The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

SMITH AND VEST. X, City
mysterious Billy Smith and Tommy
West fought in Bridgeport, Conn, about
two months ago.
FITzsIMMONS-S HARKEY-O. c. s.
Vallejo, Cal. The latest fight between
F'itzsimmons and Sharkey was for twenty
rounds or over.
HOTEL-Subscriber City. The hotel
inquired about is owned by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. That com
pany will furnish all information desired.
PRISONERS AT SAN QUENTIN-A. 5.
II. N. w. c., Lowell Hill, Cal. On the 18th
of February, 1899, there were in the pene-
Tertiary at San Quentin 1898 prisoners, OF
which S76 were born in California.
NATURAL FEE-R. D., City
In the State of California there is no
charge in the Superior Court to any for
| eigner who desires to obtain his first or
| second papers, but Zee IS eXaGted IL
application is made to any or the Federal
/ courts.
! A CENTURY-R. D., City. A century
| commences with the first year thereof
! and runs from one to 100 inclusive, con-
! secutively. This department is not aware
! that "any nation commences to reckon
! a century from so. to l5O, or, say from
| LANGUAGE OF sTAMPs-Mazi and
| V.
| ents in The Call of the 28th of January
| of this year you will find the language OF
stamps as explained to another GORE
spondent under the heading OF stamp
Filtration"
STATE FLowER-w. K, Vallejo. Cal.
In number of States, by vote of the
public school children, certain flowers
have been adopted as the State flower,
but the Legislature of Michigan is the
only one that has adopted State flower.
flower State annie
blossom.
ED LEONARDO, City. The pugillstic
record for the years 1890 to 1895, inclusive
do not disclose the name of Ed Leonard
as a prize-fghter. If there ever was
man by that name who figured in the
prize-ring in that period he has been over
looked by the record-makers.
THE MAINE-T. c., Oakland, Cal. The
testimony taken upon the inquiry as to
the cause of the destruction of the Maine
in the harbor of Havana does not show
that any officer of that vessel was at the
time of the explosion in conversation with
Blanco. the Captain General of the island.
PUBLIC LANDs-s. X, City. A per-
son desiring information about public
lands, agricultural or mineral, should
make application at the land office of the
district in which he lives. A resident Of
this city should apply to the United
States Land office on Commercial street,
ATLANTIC CABLE-F. L. and ]. H,
City. The first cable across the Atlantic
that carried a message between the
United States and England was laid from
the American frigate Niagara and the Eng
lish line of battle ship Agamemnon. That
cable worked from August 6 to August
II, 1857, and then became silent. In 1856
the cable which has since worked sue
cessfully was laid from the Great East
ern
CAT OUT OF THE BAG-M H, City.
AS to the origin of letting the cat out
of the bag it is said to have been
once a favorite trick among country folk
in England to substitute a cat for one
of the young pigs, when the latter were
carried in bags to market. These bags
in old times were known as pokes. II an
individual was foolish enough to buy
pig in a poke-that is, to purchase the
animal without looking at it, the trick
was successful; but If the individual
opened the sack to satisfy himself as TO
the worth of his desired purchase, pussy
would be sure to jump out, hence the cat
was let out of the bag.
PICNIC-M. H, City. Picnic is cor
ruption of pique nique. In France pique
nique signifies an entertainment at which
each person contributes to the general
supply of the table: In France It is nql,
as in the United States, confined 10 she
out of door entertainment. In a French
paper there was published an aTIc-S
about the Pique Nique de st. Henry. OIL
which the following is a translation:
The list of subscribers at fifteen francs
a head will be closed at 4 clock. EVEN
ing dress and white ties are imperative
The subscribers will be seated at the ID
bic at o clock"
Cal glace fruit soc per 10 at Townsend's'
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Look out for 81 Fourth ST, near cent barber
Best eyeglasses, specs. 10c TO 40c.
-s-<-s
Special information supplied daily TO
business houses and public men ty the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) 5lO Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main l042.
Mrs. Elizabeth Skeats, who recently