The San Francisco call., 1896-12-20
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mrs. CLEVELAND. G. b., Live Oak, sutter
County, Ca. The IN alden name of the wife OF
President Cleveland was Frances Folsom.
MAYOR OF CHICAGo-L X. N, City. 1t was
Joseph Medill who was Mayor of Chicago:
He was elected November z, 1871, and served
two years.
PADDY RYAN-R H. B., Lincoln, Placer
County. Cal. Paddy Ryan, the fighter who
stood three times before John l.. sullivan, Is
still living.
HONOLULU PAPERs-J. H. S., Oakland, Cal.
The English papers published at Honolulu are
the Gazette, the Advertiser and the Paradise
of the Pacific.
Tom SHARKEY-S. City. Tom Sharkey first
appeared fighter in the United States in
1894, when he defeated NJ Mulverhill in Val
lejo, Cal, in nine rounds
MATH EMATIcAL PRoBLEMs-F T., City. This
department. does not publish nor answer
mathematical problems Sorry that the pro b.
lem sent in cannot be published.
The GOLD sTANDARD-J. A. j., City. 1t was
by the act OF February H. 1878, that the
United States demonetzed the silver dollar
aud made the gold dollar the unit OF value.
OCEAN CABLE-Andrew. City. The answer to
your question about the laying of the ocean
cab.es of the Mackay- Bennett Company was
given in The CALL of the 18th OF Decem-
ber
PORTUGUESE FLAGS. D. N, Haywards, Cal.
There is no .aw in the State of California that
says that Portuguese flag shall! not float
from building occupied by q Portuguese as
ISOLATION.
TARIFF R. S., City This depar tment has
I-.&, yt,ot hty,ct q
Senate of the United States may make oD the
tariff. The next Senate OF the United States
will be Republican.
A QUESTION OF LAw-X Y T., City. Your
question is one that should be submitted to an
attorney, who will advise you as TO your rights
in the premises. This department does not
furnish legal advice.
IMPLANTED TEETH w. F.. Lost Cabin, Wyo.
The implantlng OF teeth in the human jaw is
carried on to a considerable extent, and the
percentage OF operations OF that Kind that have
been successful Is large.
HIGH FENCEs-A. o. S., City. The ordinance
of the Board of Supervisors declaring 1t to be a
misdemeanor for any one to erect fence that
shall be more than en- feet in height has not
been repealed by the board.
BOOKKEEPING "A New Subscriber, City. A
girl IA years of age who wishes to study book
keeping can take course at one OF the busi-
ness colleges In this City. The addresses of
such can be obtained from the City directory.
Congress- r. S., City. The reason that the
present Congress- the term of which will ex
pire ON the 4th of next March, is only the
| ity-fourth Is because the lie of a Congress is
two years and the first commenced March A,
1855
Two THEATERs-J. L. B., Turlock, stanislaus
Nf l,o o,d
! Opera house says ii can seat $500 people II
tnat theater, anu the man agement OF the Or
| pheum claims that in that house IL can seat
294S persons.
| AN OLD-TIME CENT-W, Mount Eden, Ala
media County, Cal. The copper coin OF 1887
| described is one of that date coined III Massa-
| chusetts. There is no demand for such by
uealers in coins. The dealers tffer them at
| 80 cents to 81.
| FITZsIMMoNs' WEIGHT - C. w. o., Ingleside
House, City. When Bob Fitzsmmons fought
| Jack Dempsey, January Id, 1891, at New Or
leans, anu knocked him out in thirteen
! rounds. he weighed 1907 pounds, and Demp-
sey 141l2 pounds.
EUcHRE-H. NJ, Oakland, Cal. The question
about euchre is not sufficiently clear to enable
this departments card sharp to determine
exactly what the play was. Questions OF this
| character should be very ciear so that can
| be no doubt as to the play.
BETS on FIGHT-H. NJ, Oakland, Cal. This
department Will not decide bets on the
SharkeyF Fitzsimmons fight. The matter is
now IN court and those who have money de-
| pending on the result will have to be governed
by the decision of the court.
LOANED AND LENT-B., City. Lent is a pre-
terlt and past participle of lend, and it is
proper TO use \ In speaking of an article that
has Ueen glyen'to some one for a time with the
understanding that it will be returned but
| loaned is the preferable word.
were read 1.-The Hole in the Ground" are the
property of The Hoyt Company, and are not
published. You might make arrangements TO
| obtain copy of them by writing To the
manager OF the Hoyt Company.
MILK BATH-H. NJ, Oakland, Cal. There are
but few people who believe that there is any
special virtue IN milk bath. Some physicians
have prescribed milk, blood and bouillon OF
be Il Dalhs with view to impart nourlshment,
but whether any is taken up by the system is
doubtful.
SPONTANEOUS CoMBUsTIoN-N. NJ. Oakland,
Ca good many years ago there was pub
lished story in one of the City papers of San
Francisco, to the effect that man who had
been a hard drinker had set his breath on fire
while Lighting pipe, but it was one OF those
stories OF Wild Imagination.
COLUMBIAN ENvELoPEs-F. J. H., City. At
this time stamp-dealers offer uncanceled 2
cent envelopes of the Columbian issue for 4
cents, and those that have oeen used for l
cent. 1t does not matter as TO the value of a
stamped envelope if the name OF a firm or in
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