The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-29

A SIMPLE WuL-W. B., Paradise, Utah.
| ~ Tie simplest form OF testament under the
laws of California, and one which you say "w
be legal without your heirs being annoyed in
the courts of justice and have 10 pay large
amount of the property to The courts and in
lawyers fees )" Is the Photographic Will, zen
tirely written, dated and signed by the hand of the
tesatOr himself" subject TO no form, made in or
out Of the Stale, and requiring no witness.
printed heading Tor the dale should not be used.
(2) In Utah the law is that any person OF the age
OF Is years and OF SOUND mind, may dispose OF his
or heI property personal and real, by VIII, which
must be IN writing subscribed by the testator
and altesled by at least TWO witnesses In the
presence of the testa0r and OF each other. All
wills executed accordingly the law OF tile State
or county where made may be admitted to
| probate in Utah, aud married women may make
Wills as If single. (3) The ''llitle will" which
you read IN The CALL, and which you make
reference to, Is as much legal VIII as te IA,
ment OF twenty pages, written. ruled and sealed
by the best lawyer in the country.
PRESIDENTS WHO DID Nor VOTE M T.
and A. NJ. s., City. IL was said of General
Grant, when first nominated for the Presidency
and the saying was attributed 10 blm-that he
had voted only once in his lifetime. The @. c.
quotes the following from The Encyclopedia OF
Biography: General Grant had never taken
an active part in politics. and had voted for
Presidential candidate but once. In 1856, al
though his early associations had been with the
Wings, he cast his vote for James Buchanan, the
Democratic candidate, but this was personal
rather than political grounds, AS he believed
that the Republican candidate did not possess
the requisite qualifications for the office. So
much doubt existed as to his political principles
that prominent Democrats had made overtures
to him 10 accept nomination from their party
only few months before the nominating con-
yentons were heidi For the same indiifeTeuce
to matters political it is said that General Taylor
rarely, If ever, voted.
INsECT-SHooTING FIsHEs-M. T. and b. NJ.
NJ. City. Tie fish concerning which you iu-
ouIre are spinny-finued, and 10 the family are the
perch bass etc. This group OF carnivorOus
fishes especially abound in the region Of India
and the other seas between the tropics. Tie
chelmO rosrratus is chiefly found in the PoyBe-
sian seas between India and the west coast of
Australia Many OF these fish have the remark
able habit, by forcIbly e1ectlng water from the
mouth of shooting at Insects when observed
upon plants which overnaDg the water, or lying
above the latter.
SHIP ARKANsAs-J. c., City. AS still further
corroboraIve OF The Identification of the ships
tImbers uncovered ON Pacific street. the Q. c. has
found the following In a list OF events given in
a City Directory OF 1858:
April 7, ls57-The old pioneer ship Arkansas,
tain W. W. Shepherd CP. w. Shepheard), and on
which the United States Hotel on Pacific street
was built torn to pieces by the Chinese in
April The old hulk was sold for $1,000. Most of
the tlmber appeared to be in perfectly sound con-
diti0n.
CURVATURE OF THE EARTH-J. NJ s., Fort
Bidwel Cal. The ratio OF the curvature OF the
travelled. For instance. the curvature for one
mile is a fraction over eight inches while for two
miles 1t is trfe over two feet eight inches and
for five miles little over sixteen feet eight
inches Thus the drop allowed TO the mile by
the surveyor would rapidly increase as tine line
run by him Is heightened.
HANGING OF WoMEN-D. Il. O., City. You
are wrong in your premises that no woman has
been hanged In Great Britain within twenty
years. There are three instances OF remark.
able trials which ended in hangings, In
1870, 1873 aud 1874; and the latest 10 its
Knowledge was the banging In 1881, In London
| OF Catherine Webster who cut up an old woman
and boiled her remains in e0ppers.
HALLEcK's MoNUMENT-J. j. NJ, City. The
monument in Golden Gate Park In memory OF
| Major General IL. w. Halleck was suggested by
his son, but as he died before he could carry his
plans into execution his mother engaged to full
| I'LL them. Sue also died before the work was
completed aud the monument was, as a matter