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

UNCLE SAM. C. H., City.During the last
war bet Seen the United States and England
commlssariat contractor named Ebert Ander-
son OF New York had storeyard at Troy.
Government inspector, who was always called
Uncle SAM" but whose name was Samuel
wilson, superintendent the examination of all
provisions, and when they passed each case or
package was marked EA-US, the initials of the
contractor Tor the United States. The man
who marked the packages once being asked the
Interpretation OF the initials replied that it
meant + bert Anderson and Uncle s m From
mat everything marked with the initials of
the United States Vas said TO belong to Uncle
Sam, and in that way Uncle Sam. became the
representative OF the United States.
LARGE FIsH-F W, City. This corresnnnd-
emit wants TO know if there ever were any fish
large enough to swallow human being whole.
DR.. Pusey, in "Minor Prophets" saws;
Fish large enough to swallow man have oubt-
less oeen found occasionally in he Mediterranean
Sea- The white shark swallows what 1t take into
Its mouth whole 1t is physically unable TO divide
It's food piecemeal Otto Fabricus tells MS .sits
wont is to swallow down dead or living men at a
iterranean, when shark took him in its wide
throat; but the captain snot the shark and the
sailor was rescued from his peri. Gus condition with
out injury. me captain gave the man the fish,
which was exh ibited throughout Europe IT was
weighed 1924 pounds. Blumenbach maEes nnan ~
ton of white shark which weighed n mn
POUNDS; ana ne tells US that horses have EN-
found whole in the stomach of these monsters of
the deep. a writer OF the seventeenth cen1nrv
on 81 he Fish or Marseiiles' says the men ~
CAMS Carcharas family, 1000 pounds in weig me
In the belly OF which man, whole was found
HoNoRABLE-H. s., City. Honorable irst bs-
fore person name is a convenient title of
respect or distinction. In Great Britain
where the spelling of the word is honorable,
this title is bestowed on peers, their families
and on persons holding certain positions
Marquis or Marchiouess is styled most hononr-
able; peer temporaD or peeress. of lower
grade whether by right or courtesy. is right
nononraole The title right honou rable is be-
slowed also on the younger sons of dukes
marqulses and earls, and on all the ehildran,
OF vlscounts and barons. Priyv connoiiors
t .he Lore mayors OF London, York and Dublin
the Loro Advocate of Scotland and the Lord
Provost OF Edin burgh are entitled to the nra-
NIX right honourable; and maids nj hoPpnr
Loras OIL session, the Supreme Judges of Eng,
Iano and ireland to that of honourenle Me-
pers OF the House of Commons, though hon.
Durable IS not preixed to their names. are
o'suhg uisned as "the honorable mem Der for
IN the united States the title honorsbIa
does not imply nobility, but it is commoniv
given TO persons who hold or who have Gai,
any considerable Office under the National M
state government, particularly to menohars
ana ex-member OF Congress- and of CO.
legislatures, to Judges, Justices and other
luolclai omcials, as well as to certain ayacn
live officers. 0Aeou-
STONE, BRONZE AND IRON - "Wi,dwood ,,
CAL The age of stone relates to the neriod
when weapons and implements were made nj
stone, amber, wood, bone. horn, or some easily
wrought material, and during which varv
little or nothing was known of m etals. During
that era the people, few in number. and savage
In their habits, clothed themselves cbieAv
with the SKINS OF animals. They buried their
oeao IN large sepulehral chambers, covered