The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

serted that John s. Mosby first used the ex-
| preston, "The Solid South" and was the first
TO give 1t publicity through letter in the New
| 1876.
FIRST QUARTZ M1LL-G. H. s., Kennett, Shasta
county, Cal. The first quartz mill erected in
California was fve-stamp one that was put
County.
EDUCATIONAL BUREAUs-E. A.. Palo Alto Cal.
There are educational bureaus in San Fran
cisco, but they are private institutions and the
department @ cannot advertise them, but sug-
gests that you write for information to the
secretary of the Board of Education of this
City.
ALCOHOL IN WINE-C. s., City. In the process
OF w1ne-making as fermentation goes on the
quentlty OF alcohol increases, until all the
sugar OF the grape is converted into spirit AS
10 when wine is best depends on the quality.
some wine is best at certain age and others
at d1fterent period.
THE sUTRo TUNNEL-Suoscriber, Redding.
Cal. Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro Meyor OF
San Francisco, planned the famous Sutro tun-
nel ior the draining of the mines on the Com
Stock lode. 1t is more than 10000 feet in
length, was begun in 1869 and connection
with the first OF the mines was made in 1878.
"A MILLION IN GoLD-A. A, Redding, Cal.
One million dollars in gold twenties when
piled up in sacks, eight-ounce duck, each
| containing $4,000, will occupy II cubic feet of
space. cubic foot of solid gold represents a
value OF 1927, $50, consequently ST, 600 900
SOLID gold will occupy about 31S cubic feet of
space.
TYPEwRuNG-F. G. H., City. good opera
| tor on the typewriter will keep up an average
OF slxty-fve words a minute from dictation,
Whlle reading from notes the average will not
exceed thlrty-hve words. This is the average
run OF writers, but there are some who from
dlctation will write from seyenty-ive to
elghty-five words of ordinary matter, but not
Tor long time.
I tlEMIGRANT-W. G. F., Stockton, Cal. If a cor.
poratlon or individual should pay the passage
OF foreigner to this country with the under
standing that he would work out his passage
money after landing he would come under the
mead OF q con tract laborer and he would not be
auoWed landing. Emigration is the removal
from one country or region to another for the
purpose OF residence
LABOR ORGANIZATIoNs-A J. NJ Los Angeles
Cal. Your communication not being signed,
Is not entitled to any notice. If q CORE
spondent in search of information is ashamed
to sign his or her name to the letter sent the
writer should not feel disappointed il no at
tention is paid to the COMMUNICATION Had
you sent your name and address the question
would have been answered by mail, as it is one
SOCIETY OF FRIENDs-H. H., Napa, Cal. There
are about two hundred Quakers in and around
San Jose. regular Friends meeting is held at
College Park in a house of their own by what
is called the orthodox branch of the society:
there is also Westinghouse or Friends
Church of the new Friends or Western Friends
so called. There are Friends societies in San
Francisco, Berkeley, Whittier, Pasadena and
in other places in the southern part of the
State.
DATEs-Insigris, City. The process of pre-.
pairing dates for the market is very simple
The fruit contains 80 per cent of sugar, and
this is what preserves it after it is dried. The
fruit is gathered when ripe, allowed to dry to
certain degree, is then placed in layers COM
pressed into a solid mass and then placed r
mats, In which manner 1t is transported. The
chief localities of the date industry are FeZzan,
in the North African Sahara district and Sind,
in India.
LARGEST GIuEs-V. A and w. L., Oakland,
Cal. In territorial area the ten largest cities
miles; Philadelphia, 12915; San Diego, Cal,
75; Washing ton, D. c., 20; Brooklyn, N. Y,
6615; New York City, Co. Duluth, Mimi,
&C., st. Louis, 611a; Portland, Or, so,
to population the largest cities are to the num-
Der OF ten as follows: New York City, 1901
739; Chicago 1,099,8 $50 Ia school census of
Chicago in 1894 gives the population at l ,567,-
72T); PhiladelDhia, 1, ,142, ,653; Brooklyn, n.
Y, 957, 1853; St. Louis, Mo-, 451, ,770; Boston,
Mass, 44S,477; Baltimore, Nd, 434 ,439; San
Francisco, 29S,997; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1885,
90S; Cleveland Ohio, 261 1853.