The San Francisco call., 1901-11-21
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TIME DIFFERENCE-N. L. W., City.
The difference In hours between San
Francisco and Lincoln. Neb., Is one hour
and forty minutes.
WOOD AND CORK-S.. City. One Gu
bic foot of ebony weighs sighty-tnree
i pounds and five ounces, while q piece OF
cork of the same size weighs but fifteen
| pounds.
OLD PEOPLES HOMlC. s., City.
There is the Crocker Old Peoples Home
at the corner of Pierce ands Pine streets.
in this city, and the Altenhein, In Fruit
vale, where elderly men are received
FIRST CABLE ROAD-O. P. O., City.
The first passenger cable road was started
in San Francisco on Clay street, between
Kearny and Leavenworth. August L. 1878.
1t was at that time that the nrsr car was
run over the lire.
| STREET RAILROAD-O. p. O., City.
The first street railroad in San Francisco
was the Market street line. which had its
terminus on Market street near Drumn-
1t was moved by steam power and was
put in operation July T. 1860
TELEGRAPH-O. P. O., City. The first
| telegraph in California was that estab-
Iished by Sweeney & Baugh, which ran
distance of eight miles between the Mer-
/ chants Exchange, San Francisco. and
Point Lobos and was opened September
I 2S 1858.
| STRIKE&B. E. B., Santa Ana, Cal.
Information relative 10 the strikes that
| have occurred in the United States In the
] fE,.ar cJrr1k f0Fz z1Foh
may be obtained from the Office OF the
United States Commissioners or Labor,
| Washington, ID. C.
| FIRST TELEPHONE-O- P. O, City
There were a number Of private tele-
phone lines in use in San Francisco 0erore
SSe general system came into operation,
but this department has no means Of as
cerfaining which was the first Of these
lines established
RUSSIAN TEAL. s. c.. City. The fol-
lowing is given as the method for making
what Is termed the famous Russian tea:
sInto fresh STEPPED black tea drop thfnly
sliced lemon, peel and all, except the
seeds, in the proportion or one slice 10 a
small cupfuI of tea With this sugar may
be used
DAVID b. HILL-c. s.. City. David
B. Hill was elected Lieutenant, Governor
Of New York on the ticket with Grover
Cleveland, became Governor on the resig-
nation of Cleveland to assume the Presi-
dency of the United States. served TO the
end of the term, was elected Governor N
| 1885 and reelected in 1888.
DIMES-O B., Oakland, Cal You have
been unisinforrned in regard to only four
dimes having been coined that year
There were any number of dimes colneu-
| = fv,r, r,e1S1 oh
dimes that were coined in the San Fran
cisco mint in 1894. There were but twen-
ty-four issued from there that year, and
it is those for which a premium Is offered.
, BUILDING IN CASINO-J. c. NJ, City.
In the game of casino if a player builds
up a card to a certain denomination his
opponent may increase that build, and il
must be taken with card Of the denomi-
nation announced. A player may increase
! ! the build of his opponent, but he cannot
! take the build of his opponent for the pur-
: pose of increasing a build he may have on
the table.
RIvERsLA. ID. p, Oakland, Cal The
precise length Of each OF the chief rivers
: of the world Is not known. They shift
their channels and wind to such a degree
as 10 render it a difficult problem TO de-
termiue the exact length OF any or them
The Mississippi is said to be $3.50 miles
long according to one authority, while an
other says it is 29S6 miles long from its
source to its mouth and that from the lat
ter to the source of the Missouri is 45O6
miles, Another work says: The Missts-
sippf river, the greatest artery of internal
commerce in the world, involves a system
of thirty-five rivers. The chief upper
branches of the system are the Missouri
on the northwest, the Ohio on the north
east and the upper Mississippi. The re-
spective lengths of these three are-Mis-
souri, 29OS miles; Ohio, 1855 miles, and the
upper Mississippi, above the mouth Of the
Missouri 1900 miles. The length Of the
Amazon is given as 1850 miles, also 1886
miles, and that of the River Nile is given
as 1895 miles.