The morning call., 1890-07-06
THE CALLS
QUERY COLUMN.
Identity of the Hospital Hulk
That Lay at North Beach.
Nicknames of States-Branch County Jail.
Libby Prisons Removal-Aslantic and
Pacific Land Grants

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4E1HE1 HISTORICAL HULK u. H., City.
}Esa The hulk that lay in the blight at
A<N North Beach, between Meiggs
Wharf and the sandy point, at the ex-
tremity of which were located once Selby's
Smelling Works, was that OF the Cadmus,
used as an asylum for the insane until
the founding of the institution at Stock
ton in 1851, after which she was used as
hospital for smallpox patients, and as such
DR.. A. B. Stout had charge 10 1852, and DR..
J. C. Tucker in 1853 The hulk lay for
years in the cove at point where Jones
and Francisco streets now intersect, and
finally in the sixties was broken up. The
Cadmus was one of the lot of many sold
crazy, ong-condemned whalers, petty river
steamers, paltry brigantines and worthless
corvettes," which, after the discovery of
gold, were gotten ready and made to trans
port their human cargo over several thou
sand miles of sea" to the Ell Dorado, and hav-
ing served this purpose with profit never
returned to the Atlantic, but were profit
nh aDDl0Vad ia hav and rivars
of the country" In 1924, it will be remem-
bered, Congress unanimously requested
President Monroe to invite Lafayette to
visit the United States as the guest of the
nation. He accepted the invitation, but
declined the offer of a ship of line for his
conveyance, and, with his son and secre-
tary, took passage on packet-ship from
Hayre for New York, where he landed on
August 10, 1924. The Cadmus was that
Dacket-shlp."
MECHANICS OF STATEs--E. 6. W., City.
Among the well-known nicknames of
States are the following: Arkansas, Bear
State; California. Golden State: Colo
RADIO, Centennial State; Connecticut
wooden Nutmeg State; Delaware. "The
Diamond State; Florida, Peninsula
State; Georgia, Empire State of The
South; Illinois, Prairie state" and
sucker State; Indiana. "Hoosier State;
State; Kentucky, "Corn-cTacker State;
Louisiana, pelican State" and "Creole
State; Maine. "Pine-tree State" or Lum-
Der State; Massachusetts,. odd Bayotate'
Michigan, Wolverine State; Minnesota,
GGp9er NeSs sa MssssP g9ss Bs Ys%
sey, Pea-patch State; New York,
- Empire STATE; North Carolina, old
MSrth STATE Fur Fur oE State Ruot and
state; oregon, "Webfccot State; Penn
sylvania. Keystone State; Rhode Island.
Little Rhody" South Carolina, Palmetto
State; Tennessee, big Bend State;
Texas, Lone Star State; Utah, 'Des-
eret"; Vermont, Green Mountain State;
Mother of Presidents: West Virginia,
Panhandle State; Wisconsin, Badger
State"
The ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ARTICLE
P. B., City. The one hundred and third
article of the Rules and Regulations of War
has been amended by act of Congress, ap-
proved April IL, $780, to read:
No person shall be tried or punished by
court-martial for deserton In time of peace and
net in the face OF an enemy, committed more
than two years before the ayralgnment OF such
while have absented himself from the United
STATES, IN which case The time Of his absence
shall be excluded in computing the period OF the
limitationi provided, that said limitation shall
not begin until the end of the term for which
said person was mustered Into the service.
The Q. C.. does not understand that TO
claim and receive the benefit OF the amnesty
the deSerter has tu surrender himself to the
military authorities, and by them be placed
in confinement, for If his case comes within
the limitation above they have no
jurisdiction over him. There Is nothing
said that because man has two deser-
tons against him" therefore he cannot be
pardened of them; provided always that
they come within the limitation prescribed,
and he applies to the War Department for
q release or protection paper.
NATURALIzATIoN-J.W W., City. You can
become citizen two years after having de-
clared your intention. Your case is gov
erned by the section regarding minors, to
the effect that any alien under the age of
q years who has resided in the United
States three years next preceding his ar
irving at that age, and who has continued
to reside th5reln to the time he may make
application to be admitted citizen thereof,
may. after he arrives at the age OF q years
and after lie has resided five years within
the United States including the three years
OF his minority, be admitted citizen; but
he must make declaration on oath and
prove TO the satisfaction OF the Court that
for two years next preceding it has been
his bUna-lide intention to become citizen.
MOUNTAIN NAMES-M E. L., Freeport,
Wash. Mount Rainier was named for AID.
miral Rainier of the British navy; Mount
St. Helena for Lord st. Helens, at one time
British ambassador at Madrid; Mount
Hood for Viscount Hood of the British Ad-
miTalty, whose achievements were almost
as brilliant as those Of Blake or Nelson.
These names were bestowed by Vancouver
Q75S-179S), the English navigator and ex-
plorer, and who surveyed the northwest
coast from latitude 300 north to Cooks Inlet.
Mount Adams was named for the second
and Mount Jefferson for the third Presi-
dent of the United States. Adams, by the
way, was, in 1855, the first Minister of the
United States to England.
II. r. BILL S394-P. r., Benicia, Cal.
The bill "a. r $500 allows enlisted men of
the army to count war service as double
time in computing the thirty years neces-
sary for retirement. According to the @.
C.'s latest adviees it has advanced one
point further toward final passage by a
favorable and unanimous report made by
the Senate Military Committee, on June
18th. The committee made a slight amend
ment whereby service in the navy may be
included in the war service referred to.
The early passage Of the bill may be ex-
pected
THE MUSES. NINE-C. B. D., City. The
muses. of mythology were the daughters of
Jupiter Chief among the gods. called also
Jove) and Mnemosyne. They numbered
nine, as follows: Calliope, muse of epic
poetry; Clio of history; Erato of amatory
poetry; Thalia of comedy; Melpomene of
tragedy; Terpsichore of dancing; Euterpe
Of lyric poetry Polyhymnia Of poetry and
elOquence, and Urania of astronomy.
OMNIBUS CABLE CoMPANY-J. c. P.
and NJ. j., City. a The Omnibus Cable
Company has "a franchise for road on
Brannan street, from Potrero avenue to
Third street" (2) According to its fran
chise the rate of speed shall not exceed
eight miles per hour.
BRANCH COUNTY JAIL-T. D., City.
The old buildings at the corner Of Francisco
and Stockton streets, originally built as
City and County Hospital, were used as