The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08


made over and furnished with Moser
apparatus"
ANSWERS 10 CORRESPONDENTS.
BARONESS DE HIRsCH-B. c., City.
A communication intended for Maurice de
Torres Bischoffhem sent to Brussels, care
of the Baroness de Hirsch, Will reach
him.
SOLDIERS MALTA. S. S. Mail in
tended for soldiers who are to be returned
to San Francisco for Manila is held at the
postoffice from the time notice is received
that the troops are to be sent home
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY-Frisco'
City. A will or document making over
certain property may be drawn up with
out the aid of a solicitor and be iegal.
But the document should be explicit, SO
that there can be no misunderstanding OF
the wish of the party making over the
property.
GHOST sTORIES-L. J. K, City. II
YOU desire to have "a lot Of ghost stories,
the more thrilling the better, for ghost
party" go, to the free pupIlc on baiPod{ dhpaaIy
of DAYS" volumes l and ii, on consulting
the index You can also obtain other
ghost stories.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.-L. B. J.. Port
wine. Cal. The denomination Of a United
States special delivery stamp is 10 cents.
Ii can be used only in the United states.
If placed on a letter sent to foreign
country. even though in the postal union,
II would have no more erect, so Tar as
Fastening delivery, than II II was piece
OF blank paper.
1.-THE TOLLS OF THE ROAD"-Mrs. H.
G. Thompson of 651 Capp street kindly
announces that she will furnish TO the
correspondent who asked for the same the
words of the poem in which occur the
lines, But the tolls Of the road VIII seem ln
nothing when | get to the enu OF the
way if the correspondent will send
stamped and self-addressed envelope.
HARD WOOD AND INSTRUMENTS
C. NJ. B.. San Rafael, Cal. There Is no
general formula for polishing hard
wood: there is a different metho1 Tor
different woods, the same as to the man
ner for finishing musical instruments; II
depends on the kind of instrument. l you
will name the kind of wood you want 10
polish or the instrument you want 10 mn
fsh, this department will endeaVor TO tur-
nsh the information.
MEXICAN AND AMERICANA. H.,
Lodi. Cal. The intrinsic value Of Mexi-
can dollar, as fixed quarterly by the
United States Government, is IS lilo cents.
A dollar of the United States contains
81 % grains of pure silver 800 fine Reckon
/ that by the market value of silver, and in
that way you will ascertain the exact
value of the silver in dollar on any day.
Its value is affected by the market value
of silver The Mexican dollar contains
41779 grains of silver.
NOT FROM CARSON-Subscriber Oak
land, Cal The s. piece dated 1851 which
YOU possess was not coined in the Carson
CITY Mint for the reason that the mint In
that city was not established until 1858.
If the piece was coined in a United States
mint II does not command premium
from dealers in coins Such e piece ,s sells
coined in that year in the mints at PhIla-
delphia New Orleans, Dahlonega, Ga,
and Charlotte, n. c.
ROYAL. FLUSH AND STRAIGHT
FLUSH-M. D., City. The American
Hoyle gives the following definition of
royal flush and straight flush in draw
poker: "a royal flush is straight or Sc
quence, all of the same suit, as ace, two,
three, four and five of diamonds" ;"
straight f1ush--the same as royal flush"
On the subject of straights, sequence or
rotation, the same authority says: These
are five cards following in regular order
of denomination, as ace, two, three, four
and five, and the cards may be of differ
ent suits; a straight will beat triplets. In
a straight the ace plays both ways, but its
value is different. When with the king
queen. knave and ten it makes the highest
straight; when with the two, three, four
and five, the lowest; In some coteries a
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of the same denomination, but this, like
all other notifications not strictly legal,
must be agreed upon before commencing
the game 1t is strongly urged by some
players that the strongest hand at draw
poker should be a straight or royal flush
for the reason that it is more difficult 10
get than four of kind, and removes from
the game the Objectionable feature of an
invincible hand. 1t is impossible to tie
four aces or four kings and an ace, but 1t
is possible for four straight flushes Of the
same value to be out in the same deal.
No gentleman would care to bet on a sure
thing and we therefore think that the
gentlemen play at the game"
A: Howard Gady. in a book book on poker re-
royal flush is the highest of all hands 1t
must consist of a sequence of five cards.
all of the same suit. The value, of course
is determined after the same manner the
straight is, the higher or highest cards
winning"
Robert c. Schenck, in his world-re-
nowned book on poker, says that the high
est hand in that game is "a sequence
flush-which is a sequence Of five cards
and all of the same suit"