The San Francisco call., 1897-12-25

NOT A DIME-G. s., San Rafael Cal.
The coin you have cannot be "a dime OF
the United States of 1739,, in view OF the ne
fact that such were not colned unus III
1896" If you will send a description of
the coin we will try to furnish an nansWer.
EARL OF ROsEBERY. A. S. s.,
Suisun, Cal. Archibald Philip Primrose,
Earl of Rosebery, was married in 1873
TO Hannah, only daughter OF the late
Baron Meyer de Rothschild, who died in
1890. Since then the Earl has been
widower.
DEBUT-Subscriber City. Debut is
pronounced as if written da-bu, with the
sound of as in fate and the sound of
as that letter is pronounced in French.
Debutante is pronounced da-bu-tont, the
a and as already stated and the in
the last syllable as in the word song.
FLIES AND SUGAR.-H., city. The
oft-used expression, "It is easier to,
gar" is one that like Age beforA
beauty is not not recorded in the books
of reference, and it is doubtful if there
is any record of who first used it.
TWO AND ONE HALF DOLLARs-A
correspondent writing from Chicago calls
attention to the fact that in an answer
published on the 8th inst. there appeared
not coined until 1896. The answer was
written 1895, but the error of compost
ton was not corrected.
OLD FORTS-A. s., Watsonville, Cal.
Your letter of inquiry does not state if
the information desired is as to forts that
longer used for purposes of defense;
consequently it is not possible to give an
answer If the question is made more
definite an answer will be furnished.
GREATEST FORTIFICATIoN.-A. s.,
WatsonvilIe, Cal. (which is the great
est fortif1cation in the world?'' is ques-
ton that those who have given much
tate to answer. If by the question is
meant the best fortified city from a mod
ern standpoint, then the answer is,
Stockholm, Paris, Berlin and Gibraltar
are types of great Notifications.
PACIFIC MAII. sTEAMERs-T. F.
M, Sacramento, Cal. The first propel-
Iers for the Pacific Mail steamships were
the Acapulco, Colima, Colon and Grana-
da-vessels from 2572 to 2905 tonnage.
They were placed in service in 1873 the
New York and Aspinwall and the COlima
and Granada between Panama and San
Francisco.
CORN AND WHEAT.-C. F. c., San
Jose, Cal. In the commercial sense but
one crop of wheat and of corn is raised
in California. There are no statistics as
to the corn crop of California. The San
Francisco Produce Exchange has made
several attempts to obtain such, but mas
not been able to do so. The United States
Department of California gives the corn
acreage for California for 1896 at 96,529,
with a yield of 2,202,573 bushels.
QUEENSBERRY RULES.-A. s., Mare
Island, Cal. The Marquis of Queens
berry rules do not say that "pugihsts
are not allowed to strike one another in
a clinch, and can only strike when one is
free, when agreed upon by both contest
ants" Rule says: mo wrestling or
hugging allowed" If parties agree to
| box according to consent as to matters
| that are not laid down by the Marquis
! of Queensberry, they are not boxing ac-
| cording to his rules.
| SURVEYORS.-C. E. L., Peachland.
! Cal. There is no examination for United
States Deputy Land Surveyor, as there
! is no such office. When the Government
wants certain lands surveyed it lets
| contract to parties, who give proof of
| competency. There is such an office as
! Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Such may
! take an examination at United States
| Land Office or may be appointed upon
! recommendation of competency. To OBJ
! tain a State license as Surveyor applica-
! ton must be made to the State Sur
| veyor-General.
No waiting at Townsend's. Cal. glace
| fruit, plum pudding and candy; all ready.S
/
! Best Xmas plum pudding. Townsend's."
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Pop corn-loose, on strings, and in
! balls. Townsend's, 627 Market, Palace.