The morning call., 1893-02-19
THE QUERY COLUMN
Attendance of Witnesses
From a Distance.
VALUE OF FRUIT H2ODUCTS.
Systems of Artificial Memory The
Deer-GaII Question Settled Cost
of Tunneling for Prospecting.

ATTENDANCE AS WITNESsEs-D. a. p,
Santa Cruz County, CAL To secure the at
tendance Of a witness from one county
before the Grand Jury Of another county
the subpoena must be Endorsed by Superior
Court Judge or by a Supreme Court
Judge, on the affidavit of the District
Attorney or other prosecuting official that
the evidence Of the witness is material %
The witness is entitled to reasonable ex-
penses. for which an order will be drawn
on the County Treasurer. 90 In the event
of non attendance after the conditions are
complied with he may be punished for con-
tempt. (D A deposition would not suffice,
nor will plea OF poverty avail.
A QUESTION OF GALL-Constant Reader
and others. The correspondent in this case
has the ben eft of the doubt as 10 whether a
deer has a gall bladder, and something
more than the benefit of the doubt 1t
would appear that the deer properly so
called. has no gall bladder, ana that In the
general statement in last weeks issue the
Q. c. was in error.
Owens in his Anatomy of the Verte-
brates" says: 1n the female giraffe /
found large gall bladder, bifo at its fundus
1t was attached in the usual position to the
under part Of the undivided liver. having
covering OF peritoneum over three-fourths
OF its surface. In two males subsequently,
dissected there was not a vestige OF a gall
bladder but the bile was conveyed by
rather wide hepatic duet to the duolenum.
/ conclude, therefore, that the absence of
the gall bladder is the rule or normal condi-
tlon, and that the giraffe in this respect, as
in the structure OF It's horns, has q nearer
affinity TO the deer than to the antelope. In
these and all hollow-horned ruminants the
gall bladder is present
A PIONEER INoUrRY-M. p. writes:
Can any Of your readers give any informa-
lion concerning party of emigrants who
left Jackson, Mo-. in 1S49 for California
The party proceeded by the overland
route, and arrived in California safely the
same year. The physician to the party was
DR.. Richard j. Harvey of Pennsylvania.
lie had praeticed medicine in Philadel phia,
Lower Merton and West Chester.
The party arrived in California at night.
The same night DIR. Harvey was taken Ill
and carried into cabin. He died few
hours afterward.
Are there any survivors of that party lIv-
ing? Can they point out the spot where
DR.. Harvey was buried? Any information
would be thankfully received by relatives in
the East.
Any survivor or persons knowing the ad-
dress of a survivor will please communicate
with Mr. Cheever, care of the Society of
Pioneers, Pioneer place. Mr.. Cheever
has kindly promised to give all the aid In his
power.
POWER OF OVERSIGHT WHEELs-E. S.
NJ. Grub Gulch, Fresno County, writes:
Gould you give us the following answer
through your Query Column and oblige
regular subscriber: What amount of power
(meehanical Ii. P.) will an 1S-foot overshot
wheel develop (3-foot breasD, said wheel
having n 4-inch steel shaft running in bah
bited boxes. good and in complete order.
and receiving the following am cunt OF
water: Said wheel receives water through
q 24-inch fiume, and the water measures
inches In depth II feet above where 1t pours
on to the wheel (see 4x24 volume OF water;
fume has a grade of u Inch TO the rod
ditch above the flume has the same grade
from head dam to the river.
By addressing the Hendy Iron Works or
tho Union Iron Works Ia this city and fur
nshing the exact data our correspondent
can be furnished with the information re-
auired. Books containing tables are kept
by both these firms, but the data must be
exact.
VALUE OF FRUIT PRoDUCTs-H. W. L.,
Alameda. The estimated value of tho fruit
exports Of California for $780, in n report
furnished to the State Board of Trade, was
$40 S57, 826. In 1880 only 546 carloads of
California fruit were shipped East. In 1891
ii had increased to 1873 carloads, exclud-
ing wine and brandy. (2) You can get the
exact figures of tho years you name from
the secretary of the State Board of Trade
here. They have not yet been published.
90 There is an aiticle on the subject In the
annual report OF the State Board of Trade
for 1891 by General Chapman, which would
be sent you free on application.
ARTIFICIAL MEMoRY-J. r.. City. The
reason why stories, novels, ETC., are more
easily remembered than scientific matter is
because they produce more powerful
effect ON the mind at the time, (2) To