The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

VALKYRIE-F. B., City, and F. NJ. W., Oak
land Cal. The name of Lord Dunrayen's yacht
is pronounced as if written Val-ki-re the sound
of ''i'' being as in pine, fight, pile, ana the
sound of ''e" as in mete, meet ana meat. us
meaning is the same as Walkure, and is de-
rived from the old Morse, "val" signifyfng
heap of slaughtered men, and "kjora," to
choose from. In Scandinavian mythology the
Valkyre is one of nine or more beautlful
maidens, attendants on Odin, the chlet goo.
These r1aidens, who were also known as pattle
maidens, shield maidens and wish maldens'
| rode through the air, clad in brilliant armor
and adorned with golden ornaments Ihey
ordered battles and distributed the death lots
according to Odin's commands: FertlIizhS
dew fell on the ground from the Inanss VI
their horses, light streamed IRON sne poia ns
OF their lances, and q strange brightness an
nounced their arrival in the pattie' Ine! az
lighted in glazing the eyes OF the nero WIN "a
their charming gances ana theh en-. i cn-bearers
Walhalla is the hall of the fallen heroes, VI .nS
place of immortality in which those VINO 5 1a NJ
fallen in battle resided. This nan stoOu II
Gladsheim (the house of joyl in front OF when ll
was the beautiful grove Glasur, WHOSE Ie g.;
bore golden leaves. Valkyrles oiIere1 to IL
origin some sprang from elves, otnets I.onf ~
superhuman beings; some were daughteIs VI
Princes and were in life numbered among
the Valkyries and when they dler fe rode bY
threes, or three times three or Jour LILIES
three and had the gift OF being able 70 cnaIse
themselves
Valkyrie of her swan robe got Der I lnt 8, MS
power In the Morse version of "The Nipe-
fungen Lied Brunhild, the daughter OF Ooln,
appears as Valkyrie, as also In wagner ,
music-drama, "Die Walkure."
EQUALLY GUILTY-S, City. Any one who
administers any drug to woman or performs
a criminal operation on one, for the purpose OF
producing certain result, is liable 10 lmprlsoH-
ment in the State prison, unless the operation
iS ad for he
life. A woman who solicits drugs for SUCH
purpose or who consents to have such Grim
inal operation performed IS also slao,e 10 I'm.
prisonment, the penalty being hxed at not
more than five years, but the law OF this STATE
declares that upon trial for this oHense the
defendant cannot be convicted upon the UNI
corroborated evidence OF the woman upon OF
with whom the offense was committed.
CLEvELAND's CABINET-N. N, City. President
Cleveland's Cabinet is now composed of
Richard olney OF Massachusetts,, Secretary OF
| State (vice Gresham, deceased); John G. Car
| Isle OF Kentucky, Secretary OF the Treasury:
Daniel $. lamont of New York, Secretary OF
| (vice Olney, promoted; w. L. Wilson OF West
| Virginia, Postmaster-General (vice Bissell, re-
| signed); FL. A. Herbert of Alabama, Secretary of
| the Navy; Hoke Smith of Georgia, Secretary of
| the Interior; ]. S. Morton of Nebraska, Secre-
| tary OF Agriculture.
| COAL ON STEAMERs-S. and c., Bloomfield, Cal.
! The large steamers that ply on the Atlantic and
are known as ocean greyhounds, when under
| full Roadway and using steam alone, burn
| from $50 to 400 tons OF coal in twenty-four
| hours. The quantity of coal depends upon the
! size of the machinery and the furnaces. 1t is
| impossible to tell how much is used on trip
without knowing what particular steamer is
| inquired about.
On A STEAMER-F g.. City. If there is a va
cancy a boy, by applying to the officer or to
the owners of a steamer, can obtain position,
and he will have an opportunity to rise to the
position of master of a vessel, He can also APP
ply to the same parties and obtain position
that will lead to an engineership. The appli-
cation can be made to the officers or owners of
any of the steamship lines.
CORRAL HOLLOW RoAD-P., City. The follow
ing are the names of the directors of the Ala
media and San Joaquin Railroad Company
popularity called 1.-THE Corral Hollow Road:
r. d. Fry, ]. D.. Brown, H. A. Will
liams, John Treadwell and B. NJ. Bradford;
president, r. D. Fry; vice-president. H. A. VIII
liams; treasurer, ]. d. Brown; secretary, B. NJ.
Bradford.