The San Francisco call., 1898-08-27
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. NURSE-Hilda. City. The most de- sirable age for woman who wishes to enter training school with the idea of becoming professional nurse is from q to 3l.
 MAJORITY IN NEW YORK;. N. S., City. In the State of New York a minor Is such until the age of 21 is reached. The law of that State does not make any difference as to sex.
 WILLIAM F. CODY-X. L. K, City. William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill,' was at the Bush Street Theater in San Francisco for twenty days, from March 8. 1886. He opened in the Prairie Waif."
 SPANISH NAMES-M c. J., City. The English pronunciation of Cuba is Ku-ba with the cound of u as in mute and that of as in fate. Tamalpais is pronounced as if written Tah-mal-pah-is.
 LEGAL TENDER-Subscriber City. In the United States five and one cent
 pieces are legal tender to the extent of 25 cents and no more. Fifty, 25 and 10
 cent pieces are legal tender in any amount not exceeding $10.
 E. R. GARBER-D. A. F., City. Ex- Judge Eugene R. Garber died in the Wal deck Sanitarium, in San Francisco, July F, 1898. His remains were taken to Moun- tain View, Alameda County, for inter ment.
 THE CALIFORNIA FIRST-O. S., City. From the reports that have been received from Manila it would appear that the California First Regiment of Volunteers has not yet been visited by the pay master.
 SUCCESSION-A. N. S., City. In the State of New York the law on the sub- feet of succession says: ''The property (reaD goes to lineal descendants, to ia ther, to mother and to collateral rela- lives in the order named.
 THE SCHOONER PEERLEsS-w Vallejo, Cal. The schooner Peerless was at Tacoma, August 12, 1898, and chartered for San Pedro. To ascertain if certain individual is on board in any capacity ad- dress a letter "To the master Of the Peer less, San Pedro
 VARIOUS HEIGHTS-C. P. B., Hollis ter, Cal. The height of the Spreckels building is 327 feet; Chronicle building, to top of tower, 237 feet; Examiner building, los feet to the cornice, with an addition of F feet above that The height or the electric tower in San Jose is 19S feet.
 THE PARIS EXPOSITION-L. A. G., City, The Paris Exposition of 1900 will open April 15 and close November of that year. The Government on accepting the invitation to the United States appro- priated $5OOO to pay the salary of a spe-
  mission will have charge and direction or the American exhibit.
 METROPOLITAN THEATER-W. R. M, Los Angeles, Cal. The last perform ance given at the Mtropolitan Theater in San Francisco was on April zS, 1SI5- It
 was complimentary benefit to E. G which Davis, the ventriloquist, MT. and Mrs F. M Bates, Marie Gaugain and Til- lie and Mamie Darling took part. 
 FAUsT-subscriber, City. Faust is pro- nounced as if written Fowst- Faust" a tragedy was written by Goethe who commenced it in 1772 and issued it in 179O Gounod wrote the opera of Faust and Margherita," with words after Goethe, which was produced at the, Theater Comique March 19, 1853. Spohr also wrote Faust an opera produced in Frankfort in ISIS.
 WELLS, FARGO & COL. w D., Roseville, Cal Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, of the State of New York, were the founders of Wells, Fargo & Go. They founded 1t in 1852 in conjunction with John Livingston, D. N. Barney and others but the founders were men of different caliber than those who are now at the head of the concern and compel the citizens, their patrons, to pay the war tax, they should pay.
 PENSION VOUCHERS-H. D. G., Los Angeles. Cal. There is nothing in the Revised Statutes that touches upon the execution of pension vouchers on a Sun- day. The Pension Agent in San Fran cisco will receive vouchers executed on any day. The next pay day is September 1, but as that day falls on Sunday and the following day being Federal legal holiday payment will not be made until the 9th of that month.
 KOTZEBUE SOUND-W. H. C.. City. There is no regular service between this port and Kotzebue Sound. Mail is sent whenever there Is opportunity to forward the same The way to insure speediest delivery of letter for some one who left here on the 29th of April is to deposit it In the postoffice and have 1t go by the trst TIT vessel that will carry mail there, or 10 entrust It to the captain of the first vessel that is announced to sail for there.
 THE TEMPLE CUP-H. S. A. Marvs- vile, Cal. On October 4. 5, 6, g, H. the
 Boston and Baltimore clubs, which fin- ished first and second, respectively in the championship series of the National
 League and American Association, con tended for the Temple Cup, playing the first three games in Boston and the next two games in Baltimore. The Boston team ,a won the first game by a score of 13 to IF, but the Baltimore won the next four games by the respecti--3 scores of 13 to II, to 3, F to Il and to 3, and thus became | entitled to the possession of the Temple Cup for the second successive season BOUND BY THE LAwsLw. H. G., City. If the society to which you belong adopted certain laws for the disposition
 of beneficiary funds, and the same were
 regularly adopted by majority of the
 members, the entire membership Is bound by them and must comply with
 them or suffer the consequences. If the l law requires that at stated period a member must be financial, and he neg | lects to be so, he must abide by the
 penalty, for he cannot in consequence of his negligence expect to enjoy the same
 rights as member who complies with the laws.
 MUSHROOMS-Gour Petaluma. Cal. A means of securing mushrooms out or season is to cultivate them. They are grown in hothouses or cellars In a warm moist atmosphere, and a succession may be had by arranging beds at different