The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
Answers to Queries

BOYCOTT Reader City. What is the origin
of the word boycott?
farmer at Lough Mask, Come
mara. Ireland. known as Captain Boy
cott was the resident agent of Lord
Erne an Irish landlord His policy
proved so distasteful to the tenants
that they asked the landlord to remove
him, but the request, was refused,
whereupon they refused to work for or
under Boycott. The crop was I'm dan
ger, but was finally harvested by men
from Ulster, who worked under mill
tary protection. After that the ten
antry formed league and decided that
If any one had any dealings with Boy
colt or with any one representing him,
then none should have any dealings with
that person Those who worked for
Boycott were ostracized by the ten
antry and their friends; no one could
buy from or sell to them, and from this
practice came the phrase that an indi-
vidual is boycotted
City Was shown a paper called the Ulster
County Gazette. January t. 1900. containing an
account of the death Of George Washington ana
worth that curiosity?
In 1863 an enterprising individual in
New York city printed 100000 or more
copies in fac simile of the Gazette or
that date and by certain process gave
it the appearance of age. These he
sold to news dealers all over the coun-
try and they We're retailed at 20 cents
each. If the paper shown you is one
of these it is worth a quarter as a
curiosity; if genuine it is worth what
ever the owner may ask for it or what
some one would be willing to give
for ii.
meaning of the Danish word ''Dannebrog'' and
what are the colors of the Danish flag: What Is
the origin of Dannebrog?
Hume in The Flags of the World
says: I'm 1919 King Waldemar of
Denmark saw. or thought he saw, or
said he saw, in the sky, while he was
leading his troops to battle against the
Livonian pagans, cross, and he glad
ly welcomed it as an answer to his
prayers for divine succor and as an as
surance of celestial aid. The sign from
heaven he forthwith adopted as the
flag of his country and called it the
Dannebrog, which means the strength
of Denmark. The flag is red, swallow
tailed in shape and has a white cross
on it,
CONFEDERATE FLAGS-P. H. NJ, City.
What were the colors, number of stars and bars
and their arrangement the several flags Of
the confederate states during the civil war?
The first flag, adopted March 4, 1851.
three bars, top and bottom red, mid
die one white blue field in the cor
ner, with seven stars in circle. The
second flag, adopted May 1, 1853, was
white, with the battle flag in the
upper corner next the staff. The third,
adopted March 4. 1865 was the same as
the second, with the exception that
there was perpendicular red bar at
the free end. The battle flag was red,
with a blue cross of the ST. Andrews
form, in which were white stars, one
in the center of the cross and three on
each branch.
sALToN SEA-w. H. s.. Martinez. What is
the highest and the lowest level of the Salton
sea as compared with the tide? What is the
to dow w into it, Who turned the Colorado river
ment or the Southern Pacific company?
The level of Salton sea or Cahuilla
lake, formerly in San Diego, but now
in Imperial county, varies from 0 to
270 below tide level It's area varies
from 545 to 1.7SS square miles. The
overflow of the Colorado river caused
water was turned back by the Califor-
MIA development company in 1906.
LIQUOR-H H.. City Is there any legal
way to prohibit saloon keeper from selling
liquor to a who is known to lose all self
control after taking the first glass of liquor?
The law of this state makes it a
misdemeanor for any, one to furnish
intoxicating liquor to any habitual or
common drunkard. The keeper of a
saloon frequented by one who drinks
too much should be notified not to
dispense intoxicants to such person.
CLUBS-R. F. H., Redwine. How can I as
certain If Roosevelt while police commissioner
of New York city invented or caused to be
! adopted club for the use of the police force
also description Of the same?
Address Secretary Thomas Carroll,
department of police, Grand and Center
streets. New York, N. Y.
DRAFTSMAN-H. s., City To whom shall I
apply in this city for information relative to
| examination for craftsman under the United
States government?
To the civil service office in the post
Office building.
SCHMrrZ-J. j.. City. How many times was
Eugene e. Schmitz elected mayor of San Fran
cisco?
! Three.