The San Francisco call., 1899-01-01

with a decorated arm that would become
/ the waist of the smartest housemaid In
| Kensington.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
FIGHTING BOB EvANs-w. L., City.
Fighting Bob" Evans was never in COM
mand of the monitor Monterey.
ADHESIVE PLAsTER-C. J., City. Ths
composition for adhesive plaster is: Liz
| tharge, parts; olive oil, Il parts; watert
5 parts.
THE SAN JOSE SCALE-H. D. c., Los
! Gatos. Cal. The San Jose scale attacks
all deciduous ttrees, and the apple tree Is
deciduouS.
INDEx-J. E. B., City. The New York
! Tribune. did for a time publish q yearly
index or what appeared in the daily issue
| of that journal
A DISHONEST CLERK-Honesty City.
IF you have knowledge of the dishonesty
of a clerk in the army, present your proofs
/ to the head OF the department in which
he is employed.
OF CHINESE PARENTAGE-J H,
Placeryilie, Cal. During the past year
there were registered in San Francisco
Tseventeen men, who, being born in the
State of California of Chinese parents,
were entitled to vote.
| LOTTERY TICKETS-Stranger City.
! There is law that prohibits the selling
or pe6dling of lottery tickets. If you
feel annoyed by such vendors coming to
| your house you can place such under ar
rest and turn him or them over to the
first policeman you meet
PHELAN AND PATTON -, City.
AT the recent election in San Francisco
James d. Phelan, candidate for Mayor,
| obtained a majority in all the Assembly
/ iStr ipfc frh, 10 without a
| break, and Charles L. Patton, his oppo-
! nent, received a majority in every district
from Al to 40 inclusive.
THE BRANCH MINT-L. H. A T,
City. For all practical purposes, it is
! proper to say that the United States
| Branch Mint in San Francisco is on the
| northwest corner of Mission and Fifth
streets, Technically. Fifth street runs
northwest to southeast and Mission street
from northeast to southwest.
LIFE BOATS Subscriber City. Major
Blakeny of the Life Saving service says
| that the large life boats, in an emergency,
| will save thirty-six people and more, for,
in case of necessity, people may be packed
in the boat and a number can hang on to
/ the life lines on the sides and be towed
to place of safety. Such boats will save
| the number named in addition to the
/ boats crew.
CAR CONNECTIONS Stranger, City.
| There are several street guides published
in San Francisco which give the names
/ of the streetcar lines, and one or two give
| the points of transfer But these cannot
aIwaVs he Relied mon as the transfer
points are frequently changed. The pest
way to do is what another stranger did;
| that was to take a day off and devote It
| to studying the car system.
SANTA CLAUSE. B., City. Santa
Claus is derived from the Dutch Santa
| Nicholas, Just before Christmas the
children of Flanders, Holland, and many
parts of Germany put their shoes or
stockings before the freplaces for Santa
| Klaus or Knecht Globes to put gift
therein as reward for good conduct.
| The custom, which originated in the
countries named, has become world wide.
CONFEDERATE STATES. F., City.
The States that seeded from the Union
and formed the Confederate States were
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Ala
bama, Georgia, louisiana, Texas, Vir-
ginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Ten
nessee, the States having drawn out Of
the Union in the order named. The States
that were loyal to the Union at the time
of the Civil War were: Delaware, Penn
sachusetts, Maryland New Hampshire,
New York, Rhode Island. Vermont, Ken
lucky, Ohio, Indiana Illinois Maine, Mis-
souri, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Cali
fornia, Minnesota, Oregon and Kansas.
Subsequent to the breaking out of the
war West Virginia and Nevada were ad-
mitted into the Union and were loyal
States.
COIN QUESTIONS. c., Vancouver,
B. c.; S. H. s., Mrs. NJ. H., City; NJ. A.
Mel, Marshfield, Or; and Subscriber,
San Jose, Cal. The coinage of silver half
dimes ceased in 1873 act of February II;
the only silver half-dimes that command
a premium are those issued in 1794-95- -96-97; /;
1860 -01 02-03-O4-05, 1888 without stars, 1916
There is no premium offered for S
gold piece of 1876 nor for a 81 80 piece Of
1850 The selling price. Of the former is
50 and of the latter 81 50.
The figures in the letter of inquiry are
not as clearly made as they should be. If
the writer has a 50-cent piece of 1927 then
the coin if in good condition, will bring
a premium of from $50 to $50, but if the
date is 1929 then the coin is worth but 50
A half-dollar of 1909 does not command a
If the half-doIlar of 1853 you have is one
! with arrows at the date and rays around
the eagle it does not command premium,
but if it is without arrows at date or rays
| around the eagle 1t will command pre-
MUM of 800 to $50.
TIDE AND OVERFLOWED LANDS
Subscriber, Eureka, Cal. Tide land is
such land as is affected by the tide: land
| which is alternately covered and left
dry by the ordinary hux and retiux of the
| tides. Swamp and oVernoWeo lanos are
within the meaning of the act Of
Congress of September 2S, 1850, granting
swamp and overfiowed lands to the
States, such lands as periodically over
flow at seasons of sowing and harvesting
and are rendered unfit for the cultivation
of the staple crops.
The question. What does each produce
| in an unimproved state?" is too general
| to admit of an answer. If the inquiry is
limited to- particular district or local
ity the information can probably be fur
| nished
ouired by the act of Congress of 1850 to
| enable the State to dispose of it to such
as wish to buy and reclaim the same.
| AS to what rights you would have in
the matter of filing on such lands in Cali
| fornia, you would have to communicate
with the office of the Surveyor-General
| at Sacramento.
CHAMPAGNE-M. R. V. City. The dis
covery of champagne is said to be due to
e, .Benedictine monk named Perigon, who
in 1868 was made cellarer. In pursuing the
duties of his position he hit upon the idea
of marrying the different wines pro-