The San Francisco call., 1896-02-24

| postotiice is established.
| AcKNewLEDGMENTs-B. City. 1t is proper to
| acknowledge letters of sympathy, also to ac-
knowledge by letter the receipt of fl oral trlb-
ute sent with the name OF the sender.
No REvENUE-F. c., City. England does not
receive any revenue from either of the Aus
tralian colonies or from New Zealand. On the
contrary, they are all expense to the nome
Government
SANDow AND THE LIoN-J. D. S., Napa, Cal.
Sandow, the strong man did not wrestle with
winter Fair, for the reason that the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals pre-
vented the proposed exhibition.
THE IRISH FLAG-K. f., City. One of the old
soldiers who was at the first battle of Bull
Run and was member OF the famous Sixty
ninth OF New York says that the Irish brigade
on the Union side carried the Irish flag, and
that in the same fight the Louisiana Tigers
also carried the Irish flag.
HEARTs-H. J. L., City. In playing game of
hearts, three-handed, for stake corner and
the drinks, the first man out to pay for the
drinks and the lowest man to win the money.
Ii has points to go has z and 8, and
should get hearts, B none and C 6. being
the lowest man would take the stakes.
THE HoRsEsHow-: J. F., City. Hermann,
the Great was at the horseshow held here in
the first week of last December. At the same
time he was giving performances at the Cali
fornia. Hermann, while a certain perform
ance at the theater in which he did not
take part was being given, drove to the horse
show and there drove some of his horses in
competition for colors. He returned to the
theater in time to appear in the number an
nounced.
1DoLs-C. NJ. D., Mountain View Cal. The
English, as a Government, did not engage in
the manufacture of idols for the natives of the
East Indies and by such traffic derive large
revenue. The Government does not allow any
OF the people of the East Indies large sum of
money annually to keep their idols in order
and in that way keep the natives in subjec-
ton. The British Government does not inter
fere with the religion OF the people of the
East Indies, except in so far as to prevent hu-
man sacrifices, such as the burning of widows
| on funeral pyres or the use of the juggernaut.
ExAMINATIoN-J. L. B., Shasta, Cal. Answers
to Correspondents cannot furnish the desired
information as to who it was that obtained the
| highest percentage on civil service examina-
tion in the customs service for two reasons.
First, no record is kept of 'the highest per-
centage attained by any applicant" and sec
ond, because TO obtain that fact il would re-
quire an examination of the records for more
! than ten years, and none of the clerks in the
department can devote the time from his
other duties required to make such an examin-
alton.
HUMAN HAIR-H. A, Napa, Cal. Dandruf is
disease of the scalp, generally speaking,
though it attacks other parts of the human
body. 1t is claimed that il has tendency to
accelerate badness in cases where there is q
predisposition TO badness. The turning of
hair to gray is one OF the wonders of nature
and 1t is doubtful if there is any certain
method that will prevent hair from turning
that way. Not having experimental, Answers
to Correspondents is unable to state whether
salt will preserve the color of the hair. 1t is
claimed that the use of electricity will DESTROY
permanently the hair on the face without in
| jury to the skin. Upon all such matters indi-
have made it a study.