The San Francisco call., 1896-09-29
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
GOLD P1ECE-F. c. j.. City. There is no
premium on S. old piece OF 1914.
No PREMUM-C. W. w, Palo Alto, Cal.
There is no premium offered for five-dollar
piece of 1S47.
THAT EARTHoUAKE-s. P, City. The answer
to question about date of earthquake appeared
In The CALL Sunday, October 20.
TAX on MArcHEs-o. C. L., City. Theinternsl
revenue tax on matches was removed by an
act OF Congress passed October 1, 1882.
Two DATEs-J. P. NJ, Ono, Shasta County:
| Cal: The 26th OF December, 1884, and the
27th Of June, 1867, each fell on a Friday.
A TALL BUILDING-F. C. J., CITY. No build-
ing "that is TO be 200 stories in height' is
being constructed in the city of New York.
PRICE OF GoLD-McK., Smelling. Cal. The
price of gold fuctuates. Sometimes brokers
| run 1t up above par, when there is an unusual
| demand Tor 1t, but they do not run it below
| par.
STEEL RAILs-A. o. s., Oakland, Ca. Steel
! rails cannot be manufactured in America,
shipped to England and sold there at current
rates without loss TO the American manu-
/ facturer.
SN1PE-J. K, Cornwall Station, Contra Costa
| County, Cal. There is no law in this State for
| the prevention OF bringing English snipe to
the san francisco markets during the mon tn
! OF September.
Two DEs1GNERs-E. T. T., Oakland, Cal. The
new City Hall in San Francisco was designed
| by Charles A. LaYer. The Mormon Temple in
| Salt Lake City WAS designed by T. O. Angel, an
English Mormon.
THE TIMBER ACTS, Pine Grande, El Dorado
| County, CAL If by the question, ''Has the
| timber act been repealed ?" you mean the act
| prohibiting timber depreciation on public
| lands 1t has not been repealed.
| The BIG TANK-P. E. L, City The big tank
in the sutro baths Is 800 feet long by 100 feet
wide; II you take in the Lat the southern end
it is 100 feet wide for two-thirds of the length
and 10 feet wide for the balance.
GOLD AND sIIvER-McK., Smelling, Cal. The
latest official figures show that the amount of
goiIdd IN IN cdrculation IN the, United States is
$4S0, ,275 900 and of silver dollars is S51 $780,
900, but these are only estimates.
LoeARIrHMs-G. V. D., Los Angeles, Cal This
department is unable to find any work ex-
planning more fully the computation of the
decimal part of logaIithm than those You
mentioned in your communication.
STATES AND TERRIToRIEs-E. F. H, Civ.
There are at this time forty-fve States in the
Union and there are six Territories, viz: New
Mexico, Arizona, Indian Territory Alaska.
Oklahoma and the District of Columbia.
sENAToRs-H. H NJ, City. The Senate of the
United States is composed of IS Republicans,
80 Democrats and Populists. The terms of
% Senators expire in 1897. OF these IA are
Democrats, IL Republicans and POpulists.
A CoNTINEETAL-S. o. T. c., Sonoma, Cal.
Continental paper money is not in demand.
consequently has no market value. Such
bill as you have is worth Just what some one
would be willing to give for it as curiosity.
AFTER sUTRos ELEcTIoN-O J.F., City. The
order of the Market-street railway system re-
ducing the fare to cents to the Cliff Houss
went into operation on the 18th of November,
1895. Mayor Sutro was elected November & Of
that year.
FREE COINAGE BILLs-H. NJ, Oakland. Cal
During the Fifty-third Congress. which opened
March 4, 1893, and terminated March 1905
q free coinage amendment to the coins 90 ayTs
was rejected, and again during the Fifty
| fourth Congress
MAcHINIsr-A. o. s., City. If you are Young
! and wish to become practical machinist Won
should go into maehine-shop and learn from
the bottom up. 1t would be a very difienIt
thing for you to become a machinisr from
simply reading books. Ii yon go into shop
| those who viii teach you will tell Won tbe
kind OF books you should read that would be
/ helpful to you. ~
STORAGE BATTEEY-W. R. R., City. There are
at least twenty different kinds of secondary or
storage batteries, and this department has not
the space to describe each, but would suggest
that, as you are a resident of this CITY, Won
visit the Free Public Library and examine
books there that VIII give you all the Informal
| ton you may desire.
FRENCH QuorAuoE-L4 R., City. sAide tot
ct lie ciel t'aidera," is from the French of Ia
Fontaine. 1t meaus "Help thyself and heaven
viii help thee" In other words, depend rather
on on yonr y own 2: sxertions than on your prayers.
when his wagon was Overturned in - ds,nS,' = S'
prayed for the aid of Hercules. A0H'
| he oANNoT-R. D., Oakland, Cal. The
President OF the United States cannot on ths
day after his inauguration issue bonds ana
put into force free coinage of silver. Ttis ,ha
province OF Congress 10 order the COINAGE ~
money, out the Secretary of the Treasury NAV ~
un9er laws passed by Congress, borrow MONEY
ana issue bonds for their payment
CH1cALoTE-E. G. s., Livermore, Alameda
County, Cal. The California flower about
which you make inquiry is not tocalote. hnt
chicalote, which is popular name in South.