The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
Answers to Queries

WIND-Subscriber, Palo Alto. What pro-
duces wind?
The photographic Office of the United
states says: Winds are produced by
differences in atmospheric pressure in
adjacent localities. These pressure diff
ferences are due principally to differ
ences In temperature. In general, air.
like water or any other fluid, WILL IL
unrestrained, flow from a region of
higher pressure to one of lower press
ure. 1t is this property, modified by
rotation of the earth and various local
influences, which causes the periodical
winds of the world and also the great
cyclenic storms which rise In the
tropics The earth is surrounded by an
envelope or sea of air variously esti-
mated at from so to 900 miles in depth.
This sea of air partakes of the move
ment of the earth and is also influenced
SO as to cause atmospheric tides SINH
lar to the tides which occur in the
oceans"
PARD0NING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sauta
Cruz 4 man deserted from the recruiting camp
Afterward he enlisted in the regular army.
served his term until the war was over, then
honorable discharge with character excellent"
Would he now be liable to trial for desertions
We're not all deserters pardoned? What was
that law? Can q deserter re-enlist?
fiC ia W Ou iClcT 10 Is tie IOilOHlnS
No soldier or sailor who faithfully
served according to his enlistment un-
til April 10, 1865, and who without
proper authority or leave quit his COM
mand or refused to serve after that
date, shall be held to be a deserter."
Subsequently there was law which re-
moved the disability as to the loss of
citizenship and right to hold any Office
of profit or trust under the govern
meHt. The law provides that If a de-
serter is apprehended and he proves
that the offense was committed more
than two years before the arrest and he
has been in the United States all the
time, he can not be punished. The law
also provides that no deserter shall be
re-enlisted in the United States army.
FARMING-E. r.. Berkeley. In recent
to II The ana pa there na an wbs sg 4
meant by these terms,
BY intensive farming is meant max
ing use of every portion of the farm
to have it productive, in other words
to make every foot of ground on the
farm produce some kind of vegetation
that has commercial value. Dry
farming is the science of making land
productive on farm where there is
but little natural precipitation or irri-
cation.
MARRIAGE. S., Oakland A man mar
riage legal? t2) Later he resumes his true name
and years after dies. Should bis widow, IL she
name Of Il her late husband or % her T true s' name.
which is the only one By which she is known
in the place in which she resides:
The marriage was legal. If the
widow is known only by her true name
she should stick to that, although it
does not make any difference under
what name she marries.
LIE AND LAY-c. r; NJ, City, What is the
proper to say "he gave me three spoonsful OF
sugar?
Through ignorance or carelessness
speakers and writer's often confuse the
forms of the two distinct verbs lay
and lie. Lay is a transitive verb and
me to lay 1t down and / laid it down.
Lie is intransitive, and has for its
preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down
and I lay down. CD spoonfuls.
HoPslD. A. H., City Which states in the
union produce the greatest amount of hops?
Four -ffths of the hops of the coun-
try are grown in the Pacific coast
states, California, Oregon and Wash
ington. The state outside of these
that produces the greatest amount is
New York.
GAME OF P0KER-Subscriber, Oakland. Is
the game OF poker English American
game? When was it first played?
American. 1t is derived from brag
and was first played in the southwest
ern part of the United States about
1885.
RoBINsoN-G. H., city Want to hx
met John i. Sullivan in the mechanics pavilion
The date was March 6. 1884.
PRATT-Subscriber. City When and where
did Leonidas e. Pratt at one time prominent
lawyer of San Francisco, die!
San Francisco. October 25, 1856.
CATTLE-w. r.. City. From which point
in the state of Nevada is the greatest num-
Der of cattle shipped2
{ Sparks.