The morning call., 1894-07-01

OF the crime committed by an Italian" IN dis
patch from Rome must be read in connection
with the entire dispatch. In the dispatch in
which the sentence quoted appears, it GER
world of the cOun ry from which the dispatch
was sent. 1t is not improper TO use "the
political and fashionable worlds OF America"
THE MINTs-N. E. r., Byron, Cal. The
functions OF the miDts in sheory is to receive
gold In ingots from individuals and return IN
equal weight in coin; but In fact gold Is now
exclusively coined by the minis for themselves,
for, though any one has still the right 10 coin
gold at the mints the mel chant or dealer has
ceased 10 make or obtain any profit by so
doing, as the BANKS are compelled 10 purchase
gold at a fixed price. That is the way the
coin reaches the people from the mnts.
HEAT OF TIE SUN-E. H. H., Sea View,
Cal. A practical mechanic, having expert
mented, says that Az degrees of heat will take
the temper out of a saw, so If one Is placed
where the sun reaches that degree OF heat and
is exposed to the influence Of Its rays, the
chancrs are that old Sol Will take The temper
out OF it. This might occur at Bagdad. Ariz.,
said to be the hottest place In the United States.
There the thermometer has shown 142 degrees
In the shade for days at time.
FREE SILVER CoINAGE-G. E, City. The
desire of the advocates Of free silver coinage
Is that any one having S100 or more OF silver
Oh lUc Sbdn udTu uucucoS -Sudll 10 cutltfu "
take the same 10 the mint of the United States
and have it converted into standard coins OF
the United States, free of charge, the same as
is now done with gold, or TO receive for the
bullion coin notes equal in amount to the coin.
age value Of the bullion deposited.
PEDRo-SANCHo-H. b., City. When the
game Is as follows B goes out: has seven
points to go, b has five to go and G has one to
CO. A has the sell. buys him for ten points
do of nj he. hn NtaxyS
the four; G leads again with the ace OF diamonds
and b. who has the pedro of clubs left, takes 1t
In and claims the game, leaving G with the ten,
nine and eight OF trumps in his hand. Which
goes out first between the two, orc?
PAPER-MILLs-W. A. F., Villa Park, Orange
County, Cal. There are six papermills in the
State of California: California Paper Company
Stock on; Corralitos Paper-mill Company, Cor.
raitos Santa Cruz County; S. P. Taylor Com
pauy, Tayorville, Marin County; Lick Mills,
Agnews, Santa Clara County; South Coast
Paper m Ills, SEQUEL, Santa Cruz County, and
the Los Angeles Paper Company, Los Angeles
County.
The WHIPPING PosT-O.. Piru, Ventura
County, Cal. Fogging as punishment for
crime is still one of the methods employed in
Delaware and Maryland, the only States now
In the Union where such punishment Is meted
out. In the hrSt.named State il Is not lnncleo
on women, and In the lastnamed State II Is the
punishment for the most contemplate and
cowarcly of all wrongdoers-the wife-beater.
FOREIGN BORN. Ii. W., City. The census
report for 1890 gives the following as the
nationality OF portion of the population Oh
the United States: Germany 2.704,694. Ire
land ,87I, 500. The report OF the chief OF the
Bureau of Statistics for the year ending June
80, 1893. shows that from 1921 up 10 1898 the
Immigration from Germany was 4,844,SOl and
from Ireland 3,641.4S0.
NAVAL LARCHITEcTURE-C. c. B., City. An
article in The CALL of Sunday. June "a. en-
titled ITO Study Abroad" gives all the In
formation on the subject of naval architecture,
and as IL was printed so recently IL cannot be
reproduced in the Query Column.
NATIVITY OF PRISONERS-L B., Maltemoro,
Fresno County, Cal The percentage of native