The San Francisco call., 1906-06-22


Bates. U. S. A, is slated for retirement
on August 26, 1906.
GOLD AND IRON-Q. r., City. A
cubic foot of gold weighs 1900 pounds
avOirdupois, and a piece of castirOn of
the same size weighs $50 pounds.
DANNY DEEvER-H. ]. B., Benton.
Mono County, Cal. This correspondent
wishes TO know where he can find the
poem entitled Danny Deever." Can
any of the readers of this department
inform the correspondent?
RIGHT TO SELL-A N, City The
fact that the United States patent law
gives an inventor the exclusive right
to make and sell his invention does not
give him the right TO peddle such in
vention from house to house without
a municipal license in San Francisco as
required of peddlers- The same rule
prevails wherever a license is required
ROMAN COINS-Subscriber Oakland
Cal. So many Roman coins have been
recovered from ancient buried cities
that they are not considered rare by
numismatists at this time. The value
OF such is regulated by the scarcity
of the pieces Suggest that you show
your treasures" to some dealer in old
coins.
IRON Observation-Disclosures, City
The iron bedstead of the present time
is of very ancient origin, for in the
third chapter of the book of Deute
ronomy. verse 2, is the following: For
only Ogs King of Bashan, remained of
the remnant of giants; behold his bed
stead was a bedstead of iron; is it not
in Rabbath of the children of Ammon?
Nine cubits was the length Of 1t, ard
four cubits the breadth OF it, after the
cubit of a man"
WOOD FOR Fuels, City. The
following gives the value of different
kinds of wood as heat producers
made with air-drfed wood: Shellbark
hickory, 100; pignut hickory, 81, white
oak. 81; white ash, II; dogwood. IS;
scrub oak. 10, witch hazel. II: apple
tree, 10; red oak. 67 white beech. 65;
yellow oak. so; hard maple, SO; white
elm, 5S; red cedar. 90; wild cherry. S5;
yellow pine. 81; chestnut, 50; yellow
poplar, 81; butternut, 4s; white birch.
AZ; and white pine. 80.
MUSTARD-A Subscriber, Alameda
Cal. The following is given as
recipe for making French mustard:
Take of best -four OF mustard, 2
pounds; fresh parsley. chervil. celery
and tarragon, of each Y ounce; l Glove
of garlic. II salt anchovies Gall we'll
chopped grind together. add 1 ounce
of salt, add grape juice or sugar suff-
cient TO sweeten, with sufficient water
TO form the mass into thinnish paste
by trituration in a mortar When put
into pots. a red hot poker is TO be
thrust into each. and a little vinegar
afterward poured upon the surface.
wHITEwASH-S. H. City. The fol-
lowing is the method of making gov
ernment whitewash. which is the best
for outdoor purposes: This whitewash
is made by shaking half bushel of
lime in boiling water, keeping il COW
cred during the process; then strain
and add a peck of salt dissolved in
warm water. three pounds OF rice put
in boiling water and boiled to a thin
paste. one-half pound of Spanish whit
ing and pound OF clear glue dissolved
in warm water Mix these well to-
gether and let the mixture stand for
several days. Keep the wash thus pre-
pared in kettle or portable furnace
and when using have it as hot as pos
sible
EXPANSION-Subsc City Ac-
cording to the General Land Office of
the United States there have been thir-
teen additions in the hundred years
closing with 1900 TO the original ter
ritory OF the Union. including Alaska
the Hawaiian. Philippine and Samoan
Islands and Guam. IN the Pacific. and
Porto Rico and Pine Islands in the
West Indies. and the Panama Canal
zone: and the total area Of the United
States, including the non-contiguous
territory, is now FIVE times that of the
original thirteen colonies.
The additions are as follows: