The San Francisco call., 1897-10-14

speaking people as if written Kwenten.
V1sIoN-A. 4. j., Oakland, Cal Brown or
dark-colored eyes are weaker and more sus-
ceptibIe to injury than gray or blue eyes.
Light blue eyes are generally the most power
ful and next are the gray. The lighter the
pupil the greater and longer continued is the
degree OF tension the eye can sustain.
MASTER OF VEssEL-McC., Santa Rosa, Cal.
young man who wishes to become, in time,
master of river or bay craft should devote
some attention to works on navigation, then
ship as a deckhand on such craft and serve
an apprentices hip, and, by practical expert
ence, become learned in all that is requisite
for the position he has an ambition to fill.
AUTHOR WANTED-A correspondent wants to
know where to find the poem which contains
the following line:
Who made thee master of thy Masters breadf
and also wants 10 know the name of the
author. Can any of the readers of this depart
ment enllghten the correspondent
ELECTRIC RAILwAY-B. H., City. The rst
electric railway was built by Siemens & Halske
| of Berlin at the exhibition held in that city in
1879 The line 270O feet long OF two-foot
gauge, and the car, which carried twenty pas
sengers, was moved by a current from a third
rail placed in the center OF the track Shortly
after that line for actual traffic was built in
the city OF Berlin.
ETIQUETTE AT THE THEATER-C., City When
gentleman accompanies lady to a concert
all or theaIer he should precede the lazy
UP the aisle until the seats secured are reached
then turn, allow the lady TO take the inner
seat and he the outside one. on leaving the
place of amusement, If the aisle is too arrow
TO admit of TWO passing out abreast the gen
tleman should again preeede the lady until
the lobby is reached when he should turn and
offer the lady his arm.
ENGINEERING Punta Arena. Cal.
Ayoung man des iring to become a practical
marine engineer viii have to start in as an
board He
works that win be helpful to him. and in time
he Will acquire all that there is to be known
by practical experience about an engine and
engine-room on board of steamer The
qualifications for an engineer on board of the
line OF steamers named are the same as on
any other line af steamers.
EYEBALLs-A. A. J., Oakland, Cal. The eve
ball is white because the blood vessels which
supply 1t are SO very fine that they do not ad-
init the red corpuscles of the blood The
covering of the eyebaH (the tunica scIerotice
so named for its hardness) is the largest and
so strongest coat OF the eye and covers the whole
OF the optic nerve behind and the coruea
before. 1t is formed of e!ectic fibeTs running
III every direction and closely interviewer with
eacE other, and has but few blood vessels
POPULATION IN 1s51-G W. B., City. It ia
impossible to answer the question "How
many inhabitants were there in San Francisco
in August, 1S51?' for the reason that there ia
no record OF such population, and for the
Iuftner reason mat there was not census by
nontns. In Io2o there was census of the
city as well as of the State. and the NEXT ono
was taken in 1860. In 1851 the population of
san francisco was very uncertain. One week
1t was large. the following week it was COM
paratlyely small, on account of the arrivals
and departures. The nearest answer that can
be gwen is about $4,000. with floating
population OF 5000.
TAKING Up GOVERNMENT LAND-E. ]. w.
Oakland, Cal. A person who wishes to taka
up Government land should first rnsLa c.
lection OF territorial limits in which he or she
desires to locate, then visit the land Office
nearest the point selected and there Obtain
information as to lands open to pre-empIinn
After the person mas obtained that INF
tlon ne or she should view the land aud then
Visit an attorney In good standing, who will
araW up all the papers that are required 1t
is an error 10 suppose that person can with
OUT any form atty take up piece of Govern
ment land ana hold it. There are many for
mallties to be observed, but this Department
mas not the space to enumerate them