The San Francisco call., 1910-04-04
Answers to Queries

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. San Jose. Have seen
considerable OF late in the papers about the
poem Barbara Fritche." Was that poem found
ed fact?
There was a Barbara Frietchie liv-
ing in Frederick, Md. Henry Kyd
Douglass, who was a colonel on the
staff of General Stonewall Jackson, in
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War"
has the following; This old woman,
now of immortal fame, did live in
Frederick in those days, but she never
saw General Jackson, and General
Jackson never saw Barbara Frietchie.
l was with him every minute of the
time he was in the city-he was there
only twice--and nothing like the scene
so graphically described by the poet
ever happened. In passing through
Middletown two very pretty girls, with
ribbons of red, white and blue floating
from their hair and small union flags
in their hands, rushed out of a house
as we passed, came to the curbstone,
and with much laughter waved their
flags defiantly in the face Of the gen
eral. He bowed and raised his hat. and
turning with his quiet smile to his
staff, said: We evidently have no
friends in this town And this is
about the way he would have treated
Barbara Frietchie." Mrs E. d. ~
Southworth, the novelist, who was liv-
ing in Washington at the time of the
invasion, was responsible for the ver-
sion of the story that was transmitted
to Whittier and became the foundation
for his poem
SURvEY-o. D. F., Dixon. Please state what
a geodetic survey is and how 1t is made.
1t is a survey which includes in its
scope large extent of country and
has in view not only the production
of strictly accurate maps, but also the
determination of the curvature of the
surface of the earth. The survey con-
sists, first, in an accurate triangulation
of the country to be surveyed. The
angles of the triangles are then meas
ured by theodolites; their sides are
measured by ordinary surveying instru-
ments, and then by aid of astronom-
icai observations, the latitude and
longitude of the place must be de-
termined. 1t is necessary to have some
knowledge of astronomy and of trigo-
nometry to understand how the diff
cult work is accomplished.
PALACE-How did the term palace, come
to be applied to dwelling houses?
Originally palace meant a dwelling
on the Palatine hill of Rome. This hill
was so called for Pales. a pastoral diety
whose festival was celebrated on April
21. the birthday of Rome, to commem-
crate the day when the wolf child
Romulus drew the first furrow at the
foot of the hill, and thus laid the foun-
dation of the Roma Quadrata," the
| most ancient part of the city. On this
hill Augustus built his mansion, and
his example was followed by Tiberius
and Nero. Under The last named en-
peror, all private houses on the hill
We're pulled down to make room for
the golden house, called the "palatium,
the palace of palaces"
HoNoRsAold Subscriber, City What is un-
derstood by honors of war?
When a besieged town has surren-
dered and its garrison is permitted to
march out, carrying their arms with
them, with drums beating and colors
flying, they are said to have capitu-
lated with honors of war That is thew
are understood. not to be conquered. but
to be permitted to retire with privilege
of continuing the war elsewhere
FINGER NAILS-Maude, City. What is the
superstition about cutting finger nails on SIM
day?
To cut finger nails on Sunday morn
ing is a sign that you will do some
thing you will be ashamed of before
the week is out.
author of the following:
You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage.
David Everett, Boston Journalist
of the early part of the nineteenth
century.
REMINGT0N--A. s.. City. Where NAV And
sketches of the life of the late Frederic Rem
ington the artist?
In the periodical literature in the ref
erence room OF the free library, Hayes
street near Franklin.
DIsTANCE--F. J. H.. .sCity What is the sail
ing distance by steamer between New York CITY.
~ Y, and London. EnG.3
5.412 miles.