The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS.


ANNExATIoN-H f. c., Goleta,. Cal.
The question of the annexation OF the
Hawaiian Islands to the United states
was disposed of by the Dole GoYer M tild
and not by a vote OF the people Oh Tue
islands
NAIL TO DAWSON-H. A. N. Hay
wards. Cal. Mail that has been sent from
California to the Northwest during the
past few months has been reaching Jaw
son City, but the delivery is not al"a
regular.
DUCHESS OF KENT-E. s., City. Tn1s
department has not been able to ma any
authority for the statement IN your IN I'm
municaton that the late Duchess OF heHc'
mother of Queen Victoria pecdIde d
convert to another religion just DeIore Hoi
death.
FRANCO PRUSsIAN WAR-A- Z. y.
T. c., City. Napoleon III proclaimed war
against Germany July q, 1870 Badenese
troops entered France at LauterpeTg july
81, and on the 4th of August the crown
Prince crossed the Lauter, the boundary
of France.
CHINA-JAPAN WAR-A. r. o. T. c..
City. Japan declared war against emma
in the Korean matter on August l. IoSf'
The Japanese at various times sent troops
to Korea and on October 20 of the year
given the Japanese crossed the 1alu anu
invaded Manchuria.
SOLDIERS PAY AND PENSION.
w R., City. The pay of the volunteer in
the United States army while in actual
servieefs the same as that of the regular.
The widow of a captain of volunteers
killed in battle is entitled to draw the
same pension as the widow of a captain In
the regular army, $50 per month.
A Wake. r., Oakland. Cal. The
distance walked in going from Haight and
Webster streets in San Francisco to the
Cliff House by way of the main drive,
then from the Cliff House to the point of
starting via the great highway. the Ocean
over Castro street, is sixteen and one
quarter miles. In an American mile there
are 1850 yards.
CUSTOM HOUSE WATCHMAN-C. s..
City. The duties of Waterman in the
customs department are the same as are
required of watchmen generally-that is
to look out for fires and protect the Of
fees of the department from intrusion by
burglars. The pay is $3.50 a year and the
hours are generally from the time the Of
following day, and sometimes thev may
be required to put in extra hours, il the
needs of the department require it, There
are but few vacancies.
COD FIsH-C. T. M, Centerville, Placer
County, Cal Cod fish is the name by
which the Gadus Morrhua is commonly
known. Cod is the name given to the
fish that live on a rocky bottom Rock
cod and red cod are names given to the
common cod The name rock cod applied
along the Pacific Coast to chiroids and to
sebastichlhys and then even transferred
to serranus comes from an afhliation of
their affinity to ophiodon and not from
any supposed resemblance to the true cod
fish. Rock cod is misapplied in San Fran
cisco to a sebastine fish (Sebastichlhys
| f1avidus), and about Puget Sound to
| chiroid fish heterogeneous decgrammus).
| The Gadhus Morrhua belongs to the i'm
| portant family of malaccopterous fishes
| known as Cadillac. To this family belong
| the cod, ling, hakedorse. haddock, whit
| ing, coalfsh, burbot and others AS to
| the matter in controversy, the fish served
UP was cod, but not Goldfish as that term
! is applied to the Gadhus Morrhua.