The San Francisco call., 1910-01-28
Answers 10 Queries

Subscriber Los Gatos Who was the
first pope of the Roman Catholic church:
ST. Peter, followed by st. Clement
JENNY LrNp-x. W. city. Where was
Jenny Lind. the singer, born;
IN Stockholm. Sweden.
GOVERNMENT land f. r. San Ansel-
mo. Who can give me information as 10 govern
ment land soon TO be opened mp to settlers?
Either the United States land office in
Oakland or the general land office in
Washington, d. c.
BY AND LARGE. s. City What is the
meaning Of 'by and large and when aud where
was II first used?
The meaning of the expression is
IRON every POINT of view on the
whole; after due consideration" The
first record of it's use is in the follow
ing from the Boston Journal, but the
date is not given: Taken by and large
it General Sherman's prediction) was
a sound philosophical forecast" The
next use is found in THE State of the
Markets: Taken by and large, it has
been a profitable season for business.
TOLSTOY-H. T. y. Nevada City. Is Count
Tostoy or Tolstoi of the Jewish creed?
In 1901 Tolstoy was formally excom-
municated from the Russian orthodox
church by the holy synod. In reply to
the edict of accommodation he clearly
enunciated his religious and Theological
views. These include the denial of the
trinity. of the diety of Jesus and his
vicarious atonements, OF orthodox con-
ception of the future world, of every
kind of sacramentalism and similar
dogmas. and are substantially identical
with those of modern spiritual Unita-
rianism.
HIGH SCHOOL subscriber, City. What Will
be the cost of Newton J. Tharp commercial high
school being constructed in Grove street
between Larkin and Polk?
About s27s.00o.
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PARTNERSHIP-B. r.. City. If several
mea partners in business and one of the
partners incurs obligation that the firm must
meet. and does this without the knowledge
Of the other partners. are they responsible for
its payment:
The rule of the law is that the acts
of one partner bind all the others.
SUBMARINE sIGNALs-water Front. City
What is the range of submarine signals?
The United States photographic Of
Ace says: There appears to be no fail
ure to hear and recognize the sounds of
the submarine signal bells at distances
between three and five miles, and on
the average these distances are consid-
erably exceeded"
NATIONAL DEBT-E. b. Y. City. Which
country has the largest national debt? How
France, s5,65s.1s4.S25.
CONGRESS- Reader. Under what
circumstances has the president of the United
States the right to adjourn congress?
Under the provisions of section 8,
article III, of the constitution, which
saws: "The president shall from time to
time give to congress information of
the state of the union and recommend
to its consideration such measures as
he shall Judge necessary and expedient;
he may on extraordinary occasions con-
vene both houses, or either of them, and
in case of disagreement between them
with respect to the time of adjournment
he may adjourn them to such time as he
shall think proper"
LANGUAGES-Sub AltaviHe How
many languages and dialects are there?
one authority asserts that there are
900 and another 1.200. Both agree that
there are about 5000 dialects.
GROWING BIRD-T. n. b.. City. Has the
story of the Growing Bird been issued in
1t does not appear in the catalogue of
publications.
BLACK BART. r. p, Altaville. What is
the correct name of Black Bart" the old time
California stage robber:
Charles L. Bolton.
LETTER CARRIERs-A. D.. Gilroy. When is
this place entitled to letter carrier. it having
been raised from third to a second class office:
/ What steps must be taken to secure carrier.
Whether a town or city is entitled 10
one carrier or more depends in the main
upon the receipts of the postoffice. TO
! obtain a carrier there must be a petit
tion to the first assistant postmaster
general Carriers division) signed by
either number of resident citizens or
| the officers Of the municipality or both,
which must set forth the gross receipts
of the postoffice for the fiscal year pre-
ceeding the date of the petition, the
populatioP, condition of the streets
sidewalks, etc.
| PERIoDICAIs-R- A. G., City. Is there any
weekly publication on astronomical subjects:
Where such be obtained and the price?
/ You can obtain all this information
| from a news dealer. This department
idoes not advertise private enterDrises