The morning call., 1890-04-27

view to aid all seekers after knowledge of gem
efal interest
Catch Questions will not receive any attention
no opinion VIII be given in Tins column regard
ing the reliability or character OF any person or
Iinls IN THIS city or elsewhere.
questions, answers 10 which are in the nature
OF an advertisement, viii not be answered
livery inquiry must have The true and full
nane oil Tue SENDER well as the correct resi-
oenee. Any inquiry that has not The cor
rect name and address of the sender will
Dc treated as IL 1T was not signed, and the
writer need not expect an answer.
EANDEHNITY SCHOOL SELEcTIoNs-S. R., City.
ES The act introduced by Senator n. Booth
E5 OF California was approved on March L,
1877, and by its terms Congress enacted that
the title to lands certified TO the State OF Cali
fornia, known as indemnify school selections,
which lands were selected 10 lieu OF the sixteenth
and thirty-sixth sections within Mexican grants,
OF which grants The final survey had not been
made at the date OF sucn selection by SAID State,
Is confirmed to said State In lieu OF the sections
as above numbered FOR which the selections were
made; that where Indemnity school selections
have been made and certified to said State and
said selection shall fall by reason of the land in
lieu OF which they were taken not being included
within such final survey OF a Mexican grant or
are otherwise defective or invalid, the same are
confirmed and the sixteenth or thrty-sixih
sections in lieu OF Which the selection was made
shall, upon being excluded from such final
survey. be disposed OF as other public lands of
| the United States provided that If there be no
such sixteen III or thirty-sixth sections and the
! land certified therefor shall be held by an
innocent purchaser for valuable consideration,
such purchaser shall be allowed 10 prove such
! facts before the proper land office. and shall be
allowed TO purchase the same at 81 % per acre,
not TO exceed 500 acres for any one person, aud
provided further that ii such person shall neglect
refuse after knowledge OF such facts TO furnish
such proof and make payment fol- such land, 1t
he gnl N no
| United States; that The foregoing confirmation
shall not extend TO the lands settled upon by any
actual settler, claiming the right to enter not ex-
ceeding the prescribed legal quantity under the
| homestead or presumption laws, provided that
such settlement made in good faith upon lands
! not occupied by the settlement or Improvement
OF any person, and prior To the date OF eertihca
ton of such lands by the State OF California by
the Department Of the Interior, and provided
further, that the claim OF such settler shall be
| presented 10 The Register and Receiver OF the
! District Land Office, together with the proper
! proof Of his settlement and residence, within
twelve months after the passage OF this act
under such rules and regulations as may be es-
| tabiished by The Commits Sioner OF the General
| Land ONCE. This act shall not apply 10 any
! mineral lands, nor TO any lands IN the city and
| county OF San Francisco nor 10 any incor-
| porated CITY oI town, nor TO any tide, swamp or
! oYeifiowed lands.
BIG TREEs--E. c. r., Winters Cal. Cronise,
in The Natural Wealth OF California" says that
1.-The larger of The standing trees IN the Calaveras
| Grove range in size from 275 TO 366 feet in
| height and from 90 TO GA feet In circumference,
some OF the PROSTATE trees having originally
been OF larger dimensions thin any Of those
| standing. Many of the trees In the Tulare group
are reported 10 be larger than any found In the
| Calaveras Grove, one OF the former being, &C
cording to measurements made by members of
the State Geological Survey, 1O6 feet in circum-
ference at the base and 2T6 feet high. A part of
this tree was burned away, the gifth having been
originally between l Is and l20 feet. II Is proper
10 observe that nearly ali these trees expand
| At ba hac MAJ SIIfIH ma lass oF
Is feet above than they 90 Immediately at The
ground, wherefore, where accuracy is desired. 1t
should be known at what height the measure
ment IS made. The tree above mentioned as hay
ing girth OF LOG feet at the roots gave but rs
ieet when measured at point only IL ieet above
The ground.'' Again, under the head OF Tuiare
County, the same author says: THE body of a
PROSTATE tree has been burnt cut TO such an ex-
tent that II admits OF a man riding Into tile hol-
low trunk for a distance OF rs feet, where he has
room 10 Turn his animal with difficulty. AT
distance of l20 feet from the butt this tree is ID
feet in diameter inside the bark. There is
large number Of these trees In this neighbnrhood,
many being 10 all appearance nearly as large as
the Que Just described while those varying from
10 TO 10 feet In diameter are quite common" No
niSntipu Is nasie OF big trees III y olo County.
ELECTORS AND REsIDENCE-C. J.W., City. ~
The Constitution OF this State declares that every
male citizen of the United States and certain
others named in the section "who shall have
been a resident of the State one year next pre-
| ceding The election, and OF the county IN which
lie claims his vote ninety days and in the cleo
ton precinct Thirty days shall be entitled to
vote" That is rs plain as language can make
1t. (2) The Political Code says: Every person
| has in law residences. In determining the
| place of residence the following rules are 10 be
observed: Ia II Is the place where one remains
when not called elsewhere for labor or other
special or temporary purpose. and to which he
returns in seasons OF reposei tb) there can only
be one residence; (c) a residence cannot be lost
until another is gained" Tue intention when
leaving, whether II was for temporary purpose
with The design OF return, or for the purpose of
remaining away, whether when absent, one re-
garded this State as the home, and when away
whether he voted elsewhere, must be considered
rather Than the absolute unconditional period Of
time
| Two CHURCHES A. c., Mayfed Cal. ~ The
history of The Roman Catholic Church commences
with the pastoral commission given after our
LORDS resurrection to The Apostle Peter who,
after several years spent at Jerusalem and Anti
cch, passed to Rome. thence returned to Jerusa-
| lem and Asia Minor and again TO Rome, where
lie sealed his apostolic iabors with maityruom
about the year 67. the same day the Apostle
Paul. (2) The Baptists are of the body of frOt-
estant diSsenters. They claim their origin from
the ministry OF Christ and his apostles, and that
all The Christian churches OF the first two centu-
| Ties after Christ were founded and built up he
principles they profess, claiming further to be
able to trace their history In a succession OF pure
churches. essentially Baptist though under yari-
Gus names, from the third century down TO the
Reformation, in the sixteenth Roger Williams
was the founder OF the church In Rhode Island
IN 1859, and The first recorded conference III En-
| gland was i'll 1644.
SETTLERS ON UNsURvEYED LANDs-J. S. P,
Utica Montana. ~ There Is no law permitting
a settler on unSurveyed lands 10 hold by Occupa-
ton and fencing one mile in length on a stream
as against other settlers. ~ The Supreme Court
OF the United States, in Buxton vs. Irayer $50
U. s. p. 232, April l, 1882 has decided that "a
settler upon public land in advance OF the public
surveys acquires no estate in the land which lie
can devise by will, or which in case OF his death
intesate Will pass TO his heirs at law" They can
not prove up on his claim nor lille as his heirs.
They must commence their own claim and on
lhelr own account. 80 This question was fully
answered in this column at date of March .,
$780, in the case oil William Burrows vs. r. K
Burrows and II. b. Olds, Case i, 3S5 Supreme
Court OF California. Tie owner OF any lands
through which running water passes has the
right 10 divert all he needs and turn the surplus
back into the stream.
: THE HORSES FooT-J. E. NJ, City. horses
foot constitutes more than the hoof, and includes
the bones and joints at the fetloek. The hoof
corresponds to the nail or claw OF other mammals
but Is so constructe to form a complete aud
very solid case TO til expanded termination Of
the toe, giving firm basis of support, formed of
= n0n-stnsitiye substance, which Is continually
renewed by the addition OF new material from
within, as its surface wears away by friction
against The ground.
THE CABNET-A. C, Freestone, Cal Presi-
dent Harrison's Cabinet Is composed OF the fol
lowing named in the order given: Secretary Of
State James G. Blaine; Secretary of the Treas
! ury, William Window; Secretary OF War, Red
ltlu ITOctOr; Alt0rDey-General, w. III. H. Mil
Ter; Postmaster General. John Wanamaker Sec
J rotary Of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy; Score
tary OF the Interior, John w. Noble, and Score
taIy OF Agriculture, Jeremiah H. Rusk.
! THE CHARLESTON CoNvENT1oN-G. NJ. IS.
Alameda, Cal. Benjamin +. Butler of Massa
ehusetts no doubt did participate In the fiity-nve
ballots taken on May 1st and continuing until
May 3, 1860, TO nominate President of the
United States at the Democratic Convention al
charleston, 5. C.; but probably not for Jefferson
Davis. because upon withdrawal from the