The morning call., 1891-03-08

OCEAN CABLEs-S. A. K, City. An an
sWer TO your question as to how ocean cables
are made is found in the following extract
from an article on that subject written for
Scribner's by Herbert Laws Webb some
time ago: Let us first see what a submarine
cable Is, and how it is made. To do this a
visit must be made to the enormous factory
on the banks Of the Thames, few miles
below London. Here the birth of the cable
may be traced through shop after shop, ma
chine after machine. The foundation of
all is the conductor, a strand of seven fine
copper wires. This slender copper cord is
hfSt hauled through mass of sticky, black
| compound, which causes the thin coating of
| gutta-percha applied by the next machine
| 10 adhere to it perfectly, and pre-
| vents the retention of any bubbles OF
air in the interstices between the
strands. or between the conductor and
the guta-percha envelope. One envelope is
not sufficient, however, but the full thick
| ness OF insulating material has to be OBJ
| tanned by four more alternate coatings of
sticky compound and plastic gutta-percha.
| Inc conductor Is now insulated. and has de-
| Vel0ped into core" Before going any fur
ther the core is cOiled into tanks filled with
water, and tested in order to ascertain
whether it is electrically perfect, i, G., that
| tnere IS no undue leakage of electricity
! through the gutta-percha insulating envel-
| ope. These tests are made from the test
| lng-r0om, replete with beautiful and elabo-
rate apparatus, by which measurements finer
and more accurate than those even Of
| the most delicate chemical balance may
be made. Every foot of core is tested
with these instruments, both before
ana after being made up into cable,
ana careful records are preserved OF the
results. After the core has been all tested
and passed, the manufacture Of the cable
goes The travels tbr0nOb another
set of machines, which first wrap it with a
thick serving OF tarred jute, and then with
compact armorlng OF iron or steel wires OF
varying thickness. according to the depth OF
water in which the cable is intended to be
lald. Above the armorlng, in order to pre-
serve the iron from rust as long as possible.
Is applied a covering of stout canvas tape
thoroughly lmpregnated with a pltch-llke
compound, and sometimes the iron wires
composing the armOr are separately covered
with Russian hemp as an additional pre-
sentative against corrosiOn.
GRAND jury D., Gilroy, Cal u) A
Grand Jury is body of men, nineteen In
number. 2) One is lmpaneled whenever in
the opinion of the Superior Court I" the pub
lie interest must require it," and in all coun-
ties having less than three Superior Court
Judges there shall be one drawn and impan-
eled each year, and in all having three or
more such Judges two every year. 81 a
Grand Jury is "swOrn to inquire of public
Offense committed or triable within the
county or city and county" ~ In the
month of January every year the Superior
Court in each county makes an order desig-
mating the estimated number Of grand and
petit jurors, in the opinion of the Court, re-
quired for the ensuing year, and the Super
visors select a list of the persons to serve as
grand jurors, though in cities and counties
having over 100000 inhabitants the selection
is made by the Judges Of the Superior Court.
Such selections and listing are of persons
competent to serve as jurors who are on the
last preceding assessment roll of such
county or city and county. and have the
other qualifications demanded by Section
2o5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Certi-
fed lists are at once placed in the hands of
the County Clerk. who inscribes them on
separate pieces of paper, of like size and APP
pearance. and folded so as to conceal the
name, and deposits them in box called the
Grand Jury box" A Grand Jury being
required, the Superior Court files an order
with the County Clerk directing drawing
and the number of names-not less than
TWENTY-FIVE nor more than thirty. Inc
drawing il made in open court, as prescribed
by the Code, and the Sheriff summons the
persons drawn TO appear on certain day,
when such proceedings are had in impanel-
ing as the Penal Code demands
EASTER SUNDAY-L. r., Etua, Cal. The
word Easter is from the German ''OStern,"
old Saxon ''Oster'' (riSng), and Easter is
the Christian passover or festival of the
resurrection OF Christ, the English name be-
ing probably derived from that OF the leu
tonic goddess of spring, Ostern or Eostre,
whose festival occurred about the same time
as the celebration of Easter. There seems
tn Lao n n # Y
writers that the use of eggs at this season
was originally symbOlcal of the revivifica-
ton of nature-the springing forth OF life
in the spring. From the Christian stand
point this feast Of eggs has been usually con-
sdered as emb1ematc OF the resurrection and
of future life. From the use and presen-
tation of the eggs followed naturally the
next step of eating them.
OCEAN STEAMERs-D. X and II. NJ,
City. % The Pomona is of 1264.2S tons
gross and 951.75 net. (2 Captain Hall is a
man about 40 years OF age, has been for a
number of years with the p. C. S. S.
Co. and before entering its employ
was with the Oregon Development Com
pany. (3) The MaripOsa is of 315S. % gross
and 1939.10 net tons; the Santa Rosa of
24167S gross and 1859 net; the Corona of
96619 net and the Oceanic Of 2440 net and
3SOS gross tonnage. (i Captains OF steamers
aboard when in port, but at their homes,
when they have one, but more generally at
hotels, where they are always welcome.
NATURALIZATIoN-J. r. A., City. A
period of two years must elapse between
the declaration of Intention aud your admis-
sion as a citizen of the United States. Your
service OF three years in the National Guard
of this State will not avail you anything. 1t
is service in the armies of The United States,
with honorable discharge therefr0m, that
will do away with the previous declaration
of intention, provided a residence of at
least one year before the application can be
shown.
HARRIsoN's CABINET-M. E. W.. City.
The members of President Benjamin Harri-
sons Cabinet are: Secretary of State, James
G. Blaine; Secretary of Treasury, Charles
Foster; Secretary of War. Redfeld Proctor;
Secretary of the Interior, John w. Noble;
Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin f. Tracy;
Secretary of Agriculture, Jeremiah Nj.
RuSk; Postm asterGenpral, john Wanna
maker, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, William II.
II. Miller.
New STATEs-M E. W, City, The four
States admitted into the Union in 1889, with
their capitals and dates Of admiss sion, are as
follows: North Dakota and South Dakota,
Bismarck and Pierre, November Sd; Mon
tana, Helena, November Sth; Washington.
Olympia, November Ilth; those admitted
in 1890, Idaho, Boise City, July Sd, and Wy
omlng. Cheyenne, July 18th.
RIDING ON SIDEwALKs-S. A. w. Jr.,
City. There is nothing in the city ord-
nances prohibitiye of riding on bicycles or
velocipedes on sidewalks, unless they come
under the general prohibition: No per-
son shall drive, wheel or draw upon any
public sidewalk any vehicle, except hand
carriages for children"
DESCENT IN NEBRAsKA-H. II. X, Sac
ramento, Cal. Under the law of Nebraska
the degrees of kindred are computed ac-
cordng to rules of civil law, and kindred of
half-bood inherit equally with those of
whole blood unless the inheritance came to
the intestate from an ancestor OF different
blood.
ADJOINING LoTs-M. B., City. A and B
owning adjoining lots and buildings, one
cannot make such alterations or excavations
that by reason of them the peaceful or safe