The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
Answers to Queries

BURLINGAME TREATY-subscriber. city.
When the treaty between the United States
and China, known as the Burlingame treaty,
completed?
July IS, 1868
HARTMAN Subscriber. city. Where was
legislature of California from San Francisco,
born.
In San Francisco, December II. 1868.
THE CENSUS. R., city. Has the census
bureau started to enumerate the population Of
the United States?
1t has not.
OIL CoNIPANY-A. G., City. Where may
obtain Information of the present OF, prospective
value of stock Of an oil company of this state:
From any stock broker.
square miles of the United States and of Brazil !?
United states, S,sO2.sso; Brazil,
3,21S,l30.
GENERAL LED. W. r.. City. Was Gen.
eral Robert E. Lee or his widow ever reimbursed
by the United States for the confiscation of Ar
lington heights during the civil war?
No.
SNAKES J. X. City. Do rattlesnakes be-
SOlhS bAiHu uuiih6 SeAtdtu pcllouc VI Tue ear
No.
swAsTIKA- Subscriber, Oakland. Cal. What
is the meaning and origin Of swastikas
1t means good luck. Its origin is
unknown.
HINDU-subscriber, City Has the word
Hindu more than one Specification! Is 1t ap-
piled TO more than one people?
1t is used in various senses, being
applied to the Hindu people speaking
the Hindi dialect of the northwestern
provinces of India; to the cultivated
races of India. both Aryan and Dra-
vidian, who profess the Hindu religion
and have been Influenced by the Indian
civilization common to both; and to the
Aryans of northern India
cooKRoAcHEs- Subscriber. City. What will
destroy cockroaches in house?
Borax, paris green, or decoction
of poke root mixed with molasses.
CONTRA COSTA. R.. Pinole. Cal. Is Con-
ira Costa county classed peninsula:
No.
JURISDICTION-C w. City If an officer or
an enlisted man of the United States army kills
some one commissioned or enlisted in the army
IS the party accused tra9le before I the military
case of conviction before the military authod-
ties7
The accused is tried by the authority
that first takes charge. The penalty
is practically the same as under the
state law.
ANNAPOLIS Subscriber City, II one is APP
pointed TO the naval academy at Annapolis what
studies is he examined in?
Such information is furnished on ap-
plication to the superintendent of the
n ~ n
PARDEE-R. E. G., Oakland Cal. How many
terms did George {. Pardee ID G serve the state of
One term from January Z, 1908, to
January ., 1907.
THE PHILIPPINES E. O.. Concord Cal.
Where may the best information be obtained
about the Philippines, resources, etc. :?
From government reports and de-
scriptive books.
sHooPLY-Reader. Fort Bragg. Cal. What Is
the recipe for making shoo6y pie?
Tlas does not appear in any of the
ment has consulted Possibly some
reader can help the correspondent.
GLUcoSE-Reader City. What are the prop
critics of glucose, and is it as sweet cane
sugar?
Glucose is essentially the same as
grape sugar, and glucose sirup is
identical with pure strained honey. It
consists of "a parts of carbon to 28
each of hydrogen and oxygen, whereas
cane sugar contains the same amount
of carbon to only % parts each of
hydrogen and oxygen. 1t does not
possess the same degree of sweetness
as cane sugar.
NATIONALITY. ID. o.. City. What Is the
and citizenship of child born to
American parents on the high on a vessel
carrying the British flag?
Nationality, British; citizenship,
American.
DIsTANcE--H. X de j. city. what is the
width of the Golden gate entrance to San Fran
cisco harbor from Fort Point to the nearest point
on the Marin county shore?
From Fort point to Lime point, one
mile.
MARRIAGE-A H.. City. Is it lawful for one
who has obtained interlocutory divorce in
California to marry in the state of Nevada be-
fore the final decree has been signed:
1t is not
WEATHER Subscriber, city What is the
popular belief about foretelEing the weather by
means of a lighted candle?
Blow out the candle and if the wick
continues long to smolder, look for bad