The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
Answers to Queries.
-P1TTsBURG PRESS.

TOMORROW. NJ B.. City. Il e
not proper to say tomorrow Is Tues
day" but It Is proper to say "tomor-
row viii be Tuesday"
CONDOLENCE-A- s.. City. II
person Is acquainted with one member
Of family and not with the rest of
the members thereof and a relative OF
the one acquainted with should die. it
is proper to send letter of condolences
TO that one without sending such let
ter to the entire family.
ELECTRIC ROAD-H- s.. City. II
an electric road should be built ON
what rs commonly called the three rail
system and the three rails were on
the surface, by a person standing on the
middle RAN and one of the side rails
there would be produced short cir
cult and a shock that would prove IA
tai For that reason the third or mid
die rail is sunk to avoid the production
Of short circuits
THE WINGED HORSE-H s. City.
The horse on the statue at Van Ness
avenue and Market street. dedicated TO
the California volunteers. is Pegasus.
which in classical mythology Is the
winged horse OF the Muses., which
sprang from the blood OF Medusa W.
caught by Bellerophon, the Joseph of
Greek mythology. and was tanned By
Antaea. wife OF Proetos He mounted
the horse and destroyed the Chimera,
but when he attempted to ride to heav-
en- he was thrown and the horse con-
tinued on TO the skies and there be-
came the constellation of the same
name.
vALLOMBROS PhfIo, Cal VAL
Iombrosa. WHICH means shady @alley,"
is celebrated abbey of Tuscany among
the Apennfnes, fifteen miles east OF
Florence. in a valley surrounded with
forests OF fr. beech and chestnut trees,
hence the name. There. an order Of
monks following the rule OF St. Bene-
dict, was founded By John Gualbert in
1893. They were called vallombrosians
from the name Of the site. or gray
monks from the color Of their habit.
which was. however. afterward changed
TO black They were the first to admit
lay brethren. The monastery became
very wealthy through donations. The
present magnificent buildings. erected
1893. are now used for royal academy
Of forestry the monastery having been
suppressed in 1853. This picturesque
place was visited BY Dante. was eele-
brated bygAriosto In Orlando Furioso,
Ecanto xxi. and is mentioned by MIL
ton IN Paradise Lost" The PLACE il
visited BY many artists and tourists
TESTING COINS-A. O. r.. Alameda.
Cal The testing OF gold and silver
coins. which takes place yearly at
the parent mint. Philadelphia. is call
ed the trial of the pyx. l. is a custom
of very ancient origin and derives its
name from the pyx or chest IN which
the coins to be examined are kept.
The examination is made in the pres
ence of the director of the mint and a
soard of examiners For each deIfvsry
OF coins made BY the chief eoiaer a
certain number are reserved for trial
and deposited in the pyx under charge
of the superintendent Of the mint and
the assayer. Coins from the coinage Of
other mints are transmitted quarterly
to the Philadelphia mint The examin-
ers make certified report OF the trial
after the examination II this shows
the coins to be within the limit Of toll
erance in fneness and weight II is
filed. but IL not the fact IS certified taA
the President. and he has power to or
der all the officers implicated in the
error hsnceforward disqualified for
holding their Offices.