The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
Answers to Queries

FIGHTING BOB-B., Berkeley, Cal. |
How did Admiral Evans, L. S. A, ac-
quire the name of Fighting Bob?
One who has written a sketch of the
admiral says: Evans always had a
real instinct for a scrap. He was al
ways 10 pounds uniform and the rest
fight" He derived that sobriquet
noticeable in school, at the academy
and afioat and ashore. When. during
the civil war. he was wounded in the
legs in the attack on Fort Fisher, he
was told that his legs were so badly
broken that they would have to be am
putated He, on hearing this, drew
six shooter from under his pillow and
said: IF any one comes in here with
surgical instruments to cut off my legs
there will be six other cases to work
upon" His legs were not amputated.
In 1901, as commander of the York
town, he was ordered TO Valparaiso to
assist Captain Schley of the Baltimore
in a fracas with the Chileans. During
the absence of the Baltimore his gun
boat was covered by 10 forts and the
navy of the Chileans. In face of these
odds he expressed determination to
wipe out forts and ships. These and
other incidents in his career earned for
him the name asked about.
TRANSFERRING PlCTURES-J- =.
NJ. City. What is the method of trans
ferring newspaper pictures to glass,
etc?
Place the object to be transferred to
glass face downward upon a large
sheet of manila paper; prepare a solu-
tion of 1 per cent to 3 per cent of nitric
acid in water. according to thickness
and strength of the paper and how
strong it has been sized. There are
I 1Iar nf ,Nt,Vo I,fe liz of
work in the Scientific American Notes
and Queries" page 564 ct seq, which
you can consult at the free library in
Hayes street near Franklin. This de-
partment has not the space to repro
duce them.
RED CRoSS-H. G. p Merced.. Is it
fact that the red cross nurses nurse
only army officers? CD Do women.
red cross nurses, ever go on the battle
| field to care for the wounded?
1t is not fact that red cross nurses
nurse only army officers. CD Yes.
LINCOLN-A. W., Dunsmuir. Cal.
How many children did Abraham Lin
coin have? Give their names.
70 Edward Baker. born March 10, 1916,
died in infancy; William Wallace, born
December 81, 1850, died in the White
House February 20, 1862; Thomas, born
| April 4, 1853 died in Chicago July 15,
! 1871. and Robert Todd, born August
/, 1s43.
LICENSES, CentervlIe, Cal Does
the law of California at the present
time require both applicants for a mar
| riage license to appear before she
county clerk?
The law of 1907 says: For the pur-
pose of ascertaining all the facts, the
piled for may. IL he deems it neces-
sary, in order to satisfy himself, ex-
anime the male applicant on OATH"
| This does away with the necessity for
the woman to appear.
WEALTH OF NATIONS L., City.
What is the wealth and population of
the United States and of France?
United States population, estimated
at the close of 1907, SS,912,05s; esti-
mated wealth, s116.0oO, 100000; France,
population, 3s,961, 945; wealth, s42,S00.-
000, 900.
PATENT-C., R. s.. City. Can a man
apply for and obtain a United States
patent on an invention without the in
4 tervention of an attorney? If he must
have an attorney. what would be the
cost? Can he apply for more than
one patent on the same article at the
same time?
i An inventor is privileged to make
personal application for a patent, but
he runs the chance of having some OF
the sharks" who watch all inven-
tions for which patents are applied
stealing his ideas and getting a patent
ahead of him. The fees for a patent
are regulated by law; what a lawyer
would charge is a matter of agree
ment with the inventor. An inventor
may file as many applications as he de-
J sires.
NEVADA POPULATION-W. W. H
San Jose, Cal. What is the popula-
tion of the following cities In the
state of Nevada: Carson City, Day.
ton. Reno and Virginia City?
There are no official figures since
the census OF 1900. Doan's directory