The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ANIMAL TO NEGETABLE--M. de +. 2, Ala
media, Cal. The following is the story of the
passage of the body of Roger Williams, the
founder of Rhode Island into an apple tree:
For the purpose Of erecting a suitable monument
to the memory of Roger w lliams his private bury
ing ground was searched for the graves of himself
| and his wife. 1t was found that everything lad
| passed into oblivion. The shapes OF the collins
| could only be traced by black line of carbon
| aeeous matter The rusted hinges and nails and a
| round wooden knot alone remained in one grave
! while single lock OF braided hair was found in
| the other. Near the graves stood apple tree.
! This had sent down two roofs into the very pres
ence OF the coffined dead the larger root pushing
It's way TO the precise spot occupied by the skull of
! Roger Williams had made turn as If passing
around it. and followed5the direction of the back
| bone to the hips. There ii divided into two
branches, sending one along each leg to the heel,
| when both turned upward to the toes. One of
| these roots formed slight crook at the knee,
which made the whole bear striking resemblance
! to the human form. These roots are now deposited
in the museum of Brown University. There were
the graves, but their occupants had vanished. The
bones had disappeared. There stood the
thef.the guilty apple tree-cAught in the very act
organic matter-the ieah, lie bones-of Roger
Williams had passed INTO N ~ sSle Tree. -
! UNITED STATES LAMBDA. S., Peters, San
joaquin County, Cal. Opp, in the American
Settlers Guide, says:
! Every person entitled, under the provisions of
the homestead laws, to en- er homestead, who has
| heretofore complied with or who shall hereafter
| shall have made his final proof thtreunto for a
quantity OF land less than 160 acres, and receive
the receivers final receipt therefor, shall be en-
titled under said laws to enter as personal right
| and not assgnable by legal subdivisions of the
public lands of the United states subject to home
stead entry SO much additional land as added to
the quantity previously soentered by him shall not
exceed 100 acres: Provided, That in no case shall
patent issue for the land covered by such additional
entry until the person making such additional
entry shall have actually and in conformity with
the homestead laws resided upon and cultivated the
lands additionally entered, and otherwise fully
complied with such laws.
There are two kinds of additional entries pro-
vided for by the law, ONE is an additional entry
of land which shall be Contiguous to the land
embraced in the original entry; and the other
| is additional entry of lard which need not be
| contiguous to the land embraced in the orig
inal entry.
The land Office in this City says that there
| has been no change in the law in regard to
timber claims.
| FROM LAMB TO SHEEP--S. H., City. The tol-
lowing rule of the periods of dentition is given
as the proper one to determine the age of q
sheep: At 1 month, eight temporary front
teeth and three temporary molars in each jaw
at months a permanent molar is added to
these three; at months the second perma-
nent molar appears; at ID months two perma-
nent incisors are noticed; at Is months the
| third permanent molAr appears; at 81 months
there are four permanent--inc at 81
months the temporary molars are changed
and the permanent ones appear; at 80 months
| there are six permanent incisors; at from SO
TO az months there are eight permanent in
cisors. 1t has been decided in England that a
| lamb becomes a sheep when the first pair of
| permanent incisors have appeared. When the
| mouth is full-toothed the sheep is considered
| as full grown, and ween the teeth begin to
show signs of wear then the sheep is aged.
THE LATIMER OAsE-B. T., Oakland, Cal.
| What is known as the Latimer case in Boston
was the first of series of fugitive slave trials
which took place in the city of Boston. George
Latimer was seized as fugitive slave without
warrant. A writ of habeas corpus was de-
MED and the prisoner kept in the City Jail
pending the production OF evidence, against
| ton, and Latimer was finally released on pay
ment of $500 to his jailer. The arrest was fol-
| lowed by an act in 1S43 forbidding officers to
] State of Massachusetts, or to permit the use of
| State jails Tor the purpose of OBTAINING such
| fugitives.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Angel Island, San
Francisco, Cal. Any alien of the age of 81
years and upward who has been IN the army
OF the United States and has been honorably
| discharged therefrom may become a citizen on
| his petition without any previous declaration
| of intention, provided that he has resided in
| the United States at least one year previous to
MS application and is OF good moral character.
| ABOVE THE CLoUDs-M. p Alameda, Cal The
battle above the clouds that was fought during
the war 'of the Rebellion was the battle of
Lookout Mountain, November "a, 1868, when
| "Fighting" Joe Hooker, with 10000 men hid
den by the fog, climbed the slopes of the
mountain, surprised the Confederate left, took
1000 prisoners and camped for the night, while
the enemy left the ground
| AGE OF ELEpHANTs-M. P Alameda, CAL In
East India it is the general belief that ele-
| plants attain the age of 800 years There are
| instances of elephants kept in captivity 100
| years, but it is not known what age the ami
mails had reached when captured
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PosTMAsTERs-E. NJ. A., City. The regulations
OF the Postoffiee Department forbid Postmas-
| tiers giving to any person information concern
Ing the mail matter of another, or to disclose
the name OF box-holder at postoffice
JURORS NOT PAID-Mrs. H. o., City. The
jurors who are now trying Durrant for murder
| do not receive any pay. Jurors in criminal
cases in the City and County of San Francisco
are not allowed any fees.
APIARIEs-L., Prunedale, Monterey County
Cal. There is no law in this State that pro
hibits the maintaining of apiaries near fruit
orchards Several attempts to have such q Law
| passed have failed.
| 1T WAS MoLIERE-M. K B., City. 1t was
Moliere who used the expression, cit is more
difficult to rule wife than kingdom"