The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-24
QUERY COLUMN.
Where Languages Are
Taught Free.
FIRST DISCOVERY OF GOLD.
Armies and NavieS of the World.
The Horses of San Marco.
VentriIOquism.

IdIlS 10 decorate MS own trIumpnal afcl, out
after The fall of Napoleon all the treasures that
ne had pulaged from the conquered cities OF
Europe were ordered restored, so The horses
were carried back to Venice and are once more
10 b seen in the piazza OF San Marco. (2) The
'Prl& de Rome" Is the prize given each year
by tie French Government to the successful
competitor at the Beaux Arts, Paris. A prize
Is given for painting, for sculpture and for
Architecture. 1t lnsufes The recipient four
years residence at Rome, during which time
lie is at liberty TO travel three months of each
year at the Government expense. The stu
dents residence while at Rome is at the v lila de
Medicls, on Pinclan Hill. Competition for The
Prix de Rome is very close 1t is confined TO sew
enty chosen students, who submit designs.
From these seventy ten are chosen and of the
Ten three only are Invited TO make the hnal
trial. These three are isolated while they per-
form The work that decides the lest, and from
these three one alone is chosen 10 bear the He
long prestige of having won the Prix de Rome.
OKLAHOMA-J. A. j., San Francisco. In the
reservations that have been open TO settlement
in the Territory, exclusive of The Cheyenne and
Arapahoe country, all land susceptible of cul-
livatOn has bern entered under the homestead
law and Is occupied by settlers and their fami-
lies. In the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country
nearly all the land In the eastern portion has
been entered and settled upon and is fast being
converted into agricultural country. In the
west IN h II there Is still a large amount of
land unsettled. There are, belonging 10 this
Territory and still unopened TO element. the
following areas occupied by Indian tribes:
Osages 2296 Squarr miles, Kansas 80 square
miles, Tonkawas $50 square miles, POncas $50
square miles. Otoes and Missouris 200 square
miles, Pawnees 442 square miles. Kiowas
Comanches and Apaches 1850 square miles,
Wiehltas 1l6l square miles. The O. c. can
not sta when this remaining territory Will be
thrown open for entrance.
sTAT1sTIcs-W b., Concord, Cal. There
are about 10000 lawyers in the United States.
The United States navy numbers according to
fPnTPS n mpu Ir has
vessels with twenty in proce 80 of construction.
aud the cost TO the Government of maintaining
IL is S23, l36,035. The report of the Secretary
OF War on the militia strength OF the United
states shows the total number of commissioned
officers, SO52; total Of enlisted men, 90, 24O
The total of men available for military duty
and unorganiZed Is 1852, III. No figures as
10 EXPENSES OF militia. Tie regular army num-
0erS 1890 men. The annual cost OF maintain
lug the army is S24,206.471. POlire judges
constables, etc. III The United States have no
salaries The further statistics you desire
might be obtained by addressing the United
States Census Bureau al Washington.
VENTRILoQUIsM-Cit Subscriber City, The
ventriloquist produces his effects with the or
binary organs of speech, but the muscles OF the
upper part of he throat and OF the soft palate
IRE unusually flexible in one who has natural
Sentrtioquisuc powers. This heXibility can
be greatly increased by practice, 50 that articu-
latlDn can be effected without any movement OF
the external muscles of the lips and face. The
best way TO become a ventrioQuist Is to prac-
tice speaking in the back of the mouth without
moving the muscles of the face. The effect OF
the tones coming from different parts of the
room is produced by the ventrilOauist turn
Ing his face In that direction. The imag-
ination OF the audience does the rest.
GOLD IN CALIFoRNIA-M. W., CITY. The
first gold known 10 have been found in the
State obtained in 1888 10 the valley of
Santa Clara, on the western border OF Los
HaFrn lnl
the mission fathers that there was both gold
ana silver In the country, but al bough the Iu-
dians would bring the metals 10 them as gifts
ibey were chaTy about revealing the secret
stoTehouses or nature. The discovery OF gold
that led to the influx OF treasure seekers INTO
the Stale and brought about "the days of '49"
was made by James Marshall in the talraee of
Suffers mill in the Sacramento Valley.
PUBLIC HoUsE-R. NJ. o., City. II the keeper
of public house, inn or hotel refuses to re-
ceive and accommodate traveller. without good
and sufficient reason therefor. the latter has re-
dress at law. In the case OF a saloon keeper
he is not obliged TO sell liquor TO any wouId-be
customer should he see fit 10 refuse TO do so.
INSTRUMENTATION Subscriber, CITY. The
headquarters Of the Midwnter Fair Guards
will probably be on the grounds when the fair
is opened. Until that time all information re-
lating 10 the various departments is 10 be oh
tanned at the general headquarters in the Mills
building.
ARMIES AND NAvIEs -E. s., City. The five
strongest naval powers of the world are On the
order named) Great Britain, France, Russia
Italy, ana The Netherlands. The number OF
men in the standing army OF France is 539. OPT
of Germany 5O7, 423 and of Russia S1S, o30.
LANGUAGES TAUGHT FREE NJ. San
Francisco. German and French are taught at
the North Cosmopolitan and the South Cosmo-
polltan Grammar schools and at Humboldt AMI
Cooper primaries. Spanish is taught al The
Commercial High School
WARRANT. Nice, City. Frequent change
of lodging would not act TO prevent a citizen
from procuring warrant for arrest 10 he can
demonstrate to The proper authorities that the
Issuance OF such warrant Is justihable In the
premises.
MAYOR KALLoCH-V. B., City, Isaac M.
Kalloch was elected Mayor of San francisco on
the Sd day of September. 1879. He served
from the 1rSt Monday In December of that
year until the first Monday OF December, 1881,
LANGUAGE OF STAMPs-Berryessa, Cal.
The Query Column only answers questions of
general interest, and, as stated In last Sundays
ISSUE this query does not come under that head.
WHEN WHABEN WAS KILLED-S., CITY.
James VII len was Killed by James Wilkinson
in the Irish-American saloon. Mari ct street on
the Thursday previous TO May 1, 1889.
OUR DICK-Curi0us, City. The book you re-
fer TO is a pleasant little story written by San
Franciscan. and can probably be had at any of
the bookstores.
NUMBER OF SHEEP IN BRITISH IsLEs-W.
W., Alameda. There were in 1891 In Great
Britain 28,732, 558 sheep, and in ireland
4,722,3 91.
CARRYING WEAPoNS-G. S. H., City. Ap-
plicatIon for permit TO carry weapons should
be made 10 the Commissioner of Police,
EXILE OF ERIN-Constant Reader. City. The
song, Exile of Erin," was written by Thomas
Campbell.
ON THE COMSTOCK.
Weekly Bulletins of Work Done i'm
the Mines.