The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-03

citizenship declared his choice, he could not
change without complying with the laws of
another country of which he desired to become
citizen.
RATTLEsNAKEs-W. E. D., Santa Cruz, Cal.
Scientific men do not consider the fact, which
was announced in the papers some time since,
that ga rattlesnake had given birth to a litter
of young snakes without the formality OF lay
ing eggs at the Geological Gardens Chicago,
as anything wonderful Professor Vanden-
burgh OF the Academy OF Sciences, whose
special department is that devoted to snakes
and their habits, says that rattlesnekes do not
belong to the oylparous class
PEACHES, CHERRIEs--W. L. NJ, Cloverdale,
sonoma County, Cal. The earliest peaches
that come to the San Francisco market are the
Alexander. They come from VaeaYille, Solano
County. They appear between the middle of
May and the early part of June, according to
the season. The earliest cherries are the pur-
pie Guignes, which come from Newcastle,
Placer County, generally in April. This year,
on account of the rains, they are not expected
as early as usual.
LIVE ToPIcs.-For the benefit of those CORE
spondents who, after their names sign ga Con-
slant Reader" zone who never misses the
paper" and the like, and then ask, ''What is
the Reilly funding bill?' or ''Why did the car
men in Brooklyn striker" the Query Column
announces that it will not answer questions of
that character or on any live topic while the
news columns of THE CALL are filed with de-
tails OF the matters asked about.
MILE MEAsUREMENT-W. L. NJ, C1overdale,
Sonoma County, Cal. In the United States and
in Great Britain a mile is 1850 yards of 3 feet
each, equal to $3.50 feet. The present English
mile is known as the English statute mile, j" be-
cause it was incidentally defined in an act
passed in the reign of Elizabeth to be 'S fur
longs of 40 perches, of 1615 feet EACH that is to
sa 1850 yards of 3 feet each" and it has since
retained this value.
For INcANDEscENT LAMPS. R., City. To
run an incandescent lamp, halfcandle power,
to last about three hours, would take one
Grenet battery, which is made as follows: Use
one part of sulphuric acid to six parts of water
and one part of bi-chromate of potash, carbon
for one pole and zinc for the other. 1t would
take two batteries for a one-candle power
lamp. The cost of such battery ought not to
exceed rs cents.
POETRY Correspondents ask for the
words of the following pieces of poetry. Can
any of the many readers of the Query Column
furnish them? Returned Letters From Cali
fornia," the first line of which is give hun
bred thousand tokeS"; 'sThe First Settlers
Story in which occurs the line, "And with a
calm good-by, he shut the door,; piece of
poetry in which occur the words, 'tAnd so
was l."
WIDOWS PENsIoN-H. E. T., Alhambra, Los
Angeles County, Cal. When married man
who is drawing war pension from the Gov
eminent of the United States dies the pension
continues to his widow or to his minor chill
dren if there are any; but after the death the
widow or the children must file an application
in due form with the Commissioner OF Pensions
at Washington, d. G.
WHY Nor IMPRovED-Nimrod, City. The lot
on the north side of Market street. nearly
opposite Fifth, is the property OF a man who at
this time does not care to make any improves
ments. There is no litigation in regard to the
property. Ii the owner does not care to either
sell or improve his land, that is matter tha +
concerns himself and not the public.
FOREIGN LETTERs-N., City. If letter is sent
from England to San Francisco, and the party
addressed cannot be found, if there is on the
envelope request to return to writer )" it will
be so returned, otherwise it will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office in order to ascertain the
name OF the sender, to the end that it may be
returned.
RISE OF BULLETS. B. and others, City.
To hold gun in a true horizontal position it
would have to be set in a wise, set by level
and held fast. If in that condition bullet is
fired from it it will not rise. Ii held from the
shoulder when fired it may either rise or fall,
as no man can hold gun on true horizontal
line.
THE TURK-STREET LINE-A. o. s., City. Prior
to the widening of Dupont street, in 1877, the