The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-13
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE.
THE GLoUCEsTER-H. M. City. The
speed OF the Gloucester is 16 knots
| CUBAN BoNDs-R. S., City. Cuban
BONDS are lot quoted in the San Fran
cisco market.
VENEZUELA MONEY!. A., San Ma
teo, Cal Ina unit of Venezuela money Is
| the Bolivar. That, in United States
money, is worth 1873 cents
| GAMBLING-E. P. D., Oakland. Cal
| If there is any place where there is anv
gambling going on it is your privilege 70.
such is carried On.
DEPARTURE OF TRooPaF @
City The first United States rae,lors
left San Francisco for the East AnriI On
1898. The First California Volunteers left
for Manila May 25
OLD-TIME COAL YARD P;onaer
DAYS, City. There was a coal ward IN
the present site of the Grand Hotel and
the Burlington before the Civil War. In
| 1857 a portion of that site was rented - .
f. T. Pease, who established a coal ward
there
THE PROSPER-Mrs S. D., CITY
There are three schooners named Pros
per that sail out of this port. and as Won
do not specify the particular one you
| desire information ABOUT, the question
| cannot be answered.
DUCK sHOOTING-O. A. B., Oakland.
Cal. A hunter in the State Of California
may shoot ducks in season on any Of the
navigable waters, irrespective of the fact
that such waters run into or through So
called game preserves, but the hunter
is subject to the local ordinances in the
territory in which such waters are.
THE GREAT OBJECTOR-N. N, City.
The late William S. Holman of Indiana,
at the outset of his Congressional CO.
reer, became conspicuous as a champion
of economy, and from his constant objec-
tons to new appropriations and measures
that he considered extravagant, he was
called the great objector'' and the
watchdog of the treasury
DRAINAGElT. F., City. There is an
ordinance Of this city which says: NO
person owning or having control of any
premises shall suffer or permit the drain
age, or any drain therefrom, to empty
into or upon any other premises or pub
lie square, street or highway, except by
/ permission of the committee of the Board
| of Supervisors on Health and Police.
WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS = An
Old Subscriber, City. To obtain the ma
| tionality of the men who made up the
complement of Washington volunteers
would involve an examination of the mus
| ter af each company, now on hle at
Washington, D. C. The War Department.
! has such records, but not compiled, anu
1t Is doubtful if the department would de-
tain a clerk to make the compilation
POSITION IN THE MINT-A SUBJ
scriber, Stockton, Cal. To secure a po-
sition in the United States Mint pick out
what particular position you would ike
| to fill, qualify for it, then take civil
| service examination, and II you pass,
wait until there is a vacancy. This OF
course does not apply to those positions
which are filled by nomination by me
| President and confirmation by the Sen
ate of the United States.
! AUTOMOBILE-A L. K, City. Auto
mobile carriages have been manufacture
ed in the United States by A. c. Ames
Baker in Kansas, Holzer-Cabot In Bos-
ton, in Racine, Wis, and by H. p. Max
i'm. This list includes steam and electric
carriages and tricycles. Don't know or
any such machines in this city. There
was a gasoline tricycle. that was run in
the park about year and a half ago,
| but 1t was ordered out, on the ground
that If frightened the horses.
| NATIONAL HOLIDAY-Constant Read
er, City. The statement that there is
no national holiday in the United States
is correct. There is no such holiday, not
| even the Fourth of July. Congress has,
at various times, appointed special holi-
! days. In the second session of the Fifty
| third Congress was passed an act making
! Labor day a public holiday in the Dis
| trict of Columbia, and 1t has recognized
| the existence of certain days as holidays
| for commercial purposes in such legisla-
| ton as the bankruptcy act, but with the
! exceptions named there is no general
statute on the subject. The proclamation
| of the President designating a day of
| thanksgiving only makes 1T a holiday in
! those States which provide by law for 1t.
! The Federal courts and officers of the
United States Government, however, OBJ
serve the legal holidays Of the States in
which they are located.
HOW FRUIT Is CRYSTALLIZED-S.
Spenceville, Cal. Fruit is crystallized in
the following manner: Make a syrup
from one pound of sugar and half pint
of water, stir until the sugar is dissolved,
then bail quickly about three or four
minutes. Try by dipping little in cold
water If 1t forms small ball when roll
ed between the thumb and finger it has
attained the desired degree, known as the
ball. Throw the fruit to be conserved
little at time in the syrup. Let it sim
mer for moment, lift with a skinner,
draining free from all syrup. Sprinkle
sugar thickly over boards or tin pans
place the fruit over it in a single layer
sugar and place in an oven or the sun to
dry. When dry make a syrup as before
and just before it reaches the ball de-
gree add the fruit and stir with a wooden
spoon until 1t begins to grain and sticks
to the fruit. When cold sift off the
sugar and put out again to dry. When dry
place in boxes in layers between sheets
of waxed paper. It should be kept in a
cool, dry place.
Cal. glace fruit SOC per lb at Townsend'ss