The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

nary dimensions and its beauty would be narred, so by an act of April A. 1918, 1t was resolved that the number of stripes pc nmlted to thirteen the number of the original States, but that one star should ne added Tn the blue field for every State admitted. The original thirteen In that field has increased to forty-five. The col ors or the flag are symbolic, red of love, white or purity, and blue of truth.
 ON THE MARION-Th. H., City. The men who are on duty on the Marion are detailed by the Navy Department as keepers of the vessel for the Government. lhey receive the same pay that men of the same rank in the navy are paid. If tile members Of the naval militia are or dered into service they will have to be sworn in as naval volunteers They will De pald the same as the regulars, rank for rank Enlisted men of the naval militia II called into the service of the State, re- ceive $2 per day the same as all enlisted men Of the National Guard.
 CIENFUEGOS-J. W. G., Madison. Cal. To properly pronounce a name one must acquire the sound by hearing a master or the language pronounce 1t. It is ex- tremely difficult to print a combination of letters that will give the exact pro nunciation. As to Cfenfuegos, a city of Cuba, one authority gives the following as the pronunciation-The-en -fwa-gos- the first sounded as in meet, the as in fare and the as in note. Another au- thorlty glves Se-en-fwa-gos-the second e as m met. a as a in mate and as In Goethe (similar to in her).
 ZOLA'S WORKS-W. F. C., Oakland, Cal. The French catalogue gives the fol- lowing as the list of the works of Zola published in the Rougon-Macquart edi- ton: Fortune of Rougons, The Brush fol the Spoil Qe Curee) Fat and Thin Le Ventre de Paris, The Conquest of Plos- sons, the Abbe Mauret's Transgressions, l. Assomoir, Germinal or Master and Man, His Masterpiece O'Oeuvre), Therese Raquini Madelaine Ferat. A Love Sur prise, How Jolly Life Is. and The Soil Ga Ierre): The best way to read these works IS Tn the order as published in this edi- ton, and given in this list.
 NO SHABEE-s. A. M, City. The ex- pression mo shabee," used by Chinese In California and on the Pacific Coast to express ''I do not understand" is a phrase that Is from the Spanish "Yo no sabe'-I do not know. In the very early days of San Francisco, when Chinese were few and Spanish-speaking people plentlrul, a Chfnaman heard Mexican or Spaniard use the phrase mo sabe, ana being informed of its meaning de- clared that it would be easier for his countrymen to use that than to use T do not understand" and in time he commu- nlcated the easiest form to his country
 
 them to convey lack of comprehension.
 TO WEST POINT-A. D. R.. Dixon, Cal. Appointments to the Military Acad- emy at West Point are usually made one year in advance of the date of admission by the Secretary of War upon the nomin- alton of the Representatives These nom nations are made either after competitive examination or given direct at the option of the Representative whose turn, it is to nominate. Appointees must be between + and P years of age, free from any in- hrmity which may render them unfit for military service, and able to pass a care full examination in reading. writing. or biography, arithmetic, grammar, geogra- phy and history of the United States. In a case of competitive examination infu- ence would not cut q figure, but in an ap- pointment direct it might.
 AN ENGLISH MILE-R. F. M Y, Soulsbyville. Cal A mile Is the largest terrestrial measure of length In common use among the, British and most of the European nations, and in the United States is 1760 yards of 3 feet each-that is 52SO feet. The term Is derived from the Roman milaire, which contained 1000 paces of five Roman feet each, the pace being the average length of the step made with the human foot. The Roman foot being accounted as between IL 65 to n.62 English inches, was less than the present English mile by from 142 to IA yards: thus the Roman mile measured from 4S4S to 4S54 feet, English. The pres ent English mile Is known as the Eng fish statute mile" because 1t was inciden- tally defined by an act passed in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Elizabeth to be eight furlongs of 40 percheS of 1612 feet each-i. e., 1160 yards of feet each and it has ever since retained It's value.