The San Francisco call., 1898-05-02

The city and county of San Francisco contains 20 721 square acres O. iano.' [. | PHIL sHERIDAN-R. R.. City. Phil
 Sheridan was born in Albany, N 9., March 6, 1881. and died in NonGultt' Mass ; | August 5, 1888. l GODDARD AND CHoYNsK.I-,A..': .':ss s, City, Joe Goddard and Joe Choynlskl February 10, 1891, and July 20, the f1 same m z year Tn each instance Goddard deLeateQ his opponent in four rounds
 KILLED IN DUEL-L.. F. H., City. W. c. Brann, editor of the Iconoclast, ana Captain T. E. Davis fought street dpel lse8 and both died from the. effect. of their wounds on the following day.
 wEBsTER-sTREET BRIDGE-J G.. City The accident at the Webster-street bridge, caused by a train running Into | Oakland Creek through an open draw :on the bridge. occurred on Memorial Bay May 90, 1891. ::~
 COLUMBIAN STAMPS Columbia, San Jose, Cal The Postoffice Department: at San Francisco is entirely out of Celun1- bian stamps. There Is possibility that some can be obtained from the depart=, ment at Washington: =: -.
 FURNACE-I. G.. City. It is impossible to give an answer to the question, IVY hat is the average heat of furnace?"~ be | e. not named Correspondents -sAouEd plainly state what it is they want lafor- nation about. =
 POETRY-L. o. P, Hanford, Cal. One of the best aids to writing .poetEy is a rhyming dictionary, which can: be pre-, cured from any frst-class book-seller. IT l you have written any songs you :SQouli 1 send copies of them to a hrst:class nfeSie- house and if they have any, merlIs tlle' It. 1 house will advise you and: will proDaply. make you an offer.
 1 JAPAN'S NAvY-J. S., Monterey, Cal. The navy of Japan is made up of five: first-class battle-ships, two second:: and third class, six coast defense vessels four armored cruisers, twenty-two unarmoreo cruisers three firSt-claSS gunpoatS,. slA second and third class gunooatsi hse ;atl class torpedo-boats, sfXty-three SeGon9- class torpedo-boats, seVenty-nine @ SiiIt class torpedo-boats, three subSldlzed Yes sels three stationary vessels, slxteep oo- solete and other vessels. The armament on the battle-ships and coast de1enSe VesseiSz is thirty-eight heavy guns and'25I guns oA the secondary battery.
 TEN LARGEST CITIES-G. N. F., City The ten largest cities ir the United states according to population, are: Greater New York, 3.50O,OOO Chlcago, 1'ooo'uuo' Philadelphia. 250, ,0O0; St. Louis, 650,0O0; Baltimore, 625, ,270; Boston, $50 900; Cincin- natl, 400. GOO; Buffalo (N. Y). SS900O; Cleve- land (Ohio). 3S5 coo, and San Franclscot $50 900. This list is on estimates or popu- lation furnished last December by the Mayors of the respective cities. The ten largest cities according to area n square miles are: Greater New 1ork' SUI79' NeW Diego (Cal.), 76; St. Louis (Mo), 6l I-3; Duluth (Minn) 61A: St. Paul, 54: Des {. Moines, 54; Milwaukee. 5S. and Taunton (MaSS), 44A
 OLD GLoRY-L. B. D., Marysville' Cal: The following from Coffin's '.Drumbeat or the Nation is the only explanations that has ever been published of why the Ameri- can flag is called "Old Glory": -.
 Stephen Driver had been a sea captain before to foreign ports. Once, when in foreign port. for some important service rendered. the Peo- can flag. A priest blessed 1t as it rose to. the masthead of the ship and d. CSPtaiR oag DFt{er yer Giving up the he settled in Nashville. Tenn. and when the war began to. seerete the flag he sewed it in a quilt and slept under it every night. He named 1t :t'0ld Glory When the troops under Buell. entered Nash of Old Glory, brought 1t out, went with them to the roof of. the State House. and flung it to. caps and shouting their hurrahs -; = ..,~ ,
 DIAMoNDs-w. S., City: The study of the action of heat upons the: diamond with and without the presence of air gave the earliest clue to its composition. The fam ous experiment of the Florentine acade- micians Averani and Targiani, made in
 
 Como, showed that 1t could be volatiTfzed by heat. In 1751 the Emperor Francis I caused a number of diamonds and ribies to be placed in a oructble and exposed to great heat, when it was found that the diamonds had disappeared, but that the ruDieS fSa fboneb Vanshed in an open crucible, they remained un- altered if the air was Completely exelud- the diamond is truly .combustible. and that it yields carbon dioxide- The dia- mond burns before the blow pipe in air or oxygen gas.
 NATIONAL GUARDsMAN-A Con- stant Reader. The following from the Revised Statutes is an. answeF to the question, Can a lil.tiaman of California be compelled to serve outside of Cahfor- mia without his conseTt?!::: According to the interpretation of the officers of the United States army, National Guards-
 Whenever the United States are. involved. or are in imminent danger of: fnvasion from any foreign nation or Indian tfibs G or cfaT Of re ment of the United States, 1t shall be lawful for the President to call forth such l4 number o yenient to the place of danger, or scene or ac- tion as he may deem necessary to repei ,tS sutn issue his orders for that purpose to such ofh- cevS beneer eI ns the Presdent m calls forth the m tia of the States to be employed in the service oa oau 'n the neriod for which such service will  be required. not exceeding nine months. and the militia called shall be mustered in ana continue to serve during the term so specified, unless sooner discharged by Command of the President
 HORSE RECoRDS-S. L.. M, Steven son, Skamania County, Wash. The fol- lowing is the record by trotters at diff ferent ages. for one mile: Yearling on kite-shaped track. Pansy .McGregor. Hoi- ton, Kansas, November IS, 1893, 2:23%; regular track, Adbell, against time, san Jose, Cal, September 2S 1894, 2:23; two year-old, against time, kite. track, Arfon, Stockton, Cal, November 10, 1891, 2:l0%; regular track, Jupe, Boston, Mass. Sep. tember 2S, 1Ss6 2:15a4 three-yearr-oItdd;; td;;o reg ular track, Fantasy, October 1T. 1893, at Nashville. Tenn. 2:OsS; fourr,-,year- regular track Directum, Nashville, Tenn, October IS, 1893, 2:0514; regular track, Fan September B. 1894, 2:os; five-yearAold. reg ular track, Alix, Terre Haute.' Ind, Aug . ust IT, 1894, 2:0514; six-year-old, sAllx, same track, September 1s. 1894, 2 205A; best three heats. A. AliS, ,g August r; 1894, 'Terre daute'
 PACERS--Star Pointer, against time.