The San Francisco call., 1901-10-14
TO QUERIES.


RIVER AND HARBOR BILL-B w,
Oakland, Cal The river and harbor bill
did not pass at the last held session of
Congress.
SLAVE-Old Citizen, City. There are no
slaves in the United States now, and when
there were such a slave was not accorded
the right of franchise.
TAXES-Subscriber City. The first
record of the levying of taxes upon the
citizens of a country was the act of Scion,
the first Athenian legislator, $40 B. @.
IRISH GIANT, A. o. S., City.-There is
a record of Patrick Cotter, who was called
1.-The Irish Giant" His height was feet
inches. He died in September 1906.
THE MACCABEES-L. A L., Spreckels.
Cal The headquarters of the knights of
the Maccabees of California is in San
Francisco S. W. Hall is the State COM
mander.
WORLDS STOCK OF GOLD-W. ]. G.,
Oakland, Cal. 1t is estimated that the
worlds stock of gold is: Coined, 1886,
400 900 fine ounces, and uncoined, 265 400 ,0e0
fine ounces
A MINORS PROPERTY-A. s. o. T. c..
Lathrop, Cal The personal property of
minor is his individual property and can
not be seized by the creditors of the father
to satisfy claim.
PUBLIC RECORDS-Grub Gulch. Cal.
There is a general law that provides that
public records shall not be removed from
the place where they belong without per-
mission of a court.
PUNDITA RAMABAI-B. G. E., City
Within year there was published an ac-
count that Pundita Ramahai was still in
India carrying on her work of educating
high caste Hindoo women.
OLD COINS-P. H. and C. c. c., City.
No premium is offered for a five-dollar
piece of 1889. or 1S4O nor for quarter of
1858, unless it is one without arrow heads
at date and without rays around the
eagle.
ICE-A E., City. Ice does not occupy
less space than water. for in the act of
freezing water expands. This is caused
by the particles of water crystallizing
separately, leaving many hollow spaces or
intervals between them.
DISCHARGED SOLDIER-W. c., City.
This department does not know "any way
by which an honorably discharged SOL
oier who is unable to obtain work and
is without means to buy ticket can
reach his home in the East"
YOUNG VOTER-Minor. City. A minor
who will attain his majority just be-
fore election day can register on making
the declaration that he will be of age on
the day set for election. He could not
vote without being registered.
EUROPEAN CITIES-M. r., City. Ac-
cording to the census of 1897, the popula-
ton of St. Petersburg was 1. .267 ,023 that
of Berlin, census of 1900, was 1,S43 600; that
of Paris, census of 1885, was 2,536,S34, and
that of London, census of 1891, 4,211, ,0S6.
ENGLISH ODD FELLOWS-D. E. NJ,
City. There are three branches of Odd
Fellows in England: The Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity;
the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
and the National Independent Order of
Odd Fellows.
FAILURE TO PAY-C. D.. City. If a
naval officer who entered into a written
agreement to pay rent for premises fails
to do so, get an attorney to sue him and
he will see about the collection, if you re-
cover Judgment. The Navy Department
is not a collection bureau.
PREMIUM DIMES-G. W. B., Benicia,
Cal. The catalogues of Eastern coin deal
ers offer premiums for dimes of the fol-
lowing given dates only: 1876, 1898, 1900,
1901 1902. 1903 1904, 1905, 1907 1909, 1911, 1922
1928 Qarge date). The highest premium Is
offered for the dime of 1904, from $4 to S.
TIDE AT THE CLIFF HOUSES,
CITY. Almost every year at some time
during the month of June the tide be-
tween the Cliff House and the Seal Rocks
recedes sufficiently to admit of driving on
the beach between the two points. In
June of this year four-horse team drove
on the beach at that point and the hoofs
of the horses were not wet.
STEAM-A. E., City. The text books
Law down that steam is water changed hv