The San Francisco call., 1909-12-10
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SMITHS PREDICTIoN-J. F. E., Sacramento.
Cal What was the prediction Of Joseph Smith.
the Mormon, as to the civil war, and when ut
tered?
This prediction appears in Pearl of
Great Price printed July IL, 1851. 1t
was made December "a, 1892. and is as
follows:
Verify thus saith the Lord. concerning the
eventually terminate in the death and misery OF
many souls. The day viii come that war will
be poured upon all nations, beginning at that
place, for behold the southern states shall be
divided against the northern states and the
southern states will call upon other nations,
even the nation of Great Britain, it is called.
and they shall also call upon other nations. in
order to defend themselves against other nations.
And ii shall come TO pass after many days,
slaves shall rise up against their masters, who
shall be marshaled and disciplined for war. And
it shall come TO pass also that the remnants who
are left of the land shall marshal themselves and
shall become exceeding angry. and shall the
Gentiles with sore vexation; and thus with
the sword and by bloodshed. the Inhabitants Of
the earth shall mourn, and with famine and
plague and earthquakes and the thunder of
heaven. and the fierce and vivid lightning also,
shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to
feel the wrath and indignation and Christening
decreed hath made full end Of all nations;
that the cry of the saints and OF the blood of
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avenged of their enemies Wherefore, stand ye
in holy places. and be not moved until the day
Of the Lord come; for behold it cometh quickly
saith the Lord. Amen.
This prediction was copied in
Beedle's Expose of Mormonism.v in
which he says he copied IL from a work
printed in 1854, and John Hyde in his
work against the Mormons. published
in 1857, makes mention of the pre-
diction.
What IS the meaning of pork barre' rsSn9 in od1 the
political sensel How did it originate?
The origin of the term can not be
traced, but it is known that in camps
when men wanted rations and the cook
was too busy to wait on them. they
were told to go to the pork barrel and
help themselves. In the early days of
congress when a liberal appropriation
was made for some public work, II
was said that there was another
chance for somebody to go to the pork
barrel" meaning certain parties could
help themselves out of the public treas
ury. At first this term was used only
as TO one or two appropriations, but
now, when used, 1t is applied to all
government appropriations.
ELECTION BETs-w NJ. City What is the
law in California on the subject Of betting on
elections2
Section so of the penal code says:
Every person who makes, offers or
accepts any bet or wager upon the
result of any election, or upon the sue
cess or failure of any person or candi-
date, or upon the number of votes to
be cast. either in the aggregate or for
any particular candidate, or upon the
vote to be cast for any person, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.'
AN ARCH-w. H. P, City What is the arch
that has been erected the border of Spreckefs
lake in Golden Gate park
1t is the portal of the entrance TO
what was the residence of the late A.
n. Towne on California street hill The
mansion was destroyed by the con-
ffagration of April, 1906. but the portal
was uninjured. 1t was donated to the
park commissioners with request that
it be erected at some point and desig-
mated as "a portal of the past"
IN A TRANCE-H. R., san Jose. Cal Who
was the man who was put into trance for
number OF days In San Francisco number of
years ago?
Prof t. A. kennedy, a hypnotist.
put one George Cheshire in a trance in
one of the local theaters November 16
1896, to remain so for seven days.
Cheshire awakened from his hypnotic
sleep November % and danced.
SEVEN AND A HALF. City In the game
of seven and half a player stand on any
thing except seven or a face card and at the
the side, can he draw more than one card or add
the card to the one upon which he stands?
One who claims to be a past master
of the game, to whom the questions
were submitted, answered yes to each.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE Subscriber. city.
What was the numerical strength OF the San
Francisco vigilance committee Of 1852
When the committee was ready TO
disband in the fall of that year there
was a call for every member to re-
spond for parade. There were in that
parade 5,I57 men.
vocABELARY-K., Stockton Cal. Is il true
that OF all writer's OF modern times Charles
Darwin had the largest vocabulary:
His printed works show a very large
one. but this department has not been
able to discover who of the modern
writers has the largest
WEIGHT OF FIGHTERS and T.. Ctr.
in San Francisco several years agof
They fought in the Mechanics pavil-
ion, October 20, 1897 Walcott. 135. and
I.avigne. 1s4.
PEARY-s ~, Willows CAL when Com
mander Peary went on his last expedition in
1901 TO look for the north pole was he financed
by the United States governments
He was not. The finances were fur
nished by private syndicate.