The San Francisco call., 1898-08-08
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 A QUOTATION-M. M., Oakland, Cal The lines asked about:
 could lie down like a tired child
 And weep away the life of care
 Which have borne and yet must bear Are from "Stanzas Written in Detection Near Naples" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
 MAIL FROM THE NORTH-A. R. S., City. The postal authorities have done all that can be done to arrange mail ser vice from the extreme north, Dut the means of transmission from Dawson ana other points are so uncertain that there can be no certainty of the receipt of mall matter.
 EXPOSITION S1AMPS-J. B. T., San Jose, Cal. As in the case of the stamps issued during the Worlds Fair at Chi cago, stamps will be issued by the Postal Department during the continuance of the Transrnississipp Exposition and what ever remains after the close of the eX- position will be disposed Of untll the sup" ply Is exhausted.
 STREET INTRODUCTIONS-E a City, Street introductions, according to writers on etiQuette are superfiuous. You may be with friends and stop to shake hands with people not seen for some time, but if there is no special desire on your part for these people to meet 1t Is much
 
 them.
 NAVAL oRDNANCE-E. P. A, City. The largest naval ordnance in the British navy is the breech-loading rifle that carries seventeen-inch projectile weighing 2OOo pounds; The call iber of the largest ordnance or other n6- tons is: Austria, 12.Ol; Denmark. m dSss' 12.O1; Italy 17.72; Russia, 12.60; Sweden and Norway, 10.51 and United States, 13' also 15-tnch dynamite rifles.
 DECORATIONS E. F., City, The colors of the United States are red white and blue; those of France are blue, white and red. If you wish to decorate with United States colors you must place the red at the top: that Is, make it the lead ing color. Should you use the blue as the leading color, then the decoration the leading color should be in the cen ter.
 REVENUE STAMPS Stamp Fiend. City The denominations of the docu-' mentary stamps under the war revenue are half a cent, one, two, three, four, five, ten twenty-five and fifty cents, one, three five, ten and fifty tba doliarg egne Ine me are: One-efghth, One-quarter, three | eighths of cent, one, one and a quarter two, two and half, four and five cents
 ICE AND SALT-E. H.. City. An in- tense degree of cold is produced by mix l ture of pounded ice and salt in equal parts. The salt causes the ice to melt In | consequence of the attraction which 1t 1 has for water, even in the frozen state, l and as they both unite the ice is dis l solved into water and the water dtsSolves the salt, so that both become liquid: The i cold so generated is no less than 32 de- grees below the freezing point 1 SEATING CAPACITY-M. A. S., City. ' lYr1t l the several places inquired about: St. Peter's, Rome 54.00O; Milan Cathedral. | S7, 900; St Paul's. Rome. 32 900; St. Pauls, London, 5000; Florence Cathedral. A ,SOe; Antwerp Cathedral, 24,OOO; St. Sophia. 21 900; Pisa Cathedral. 13OOo: St. Stephens. Vienna. IF, 400 St Dominic, Bologna, 12,- GOO; Tabernacle, London, 1000; St Marks, Venice, 1000; Tabernacle, Brooklyn, $500.
 RED CROSS SOCIETY-N N, City. The Red Cross societies of the world are the organizations growing out of the In- ternational Red Cross treaty arranged at the Geneva convention of 1864. The red cross on a white field is the distinct i've flag. By this badge are known all hospitals, field permanent. ambu- lances, persons, materials and appliances employed in the relief service, and wher- ever the flag Is displayed accompanied by the national flag to which the hospital 1T protected as neutral. Under the treaty soldiers disabled by wounds or sickness who have fallen into the hands of the enemy and are incapable of bearing arms must be delivered to the outposts, to be sent to their homes on condition of not bearing arms again during the war. The Red Cross movement Is civil In It's origin and the various organizations that carry out the treaty are purely civil.
 MONTE CARLOS. L. J., City of arIN fc town in the territory of Monaco, the smallest of the sovereign principalities of Europe It has an area of 5& square miles. It is on the coast Of the Medfter- ranean, nine miles east of Nice, in the Apes Maritimes, department Of France. Monaco is the possession or the Prince of Monaco who is called "hfs Serene Highness," and the territory is under French protection. The Casino at Monte Carlo notorious for it's gambling places, Is run by a joint stock company, having a capital of 15 900. 900 francs. None of the inhabitants of Monaco have access to the gambling tables, and their interest In maintaining the status quo is secured by complete exemption from taxation and the large price paid for their lands. Gambling. tables were estap1shed at 1880 when M Blanc. expelled from Honi- borg. took possession of the place. that it. pGnshi rms the games at that place has g lease rn4iI ia13 It takes in about 6 900 900 francs q year. and 1t pays out about one and a half millions for the main@tenance ten of the nrincipality and its 4000 to 5000 annual wis., ftors The percentage in favor of the bank is said to be about 75. The players are from all parts of the world and from all ranks of society. No nationality pra- dominates Gamblers are, as a rule, very superstitious, and there are many, who believe in mascots. One popular belief is that if a player while on his way to nlay accidentally meets hunchback and touches his hump he will win at the game.
 Cal glace fruit soc per lb at Townsend'as