The San Francisco call., 1909-10-20
Answers to Queries

HECToGRAPH &C. C. A., Scandinavian
Colony, Fresno. Cal. How is the hectograph
made?
The following is given as recipe for
making hectograph that, if allowed
to remain for two days after using will
not need washing, but will absorb all
the ink and not interfere with the
making of a new transfer: Soak an
ounce of Cooper's gelatine over night
in enough cold water to cover 1t well,
taking care that all the geatine is
swelled Prepare salt water bath
by dissolving two ounces of common
salt in pint OF water. Heat seven or
eight ounces of pure glycerine over
the salt water bath to a temperature of
200 degrees Fahrenheit, then pour from
the gelatine all the water remaining
unabsorbed, add the gelatine to the hot
glycerine, continuing the heating for
an hour, carefully stirring the mixture
occasionally. avoiding as much as pos
sible the formation of bubbles. Finally
add 90 drops of oil of cloves to prevent
decomposition. The preparation is then
ready to pour into the shallow tins in
which 1t is to be used. After the tin
is filled 1t must remain in level posi-
tfon in cool place for at least five
hours" In warm climate keep the
hectograph in a cool place when not
in use.
PRINTING-w. C.. City. If boy owns a
small printing outfit IN San Francisco and solicits
orders must he pay hcense7
Not In San Francisco.
BY SAAfpLE-T. NJ, City. Must travelling
man take out license in every county in the
state to permit him to sell goods by sample or to
solicit orders?
If he confines himself to selling by
sample. or solicits orders. he does not
have to have license. but IL he sells
his samples at the time he shows them
he must have a license.
FRANCHISE TAX, Oakland. Cal. Can
manufacturing concern Incorporated in Califor
MIA. but having factory in Oregon, be made to
pay tax Its capital stock In California in
addition to paying license to the secretary of
state?
The concern is liable for a franchise
tax on the value of the capital stock
at its market value.
PAIRs-P. Petaluma Cal which is proper.
two pair or two pairs:
Two pairs.
PENSIONS Subscriber. City What was the
number Of pensioners on the United States pay
roll in 1870?
Individuals 1881, widows, 111ns5;
total. 1ss,sss.
AN AUTHoR-Subscriber, City Who wrote
Happy the man who sees God employed
IN all the good and i'll that chequers life",
Cowper.
ANALYSIS OF wATER-P. w. San Rafael.
Cal. To have water tested send a sample to the
University of California. Berkeley. and you will
be advised of what its component parts are.
CLIFF HOUSE FIRE-subscriber. City. Give
the date of the destruction of the clin house by
fire.
The original building was burned
December 25. 1894, and the second one
September Z. 1907. i
Subscriber. Walnut Creek, Cal. What
is the durability OF wood such as is used for
fence posts:
Several years ago an experiment was
made with sticks of different woods,
each two feet long and one and a half
inches square. These were driven into
the ground, only half an inch being
left projecting. AT the end of five
years it was discovered that all which
were made of oak, elm, ash, fir, soft
mahogany, and nearly every variety of
pine were totally rotted. Larch, hard
pine and teak wood were decayed on
the outside only: while acacia, with the
exception of being but slightly attacked
on the exterior, was otherwise sound.
Hard mahogany and cedar of Lebanon
were in to1erably good condition, but
only Virginia cedar was found as good
as when put in the ground
FAN-Subscriber. City. What is the meaning
of fan as applied to baseball enthusiasts?
1t is said to be an abbreviation or
contraction of baseball fanatic"
wAsHING-R. o. X. Yerba Buena island.
Cal should woolen and cotton underwear be
boiled in washing the same!
Woolen or flannel goods. may be
washed in warm water, but should not
be boiled nor should the goods be
rubbed, as rubbing knots the fibers of
the wool together. hence the thicken-
ing of the fabric and consequent
shrinking. The goods should be
washed by being sluiced up and down
in suds made by boiling good white
soap in soft water and using the same
at temperature that will permit the
hand being held in the suds. The
goods, after being well rinsed by the
sluicing process should be squeezed.
not wrung, by hand. or they may be
run through a ringer. White cotton
goods may be washed by boiling,