The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
ANSWERS ITO QUERIES.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
HIGHEST TIDEs-o. ]. W.. City. The
highest tides at San Francisco occur IN
! June and December.
| CHECKERS. S. H, City. Any first
class book house can supply you with the
] text books on checkers. You might learn
the game by playing with a good player
| of the same.
sTEWARD-A Reader. City. younG
man who would like to be a steward IN
! the transport service should apply at the
| transport service office, Folsom-streeI
wharf, San Francisco.
THE CODES-A. M. S. The fact that
/ the Revised Codes were declared uncon-
stitutional by the Supreme Court does
not affect individual laws that were prop
erly passed by the Legislature.
| SPANISH PAPER-F. E., Stockton.
! Cal. The name of the Spanish paper
asked for does not appear in the San
Francisco directory nor in the catalogues
of papers published on the Pacific Coast.
TEETH-H.. City, Teeth. like verbs,
are regular, irregular and imperfect does
not appear in the books of quotations can
| any of the readers of this department In
l
of the quotation?
MYSTERIOUS BILLY Subscriber,
City. mysterious Billy Smith, whose
| true name is Amos Smith. was born in
Eastport Maine, May Is, 1871. This de.
partment has 10 information about his
parents.
COAL CONSTITUTIONAL S., City. The
Atlantic steamship Deutschland burns on
/ @f To- n
one trip she made 600 knots, but it was at
an expense of 1923 tons of coal in twenty
| four hours.
HARMONY OF COLORS-Subscriber
| City White will set with any color what
ever; red sets off best with white, black
| or yellow: blue sets off best with white
| or yellow: greens set off best with black
and white; gold sets off best with black
or brown; the best grounds for gold ara
| Saxon blue, vermilion and lake.
soLANo-G. S. W., City. There never
was a tribe of Indians in California called
the Solanos with Suisun as their chief,
! Int there was IN the Suisun Valley, So
| lano County, the aboriginal settlers
known as the Suisuns, and their last chief
was Sam Veto, otherwise francisco So
lano, for whom Solano County was
| named.
| GRANDPARENTS CLAUSE-W. A.
B.. City The term "grandfather's clause
| as applied to voters down South is In
tended to apply to illiterates other tnan
| those who are descendants of those who
| voted in 1860 Nearly all the Southern
states have adopted some restrictive
| scheme to keep out a certain class of citi-
zens, but the law in each State is gen.
| eral.
! GLAZE-N., Fall City, Or. Robert E.
| Glaze who was recently sentenced to I'M
prisonment for life for having killed Will
| liam Trewhella, his partner, has taken an
| appeal to the Supreme Court on grounds
| of error occurring during the trial. He
was not removed to the penitentiary, as
a certificate of probable cause was issued.
| and he is at present in the County JAN
| of San Francisco. w. w. Foote APP
peared for the defendant.
| LEGAL TENDERS. H, Boise Bar
racks, Idaho. Unless specified in the con-
! tract that a debt shall be paid in gold
| coin such debt in the United States may
| be paid in anything that is legal tender.
| In the United States gold rs legal tender
| in any amount, silver dollars unlimited
unless otherwise specified, United States
notes, unlimited unless otherwise speci-
fed, subsidiary coin not to exceed $40,
! minor coins not to exceed % cents These
are the standards fixed by Congress.
| WANTS TO KNOW-Ahaz writing from
Berkeley wants to know if any of the
readers of this department can furnish an
answer to the following: what is the
significance of the bride placing on a chair
her right hand glove and that of her hus-
band and distinctly attracting the atten-
ton of guests on their first call after the
marriage to this?"
| A society lady to whom the question
was shown said that she did not know,
] but that it might mean an ill matchel
! pair.
| A DAY OF '69-W. d. M. The 18th Of
! CIVIL SERVICE-Subscriber, City. To
obtain full list of the different Govern
ment positions obtained through civil
service examination, address the commits
sion at Washington, d. c. If you mean
| the local civil service, address the Civil
| Service Commits sion, City Hall. If there
is any good reason why previous ques-
lions should be furnished. the commits
| sioners might furnish them. The que5-
lions of one year are of no value as to
the examination for the succeeding year.