The San Francisco call., 1897-12-08
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
April. 1e55-M. H. s., City. The first Sun
day in April, 1885, fell on the first day o. the
month.
| .ONE-CENT PIEcE-M n. W., Napa, CAL NO pre-
MUM is offered for a United states one-cent
! iece OF 1864.
THE YUKON RIvER-Subscriber. 1t is claimedi
that at certain seasons OF the year the YukoH/
River can be dredged. An effort in that direc-
tion Will be made in the spring OF 1898
ELECTRIC CARs-E. NJ. B., Gardner. Or. The
motorman in charge of an electric streetcar
can at viii, by turning a switch, reverse and
back his car without changing the position Of
the trolley.
CoNsUL-J. j., Monterey, Cal. There is no
American Consul at Guatemala, but there is
an Euvoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary r NJ. b. Young at Guatemala, ,:who
also represents the United States at Honduras.
TURQUoIsE-M. J. NJ, City. To ascertain the
value OF a turquoise such as you describe you
should take it 10 a frst-class jeweler, who will
give the desired Information. No one can
tell you what it is worth without examln-
ing il.
==PoErs-Subscriber, Watsonville, Cal, This
department cannot determine by the ques-
ton, "WiIl you give the names of noted
poets?" if the writer refers to ancient or mod
ern poets, or living or dead. Inc queslon
should be more speclhc'
TARIFF To KLoNDIKE-F. G. B., City. 1t is
mposs BILE to publish an answer to the gen.
eral question: what are the duties on an out
fit and provisions to enter DyeaW tor the
reason that the tariff is different on each arti-
cle and the corTeSpo 1dent does not designate
what The outfit consists OF and what proYl-
sions would be taken.
COINAGE. Subscriber. Congress by act of
April 2 1892, established the United States
Mint, which was erectedin Philadelphia. The
machinery and first metal used were imported
In 1892 coppers were first coined, in 17S4
dollars and hali-dollars, in 1896 quarters anp
dimes, and half-dimes in 1896. Ten-dollaE
pieces were first coined in 1795, ive-doll ~
pieces appeared the same year, but two-add-
a-half-doIlar pieces were not coined until
1896.
WARsPITE AND SAN LIsCo-Spoke Driver,
City. The British war vessel Warspite carries
four 22-ton guns, ten 6-inch, four 6-pounders
quick fire, four 3-pounders quick fire, ten ma
chine guns and two light guns under Is cwt,
including boats guns. The armament OF the
United States vessel San Francisco is twelve
g. nch breech-loading rifles, four 6-pounders,
four 3-pounde rs, two 1-pOunders rapid firing,
three 81 -milllmeter HoLchkIss revolving can
non and 1our GatlIngS.
CUSTOM HOUSE INsPECToRs-L. A. S., City.
Persons desiring to apply for positions in any
classified custom-house should write for an
application blank and information to the sec
retary OF the local board of examiners at the
custom house in which they desire employ
ment In San Francisco direct, the letter of
inquiry to Secretary Board of Examiners,
Classified Civil -erYice, Custom-house. San
Fran cisco, Cal" The minimum age limita-
tion is 20 wears: there is no maximum limita-
tion The applicant will be furnished infor-
nation about time and place of exa1nina ton.
Day inspectors have to pass frst-grade ex-
amin ton, which includes spelling, arithme-
tic, letter-writing, penmanship. copying from
plain copy and copying from rough copy.
ght ms pectors have to pass third-grade
examination, which includes all that there is
in the first grade, except copying from rough
draft.