The San Francisco call., 1910-07-11
Answers to Queries

BUTTER city. How is butter preserved
during the winter months:
BY keeping the air from It, A good
method it is said, is to fill the pots
to within an inch of the top and to
lay on it common, coarse grained salt,
to the depth of a half to three-quarters
of an inch, then cover the pot up with
any fiat article that may be conven-
lent. The salt by long keeping Will
run to brine, and form layer on the
top of the butter, which will effectu-
ally keep out the air and may at any
time be very easily removed by turning
the pot on one side.
OAK AND IvY-c. s.. Oak Park. Is every
poison ivy?
Poison oak, poison ivy and other
plants of that kind act differently upon
different persons. Some are entirely
free against it's effects and can without
danger of attack handle the poisonous
leaves or branches. Others are poi
soned by the clothing simply coming
in contact; with the leaves This diff
ference of susceptibility to the poison
seems to apply equally to the remedies
as what will cure one has little or no
effect on another.
CTTIZENsHIP-w J. B. City. II boy
was born in foreign country bis father at
States and the boy coming to the United States
at the age of 10 years, would he be an Ameri-
can citizen?
the father remained a resident of the
United States until his son became 10
years of age or whether he resided in
the foreign country until his son became
of that age, it is impossible to answer
the question.
MONTEREY Subscriber. city. How did Mon
terey receive its name and what does the name
mean?
The harbor of Monterey was dis
covered by Admiral Sebastian Wis
caino in 1903 and was so named in
honor of Count Monterey. as we'll as
from the neighboring forest of massive
meaning of the name which is made up
of monte" and 'rey, is King of For
estS
PEANUT BUTTER-subscriber. Bisbee Ariz
How is peanut butter prepared?
The skin is removed from the roasted
nut and the nut is then ground fine
through an ordinary meat grinder. 1t
is then mixed with sufficient olive oil
to make a thick paste, salt to taste,
being added to the oil. The prepara-
tion is then packed in glasses or small
bottles, care being taken to exclude the
air.
SHIPPING Subscriber. city How do the
principal ports of the world rank as to ship
ping tonnage?
According to recent statistics pre-
pared by. the department of commerce
and labor, they rank as follows: New
York and London for first place; Ant
werp, Hongkong and Hamburg for sec
ND MI "a n Iai
dam and Singapore in the order named.
ACQUAINTANCE r.. City. Is 1t in good
form to make acquantances with persons who
are not introduced?
A writer on etiquette says: Always
suspect the advances of any person who
may wish for your. acquaintance, and
who has had no introduction: circum-
stances may qualify this remark, but
as a general principle, acquaintances
made in public room or place of
amusement are not Desirable
wALNUTs-w. H. A.. San Luis Obisno. Which
is the best way and how long does It take to
sprout the California black walnut?
In order to sprout the nuts they are
put in a box containing sand on top
of which the nuts are placed and then
covered with moist sand. The time
that it takes to sprout depends on cli-
fHdtlC tOIttltiollS.e w lcIl l06 nuts DcR1n
to sprout they should be removed from
the box and transplanted.
CREDIT MAN-K. L. N. City What is a
credit man as used in connection with CONNER
cial house:
1t is an individual who protects the
house he is connected with from con-
tracing bad debts. by investigating
the commercial standing and reputation
for honesty of those who desire credit
from the house.
BINDING-G. T. L.. City. What Is meant by
'.half morocco in binding books?
That style of binding consists of
fine cloth covers with morocco corners
and morocco back. Morocco is fine
kind of grained leather prepared from
goatskin and often from sheepskin.
DICE PLAYING-H. B.. City Is 1t possible
in playing dice with square dice to roll dice
out of the box at willi
1t is not.
CITY HALL Subscriber. City. How long did
1t take to complete the city hall in San Fran
cisco that was destroyed in 1905?
About 80 years.
in sCUBA-Reader. when was the Americas