The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

JANUARY DATES. D. G.. Dat Hill.
Cal The first Friday in November, 1882,
fell on the 10th of the month.
FIFTY CENT PIECE. & B., o. ".
City. A fifty cent piece of 1926 is not
classed as a premium coin.
NEW YORK ADDRESS-A. G., Hilo, H.
I. The New York address of Andrew
Carnegie is No . West Fifty-f1rst street.
TREATIEs-F, F. c., CITY-You can
find the Monroe doctrine and all of the
United States treaties at the Free Public
Library in this city.
THE ERIE CANAL-A. o. D. F., City.
The Erie Canal which connects the Hud-
son River at Troy with Lake Erie at
Buffalo was commenced in 1917 and was
finished in 1926.
HIS NAME-A. L. S., Suisun, Cal. There
is no combination of letters in the Eng
lish language that will give a correct pro-
nunciation of Czolgosz, the name of the
assassin of President Mckinley.
wATCHMAN-J. F. M, City. If you
wish to know the result of the examina
ton for a watchman's position for the
girls high school, call at the Civil Service
office.
STREET RAILROADS.&C.. H. g., City.
The most comprehensive work on street
railroads in the United States is the
American Street Railway Guide. There is
considerable information on such in POor's
Railroad Manual
AREA-R H. G., City The following is
given as the area in square miles of the
places named: Greater New York, 3OS;
Manhattan Borough, 1855; New Orleans,
1856; Los Angeles &c; Seattle, 30; Portland,
Or, 1872; San Francisco, 41&.
VARIOUS COINS, ]. F. L.. San Jose,
Cal.-From 50 to IS is offered for pine tree
shilIings; a half dollar of 1906 does not
command a premium; the other coins de-
scribed in letter of inquiry are not men
toned in the catalogues.
POKER DICE-W. F. S., City. In poker
dice Florence lays down the rule that:
IF player has a pair of aces, a three,
four or five, and the other has also pair
of aces, a two, three and six, the six
makes his hand the best and he takes the
pot"
HIGH, LOW, JACK, CANES, City.
AS contention in a game of high, low,
lack and game, that if a certain suit is
led and he holds trumps and suit card in
his hand, he can play either and save
pedro or sancho at any time, is correct;
he is not bound to follow suit.
VALUE OF DIAMONDS-W. T, Sacra-
mento, Cal The price of diamonds is
regulated by the supply and the demand
and by purity of the stone and the size,
also if it is absolutely free from flaw or
blemish The value of a gem increases
in the geometrical ratio of its weight.
RAILROAD SPEED-A. s., City. The
fastest time by a railroad in the United
States was by the Empire State Express
one mile in % seconds, equal to 1873 miles
per hour. The fastest regular trains in
the United States are said to be those
on the Philadelphia and Reading route in
summer, the average being 71.2 miles per
hour.
sANCHO PEDRO-N. N, City. In the
game of sancho pedro the count is high,
low, Jack, game, sancho and pedro. if so
agreed. If in a game of sancho A holds
Jack and pedro and has three to go and
B holds high, low, game and sancho and
has nine to go B, by reason Of his cards,
goes out first. In double pedro in the case
of trumps the pedro of trumps counts
first.
BEDBUGS-C. M, City. Bedbugs may
be destroyed by putting in the joints of
the bed and in the cracks of the sur
base in which the pests locate equal
parts of turpentine and kerosene. Filling
up the cracks with hard soap is also an
excellent remedy. Bedsteads should be
examined in March and April to destroy
the eggs laid by the bugs.
THE MARY FLINT-N. c G., Homo
lulu. H. [. The collier Mary Flint collided
with the United States steamship Iowa
in the bay of San Francisco and sank on
the night of the Sth of September, 1900 on
the occasion of the naval parade by the
Native Sons of the Golden West in cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
admission of the State of California into
the Union.
AN OVATE-Subscriber City. Those
who receive the first degree in the United
Ancient Order of Druids are called
ovates. An ovate is man of letters or
science, philosopher An ovate is com
monty understood to be an Eisteddfodic
graduate who is neither bard nor a
Druid. In ancient times an ovate was a
man of letters or science, or more prop
erly, teacher of the same.
A STRAIGHT FLUSH-W. F. s., City.