The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-30
PERSONAL MENTION.

L. w. FuIkerth, an attorney of Modesto,
is at the Lick.
j. B. Forker, business man of Oil CITY,
is at the Occidental
]. NJ. Day, a mining man Of Los An
geles, is at the Grand.
DIR. G. l.. Guild of Palo Alto is at the Oc-
cidental for a brief stay.
H. W. Robinson, a business man of Los
Angeles, is at the Palace.
John A. Bunting, mining man of Cen
terVille, is at the Occidental.
M. A. Martin a mine owner Of Tucson,
Arizona, is staying at the Lick.
Railroad Commissioner Edison is regis
tered at the Occidental from Gazelle.
Superior Judge A G.. Brice of New Or
leans La, is registered at the Grand.
H NJ. Won Holt, wealthy sugar planter
of Honolulu, is at the Occidental with his
family. having just returned from Euro
pean trip.
Colonel R. NJ. OReilly. Z. S. A, who
comes to succeed Colonel Greenleaf as
chief surgeon of the Department of Cali
fornia, is registered at the Occidental
Colonel James Fornly, United States
Marines, is "a guest at the Palace. He
sails on the Sheridan for Cavite, where he
will assume command of a battalion of
marines.
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highest of all the hands; it must consist
of a sequence Of five cards of the same
suit The value, of course, is determined
after the manner the straight is, the high
er or highest card or cards winning.
When straights are not played the
straight flush ranks no higher than the
common flush Sometimes two straight
flushes will be equal, in which event the
pot must be divided
CALIFORNIA MIssIONs-C. NJ. Oak
land, Cal. The article in The Call rela-
tive to the great Spanish highway of Cali
fornia, showing the location of the mis-
siOns, was published on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1901 You may obtain a copy of
the same at the business office. The cost
of back number is. if one month old.
cents; two months, 10 cents; three months,
10 cents: four months, 20 cents. and for
months more than four. 10 cents addition
al per month.
TO RENEW FRIENDSHIP Sunburst,
Oakland, Cal What is suitable as gift
to renew friendship that has been severed
between two persons, depends upon the
best judgment of the one who desires to
offer the olive branch of peace. 1t is not
the value of a gift that cuts any figure in
such a case, but the spirit in which 1T is
given. Anything that would be useful to
the prospective recipient or that could be
used daily would serve as a constant re-
minder of a friendship lost and renewed.
NOT A DETECTIVE AGENCY-C., Oak
land, Cal. The department of Answers to
Correspondents was established to furnish
information of a general character, and
does not undertake to set lone of it's men
with nothing to do on the trail to find out
the name and occupation of the father,
the maiden name and residence of the
mother and, if possible, the present resi-
dence of the mother and child in the
case of a child that was born in 1899. This
is purely personal and private matter,
and If you wish that information you had
better secure the services Of private de
tective agency.
TAPIOCA-J. A, PorterviIIe. Cal. Tapi-
oca is produced from the root of the
manioc, large, shrubby plant, native Of
South America, but also extensively cultf-
waited in South Africa and other tropical
countries. Manioc, or mandioca is the
Brazilian name for this plant. In Che
West Indies it is called cassava, and in
Peru its name is yucca. The plant grows
in bushy form from six to eight feet
high, sometimes higher The stems are
la ollLu pltlyy TIC UIduCQeS crooked
the leaves growing in a cluster at the
end of the branches. The roots are very
large, turnip-like, sometimes weighing
| thirty pounds, from three to eight grow
ing in cluster, usually from a foot To
| two feet in length. They contain q very
poisonous milk juice. but as the poison
Gus quality results from the presence Of
hydrOcyanic acid this can be easiIv and
entirely removed by boiling. When the
poison is driven out the juice is made int
sauce, quite peppery. in flavor, which is
very wholesome as a condiment and much
liked by the South Americans 1t is aIso
sweetened. with molasses, fermented and
converted into an intoxicating dripL
After the juice is pressed out the roof is
grated, dried on hot metal plates and then
powdered, this substance becoming, a 20
vorite kind of farina. The starch of tba
root is obtained by allowing the iuica IN
stand for some time after boiling wbsr
the starch settles to the bottom Tbis a.
washed and dried on hot plates. and d1,-
ing the process of heating the starcb i
stirred with an iron rod, the grains b1Irst
some Of the starch is converted into -
trine and the whole agglomerates tn+o
small, irregular masses This is Drto4 a.
known as the tapioca of commerce -
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