The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

METEOROLOGICAL CoLLECToRS-A patron.
City. Where may obtain information about en-
tomological collectors?
By writing to the chronological de-
partment of the University of Cali
fornia, Berkeley. Cal.
WATER TOwER-M. and B., Alameda, Cal.
NJ asserts that the height Of the water tower in
st. Louis, Mo-, is 200 feet. says that it is
less. Which one is right?
The height is $50 feet above grade
elevation.
PERsPIRATIoN-Juia, City, What should
be done to relieve the annoyance of perspiring
hands while wearing glovess
Perspiration of the hands while
wearing gloves, is an evidence of
nervousness. It Is said that q remedy
for this Is to battle the hands once in
awhile in white wine vinegar, allow
them to dry and then powder with
orris root dust. Before putting on the
gloves sprinkle them on the inside
with powdered prepared chalk.
IMPERIAL vALLEY-c. j. P, City. Where
may / obtain information about the opening Of
government land in Imperial valley. California
Write to the general land office.
Washington, D. c.
SOUVENIR coINs-w. L. c., Alameda Cal.
continue coming souvenir coins" or. in other
words, monkey with the regular issues7
Until it gets tired of doing SO.
TELEPHoNE-o. W. NJ, city, How can
find out if a telephone company in Oakland is
paying any dividends, and II so, when the last
BY addressing a letter of inquiry to
the secretary-of Of the company. If there
is any good reason why you should
know. he will answer your letter.
STANDARD TIME-H H, City. Please ex-
plain the system of standard time.
Primarily, for the convenience of the
railroads, standard of time was es-
tablished by mutual agreement in
1883, by which trains are run and
local time regulated. According to
this system, the United States, extend
ing from 60 degrees to 125 degrees west
longitude, is divided into four time
sections. each of 15 degrees of 1ongi-
tude, exactly equivalent to one hour,
commencing with the 18th meridian
The first (esstern) section includes all
territory between the Atlantic coast
and an irregular line drawn from De-
troit to Charleston. S. c.. the latter
being its most southern point. The
second (centraD section includes all
the territory between the last named
line and an irregular line from Bis
marck. N. D.. to the mouth of the Rio
Grande. The third (mountain) section
includes all territory between the last
named line and nearly the western
borders of Idaho Utah and Arizona
The fourth (Pacific) section covers the
rest of the country to the Pacific coast.
Standard time is uniform inside each
of these sections. and the time of each
section differs from that next to it by
exactly one hour. Thus at 12 noon in
New York City eastern time), the
time at Chicago Central tirne) is IL
o'clock a. M; at Denver (mountain
time), 10 o'clock a. rn.. and San Fran
cisco (Pacific time), o'clock a. m.
Standard time is Is minutes slower at
Boston than true local time, minutes
slower at New York, s minutes faster
at Washington, 19 minutes faster at
Charleston, 2S minutes slower at De-
troit, Is minutes faster at Kansas City.
10 minutes slower at Chicago. L minute
faster at st. Louis. 2S minutes faster
at Salt Lake CITY. and 10 minutes
faster at San Francisco.