The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-12
Answers to Queries

THE CoLoRS-M. c.. City. What are the
colors of the several universities and aacade
mics on accompanying sheet:
They are: University of Chicago, ma
room; of New York. violet; of Nevada,
royal blue and silver; of Oregon
orange, grape green and yellow; of
Utah, crimson and silver; of Iowa
tWesleyan), green and white; Iowa
state college, cardinal and gold; Of
Ohio. olive, green and white; of Ohio
Estate university, scarlet and gray; of
Virginia, orange and dark blue; of
Brown university. Providence, brown
and white; of military academy at
West Point. black, gold and gray; of
naval academy at Annapolis, navy blue
and gold.
FOOLS PARADISE. R.. Campbell. Cal.
What is meant by 1.-THE FOOLS paradise?''
The old schoolmen used to say that
there were three places where persons
not good enough for paradise were adj
mitted: Cd the limbus patrum for
those good men who died before the
death of the Redeemer; (2) the limbus
infantum, or paradise of unbaptized
infants; CD the limbus fatuorum, or
paradise for idiots and others who are
non compos mentis Limbus in Latin
means the edge. The term limbo has
also been applied to fools paradise and
in that sense means a place where
things are stored, too good to destroy,
but not good enough to use.
PERKINS,. J. NJ, City When was George
c. Perkins elected governor OF California?
When was he elected United States senator?
He was elected governor September
3, 1879, and was inaugurated January
S, following He was appointed senator
July %, 1898, by Governor Markham to
succeed Leland Stanford. who died in
office June II of that year, and he was
elected by the legislature to fill the I'M
expired term. He was reelected to sue
coed himself in 1897 and again in 1903
LAND-W. J.. X. City. From whom can
ascertain what vacant United States land there
is in California and obtain map of the same !?
By communicating with each of the
following land Offices. each of which
on payment of the regular fee will
furnish you plat of land taken up
and open to redemption in its territor-
ial limits: At Eureka, independence.
Los Angeles, Oakland. Redding, Sacra-
'mento, susanville and visalia.
TO THE TAyERN-E. L. NJ. City. what
is the distance by wagon road from Mil valley
to the tavern of TamaIpais also the distance
between the two places by rail?
A. H. Johnson, manager of the tavern.
iHltIIiS lIiS department. tildt the DIS
lance by wagon road is SIS miles and
by rail 5 Is miles.
wAsHINGToN-o. W. E., Healdsburg. Cal.
Who ran for governor of the state OF Wash
ington the democratic ticket against A. L.
Mead?
In what year? Mead ran more than
once. Correspondents should always
ask what they want to know.
CHIEF JUsTICE--o. W. E.. Healdsburs, Cal.
Who was the chief justice of the supreme
court of the United States preceding Melville
w Fuller?
Morrison r. Waite of Ohio, who was
in office from 1874 to 1883, died in that
year at the age of ~.
INDEPENDENCE--Bo atswain Fruitrale Cal
Who was in command of the United States war
ship Independence from 1913 to 1851?
You may obtain that information by
writing to the navy department.
Washington. .. c.
AROUND GOAT ISLAND-E. L. NJ. City.
How far is it around Goat island by the
lower trail?
The distance is about mile and
half. So says Herbert Luff, the light
house keeper on the island.