The San Francisco call., 1898-10-07

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 Richmond Times.
 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. PLATO, J. C., City. Plato, the phil osopher, was born in Athens, Greece b. C., 427, and died B. C. 34I
 MAIL BY THE GAELIC-Interested,
 Oakland Cal The steamer Gaelic on her
 recent trip to this port did not DIlhs any
 mail from Manila.
 CANDIDATES RELIGION - Sub
 scriber, Stockton, Cal, As the particular
 candidate has not made an open declar-
 atfon of his religion this department can
 not give you the desired lntormauoh'
 POINT BONITA LIGHTHOUSE-L. c.
 S., City. Visitors are received at the
 Point Bonita Lighthouse. But civilians
 are not permitted to cross the military
 reservation to reach the lighthouse with
 out a permit from the military authoIl-
 ties.
 TARIFF-A. S.. Crescent City, Cal. One
 portion of the Democratic party faVors
 a low tariff, what is called "a tarln
 for revenue only; another portion Ia
 vors absolute free trade. The average ot
 difference between the present taLlh 4nu
 that under Democratic rule is about So
 per cent.
 GRAYS AS AUTHORS-W. Miller, Men docino County, Cal There is descriptive
 work as well as surgical on anatomy by
 Dr. Gray. There was a new edition Ill
 1896. Asa Gray, the boIanist, was the
 author of "Elements of Botany, after
 ward enlarged into the "Botanical Text | Book" Lessons in Botany, StructuraI and Systematic Botany and Botany 1oF 1 Young People,
 MAGUIRE AND THE POPE-J. B. K, Monterey, Cal. This department cannot devote the space to what James G. Ma 1 euire said about the Pope. For small sum you can procure, through any book YOU will have the language in full, and Tn that manner settle the controversy ln question.
 WHO WROTE IT?-N., Haywards, Cal 1 This correspondent wishes to know if any of the readers of this department can refer him to the author of the fol- l lowing:
 Never lose an opportunity of seeing any ] thing beautiful. Beauty is Gods handwriting. a wayslde sacrament Welcome It m every and thank Him for it, the author Of all love liness Drink it in simply, earnestly ana "dtn m 1 all your eyes-'tis charmed draught, cup of blessing.
 TABLE OF COINS-A. S. o. T. C.. City. ! This department is ready and willing at all times to furnish information to corres- i pondents if the same is obta1nable, put | correspondents should make thelr lqeaS so  is desired. This department does not care ! to jump at conclusions. This department is at a loss to determine what Is wanted. Is it list of all the coins issued rom the hints of the several countries named or i the English value of the coins ot Such ! countries that is Wanted2
 PASSPORT REGULATIONS R. F., ! City A naturalized citizen who wants to . obtain passport must communicate with the Department of State at Washington, ] D. C. if resident of the United States at the time of the application; forward i personal description and the certncate or ! Naturalization must be forwarded TOT 1n- spection. It will be returned. The apPll- 1 cation must be in the form of an a1nda.- wit sworn to before a person authorized ] to administer paths, and must be accom- panied by the certificate of credible wit ! ness, who knows that the applicant fs, the party he represents --lmsel1 Tn the appL- l cation.
 l WASH LEATHER. N, Haywards, Cal. 1 4 method for cleaning wash or polishing 1 leather (chamois) is as follows: Wash in a weak solution of soda and warm water. then rub in a good deal of soap in the leather and let it soften for two hours. After that wash until perfectly clean and rinse in a weak solution of warm water. soda and yellow soap. It should not be washed in cold water, as It Will become so hard that it cannot be used again. It is the small quantity or soap remaining in the leather which permeates it's smallest particles and makes the leather as SOII as Sllh <AAlSA lllC 1lAlSllAS the leather is wrung out in coarse towel and dried quickly. It is then pulled in every difectlon IT { onf+e ana nd Wel % ter than most wash leather when first bought. If rough leather is used to finish highly polished surfaces it will often be observed that the surface is scratched or injured. This is caused by particles of dust or even grains of hard rouge that were left in the leather. AS soon as these are removed with clean brush and rouge a perfectly bright and beautiful finish can be obtained.
 DRILL-J. T., Alameda, Cal. This cor respondent writes: At a drill of a com pany of infantry the company was drilled by the captain in the manual of arms, and about two-thirds of the company had been drilled down, when the captain turned the command over to the first lieutenant. The first command given by the lieutenant was right shoulder arms and as he had not continued the num- bers, I came right up to a right shoulder and was called out contend that when the captain turned the company over to the lieutenant 1t wrought a complete change, and unless the lieutenant eau tioned by numbers, when the command was given it should be executed at once. The lieutenant claims that his but a continuation of the captains drill and that the cautiOnary command was not necessary. Which Is right?"
 This question was submitted to several drill masters and they all agreed that when the captain turned the command over to the lieutenant there was change of administration and that the lieutenant was not bound to continue the drill un- less specially instructed to do so and that the men were right in their understand ing that the captains drill was at an end. Had the lieutenant desired, without in- structons from the captain, to continue the drill inaugurated by him it was his duty to give notice to that effect In the instance cited the man who was called out was right and the lieutenant was wrong.
 Cal. glace fruit 5oc per ID at Townsend's.,