The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-09
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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No MANS LAND - R., Susanville Lassen
County, Cal. What was known as "No Mans
Land'' in the United States was a strip OF land,
seventy-fiye miles wide, between Colorado and
Kansas on the north and Texas on the south,
between longitude 100 and 103 west. For forty
years it was without name or Jaw; even the
land laws of the United States did not cover the
four million acres OF fertile lands within its
borders. In fixing boundaries in the long ago
Stephen A. Douglas, who took a leading part
in that legislation, left out this strip of land
altogether. For years ii was without govern
ment and no legal title was vested in any one.
After time sqnatters settled on the land, sew
eral villages grew up. and prior to 1887 10 900
people lived on that land without law and
lawyers. In March, 1887 a provisional gov
eminent was established and the name of Cim-
arron Semerone, which is Spanish for wild,
was given to it, In 1890 it became Beaver
County OF Oklahoma Territory. 1t was called
"No Mans Land" because it belonged to no
private indlvld ual.
GERMANY AND RHODE IsLAND-Inquirer, City.
Germany pre- sents two very distinct physical
formations. First, range of high table,
land occupying the center and southern parts
of the country, intersp ersed with numerous
ranges and groups of m ountains, the most i'm
portan of which are the Harz and Teutobur-
gerwald, in the north; the Taurus and Thu
ringerwad in the middle, and the Schwarzwald
and Rube Alps in the SOUTH and containing an
area, including Alsace and Lorraine, of 10000
square miles. Second. q vast sandy plain, from
the center OF the empire North to the German
Ocean, including Slesvig-Holstein area about
$4,000 square miles, making an aggregate of
2OS 900 square miles, according to one author
ity. Another gives the total area as about
10000 square miles. The extreme length of
Rhode Island. month to south, is AIS miles
and the extreme breadth, east to west 40
miles. The land and water area is 1850 square
miles or 100000 acres
QUININE-N B., Angel Island, San Francisco
Cal. Ii person d years of age, suffering
from slight fever, should take forty grains of
quinine at one time he would have such q
ringing in his head for an indefinite period
that he would feel like taking the advice of
De Wolf Hopper, in wang" to his colored
servant: "You just go and select nice little
headstone; have the date of your birth en-
graved on it and the undertaken will attend to
the rest" 1t would not kill, but the remedy
would be worse than the disease.
PAUL ARNIFF-E. B.. City. The drama en-.
TITLED "Paul Arniff or The Love of Serf," was
first produced in this City at the Baldwin
Academy of Music when it was under the man
agement OF Tom Mcguire. 1t was first put on
July 10, 1880, and ran for a week. James
IN the cast were: J. o. Barrows, John Wilson,
Frank Doud, w. Elleford, Adelina Stanhope
Jeanne Clara Walters, Kate Denim, Virginia
Thorne and Nellie Wetherili
PROPERTY FOR STREETs-A H., City. If Won
own piece of property in this City, Oakland
or any other place in the State of California
the authorities have no right to take the same
for street purposes without due process of law
III you do not desire to sell the same for street
purposes, for what is thought to be a reason.
able price, the authorities can commence pro-
eeedings in condemnation, and you would be
forced to accept for it what the court would
award.
Fur TT
Young, who was the director. general of the
Midwinter Fair, is authority for the assertion
that the large vase that was exhibited during
the fair and is now in front of the Museum in
Golden Gate Park is the original vase He
stated that the party for whom it was made
destroyed the mold after the vase had been
cast, SO that duplicate of it could not be
made.
NEWTON BOOTHS ELECTIONS. G., City. 1t is
not fact that Newton Booth was elected on
the dolly Warden ticket" He was, as the an.
swer previously given you asserted. elected
on tne 9tn OF september, 1871 on the Republi-
come into existence until after the 2Sth of
May, 1872.
FASTEST RAILROAD TIME-Inquirer, City. The
fastest time ever made by an express train in
the United States was made on May 10, 1893
Engine 999 and four heavy cars OF the Empire
state Express, the train weighing 100000
pounds, ran between Crittenden and Wende.
one mile, in 50 seconds, or at the rate of 1I2is
miles an hour
The UNITED STATEs-Inquirer, City. The ex-
treme width of the United States, not Including
Alaska, from east to west is 500 miles aud
the extreme length from north to south Is
1850. -
MILES OF Two CouNTRIEs--E., City. The
American mile and the English mile Ia the
same, $3.50 feet. Wv
UNITED STATES AND EuRorE-E., City. The