The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

ST. JAMES-N.. City What is the court OF
st. James in England. and what is meant by
saying: a minister is sent to the court of ST.
St. James palace is a large, inelegant
brick structure in London. fronting
toward Pail Mall. 1t succeeded White
hall as the London residence of the
British sovereigns and remained as
such from the time of William III. 1t
was originally a hospital dedicated to
st. James. 1t is now used only for
levees and drawing rooms The term in
your letter is used because it is the
usual designa ton of the British court.
BEN BOLT-R. o., Oakland Cal Is the
song. Ben Bolt, American or English COM
position?
The words of the song were written
in 1S43 by DR.. Thomas Dunn English.
who at one time represented the New
ark N j.. district in congress. 1t was
first published September % of that
year in the New York Mirror. When IL
became popular he had the words set to
music by Dominick Fl. May of Wash
ington. d. c., but as it did not suit him
he composed the air by which 10 be-
came familiar.
CENSUS FIGURES-C. J. F. City. What was
the population of San Francisco at the last cen
sus, also the population Of the United States at
that time? What is the estimated population
at this time9
The population of San Francisco at
the census of 1900 was 342,7S2, of
the United States 76,303,SS7; at this
time the estimates are: San Francisco.
100000; United states, Ss.77O,Oo0.
FIsH-Su Subscriber. Sanger Cal Is there any
kind of fish that brings forth its young alive
without Matching from the laid or deposited egg
Yes The teleots, a subelass of fishes,
including the honey ones. as distin-
guished from the ganiods. that is car
ti1ginous are ovoviparous, that is they
bring forth the young by an egg with
in the body of the mother. the young
being excluded alive.
TRAJECTORY-C. j.. VI, Palo Alto Cal
Where can l obtain accurate information in re-
gard to the trajectory Of. rife bullet from
30-30 at 40 and 100 yards? Also the elevation
Of the rifle ball at half the distanceg
Send letter of inquiry to the ord
nance department headquarters, United
States army, San Francisco, Cal. with
inclosed self-addressed and stamped
envelope for reply.
BUsINESS-A. o. s. City. What is the APP
proximate Of the amount Of business transacted
in the United states IN 1906. 1907 and 1902
There are no statistics available
There1is no record of the amount of
business transacted by Individual mer-
chants and businessmen. If you want
the amount of imports and exports for
those years. the figures can be fur
nished.
GRAMAPHONE-o. NJ L., City What is the
difference between a gramaphone and graphic
phone?
A gramophone is an instrument for
recording. preserving and reproducing
sounds by etching a phonautographic
tracing in some solid material A
graphophone is a form of phonograph
CHICKEN SOUP SPR1NGS-A. O. s..
City. r. CouIson of this city informs
this department that there is a spring
called Chicken Soup spring" in Calls
toga, and all that is required to make il
taste as genuine chicken soup is a lit
tie salt and pepper
ALLEGIANCE-w. F. W.. city. bov Is
born to foreign parents in the United States.
when be becomes OF age. swear allegiance to the
United States:
No. He is an American citizen by
birth.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lakeport. Cal Where
was John Hays Hammond. mining engineer,
born. and who were his parents:
He was born in San Francisco, Cal.
March 81. 1855. His parents were Ma
jor Richard Prindle Hammond. one
time police commissioner. and Sarah
Elizabeth CIIays) Hammond.
ADDRESSES-W. X. vacaville. Cal
This department will not print the ad-
firms or individuals. Those who ask