The San Francisco call., 1909-11-07
Copyright. 1909. by Herbert Kaufman
Answers to Queries

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THE PALGRAvE-Subsc City.
Peter Burns, police officer of this city,
furnishes the date of the arrival in
San Francisco harbor of the British
ship Palgrave. 1t was July 19. 1886,
Ill days from Greenock. 1t was COM
manded by Captain Thomas.
NAvIES-H.. Lfvermore. Cal. Which. in
der, are the three most powerful navies of the
world?
At the close of 1908 they ranked:
England, United States and France.
When all vessels contracted for are
commissioned. France will take sec
ond and the United States third place.
This rating is on the aggregate tom
mage.
READING THE CLoUDs-Subscriber City.
What is the rule for reading the clouds in order
to ascertain the kind of weather that is coming
The following is the rule according
to an old time publication: Soft look
ing or delicate clouds foretell fine
weather, with moderate or light breezes;
hard edged, oily looking clouds. wind:
dark, gloomy, blue sky is windy; but
a light, bright, blue sky indicates fine
weather; generally the softer clouds
look the less windy, but perhaps more
rain may be expected, and the harder.
rugged the clouds appear. the stronger
the coming wind will prove. A bright
yellow sky at sunset presag ges wind: a
pale yellow, wet; anG a greenish, sick
ly looking color, wind and rain; small,
inlSy looking clouds foretel rain light
scud clouds, driving across heavy
masses, show wind and rain; but if
alone may indicate wind only.
HENS Subscriber, Los Gatos Cal. Desiring
TO go into the chicken raising and egg business.
you tell me which is the most profitable
breed of hens:
That is not as easily answered as
asked. There are good and poor layers
in an fiocks, the range between the
good and the poor is from no eggs a
year to 240 a series of experiments
at the agricultural college of Utah
shows the product of number of
breeds: Leghorns, 147 per fowl; wyan-
dotte, 149; best record for barred Ply
mouth rocks, 161. poorest so. The best
record for white wyandottes, 2O1 per
fowl, poorest 101.
DEPTH OF oCEAN-Two subscribers. City.
What is the greatest depth of ocean known?
The United States photographic of
flee says: The greatest ocean depth
known is 5,269 fathoms, or 31,61f feet.
1t is in latitude II degrees 43 minutes
Is seconds north, longitude 145 de-
grees 49 minutes east, about Is miles
east southeast of the island of Guam.
This depth was obtained November IA,
1899, by the U. s. S. Nero, when running
a line of soundings to locate the Hon
o1ulu Midway Guam Manila cable" The
greatest depths previously reported
were by Murray of the Challenger
Gs71-4), Atlantic ocean, 27.Se6. and
Pacific, $4,000.
THE FLAG-subscriber. City. In wishing to
honor foreign nation by raising the flag of that
nation the same STAFF with the American nag.
which should be placed at the mast head?
The unwritten regulation of the
United States army is that all flags
when displayed are subordinate to the
American.
When was the mission Of San Diego foundcss
July 16, 1869.
MAYFLOWER-Subsc City. Is there
society in the United States of descendants of
those who came over on the Maydower?
There is the Society of the Descend
ants of Mayfower Pilgrims, which was
organized in New York city in 1894.
The secretary general is Clarence e.
Leonard, 443 East Twenty third street,
New York.
BLEiNG GUN BAREElsS-W. W. W., City.
How are gun barrels bned2
This is done by applying nitric acid
to the barrel and letting it eat into the
metal a little, when the latter will be
covered with a thin film of oxide. The
barrel is then cleaned, oiled and burn
ished.
BOXING TEACHERS-M. w, City. Please
print in answers to queries the and ad-
dresses of few good boxing teachers in San
Francisco
This department does not publish the
names and addresses of persons en-
gagged in private business.
poRToLA w. r. s.. Tulare, Cal On which
syllable is the Portola accent
The last, with the accent on "a
CELEBRATIONS. City ON what day of
the week did the Native Sons celebrate admission
day. 1900?
September o. Admission day. fell on
Sunday. Celebration held next day
ARMY GUNS-W., Philo Cal What Is the
size OF the largest guns manufactured for the
United States army?
The 16-inch breech loading rifle,