The San Francisco call., 1908-11-10
Answers to Queries

G. o. -sufrragette City. What is meant
by the initials c. o. p:
Grand old party. a name by which
the republican. party is known
POPULATION. s.. city. What is the pop
ulation of San Francisco at this time?
There are no figures to show the
exact population. but it is estimated at
10000
CLIFF TO GATES Subscriber. city. What is
the distance from the Clif House site TO the
entrance TO the Golden gate?
If by that you mean in an air line.
the distance is about 5000 feet.
STREET-E. o. s.. City Your question rel
atlve to the name Of certain street was pub
lished in answers to queries October 2l, 1905
TWO HOTEfs-A. s., City. Before the big
fire in 1906, was the Palace hotel far superior
to the Fairmont? What is the latter built of
and how finished in the interior?
The Palace was, as the Fairmont was
not in operation before the fire. The
latter is built of stone, cement and
brick and much iron. This department
has not the space to describe the in
terror finish.
FROZEN woRDs-T T. c., San Rafael. Cal.
Read in paper illusion to frozen words.
Doees that mean ''canned speeches in cold
storage?
Frozen words" appears to have been
a literary joke among the ancient
Greeks, for Antiphanes applies 1t to
the discourse of Plato: "As the cold OF
certain countries is so intense that II
freezes the very words we utter, which
remain CONCEALED till the heat of sum-
mer thaws them, so the mind of youth
/ is so thoughtless that the wisdom OF
Plato lies there, frozen as ii were, till
1t is thawed by ripened Judgment o.
mature age This is the earliest record
of the phrase. The story told by Baror
| Munchausen of the music which froze
in the horn, but thawed and came out
when the weather grew mild. is famil-
lar to many readers.
answer to question why number 13 is considered
| an unlucky number published in answer
to queries October 16, 1908
GARFIELD-H S. D.. City. Did James A
Garfield vote to pass the Chinese exclusion bill
i after 1t had been vetoed by President Hayes7
He did not
GREAT SALT LAKE-F. NJ. c., Antioch. Cal
Would a person who does not know how t
swim drown if thrown In the Great Salt lax
Utah, or would such person float on the water
A writer who describes the lax
says: THE human body will not an,
can not sink in 1T. You can walk out il
it where it is so feet deep and you
body will stick up out of it like
fishing cork from their shoulders up
ward, but you can not swim in it.
Swallowing a mouthful of the waite
of the lake produces strangulation an
a drop in the eye raises acute pain.
THE CALF. NJ. E.. City. Is any premium
offered for a copy Of the San Francisco Call q
April Is, 1906s Where / sell It?
This department does not know o
any. Advertise it in The Call.
MISUNDERSTANDING City. Where can II
formation be had about the wigwag signals Q
, the United states navy?
Try the navy department, Washing
ton, d. C. If there is any reason 70
furnishing you the information de
} sired, it will be furnished.
THE. GOLDEN CATER. H.. Livermore. Ca
Please print the date and time of the arrival
San Francisco OF the steamer Golden Gate froI
. | Panama She came in on a Sunday, in th
latter part of the month of May, 1859
The records of the Merchants ex
change were destroyed by the fire o
, 1906 For that reason the time 0
arrival can not be given. The Sunday