The San Francisco call., 1909-11-05

WAR OF THE BARONs-J. s. Santa Clara.
Cal. What was the war OF the baronss
The barons' war arose In conse-
ouence of the faithlessness of Renry
III. and the oppression of his favorites
in 1858. The barons, headed by Simon
de Montfort. earl of Leicester, and
GufIbert de Glare, earl of Gloucester,
met in oxford in 1852 and enacted
statutes to which the king objected
In 1898 their disputes were in vain re-
ferred to the decision of Louis N or
France War broke out and on May
Ia, 1854, the kings party was defeated
at Lewes, and De Montfort became the
virtual ruler of the kingdom The war
was renewed and at the battle of Ewes
ham, August g. 1855. De Montfort was
slain and the barons were defeated, but
they did not render their final submis-
sion until 1858. A history of this war
was published by w. II. Blaauw in 1874
and a second edition in 1871. In which
all the details are given.
vEIIED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., City. What
is the festival Of the Veiled prophet In st. Louis
Mo-?
1t is a pageant held in that city on
the first Thursday in October 1t con-
sists of a great evening procession
through the streets of that city In
which thousands of maskers take part,
many of them on elaborate floats. The
feature is Mokanna. the veiled prophet
himself The story is made familiar
to lovers OF poetry on Moore's 'Lalla
Rookh" first story. known as the veiled
prophet of the Khorassan. Mokanna
was the name given 10 Hakem ben
Haschem, from a silver gauze veil worn
by him ito dim the luster of his face"
or rather to hide its extreme ugliness.
The history of this imposter is given by
d.Herbelot, in Bibiiotheque Orintale,
1897.
what Is "El Camino Real? Why are bells being
erected?
Ell Canine Real is Spanish and means
athe real or actual roads The bells
are being put up along the road trav-
eIed In going from one mission to an
other in the early days of California.
The bells, with signs giving directions.
are being erected as historical land
marks.
ANTS subscriber. City A friend of
this department writes that ants will
not cross lime. such as used by build
ers@ He writes: Sprinkle lime where
they enter the house and they wiSl
keep out. II in pantry put a little
sugar in a saucer and they will go for
the sugar, and when there is a goodly
number in the saucer throw the saucer
with them in boiling water and reset
the trap"
SHIP sUBsIDY-sub.. French Gulch. Cal.
What is meant BY ship subsidy?
It Is pecuniary aid to steam or other
ships by public grant. AS a rule sub
sides are granted for carrying the
mail OF country, but II may be grant
ed TO promote ship owners to run a
line of vessels between ports.
GASOLINE A. ". How is gasoline used
for cleaning clothes?
AS a rule gasoline is used to remove
grease or spots from clothes and is
used by applying q little on cloth
and rubbing on the spot, care being
used not to do the work near a light
Gasoline is not used TO wash clothes
with, the same as securing liquid.
FIsHEs-A Subscriber. Sanger. Cal Is there
any species Of hsh that bring forth young and do
The teleots. a subclass of fishes. in
cluding the bony ones. as distinguished
from the ganoids, are ovoviviparous-
that is, they bring forth young by an
egg within the body of the mother,
the young being excluded alive.
How should widows name appear on her call
ing cards.
The latest on etiquette says: "A
widows card may bear either her mar
ried name, as she wrote il in her hus-
bands lifetime, or her own given name,
preceding her surname
PoPULoUs-I D.. City Which is the most
populous mountain district in Californian
This is a rather indefinite question.
as district may mean small territory
or a large one. II by your question
you mean county. then the answer is
that probably Shasta county is.
THE CoNFLAGRATI0N-G W. City. What
was the extent Of the territory DESTROYED hr
hre in San Francisco April rs, 1905. what *
the area Of San Francisco city and county:
Tie fire destroyed improved property
on 2.S31 acres. The area of San Fran
cisco is nearly A. square miles In the
free public library in HAYES street near