The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

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PENsIoNs-A. j., Oakland, Cal. The follow
ing is the text of the act increasing certain
pensions:
From and after the passage of this act al pen
sioners now on the rolls who pensioners at less
than So per month for any degree OF penslenaeei
disability shall have their pensions increased 10 Po
per month; and hereafter whenever any ap-
plicant for pension who now would be entltieu "
less than So for disability or several conDlhtu
disabilities such applicant shall be rated a, not less
than 30 per month; provd ed also that lne plo,EIS
ions hereof shall not be held to cover any pension
able period prior the passage OF this act, nor
authorize rerating of any GAINS Tor any part oI
such period, nor prevent the allowance OF lower
rates than $6 per month ACCORDING to the existing
practice in the Pension Once on pending cases
covering any pension period prior TO the passage oi
this act
COURTS OF EeUITY-A R. D., Haywards. Cal.
There are two kinds of administrations at law
and suits in equity. An action at law is a suit
commenced to recover sum of money or the
possession of specific property. 1t is always
tried before jury, unless the jury is waived.
a suit IL equity is one brought 10 prevent an
injury or to secure more perfect justice than
money judgment would give. suit to obtain
an Injunction is an example of the first class
named and suit to compel party to make
aeed OF land IS an example OF the second class.
suit In equity is always tried without jury,
although the court may, In its discretion, sub
nit some OF the questions of fact to the decision
OF jury. On account of the distinction there
are two kinds of courtS-courts of law and
courts OF equity. The United States courts are
both courts of law and of equity, the separa-
ton being preserved by the difference in the
forms OF procedure. On the equity side they
follow the ancient forms of chancery but on
the law side they follow the forms and pro-
ceedlngs OF the law courts of the State within
which they sit. The Superior courts of Cali
tornla are courts OF equity as well as OF law.
STONE AGE-G. s., City. The name OF the
age OF stone is given to the period when
weapons and implements were made of stone,
amber, wood, bone, horn or some easily
wrought material and during which very little
or nothing was known Of metals. During this
era the people, few in number and savage in
their habits, clothed themselves chiefly with
skins of animals. They buried their dead in
large sepulchral chambers covered by what
has been called cromlechs or girdled round by
the unhewn stone pillars called the druidleal
circles. The bodies have most frequently been
found unburied, often with rude urns beside
them. The stone age has been divided into
two, the paleolithic and the neoiithic. The
word age, in this sense, is improperly used (by
an unfortunate transfer from the Scdndina-
Wan archaeology, since 1t he's no reference to
chronology, but simply denotes the stage at
which people has arrived in its progress to-
ward civilization. There are tribes yet in their
stone age. Neither do the more primitive i'm
plements necessarily disappear wholly on the
appearance of those OF more advanced age.
The phrase stono age or stage, therefore, merely
marks the most primitive period. The present
age is the age OF progress.