The San Francisco call., 1901-10-02

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Mount Olivet Cal. There is not now and
| never has been Il giraffe in Golden Gate
Park, San Francisco.
LANGUAGE OF STAMPS-E. W. B..
| Milpitas, Cal The language of postage
! stamps was published in answers to cor
respondents April 30, 1901.
! BRITISH DESERTER - Subscriber,
City. The discharge of a deserter from
the British army cannot be purchased.
| The deserter must surrender and throw
! himself upon the mercy of a cOurt-mar-
| tial.
| WHEEL-E. w. B., Milpitas, Cal In
The Call of March 13, 1901, there was pub
| lished in this department an illustrated
article explaining why the top of wheel
! of a wagon moves faster than the bottom.
| You can obtain copy of that paper by
/ communicating with the business office
of The Call.
GUN AND TRAIN-E. w. B., Milpitas,
| Cal. IF a man standing on the rear end Of
train moving at the rate of a mile
! minute discharged a gun. the bullet from
which moved at the rate of a mile min
ute in a direction opposite from the train,
would the bullet move from the gun or
shoot any distance?" is the question
asked by this correspondent. If the gun
wes in proper condition, the powder fault
] less and the shot fired the bullet would
go to the rear as far as the elevation of
the gun and the force of the powder
| would send it.
| RIGHT TO BEAR ARNIS-Citizen. CITY.
The right to bear arms is guaranteed by
the constitution of the United States That
has been construed to bear arms openly
The laws or ordinances that prohibit the
| carrying of weapons concealed has been
| held not to be in conflict with that pro-
vision of the constitution. The law
against carrying weapons concealed is
| based on the theory that a man who car
ries weapons concealed desires to take un-
| fair advantage of an antagonist or to
commit a cowardly assault. The law
! granting permits to carry weapons con-
cealed is based on the theory that those
to whom such permits are issued are
law-abiding citizens. who carry arms for
self-protection only.
MOSQUITOES-H. T. NJ. CRYSTAL
Springs. Cal. The larvae of the common
mosquito are bred from eggs laid in stag
nant water and can always be differen-
tiated from other water insects by the
peculiar habit of rising to the surface tail
first and floating there, darting toward
the bottom at any disturbance They
come to the surface for air. the breathing
! apparatus being in the tail. Any pond
however stagnant. can be kept free from
these pests by keeping the surface COW
cred with oil. A very small quantity
poured on the water will soon diffuse
/ itself over the entire area and in very
short time will kill every 'wiggler" in
the pond. The oil clogs the air holes of
the wigglers and they die in commissions
UNMARRIED WOMAN'S RIGHTS
Settler, Susanville, Cal. The act of Con-
gress approved June 6, 1900. provides that
Where an unmarried woman who has
1 heretofore settled, or may hereafter set
tie. upon a tract of public land has i'm
proved. established or maintained bona
! fide residence thereof, with the intention
| of appropriating the same for home
subject to the homestead law, and has
married or shall hereafter marry before
making entry of said land, or before
| making application to enter said land
she shall not, on account of her marriage
forfeit her right to make entry and re-
ceive patent for the land; provided. that
/ she does not abandon her residence on
said land, and is otherwise qualified to
make homestead entry; provided further
that the man whom she marres is not at
the time of Their marriage claiming a sep
| arate tract of land under the homestead
law"