The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
Answers to Queries

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ELEvATIoN-A. H., City. What is the high
Francisco?
Blue mountain. one of the Twin
! peaks.
PETER Subscriber, city Did Maude
Adams ever play in Peter Pan in San Fran
cisco: Il so, when:
i. At the Van Ness, on her previous en-
gagement.
ALBUMEN-L. d. s.. Hanford. What are the
component elements of albumenl
The elements of albumen are car
bon hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen,
with a small proportion of phosphor
Gus and sulphur 1t is believed to be
definite chemical compound.
PROTEIN. d. s.. Hanford. What is the
make up protein?
Carbon-min. 52.7 per cent, max. 54.5;
Hydrogen-min. SO per cent, max. rs; !;
N1trogen-min. 15.4 per cent, max. 16.5;
OXygen-nin. 20.9 per cent, max. 23.5;
Sulphur-min. 0.S per cent, max 1.6.
RANK-Subscriber. Pleasanton. What is the
relative rank of officers in the United States
army and navy?
General ranks with admiral
Lieutenant general ranks with vice
eomiral
Major general ranks with first nine
rear admrals.
Brigadier general ranks with rear
admirals after first nine, and commo-
dores.
Colonel ranks with captain,
Lieutenant colonel ranks with COM
mander.
Major ranks with lieutenant com
mander.
Captain ranks with lieutenant
First lieutenant ranks with lieuten-
ant, junior grade.
Second lieutenant ranks with ensign.
Cadet ranks with midshipman.
,sTEAMER-W- E. l.. San Mateo What is
Napa City.
The name is Napa Valley.
FOoISCAP-D. L. F.. City What is the or
igin Of ''foolscap' as applied to writing paper?
Notes and Queries says: This term
has not, as is generally believed, any
reference to the water mark of a cap
and bells. The word is a corruption of
folio shape In a statute of Queen
Anne particular kind of paper is
called Genoa foolscap. The word fools
cap is corruption of the Italian foglio
capo. a chief or full sized sheet of
paper"
ToNNAGE-w. H. NJ. CITY. What is the
tonnage Of the German ship Reehemers, recent
ly in the port of San Francisco?
The vessel YOU have reference to is
the German auxiliary Rickmer, not
Reichemers. gross 5.54S. under deck
1876. net 1896 tons.
PUMP GUNs-C. s. City. Is there any law
in California prohibiting the use "f pump or
game?
There is no law on the subject. but on
some preserves the use is prohibited.
GERMAN HYNrNs-subscriber. CITY. What
are the national hymns of Germany?
According to Sir George Grove in his
dictionary of music. the most distinctly
German national hymns are the en-
perors hymn by Haydn. Got Erhalte
der Kaiser" tGod save the emperor);
which is the hymn Of Austria, and the
"Wacht am Rhein" (The guard on the
Rhein). Grove says: This is a volds-
lied, which during the Franco Prussian
war was so popular as to become a na-
tional song
RECRUITING-o. s.. City. When did re-
erulting for the first California volunteers close
in California during the Spanish-American war?
Monday. June 90 1898.
PUBLICATIONS. B., Escalon. A
friend of this department writes that,
while the name of the butchers publi-
cation does not appear in the latest
newspaper directory, it is published in
San Francisco.
LAND MAP-T T.. Miller. Where can / OBJ
tain map of Kern county showing all govern
ment land that has been taken and that which
is still open:
From the United States land office at
Independence, Inyo county.
SALT WATER-A- s.. San Jose What are
the elements In a ton of salt or sea water and
how much gold and of silver is there in a ton
Of such?
In addition to the water itself there
is in it chlorine, Iodine, bromine, sui
phur, carbon, sodium, ma agnesium, po-
tassium, calcium, iron, f1ourine; phos-
phorus, as phosphate of lime: sill
con, as silica; boron, as boracic acid;
silver, copper, lead. zine. cobalt, nickel.
manganese; aluminium, as aluminia:
strontium, as strontia; barium. as
baryta; arsenic, gold, lithium, rubi-
dium and caesium. Most of these
elements exist in infnitesimal GUAM
titles. There is no record of the
amount of gold and silver in a ton
of sea water.