The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT rs
AN ADVANCE DATES. K. NJ. o., City. TIL
LIST of January, 1900, will fall on a Monday.
| CALIFORNIA; VoTE-F. H., Suisun, Cal Nc
Kinley's plurality In the State of California
over the fusion ticket is given as 1856.
| CASA. o. s., Oakland, Cal. A question IL
! regard to weight of air, coal gas and hydrogen
| was answered in this department in the issue
| OF Christmas day.
| Young MOTHER AND DAUGHTER-R. A. O.
| City. Fannie Young has not yet renowned
| the stage. Her daughter is playing when sh
has an engagement.
COMMANDS No PREMIUM-H. T.. Irvington
Alameda County, Cal. A So piece of thu
United States coined in 1897 does not com
mand any premium.
| WEIGHT OF METALs-A. O. s., Oakland, Cal
| Cne cubic foot of aluminium tsheeO weigh:
1866 pounds; one cubic foot OF lead weighs
| cast 1888 pounds and in sheet 711.6 pounds
| TARGET-SHooTING-T. A. S., City. Withou
knowing the size of the targets, distance be
| tween rings and distance from the shooting
/ fc~SNS~S W
asked.
FLAG-L. J. NJ, San Leandro, Gal. There il
| no law to prevent foreign society from rails
| ing flag of its nationality from flagstaff
over its headquarters on the death of mem
| Der or on holiday
voTING-R. A., City. In voting for Presi
Dental electors a voter may cast his vote fol
| the electors of one party or he may vote fol
one or more electors on every ticket, providing
that he does not vote for m ore than the State
Is entitled to.
.CRIME-M. R., City. The published statistics
OF murders and execu lions IN the leading
countries OF the world are so unsatisfactory
that they cannot be relied upon for the pur-
pose or making comparisons to crime, In
crease or decrease, in those countries.
ARCHITECTURAL DRAwING-A. ]. s., City. Rule
NO. 100, relating to evening schools, says:
The studies pursued at these schools shall be
reading, spelling, writing arithmetic, grammar.
geography, architectural drawing, mechanical
Craving, bookkeeping, algebra and geom etry.
me textbooks must be the same In the day
schools.
RIvERs1DE-H. B. H, LOOMS, Cal. River.
sioe' IN this State, does not derive any revenue
from the sale of liquors, and that has nothing
to do with the low rate of taxation there 1t
mas no saloons and the amount received from
prosecutions for Illicit selling of liquor does
not quite cover the expense of prosecution.
BoTTLEs-A. C. p, City. Neither the United
States Government nor any firm has of
tered specific royalty for the inven ton
OF bottle that cannot be reflled after hav-
Ing once been used. The Government is
not IN the bottle business, but no doubt firms
would be willing to pay good round sum or
royalty for such an invention.
GERMANY-M.. Chico, Butte County, Cal.
Germany has never relinquished its right to
call upon one of its subjects who has escaped
military duty to perform that duty if after so
escaping he returns to German soil, but out of
courtesy to the United States it allows an indi-
yiduai who has SO esca ped and in the mean
time has become cltiz n of the Uniteu States.
three months time to visit Germany without
molestation, but ii he remains over that time
he becomes subject to military duty.
NATuRALIzATIoN-W. B., City. Any alien of
the age OF 81 years and upward, who has re-
sided in the United States three years next
preceding his arriving at that age and who
has continued to reside therein to the time he
may make application to be admitted citizen
thereof, mey, after he arrives at the age OF 81
years and alter he has ided five years with
IN the United States, including the three years
OF his minority. be admitted citizen; but he
must make declaration on oath and prove to
the satisfaction Of the court that for two years
next preceding it had been his bona-fide in
tention to become a citizen.
PENsIoNERs-M. R., City. Statistics obtaina-
BILE in this City not very com plete as to the
matter of pensions and pensioners in the
world" In England the naval and marine
pension list is FL ,0O7 900; the civil pensions
and gratuities amount 10 f317, 800, and army
pensions to f27 900. In Germany the pension
fund amounts 20 30, 034 marks. In Spain the
lndennities and pensions amount to So, O16.-
400 pesetas. None OF the statistics from which
1gureS n
pensioners. The amount OF pensions paid by
the t United States during the y ar ending June
pensioners was: Invaiids, 750,957; widows
and orphans, 1857; total, 97O,524.
STATE REPoRTs-J. G. G., Haywards, Cal.
When person writes to a State officer asking
for copy of a report that person should
always inclose the amount of postage required
to carry it. A State official, in his generosity
might send such report and pay the postage,
but as a rule the amount of postage should be
sent with the request for the report. The
same rule applies in the case of person ad-
dressing letter to q stranger asking for infor-
nation or advice in relation to a private
matter. self-addressed and stamped en-
yelope should always accompany the letter OF
inquiry. 1t is enough, for the person TO give
the information or advice asked for without
being compelled to pay postage on the return
letter. When letters are addressed to United
States officials and the answer demands an OFF,
clal reply there Is no need to inciOSe postage,
WASHING CLOTHEs-R. A., City. In arrang-
ing clothes for washing 1t is desirable to sort
them into kinds most suita BILE for washing to-
gether, such as laces, nets and fine muslin in
one heap, white body linen into another,
colored things in the nature of prints and
ginghams into another. and SO on. Previous
to washing all white articles should be soaked
for night in cold water, in which little
soda has been added, as the sleeping in aka
line water greatly aids in removing all dirt of
a greasy nature. The clothes should then be
washed twice in tepid water, with sufficient
supply of soap. If the water is quite cold the
dirt Is taken off with difficulty, and if too hot
it is apt to fix the dirt in the fiber of the CLOTH
The boiling OF clothes is to remove whatever
there remains of dirt that has not been re-
moved by rubbing 1t is asserted that clothes
washed in tepid water are better washed than
when submitted to the boiling process.
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