The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

prayer to five friends and request each
of these to send it to five other friends,
and so on.
WIRELESS. s.. city. What are the
station? What is the pay?
The pay is graduated according to the
ability of the operator. For chances
for employment make application at
the office of the wireless company.
CORRESPONDENCE = Subscriber. Berkeley.
How can ascertain il certain Universities teach
by the correspondence method?@
BY writing to the recorder of each
university about which you wish that
information.
ERASIvE-An1ious. San Luis obspo Is
there anything on the market that Will remove
INK writing from paper?
There are preparations for that pur-
pose, which may be obtained through
any first class stationer.
RICH NEW. M. H, City. You
can obtain the addresses of all the rich
men and millionaires in the United
States in who's Who in America" in
the reference room of the free public
library. Hayes street, near Franklin.
FLOwERS-R. s., city. How may flowers be
pressed so that they shall retain their natural
color?
The following is given as a method:
Lay the flowers between sheets of
white blotting paper and, after putting
board under and above the paper,
place a heavy weight on the top board
The sheets of paper Should be renewed
every day until the flowers are dry"
CIVIL Ware. H.. Oakland. How many men
were killed in the civil war. both sides?
On the union side the number killed
in action was: Officers, 4,142; men.
62,961; died of wounds received in ae-
tion, 1929 officers and 40,7S9 men, killed
after capture, IA officers and 80 men.
The confederate records were either
lost or destroyed, and therefore it is
impossible to segregate the number of
killed in action from the number who
died. Such records as were preserved
show that the confederates lost by
wounds received in action and disease
133,821. The total number of deaths
on the union side from all causes was
279,376.
HORSE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., City. What
and where are the horse latitudes?
Horse ATTITUDES" is a name given by
sailors to that belt of calms in the
Atlantic ocean extending usually from
/
latitude, where sailing vessels are often
delayed for days for want of winds
Years ago large numbers of horses and
mules were shipped from the northern
part of the United States to the West
Indies in part exchange for sugar, rum
and so forth. 1t frequently happened
that those in command of becalmed
vessels were compelled to order the
animals thrown overheard for want of
water to give them, until the sea in
that region at times was dotted with
carcasses. Old salts say that this led
to the name horse latitudes."
way accidents occurred in the United States dur
ing the year 1908, and what were the kinds OF
accidents?
The statistical report of the inter-
state commission shows: Killed, TO-
313; injured. 105.234. The kinds of ac-
cidents were: Coupling or uncoupling.
collisions, parting of trains, derail-
ments, locomotives or cars brea aking
down, falling from trains, locomotives
or cars, jumping on or off moving
trains, locomotives or cars, struck by
train, locomotive or cars, overhead OBJ
structions. Three hundred and forty
one persons were killed and 39,765 were
injured in handling traffic, tools. ma
chinery and in getting on and off cars
and locomotives not in motion. and
from other causes. The report re-
ferred to, obtainable from the commits
sion, gives fuller details. You can also
obtain copy of the law on safety
appliances" from the commission.
MAPS-S. T.. B., City. Does the United States
geological survey publish maps OF the counties
OF California? Where can such be purchased?
1t does not publish maps of counties.
but quadrangle maps, which may be
obtained from stationers who sell mans
for small sum.
COINS-A reader and dozen others.
city and country. Questions as to the
value of coin, paper money and old
newspapers are answered only by mail
if the question is accompanied by A
seif-addressed and stamped envelope.