The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19
MRS. E. BURKE COLLINS
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aKE COLLINS.
| sicians in San Francisco who make a special
study OF inebriety. but Answers to Correspond
! ents cannot advertise them in This department.
MAGNIFY1Ne-C. s.. City. The LIQUID that is
sometimes used for the purpose of magnifying
! glass holder.
| THE GERMAN NAvY-F V. B., Yuba City, Cal
| II you desire to obtain Information in relation
/ 10 the German navy you should address COM
Berlin.
| The SOUTH PACIFIc-C. F. r. Langlois Curry
/ county Or. a statement has been published
! to the effect that the bottom OF the South Pa
! cifc Ocean Is slowly sinking, but there is moth
/ ing to sustain that assertion.
! CIVIL SERVICE CORNERSTONE. c.. CITY. The
address OF the Civil Service Commission of the
United States is Washington, D. c.. The presi-
/ dent OF the commission is John f. Proctor and
| the secretary is John T. Doyle.
| FIRE-EsCAPE-h. W, Oakland, Cal. There is
neither State nor United States bonus offered
/ for "a selfacting fre-escape." If you have
/ such an invention get it patented, and If it is
practical put 1t on the market. You will find
many ready to offer You d bonus for it.
/ THE SEAL RocKs-Subscriber Strckton. The
seal rocks and the seals the Cliff in this City
are one OF the natural attractions that interest
/ all visitors. There two rocks which are
! frequented by the seals but the number that
bask in the sunshine there is unknown and it
4 varies
SUGAR BEEr-G o., San Jose, Cal. The news
paper directory of the Pacific Coast fails to
show the publication anywhere on the coast of
California ANY publication devoted eXclu-
slyety 10 the culture of the sugar beet" There
IL Il publication called "The Sugar Beetp Dub-
lished in Philadelphia.
THE SILVER KING-J. NJ, City. The leading
characters in The Silver King when pro-
duced at the Grand Opera-house before its re-
/ cent production there were: Wilfred Denver.
d. Coulter Brinker; The Spider, E. J. Holden !;
/ Nelly Denver, Minna Gleason. This was the
/ production OF Christmas, 1894
! COUNTING IN CAsINo-Two Subscribers, City.
| Il in playing casino the players agree that the
count shall be in the following order, cards,
spades, big casino, little casino and aces, the
| points count In the order named, the first
spade to count being the one that is OF the suit
OF which there is majority in cards.
CARLOS III-G. K, Lotus, Ell Dorado County,
Cal. As you do not describe the coin you have
in your possession, except 10 say that it is an
old coin with ''Carlos III' on it. it is smpossi-
bic to tell OF its value, If it has any There
during the reign of Carlos III OF Spain.
SOUTHERN CALIFoRNIA-F. W. Hall. Council
Bluffs, Iowa. You can obtain all the informa-
ton you desire about Southern California by
addressing communication 10 the Southern
California Bureau of Information or the
Chamber of Commerce, both of Los Angeles or
the California Board OF Trade, San Francisco
NUTRMENr-C. ]. s., Yountville, Cal. The
amount OF nutriment in oatmealis is in proper
ton OF 100 as follows: Water, Is albuminates
15.6; fats, 5.6; carbohydrates, 50; salts, 3.
Any hrst-class book-dealer can furnish YOU a
book on hygiene that contains tables showing
the amount OF nutrition in various kinds OF
! 1ood.
| NEwsPAPERs-Ssn franciscan. City. There
! are several newspaper directories that give q
list OF all the papers, magazines and periodicals
| publishe in The United States. Such NAV be
seen at the libraries OF this City, in newspa per
| offices and agencies for newspapers, of which
| there are several in the Merchants Exchange
/ building.
ELocUTIoN-o. L. H., Salinas Cal. This de-
| partment cannot advertise "the best elocution
school in San francisco or vicinity" If in
stead OF signing your communication ga l..
H.. you had signed your name and inciosed
I seli-addressed envelope for reply, would have
| been pleased to send you byreturn mail the
names OF all the observation-disclosures in the City.
THE PREsIDENcY-N. NJ, City. If a boy is
born OF German parents in the United States
though his parents were not naturalized as
citizens thereof, he would, if he attained the
proper age, be eligible to the Presidency nro
vided he had not on becoming of age elected
to adopt the citizenship OF his father, and that
at the time of his birth the father was not in
the diplomatic service of his country.
CORNELIUS GAGER-New Yorker, City. The
question "Could you inform New Yorker
about Cornelius eager, who died in California,
where he died and what property he was
possessed Off" is altogether too indefinite TO
admit OF an answer. The State of California is
very large, and unless you can give an idea of
| the part of the State in which Mr.. eager lived
the information asked for cannot be obtained
THE MoNADNocK-Naval Reserve, CITY.
There was an ironelad monitor called the
Monadnock that was built at The Philadelphia
navy-yard, vessel that was built of wood
| below the water line. She came around the
Horn in 1865 and after lying for many wears
at Mare Island her timbers commenced to rot
and she was condemned In 1874 q new
MOnadnock was commenced at Vallejo but
she was not completed until recently. A por-
ton OF the old Monadnock aud some por-
tions OF her machinery were put into the new
vessel.
| CHRONIC CasEs-Sranford University. Cal
There is no place in the State of California
where person without means can be treated
for chronic trouble, unless it is in the county
hospitals or some free clinic for the Door
ment cannot advise "a young man where he
should go for treatment in a case of chronic
dyspepsia and stomach tronbIe, nor recon-
mend any sanetorium that would give benefits
in such cases. as it does not advertise any
business, firm or individual.
sEMLIN-w. B.. City. Semlin, sometimes
written Zemlin, is frontier town OF Austria.
in the Crotian-Slavonian frontier on a tongue
of land at the junction of the Save and Danube
rivers, on the right bank of the Danube oppo-
site Belgrade One OF the few noteworthy edi-
fees at this place is the lazzarelto AT that
institution ali travellers coming from Turkey
are compelled to remain for time-sometimes
forty days-in proportion to the violence and
proximity OF plague. Semlin is the great seat
OF the Turco-Austrian transit trade, and the
principal ferry for passengers from the land OF
the Moslem to Christendom.
| To OBTAIN A PATENT-F. j., City. The fee
for patent in the United States is $35 to be
paid to the Government; then there is the fee
! to be paid to a lawyer for drawing up plans,
specifications and filing the papers, which will
amount to $40 more. The cost OF patents in