The morning call., 1894-09-16

the House receives salary of $4,000 year.
The reason for electiDg Representatives more
frequently than senators is that being chosen
directly by the people they are apt TO be more
thoroughly informed as 10 the wants OF their
constituents.
LONGEST SPEECH-C. H. j.. City. Repre-.
| sentative j. NJ. Allen the Populist, from Mis-
siSsppi has the credit of having made the long
est executive speech ever delivered before any
body of men. During the debate on the silver
question lie spoke for thirty-six consecutive
hours. Matt Quay OF Pennsylvania, il he had
beaten that record: lie prepared a speech
which lie commenced delivering during the re-
cent session OF Congress. He delivered Install
ments of il on twenIy-sX different occasions
and when Congress adjourned he had lust
about got through the preface OF The subject
matter he intended To dwell upon. There Is 40
| record OF Caifornia's 'long- talker,
BLOOD STAINS-Ramona. City. Chemists
| assert that mixture of guaacum and solu-
ton OF peroxide OF hydrogen in either will pro-
| duce beautiful tint OF blue if brought In con-
| tact with blood or bl0OdstaIns THIS Is some
! times used in criminal cases for the purpose of
| aScertainng If a stain Is blood or not. A pre-
paratiou suggested by DIR. BlOxam of London
| was used on single lint thread or fiber Oh
| which there was a stain OF blood more than
wenty years old, almost invisible, aud it pro-
| duced the characteristic blue color The micros-
| cope is also used for the purpose OF detecting
! bloOdstanS.
| ROCKY MoUNTAINS-H. S., City. 1t is
claimed hat by going over the Central Pacific
| the traveller obtains the grandest view of Rocky
! Mountain scenery, as the road is over the high
! est travelled portion of the range. There are
| others who assert that more interesting but not
so lofty scenery is seen by going over the
! Denver and Rio Grande. The proper way to
| see the scenery OF this grand range Is to 90 by
| one route and return by the other. for what
! constitutes grand scenery is often matter of
! Individual opinion.
CONGRESSES. Fl. MERGED, Cal. The terms
| OF Representatives in Congress end at noon
! on the 4th of March OF every odd numbered
year, and when this term expires that is the
END OF the Congress OF which they formed
part. The newly elected members take their
/ places, and they, with the Senate, form new
| Congress. Each Congress that meets is num-
| bered in numerical order. Up to the present
time there have been tfty-three Congresses
| BICYCLE TIRES-R +. T., City. For general
use the pneumatic tire for bicycles is said to be
the BEST on account of being lighter than the
! cushion tire. Careful riders say that if
wheeler is attentive TO MS business and avoids
| shart-pointed rocks and glass he can make his
/ pneumatic tire last for a long time without
| puncturlng 1t. The cushion lire, il Is claimed,
| is valuable because IL is not so likely to be n-
| jured as The pneumatic.
| THE PEN OF IRONS. NJ, City. "Wlth
| pen OF iron and with point of a diamond" is
to be found in the New Testament-Jeremiah
xviii: The sin of Judah is written with
/ pen Of iron and with point OF diamond il
| Is or wen upon The table of their heart and
! upon the hOruS OF your altar"
THE PHoNoGRAPH-M. H, City. The mod
ern photograph invented by Edison has re-
voving cylinder that is hollow It Is made OF
a composition resembling wax. but, as Mr.
Edison has a patent on this aud has not given
to the world what the ingredients OF the CON-
| DrQ lC tn1n nSSth 10 noiNa RI
! proportions OF the composition"
! LIFE INsURANCE-A. S., City. The amount
that an individual OF 45 would have 10 lay as
| premium Oh $4,000 insurance on his life would
| depend on the plan OF insurance he would select
! and the company he would care TO insure with.
! Call at the office OF any insurance company nat
! takes risks on lives and the agent will furnish
! you rates.
| MINING AND AssAYING-H. T., City. Assay
! ing and mining is not taught in the evening
| public schools Of this city. The Query Column
! cannot advertise any private school in which
| sucE instructions may be given. IL you VIII
call at the ate Mining Bureau you may there
obtain such information as you desire.
GOTHAM. C. H., MERGED, Cal. Gotham is
the name OF parish of NOits, England The
people there are famed for their simplicity
which obtained for them the proverbial ap.
peliatiOD OF "the wise men OF Gotham" The
same name was by Washington Irving satiri-
cally applied so the city of New York.
MAsoNs AND ODD FELLows-E. E O'D.
and c. T. L., City. On The LIST of January
of the current year the number of
members OF the independent Order of DAD
Fellows the world over was S97. 1913. The mem
berShip OF The Free and Accepted MasoDs was
about 100000.
CIRCULARs-J. r., SeIby, Cal. The postal
laws provide that no person or corporation may
] in, 81
locally or for long distances. for rate payments
! but there Is nothing that prohibits any one
| from distributing advertising circulars from
| house TO house.
| INTERCOLLEGIATE BAsEBALL-C. f. ID. II
/ is Impossible TO furnish the stancIng of each OF
| IN intercollegiate teams in the match played
! during the Midwnter FAIR, for as one OF the
| interested parties said, lowing TO some misun-
| Outstanding occurring during the match no al.
! tsntl0n was paid 10 records"
NOT FISH OIL-M. B. r., City. The Custom.
! house authorities In this city say that seal oil
! is not classed as fish oil. The new tariff pro-
| vdes for the collection OF q tax of 20 per cent
on seal oil.
To POINT REYEs-R. f. T., City, The
| county road from Sausalito over Whites Hill to
Point Reyes, In Marin County, is reported in a
fair condition for bicycles, the only hard por-
| ton being in the vicinity Of Whites Hill, where
riders have, Tor short distance, TO push their
wheels.
STATE ASYLUM AT AGNEwS-H. G. K, San
Jose, Cal. The directors of the State Asylum
for the Insane at Agnews are appointed by the
Governor for the term of four years. The Terms
of three OF the five directors will expire In Feb
ruary of 1896.
SAN JOSE TO SANTA CRUZ-C. E., City. The
best road from San Jose to Santa Cruz for
cyclers is via Sequel. In making that trip the
riders pass through Los GatOS, Alma, Wrights
Hotel de Redwood and Sequel
CUTTER-Fosom. City. The principal
duty OF a cutter in a photographic establishment
is to cut, jog and prepare the sheets foI the
press. lie wages vary, the highest paid Is S2l
a week.
THE MINING LAVE. H., City. The author
tiles here have not yet received a COPY of the
recently passed law affecting mines. They are
unable to stale II II applies only TO certain
States and Territories or TO all.
SHOOTING OF CRITTENDEN-T. F. B., City,
A. Z. CrittendeD, a prominent lawyer OF San
Francisco, was shot on the ferry-boat Pied.
mont bs Laura ID. Fair on the Sd OF November,
1870.
THE ENGLISH OF TT-FOlsom, City. The
quotation "Qui non prOficit, deficit" is from
the Latin, aud the English of it is HE who
does not advance goes backward"
Two SoCIETIEs-W. F. g., City-Tbe mem.
bership of the Young Mems Christian Associa-