The morning call., 1895-03-03

UIIlStII IOIIOWINg DTIWJtU
tions, succeed in running the best piece OF
goods in no time. There are certain things
that can only be done by those who are expert
enced in them, and this is one OF them.
NEAR SIDE AND OFF SIDE-C. f. K, City. The
left side of horse is the near slde and the
right side is the off side. These terms come
from the time when in England drivers of
horses in vehicles walked by the side OF their
horses. In order that his right hand might be
available in case of need, the driver walked on
the left-hand side of the horse. The near side
of the horse was therefore nearest to the driver,
and the off side that furthest away.
The OWNERS RIGHT-Subscriber, Angels
Camp, Calaveras County, Cal. The ruling of
the Land Office in this city is that if person
owns piece of land and has perfect title to
it, he is the owner of any mineral that may be
found on 1t. In the case you mention 1t looks
as ii the party now on your land is a trespasser,
but before you take any steps in the matter you
had better submit all the facts to d competent
attorney and obtain his advice.
SILYER-J. w. c., Oakland, Cal. From 1878
to November l. 1898, the United States pur-
chased 4S9, 1886, ,102 ounces of fine silver at an
aggregate cost of $516, ,470,7 At the close
OF the year 1894 the stock of silver owned by
the United States was OF the value OF 1924 ,OOO,-
900. This silver is on deposit in the treasury
in Washington and in the various sub-treas-
uries. Of this amount there was bullion OF
the cost value of $124 450023 20.
D1srANcEs-A o. T., City Following are the
distances between the city of New York and
the waters of the bay of San Francisco by a
number of routes: By water line around Cape
Horn, 1927 miles; by the Southern Pacific
railroad 3709 miles; by the Canadian Pacific
railroad 3619 miles: by the Union and Cen
tral Pacific railroad 3340 miles; by the North
ern Pacific railroad 3237 miles, and by the
Nicaragua canal, 3519 miles.
WHO WROTE MACBETH?-J. T., City. 1t has
been generally believed for more than two
hundred years that William Shakespeare wrote
the drama of Macbeth, but Ignatius Donnelly
and Dr. Owens, the latter resident OF Detroit,
Mich. are of the opinion that 1t was written by
Bacon, who lived in the days OF Shakespeare.
They claim that by cipher they establish con-
clusively that Shakespeare never wrote any OF
the plays attributed to him.
Too INDEFINITE-O B. S., Sonoma, Cal. The
question, ''What is the value of $50 bill,
dated Philadelphia July %, 1776?" is too in
definite to admit of an answer. 1t is impossible
to determine if the bill iSone issued by pri-
vate bank by the Continental Congress, or is q
bill for groceries. correspondents should
| always state their question clearly, so that
| there need not be any guessing what is in
tended.
OF FOREIGN BIRTH-A. F., Oakland, Cal The
number of soldiers of foreign birth who took
part on the Union side in the War of the Re-
bellion was published in the Query Column in
the issue OF February 10 under the head OF
SOLDIERS" There were number of COM
missoned officers in the Union army who were
of foreign birth, but this department has not
the room to publish a list of them.
MUNITIONS OF wAR-C. NJ, City. In the form
in which the question is asked it is not possible
to answer it. There is no one factory in either
the United States or in Germany that turns out
all kinds of war ammunition. Some make a
speciality OF cannon, others rifles others swords
and sabers and others small arms If the ques-
ton is as to any particular kind of ammunition
probably an answer can be given.
BRIGHAM YoUNG-Mrs. K. NJ. East Oakland,
CAL Brigham Young. for many years at the
head of the Mormon church, was born June I,
1901, and died August %, 1877. In 1874 his
fifteenth wife commenced suit in the United
States court for divorce, and separated from
him. At his death he left estate valued at
So 900 900, TO be divided between seventeen
wives and tifty-six children.
NATIONAL GUARD. D. H., City. The
National Guard of this State, while in actual
| service, upon call by the Governor, receives
| the same pay as do the regulars. Privates 43
| cents day, corporals so cents, line sergeants
| emf freta second liAutenantS "a