The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-14

AT 661a deg. north or south The midnight sun
is visible In summer The relative lengths Of
day and night depend upon lie angle formed
by the earth's axis with the plane OF It's orbit.
If he axis were perpendicular 10 the plane OF
the orbit day and night would be equal during
the whole year over all the earth and there
would be no change of seasons, but the axis
makes with The orbit an angie OF rs 70
deg. and the consequence oil this Is all Tue
variety OF seasons aud OF climate mat we mo
on the eartt's surface. for 1t Is only Tor small
theoretically for mere liDe-lYlng
under the equator that the days and the nights
are equal all the wear; al all Oiher places tnis
equality occurs only on the two days In eacn
year when the sun seems TO pass through the
celestial equator, that Is about March Il and
September %. From March 81 the sun departs
from the equator toward tile Dorth Till about
June 81. when he has reached north declina-
ton OF 2312 deg, when he again appr0acnes
the equator. which he reaches about September
%. He then advances southwark ana ABOUT
December 81 has reached south defamation
OF 2312 deg, when he turns once more toward
the equator, at which he arrives March II.
June 81 is the longest day IN the northern
hemisphere and the shortest In the south; with
December FL it is the reverse.
ASSESSMENT WORK ON MINING CLAIMS
F. II. City, ana NJ. R.. Acorn, Humboldt County,
Cal The text of the act approved on the 18th
of last July TO amend section of the Revised
Statutes relating to mining claim. is as follows:
That the provisions of section numbered 1924
of the Revised Statutes OF the United States,
which require that on each claim located after
the 10th day of May, 1872. and until patent has
been issued therefor. not less than $l0c worth of
labor sb; II be performed or improvements made
during each year. be suspended for the year 1874.
that no mining claim which has been regularly
located and recorded as required by the local
laws and mining regulations shall be subject to
forfeiture for non performance of the annual as
sessmen mt for the year lS94 provided. that the
claimant OF claimants OF any mining location, in
order to secure the benefits of this act snail cause
to be recorded in the Office where the location
notice or certificate is flied on before December
81 1894 notice that he or they in good faith in.
tend to hold and work said claim; provided. how
ever. that the provisions of this act shall not ap
ply to the state OF South Dakota.
Section 2. that this act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
Congressm n Caminetti Is authority for the
statement that the law was not made applicable
10 South Dakota because II would have thrown
too many men out of employment, and 1t would
have caused great distress Whether the Law
applies TO work done between January i. 1892
aud the first of the following January or pro
to January, 1892, is a question that should bt
submitted to an attorney versed In mining laws
STANFORD UNIvERSITY-"ChinO," Chino
San Bernardino, Cal. The Leland STANFORD
Junior University is located on the Palo Alt,
estate in the Santa Clara Valley. thirty-fv
miles southeast of San Francisco. The uui
versity gives instruction in electrical engineer