The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
Answers to Queries

| FIVE HUNDRED-v. E., Oakland. What is
the law OF partners in the game of fve hundred
The rules say: "The four, six and
! five hand are partnership games-the
| four hand, two against two; six hands.
| three pairs of partners. There are va
| rious forms of the five hundred game.
| In some localities the successful bidder
designates any one player as his part
| ner during that hand, and such player
can not refuse; in others one partner,
on bid of six or seven, and two partners
on bid of eight, nine or ten. In other
I localities he may call on the holder of
certain card to act as his partner, as,
the player holding named trump
which is missing from the bidders
hand, or a high card of a plain suit
which he needs to strengthen his hand.
The bidder does not know who his
partner is until the card called for falls
in the natural course of play"
| APPOINTMENTS. B. If a man who has
taken out his first papers passes an examinatlon
Tor the police or fre department and after such
examination secures his second or Anal papers of
naturalization. is he eligible to appointment in
either department?
The charter says that mo person
shall become a member of the police
department unless he shall be a citizen
of the United States" and as to the fire
department it says -aH persons ap-
pointed to positions in the department
must be citizens of the United States"
The charter is silent on the subject of
one who has declared his intention of
taking civil service examination for
either department. 1t simply says that
an applicant must be a citizen at the
time of appointment and have resided
in the city specified time prior to ap
pointment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City. What is
the highest elevation at which guns are fired on
United States vessels and how far will shot
be projected when fred from guns of different
caiiber from such vessel?
The highest elevation on board ship
is 10 degrees; a inch gun will throw
projectile 4.80 miles: inch s miles;
inch, 6.25 miles; inch, $50 miles;
inch, no miles; inch, 10 miles; 10
inch, 1890 miles; IL inch. II miles. In
some instances the projectile has gone
little beyond the distances given
by these figures.
PoEM-C.. Los Gatos Who is the author of
the poem which appears the following:
The motives pure as angel thoughts.
Are poweriess to stay suspicious tongue.
But. OH how sweet it is
To know ones duty has been done
'TwiSt man and man.
To feel we've been loyal to ourselves
To know one voice at least proclaims true
The hidden voice of God within our hearts,
The books of quotations do not men
tion these lines. Possibly some reader
can enlighten the correspondent.
AREA-M. ]. NJ, Alameda, Is the area of
the English possessions in North America greater
than that of the United States?
If by the question as to British pos
session you include Belize, the Ber-
mudas and the British West Indies, the
area is s,61S,712 square miles; if you
do not include these possessions, but
include only Newfoundland, then the
area is about 100000 square miles.
The area of the United States is
3,616484 square miles.
HoLIDAYs-A. o., Port orford What is the
difference between a national holiday and a legal
holiday?
Both are for the same object, the
suspension of legal business. The ma
tional holiday is proclaimed or fixed by
the highest Legislative power of a coun-
try; the legal holiday is proclaimed by
the state legislature and applies only
to the state where it is so created, or is
a day set apart by the governor for
special purpose.
. SIXTEEN INCH Subscriber, city What
is the range of the United States 16 inch army
gun?
The one at Sandy hook has a muzzle !
of also feet a second. Com
putations indicate that at the most ia
vorable conditions as to elevation it
will throw a projectile Weighing 2,400
pounds distance OF nearly 81 miles.
OFFICE HOLDING-C.. City. is it crime for |
a person who is not American citizen to hold |
a public office and be paid out of the public |
treasury?
1t is not a crime. AS a rule, Office |
holders must be citizens, but there are
some exceptions, as for instance, Chi |
nese, who can not become citizens, are |
employed as interpreters.
GRANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Watsonvlle |
Where in San Francisco does Grant avenue COM /
mence and where does 1t end?
: 1t begins at Market street and ends I
at North beach. It is now the name for |
what was originally Dupont street.
RED CR0SS-A. p. San Jose. How can I as /
certain the location and address Of the several |
Red Cross association OF this country?
: BY addressing letter of inquiry to I
the. national headquarters, room 341,
war department., Washington, ID. c.
s EXPLOSION. F. H., San Jose. When and /
where 1t that Chinaman took refuge in a
powder house and then blew up the place killing
hImself and humber of officers who were after
him?
At the western fuse company, near
Melrose, July Is, 1898.