, December Z. 1907. and died IN
FL ampton Falls. n. a.. September z. 1892
As to his rank among poets, that is a
question impossible to answer. as it is ore
of individual opinion.
CLEvELAND's CABINET-T. j., Stock |
ton. The names of the members of Presi- |
dent Claveland's Cabinet were published
IN the Q. C. last week. The names of the |
Congressman will be found elsewhere In
this column.
CoINs-T S. l., Victoria. Oxalic acid is
a good thing to use in cleaning coins. As
to European pieces. their value depends
upon their rarity. Write TO some nnmis-
matist, or consult one in your own city.
RECRUITING OFFICE-G. W. H.. Sebasta-
pol.-There is a rec uitIng office for the
United S ates Marine corps at 21h Third
street. san Francisco.
DIALEcT-N. L., South Butte. The
book in question seems difficult to find.
We will Try 10 answer you next week.
CITY OF CBEsTER-J. L., Santa Rosa.
The steamship City of Chester was sunk
August % 1883. Six lives were lost.
COMMERCIAL SCHooL-L. NJ, Ocean
View. You had better quire of the pro-
prietor OF one of these schools.
JoCKEYs-C. F. Mex, City. Yes. they
go into training at times to reduce their
weight.
CREEK RoUTE-J. S., Oakland. The
o'clock trip on this route has been aban-
doned.
YANKEE BLADE-M.. City. The steam |
ship Yankee Blade was lost October !.
1854
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES City. Stanford |
won the first game. The last two were
ties.
INDIA INK-Mrs. W.. City. India ink |
pricked into the fl sh cannot be removed.
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done in
the Mines.
VIRGINIA CITY. Dec. 16-Appended
will be found the official letters of ST. perrin
tendents of operations on the Comstock:
Cox. CAL. & VIRGINIA-1650 ievel-The |
drift running mort from the foot of the |
upraise on the gill floor of this level has
been extended during the week SO feet: |
total length. 203 feet; face In clay and |
porphyry. The west crosscut started from |
the drift running north at point 100 feet |
fro fha linz