The San Francisco call., 1910-11-02

GOLD FISH-A. Y. H., City Is il possible
,,ad - Keep gold nsn ror any length OF time? Have
them alive for more than a month or two al.
though have given them every attention.
Perhaps you have killed your fish
with too much kindness. Many persons
introduce so called fish food into re-
ceptacles in which goldfish are kept
In the first place none of these is good
for the fish, and in the second place
the fish do not need them, as the water
II kept fresh, will furnish them with
sufficient sustenance; last and bes. rea-
son of all, anything which consumes
the oxygen in the water-and these
artificial foods do--injures the fish.
Change the water in your fish globe
every day; wipe the inside of the globe
every time the water is changed The
water should be as clean as possible.
but not too hard. Green leaves or Hv-
ing plants in the water are good, for
they absorb the carbonic gas exhafed
by the fish, and, besides, give off oxy-
gen.
distance for pitching quoits; How Is the game
played?
The mode of playing is as follows:
Two pins. called hobs are driven into
the ground Is to "a yards apart, ac-
cording to terms agreed upon by the
players, These divide themselves into
two parties. stand at one hob and in
regular succession throw their quoits.
each player having two as near to the
hob as they can. To facilitate the
sticking of the quoits at the point
where they strike the ground a clay
end or fiat circle of clay inches thick
and Is inches in diameter is placed
round each hob. This is kept moist and
is strewn with sawdust
BRASS AND CoPPER-M. c. NJ, Ukiah.
How may dark spots on lacquered brass be re-
moved? What is used to keep copper bright
for some time?
The only way to remove such spots
Is to have the lacquer taken off and
replaced with new coat. There are
several preparations to polish copper
but in order to keep bright the article
needs rubbing occasionally with whit
ing in powder applied with a cham
OILS. If necessary use a soft brush to
remove any whitening that may re-
main in creases.
CANAL ToLL-H. NJ s., city Did the
United States have TO pay toll for the passage
Of the Atlantic feet through the suez canal on
It's cruise around the world? II So how much
The question was submitted to the
navy department at Washington, d. G..
and the following reply has been re-
ceived:
The total cost OF the passage of the
United States Atlantic fleet through
the Suez canal when voyaging around
the world December 16. 1907, to Feb
ruary p, 1909 was s1s4,751.s2.'
ARRAH Ma POGUE-W. R., Boonviile. What
is the meaning OF Arrah Ma Pogue,n the title
of play by Dion Boucicault?
1t means Arrah of the kiss. Arrah
Meelish is the leading woman's char
acter in the play. Arrah, in addition
TO being given name for a woman. is
used as an exclamation of surprise and
is frequently used in accosting a per-
son or calling attention to something.
LAVA. W. S.. Woodland Is there anv
book published that gives general reference to
all points Of law2
Possibly what you want is law die
tionary. This In a general way tells
of most things that come within the
category of law
MAGISTRATES. W. R.. Novato. What is
New York?
$1,000 year.
SEAL-w. S. T. San Jose Is it in good
taste for man, in sending letters TO friends, to
put his seal on the back Of envelopes?
Yes
RELIGIoN-M s. T.. Merced To what re-
lgious denomination does Marie Corelii, the
authoress, belong?
We do not know,