The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
THE SAaE-Kase. Petaluma. Cal. There is no
difference in the meaning of the expressions,
"twiee as big and las big again"

THE sAaE-Kase. Petaluma. Cal. There is no
| difference in the meaning of the expressions,
| twice as Big and las big again"
THE BowEFY-T. H., City. The Bowery in
| New York City was so called because it was the
road that led to Governor Stuyvesants
"bowery'' or farm.
! Mrs. CLEvELANp-w. +. Nc, City None of
| the published so-eslled biographies Of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland or the many newspaper
sketches that have appeared about her give
any account OF her family history.
sTREErcAR ET1euErTE-J w. s, City. This
correspondent asks; "what is proper in case
man has seated himself In streetoar, paid his
iare and then surrenders bis seat to lady ac-
quaiutsnee, should he pay her fare or permit
her 10 payf' There is no rule of etiquette that
requires man to pay the fare of an aeQuaint-
ance under these circumstances
CRIPPLE CREEx-Miner,E City. The account of
Cripple Greek, recently published in The CALL,
is correct one. Cripple Greek is near Pixies
Peak, and is distant By rail about 400 miles
from San Francisco, accordin & 10 a railroad
map. The mines surround III place 6nc cutie
number of them are in operation. but the
exact nurnber Answers TO Correspon1en
could not ascertain. The miners wages are
IS 70 for nine hours work.
CULTIvATIse MUSHROOMS - Subscriber, Ross
Valley, Marin County, Cal. In tie cultivation
OF mushrooms light is not necessary % their
perfection. Excessive heat is injurious, though
warm and moist atmosphere is required. The
beds in which mushrooms are 70 be grown
should be made in dollhouse or cellar, should
De long and narrow, not more than
eighteen inches high and laid on good
ground surface IN preference 70 moor.
The first layer should be OF coarse and fer
mented manure three or four inches in depth.
II should be thoroughly wstered, snd GOV
cred TO depth Of fourteen inches OF q com
posi- OF four parts OF fresh horse manure, Tree
from straw or other foreign substance, and
one part each OF ferrnented COW manure and
r1ch loan, all thoroughly mixed and packed
as closely as possible By beating and tramp
this compost should be turned daily for about
week, or until the ten peEarure Of the center
OF the mass falls 70 about 50 deg. Propagation
IS erected By the use of spawn, which may be
obtained from an old bed, yard or pasture in
which mushrooms grow, or may be purchased
IN the form OF brick spawn" which consists
OF DRIED compost containing spores II such Is
used the temperature should be bu1 IS deg.
with Tn abundant supply of spawn II may
be placed IN the beds in blocks six or eight
lhches square and TWO feet apart, but II lin
lted small masses may be put about eight
inches apart. The spawn should De put nearly
level with the surface Of the bed, and lightly
covered with about two inches OF moist loan
In about six weeks the mushrooms ought 10
oeg4n 10 appear. In order 70 provide Tor sue
cession only one-seventh OF the bed should be
prepared al e time, new portion being put in
readiness each week.
AROUND THE WORLD. H, City. A traveller
can gain or lose day in making a circuit OF
the world The dropping Of day in going
across the Pacific Ocean westward. say from
San Francisco 10 Yokohama, in Japan, is not
very difficult 10 understand. II & person start
ing at MONDAY 70 travel TO the westward, and
could travel as rapidly as the sun-or, more
correctly, as The earth turns eastward on It's
axis-it Is evident that 10 him there would be
no rising or setting OF the sun; there could be
none, for the sun would be constantly over
! head. In like manner If one were 70 start
eastward al moon and travel at the same
rapid rate, say 1000 miles an hour,
there would be TO him two full DAYS in
twenty-four hours, that is 10 say TWO sun MS
lngs, two moons and two sun sets; also two
nights. The reason Tor adding q day or drop
ping one while crossing the Pacific, instead Of
me atlantic indian or other ocean, is because
the one hundred and eightieth parallel OF long
ltude east or west is found there. That is the
| point Immediately on the opposite side OF the
earth from the observatory II Greenwich. neEr
London, which nEyigetors uniformly count as
! the starting point or zero. In travelling east
| ward, or against the suns apparent course il
/ Is necessary 70 drop q day, and forcouvenience
/ and uniformity this IS done al the one hundred
and eightieth parallel. In like manner, in
moving westward, or with the sun, one day
must De added or counted twice, If this were not
/ done the traveller would lind, on arriving a. us
| Journeys end that he was either ore day ahead
| or one behind those whom he had left at home
| that according as he had gone east or west
around the world he lad gained or lost q day
| both Of the week ana OF the month. vessel
| IN sailing across the Pacific finds g difference
| OF an hour II the sun coming 10 the noon line
every fifteen degrees. If g ship sailing eastward
reaches the one hundred and eighueth degree
on " Wednesday, those On board call both that
| day and the next Wednesday; a ship meeting
II at the same point at the same time but sail
/ ing westward. would drop Wednesday and call
| the day Thursday. The crew on one ship has
| two Wednesdays in the week and the other has
no Wednesday. The sailors have il that the
| Wednesday one ship has lost was picked up by
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