The San Francisco call., 1910-07-05
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

LADY OF LYoNs-A s.. City. Who wrote
''The Lady of Lyons and when?
Bulwer Lytton, in 1898.
ATTENDANCE San Jose, Reader. Have dis,
pute as to the number OF persons who attended
the baseball championship game In Chicago dur
ing the latter part Of 1906 Can you give the
figures?
The game was played October 1S of
that year and the attendance was
23,257.
GoLDEN-subscriber, City. What steamers
of the early days of California that came to
San Francisco bore the name Golden? What
BECAME of them?
There were three Go1dens, all side
wheelers, plying between Panama and
San Francisco in the service of the Pa
cific Mail company during the sixties,
The Golden Age, the Golden City and
the Golden Gate. The first named was
sold to the Japanese government and
renamed Hirosima Maru. The Golden
Gate sailed from San Francisco July
21, 1852 for Panama and was destroye ed
by fire when six days out at a point
Is miles from Manzanillo, and the
Golden City was wrecked February %.
1870, II miles north of Point st. Lazaro.
NAVAL POWERS Subscriber, City. How do
the six leading naval powers rank. including
Japan?
Great Britain, France, United States,
Germany. Japan, Russia.
COINS Subscriber City. Some time ago sent
the query department letter in which I asked
the value of $40 gold piece. Have been look
Ing for the answer, but have not it.
Coin questions are not answered in
this department Answer will be sent
by mail when the query is accompanied
by a self-addressed and stamped en-
velope.
HoMESTEAD--A., Amos. New. Who under
the law, is entitled to make a homestead entry
The general land office says that
Homestead entries may be made for
Z a quarter section or less by any person
who does not come within the follow
ing classes: Married women. except
such as are deserted by husband, or
whose husband is unable to earn a sup
port for his family, OR whose husband
is confined in a penitentiary, or who
has made improvements and settled on
land applied for before her marriage;
persons who have already made home
stead entry, foreign born persons who
have not declared intention to become
citizens of the United States; persons
who are owners of more than $50 acres
of land in the United States; persons
under Fl years of age, except minors
who make entry as heirs or who have
IA days, and persons who have ac-
quired title to or are claiming under
any of the public agricultural land laws
through settlement or entry made since
August 80. 1890"
GRAPHITE-w c. c.. Santa Clara Are
graphite and pumbago the thing and how
is the one the sother prepared for lead
pencils?
Plumbago usually applied to graphite
is incorrect, as it does not contain any
lead and is a composition similar to
anthracite coal. containing usually
from 90 to 95 per cent of pure carbon.
Graphite is put to number of uses.
Besides its important use in the manu-
facture of lead pencils it is used for
making crucibles as lining for small
furnaces, as an ingredient in lubricat-
ing compounds for machinery and for
polishing purposes in electrotyping
work Graphite is seldom found in SO
pure a condition for use without pre-
vious preparation. The air is exhausted
from the substance, after which. it is
made into solid blocks; this is sawed
into fine plates, the plates are cut into
thin sticks, and these incased in wood
to prevent breakage. 1t is also run into
nlolds and made in round and hexag-
onal shape for pencils
GERMAN-M. NJ. City What is the nation
ality of person born in Germany of Irish
parents?
German.
SETTLEMENT-H. T.. Kentfeld. To whom
shall / write for information about government
land open to settlement in California?
To each of the following land offices,
which for small sum will furnish you