The San Francisco call., 1899-03-05

alum solution and then placed IN the rur-
mace to become ashes.
A LEGAL QUESTION: NJ, Surf, Cal
The question in your letter of inquiry Is
one that calls for a legal opinion upon
presentation of the facts, and this depart
ment does not undertake to give legal
opinions involving the rights of individ-
uals.
GOD TEMPERs THE WIND-M. E. B.,
Walnut Creek, Cal God tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb" is from Maria, ,"
by Laurence Sterne. who lived 1713-176S.
In 1894 119 years before the birth of
Sterne, Henri Estienne wrote in Prem
ices: "Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis
tondue" ("God measures the cold to the
shorn lamb').
PARKS OF THE wORLD-A. s., City
There are a number of parks in the world
larger than Golden Gate Park in San
Francisco. The following is q, list of the
with their area: Golden Gate Park 1885
acres; Regents Park, London, 450 lie
Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 21O0: Phoenix
2300: Royal Park, Munich. 1900; Queens
Park, Edinburgh. 407; Central Park, New
York, S625 Fairmount Park, ,Philadel-
y. Y, $50; Boston Commons, 4S, and pub
lie gardens adjoining, 211a; Jefferson
Louis, III; Eden Park, Cincinnati 2l6;
Yosemite National Park, 40 square miles,
and Yellowstone National Park, 1872
square miles.
NOT KNOWN-T. NJ, City. This de-
partment answers all questions to which
an answer is obtainable The address of
the party asked for by you some time
ago was not furnished because 1t could
not be ascertained. Had you written
your name instead of initials to your let
ter of inquiry and your address letter
by mail would have been sent you. But
YOU did neither, and write second letter
complaining that your query was not an
swered. The question was one that any
one might ask and there was no reason
for concealing the identity of the writer
by initials. often it happens that this
department has to communicate with q
correspondent on the subject or an inquiry
and the address is not furnished 1t is i'm
possible to do so.
ADVERSE POSSESSION-H. M, San
Mateo, Cal In relation to adverse pos
session in this State the law says:
For the purpose Of constituting adverse
possession by a person claiming title, not
founded upon a written instrument, judgment
or decree land is deemed TO have been pos
sessed and occupied IN the following manner
substantiaI enclosure Second-Where it has
been usually cultivated or improved. Pro-
vided however, that in no case shall adverse
nossession be considered established under the
provision of any of the sections or section of
this code. unless it shall be shown that the
period Of FIVE years continuously, and the party
or persons. their predecessors and grantors,
have paid all the taxes, State, county or muni-
cipaI which have been levied and assess upon
such land.
In the case cited in the letter Of inquiry
it appears that the owner of the land has
never given up possession thereof and
that the tenant is a tenant at will, and
may, on thirty days notice, be required
to yacate The condition " upon n which the
would in all probability If the case should
come into court, not change the position
of tenant at Will.
VOTING MACHINE-Reader.s San jose
Cal. No State has yet adopted a voting
machine, though in several sections of the
country there have been experiments in
a small way with machines. One of the
most satisfactory that has been tried Of
late years is that invented by John w.
Raines of st. Paul, Mimi, which he calls
a votograph. 1t is provided with a set
of keys of one color for the Republican
party, one of another color for the Dem
cratic party and there may be as many
different sets of colored keys as there
are parties. There is a space for the par
ticular office and another for the names
of candidates for that office. The voter
presses down one of the keys to indicate
his choice for a candidate, and as he does
so IL locks the keys of all candidates for
the same office, so that there cannot be
any repeating. AS the vote is cast for
the candidate the total number of votes
is registered, so that at the close of the
polls when the machine is opened the to-
tai number of votes cast for each candi-
date appears and inside of ten minutes
after the machine is opened the result Of
the vote can be announced. Another fea-
ture is that when the voter mas voted for
and can only be reset for the next voter
when the voter has left the booth. Those
who have an interest for purity of cleo
ton demand machine that will be per-
feet and simple, SO that voter will not
be confused when voting,