The San Francisco call., 1901-11-18
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

NAVAL APPRENTICES-S City. Ma
val apprentices who are enlisted in
the East are given a course of training
at Coasters Harbor Island. near New
port, r. l., and those enlisted on the
Pacific Coast at the United States naval
training station, San Francisco, before
being sent out to sea. Enlistments are
made on the following named shipsi Con-
stellation, Coasters Harbor; Columbia,
navy yard Brooklyn, N. Y; Wabash.
navy yard. Boston. Mass; Richmond,
navy yard. League Island, Pa, and Pen
sacola, United States naval training sta
ton, San Francisco.
WHO WROTE IT?-C. E. l., Sonora,
Cal. This correspondent wants to know
the name of the author of a poem en-
titled "What Is Timer of which the fol-
lowing are the opening and the closing
verses:
I asked an aged man, a man Of cares.
Wrinkled and curved and white with hoary
hairs,
.Time is the warp Of Life" he said. "Oh tell
The young the fair, the gay, to weave it we'll.
I asked the mighty angel who shall stand
One foot on sea and solid land,
by Heayeni' he cried II swear the mys-
tery's DER;
Time was,s Time is. but Time shall be no
more.'
GIFT DEED-O. s., City. If husband
and wife each own property in their own
name either can give gift deed of the
property to the other and the gift Is abso-
lutte, providing there is a delivery. If
either party makes gift deed and there
is delivery then the party making such
deed parts with all interest in the prop
erty. Such deed may be placed in
81, inc moi tO Hclivnr fl1o
same until the death of the maker. If a
gift deed is made but there Is no delivery
there is no conveyance and the party who
made the deed would have right to dis
pose of the property by will, notwith-
standing the existence Of the undelivered
deed.
ROSE SPRINGS-George Tinney of Au.
burn has kindly furnished the following
information relative to Rose Springs,
about which a Berkeley correspondent in
quired some time since: Rose Springs
was at one time thriving little mining
town fourteen miles east of Folsom, nine
miles west of Placerville and three and n
half miles north of Shingle Springs. in Ell
Dorado County. There is still there a no.
tel or stopping place, saloon and gro
Gerry store and quite little settlement.
with a fine school system, known as the
! Tennessee school district. Up to eight
years ago the postoffice name was Rose
| Springs, but since the postal authorities
| have changed it to Rescue postoffice. The
mail for there is delivered at Shangla
| Springs There is also at the place an ex-
! cellent literary society with a member
| ship of sixty-seven, of which the writer
has been member for five years past. 1t
| is known as the Rose Springs Literary
| Society, c. C. Burtsin president AMI
! George M. Skinner secretary"
| ENCHILADAS-A. o. S.. Nevada City.
| Mrs M. E. *. of Salinas has kindly fur
! nished the following recipe for making
enchiladas: Take three cupfuls of flour,
one cup of cold water and teaspoonful
of salt and mix into a stiff dough. Rol;
very thin and bake on top of stove or
! range in cakes the size of a pie tin o.:
| large plate. These enchiladas are eaten
! with the following sauce: Take one
dozen dried chill peppers. break open and
remove seeds, put them in a saucepan,
| cover with cold water and place on the
Stova until hot h,,t do r,,t h,fl rbf-