The San Francisco call., 1895-12-30
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
MICHAEL DAv1TT-N. NJ, City. Michael
Davitt is member of the Catholic church.
PATTI E. NJ, City. The height OF Patti,
the singer, is feet7 inches.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry are not ''booked
for San Francisco for this season."
DEAL IN CRIBBAGE-A. s., Colma. In g three
handed game of cribbage, 10 matter who goes
out the deal always goes to the left.
PApEREwsKI-A. d. c., Petaluma, Cal. Pade-
rewski will appear at the, California in this
City during the second week IN the month OF
February.
THE ACE IN CAssINo-A. s., Colma, Cal. In
the game OF casino, after cards, spades, little
casino and big casino the ace to go out first
is the one that goes with CARDS.
ORIGIN OF THoUGHT-F. E. M, City. If VAL
des' "Origin of Thought" which was pub
lished some time since as a serial, has been
issued in book form, the book catalogues at
hand do not show it.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT-E F. T., City.
At the general election held in this State in
1894 the amendment to the constitution rela
tive to the acquisition of real estate by aliens
against.
ALABAMA CLAIMs-Subscriber, Alameda, Cal.
Whatever amount was paid by the English
Government in satisfaction of the Alabama
claims, according to the Geneva award, was
turned over to the United States Government,
TO be held to meet all claims. Whatever sur
plus there is is still held by the Government for
that purpose.
AN ENEMY's PRoPERTY-R. K. NJ, City. An
act of Congress merely declaring war does not
authorize the confiscation of property in the
United States. Proceeding to condemn the
property of an enemy found within the terri
tory at the declaration of war must be in the
execution OF some existing law. so says Whar-
ton, on International Law.
EUcHRE-A. s., Colma. If in game of
euchre s'for small sum, just to make it inter-
esting,' A has one point 20 go, B has two
points to go and c is euchred, neither A nor
gets the pot; they have to play the game out.
If in four-handed game OF euchre NO plays
alone, No. plays alone against him, NO.
takes three tricks, he scores one
OpERAs-F. E. NJ, City. To name the fen best
operas ever written would be as difficult as to
name the ten most beautiful women in San
Francisco. Operatic productions create as
much individual taste as does beauty, and
what one individual might declare the best ten
operas ever written hundreds would declare
were not near the mark.
MODERN INvENTIoNs-G.V ", City. Modern in
ventions such as the telegraph, railways and
steam vesselstwere not known to the ancient
Egyptians or other aneients. The ancient
Greeks used system of telegraph-that of sig
mailing from distant points at night by means
of beacon lights-but there is no record that
the ancients understood the modern systems.
THE NEW CENTURY-Geb., City. A century
begins with the first day of the first year and
does not end till the close of the last day in its
hundredth year. This mode of reckoning is
often confused with the common mode of stat
ing persons age. The eighteenth century be-
gan with the year 17Ol and ended with the
last day of the year 1900, the year completing
the hundredth-year period giving the name to
the century. The next century, the twentieth,
will begin with the year 1901, Tuesday, Janu-
ary /.
WALNUTs-S. T., Corralitos, Santa Cruz
County, Cal. George B. West of Stockton,
prominent grower of walnuts, says: "Gather-
ing the walnut crop is a simple process, and
merely consists OF picking up the nuts from
the ground where they fall. when ripe. In order
to have bright, clean nut, it is necessary to
gather them from under the trees every day,
and to preserve the kernel plump and in q
highly favored condition the nuts. after they
are gathered, should be dried in the shade. A
good method is to put them in a tray and
spread them out to depth OF from three TO
four inches" There are some who, to make
the nuts more presentable, wash them and
then sulphur them in order to blanch them.
Some use too much sulphur, and the result IS
that the nut acquires a foreign taste, which,
to some people, is as the taste OF saltpeter.
This last-named article is not used in the
preparation of the walnut for the market