The San Francisco call., 1901-11-19

TO QUERIES BY
CALL READERS
GOLDEN GATE PARK-B. C. l., City.
| The proper place to file an application for
| employment in Golden Gate Park is with
the superintendent of the park.
NURSERY RHYMEs-Iota. City. The
/ nursery rhymes in which is the line 'Pus-
sy cat. pussy cat, where have you been?'
are to be found in the Mother Goose Melo-
dies.
NOT PREMIUM COME. A p.
City. According to dealers catalogues
dollars of 1860 do not command a pre-
MUM. Dealers charge for such from
81 50 to 50.
ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN-su0-
scriber. City. The news of the assassi-
nation of President Lincoln in April. 1865,
was transmitted to London, England. BY
the Atlantic cable.
ASSISTANT CLERK-L. X. L.. City.
There Is no fixed salary for an assistsR
clerk in the United States Circuit CouE
The clerk is allowed fees and he pays his
/ assistant wnat he desires.
TWENTY DOLLAR PTECE-A Sub
scriber, City. A twenty-dollar piece Of 1852
| is not one of the coins for which dealers
/ offer a premium. Dealers offer to sell such
at prices varying from s25 to $50.
COINs-M. Y. o., City. United States
scent pieces were first coined in 1854
Some dealers in the East offer from 81 to
81 so premium for such. There is no pre-
| haI of
Scent piece of 1852.
OILER ON STEAMER-P.. Vallejo. Cal.
Application for the position of oiler on
/ Government boat plying between this port
! and the new possessions should be made
! to the Transport Service Department, foot
\ of FolsOm-street wharf, San Francisco.
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS-R. H. b, City.
! This department does not know anything
more about Keefe. EO was reported to
j have been King of i tribe of South Sea
] islanders. than what appeared in the pub
| Hshed article alluded to in your commu-
nication-
TRAINING SCHOOL-C. E. L.. Dem
mark. Or. The training school CT Goat
! Island, in the bay of San Francisco. IS
not a military. but a naval school -
munications should be addressed "l5t'10
| Training Station, Commandants ONcs
San Francisco. Cal"
DEPOSIT FOR GAs-J. H.. OakIanG
Cal 1t is a rule Of gas comul.z.tzs %
demand deposit on gas meter placed
in house for one other than the oTner
The question as to the right OF a conl-
pany to demand such a deposit not
been finally decided by the courts
| DRAWING A Observation-Disclosures
Cal If man drawing a pension from
the United States Government drinks to
such an extent as to make him imcompe-
tent, his wife may go before a court, es-
tablish that fact. have herself appointed
his guardian. and then she will be paid
his pension, otherwise not
SILVER FOR PAPER-A. o. s., City.
, The United States sub-treasury on Com
mercial street. in this city, will give you
a dollar bill for 81 in silver. A broker, in
the kindness of heart. might make the
same exchange for you, but 1t is more
than likely that he would make a small
charge. There is no fixed rate fOr such
exchange by money brokers.
ADMIRAL-R. ]. F.. City. The rank of
admiral in the United States navy bel !
comes extinct upon the death, Of the in-N
dividuaI holding 1t. The grade was first
established July 25 1866, for Farragut. 1t
was then conferred, after Farragut's
death, on Porter and became extinct upon
his death in 1890. 1t was not revived until
Congress created 1t for Dewey.
/ CASINO-G., City. In playing casino.
unless it is stipulated at the beginning II
the game that points are to be counted
as made, the rule is to allow the one ON
the last deal who has cards, and when
there are no cards, who has spades to
count first, and go out if he has enough
points If on the last deal A has seven
to make and B has two, and A should
have cards, spades, big casino and three
aces and B should have little casino and
one ace, A would count first and go out.
I DRAW PEDRO-A. D.. City. When in a
game of draw pedro tack counting three)
A wants two points to go out and makes
high and game, wants three points and
makes jack and c two points and has low
and pedro, B wins, because he is the first
to be able to count tie requisite number
of points according TO the rules of the
game, the count being in the following
order: High, low. jack. game and pedro.
A could count only high, not having low
or jack before coming to game; but B,
having jack (three points,, goes out y
UNITED STATES STAMPs-W. q
Stockton, Cal Stamps in prepayment OF
postage in the United States were the
provisional issue of 1915 and 1s4s, issued
in Baltimore, Md, and Battleboro. VT
The denominations were and 10 cents.
In 1S45 stamped envelopes of the denOmi-
nation of and 10 cents were used. In
that year stamps were issued in New
York, Providence and st. Louis The gen
4, eraI issue Of stamps for the United States
Postofice Department was made in 1917.
They did not, however, come into gem
eral use until 1855, when letters were re-
quired to be prepaid. United States
stamped envelopes (embossed) were fur