The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
Answers to Queries

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UssIAy-subscriber. oakland. Cal What
i tie meSaing oc Ivan ITanOvitch applied
-o tbe Russians
u is q popular nickname for the Rus
stan people. corresponding 20 John Bull
Of the English. Johnny Crapaud OF the
French and Brother Jonathan Of the
Americans.
GREAT DIVIDE subscribe. city How
aueee in san Franclsees
Il was staged July 6, 1908. and again
September 6. 1909
BATTING y F.. City. How should a
team's batting order Fead4
There is no set rule for that
Relative e Portola:
Mrs Vallejo is descendant
JOE alJRrHY-E- o. S. Is Joe Murphy. me-
He is.
y TIE SERVICE sueserloeri city IT.
not perform any active duty, is be entitled %
pension:
If by your question you mean that he
was in the. army. say as an enlisted
man. but was not actually in the feld.
tainly entitled tosa pension.
SOUTHPAw-A $. santa Clara. Cal Why
IS 3 left handed baseball player called south
paw''9
None of the books explain and many
baseball players who have been. asked \
say they do not know. If any reader
lean enlighten the correspondent. please
send information on postal card to
this department
A EILLION-A. NJ. s.. City. What is a bill
lion: Is il the same in all countries:
In Great Britain and Germany the
term is used to denote million mill
lions In France. America and else
where il denotes a thousand millions.
There is a similar difference in the use
Of trillion, quatrillion, etc.
TWO FARSI. oaklaud Cal. When was
the Columbian worlds fair and the Nitlwiuter
fair opened
Columbian wo-ld-s fair. Monday. May
L. 1898, and Midwinter fair, Saturday,
January p, 1894. =
WATER III W. ", City. From what source
sonrees did the people Of San Francisco OBJ
tain water after the fire Of April Is. 1885,
From the supplies OF the Spring VAL
ley water company. For a time many
persons obtained water from Marin
county for drinking purposes
THE PALGRAvE-D W W. oakland cat
Did the British ship Palgrave enter the port Of
San Francisco. II SO. What was the date2
The PaIgrave entered the harbor OF
San francisco in about 1888, but the
date can not be traced in this city. for
the reason that the records We're de-
stroyed by the fire of 1906.
Fl~
OsIer Of New York declared that when a man
had attained certain age he should be ehioro-
formed What was the age ne named.
Sixty years
a FRArD-Fen Street. city bold thou
sand shares IN company IN Colorado The
ago and charged with fraud Wrote letter to
the company and it was returned with the in
formation that It was not delivered because IL is
fraud concern. TO whom shall apply for in
formation about the company and present my
I claim
This department has no information
about the company or its president.
/ Suggest that YOU write TO the district
attorney of ths county in which the
arrest was made. and he Will advise as
TO the persons YOU can communicates
with.
wREck-L L. W. shn vaisy. CAL What
was the date OF the wreck Of the steamer
Golden Age, or Golden state on the coast 81
south America or Mexieos Think it was IN
1861
The Golden Age was wrecked at a
point 217 miles above Panama April 2e
1855. but do not find any record Of tia
Golden State being wrecked at any time
between January 1852. and May. 1SeS.
The Golden Gate was burned of Ma1-
zanillo bay, July p, p1SS2
GOLDEN GATE-C. $. stockton Cal whas
4 is the acreage OF Golden Gate park san Fras-
ciseo7
/ One thousand and thirteen ana nina
! tenths acres.
THIEVES VINEGAR Subscriber. City What
IS meant By thieves vinegar
That is name giveust0 Marseillea
vinegar. also called ''vinaigre deH
quatre voleurs." or vinegar Of the four
/ thieves Tt is composed of wormwood
rosemary. sage. mint. rue. lavender
i flowers, calamus root. cinnamon cloves
nutmeg, garlic. camBhor. concentrated
acetic acid and strong vinegar It 10
a medicated vinegar sstid to have beea
I invented BY four thieves OF Marseiliss
WHO successfully employed Il as a dis
infectant during the visitation Of .
pestilence.