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

! PROSCENIUM-S. A. W., City. The
! proscenium Of theater is that part of
! the stage between the drop curtain and
the orchestra.
| NIGHT SCHOOL-T. S., City. There is
no night school in the Western Addition
/ of San Francisco in which the Spanish
| language is taught.
WAR OF THE REBELLION-A. E. s.,
City. The United States Supreme Court
decided that the war of the rebellion
closed on the Goth of August, 1866.
FATHER OF SYMPHONY-Music, City.
1t was Haydn who was called 1.-The Father
of Symphony from the prominence ne
gave to that form of composition.
NOT GIVEN QUIT. B.. City. The
amount paid salary to the parties
named in letter of inquiry is information
that is not given out by the parties inter-
ested.
BRESCHI-H. K. V, City. The punish
ment imposed on Breschi. the assassin of
King Umberto of Italy, was imprisonment
for life. the death penalty for crime
does not exist in that country.
TRADE DOLLARS-C. c., City. The
coinage of trade dollars for general circu-
lation ceased in 1878. Proofs made
| in the following years to 1888 inclusive.
The price that dealers charge for such is
81 80.
CIGARETTE SMOKING-T. s., City.
Slight poisoning by cigarette smoking is
indicated by nausea but poisoning OF the
system by the excessive use Of cigarettes
is indicated by pallor. depression and loss
of nerve power. When that condition is
reached it is advisable to stop the use Of
cigarettes, consult a reputable physician
and follow his advice.
MOUNTAIN HIGH-Subscriber City
The term, or expression, waves noun
tain high is only figure of speech. for
it is said that waves do not rise mountain
high Waves in the North Atlantic have
been observed to rise 43 feet in height In
the South Atlantic % feet is recorded. 1t
is reported that there have been waves Sc
feet in height in the Bay of Biscay. In
the German Ocean they do not rise more
than ID feet.
HOONER-Subscriber City. The name
schooner applied to class of sailing yes
sells is derived from the Dutch word
"schoon," beautiful. The first vessel OF
that class was, it is said, built at Glou-
cester, Mass, by Captain Andrew Robin
son in 1714 When the vessel, which was
day, was going off the stocks bystander,
using !!sn the T word ] sehoon as as a verb, said
hearing this said then let her be
schooner and from that time the vessels
of that class have been so called
THE FACE-Coin. City. The face on
the silver dollar of the present day is
from sketches of the features of Miss
Anna w. Williams, who was at the time
it was adopted an attache of the parent
n Philadalnhia George 7 MORGAN
who drew the design, made several
sketches of the lady's face and finally
issued in 1878, but he had altered it so
that the lady did not recognize it and did
not leaern until 1889 that her features had
been used as the basis for the figure of
liberty on the new coins.
THE OLD AMERICA-Yachtsma City,
In the first race for the Americas cup the
America was matched against the No-
lante, the Arrow and other boats. The
Volante when third in the race sprung her
bowsprit, the America being at that time
more than a mile in the lead. The Ar
row, far in the lead of the Volante, went
ashore, and the second boat to finish was
the Aurora, the smallest of all in the race.
The America was after. the race bought
master on board who did not understand
her and matched her against the Arrow,
which defeated her badly.
TIN PLATE-A. D. F., Oakland, Cal
Tin plate is made of iron or steel plates
washed in acid to remove the oxide that
forms on them by exposure to the air.
They are then dried, annealed cold rolled,
annealed again and once more washed in
acid after which they are plunged in
melted tallow and then dipped in a bath
of tin, where they remain about twenty
minutes The excess of tin is then re-
moved, the plates are polished and dried
the grease removed and the plates are
finished. Terne plates is an inferior plate
the tin used being mixed with lead Terne
plate, which is not bright, is known as
roofing tin.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA-T C. s..
City. No tea is raised in England, and
the term \"English breakfast tea" was
applied to a mixture of congou. howerv
pekoe and chop of Powchong This made
such a pleasant tea that there was a great
demand for it, and as it could not be had
at any place but the tea store of Richard
Davies on Chatham street, New York |
some one sent ten pounds of it to China
with instructions to make a large ship
ment of the same. The Chinese soon dis
covered the mixture and since that time
have put it up in half chests and shipped !
to all parts of the world Davies. who |
had established good business, soon had |
his trade taken from him. became a ned |
dlar of coffee and died very poor in New |
Jersey.