The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-20
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
ROCKEFELLER AND STANDARD
DIV, Marshfield, Or. John D. Rookie
Teller has residence in the city of New
York. Inc investigations into the affairs
OF the Standard Oil Company have not
yet been brought to a conclusion
DECLARATION OF WARS. p. r
City. On the 21st of April, 1898, the Span
ish Government sent United States Min
ister' Woodford his passports. thus be-
ginning the war; on the 24th Spain form
ally declared that war existed with +he
United States and on the 18th the United
States Congress declared that war was
begun on the 21st Of April by the act of
Spain
FROST AND WATER-A Subscriber.
City. Whether fruit trees and vegetables
should be watered at night to protect
~ upon conditions. In some instances
water, by creating a moisture would be
beneficial, while In others it would be
detrimental. No general answer to the
question can be furnished.
CADET IN THE MILITARY ACAD-
EMY-F. NJ, City. The question as to
how to gain admission as a cadet In the
Military Academy has been answered
so often that the readers must by this
time be tired of seeing the answer. Ad-
dress a communication to the Congress
man from the district in which you live
and he will furnish you circular of in
formation.
sYMBOLs-Enq., City Ivy, holly and
box are symbols of the resurrection; dates
and cedars, of The faithful; corn ears, Of
the holy communion; grapes, of This is
my blood; lily. of purity; olive, of
peace; orange blossom, of virginity; palm
OF victory; rose, Of interruption; vine, of
Christ, our life; and yew, of death
Laurel, oak, olive, myrtle, rosemary,
cypress and amarinth are funeral plants.
OLD NEWPAPERS-A. b, City. This
department is always willing TO oblige
but questions must be in definite shane
to admit of an answer. Such a question
as the following cannot be answered.: "A.
b. would like to know if there is anv
value on old newspaper from ninety to
one hundred years old; what is the
value?" If A. b. had described the papers.
name. place of publication and date an
answer could have been given.
THE JAPAN CURRENT-subscri
Vallejo, Cal For information in addi-
ton to what has already been published
in connection with Professor Hammon's
theory concerning the Japan current and
the precipitation of rain you will have to
communicate with that gentleman, whose
address is Philadelphia Gas COMPANY
Pittsburg Pa" AS to the Japan current
you can find some information in the en-
cyclopedias, but literature on that sub
Ject is not very extensive.
POULTRY JOURNALIST. A. L.. Lii
lis, Cal. There are many journals in the
United States devoted to poultry and
poultry raising. Among the number may
be named: Fanciers Monthly San lose
Cal; American Poultry Journal. Chicago
H; Reliable Poultry Journal, Quincy
Poultry Raiser, indianapolis, Ind: Farm
Poultry. Boston, Mass. Poultry Herald
St St Paul MINI; American Poultry Advo-
Poultryman, Tiffin Ohio.
SAN Subscriber. Civ
The following from the Consolidation Act
OF April ~, 1885, answers fully the question
as to the limits of San Francisco:
The corporation or body polite and COR
porate now existing and known as the
city OF San Francisco shall remain and
continue 10 be body corporate and poll
nc nc IN ~ name and in fact, by the name Of
The boundaries of the City and County
OF San Francisco: Beginning at the south
west corner. being the northwest corner
OF san Mateo, in Pacific Ocean on the
extension of northern line of Township
Three south of Mount Diablo base; thence
northerly along the Pacific coast to its
point or intersection with westerly extern
the entrance to San Francisco Bay, being
southwest corner of Marin and northwest
corner of San Francisco; thence easterly
through Point Bonita and Point Caballo
TO the most southeastern point of Angel
Island. all on line of Marin, as established
by section 1851; thence northerly along the
eastern line of Marin to the northwest
point of Golden Rock, also known as Red
Rock being a common corner of Marin
Contra Costa and San Francisco; thence
due southeast four and one-half miles
more or less to a point distant three stat
ute miles from the natural high water
mark on the eastern shore of San Francis
co Bay, being a common corner of Contra
Costa, Alameda and San Francisco:
thence southeasterly in a direct line TO a
point three miles from said eastern shore
and on the line first named considered as
extending across said bay) and thence
west along said first named line to the
place Of beginning. The islands known as
the Farallones shall be attached to and
be part of said city and county
BY the act of March so, 1874 this de-
scription was amended to make the west
ern boundary of Alameda County pass 500
yards westerly of the western extrerri.v
of the Central Pacific wharf as II Waa
then, providing it did not taAe fer.ya
Buena Island outside of San Francisco.