The San Francisco call., 1897-03-14

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HORACE MANN SCHooL-D. K. City. stenog-
raphy and typewritiDg are taught in the high
school class in the Horace Mann School of this
City.
PosITos-E. G. S., Livermore, Cal. Positos is
Spanish, and means a public granary which
lends grain to widows or poor laborers with
out interest
PARLoR GAMEs-K. ]. c., City. Any book
store will furnish you book containing many
parlor games You can also find such books at
the Free Public Library.
DEMoNETIzATIoN-E. G. s., Livermore, Cal
To demonetize either gold or silver is 10 take
from 1t its standard value and thus make it q
commodity merely, subject to market fuctua-
tion.
LARGEST HoTEL-M. H., City. OF all the hotels
| in the United States the Palace of this City
covers the greatest area of ground space, and
| it also contains the greatest number of rooms
| for guests.
DURRANT-M o. H., Forest Hill, Placer
| County, Cal. Theodore Durrant, convicted of
| the murder of Blanche Lamont. is not a mem
! Der of the organization you named in your
communication.
THE CHINEsE-A s.. City There is no off,
| cial record OF the number of Chinese in the
City of San Francisco in the year 1852, but
the Annals estimates the number to have been
about four thousand.
| BRIsTLEs-J. C. H., Golden Gate, Alameda
| County, Cal. The duty on bristles is 10 cents
per pound. 1t does not matter what foreign
country they are imported from or whether
the import is large or small.
To RANDsBURG-H. H. G., City. The way to
| reach Randsburg in Kern County is by rail to
Mojave, 382 miles, aud then by team 81 miles,
The fare is $11 85. There is paper published
| at Randsburg called the Randsburg Miner.
! CLOSE OF THE CENTURy-N., Alameda, Cal.
When the hand of the clock registers the hour
OF midnight on the 31st day of December in
| the year 1900, the nineteenth century will
| have terminated, and Immediately there after
the twentieth century will commence.
KIcK-M. D., City, "Kick" is set down in
the dictionaries as slang to express a sudden
or strong objection, or an expected resis lance.
kick" as expressive of dissatisfaction, is
used in the Bible: 'But Jeshurun waxed fat
and kicked" xxxii:15.
| LANGUAGE OF FLowERs-K. J. c., City. In
| the language of flowers, the pansy means
| Thoughts and 'think of me-" the blue vio-
| let means "faithfulness," dame violet swatch-
| fuiness," sweet violet '.nodes ty,' yellow vio-
| let "rural happiness and white violet
| purity and "modesty."
| PHRENoLoGY-E. G, s., Livermore, CAL Phre.
| nology is a science that is based on the condi-
| ton of the brain and observation of the effects
on individuals who have the same characteris-
| tics of the head. There are those who do not
| believe in phrenology, but IL does not follow
| that because there are disbelievers it is a
| humbug.
HALF-ToNE PICTUREs-E. G. s., Livermore,
! Cal. There is no very great secret about pro-
| ducing hali-tone prints. Any one who has
| acquired the art can make such prints The
! process is about as simple as photographlpp
| the result OF using very fine screen in doing
| the work. Without the screen the work could
not be dope.
WHEN THE SMELT RUN-G. S. s., City. Smelt
commence to run In the bay of San Francisco
| in January. The best time for fishing for
smelt is in the latter part OF February. There
is no particular time when The fish is larger
| than at another. Often fish of two or three
| seasons come into the bay at the same time
| You throw in your line at any time and trust
to luck TO catch big fish.
| PLEpG1Na CAND1pArEs-J. M. g.. Chico. Rptte
| County, Cal. D bbles Assembly bill to prevent
candidates from pledging tn. mselves is yery
broad and means to cover every class of pledge
that candidate may be asked to make before
| an election. 1t will not prevent candidate
from declaring himself in favor of or opposed
to any particular subject, but it will not ii it
| becomes law, allow MIN to pledge himself to
work for or against particular measure in
case he should be elected.
XMAs-E G. s.. Livermore, CAL Xmas is
the abbreviation for Christmas. X is The Greek
for Christ, ana the coincidence of its cruciform
shape led early to its adoption as figure and
| symbol OF Christ. In the catacombs X is fire.
qnently found to stand for Christ The
earliest Christian artists when making q rep-
| resentation of the Trinity would place either a
cross or an x beside the Father and the HOLY
Ghost. but the extension OF the SYMBOL 10
Xmas and other words is an affectation.
which, though sanctioned by long usage.
cannot be countenanced.
CHILLED IRON B., Needy, Clackamas
County, Or. Chilled iron is . metal casting.
the surface of which has been hardened either
| by casting in an iron mold or by exposure
while red hot 10 sudden cooling by air or
| water, or by contact with any good conductors
|, which Is at a comparatively low temperature.
| Such castings are used for rolls, anviis plow-
shears, moldboards, stamps and the like.
Chillhardening Is mode of tempering steel.
cutting instruments by exposing them to q