The morning call., 1895-03-03

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captains So, regimehtal adjutants So 55, majors
So 80, colonies $40, brigadier-generals SIS IS
and generals $50 So.
LONG SHIPs-A. s., City. There are a number
| OF vessels that are just 400 feet in length, a
great many that are between 400 and 500 feet
long and two that measure $40 feet in length
These are the twin steamers Campania and
Lucanla. Ii is stated that "all hands" on each
OF these two steamers number 425. This in
cludes every one employed on the vessel, from
captain down.
LIGHTNING-E. B., City. 1t is claimed by
some that city derseIy populated, having
thousand of miles of telegraph and telephone
wires and miles of railroad tracts attracts
lightning to it more readily than an open vii
lage where there neither wires nor rails
but the records have to this date failed to sus-
tain this contention.
TATTOO Marks. D. H.. City. It is generally
asserted that tattoo marks on the body will not
disappear. The Chemical News says that such
marks Will disappear ''by rubbing them with
salye OF pure acetic acid and lard, then with
solution OF potash and finally with hydro
chloric acid" But the News does not give the
proportions TO be used.
CONFEDERATE notes.. F. c., Berkeley, Cal.
The value of Confederate notes as curiosities
varies, according to the rarity of the specimen.
Some are worth so cents hundred and others
SIS each That is what dealers offer for them.
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have 1t is impossible to place value on them.
REPREsENTATIvEs-ELECT- T., Stockton, Cal
The Congressman elected in California at the
election held last November are: First Dis
trict, John \. Barham; Second Grove L. John
son; Third, S. G. Hilborn; Fourth, James G.
Mcguire; Fifth Eugene F. Loud; Sixth, James
NJ. Lachlii; Seventh, William w. Bowers.
HAWAIIAN SUGAR-D., Alvarado, Alameda
County, Cal From a computation made by
the J. d. Spreckels & Bros. Company it appears
that the amount of sugar received in the
United States from the Hawaiian Islands from
the adoption OF the reciprocity treaty up to
dateis 2,707 ,200,692 pounds
QUESTIONS IN ARITHMETIc-W. H. H., Minturn,
MADEIRA County, Cal. The questions submit
ted are of the class that are not answered in
this department. This department announces
at the head of the column that it will not
Swer questions in arithmetic, which these are
geometry and algebra.
TX MARVEL = NJ H., City, Oakland, Cal.
Donald G. Mitchell ok MaryeD wrote the
"Reveries of a Bachelor in 1850, and accord
ing to one of his biogrephers he was married in
1858 and Immediately sailed for Venice, to
which place he had been appointed United
States Consul.
FAST HoRsEs-F. H., City. The record of Fly
ing Jib is, Chicago, ILL.,, September II, 1898,
2:04; with running mate, :5S14: Joe Patchen,
Terre Haute, Ind, September IA, 1894, 2 :04;
Alix. Galesburg, ILL.,, September 10, 1894.
ID, 1894, 2:01%.
THE CORNERSTONE j. T., City. Had you been
as careful a reader of the Query Column as you
claim to be you would have seen that on the
10Th OF last month it was announced there
that the cornerstone of the new City Hall was
laid on the 22d OF February, 1878.
HoP-GRowERs B., City. As this column
does not advertise the specalties of any news
paper any more than any other business an
answer cannot bs furnished. If corresponds
ents would observe this rule they would save
themselves disappointment.
CALIFORNIA FEAsTs-F. F. F., City. The
grand Fiesta at Los Angeles will commence on
the 18th of April The Festival OF Flow
ers in Santa Barbara will commence on the
18th OF April and will continue for three days.
P. T. BARNUM-H. S., City. P. T. Barnum, the
great American Snowman, was born in Bethel,
Conn, July D, 1910, and died in Bridgeport
same State, April 8, 1891.
SEATTLE FIRE.. D. H., City The great fire
in Seattle, by which property of the value of
S20,OOO,OOO was destroyed, occurred June 6,
1889.
MCKEE RANKIN. IT, City. Mckee Rankin,
the actor, never appeared in the character of
Macbeth at the New California Theater in this
city.
JENNY LIND-H. s., City. Jenny Lind the
famous singer, while making her American
tour did not visit San Francisco.
A FEBRUARY DATE-P. c., City. The 18th of
February, 1925, fell on Thursday
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SPONGE Fiber Gov. Blotting is best absorbent
known. Myself & Rollins, 521 Clay, sole agents /.