The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17

principles on WHICH, Jul ltputpllt was
founded will surely be met by a just retri-
button and punishment
The sentiment about destiny and "the
will of God" will not stand the test OF
everlasting truth when measured by the
will of God himself, unpainted by selfish
human hands and desires: .
D. GILBERT DEXTER.
| San Francisco, August 10 1929.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
MRS. fEvIs-W. A.. City. The widow
| of the late Lloyd Tevis was before her
marriage Miss Susan g. Sanders and was
| a native of Kentucky.
THE AMERICAN DOLLAR e. ;F.,
| City. The American silver dollar in Lon
| don passes current for SO cents. On tho
exchange the price f1uctuates.
PEOPLES HOME SAVINGS BANK
| The latest declared dividend to the depos-
| itors in the Peoples Home Savings Bank
was on the 18th of last June. The amount
was per cent. and it was the sixth de-
| clared.
PINE CONEs-R. c. s.. East Oakland.
| Cal. If the cones you have were gathered
before being fully ripe they can be dried
| in the ordinary way without danger Of
| their opening, but if ripe when gathered
| there is no way to prevent them from
| opening.
FACTORIES w, City. This de-
partment does not advertise any business,
and for that reason cannot give you the
| location of the factories asked about You
can find the addresses in the classified
portion of the city directory. in the back
| part of the book.
FIVE NAVIES-J. H, Oakland, Cal If
| by your question as to the size of the five
largest navies of the world you refer to
| the available number of ships, the an
swer is: Great Britain, 619; France, 355;
United States, 274: Italy. 273, Germany,
zl5. Those were the statistics on the
first of last January.
CANARY BIRD = Constant Reader,
City. A writer on the care of canary
birds says: MANY birds seem afflicted
with a skin disease, which causes the
feathers to drop out. Such birds should
| be fed principally upon rape seed and Oc-
Casionally a small piece of carrot, of
which most birds are very fond, and If
a little olive oil is at times put on the
bare spots the feathers will commence
| to grow more readily"
GOVERNMENT Land A Constant
Reader. Alameda For information about
Government land in California you should
address your inquiry to all or either Of
the following United States land offices:
At Humboldt, Independence, Los Angeles,
Marysville, Redding, Sacramento, San
Francisco, Stockton, Susanville and VII
salia. Each will, on payment of 81, fur
nish a map of lands that may be taken
up within its territorial limits, if there
is any such land, and each office will also
give information as TO price.
POSTOFFICE AND CUSTOM HOUSE
j. H. P, Napa, Cal. The age limit for
positions in the Postofice Department
under civil service is: Letter-carriers,
minimum q, maximum 40; all other posi-
tions, from IS up. In the Customs De-
partment, for all positions, from 20 up.
For the poStoffice service write to the
secretary of the Board of Examiners at
the postoffice in which you seek employ
ment for application blanks and informa-
ton. For the Custom-hOuse service write
to the secretary of the local Board Of
Examiners at the Custom-house in which
you desire employment for information
and application blank.
GRENADIER E. NJ NJ, City. The
term grenadier was originally applied to
soldiers whose duty it was to throw hand
grenades. AS the duty was very danger
Gus and the grenadierS were always first
in an assault only veteran soIuiers were
selected for that service, and thus they
formed a kind of military elite. When
hand grenadeS went out of use the name
grenadier was continued, and the soldiers
called by that name generally formed
company of a regiment distinguished by
the height of the men and a particular
dress, as. for instance, the high bearskfn
cap; and it holds the place of honor.
namely. the right when in line and the
front when in column of attack.
BUILDING IN CASINO = Subscriber,
City. In the game of casino, If two part
ners are playing, each may make build,
and if neither is taken by either of the
opposing partners, one of the builders
may take up the build of his partner and
call it by the plural number-that is, if
III h1riid dc 1f igyh nr1 thA "a
the builder may take his partners build,
place it on his own and call out etghts,
not eight. In case of that KIND the
partner whose build was taken up and
made eights by his partner should have
taken up the build, having an eight, and
not have thrown his eight on the table,
for he took chances of his opponents
building on it with an ace or deuce so
long as the builders were partners II
makes no difference which one takes up
the build.
CABLE MESSAGES-Deer Creek Mills.
TowleS, Placer County, Cal. The follow
ing is the manner of receiving submarine
cable messages at this time:
For long time delicately suspended needle
of compass was used and its slight motlohs
were observed by watching spot OF nsIt re-
aected from the needle upon screen II re-
quired a great deal of skill to interpret tne
messages and no record was left. Improved ap-
paratus Is the siphon recorder. d usIlCats s,Sb
siphon-shaped tube that hangs iron! q 4Dobi51
fra r6n
moving band of telegraph tape me ,sgl s9l
of wire is suspended near stationary mag
net So as to twist slightly when attracting itseit
to the magnet The siphon is connec1eu 81 p{ me
thread with the coil so that the motlols . u 'H no
coil are impaired to it,. The apparatus @ oiI Is SO
delicate and the moving power % yIouSad Iro 81 -
sIirht that the siphon tube is not aloWeo %
touch the paper on account Of the & resistance stance
~ its moti6ns when tracing the record. Whch
vooI,Id rasliIt from contact with the paper put
the record made by fine dQ{s & e ond 'he nf INK INK
tube hse'i by slight but constant jarring given to
t.y,1o on which the whole apparatus stands
@ 1ne taole @ ,I % coil Is connected with the ocean
cable and every faint signal current sent over
fes Inc af force which attract the coil slightly to
the magnet pulls the thread ~. atfaehed "a TO the
fiplo5 fhe paper Each different unduation in the
too,pg ~ fies corresponding letter. The
tts1olts ti a-nnIoved are according to Wheats'
Tanrenent Sis of the European code in which the
LatS sS is renla ced by dot sent with negative
current Of opposite polarity
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