The San Francisco call., 1909-09-05
Answers to Queries

CockROACHES-M. j., City. What VIII ex-
| terminate or drive away cockroaches?
1t is said that the Juice of smart
weed, obtained by pressing the weed,
II placed where the pests congregate,
will drive them away. Borax,' it is
said, will exterminate them. The as
sertion is made that there is something
peculiar in either the smell or touch
of borax which is certain death to the
reaches. 1t has the great advantage of
being perfectly harmless to human be-
ings. The borax should be pulverized
and sprinkled in the places infested.
TEXARKANA-T. Red Bluff, Cal. Where Is
locatedl
1t is located on the border line of
Texas and Arkansas. 1t is the capital
of Miller county, Arkansas. and is in
part in Bowie county, Texas. The
United States postoffice is built on the
state line, one-half in each county.
and is used by both. Boston is the
capital of Bowie county.
PENoCHE-F. C. c., San Jose. Please tell
| me how to make genuine penoehe, not fudge.
The ingredients are: Two cups of
brown sugar. one of white, half a cup
of butter, one cup of milk. and three
spoonfuls of grated chocolate. Stir
while boiling and let cook until when
dropped into cold water it will roll into
a ball in the palm of the hand. Take
off stove and flavor with vanilla, then
add shredded walnuts; stir until grain
ing sets in and then pour into buttered
pans. When cold cut into small
blocks. This is said to be the original
recipe.
TAN BARK-A. s.. Upper Matole. Cal. What
was the selling price In San Francisco OF tan
bark on August IA?
The selling price then was $34 net
ton for ground and s24 to SIS per cord
for stick.
TRANsFIGURATIoN-s. G.. City. Where
| is the Church of the TRANSPORTATION tRoman
Catholic) in New York city:
Hooper street, corner OF Marcy ave-
| nue..
| PLANETS-A.. E., Fresno. Cal. What are the
names of the two planets seen so close together
in the west in the first half of August?
/ Venus and Jupiter were in conjunc-
tion about that time.
sousA-o. s., Oakland. Cal. Has sousa re-
| organized bis band for the current season?
This department has no informa-
/ ton as to that You can ascertain by
addressing a letter to him, Washing
/ ton, ID. c.
| POOLING THE PEoPLE-H. NJ. F., Mill
of the expression ..You can fool some of the
| people some Of the time.' etc.?
| The expression has generally been
credited to him, but none of his biog-
| raphers gives him credit for having
uttered it. A close search was made
during a period extending over many
months, years ago, for the author of
l.
Like Topsy in Uncle Toms Cabin" no
one knows how it was horn, it lust
growed."
NEW ENGLAND DINNER-w. Fl. NJ. San
Mateo Cal What Is New England. dinner
/ 1t is, generally speaking, a boiled
dinner. varying with the ideas OF the
| one preparing 1t. Some make 1t up
| of corned beef, boiled cabbage pota-
| toes, turnips, carrots, parship, seasoned
| to taste; others use plain beef; again
others add together different kinds of
| beef, a knuckle of ham or corned pork
or pigs head.
oHIo-C P. A., City. Is there any record
of Ohio ever having been written 0hahio7
That name does not appear in any
| of the histories of Ohio that this de-
partment has been able to discover The
state was named after the one given to
! the territory by the Indians, ''Ohio,'
/ which means beautiful river.
| ISTHMUs JOBS-w. F.. Santa Cruz, Cal.
Where must one apply to secure a job on the
Panama canal?
Send application to the isthmian
canal commission, Washington, ID. C..
stating the kind of work you want
| to do.
/ NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO -subscrib-
| er. Oakland, Cal. What will be the distance
/ by water from New York to San Francisco when
/ the canal shall be completed7
/ The navy department furnishes the
following figures: New York to Colon
| 1881 miles, Colon to Panama AZ miles.
Panama to San Francisco 3,277 miles.
Total 5,305 miles.
! PARTY DECLARATION-w. ii. and r. r.
/ City. When the voters first required 10
declare party afhIiation at a registration for Z
| BY the act of the legislature of
March 10, 1907 Such declaration was
made at the frst primary after that
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