The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-16

PIONEER WOODEN MILLS-A. C.. s. and s.
city. The Pioneer Wooden Mills at BLACK
Point, in this city, were shut down July 20,
1889.
THE PALACE. G. L., Callahan, s!skfyou
County, Cal. The superstructure of the PalaeSe
Hotel in San Francisco is wood, brick anA
iron. Ii your question refers to the charaoteA
OF the walls the answer is that they ARD N
brick generally. with some ironwork. ,
TABLE CEREMONY. Mel, City. Atadinner
where the host serves the guests need not
wait until the last one is servel before par-
taking of food, but they should wait until two
or three are served and then commence to eat
very slowly, SO as not to get through long
before the last one is served.
APPROPRIATE TO CHRIsTMAs-A. A., City.
Without knowing for what purpose the phrase
is to be used it would be rather difficult TO
furnish Latin phrase appropriate TO Christ
mas" II the correspondent will give an idea
of what he desires this department will en-
deayor to procure the information
WHSLE. G. s., Livermore Alameda County,
Cal. The law of whist says:
Any player may demand to see the last trick
turned, and no more. Under no circumstances
can more than eight cards be seen during the ulay
of hand, viz: The four CARTS on the table which
have not been turned and quilted and the last
trick turned
PUBLIC LANDs-J F. S, City. A person wish
ing to obtain information about public lands
should make application to the United States
Land Office in the section in which the land is
located. For 81 the Registrar will forward a
plat OF the land open TO presumption. For In
formation about school land application
should be made at the Office of the State Super
intendentof Instruction at Sacramento, either
personally or by letter.
A BALBOA Reader, Durham, Butte County,
Cal. This department does not propose to
settle election bets. The figures must speak
for themselves. The ticket marked in the
manner described ought not to have been
counted, for it certainly came within the pro-
vision of the law which declares that no voter
shall place a mark upon his ballot so that 1t
can afterward be identified. The judges who
passed upon it cannot have had any evil
dence to show that the voter who placed the
crosses where he did did not do so to prove TO
some one VINO would be present at the canvass
that he had voted as he promised to.
On WAR FooTING-A. L., stockton, Cal.
The following figures show the strength of the
nations named in case of war: Germany:
Army, Gas, 432 men, 178 $50 horses, 347O
guns; navy-304 vessels. 1909 guns, Is. 354
enlisted men and 81 900 naval reserve RUS
sia: Army-4,9SS, 634 men, 29S 1897 horse
1864 guns; navy-256 vessels. 1890 gu1 Z
FRANCE, 907.O men, 1875. 141 horses, 1866
guns; navy-471 vessels, $3.50 guns, 70 400
men and 81, 600 naval reserve. England
CO., 900 men, SO. 500 horses, $50 guns: navy
SIT vessels, 6403 guns, 66.S03 men and 10000
naval reserve. Italy-1, 99S, $50 mon, 81 400
horses, 1852 guns; nayy-169 vessels, 22,916
men and $4,000 naval reserve. Austria
Hungary, 476 OH men, 109, $50 horses,
2724 guns; uayy-125 vessels, 500 guns, 49,
664 men and 5000 naval reserve.
TREATY OF QUERETARo-F. A. K, Grass VAL
ley, Nevada County, Cal. The treaty OF Quere-
taio is the treaty of peace, friendship, limits
and settlement between the United States and
the republic of Mexico. dated at Guadalupe
Hidalgo, February 2, 1848, ratified by the
President of the United States March 10, and
proclaimed by President Polk July of that
year. The treaty was signed by Nicholas P.
Trist, representing the United States ana Don
Luis Gonzaga, Don Bernardo Couto and Don
Miguel Aristani, representing Mexico. 1t pro-
vided for the final cessation of the hostilities
of the Mexican War, and the United States
agreed to withdraw its troops from Mexican
territory. The southwestern boundary of
Texas was fixed at the Rio Grande as the
United States had claimed. New Mexico and
California were ceded to the United States
for which territory the United States was to
pay the sum of S15, ZOO, 600 and assume the
payment OF Claims of citizens OF the United
States against the republic OF Mexico, amount
ing 10 SO. 250, 900.