The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-22
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

game of euchre, proposition was made that
one partner should play alone against part
ner OF the opposite side 1t would not be enter
tanned, for the reason that euchre players
no longer recognize such practice. Under
the old rule when such was permitted the lone
player had to win all five tricks to score four.
If either OF the lone players made less than nve
tricks he would score but one, If he failed 10
win three tricks his adversaries scored two.
II In game OF euchre A, B, z ana are :.
up and make four points, which Will VIA
the game for and C, the score being y to o ID
B and DIS favor, B orders A to pick 1T up as q
would rather give and Ca euchre, when
would make the score of A and C and and
d 8 and would give and good chance TO
win the game; but If instead of having tne
best hand for the card which was ordered up
G, his partner, has it, c under the circum-
stances could not play alone against b ana u.
TEETH-N. N, City. The permanent teeth In
the human subject are 80 in number, each jaw
containing incisors, 2 CANNES, premolars
or bicuspids and nolars. In the replace
ment of the first by the second set of teeth the
following order is observed: The middle in
cisors are first shed and renewed, usually when
the child is about years of age, and then the
lateral inciSorS perhaps year later. Inc IN
terror molars of the first set are then replaced
by the anterior premolars, usually about the
eleventh year, and about year afterward the
posteIior deciduous molars are replaced by the
second premolars. The persistent CANNES take
the place of the deciduous ones in the twelfth
year, these being the last of the milk teeth to
tween the ages of 12]a and IA years and the
third molars or wisdom teeth seldom appear
till three or four years later, and often much
later.
THE PRAYER MoTIos-E. J. s., Occidental,
sonoma County, Cal. What is known as the
"prayer motion" was made by Benjamin
Franklin during the convention of 1887. 1t
was "that henceforth prayers imploring the
assistance of heaven and its blessings on our
deliberations, be held in this assembly every
morning before we proceed to business, and
that one or more of the clergy of this city be
requested to officiate in such service" The
convention, excepting three or four mem oers,
thought prayer was unnecessary, because, I'M
der the circumstances, such service would be
merely perfunctory. Objections were also
made, because there were no funds to defray
the expense of such clerical service. The mo-
ton was not adopted.
ANERoIp BARoMErER-E. J. s., Occidental,
Sonoma County, Cal. The aneroid barometer
is a cylindrical box of metal, with top OF
thin, elastic, corrugated metal. The air is re-
moved from the box. The top is pressed in
ward by an increased atmospheric pressure;
whenever the atmospheric pressure diminishes
it is pressed outward by its own elasticity aided
by spring beneath. These movements Of the
cover are transmitted and multiplied by COM
bination of delicate levers These levers act
over graduated scale. They are made SO
delicate that they show difference in atmos-
pherSc pressure when transferred from an
ordinary table to the floor.
BY BICYCLE TO TAHoE-Subscriber San Jose,
Cal. One who wishes to go to Lake Tahoe by
wheel from San Jose should ride from that
point to Irvington, Alameda County. then to
the Mission San Jose and to Livermore, same
county, then to Stockton and to Lodi in San
Joaquin County, to Folsom, Sacramento
County, to Placeryille, to Sportsman's Hall and
through Gilmore's ranch to Tallac, all in Ell
Dorado County, the last named place being on
the lakes border. This route is along the stage
road. There are some wheelmen who take the
same route as far as Stockton, then go TO Sac
ramento, then to Auburn, Placer County, and
then to Truckee, Nevada County, and from
there take a fourteen-r1ile ride to Tahoe City.
THE RED Constrained Nurse, City. The
Geneva convention in 1864 decided that all
hospitals and ambulalcss should, in addition
to the national flag, display a distinctive flag
having red Geneva cross on white ground,
and brassard or arm badge. with red cross on
white field was provided for all individuals
neutralized for field and hospital service.
Turkey displays the crescent instead OF the
cross. Since then the medical profession and
the nurses have adopted this emblem.
WITHOUT WILT. NJ, City When man
dies in California without having made will,
if he leaves surviving wife and one child or
lawful issue of one child, the property, of
whatever character, goes in equal shares to the
surviving wife and child or issue of said child.
If the decedent leaves a surviving wife and
more than one child living or the issue of one
or more deceased children, one-third goes to
the surviving wife and the remainder in equal
shares to the children.
A MATTER OF CoNTRAcT-D. s., City. If the
owners of mine should employ man to pro-
cure buyer for them and after he had secured
one they should refuse to recognize him but
deal directly with the principal, they would
undou btedly be liable for the services he rem
dered as an agent of the owners. From your
communication 1t appears as II 1t was matter
of contract, upon which an action would lie.
INcRUsTATIoN-N. P, Oakland, CAL To re-
move incrustation caused by hard water from
the inside of kettle would probably cost more
time and expense than the kettle is worth. An
oyster shell placed in the bottom OF a Kettle, 1T
is said, will prevent the formation of a crust
on the side Of the kettle.
RED ScHooLHoUsE-C. S., City. The little red
schoolhouse carried ON q truck in the Fourth
of July procession was intended as a represen-
taton of the district school OF the colonial days.
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY-D. A., City. The Col
lege of Pharmacy in this City is located on
Fulton street, between Polk and Van Ness
avenue. 1t is not, like the public schools, free.
TRAININe-SHIr-C. F. H., City. To join
training-ship in this State the applicant should
address the executive officer of the Indepen-
dencs at Mare Island, Solano County.